Taranaki Maori

Taranaki Maori history features inter-tribal warfare, white settlers sparking land wars, and communities practicing civil disobedience decades before India's Gandhi. For a brief history of Taranaki Maori, click here.

There are eight iwi (tribes) in Taranaki. For their names and a map of the areas they occupy, click here.

Maori place names throughout New Zealand are not just translations of their English equivalent. Click here to see some place names and other words, for instance, days, months, seasons, and greetings in Maori with English translation.

Maori Tourism Taranaki, PO Box 1028, New Plymouth, email info@mtt.org.nz