Whakapapa-based groupings of whanau and hapu with rights and responsibilities guaranteed through the Treaty of Waitangi. Iwi organisations are those accountable to or mandated by the tribe.- Tangata whenua tribe or people.
The traditional Maori tribal hierarchy and social order made up of hapu (kin groups) and whanau (family groups), having a founding ancestor and territorial (tribal) boundaries.
is a tribe of Maori who share common ancestors.
Largest of Maori tribal groupings.
Tribe' / A traditional collective of related Hapu such as Ngati Tuwharetoa.
Iwi are the largest everyday social units in MÄori society. In pre-European times, iwi was synonymous with nation; it described fully the people to whom a person belonged and owed allegiance. With the development of the country now called New Zealand, a much bigger social unit, the meaning became analogous to that of tribe or clan.
