Ngapuhi (or Nga Puhi) is a Maori iwi located in the Northland region of New Zealand and centred in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands and Whangarei.
Ngapuhi has the largest affiliation of any iwi, with 125,600 people identifying as Ngapuhi in the 2013 census, and formed from 150 hapu/subtribes, with 55 marae.
Hongi Hika was New Zealand's most famous warlord and fearless Maori warrior, who lived and died by the sword. He fought, defeated and displaced other neighbouring and even distant tribes. His daughter, Hariata Rongo married Heke Pokai, also called Hone Wiremu Heke Pokai or more commonly Hone Heke.
Heke was the first Ngapuhi chief, of 143 other Ngapuhi chiefs, to sign the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840. Another 400 chiefs of other tribes also signed the Treaty (ToW), ceding sovereignty to the British monarch.
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