In Marlborough the following eight iwi have Tangata Whenua status:

• Rangitāne o Wairau, Ngāti Kuia and Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō are of Kurahaupō waka origins. They were the tangata whenua of Te Tau Ihu when the Kawhia–Taranaki tribes migrated to the district.

• Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Rārua descend from the Tainui waka. They migrated to Te Tau Ihu in the 1820s and 1830s from their original rohe in the Kawhia and Taranaki districts.

• Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu are of Tokomaru waka origins. They migrated from Northern Taranaki in the 1820s and 1830s.

• Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui are of Aotea or Kurahaupō descent, and also migrated in the 1820s and 30s from Northern Taranaki.

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Marae

There are six meeting houses for the people of Nukuo Ariki/The Four Valleys

• Te Hora Marae in Canvastown - Ngāti Kuia
• Waikawa Marae in Picton - Te Ātiawa
• Ōmaka Marae in Blenheim - Rangitāne, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō
• Tuamātene in Grovetown - Rangitāne
• Ūkaipō in Grovetown - Rangitāne
• Wairau Pā Marae in Blenheim - Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Rangitāne