Te Tai – Treaty Settlement Stories

Ngāti Awa

Ngāti Awa are the descendants of Te Tini o Toi, the original inhabitants of the region, and the people of Mataatua waka, which made landfall at Whakatāne after voyaging from Hawaiki around 1300 CE.
Map of New Zealand showing the whenua of Ngāti Awa in the Eastern Bay of Plenty