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Maori tribes of New Zealand has been prepared by the team at Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
To view more information, maps and images, sound files and multimedia resources, please visit www.TeAra.govt.nz.

Contents: Pacific migrations -- Canoe navigation -- When was New Zealand first settled?-- Ideas of Māori origins -- Hawaiki -- Māori creation traditions -- First peoples in Māori tradition -- Canoe traditions -- Tribal organisation -- Muriwhenua tribes -- Ngāpuhi -- Whāngārei tribes -- Ngāti Whātua -- Tāmaki tribes -- Hauraki tribes -- Marutūahu tribes -- Waikato -- Ngāti Maniapoto -- Te Arawa -- Ngāti Tūwharetoa -- Tauranga Moana tribes -- Ngāti Awa -- Te Whakatōhea -- Ngāi Tūhoe -- Te Whānau-ā-Apanui -- Ngāti Porou -- Tūrangaui-a-Kiwa tribes -- Ngāti Rongomaiwahine -- Ngāti Kahungunu -- Te Āti Awa of Taranaki -- Taranaki -- Ngāti Ruanui -- Ngā Rauru Kītahi -- Whanganui tribes -- Ngāti Apa -- Rangitāne -- Muaūpoko -- Ngāti Raukawa -- Ngāti Toarangatira -- Te Āti Awa of Wellington -- Te Tau Ihu tribes -- Ngāi Tahu -- Moriori -- Urban Māori

Summary: A guide to the main Maori tribes written especially for visitors and students, combining great photos of scenic New Zealand with maps, Maori art and history.

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On title page: Te Manatū Taonga - Ministry for Culture & Heritage