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… The roughly triangular Stewart Island, known in Māori as Rakiura, is New Zealand’s third largest island at … heading further south. Kiwa’s pathway and Kewa’s lost tooth Māori knew Foveaux Strait as Te Ara a Kiwa (the pathway of … about 85% of the island’s land area. The island has a long history of reserves. Following failed attempts to encourage …
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Part of story: Stewart Island/Rakiura
… is no record of his baptism. He was well versed in tribal history and renowned as a storyteller. Little is known of … the 1840s, and was one of the captors of the group of young Māori who killed the family of settler J. A. Gilfillan in … Taranaki in 1866. He also fought on the East Coast. He led Māori troops for four years, and in 1870 insisted that the …
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… kaumātua, from whom he learned the customs, traditions and history of Ngāti Porou and the Māori people. He mastered the art of whakapapa, and could … cousin, Te Moananui-a-Kiwa (Moana) Ngārimu , served in 28 (Māori) Battalion. Reedy rose to the rank of captain but was …
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… and their leaders have been prominent in Hauraki history and Marutūahu tribal affairs for many generations. … a tribe. Their name commemorates the establishment (‘ū’ in Māori) of a separate people, perhaps in response to their …
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Part of story: Marutūahu tribes
… The history of marine conservation is essentially a record of … the quality of discharges into the sea from sewer outfalls. Māori and many other people in coastal communities …
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Part of story: Marine conservation
… Mutu Paratene Kapa was an elder, Māori scholar, sportsman, priest and noted orator. He was … Te Kapa, was, according to Te Aupōuri tradition, the first Māori to become a Christian and one of the first Māori missionaries in the Tai Tokerau area. Kapa was also a …
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… Māui Wiremu Piti Naera Pōmare was one of the generation of Māori leaders educated at Te Aute College in the 1890s who were to assume positions of leadership in both the Māori and Pākehā worlds. His birthplace was Pāhau pā, … interest his arrival caused and advertised a lecture on the history, legends and culture of the Māori. He was a …
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… was a civil engineer, and is thought to have been the first Māori to qualify in that profession. He was of Ngāti Rauhoto … people in the meeting house. This gave Harry a passion for Māori culture, and in Rotorua he was able to absorb its … Auckland and spent days there learning about the taonga and history of his ancestors. The family lived near …
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… was Miriata Taiamai, a woman held in high respect by both Māori and Pākehā. She was known for her kindness and … the daughter of Hamuera Pango, a celebrated authority on Māori lore, genealogy and history. They had several children, including Nataria, who …
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… leased inshore fishing quota to Southland fishers. History From east to west around the coast, fishing fleets … whaling stations. Before that, each was a favoured spot for Māori settlement because of the ready access to productive … fishing. Initially most fishing was for subsistence, but Māori began bartering fish with settlers. By the 1850s, …
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Part of story: Southland region
… on State Highway 3, with a 2013 population of 1,098. History Founded as a military outpost in 1865, Pātea was … has survived – although precariously at times. The Pātea Māori Club’s 1984 hit song ‘Poi e’ drew nationwide attention … People In 2013, 48.1% of Pātea residents identified as Māori. 6.0% had a bachelor's degree or higher, while 48.9% …
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Part of story: Taranaki places
… her father, King Korokī, in 1966, to become the first Māori queen in the Kīngitanga. Affectionately known as ‘the … the late 20th century moko kauae have been revived among Māori women as part of a reassertion of Māori female identity. …
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Part of story: Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women
… sharing a passionate interest in local and natural history. They became authorities on the history of … and chairman (1978–86). He had a special interest in Māori affairs, joining the trust’s Māori advisory committee. His services to the trust and to …
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… He was on the council until 1919. In 1923 he became the Māori representative on the Whakatāne Harbour Board and … J. M. Liston when he shifted services from the carved Māori church at Te Whare-o-Toroa (Wairaka) to Piripai, two … Society, and contributed papers on various aspects of the history of Ngāti Awa and Mātaatua districts. He also …
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… astronomy, McIntosh was keenly interested in the history of the science. Between 1957 and 1959 he published six papers reviewing the ‘Astronomical history of the Auckland province’. He also wrote papers on Maori astronomy, the history of the meteor section of the Royal Astronomical …
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… social, cultural, economic and political marginalisation of Māori society, and mass migration to the cities from 1950 … (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act addressed the right of Māori to have a stake in the commercial fishing industry … of benefits from the 1992 settlement, preserving Ngāpuhi history, and undertaking initiatives in resource management …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… London, England, where his teachers included the scholar of Māori, Samuel Lee. He was ordained deacon in December 1833 … Waikato Heads, a location chosen for its large number of Māori visitors. Until 1842 they were supported by Harriet … a war as any that can be found in the pages of colonial history'. In 1860 he successfully intervened in a …
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… role in setting up Pōtatau Te Wherowhero as the first Māori King. His mother was an adherent of the Pai Mārire … was expected to develop expertise in a wide range of Māori and Pākehā activities. He was an expert genealogist … was a veritable treasure house of Maniapoto whakapapa and history. …
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… and war The arrival of Pākehā, who traded muskets with Māori, had a noticeable effect on Ngāti Kahungunu from the … and Cape Kidnappers, mainly on land leased from Māori. Around the same time the people of the Ahuriri … Te Mātorohanga passed on his knowledge of the ancient history and traditions of Ngāti Kahungunu. These stories, …
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Part of story: Ngāti Kahungunu
… Cultigens grown by Māori When Europeans arrived in New Zealand, six introduced … that have no known wild ancestor) were being grown by Māori. They were: kūmara (sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas ) … of Polynesian island groups and their horticultural history points to kūmara arriving in Polynesia between 900 …
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Part of story: Ngā tupu mai i Hawaiki – plants from Polynesia