Te Arawa
Confederation of Māori iwi and hapū (tribes and sub-tribes) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a confederation of Māori tribes. For the ancient Māori canoe, see Arawa (canoe). For the Rotorua radio station, see Te Arawa FM.
Te Arawa is a confederation of Māori iwi and hapū (tribes and sub-tribes) of New Zealand who trace their ancestry to the Arawa migration canoe (waka).[1] The tribes are based in the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty areas and have a population of around 60,117 according to the 2018 census making it the 6th biggest iwi in New Zealand.[2] The Te Arawa iwi also comprises 56 hapū (sub-tribes) and 31 marae (family groupings).[3]