Ngāti Moeroa

Ko Ngāti Moeroa tētahi o ngā hapū o Rangitāne. Whakapapa ai te iwi o Rangitāne i a Whātonga, te kaihautū o te waka a Kurahaupō. I pae te waka ki Te Māhia, kei te tai rāwhiti o Te Ika-a-Māui. I takea mai te ingoa o te iwi i te mokopuna a Whātonga, a Rangitāne. Ko tētahi o ōna ingoa ko Tāne-nui-a-rangi.

Ngāti Moeroa
He wāhanga o Rangitāne
Ko Manawatū te awa
Rohe:	Manawatū, Wairarapa Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Waka:	Kurahaupō
Maunga:	Tararua
Awa:	Manawatū
Pepeha:	Tini whetū ki te rangi Ko Tānenui-a-rangi ki te whenua
Tohutoro matua:	Rārangi Iwi-Hapū

Ko te rohe o Heretaunga te kāinga tuatahi o Rangitāne. Nāwai ā, ka heke whakatetonga ia ki ngā takiwā o Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua, o Te Wairarapa, tae rawa atu ki Te Wairau i Te Wai-pounamu. Ko Manawatū, ko Horowhenua, ko Te Whanganui-a-Tara ētahi atu rohe kua nōhia e Rangitāne.

Hoto ki waho

• Te Runanga a Rangitāne
• Rangitāne o Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua

Ngā iwi o Kurahaupō
Muaūpoko • Ngāti Apa • Ngāti Wai • Ngāti Whātua • Rangitāne • Taranaki (Kurahaupō) • Te Aupouri • Te Hāwai • Te Rarawa