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… (920 sq km), called Rēkohu by Moriori and Wharekauri by Māori, and Pitt Island (62 sq km), called Rangihaute by Moriori and Rangiāuria by Māori. Lakes and lagoons cover about a quarter of Chatham … the sun’ and Rangiāuria as ‘glowing clouds at sunset’. History The Moriori people are descended from the first …
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Part of story: Chatham Islands
… of tikanga The role of kaumātua as guardians of tikanga (Māori customs) is described by Hirini Mead: ’Older … new mokopuna (grandchild). These waiata would recall tribal history and genealogy, and remind the infant of his or her … the country. Much of Pei Te Hurinui’s knowledge of esoteric Māori traditions and history can be attributed to the …
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Part of story: Kaumātua – Māori elders
… Reflecting the trust’s (then) fixation with early colonial history, all of these places were built before 1880. Some … museums and others were leased to businesses. The desire of Māori to manage their own places meant few Māori properties were purchased. Instead, the trust offered …
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Part of story: Historic places
… in the Hokonui Hills and in parts of western Southland. Māori and mining culture The Māori–Pākehā world of coastal Southland and Stewart Island … son John made an immense contribution to Southland local history, as did brothers Neill and Alexander Begg. Recent …
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Part of story: Southland region
… the eight months spent in the country, he learnt to speak Māori. So impressed was Burns with New Zealand that in … from Sydney with orders to close the trading station, the Māori were angry, but Burns refused to leave with the ship … in his booklet, A brief narrative of the remarkable history of Barnet Burns , which first appeared in 1835. In …
Type: Biography
… established in the district since 1838. She received her Māori and religious education from Heremia, and showed an early interest in history and genealogy. Whina’s precociousness combined with … Native Minister James Carroll , she went to St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College in Napier for secondary education. …
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… Whanganui, as lay reader under A. O. Williams at the Māori mission. Anxious that others should have the … Aute College Students' Association (precursor of the Young Māori Party). He attended their conferences and resolved to … bishop of Aotearoa, the first Māori bishop in New Zealand's history. His work was to minister to Māori in all the …
Type: Biography
… beyond a certain point oral memory narrows. The apex of Māori whakapapa typically sits above the broader whare of … there is a limit to people’s ability to remember oral history. Most important ancestors are remembered and the …
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Part of story: Whakapapa – genealogy
… one of the best-known and most persistent critics of the Māori land, resource rights and autonomy campaigns of the 1970s and 1980s. She attacked the foundations of Māori grievances against the Crown, and government policies … enraged by the arguments presented in Keith Sinclair ’s A history of New Zealand (1960, revised 1975), and I. H. …
Type: Biography
… to preserving the country’s film heritage which embraced Māori values. He also presented The film show on Radio New … that the archive needed to adjust its practices to embrace Māori cultural values and tikanga, and engagement with … film show Jonathan remained involved in the field of film history, but also expanded into contemporary film review and …
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… concurrently with his university work. He was the first Māori to study the full academic course for the ministry. At … became involved in youth work in the city at the time when Māori urban migration was fast increasing. In 1940 Maharaia … of traditional culture, Maharaia edited booklets about the history of the canoes, collected genealogies, organised a …
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… from a humble upbringing to become one of the greatest Māori leaders and proponents of mana wāhine in the twentieth … cultural and gender politics and forge new pathways for Māori women. She dedicated her life to te ao Māori, Māori … the country conducting interviews for a book about the history of the Māori Women’s Welfare League. In the same …
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… used to smear the anti-apartheid movement. After the tour, Māori challenged Pākehā in the anti-apartheid movement to … took this challenge very seriously. She read about the history of the Treaty of Waitangi, attended anti-racism … and went through a period of guilt about the injustices Māori had suffered. Consciously trying to do something …
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… robustus ), is 24 by 17.8 centimetres, and was found in a Māori burial site at Kaikōura. It is significant as a Māori taonga (treasure) and one of the premier natural history objects of New Zealand. Eggs of other moa species …
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Part of story: Moa
… calling on the wives of clergy – both European and Māori – and travelling in unpleasant conditions over rough … was significant in the context of that period in Auckland's history: she was indefatigable in her organisation of and … loving deeds and good example can be ill-spared', and by Māori clergy as 'our mother, Mrs Cowie'. …
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… Gender diversity has existed throughout history and across cultures. In societies where the mind and … Fair often featured spectacular cross-dressed performers Māori and Pacific genders, such as whakawāhine, tangata ira tāne and irawhiti takatāpui (Māori), fa’afafine and fa’atama (Samoan), fakaleiti …
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Part of story: Gender diversity
… property. Open access in New Zealand In New Zealand, the history of human interaction with the landscape began on the … claims of ownership, whether from individuals or groups, Māori or non-Māori, contentious. European New Zealanders also came to …
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Part of story: Law of the foreshore and seabed
… Descent lines Māori society before European contact was stratified into … ihi (excellence) and wehi (awesome power), which Māori believed were inherited from the ancestors and gods. … (school of genealogy). They understood genealogy, oral history, astronomy, natural lore and a large repertoire of …
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Part of story: Tribal organisation
… by the Wairoa, Arapāoa, Ōtamatea and Ōruawharo rivers. Māori settlement The waterways provided Māori with resources, and a ready means of moving between …
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Part of story: Northland places
… been released over the years, including cave atlases, a Māori oral history atlas ( He Korero Purakau mo nga taunahanahatanga a …
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Part of story: Modern mapping and surveying