He momo tautohu i te tuakiri ā-iwi o te tangata i runga i te nui o ngā ira o tētahi iwi kei roto i ana kāwai whakapapa. He momo pēhitanga i ngā iwi taketake i ngā wā o mua, hei aukati i tā rātou uru atu ki te porihanga o ngā kiritāmi. E whāia tonutia ana te tataunga toto i roto i ngā ture me ngā kaupapahere o ētahi whenua huri i te ao.
A way of specifying the ethnic identity of a person based on the quantity of their ethnic genetic inheritance. In earlier times it was a means of oppressing indigenous peoples, to prevent their participation in colonial society. Blood quantum is still used in the laws and policies of some countries throughout the world.
tatau - to count, enumerate
Nā runga i te ariā o te tataunga toto, ka ara ake ngā kupu nei i te wā o ngā tīpuna, arā, te hāwhe-kāehe me te koata-kāehe.
Arā ētahi iwi taketake o Amerika e whakamahi ana i te tataunga toto hei tohu i te whai wāhitanga atu, i te aukatinga rānei o te tangata ki ngā kaupapa a te iwi.
I mua i te tau 1975, i whakamahia te tataunga toto e te kāwanatanga o Aotearoa, hei tohu mēnā ka uru te tangata ki te rārangi pōti Māori, ki te rārangi pōti auraki rānei.