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… boxes). By the late 1920s Kelly was researching tribal history and collecting whakapapa, beginning with his wife’s … connections. He frequently met and corresponded with Māori and Pākehā informants; one of these was his relative, … of Islands and Taranaki. He talked with a great many old Māori people, and with their permission recorded their …
Type: Biography
… woman being courted unsuccessfully by Peter Buck , a future Māori leader. Her elders had already matched her with John … whānau. Her skilled oratory and her extensive knowledge of history, tradition and lore made her a formidable exponent … grounds. Materoa asked for vice regal assistance in keeping Māori 'customs and usages alive’ and the governor …
Type: Biography
… and Ian attended Paeroa School. They both learnt to speak Māori during childhood and Mona formed friendships with Māori children which were to influence her later writing. … embroidered, went tramping, and researched West Coast history as well as continuing her work as a free-lance …
Type: Biography
… that the treaty would control Pākehā settlers and protect Māori lands and interests. Nōpera Pana-kareao encapsulated Māori understanding of the treaty based on these promises, … fisheries. The Muriwhenua land report (1997) documented the history of land loss and its impact on the tribe. Initially, …
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Part of story: Muriwhenua tribes
… of the year in 1948. Chapman graduated with an MA in History with first-class honours. His thesis, ‘The … MA paper that compared ethnic politics in the USA with Māori politics in New Zealand, and encouraged research on Māori politics. Among his students were future Māori …
Type: Biography
… are explained. He also gave a superb introduction to church history over a three-year cycle, the last of which was from … to 1960. In 1953 he became the first professor of church history at the Theological Hall, and in 1954 he completed a …
Type: Biography
… block, land leased from Ngāti Whakaue near the Māori lakeside settlement of Ōhinemutu. This arrangement … from 500 in 1896 to over 4,700 (including more than 600 Māori) in 1926. Later growth After the Second World War, … The building now houses the Rotorua Museum of Art and History Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa. The Te Arawa presence is …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… Wiremu Hākopa Toa Te Āwhitu, the first Māori to be ordained as a Catholic priest, was born at … maternal grandfather was Alexander Bell, the first non-Māori permitted to settle in Te Rohe Pōtae (the King Country). It was a region steeped in Māori history and folklore, and a land of abundant food. The …
Type: Biography
… courts judgements were made by a presiding judge and two Māori assessors. Ecstatic judge Francis Fenton, the first chief judge of the Native Land Court, spoke Māori fluently and published his writings on traditional Māori history. After the first auctions of Rotorua land in 1880, …
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Part of story: Māori Land Court – Te Kōti Whenua
… not biting, to be rewarded by the minutes when they are. History Although Māori traditionally caught fish for survival, fishing and … Marlborough Sounds in 1773, they were easily out-fished by Māori: ‘We were by no means such expert fishers as them, nor …
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Part of story: Recreational sea fishing
… in the treaty relationship were rarely mentioned. Loss of Māori land Land grievances continued to be a sore point with Māori in the 1950s and 1960s. The Maori Affairs Amendment … scholars to challenge accepted views of a benevolent treaty history and good Crown–Māori relations. Successive …
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Part of story: Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi
… at the Church Missionary Society's theological centre for Māori students, Te Rau College, at Gisborne. Under the … O. Williams, he received instruction on Scripture, church history and doctrine, liturgy and general subjects. On … Pāpāhia was appointed assistant superintendent of the Māori mission under Archdeacon H. A. Hawkins in 1905. Around …
Type: Biography
… found a companion to support his interests in natural history, Māori and Pacific ethnology, and above all New Zealand … and exchange. For his ethnological collection he acquired Māori cloaks, hei tiki (figural neck ornaments), mere and …
Type: Biography
… ki-te-Raki. It is here that we enter the realm of human history. Largely because of internal struggles between Ngāi … as far south as kūmara (sweet potato), the staple crop of Māori horticulture, could be grown. Archaeologists have … are depressions that may be ‘borrow pits’, from which Māori gardeners took shingle to create warmer soils for …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tahu
… be obtained in European schools, but also in whare maire (Māori schools of learning), and that both were essential for Māori. Hoani Waititi was brought up in a strongly Anglican … spoke to numerous organisations on race relations, Māori history, Māori problems and a wide variety of other topics. …
Type: Biography
… – the male a deep ‘honk’, the female a higher ‘heek’. The Māori name, pūtangitangi, refers to the call – tangi is a … up-ending like dabbling ducks. Breeding and life history Nests may be at ground level or up to 25 metres high … Changing fortunes Pūtangitangi were important food for Māori. The birds were caught during the moult, while plump …
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Part of story: Wetland birds
… services For much of the 20th century the role of Māori-language translators and interpreters reduced, as nearly all Māori could speak English and many no longer spoke Māori. … the Māori and English languages has dominated New Zealand’s history of translating and interpreting, many other …
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… Zealand. For his major work, Palmerston North: a centennial history (1973), he was awarded the J. M. Sherrard Award for regional history. He translated Danish material into English, notably …
Type: Biography
… in part, to renew interest by scholars in the traditional Māori use of microclimates in the southern regions. Hoani's … However, their work laid the foundation for the recorded Māori geographic knowledge of the area. In their home at … and Hoani hosted many conferences on Ngāi Tahu tribal history and, in particular, that of Ngāti Kurī and their …
Type: Biography
… two lakes today share an outlet at Rotoiti’s western end. Māori history A number of war expeditions passed the lake from the … on the northern side of the lake, featured in much tribal history. To its east is Tokerau marae and to its west …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places