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95 p. illustrations (chiefly colour), maps.
A guide to the main Māori tribes combining great photos of scenic New Zealand with maps, Māori art and history.
Contents: Pacific migrations -- Canoe navigation -- When was New Zealand first settled?-- Ideas of Māori origins -- Hawaiki -- Māori creation traditions -- First peoples in Māori tradition -- Canoe traditions -- Tribal organisation -- Muriwhenua tribes -- Ngāpuhi -- Whāngārei tribes -- Ngāti Whātua -- Tāmaki tribes -- Hauraki tribes -- Marutūahu tribes -- Waikato -- Ngāti Maniapoto -- Te Arawa -- Ngāti Tūwharetoa -- Tauranga Moana tribes -- Ngāti Awa -- Te Whakatōhea -- Ngāi Tūhoe -- Te Whānau-ā-Apanui -- Ngāti Porou -- Tūrangaui-a-Kiwa tribes -- Ngāti Rongomaiwahine -- Ngāti Kahungunu -- Te Āti Awa of Taranaki -- Taranaki -- Ngāti Ruanui -- Ngā Rauru Kītahi -- Whanganui tribes -- Ngāti Apa -- Rangitāne -- Muaūpoko -- Ngāti Raukawa -- Ngāti Toarangatira -- Te Āti Awa of Wellington -- Te Tau Ihu tribes -- Ngāi Tahu -- Moriori -- Urban Māori.

Maori tribes of New Zealand has been prepared by the team at Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. To view more information, maps and images, sound files and multimedia resources, please visit www.TeAra.govt.nz. Te Manatū Taonga - Ministry for Culture & Heritage.