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Te Uri-o-Hau
Iwi (tribe) in Māoridom

Kaiwaka

Rohe (region)Northland
Waka (canoe)Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi
Population1,314 (2018 census)[1]
Websitewww.uriohau.com

Te Uri-o-Hau (sometimes spelt Te Uri O Hau[2] or Te Uriohau[3][4]) is a Māori iwi (tribe) based around New Zealand's Kaipara Harbour.[5] It is both an independent iwi and a hapū (sub-tribe) of the larger Ngāti Whātua iwi, alongside Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei, Te Roroa and Te Taoū.[6] Its rohe (tribal area) includes Dargaville, Maungaturoto, Mangawhai, Kaiwaka and Wellsford.[7]

According to the 2018 New Zealand census, about 1,314 people affiliate with the iwi.[1][8] This compares to 732 in 2001, 1,074 in 2006, and 1,260 in 2013.[9]

Former iwi leader Russell Kemp died in 2018 at the age of 71.[10][11][12]

Te Uri-o-Hau is further divided into the following hapū (sub-tribes):

  • Ngāi Tāhuhu
  • Ngāti Kaiwhare
  • Ngāti Kauae
  • Ngāti Kura
  • Ngāti Mauku
  • Ngāti Rangi
  • Ngāti Tāhinga
  • Te Uri o Hau[5]

The iwi has the following marae (meeting places) and wharenui (meeting houses):

Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust represents the iwi following its Treaty of Waitangi settlement with the New Zealand Government under Te Uri o Hau Claims Settlement Act 2002. It also represents the iwi as an "iwi authority" during the resource consent process under the Resource Management Act 1991. It is a Tūhono organisation and a trust, and its governance board includes two represents from each of the four Ngā Mātua marae: Otamatea, Waikaretu, Oruawharo and Arapaoa.[5]

The iwi has interests in the territory of Northland Regional Council, Auckland Council and Kaipara District Council.[5]

According to the 2018 New Zealand census, 53.6% of the iwi has a religious belief and 40% have no religious beliefs. By comparison, 38.1% for the Māori population as a whole has a religious belief.[13]

Religious affiliation %
Irreligious 40
Christianity 32.1
Anglicanism 8.2
Catholicism 7.5
Christianity (no further description) 5.7
Latter-Day Saints 2.7
Methodism 2.3
Pentecostal 2.1
Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed 1.8
Evangelical, Born-Again and Fundamentalist 1.1
Jehovah's Witnesses 0.7
Māori Religions 20.3
Rātana Church 19.6
  Other Māori religions and beliefs 0.7
Spiritualism and New Age Religions 1.8
Object to answering 6.4
  1. ^ a b "Te Uri o Hau". tewhata.io. Data Iwi Leaders Group. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Te Uri O Hau". uriohau.com. Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust.
  3. ^ "Text of waiata: "He tangi na Ngati Whatua mo tana mate i Te Ika-a-ranganui. Na Puriri o Te Uriohau tribe"". University of Auckland Library Archives. Auckland University.
  4. ^ "Maori deeds of land purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One". Victoria University.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Te Puni Kōkiri Iwi Profile". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  6. ^ "Ngāti Whātua". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 22 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Te Uri o Hau Area of Interest from the Deed of Settlement" (JPG, 254KB). tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri. 13 December 2000. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Iwi affiliation (estimated count), 2018". Statistics New Zealand.
  9. ^ "2013 Census QuickStats about Māori – tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Te Uri o Hau mourn the loss of champion Russell Kemp". Waatea News. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Honoured Northland iwi leader dies". Radio New Zealand. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Russell Kemp, Northland kaumatua who 'exuded leadership', dies aged 71". NZ Herald. NZME. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Religion - Te Uri o Hau". tewhata.io. Data Iwi Leaders Group. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.