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… of debate on tribal affairs, whakapapa and traditional history. Much discussion centred on the struggles over the … Solomon, was influential both tribally and in the Southern Māori electorate, and provided continuing family involvement … and her husband became closely associated with the noted Māori artist Cliff Whiting and weaver Te Aue Davis. …
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… new (and ultimately failed) shopping mall on the west side. History Waipawa was founded on the banks of the Waipawa … located next to a ford in the river. Settlers preferred its Māori name, Waipawa. Te Tapairu pā was established near the … Ōtāne, but this declined after Ōtāne became established. A Māori pā was located at nearby Pātangata. The European …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… to Takaanui's training in Te Arawa lore, tradition and history. It is probable that he learned to read and write Māori under missionary tutelage. His literacy skills were … the Polynesian Society. His first major work, published in Māori in 1893, was translated and annotated by Smith, who …
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… Te Okawhare and Āporo Piritaha, were among his teachers in Māoritanga. As a young man in the 1860s Tunuiārangi is said … them in 1891. Tunuiārangi was a representative of Wairarapa Māori at the preliminary sessions of the Kotahitanga … who had encouraged him to become a writer of Māori lore and history. The manuscripts of these and other writings are …
Type: Biography
… Board. The depth and originality of Acheson's interest in Māori land tenure is demonstrated by a long essay he … Here Acheson argued against the prevailing belief that Māori lacked a body of customary law governing land tenures. … Land Court judge at an important stage of the court's history. Regarded as partisan and unorthodox by his …
Type: Biography
… and later acknowledged the positive influence of her history teacher, Lincoln Garfield, who challenged her view … one land : a history of Aotearoa (1988), which dealt with Māori–Pākehā relations. Her writing was backed by primary … research, and showed sensitivity to bicultural issues and Māori history. Nature also features prominently in books …
Type: Biography
… printed in New Zealand was a 16 page translation into Māori of the Epistles of Paul to the Philippians and to the … was the production of 5,000 copies of William Williams 's Māori New Testament. The first of these 356 page books were … at the time were published as The authentic and genuine history of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (1890), the …
Type: Biography
… by his appointment as Camden professor of ancient history at Oxford (1949–70). Dale Trendall Dale Trendall … of Oxford, and was a fellow and praelector in ancient history at University College, Oxford, until his retirement … of ancient Greece. Her comparative analysis of Greek and Māori oral literature was rare for its application of the …
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Part of story: Classical and foreign-language studies
… a hit in 1985 with the single ‘Maranga ake ai’, a call to Māori youth to rise up and take pride in their identity. … that raised contemporary issues. This change angered many Māori and led to a flood of claims. More than 1,800 claims … practice. Some – notably Bill Oliver – argued that the history produced by the tribunal was presentist, applying …
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Part of story: Waitangi Tribunal – Te Rōpū Whakamana
… was elected chairman of the block committee to investigate Māori land titles in the Kaikohe district. He became a member of the Pēwhairangi Māori Council in 1924, and the same year was elected … diary of the Kawiti family for years and completed a tribal history. He was widely consulted for his knowledge of …
Type: Biography
… One person told the campaign: ‘Disclosing my history of mental illness … was a pretty natural process … … own experience of mental illness and related problems. Māori mental health The proportion of Māori who are consumers of mental health services is much …
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Part of story: Mental health services
… were killed. Kaikōura was an important settlement for early Māori. One name for it was Te Taumanu-o-te-waka-a-Māui (the … since the 1980s. A museum, a peninsula walk, natural history and many cafés are points of interest in the town … and cheesemaking. One in five of the population identify as Māori. The Takahanga marae of Ngāi Tahu is located above the …
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Part of story: Marlborough places
… a strong sense of place, and a lifelong interest in local history and Maori life. At the age of 15 Rainbow joined …
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… Many older people research and publish their family history, often to pass it on to younger generations. Many … Examples include kaumātua and kuia social events for older Māori, school reunions, the Red Hat Society for older women … religious groups, sports clubs, and women’s and Māori organisations. Older Māori men and women are important …
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Part of story: Older people
… both featured the traditional march of athletes. In 1974 a Māori concert group performed action songs and 2,500 … of Polynesians in waka was evoked, followed by the Māori creation story of Ranginui and Papatūānuku. A Union … opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa, and exhibitions about the history of rugby. The colour black was a popular theme. A …
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Part of story: Sport and the nation
… Māori culture Many fine meeting houses throughout the Bay of Plenty attest to the vitality of its Māori society, past and present. Particularly noteworthy are … murals, in the main and adjacent streets, depict the town’s history. The project was started by local artists in 1991 …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… months in New Zealand directing recordings by the Rotorua Māori Choir. The resulting 48 titles made history as the first large-scale recording session of Māori choral music ever to be undertaken in New Zealand. The …
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… The smaller Lake Waikareiti is north-east of Waikaremoana. History Lake Waikaremoana is sacred to Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti … eponymous ancestors Kahungunu and Ruapani. Taniwha lake In Māori tradition, Lake Waikaremoana was formed during an epic … settlements on the lake disappeared after this, though Māori continued to live around Tuai. The government …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… That year he was made an OBE. His knowledge of the history of orthopaedics in New Zealand was recognised by …
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… to discovery and exploration since time immemorial – Māori call it tapa whenua, whakaingoa whenua or whakahau … in Hawai'i. New arrivals When the Polynesian ancestors of Māori arrived in New Zealand they named many places. Crew … north of Dargaville, naming more than 100 places. Māori history is remembered in the naming of places after …
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Part of story: Tapa whenua – naming places