iwi

Tokomaha ngā tāngata o tērā iwi.
There are a lot of people in that tribe.

Ko Kai Tahu te iwi.
Kai Tahu is the tribe.

Ko Ngāti Hāmoa te iwi.
I am Samoan. (Literally, Ngāti Hāmoa is the tribe.)
- this is an example of an equative sentence

Ko Ngāti Kahungunu tōku iwi.
Ngāti Kahungunu is my tribe.
- this is an example of an equative sentence