Māori o Aotearoa, New Zealand
Government | Culture | Land | Tribes | Tourism | Statistics | Treaty | Business
The following sites have been compiled with a veiw to providing non-New Zealanders an introduction to Māori issues and culture.
To translate Māori words/terms found on this site use the Ngata Māori Language Dictionary, including 'powhiri'.
Te Puni Kōkiri is a government agency set up under the Ministry of Māori Development Act (1991). Its goals are to promote higher achievement by Māori, provide high quality advice to Government and accelerate Māori development.
TPK provides information on various charactertistics of the Māori population in New Zealand. Information is provided in a variety of formats as fact sheets, trend sheets and other reports.
Māori Culture Online
www.maori.org.nz covers many aspects of Māori culture, through either their own pages or through a large number of links to many Māori sites.
Māori and the Land
Te Kooti Whenua Māori is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land. About 1.3 million hectares in New Zealand is designated as Māori freehold land, just under five percent of the total 26.4 million hectares in the country. more...
Iwi/Tribal Groups
Iwi are large tribes made up of hapu (kin groups), which are made up of whānau (family groups) and have founding ancestor and territorial lands.
When meeting, we Māori will often indicate our, or ask others their iwi affliations. When in text, iwi are listed after our names, as you will find on other pages of this site.
North Island Iwi
South Island Iwi
Māori and Tourism
The Māori people are the indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand and first arrived here in waka hourua (voyaging canoes) from their ancestral homeland of Hawaiki. more...
Tourism Māori Directory
This website is dedicated to the promotion of New Zealand's Māori (indigenous) tourism operators.
Māori and Statistics
As the tāngata whenua, the indigenous population, Māori people occupy a unique place in New Zealand society. Statistics New Zealand collects data on the demographic, economic, social and cultural position of Māori.
The Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi is New Zealand's founding document. This website sets out to give a concise account of the Treaty of Waitangi itself and the issues surrounding it, which generally are not well understood.
The Federation of Māori Authorities
The Federation of Māori Authorities Inc. (FoMA) is easily New Zealand's largest Māori business network.
