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