Ngāti Kuri are descended from the original inhabitants, the founding peoples of the northernmost peninsula of Aotearoa, in Te Hiku o Te Ika.
Today we have a strong core of kaumatua and kuia living in our rohe, and many of our whanau are all over Aotearoa and the world. In part this site represents an effort to virtually gather our whanau home and to provide a space were they and the world can see our strategic vision in action.
Ngāti Kuri are descended from the original inhabitants, the founding peoples of the northernmost peninsula of Aotearoa, in Te Hiku o Te Ika. These peoples, known also as Te Iwi o Te Ngaki, were already occupying Te Hiku o Te Ika before the arrival of the many migratory waka from Polynesia. Their ancestor was Ruatamore.
Ngāti Kuri also trace their whakapapa to the Kurahaupo waka which first made landfall in Ngāti Kuri’s rohe at Rangitahua, the Kermadec Islands. The Ngāti Kuri ancestors of ancient times laid the foundation for Ngā Uri, their descendents, These ancestral linkages affirm Ngāti Kuri as tangata whenua.
