{{Short description|Territorial divisions within Māori society}} {{other uses}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
thumb|right|500px|Map of rohe. Areas shown are indicative only, and some {{Lang|mi|rohe}} may overlap.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} The Māori people of New Zealand use the word '''''{{Lang|mi|rohe}}''''' to describe the territory or boundaries of tribes ({{Lang|mi|iwi}}{{--)}},<ref>{{cite web|title=Glossary of Māori terms|url=https://tereomaori.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-guidelines/Appendix-2-Glossary-of-Maori-terms|website=Ministry of Education|accessdate=14 June 2017}}</ref> although some divide their {{Lang|mi|rohe}} into several {{Lang|mi|takiwā}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Glossary|url=https://www.tkm.govt.nz/glossary/|website=Te Puni Kōkiri|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref>
==Background== In 1793, chief Tuki Te Terenui Whare Pirau who had been brought to Norfolk Island drew the first map of the islands of New Zealand at the request of New South Wales Governor Philip King; in which the regions of North Island were only divided by families indicated by their locations: tribes like Muaūpoko living in south of the island bore the ''mua''- ("front") affix whereas northern families like Muriwhenua were affixed ''muri''- ("back") in reference to the island believed to be a large fish caught by Māui.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=Atholl |last2=Binney |first2=Judith |last3=Harris |first3=Aroha |title=Tangata Whenua: A History |date=2015 |publisher=Bridget Williams Books |isbn=978-0-908321-54-4 |pages=97–8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NS7xCgAAQBAJ&dq=tuki+map+cook&pg=PA97 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Polynesian Navigation and Tuki's Map |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/visiting/wellington/unfolding-the-map/polynesian-navigation-and-tukis-map |website=National Library of New Zealand |access-date=11 December 2024}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Māori iwi
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{cite web| url=https://www.tkm.govt.nz/map/| title=Iwi by map| publisher=Te Puni Kōkiri}}
Category:Iwi and hapū Category:Māori words and phrases
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