Ngāti Mahuta is a sub-tribe (or hapū) of the Waikato tribe (or iwi) of Māori in the North Island of New Zealand.
The territory (rohe) of Ngāti Mahuta is the Kawhia and Huntly areas of the Waikato region.
[4] Mahuta's paternal grandparents were Pikiao from the Te Arawa tribe, and Rereiao, a high-born Waikato woman descended from Whatihua.
[7] Kaitotehe and nearby Mount Taupiri were Ngāti Mahuta's headquarters in early years.
[5] Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, the paramount chief of Ngāti Mahuta in his time, became the first Māori king.