Ngāti Tama
| Ngāti Tama | |
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| Iwi of New Zealand | |
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| Rohe (region) | King Country, Wellington, South Island, Chatham Islands |
| Population | 1,764 |
| Website | www |
Ngāti Tama is a historic Māori iwi of present-day New Zealand.
Te Korimako O Taranaki is the radio station of Ngati Tama and other Taranaki region iwi, including Ngati Mutunga, Te Atiawa, Ngati Maru, Taranaki, Ngāruahine, Ngati Ruanui and Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi. It started at the Bell Block campus of Taranaki Polytechnic in 1992, and moved to the Spotswood campus in 1993. It is available on 94.8 FM across Taranaki.
Ngati Tama are an Iwi who whakapapa back to Tama Ariki, the chief navigator on the Tokomaru waka. The Iwi of Ngati Tama is located in north Taranaki around Poutama. On its northern boundary (Mohakatino River) are the Tainui and Waikato/Maniapoto tribes, and on the southern boundary is Ngati Mutunga. The close geographical proximity of Tainui's Ngati Toa (of Kawhia) and Ngati Mutunga explains the long, continuous, and close relationship among the three Iwi.
Ngati Tama people migrated south in the 1820s in search of better opportunities (e.g., trade), to ensure their safety (e.g., there was the ongoing threat from musket-carrying Tainui war parties), and close whakapapa and historic ties with Ngati Toa (the main migrant group heading south to Te Whanganui-a-Tara - now Wellington). Ngati Tama's paramount chief Te Puoho was in charge of leading the expedition south, along with other chiefs, e.g., Te Kaeaea.
While Ngati Tama was one of the first Taranaki iwi to arrive in Wellington in the 1820s, other Iwi, hapu and whanau joined the migration from Taranaki e.g., Ngati Mutunga, and Te Atiawa. People from these three Iwi have in common the same heritage back to the Tokomaru waka. The central and southern Taranaki tribes, including Wanganui also participated in the journey south.
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