Ngāti Kahu

Ngāti Kahu is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of the six Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Ngāti Kahu take their name from their founding ancestress, Kahutianui, and link their ancestry back to the waka Māmaru. The captain of Māmaru was Te Parata who married Kahutianui.

Ngāti Kahu identify themselves through the following series of markers captured in their pepeha (tribal aphorism):

• Ko Maungataniwha te maunga (Maungataniwha is the mountain)
• Ko Tokerau te moana (Tokerau is the sea),
• Ko Kahutianui te tupuna (Kahutianui is the ancestress),
• Ko Te Parata te tangata (Te Parata is the man),
• Ko Māmaru te waka (Mamaru is the canoe),
• Ko Ngāti Kahu te iwi (Ngati Kahu is the tribe).