Te Tauihu iwi (for South Island branch)
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Te Tauihu iwi (for South Island branch) refers to the collective Māori tribal groupings based in the northern South Island region of Aotearoa New Zealand, including the South Island branch of Ngāti Tama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Te Tauihu iwi (for South Island branch) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20587950 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Te Tauihu iwi (for South Island branch) Context triple: [Ngāti Tama, hasTribalIdentity, Te Tauihu iwi (for South Island branch)]
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A.
Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-a-Rua
Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-a-Rua is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Rangitāne people whose traditional rohe (territory) includes the Dannevirke area in the southern Hawke’s Bay and northern Wairarapa regions of New Zealand.
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B.
Ngāti Tuhekerangi
Ngāti Tuhekerangi is a Māori hapū (sub-tribe) associated with the Taranaki iwi on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island.
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C.
Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa
Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the central North Island of New Zealand, with ancestral ties to the Te Arawa confederation and traditional lands around the upper Waikato River and geothermal regions.
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D.
Rangitāne o Wairarapa
Rangitāne o Wairarapa is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Wairarapa region in New Zealand, with ancestral ties to the wider Rangitāne confederation and a strong cultural presence in local governance and community life.
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E.
Ngāti Kawiti
Ngāti Kawiti is a Māori hapū (sub-tribe) known for its ancestral ties and cultural identity within the Te Arawa confederation of iwi in Aotearoa New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Te Tauihu iwi (for South Island branch) Target entity description: Te Tauihu iwi (for South Island branch) refers to the collective Māori tribal groupings based in the northern South Island region of Aotearoa New Zealand, including the South Island branch of Ngāti Tama.
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A.
Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-a-Rua
Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-a-Rua is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Rangitāne people whose traditional rohe (territory) includes the Dannevirke area in the southern Hawke’s Bay and northern Wairarapa regions of New Zealand.
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B.
Ngāti Tuhekerangi
Ngāti Tuhekerangi is a Māori hapū (sub-tribe) associated with the Taranaki iwi on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island.
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C.
Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa
Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the central North Island of New Zealand, with ancestral ties to the Te Arawa confederation and traditional lands around the upper Waikato River and geothermal regions.
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D.
Rangitāne o Wairarapa
Rangitāne o Wairarapa is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Wairarapa region in New Zealand, with ancestral ties to the wider Rangitāne confederation and a strong cultural presence in local governance and community life.
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E.
Ngāti Kawiti
Ngāti Kawiti is a Māori hapū (sub-tribe) known for its ancestral ties and cultural identity within the Te Arawa confederation of iwi in Aotearoa New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Ngāti Tama iwi