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… unit was what has commonly been termed the sub-tribe (hapu). This was a unit with strong local ties and very … a combination of descent and residence. More precisely, the hapu may be described as a localised descent group. A …
… ft × 6 ft, with trunk and halyards) with the name of the hapu, or of a notable ancestor, worked or printed on the … red was a colour denoting rank and mana. Moreover, the hapu that could boast a genuine “Queen” flag was bound to acquire great prestige in the eyes of less fortunate hapus. The Maoris of the Ngati Makino tribe of Otamarakau Pa …
… Biography on this site. Taiaroa belonged to the Ruahiihiki hapu of Ngai Tahu and to the Ngati Moki hapu of Ngati Mamoe and was lesser chief to Tuhawai, ki. He …
… gained in significance against the extended family or the hapu. For the most part now Maori families live in separate … of unilineality, is often the operative unit. Overall, hapu structure in general is still preserved, though some … young people nowadays are even uncertain of the name of the hapu to which they belong. (Nearly all Maoris, however, are …
… most of the other tribes. Belonging to the Ngati Teata hapu, Kaihau was educated at Archdeacon Maunsell's school at …
… from a line of fighting chiefs of the Ngati Hokopu hapu of Ngati Porou. His father, Pakura, was killed in one …
… in carving, as, for instance, the Ngati Tarawhai hapu of the Arawa tribe. Carving was a tapu occupation, with …
… o Ingarani i tana mahara atawai ki nga Rangatira me nga Hapu o Nu Tirani i tana hiahia hoki kia tohungia ki a ratou … e mea atu ana ia ki nga Rangatira o te wakaminenga o nga hapu o Nu Tirani me era Rangatira atu enei ture ka korerotia …
… Renata Kawepo was born about 1808 in the Ngatiteupokoire hapu of the Kahungunu Tribe of southern Hawke's Bay. He was …
… (?1813–83). Chief of Ngati Poutama hapu of Wanganui. A new biography of Te Rangi Paetahi, Mete …