Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In New Zealand society, iwi form the largest everyday social units in Maori populations. The word iwi means "people" or "folk"; in many contexts it may mean "tribe", "clan" or group and sometimes a conglomeration of Maori tribes. Anthropological research indicates that most Maori in pre-European times gave their primary allegiance to relatively small groups such as hapu (sub-tribes) and whanau (extended families). In modern-day New Zealand, iwi groups may exercise significant political power in the recovery and management of land and of other assets. (Note for example the 1997 settlement between the New Zealand Government and Ngai Tahu, compensating that iwi for various losses of the rights guaranteed under the Treaty of Waitangi of 1840.) Iwi affairs can have a very real impact on New Zealand politics and society.

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