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… Treaty of Waitangi from which that power derived, the Maori tribes who banded together to elect a King sought a similar … adopted the practice of presenting standards to chiefs and tribes as a reward for their loyal services during the Maori …
… the New Zealand Government during the wars or whose tribes had not been disaffected. In this period the four … and H. Kaihau joined the legislature, the disaffected tribes from the Maori Wars gained a forum for their views. A … Trust. Since then compensation has been awarded to other tribes. Mana Maori Motuhake : “the Maori coming into his own …
… the most prominent figures in the history of the Ngapuhi tribe and they also had connections with other important tribes, such as Ngati Kahungunu and those descended from the …
… by the European traders for one or two muskets. Inland tribes, unable to barter flax at the ports, would exchange slaves for muskets with tribes already in possession of firearms; three to five …
… to the Ngati Hourua, Ngati Mahuta, and Ngati Hinetu, subtribes of the Waikato. He was a close relative of Tawhiao. … and independent nature gave him standing among the Waikato tribes. At the great King-ite meeting in 1859 he favoured … mana to prevent his young men from rejoining their tribes to fight against the Pakeha. In 1863 Te Wheoro was …
… The country was the home of the fierce Maori tribe who were variously known as Nga Potiki, Urewera, or … sixteenth century. The Urewera people were one of the Toi tribes, who originally inhabited the Bay of Plenty coastal …
… Koroki is hereditary chief of the Waikato and allied tribes and paramount chief of the Ngati Mahuta branch of the Waikato tribe. Koroki married Te Ataitangi Kahu, daughter of …
… He was thus a member of the senior chiefly line of his tribe and related to all the principal Ngapuhi chiefs of his … 1817 he led a fleet of canoes to make peace with the tribes living at North Cape. On the way, however, he …
… issue purely nor even primarily economic. The land of each tribe was its homeland. To increasing numbers of Maoris, the … commencement of organised colonisation, in 1840, many Maori tribes opposed the sale of land. At every New Zealand …
… language is limited to a few elders among the various tribes. Preservation of much of the classical language has …