Te Kāhui Māngai (Directory of Iwi and Māori Organisations)

Haere mai - Welcome

Te Kāhui Māngai is primarily designed to provide information on iwi (tribes) in New Zealand; including their rohe, hapū, marae, and representative organisations. It also includes certain national and Māori organisations.

Which organisations are included?

Te Kāhui Māngai includes those tribal organisations whose mandates to represent their iwi / hapū have been recognised by the New Zealand Government.
These groups are:

• Recognised Iwi Organisations and Mandated Iwi Organisations in the Māori Fisheries Act 2004;
• Mandated bodies recognised for Treaty of Waitangi settlement purposes, including Treaty negotiations and post-settlement governance entities;

Te Kāhui Māngai also includes:

• National and Urban Māori organisations that have statutory associations with representative iwi organisations ("Other Māori Organisations");
• Iwi authorities for the purposes of section 35A of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA); and
• Groups that represent hapū for the purposes of the RMA and have requested that their information be provided on this site for the purposes of section 35A of the RMA.