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Story: Hōiho – horses and iwi

Native nāti T-shirt

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Native nāti T-shirt

This ‘native nati’ logo appears on a T-shirt worn by Ngāti Porou members of a touch-rugby team. The Nāti horse is a horse from the East Coast, associated with Ngāti Porou – whose members are also nicknamed ‘Nāti’.

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Te Taurahere o Ngāti Porou ki Tāmaki

by James Ehau

Not to be re-produced without the permission of Te Taurahere o Ngāti Porou ki Tāmaki.

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How to cite this page

Basil Keane, Hōiho – horses and iwi – Horses in Māori culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17817/native-nati-t-shirt (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.