Ngāti Porou

Parallel Names

• Iwi

Biography

"The Ngāti Porou homeland is the most easterly region of the North Island. It sits inside the two canoe boundaries of Horouta and Tākitimu. The traditional Horouta canoe territory is from Te Taumata-ō-Apanui in the north to Paritū in the south, then inland to Ngāti Ruapani territory and to Waikaremoana. It then runs north along the Raukūmara Range. The Gisborne region is regarded as the overlapping boundary between the two canoes.

As set out under the Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou Act 1987, Ngāti Porou’s internal boundaries are from Pōtikirua in the north to Te Toka a Taiau in the south.

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The mountain of Hikurangi remains the tribe’s most significant icon because of the legend in which the ancestor Māui fished up the North Island.

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The Waiapu River is the most famous in the region and, like Hikurangi, its name is also found in Tahiti."

Tamati Muturangi Reedy, 'Ngāti Porou - Tribal boundaries and resources', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ngati-porou/page-2 (accessed 22 September 2022)

Note on 'Family' Type for Hapū and Iwi

We hope to accurately provide hapū and iwi affiliations with as many uri (descendants) and tipuna (antecedants) as possible. The Family type has been used as it is the best available method to describe these relationships. The Family category does not describe these relationships fully, and is not intended to do so.