Waikato Tainui | |
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MÄori tribal government | |
Tribe established | ~1350 |
MÄori King proclaimed | 1858 |
Exiled to King Country | 1863 |
Te Whakakitenga o Waikato (previously Te Kauhanganui) founded | 1889/1890 |
Capital | NgÄruawÄhia |
Marae | 68 marae |
Government | |
• Body | Te Whakakitenga o Waikato |
• MÄori King | Tuheitia |
• Executive Chair | Parekawhia Mclean |
Area * | |
• Total | 8,046 km2 (5,000 sq mi) |
Population (2018)* | |
• Total | 84,030 |
• Density | 10/km2 (17/sq mi) |
Time zone | NZST |
Website | http://waikatotainui.com/?id=1 |
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Waikato Tainui, Waikato or Tainui is a group of MÄori iwi based in Waikato Region, in the western central region of New Zealand's North Island. [1] It is part of the larger Tainui confederation of Polynesian settlers who arrived to New Zealand on the Tainui waka (migration canoe). The tribe is named after the Waikato River, which plays a large part in its history and culture. [2] [3]
PÅtatau Te Wherowhero, the first MÄori king, was a member of the NgÄti Mahuta hapu (sub-tribe) of Waikato iwi, and his descendants have succeeded him. The king movement is based at TÅ«rangawaewae marae (meeting place) in NgÄruawÄhia. [3]
The Waikato-Tainui iwi comprises 33 hapÅ« (sub-tribes) and 68 marae (family groupings), with around an estimated population of 84,030 tribal members who affiliate to Waikato-Tainui. [4] Hamilton City is now the tribe's largest population centre, but NgÄruawÄhia remains the tribe's historical centre and modern capital.
This is how the iwi describes its origins and tribal area:
Ko Waikato te awa |
Waikato is the river |
Waikato-Tainui's governing parliamentary body is Te Kauhanganui, a governing body of 204 tribal members – 3 members from each of the 68 marae. The marae are spread over a large area from Te Kūiti and Cambridge in the south to Auckland in the north.
The executive board is Te Arataura, which has 10 representatives elected from Te Kauhanganui and an 11th member appointed by the MÄori king. The Waikato-Tainui tribal administration (or iwi authority) is the Waikato Raupatu Trustee Company Ltd, which replaced the Tainui MÄori Trust Board, and is situated at Hopuhopu, NgÄruawÄhia.
The Waikato iwi has been using the name Tainui to describe itself for some time, through the establishment of the Tainui MÄori Trust Board by the Waikato-Maniapoto Maori Claims Settlement Act 1946, with many people now referring to the Waikato iwi as "Tainui" or "Waikato-Tainui". [2] [3]
There have traditionally been strong links between Tainui and the University of Waikato, which has strengths in MÄori language and modern local history. The university also holds documents and objects related to the tribe. [3]
Waikato Tainui is made up of several iwi (tribes) and hapū (sub-tribes).
Each tribal group has marae (meeting grounds), which usually includes a wharenui (meeting house).
The hÄpu of NgÄti Mahuta is associated with 20 marae:
The iwi of NgÄti Te Wehi is associated with 11 marae:
The hapÅ« of NgÄti Tai, NgÄti Kuiaarangi and NgÄti WhÄwhÄkia are associated with 8 marae:
The hapū of Tainui is associated with 7 marae:
The hapÅ« of NgÄti TÄhinga is associated with 6 marae:
The hapÅ« of NgÄti Apakura is associated with 6 marae:
The hÄpu of NgÄti Tiipa and NgÄti Ä€maru are associated with 6 marae:
The hÄpu of NgÄti HauÄ is associated with 5 marae:
The hapÅ« of NgÄti KorokÄ« and NgÄti Raukawa are associated with 5 marae:
The hapÅ« of NgÄti MÄhanga and NgÄti TamainupÅ are associated with 4 marae:
The hapÅ« of NgÄi Tai, NgÄti Koheriki, and NgÄti Tamaoho are associated with 5 marae:
The hapÅ« of NgÄti Hine, NgÄti Naho and NgÄti Pou are associated with 4 marae:
The hapÅ« of NgÄti Te Ata and NgÄti Paretaua are associated with 4 marae:
The hapÅ« of NgÄti Te Ata and NgÄti Paretaua are associated with 4 marae:
The hapÅ« of NgÄti Makirangi has no marae of its own, but is associated with 4 marae:
The hapÅ« of NgÄti Wairere is associated with 2 marae: