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Kati Mamoe, or Ngati Mamoe, is an historic Maori
Maori

The Maori are the indigenous people Polynesian people of Aotearoa . The group probably arrived in south-western Polynesia in several waves at some time before 1300....
 iwi
Iwi

In New Zealand society, iwi form the largest everyday social units in Maori Culture of the Maori. The word iwi means "people" or "folk"; in many contexts it may mean "tribe" or "clan", and sometimes a larger grouping of tribes....
. Originally from the Heretaunga (Napier
Napier, New Zealand

Napier is a seaport List of cities in New Zealand in Hawke's Bay , New Zealand. It has a population of Less than twenty kilometres separate the centres of Hastings City and Napier, and as such the two are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"....
) area they moved in the 1500s to the South Island
South Island

The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
  which at the time was occupied by Waitaha
Waitaha

Waitaha is an early historical Maori iwi. Inhabitants of the South Island of New Zealand, they were largely absorbed via marriage and conquest first by the Kati Mamoe and then Ngai Tahu from the 1500s onward....
.

Kati Mamoe were largely subsequently absorbed via marriage and conquest by Ngai Tahu
Ngai Tahu

Ngai Tahu, or Kai Tahu, is the principal Maori iwi of the southern region of New Zealand, with the tribal authority, Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, being based in Christchurch, New Zealand and Invercargill....
 who migrated south a century later. There is no distinct Kati Mamoe organisation today but many Ngai Tahu have Kati Mamoe links in their whakapapa
Whakapapa

Whakapapa or genealogy is a fundamental principle that permeates the whole of Maori Culture of the Maori. However, it is more than just a genealogical 'device'....
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Kati Mamoe, or Ngati Mamoe, is an historic Maori
Maori

The Maori are the indigenous people Polynesian people of Aotearoa . The group probably arrived in south-western Polynesia in several waves at some time before 1300....
 iwi
Iwi

In New Zealand society, iwi form the largest everyday social units in Maori Culture of the Maori. The word iwi means "people" or "folk"; in many contexts it may mean "tribe" or "clan", and sometimes a larger grouping of tribes....
. Originally from the Heretaunga (Napier
Napier, New Zealand

Napier is a seaport List of cities in New Zealand in Hawke's Bay , New Zealand. It has a population of Less than twenty kilometres separate the centres of Hastings City and Napier, and as such the two are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"....
) area they moved in the 1500s to the South Island
South Island

The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
  which at the time was occupied by Waitaha
Waitaha

Waitaha is an early historical Maori iwi. Inhabitants of the South Island of New Zealand, they were largely absorbed via marriage and conquest first by the Kati Mamoe and then Ngai Tahu from the 1500s onward....
.

Kati Mamoe were largely subsequently absorbed via marriage and conquest by Ngai Tahu
Ngai Tahu

Ngai Tahu, or Kai Tahu, is the principal Maori iwi of the southern region of New Zealand, with the tribal authority, Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, being based in Christchurch, New Zealand and Invercargill....
 who migrated south a century later. There is no distinct Kati Mamoe organisation today but many Ngai Tahu have Kati Mamoe links in their whakapapa
Whakapapa

Whakapapa or genealogy is a fundamental principle that permeates the whole of Maori Culture of the Maori. However, it is more than just a genealogical 'device'....
. In the far south of the island especially, "...southern Maori still think of themselves as Ngai Tahu-Ngati Mamoe, a synthesis of the two tribal groups..."

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