Te Tai Tokerau Māori
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Te Tai Tokerau Māori are a group of Māori iwi (tribes) based on the Northland Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island. It includes the far northern Muriwhenua iwi (tribes) of Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Kurī, Te Pātū, Te Rarawa and Ngāi Takoto. It also includes Ngāpuhi and the affiliated iwi of Ngāti Hine. Elsewhere in the region, it includes Whaingaroa, Ngāti Wai and Ngāti Whātua.
On 5 December 1985, after the historical Hawaiian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa landed in Waitangi ending its Rarotonga leg, James Hēnare ceremoniously inducted the canoe's sailors as the tribe's most recent members.[1][2]
The rohe (tribal areas) of these tribes covers Northland and Auckland.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Thompson, Nainoa (2012). "Recollections of the Voyage of Rediscovery: 1985-1987". Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions. Polynesian Voyaging Society.
- ^ de Graaf, Peter (20 November 2014). "Hawaiian sailors renew ties with Te Tai Tokerau". Northern Advocate.[page needed]
- ^ "TKM Te Tai Tokerau". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri, New Zealand Government. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
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