Ngāti Porou

Ngāti Porou is a Māori iwi of the East Cape and Gisborne region of New Zealand's North Island. Its people trace their name to the ancestor Porourangi, whose descendants spread across the East Cape through conquest and marriage alliances.

During the Musket Wars, Ngāpuhi raids inflicted heavy losses on Ngāti Porou. In 1819 an attack on the fortified settlement at Wharekahika Bay was repelled, but both sides suffered heavily. After another defeat in 1823, the chief Taotaoriri negotiated peace, sealed by his marriage to Hikupoto of Ngāti Porou.