Ngāti Koata or Ngāti Kōata is a
Māori
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* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...
iwi
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, roughly means or , and is often translated as "tribe". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English.
...
of
New Zealand
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, originating on the west coast of
Waikato
The Waikato () is a region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Waipā District, Matamata-Piako District, South Waikato District and Hamilton City, as well as Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the nort ...
, but now mainly at the northern tip of South Island.
Ngāti Koata
whakapapa
Genealogy is a fundamental principle in Māori culture, termed specifically in this context as ''whakapapa'' (, , lit. 'layering'). Reciting one's '' whakapapa'' proclaims one's identity among the Māori, places oneself in a wider context, and ...
back to Koata who lived near
Kāwhia in the 17th century. She had two sons, Kāwharu and Te Wehi (founder of
Ngāti Te Wehi). Te Totara pa on the south shore of Kāwhia was shared with
Ngāti Toa
Ngāti Toa, also called Ngāti Toarangatira or Ngāti Toa Rangatira, is a Māori people, Māori ''iwi'' (tribe) based in the southern North Island and the northern South Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Toa remains a small iwi with a population of ...
in the early 19th century. Following the
musket wars
The Musket Wars were a series of as many as 3,000 battles and raids fought throughout New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands) among Māori people, Māori between 1806 and 1845, after Māori first obtained muskets and then engaged in an inte ...
, many of the iwi moved south to Kapiti Island and then
Te Tau Ihu in the mid 1820s.
Claims to land were considered by Parliament in 1929 and 1936. The latter related to land at
Wakapuaka and the role of
Te Rauparaha
Te Rauparaha ( – 27 November 1849) was a Māori rangatira, warlord, and chief of the Ngāti Toa iwi. One of the most powerful military leaders of the Musket Wars, Te Rauparaha fought a war of conquest that greatly expanded Ngāti Toa south ...
.
13 pa sites in the area of
Raglan,
Te Uku,
Te Ākau,
Ruapuke and
Aotea have been associated with Ngāti Koata.
The Ngāti Koata Trust was formed after signing the iwi's $11.76m. The tribe's
Deed of Settlement was signed at Whakatū Marae in
Nelson
Nelson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey
* ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers
* ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...
on 20 December 2012.
Ngāti Koata logo was designed and gifted to the iwi by Puhanga Tupaea.
See also
*
List of Māori iwi
This is a list of iwi (New Zealand Māori tribes).
List of iwi
This list includes groups recognised as iwi (tribes) in certain contexts. Many are also hapū (sub-tribes) of larger iwi.
Moriori are included on this list. Although they are dist ...
References
Iwi and hapū
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