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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) Ngāpuhi
B) Te Arawa
C) Ngāti Porou
D) Waikato Tainui
  • 3. Which region is Ngāi Tahu/Kāi Tahu based in?
A) Waikato Region
B) Bay of Plenty Region
C) Northland Region
D) The South Island
  • 4. In which year was Te Reo o Poneke, the first Māori-owned radio operation, set up?
A) 1983
B) 1994
C) 2013
D) 2003
  • 5. Which iwi is based in Te Urewera and Whakatāne?
A) Waikato Tainui
B) Ngāti Porou
C) Ngāi Tūhoe
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 Māngai Pāho
B) Massey University
C) Auckland University of Technology
D) Te Whakaruruhau o Ngā Reo Irirangi Māori
  • 7. Which iwi migrated from Waikato to Porirua in the 1820s?
A) Ngāti Toa
B) Ngāti Maniapoto
C) Te Āti Awa
D) Ngāi Tahu
  • 8. Which iwi is based in the Ōpōtiki district?
A) Ngāruahine
B) Te Āti Awa
C) Ngāti Whātua
D) Whakatōhea
  • 9. What was the population of Ngāti Raukawa in 2023?
A) 45,719
B) 60,719
C) 31,029
D) 47,930
  • 10. Which iwi is based on the East Coast of the North Island?
A) Te Arawa
B) Ngāti Kahungunu
C) Waikato Tainui
D) Ngāi Tūhoe
  • 11. Which iwi has no specific region but includes New-Zealand-based Māori with no iwi affiliation?
A) Te Āti Awa
B) Ngāpuhi
C) No affiliation
D) Hauraki Māori
  • 12. Which university conducted a study in 2009 suggesting an increase in iwi radio station audiences?
A) Auckland University of Technology
B) Victoria University of Wellington
C) University of Otago
D) Massey University
  • 13. Which iwi is based in and north of Auckland, notably Bastion Point in Ōrākei?
A) Ngāti Toa
B) Ngāti Whātua
C) Te Āti Awa
D) Whakatōhea
  • 14. Which iwi is based in the Taranaki region?
A) Hauraki Māori
B) Te Arawa
C) Ngāti Maniapoto
D) Ngāti Ruanui
  • 15. Which iwi is based in Gisborne Region and East Cape?
A) Ngāi Tūhoe
B) Te Arawa
C) Ngāti Porou
D) Waikato Tainui
  • 16. Which iwi is based in the central North Island?
A) Te Arawa
B) Ngāti Porou
C) Ngāti Tūwharetoa
D) Ngāpuhi
  • 17. Which iwi is based in the Hauraki Gulf?
A) Ngāti Tūwharetoa
B) Te Āti Awa
C) Hauraki Māori
D) Ngāi Tahu
  • 18. Which iwi is based in Taranaki, Chatham Islands, Wellington and Te Tau Ihu?
A) Ngāti Tama
B) Ngāti Ruanui
C) Ngāti Toa
D) Te Āti Awa
  • 19. Which iwi is based in South Taranaki?
A) Whakatōhea
B) Ngāti Maniapoto
C) Ngāruahine
D) Te Āti Awa
  • 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) Ngāti Toa
D) Hauraki Māori
  • 21. Which iwi is based in Waikato and Waitomo?
A) Ngāti Tūwharetoa
B) Ngāti Maniapoto
C) Waikato Tainui
D) Te Arawa
  • 22. Which iwi is based in the Bay of Plenty Region?
A) Ngāi Tūhoe
B) Te Arawa
C) Ngāti Porou
D) Waikato Tainui
  • 23. In Māori society, what are the largest social units called?
A) Whānau
B) Hapū
C) Waka
D) Iwi
  • 24. What is the Proto-Oceanic origin of the word 'iwi'?
A) *suRi₁, meaning 'thorn, splinter, fish bone'
B) *waka, meaning 'canoe'
C) *rohe, meaning 'territory'
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 resulted in unanimous support for iwi claims
B) It polarised public opinion
C) It was dismissed without any public reaction
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) 'The offspring of'
B) 'Land'
C) 'Canoe'
D) 'Bone'
  • 28. What percentage of Māori lived in urban areas according to a 2000 High Court judgment?
A) 81 percent
B) 70 percent
C) 90 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) 5 percent
C) 11 percent
D) 25 percent
  • 30. What issue complicates discussions about resolving historical Treaty claims?
A) Political disagreements
B) Language barriers
C) Lack of documentation
D) Overlapping territories (rohe)
  • 31. What is the term used for the idea that iwi can achieve self-determination?
A) Tino rangatiratanga
B) Manaakitanga
C) Kaitiakitanga
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) 90 percent
B) 30 percent
C) 50 percent
D) At least 70 percent
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