Māori Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand. Māori incorporates mana whenua and mataawaka. culture and identity is celebrated by Aucklanders and is our point of difference in the world. It brings visitors to our shore, attracts investment, and builds a sense of belonging and pride.
Auckland embraces its uniqueness founded on te Tiriti o Waitangi and shaped by its Māori history and presence.
Te Tiriti recognises the rangatiratangaThere are two components: 1. chieftainship, right to exercise authority, chiefly autonomy, chiefly authority, ownership, leadership of a social group, domain of the rangatira, noble birth, attributes of a chief. 2. kingdom, realm, sovereignty, principality, self-determination, self-management - connotations extending the original meaning of the word resulting from Bible and Treaty of Waitangi translations. of Auckland's hapū A number of whānau sharing descent from a common ancestor; kinship group, sub-tribe. and iwi, and the inseparable bond between people and place.
Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand have lived in Tāmaki Makaurau for over 1000 years.
Today, the population of Māori in Tāmaki Makaurau is diverse and dynamic. They comprise nearly 12 per cent of Auckland's population, and number around 180,000 people, which made up of 24 per cent of Māori population in Aotearoa. Over half are under 25 years and nearly a third under 15 years.
A significant proportion of Māori, however, are not benefitting from Auckland's success.
Māori living in Auckland are:
- the hapū and iwi A number of hapū (section of a tribe) related through a common ancestor. of Tāmaki Makaurau, known as mana whenua Hapū and iwi with ancestral relationships to certain areas in Tāmaki Makaurau where they exercise customary authority., or
- those who are not in a Tāmaki Makaurau mana whenua group, known as mataawaka Māori who live in Auckland and are not in a mana whenua group..
There are 19 mana whenua iwi in Tāmaki Makaurau whose interests and rohe Rohe overlap, and make up around 15 per cent of Auckland's Māori.
See the interactive map for the mana whenua locations and read more about the iwi of Tāmaki Makaurau. You can zoom into areas of the map (originally published June 2018) and click on the icons for more information.
