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Iwi - Quiz
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  • 1. Which pan-tribal organisation operates across iwi divisions and is based in Waikato/Tainui?
A) Ngāpuhi
B) Te Arawa
C) The Māori King Movement
D) Rātana Church
  • 2. As of 2018, which iwi had the largest population?
A) Waikato Tainui
B) Ngāpuhi
C) Ngāti Porou
D) Te Arawa
  • 3. Which region is Ngāi Tahu/Kāi Tahu based in?
A) Bay of Plenty Region
B) Northland Region
C) Waikato Region
D) The South Island
  • 4. In which year was Te Reo o Poneke, the first Māori-owned radio operation, set up?
A) 2013
B) 1994
C) 2003
D) 1983
  • 5. Which iwi is based in Te Urewera and Whakatāne?
A) Waikato Tainui
B) Ngāi Tūhoe
C) Ngāti Porou
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) Auckland University of Technology
C) Massey University
D) Te Māngai Pāho
  • 7. Which iwi migrated from Waikato to Porirua in the 1820s?
A) Ngāti Toa
B) Ngāi Tahu
C) Ngāti Maniapoto
D) Te Āti Awa
  • 8. Which iwi is based in the Ōpōtiki district?
A) Whakatōhea
B) Ngāti Whātua
C) Ngāruahine
D) Te Āti Awa
  • 9. What was the population of Ngāti Raukawa in 2023?
A) 45,719
B) 60,719
C) 47,930
D) 31,029
  • 10. Which iwi is based on the East Coast of the North Island?
A) Te Arawa
B) Waikato Tainui
C) Ngāti Kahungunu
D) Ngāi Tūhoe
  • 11. Which iwi has no specific region but includes New-Zealand-based Māori with no iwi affiliation?
A) No affiliation
B) Ngāpuhi
C) Te Āti Awa
D) Hauraki Māori
  • 12. Which university conducted a study in 2009 suggesting an increase in iwi radio station audiences?
A) Victoria University of Wellington
B) Auckland University of Technology
C) University of Otago
D) Massey University
  • 13. Which iwi is based in and north of Auckland, notably Bastion Point in Ōrākei?
A) Ngāti Whātua
B) Ngāti Toa
C) Whakatōhea
D) Te Āti Awa
  • 14. Which iwi is based in the Taranaki region?
A) Ngāti Maniapoto
B) Ngāti Ruanui
C) Hauraki Māori
D) Te Arawa
  • 15. Which iwi is based in Gisborne Region and East Cape?
A) Te Arawa
B) Ngāi Tūhoe
C) Waikato Tainui
D) Ngāti Porou
  • 16. Which iwi is based in the central North Island?
A) Te Arawa
B) Ngāti Tūwharetoa
C) Ngāti Porou
D) Ngāpuhi
  • 17. Which iwi is based in the Hauraki Gulf?
A) Ngāti Tūwharetoa
B) Hauraki Māori
C) Ngāi Tahu
D) Te Āti Awa
  • 18. Which iwi is based in Taranaki, Chatham Islands, Wellington and Te Tau Ihu?
A) Te Āti Awa
B) Ngāti Ruanui
C) Ngāti Tama
D) Ngāti Toa
  • 19. Which iwi is based in South Taranaki?
A) Ngāruahine
B) Te Āti Awa
C) Whakatōhea
D) Ngāti Maniapoto
  • 20. Which iwi is based in the Northland region as a group of iwi and hapū?
A) Ngāti Tama
B) Te Hiku, or Muriwhenua
C) Ngāti Toa
D) Hauraki Māori
  • 21. Which iwi is based in Waikato and Waitomo?
A) Waikato Tainui
B) Te Arawa
C) Ngāti Tūwharetoa
D) Ngāti Maniapoto
  • 22. Which iwi is based in the Bay of Plenty Region?
A) Te Arawa
B) Ngāti Porou
C) Ngāi Tūhoe
D) Waikato Tainui
  • 23. In Māori society, what are the largest social units called?
A) Waka
B) Whānau
C) Hapū
D) Iwi
  • 24. What is the Proto-Oceanic origin of the word 'iwi'?
A) *waka, meaning 'canoe'
B) *kai, meaning 'food'
C) *suRi₁, meaning 'thorn, splinter, fish bone'
D) *rohe, meaning 'territory'
  • 25. What was the collective asset value managed by Ngāi Tahu as of 2019?
A) $500 million
B) $750 million
C) $3 billion
D) $1.85 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 led to immediate government policy change
C) It polarised public opinion
D) It resulted in unanimous support for iwi claims
  • 27. What does the term 'Ngāti' mean when used as a morpheme in New Zealand English?
A) 'Land'
B) 'Canoe'
C) 'Bone'
D) 'The offspring of'
  • 28. What percentage of Māori lived in urban areas according to a 2000 High Court judgment?
A) 90 percent
B) 50 percent
C) 70 percent
D) 81 percent
  • 29. What percentage of people claiming Māori ancestry in the 2006 census did not know their iwi?
A) 25 percent
B) 11 percent
C) 16 percent
D) 5 percent
  • 30. What issue complicates discussions about resolving historical Treaty claims?
A) Lack of documentation
B) Language barriers
C) Political disagreements
D) Overlapping territories (rohe)
  • 31. What is the term used for the idea that iwi can achieve self-determination?
A) Tino rangatiratanga
B) Kaitiakitanga
C) Manaakitanga
D) Whanaungatanga
  • 32. What percentage of Māori live outside their tribal influence?
A) 25 percent
B) 50 percent
C) 10 percent
D) At least one-third
  • 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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