{{Short description|Māori iwi (tribe) in Aotearoa New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox Iwi |iwi_name =Ngāti Maniapoto |map =NgatiManiapoto.png |iwi_location =Waikato-Waitomo |waka =[[Tainui (canoe)|Tainui]] |population =45,930 |united_tribes_no. = |url = }}
'''Ngāti Maniapoto''' is an [[iwi]] (tribe) based in the Waikato-Waitomo region of [[New Zealand|New Zealand's]] [[North Island]]. It is part of the [[Tainui]] confederation, the members of which trace their [[whakapapa]] (genealogy) back to people who arrived in New Zealand on the [[waka (canoe)|waka]] (canoe) [[Tainui (canoe)|Tainui]]. The 2018 New Zealand census reports show an estimated population of 45,930 people who affiliated with [[Maniapoto]], making it the 9th most-populous iwi in New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Demographics |url=https://tewhata.io/social/people/demographics/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=Te Whata |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201110644/https://tewhata.io/social/people/demographics/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==History==
Ngāti Maniapoto trace their lineage to their eponymous ancestor [[Maniapoto]], an 11th generation descendant of the people who arrived on the ''[[Tainui]]'' waka and settled at the [[Kawhia Harbour]]. His father [[Rereahu]] led the Tainui expansion to the interior of the Waikato region, and Maniapoto settled in the southern Waikato area.<ref name="RangunuiWalker">{{Cite book| title=Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou - Struggle Without End |year=2004 |publisher=[[Penguin Books (NZ)|Penguin Books]] |first1=Ranginui |last1=Walker |author-link1=Ranginui Walker |isbn=9780143019459 |location=Auckland, New Zealand |edition=2nd |page=57}}</ref> Maniapoto's older brother [[Te Ihinga-a-rangi]] settled at [[Maungatautari]], forming the [[Ngāti Hauā]] and [[Ngāti Korokī Kahukura]] iwi.<ref name="RangunuiWalker"/>
==Hapū and marae==
There are many marae (area in front of a wharenui) in the Ngāti Maniapoto area, one of the notable ones being Te Tokanga Nui A Noho<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.threepas.co.nz/ |title=Three Pas Website |access-date=2020-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060421172535/http://www.threepas.co.nz/ |archive-date=2006-04-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> at Te Kuiti (the narrowing) in [[King Country]]. This whare was given to Ngāti Maniapoto by [[Te Kooti]], a Rongowhakaata guerilla fighter who lived in the region for the period while on the run from [[Colonial troops|colonial forces]] which undertook searches for him during the [[New Zealand Wars]]. Of equal significance but less publicly known is [[Tiroa]] [[Pā (Māori)|Pā]] where the last [[Io the Parentless|Io]] whare wānanga (traditional study centre) was held in a specially crafted [[whare]] called Te Whetu Marama o Hinawa at Te Miringa Te Kakara. The other whare wānanga was near present-day Piopio and was called Kahuwera. It stood on the hill of the same name and commanded a panoramic view of the Mokau River valley across the Maraetaua block.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}
{{colbegin}} * Ngāti Rora * Ngāti Hinewai * Ngāti Taiawa or Taewa * Ngāti Kaputuhi * [[Ngāti Kinohaku]] * Ngāti Ngutu * Ngāti Mokau * Ngāti Hikairo * Ngāti Apakura * Ngāti Matakore * Ngāti Raukawa * Ngāti Utu * [[:mi:Ngāti Urunumia|Ngāti Urunumia]] * [[Ngāti Paretekawa]] * Ngāti Parewaeono * Ngāti Waiora * Ngāti Hari * Ngāti Uekaha * Ngāti Rangatahi * Ngāti Peehi <ref name="Maniapoto groups – Ngāti Rangatahi">{{cite web|title=Chapter 2: Ngā Wā o Mua: Iwi, Hapū, and their Communities in the Whanganui Inquiry District to circa 1845|url=http://www.justice.govt.nz/tribunals/waitangi-tribunal/Reports/he-whiritaunoka-the-whanganui-land-report/chapter-4-the-meaning-and-effect-of-the-treaty-in-whanganui#H903.2.4.3.4.10|publisher=New Zealand Ministry of Justice, Tāhū o te Ture|access-date=5 June 2016}}</ref> {{Div col end}}
===Ngāti Te Kanawa===
Ngāti Te Kanawa is an iwi based in [[Taumarunui]] and one of the forty main [[hapū]] of the Ngāti Maniapoto confederation, which came into existence around 1860. They trace their [[whakapapa]] to the tupuna (ancestor) [[Te Kanawa#Te Kanawa, ancestor of Ngāti Te Kanawa|Te Kanawa]], who was the great-great-great grandson of the tupuna Maniapoto and comes off Uruhina (child of Rungaterangi and Pareraukawa). The families who carry the name Te Kanawa today have a direct male blood line [[whakapapa]] to the tupuna Te Kanawa, also known as Te Kanawa Pango.<ref name="teara-kanawa">{{cite web|title=The ancestor Maniapoto|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/NgatiManiapoto/2/en|website=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]|publisher=[[Ministry for Culture and Heritage]]|access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref>
==Notable people== {{maincat|Ngāti Maniapoto people}} * [[Wiremu Te Awhitu]], Catholic priest * [[Sandor Earl]], league player * [[Mihi Edwards]], memoirist, social worker, teacher and [[kaumātua]] * [[Taonui Hikaka]], Paramount chief * Dame [[Rangimārie Hetet]], famous weaver and fabric artist * Dr [[Pei Te Hurinui Jones]], academic and writer * [[Richard Kahui]], rugby union player * [[Dame Kiri Te Kanawa]], opera singer * [[Rewi Manga Maniapoto]], warrior chief * [[Sandra Morrison]], professor at the University of Waikato * [[Temuera Morrison]], actor * [[Pania Newton]], activist * [[Evelyn Patuawa-Nathan]], poet * [[Puhiwahine]], composer * [[Tiki Taane]], singer * [[Rongo Wetere]], educator * [[Wahanui]], negotiator chief * [[Kahurangi Carter]], politician * [[Dan Hooker]], UFC fighter<ref name="waatea">{{cite news | url=https://waateanews.com/2023/04/11/greens-pick-zero-waster-for-christchurch-run/ | title=Greens pick zero-waster for Christchurch run | date=11 April 2023 |last=Gifford|first=Adam |work=Waatea News }}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.maniapoto.iwi.nz/ Maniapoto Trust Board] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701165252/http://www.maniapoto.iwi.nz/ |date=2007-07-01 }} * [http://www.maniapoto.org.nz/ Ngati Maniapoto Marae Pact Trust] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080830094142/http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/NgatiManiapoto/en ''Ngāti Maniapoto''] in Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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