Editing Rohe

{{Short description|Territorial divisions within Māori society}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}
{{More citations needed|date=February 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

[[Image:IwiMap.png|thumb|right|500px|Map of rohe. Areas shown are indicative only, and some {{Lang|mi|rohe}} may overlap.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}]]
The [[Māori people]] of New Zealand use the word '''''{{Lang|mi|rohe}}''''' to describe the territory or boundaries of tribes ({{Lang|mi|[[iwi]]}}{{--)}},<ref>{{cite web|title=Glossary of Māori terms|url=http://tereomaori.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-guidelines/Appendix-2-Glossary-of-Maori-terms|website=Ministry of Education|accessdate=14 June 2017}}</ref> although some divide their {{Lang|mi|rohe}} into several {{Lang|mi|takiwā}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Glossary|url=http://www.tkm.govt.nz/glossary/|website=Te Puni Kōkiri|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref>

==Background==
In 1793, chief Tuki Te Terenui Whare Pirau who had been brought to [[Norfolk Island]] drew the first map of the islands of New Zealand at the request of New South Wales Governor [[Philip King (Australian politician)|Philip King]]; in which the regions of [[North Island]] were only divided by families indicated by their locations: tribes like [[Muaūpoko]] living in south of the island bore the ''mua''- ("front") affix whereas northern families like [[Muriwhenua]] were affixed ''muri''- ("back") in reference to the island believed to be a large fish caught by [[Māui]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=Atholl |last2=Binney |first2=Judith |last3=Harris |first3=Aroha |title=Tangata Whenua: A History |date=2015 |publisher=Bridget Williams Books |isbn=978-0-908321-54-4 |pages=97-8 |url=https://www.google.com.my/books/edition/Tangata_Whenua/NS7xCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=tuki+map+cook&pg=PA97&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Polynesian Navigation and Tuki’s Map |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/visiting/wellington/unfolding-the-map/polynesian-navigation-and-tukis-map |website=[[National Library of New Zealand]] |access-date=11 December 2024}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Māori iwi]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web| url=http://www.tkm.govt.nz/map/| title=Iwi by map| publisher=Te Puni Kōkiri}}

[[Category:Iwi and hapū]]
[[Category:Māori words and phrases]]


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