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… ?–88). Maori chief. A new biography of Kawepo, Renata Tama-ki-Hikurangi appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand … and he is famed for his refusal to allow his followers to kill her in revenge. Although Kawepo furnished 300 warriors … KAWEPO TAMA-KI-HIKURANGI, Renata …
… pa. Meanwhile news of their presence had reached Tuhawaiki, at Ruapuke Island, and he lost no time in bringing a … war party to the scene. The Ngai Tahu taua, under Tuhawaiki and Taiaroa, encountered the invaders at Tuturau where Te Puoho and most of his party were killed. Although famed as a priest and fighting chief, Te …
… as a glance at the passage will indicate.) Ko Wikitoria te Kuini o Ingarani i tana mahara atawai ki nga Rangatira me nga Hapu o Nu Tirani i tana hiahia hoki kia tohungia ki a ratou o ratou rangatiratanga me to …
… is the record of the conversation between W. G. Mair, Hauraki Tonganui, and Ahumai Te Paerata. Early in the afternoon … Ko te kupu tenei a te Tienara: ka nui tona miharo ki to koutou maia, kati me mutu te riri, puta mai kia matou, …
… Biography on this site. Te Wharepouri was born in Taranaki, the son of Te Whiti and Hine-te-Uru. He was a grandson … He was one of the Te Ati Awa party when Te Karawa was killed at Putiki pa by the Ngati Ruanui and joined the party of Waikatos …
… from Rarotonga to New Zealand, named it “Te Mana-o-Kupe-ki-Aotearoa” (the ability of Kupe to cross the ocean to …
… Table of Maori Syllables a e i o u ha he hi ho hu ka ke ki ko ku ma me mi mo mu na ne ni no nu nga nge ngi ngo ngu …
… 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 showed remarkable skill in warfare and, in his day, …
… of older carvings of the Tainui tribes of Waikato, the King Country, and the Manawatu comes from illustrations of … ibid., p. 217) and on the threshold of a storehouse from Otaki, now in the Wanganui Museum. The general characteristics … carver to turn out work at high pressure. Generally speaking, since that time designs have tended to become …
… Liberal and Labour Parties (electoral reform, land tax, breaking up of large estates, regulation of wages and hours, … of land jobbery, and he defied parliamentary etiquette by making personal attacks upon the Governor and the Secretary of … at his death was, “Horei Kerei, Aue! Ka nui matou aroha ki a koe” (“George Grey, alas! Great was our love for …