How do I register with Waikato-Tainui?
Applications for registration on the tribal register must be verified by a nominated kaumaatua from the Marae/Hapuu named on the registration form. This means that Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui Inc. will need to provide the whakapapa details in your application form to the nominated Kaumaatua for review.
How do you register as Tainui?
– Simply get a copy of your Tribal Registration ID Form from Waikato-Tainui by calling 0800 TAINUI (824 684) to have it sent out to you. – PXT and email a copy of suitable ID (i.e. passport, birth certificate or licence) which is to be held on your tribal registration file.
Is Waikato a Tainui?
There are four principal tribes that comprise the Tainui waka. They are Hauraki, Ngaati Maniapoto, Ngaati Raukawa and Waikato (Source: www.waikatotainui.com).
Is Tainui an iwi?
Waikato Tainui, Waikato or Tainui is a group of Māori iwi based in Waikato Region, in the western central region of New Zealand’s North Island. It is part of the larger Tainui confederation of Polynesian settlers who arrived to New Zealand on the Tainui waka (migration canoe).
How do I register with my iwi?
REGISTER NOW Once the groups you affiliate with have registered with Youriwi.com, you will be able to fill out an online form and complete your personal profile. Your iwi and hapū groups will be notified, and once they’ve verified your registration, you’re good to go.
What is the hapū of Waikato?
The Waikato-Tainui iwi comprises 33 hapū (sub-tribes) and 65 marae (family groupings). There are over 52,000 tribal members who affiliate to Waikato-Tainui. Hamilton City is now the tribe’s largest population centre, but Ngāruawāhia remains the tribe’s historical centre and modern capital.
Is Tainui a hapū?
Hapū and marae. Waikato Tainui is made up of several iwi (tribes) and hapū (sub-tribes).
How much is Tainui worth?
$1 billion
Tainui assets top $1b as 20th anniversary of Treaty settlement looms. Waikato’s Tainui iwi has recorded total tribal assets worth more than $1 billion for the first time since the $170 million settlement of its Treaty of Waitangi claims by the Bolger government in 1995.
Who can identify as Māori?
The current government trend of ethnic identification offers two options for measuring Māori ethnic identity. First, Māori are Māori if they have Māori ancestry, and second, if they choose to identify as Māori (Kukutai & Callister, 2009).