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Muriwhenua are a
group of
northern Māori iwi,
based in Te Hiku o te Ika, the
northernmost part of New Zealand's
North Island. It
consists of six iwi, Ngāti...
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Rarawa is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of six
Muriwhenua iwi of the far
north of the
North Island. Te
Rarawa has 23 foundation...
- south-east to the
north of Hen Island. The
chain consists of
Wareware and
Muriwhenua Islands (together
called North West Chicken),
Mauitaha (West Chicken)...
- Whātua.
Several of
these tribes form a
loose ****ociation
known as the
Muriwhenua.
Approximately one
third of the region's po****tion are Māori; the majority...
- the
island bore the mua- ("front")
affix whereas northern families like
Muriwhenua were
affixed muri- ("back") in
reference to the
island believed to be...
- Zealand, a
region known as the Te Hiku o te Ika. The iwi is one of the six
Muriwhenua iwi of the far
north of the
North Island. In Māori, Te
Aupouri means "The...
- is a Māori iwi from Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of the five
Muriwhenua iwi of the far
north of the
North Island. Ngāti Kurī
trace their whakapapa...
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Names of
certain tribes like Muaūpoko (mua
upoko "front of the head") and
Muriwhenua (muri whenua, "backland") also
reflect the
locations of
their settlement...
- Po
Hurihanga and his
people settled in
Muriwhenua (named
after his
daughter by Maieke) and all the
Muriwhenua tribes can
claim descent from him.[citation...
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includes New-Zealand-based Māori with no iwi
affiliation Te Hiku, or
Muriwhenua – 33,711 (in 2013) –
group of iwi and hapū in the
Northland region Ngāti...
