The largest Māori iwi (population ~184,000 in the 2023 census), based in Northland (Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Whangārei); formed from roughly 150 hapū. Traditionally descended from the Mataatua and other waka lineages; historically central to the earliest sustained European contact in New Zealand (Bay of Islands whaling and mission stations) and to the 1835 Declaration of Independence and 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, both signed principally by Ngāpuhi rangatira. A living, continuous iwi administered today by Te Rūnanga ā Iwi o Ngāpuhi.
New Zealand's largest iwi today, centred in Te Tai Tokerau/Northland; its Treaty of Waitangi settlement negotiations remain ongoing.
Dedicated scholarly treatment of He Whakaputanga, signed principally by Ngāpuhi and allied northern rangatira.
Standard narrative history covering the Bay of Islands/Ngāpuhi as the epicentre of early Crown-Māori contact.