Ngāti Raukawa
Māori iwi in New Zealand
Ngāti Raukawa is a Māori iwi (tribe) with traditional bases in the Waikato, Manawatū-Whanganui, and Greater Wellington regions of New Zealand. In 2023, 31,029 Māori registered their affiliation with Ngāti Raukawa.
History
Early history
Ngāti Raukawa are descended from Raukawa, son of Māhina-a-rangi of Ngāti Kahungunu and Tūrongo, who was descended from the settlers of the Tainui canoe. One of Raukawa's descendants was Maniapoto, ancestor of the Ngāti Maniapoto iwi. Ngāti Raukawa established their territory in the southern Waikato and northern Taupō region. In the early 19th century many Ngāti Raukawa people migrated to the Manawatū (including Rangitīkei and Horowhenua) and Greater Wellington (including the Kapiti Coast) regions.
In the mid-17th century, the Ngāti Raukawa rangatira Whāita, Tama-te-hura, and Wairangi conquered the section of the upper Waikato river between Putāruru and Ātiamuri in the Ngāti Raukawa–Ngāti Kahu-pungapunga War. After this war, Wairangi settled the area south of Whakamaru and his descendants, the Ngāti Wairangi, now share Mōkai marae with a number of other hapu. Whāita took the section furthest up the river, around Pōhatu-roa and his descendants, the Ngāti Whāita, have their marae at Ōngāroto, on the north bank of the Waikato River, a little west of Ātiamuri.
In the early 19th century, significant numbers of Ngāti Raukawa migrated south during the Musket Wars.
“Ngāti Raukawa” enters the record as māori iwi in New Zealand. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Ngāti, Raukawa and Māori can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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