Ngati Kahungunu

The Ngati Kahungunu iwi, one of the largest tribes of New Zealand Maori, is based in Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay.

Its membership recorded at the 2001 census was 51,552, including Ngäti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Ngäti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngäti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Ngäti Kahungunu region unspecified, Ngäti Kahungunu ki Whanganui a Orotu, Ngäti Kahungunu ki Tamatea, and Ngäti Kahungunu ki Tamakinui a Rua. That information is from Statistics New Zealand. Information obtained from Statistics New Zealand may be freely used, reproduced, or quoted unless otherwise specified. In all cases Statistics New Zealand must be acknowledged as the source. Ihaka Whaanga was also a chief in nuhaka.

The tribe experienced a civil war in December 1865 and January 1866, which historians treat as part of the East Cape War.

The Iwi's website, kahungunu.iwi.nz, contains information on registering for the Iwi and words to some of their waita (songs), including the famous Pokarekare Ana.

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