Iwi

The iwi is the principal social unit in the company Māori. Iwi means “people”; in several cases, the direction of iwi is similar to that of Tribu or Clan, with the distinction that a iwi to be formed little of several tribes. Antropologic research shows that in the majority of the cases, before European colonization, Māoris were mainly divided into smaller groups such as the whānau (widened families) or hapū (subgroups).

Each iwi little to be divided into hapū (" under-tribus"). For example, the iwi Ngāti Whātua consists of four hapū: Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa, Te Taou, and Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrākei.

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