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Ngati Maniapoto is an iwi based in the Waikato-Waitomo region of New Zealand's North Island.

Statistic figures from the 2001 New Zealand census show it to have a membership of 27,168 1. This makes it the 8th biggest iwi in New Zealand.

During the New Zealand Wars Ngati Maniapoto engaged in some battles, and the Waikato-Waitomo region which Ngati Maniapoto controlled was often a retreating point for allied iwis to 'fall back' to after being pushed south by the British forces.

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