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Other Title: Iwi o Aotearoa
'Published with the assistance of the Ministry for Culture & Heritage'--T.p. verso
'Te ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
'What's the story?' -- Cover
Table of contents: Pacific migrations -- Canoe navigation -- Ideas of Maori origins -- When was New Zealand first settled? -- Hawaiki -- Maori creation traditions -- First peoples in the Maori tradtion -- Canoe tradtions -- Tribal organisation -- Hauraki tribes -- Maori overseas -- Marutuahu tribes -- Moriori -- Muaupoko -- Muriwhenua tribes -- Ngapuhi -- Nga Rauru Kitahi -- Ngai Tahu -- Ngai Tuhoe -- Ngati Apa -- Ngati Awa -- Ngati Kahungunu -- Ngati Maniapoto -- Ngati Porou -- Ngati Raukawa -- Ngati Rongomaiwahine -- Ngati Ruanui -- Ngati Toarangatira -- Ngati Tuwharetoa -- Ngati Whatua -- Rangitane -- Tamaki tribes -- Taranaki -- Tauranga Moana tribes -- Te Arawa -- Te Ati Awa of Taranaki -- Te Ati Awa of Wellington -- Te Whakatohea -- Te Whanau-a-Apanui -- Turangaui-a-Kiwa tribes -- Urban Maori -- Waikato -- Wakatu tribes -- Whanganui tribes -- Whangarei tribes
Summary: The first publication to come out of the online Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand project tells the story of the tangata whenua of Aotearoa, from their journeys across the vast Pacific Ocean to the histories of all the iwi. It answers the questions: Who are the Maori of New Zealand? How did they get here and how did they settle the country? What are the main tribal groups in New Zealand, and where are they based