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… and wrote extensively on Maori ethnology and colonial history. As a boy Harry joined his father in combing the …
Type: Biography
… people from all sections of society. His pursuit of greater Māori–Pākehā unity, his warm and respectful relationship with Māori and his knowledge of te reo Māori were unique features of his term in office. Early life …
Type: Biography
… facing it (and each other), are two figures. One is a Māori warrior or chief, representing the indigenous people … a taiaha (a ceremonial spear) and dressed in a traditional Māori cloak, he displays strength, dignity and loyalty to … remains in the background. It embodies New Zealand history and sums up features of the country which, apart …
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Part of story: Coat of arms
… Ring a bell? In 1836 the missionary William Colenso saw Māori women near Whangārei using a broken bronze bell to … to a wide variety of beliefs and practices that reflect the history of the many regional and local traditions of India. … between Sanskrit, the classical language of India, and Māori. ‘There are at least 185 Sanskrit and other Indian …
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Part of story: Diverse religions
… profile formed during eruptions around 1314 AD. Early Māori and the Europeans who arrived in the 1800s did not … life in a violent one-day eruption – the deadliest in the history of New Zealand settlement. The famous terraces In … there were no warning signs. Eleven days before, however, Māori and Pākehā tourists reported a phantom Māori war canoe …
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Part of story: Historic volcanic activity
… a large collection of ethnological artefacts and natural history specimens in a rather undiscriminating fashion. He …
Type: Biography
… the 1920s and 1930s. In 1949, when contributing to a school history, she commented, 'To be asked to write of Tua Marina … She graduated BA in Latin, education, English and English history in 1917 and MA in history with first-class honours … of New Zealand bird songs ; in attempts to accommodate Māori traditions and language in her writing; in folk …
Type: Biography
… give them access to otherwise unaffordable gear and boats. History Māori were the first New Zealanders to pursue big fish, …
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Part of story: Recreational sea fishing
… catastrophic events like the Great Flood shaped the land. Māori had their own traditions. After the legendary hero … New Zealand: its physical geography, geology and natural history (1867) was the first to use uniformitarianism to …
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Part of story: Geomorphology – a history
… in 2011. These institutions initially focused on natural history, but during the 20th century more space was given to human history. Otago Settlers Museum was an early leader. Opened … in 1998. Conceived as a bi-cultural space, with separate Māori and Pākehā galleries, its bulky design has been …
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Part of story: Public buildings
… the pseudonym TDH (Tom, Dick and Harry). He also wrote a history of Nelson province in 1942. However, equally … The former was described by its author as the 'secret history of New Zealand' and warned that the country faced …
Type: Biography
… played a part in most of the significant changes in netball history. Born in Mataura, Southland, she became a formidable … van Dyk went from villain to hero in New Zealand netball history. In 1995 the tall young South African sharpshooter … to boost sport, including developing coaching and Māori sport, and sitting on the governing board of SPARC …
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Part of story: Netball
… the basis of their (and future) studies in New Zealand history. 19th-century recorders of Māori history and traditions, such as John White and Hoani Nahe, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Collecting
… writing, in its move away from political events to social history. It helped inspire interest in the historic heritage … have produced high-quality jewellery, often incorporating Māori designs. …
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Part of story: West Coast region
… warrior and leader, and in 1858 was installed as the first Māori King. The King movement 's supporters hoped that the position would help protect Māori land and foster unity between tribes. On Pōtatau's … of the King movement would be redeemed and exonerated by history. Tāwhiao and his followers saw their predicament as …
Type: Biography
… Blacks, and the following year he captained the New Zealand Māori team to Fiji. Along with other gifted Māori players, such as Vince Bevan and Ben Couch , Smith was … he created a record as the ‘only captain in New Zealand history to lose every game he captained’. Although troubled …
Type: Biography
… miniature train track. Phillips became known as ‘the last Māori prophet’, and many followers attended his 90th … rivers meet at Taumarunui. Major transport routes for Māori, they linked Whanganui, Waikato and Taupō. The kāinga … 16 kilometres south-east of Taumarunui. Kākahi has a long history of Māori occupation, with four fortified pā around …
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Part of story: King Country places
… perhaps the most popular leisure activity in traditional Māori society. The Reverend William Yate, an early missionary in the north, wrote of Māori that ‘their most delightful recreation is talking, and … was an important way of transmitting scientific knowledge, history, whakapapa and social mores. Samuel Marsden and …
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Part of story: Leisure in traditional Māori society – ngā mahi a te rēhia
… administrative centre of the New Plymouth District Council. History Originally called Ngāmotu (the islands), the site of New Plymouth was occupied for hundreds of years by Māori. More than 60 pā and kāinga (village) sites have been … in New Plymouth in 1855. In 1860 war between Pākehā and Māori broke out over a disputed land sale at Waitara. A …
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Part of story: Taranaki places
… to pursue a long-standing interest in Maori language and history. In 1892 he was one of the founders of the … books, Reminiscences of the war in New Zealand (1879), The history and doings of the Maoris (1885) and The defenders of …
Type: Biography