Ngai Takoto
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Ngāi Takoto is a Māori iwi
from Northland, New Zealand
. Ngāi Takoto trace their ancestry back to Tuwhakatere, and their arrival in New Zealand to the Kurahaupo
canoe .
Iwi
In New Zealand society, iwi form the largest everyday social units in Māori culture. The word iwi means "'peoples' or 'nations'. In "the work of European writers which treat iwi and hapū as parts of a hierarchical structure", it has been used to mean "tribe" , or confederation of tribes,...
from Northland, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Ngāi Takoto trace their ancestry back to Tuwhakatere, and their arrival in New Zealand to the Kurahaupo
Kurahaupo
In Taranaki tribal tradition, Kurahaupō is known as 'Te Waka Pakaru ki te moana' or 'The Canoe broken at sea', and was reputed to have arrived in Aotearoa in the same generation as the other great migration vessels of the Māori like Aotea, Mataatua, Takitimu, Tainui, Arawa etc...
canoe .