[3] In the 2013 New Zealand census, 1,113 people affiliated with Ngāi Takoto, less than 1 percent of the total Māori population.

[4] The iwi signed a Treaty of Waitangi settlement with the Crown in 2012, after being with almost no land following colonisation.

The settlement included commercial redress of $21.04 million, and the return of Wharemaru East Beach and other culturally important sites.

The iwi agreed to co-govern Ninety Mile Beach with Northland Regional Council, Far North District Council and other Te Hiku iwi, and to be involved in conservation decisions about public lands through the Korowai for Enhanced Conservation organisation.

It has five representatives chosen from the Ngāi Takoto marae committee, and is based in Kaitaia.

[6][3] Ngā Taonga o Ngaitakoto Trust is the mandated iwi fisheries organisation.

[3] As of 2013, 51.3% of iwi members lived in urban areas, compared to 65.6% of the total Māori population.