Tainui is a tribal waka confederation of New Zealand Māori iwi. The Tainui confederation comprises four principal related Māori iwi of the central North Island of New Zealand: Hauraki, Ngāti Maniapoto
Tainui forces repulse a British attack at the Battle of Rangiriri, 1863.
Ngāti Maniapoto survivors of the war, at the jubilee gathering on the battlefield of Ōrākau, 1 April 1914.