Muaūpoko
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Muaūpoko is a Māori iwi on the Kāpiti Coast of New Zealand.
Muaūpoko | |
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Iwi (tribe) in Māoridom | |
Rohe (region) | Kāpiti Coast |
Waka (canoe) | Kurahaupō |
Population | 2,499 |
Muaūpoko are descended from the ancestor Tara, whose name has been given to many New Zealand landmarks,[1] most notably Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington). His people were known as Ngāi Tara, although more recently they took the name Muaūpoko, meaning the people living at the head (ūpoko) of the fish of Māui (that is, the southernmost end of the North Island.)
Muaūpoko's traditional area is in the Horowhenua/Kāpiti Coast/Wellington region. In the early nineteenth century Ngāi Tara were a large iwi occupying the area between the Tararua Ranges in the east and the Tasman Sea in the west, from Sinclair Head in the south to the Rangitīkei River in the north. Some hapū had even settled in Queen Charlotte Sound in the 17th century.