Taranaki (Tuturu)

Sources do not provide a mythological creation narrative for Taranaki (Tuturu); instead the iwi are presented as a genealogical and historical people of the Taranaki rohe with a long‑standing Māori presence in the region. Historical material records continuity of occupation in the Taranaki area across centuries and documents the iwi's involvement in notable 19th‑century events such as the First and Second Taranaki Wars; contemporary sources record the iwi's participation in Treaty settlement processes and collective redress concerning Taranaki Maunga.

As a human iwi, Taranaki (Tuturu) does not have a supernatural physical form. Documentary sources describe demographic and institutional facts: the iwi is listed among recognised iwi (Māori Fisheries Act) with registered membership figures (Te Kāhui Māngai records population and registered members), is centred in the Taranaki region around Mount Taranaki, and participates in marae‑based and iwi political activities (for example events at Owae marae, Waitara).

Not framed as supernatural powers; the iwi's recorded capacities are historical, political and social actions: armed resistance and defence during the First and Second Taranaki Wars (including documented casualties at the defence of Waireka on 28 March 1860), collective political negotiation and Treaty settlement activity (including signing the Taranaki Maunga collective redress deed with the Crown), and participation in statutory recognition frameworks such as registration under the Māori Fisheries Act.