Iwi - Quiz
  • 1. Which pan-tribal organisation operates across iwi divisions and is based in Waikato/Tainui?
A) Te Arawa
B) Rātana Church
C) The Māori King Movement
D) Ngāpuhi
  • 2. As of 2018, which iwi had the largest population?
A) Ngāti Porou
B) Te Arawa
C) Ngāpuhi
D) Waikato Tainui
  • 3. Which region is Ngāi Tahu/Kāi Tahu based in?
A) Northland Region
B) The South Island
C) Bay of Plenty Region
D) Waikato Region
  • 4. In which year was Te Reo o Poneke, the first Māori-owned radio operation, set up?
A) 2013
B) 2003
C) 1994
D) 1983
  • 5. Which iwi is based in Te Urewera and Whakatāne?
A) Ngāi Tūhoe
B) Ngāti Porou
C) Waikato Tainui
D) Te Arawa
  • 6. What is the name of the group that receives Government funding to promote Māori language and culture through radio?
A) Te Whakaruruhau o Ngā Reo Irirangi Māori
B) Te Māngai Pāho
C) Auckland University of Technology
D) Massey University
  • 7. Which iwi migrated from Waikato to Porirua in the 1820s?
A) Ngāti Toa
B) Ngāi Tahu
C) Te Āti Awa
D) Ngāti Maniapoto
  • 8. Which iwi is based in the Ōpōtiki district?
A) Ngāti Whātua
B) Whakatōhea
C) Te Āti Awa
D) Ngāruahine
  • 9. What was the population of Ngāti Raukawa in 2023?
A) 47,930
B) 45,719
C) 60,719
D) 31,029
  • 10. Which iwi is based on the East Coast of the North Island?
A) Waikato Tainui
B) Ngāi Tūhoe
C) Ngāti Kahungunu
D) Te Arawa
  • 11. Which iwi has no specific region but includes New-Zealand-based Māori with no iwi affiliation?
A) Te Āti Awa
B) Hauraki Māori
C) Ngāpuhi
D) No affiliation
  • 12. Which university conducted a study in 2009 suggesting an increase in iwi radio station audiences?
A) University of Otago
B) Victoria University of Wellington
C) Auckland University of Technology
D) Massey University
  • 13. Which iwi is based in and north of Auckland, notably Bastion Point in Ōrākei?
A) Ngāti Whātua
B) Te Āti Awa
C) Ngāti Toa
D) Whakatōhea
  • 14. Which iwi is based in the Taranaki region?
A) Hauraki Māori
B) Ngāti Maniapoto
C) Ngāti Ruanui
D) Te Arawa
  • 15. Which iwi is based in Gisborne Region and East Cape?
A) Ngāti Porou
B) Te Arawa
C) Ngāi Tūhoe
D) Waikato Tainui
  • 16. Which iwi is based in the central North Island?
A) Ngāti Tūwharetoa
B) Ngāti Porou
C) Te Arawa
D) Ngāpuhi
  • 17. Which iwi is based in the Hauraki Gulf?
A) Te Āti Awa
B) Hauraki Māori
C) Ngāi Tahu
D) Ngāti Tūwharetoa
  • 18. Which iwi is based in Taranaki, Chatham Islands, Wellington and Te Tau Ihu?
A) Te Āti Awa
B) Ngāti Ruanui
C) Ngāti Toa
D) Ngāti Tama
  • 19. Which iwi is based in South Taranaki?
A) Whakatōhea
B) Ngāti Maniapoto
C) Te Āti Awa
D) Ngāruahine
  • 20. Which iwi is based in the Northland region as a group of iwi and hapū?
A) Hauraki Māori
B) Ngāti Toa
C) Te Hiku, or Muriwhenua
D) Ngāti Tama
  • 21. Which iwi is based in Waikato and Waitomo?
A) Te Arawa
B) Ngāti Maniapoto
C) Ngāti Tūwharetoa
D) Waikato Tainui
  • 22. Which iwi is based in the Bay of Plenty Region?
A) Ngāti Porou
B) Te Arawa
C) Waikato Tainui
D) Ngāi Tūhoe
  • 23. In Māori society, what are the largest social units called?
A) Whānau
B) Waka
C) Hapū
D) Iwi
  • 24. What is the Proto-Oceanic origin of the word 'iwi'?
A) *suRi₁, meaning 'thorn, splinter, fish bone'
B) *rohe, meaning 'territory'
C) *waka, meaning 'canoe'
D) *kai, meaning 'food'
  • 25. What was the collective asset value managed by Ngāi Tahu as of 2019?
A) $1.85 billion
B) $750 million
C) $500 million
D) $3 billion
  • 26. What was the outcome of the 2004 court attempt by some iwi regarding seabed and foreshore areas?
A) It was dismissed without any public reaction
B) It polarised public opinion
C) It resulted in unanimous support for iwi claims
D) It led to immediate government policy change
  • 27. What does the term 'Ngāti' mean when used as a morpheme in New Zealand English?
A) 'Bone'
B) 'Land'
C) 'The offspring of'
D) 'Canoe'
  • 28. What percentage of Māori lived in urban areas according to a 2000 High Court judgment?
A) 70 percent
B) 50 percent
C) 90 percent
D) 81 percent
  • 29. What percentage of people claiming Māori ancestry in the 2006 census did not know their iwi?
A) 16 percent
B) 11 percent
C) 25 percent
D) 5 percent
  • 30. What issue complicates discussions about resolving historical Treaty claims?
A) Political disagreements
B) Lack of documentation
C) Language barriers
D) Overlapping territories (rohe)
  • 31. What is the term used for the idea that iwi can achieve self-determination?
A) Whanaungatanga
B) Manaakitanga
C) Kaitiakitanga
D) Tino rangatiratanga
  • 32. What percentage of Māori live outside their tribal influence?
A) At least one-third
B) 25 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 10 percent
  • 33. What percentage of Māori live outside traditional tribal territory?
A) 30 percent
B) 90 percent
C) At least 70 percent
D) 50 percent
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