Cape Reinga, Far North, in the rohe (tribal area) of the Muriwhenua people.
Regions with significant populations
Northland, New Zealand
Languages
Māori language
Muriwhenua are a group of northern Māori iwi, based in Te Hiku o te Ika, the northernmost part of New Zealand's North Island. It consists of six iwi, Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Takoto, Te Pātū, Ngāti Kahu, Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa, with a combined population of about 34,000 people. The spiritually significant Hokianga Harbour, located just to the south of the Maungataniwha Range, is of special significance to the Muriwhenua people.[1]
The name Muriwhenua means "this is the end of the land", describing the rohe (traditional tribal lands) of the iwi, extending up the North Auckland Peninsula from the Maungataniwha Range to Cape Reinga. The name Te Hiku o te Ika translates as the tail of the fish, meaning the end of the North Island, which in Māori mythology is the fish Māui caught.[1] Elders sometimes say the head of the fish is the New Zealand capital city of Wellington, but it can only go where the tail will allow.[2]
^ abTaonui, Rāwiri (10 February 2015). "Muriwhenua tribes". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
^Taonui, Rāwiri (10 February 2015). "Muriwhenua tribes". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
Muriwhenua are a group of northern Māori iwi, based in Te Hiku o te Ika, the northernmost part of New Zealand's North Island. It consists of six iwi, Ngāti...
Rarawa is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of five Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Te Rarawa has 23 foundation...
south-east to the north of Hen Island. The chain consists of Wareware and Muriwhenua Islands (together called North West Chicken), Mauitaha (West Chicken)...
Tinana canoe, later renamed Te Māmaru, is particularly important for the Muriwhenua tribes of Te Rarawa and Ngāti Kahu. The Tinana, captained by Tūmoana,...
includes New-Zealand-based Māori with no iwi affiliation Te Hiku, or Muriwhenua – 33,711 (in 2013) – group of iwi and hapū in the Northland region Ngāti...
Whātua. Several of these tribes form a loose association known as the Muriwhenua. Approximately one third of the region's population are Māori; the majority...
name Kaitāia means 'ample food', kai being the Māori word for food. The Muriwhenua are a group of six northern Māori iwi occupying the northernmost part...
still stood as of 1913. Rongokako reached Muriwhenua first and won her hand in marriage. Rongokako and Muriwhenua had one son, Tamatea Urehaea, himself the...
Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century, pp.195–6. Taonui, Rāwiri. "Muriwhenua tribes – European contact". The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Archived...
Tipa and Waikato iwi. Waata Kukutai's parents were Kukutai I and Oiroa Muriwhenua, of Ngati Hourua. He was interviewed by government officials in 1857 while...
general framework of lake health (MSc thesis). The University of Waikato. "Muriwhenua Fisheries Claim / SOE Claim" Archived 27 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine...
to improve the quality of life for Māori families in the Auckland and Muriwhenua regions. Through his works with Waipareira Trust, Houghton developed a...
non-land Māori customary rights. By this time the Waitangi Tribunal in its Muriwhenua Fishing Report (1988) was describing Treaty-based and common law aboriginal...
Tākitimu canoe on its journey from Hawaiki to New Zealand. His mother was Muriwhenua. In some versions, he is said to have been born in Hawaiki. He received...
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