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Te Uringutu is a Māori hapū (sub-tribe) of Tāmaki Makaurau (the Auckland Region) of New Zealand. One of the three main component sub-tribes of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Te Uringutu formed in the late 18th century as a union between the Ngāti Whātua hapū of Te Taoū who settled in Tāmaki Makaurau and members of the Waiohua tribes. Under the paramount chief Apihai Te Kawau, the hapū of Ngā Oho, members of Te Taoū who lived near the Tāmaki isthmus, and Te Uringutu confederated to form Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.

History
Te Taoū rangatira Tuperiri
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Tuperiri settled on the Tāmaki isthmus at Maungakiekie along with his four sons and other members of Te Taoū. Tuperiri organised strategic marriages between his sons and high ranking women of Waiohua. One of these marriages was between his son Tomoaure and Te Tahuri (daughter of the Ngāti Te Ata rangatira Te Hōreta), from which Te Uringutu was formed. Tomoaure and Te Tahuri lived mostly at Māngere and Ihumātao. Tomoaure and Te Tahuri made a tuku to the Hauraki Māori tribe Ngāti Pāoa, gifting land at Tauoma on the Western shores of the Tāmaki River, most notably at Panmure. Many years of uneasy peace lasted between Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and Ngāti Pāoa, until a quarrel during a shark fishing expedition on the Waitematā Harbour resulted in the death of Tomoaure's brother Tarahawaiiki. Tomoaure and Te Tahuri died circa 1792 in the continued conflicts between Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and Ngāti Pāoa.

Apihai Te Kawau introduced himself as "chief of Te Taoū, Ngā Oho and Te Uringutu".

When the Orakei trust was formed by the Native Land Court in 1869, Te Uringutu was represented by one member of the 13 trust members, Arama Karaka te Matuku. Later in the 19th century, Te Uringutu made an additional request to the Court, and received an additional 50 acres.

Te Uringutu is represented by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, and by the Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua Māori Trust Board.