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… means “place of Anaka”, Anaka being the name of an early Maori chief of this district. The lake is 27 miles long and … called the Neck, and the lake basins had a similar glacial history. Ice extended over the Wanaka area south-east down … was Nathaniel Chalmers, who in 1853, accompanied by two Maoris, walked from Tuturau in Southland to Wanaka via the …
… factor is the changed demographic position of the Maori. Traditionally spread over most of New Zealand (their … employment. Political Unity How far then do the modern Maoris constitute a community? Politically they do so only … interest in many quarters in genealogy and aspects of Maori history. To a significant degree this would seem to be …
… (1800?-93). Maori war chief. A new biography of Te Matakatea, Wiremu … an extreme old age. by Walter Hugh Ross, Journalist, Taupo. Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century , Smith, S. P. (1910) History and Traditions of the Maoris , Gudgeon, T. W. (1885) …
… Rivers. Until 1910, however, it was substantially a Maori leasehold with restricted flat grazing and Riddiford … elsewhere for a better property. In 1848-49 he arranged the Maori lease of the Te Awaiti Block on the East Coast, … and greater personal fortunes in New Zealand's pastoral history, the Riddiford properties represented for the period …
… to act rashly. This disastrous raid was the last act of Maori warfare in the South Island. by Bernard John Foster, … Officer, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington. The History of Otago , McLintock, A. H. (1949) King Potatau , Jones, P. te H. (1959) Legends of the Maori , Pomare, M. (1930). …
… prominent, if ineffectual, in the disturbed politics of the Maori War period. Upon the fall of Fox in 1862 Grey, the … Ministry. His speeches and his diagnosis of the cause of Maori distress were more notable than his administration. He … Hosking Oliver, M.A.(N.Z.), D.PHIL.(OXON.), Professor of History, Massey University of Manawatu. Letters of J. E. …
… 1800–60). Paramount chief of the Waikato tribes and first Maori King. A new biography of Te Wherowhero, Potatau … the defenders retreated, leaving 1,200 dead upon the field. Maori tradition credits Te Wherowhero with killing no less … the Life of Potatau Te Wherowhero , Jones, P. te H. (1959) History and Traditions of the Maori , Gudgeon (1885) Maori …
… net migration and natural increase to the growth of the non-Maori population are evident from Diag. 1. For the first 40 … of population increase. The following table divides the non-Maori population at census dates from 1867 into those born … Future Population of New Zealand , Calvert, G. N. (1946) History of Land Legislation and Settlement in New Zealand , …
… the “King” movement. Working from the assumption that the Maoris' discontent derived from economic causes, Fenton … therefore, that the Government should encourage the Maoris to sow grass on their former cultivations in order … which were afterwards printed as Suggestions for a History of the Origins and Migrations of the Maori People . …
… New Zealand's history as a British colony opens with five inglorious … Governors, in fact, were faced by a dilemma: how to balance Maori with settler welfare. FitzRoy's infinitely abler … lasting answer to a problem which was probably insoluble. Maori and settler could not but clash. But while Hobson and …