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… after his birth he was given the name Tawatawhiti by local Māori; he was later known to all his friends as Tawa. Small … district to dig in the gumfields. He learned to speak Māori fluently and developed an enduring interest in Māori history and culture. Articled to the surveyor general in …
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… waka (canoeing) and dragon boat racing has attracted Māori teams in the northern half of the North Island. The … is at least 1,500 years old, rooted in Chinese myth and history. Duanwu Jie, the dragon boat festival, can be traced …
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Part of story: Minor outdoor sports
… as New Zealand European, and there were several hundred Māori, reflecting the fact that Singapore has been a base …
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Part of story: Malaysians and Singaporeans
… was to become both evangelist and keeper of the peace among Māori tribes and between settler and Māori, maintaining his influence by 'constantly marching … the influence of Christianity, and the geology, natural history, productions and climate of the country. It also …
Type: Biography
… asked to provide photographs for Te Hekenga , an account of Māori life in Horowhenua. With the help of Māori informants, he described and mapped hundreds of named … feature is the interpretative essays which discuss the history of Māori occupation of New Zealand in the light of …
Type: Biography
… The committee centennial James Rutherford, professor of history at the University of Auckland, wrote in March 1939, … a large Government Court celebrating the welfare state, and Māori and women’s courts. Robotic doctor A star attraction … Treaty of Waitangi did not focus on the promises made to Māori, but rather on the centenary of membership of the …
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Part of story: Anniversaries
… District Council. Te Kooti’s accident From 1883 to 1893 Māori prophet and rebel leader Te Kooti lived at Ōtewa, 9 … be caused by a minor accident. Ōtorohanga was a traditional Māori village. After the King Country was opened to European … from a burial cave. They ended up in the Imperial Natural History Museum in Vienna. Reischek knew he had offended …
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Part of story: King Country places
… for this series were sold internationally. Her interest in history led to the collection of taped reminiscences from Māori and early European settlers. From this material she … several radio series on the early pioneers of Taranaki, the Māori traditions and legends of the mountains Egmont …
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… Buller River The Buller (Kawatiri in Māori, meaning deep and swift) is the largest river on the … Remembering Kehu Thomas Brunner and Charles Heaphy, with a Māori guide, Kehu, explored the West Coast in the mid-1840s. … including jet-boating, kayaking, rafting and fishing. History Travel through the upper Buller Gorge was difficult …
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Part of story: West Coast places
… Items made by Māori Māori made flax and other leaves into fibre, rope, fishing … significant in this stage of New Zealand’s manufacturing history were: many industries set up in the mid-19th century …
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Part of story: Manufacturing – an overview
… farmer and lawyer, Malone was a student of military history, who introduced the ‘lemon-squeezer’ hat into the … the high ground at Chunuk Bair. In this assault men of the Māori Contingent, recently arrived from Malta, took part in the first attack by Māori soldiers outside New Zealand. With the failure of the …
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Part of story: First World War
… for 19 years. During this period she taught English and history and led the school’s debating team. In 1944 Gardner … in speech and drama, a fully trained nurse and a part-time Māori-language teacher. Gardner also became known as a … scheme whereby students from Queen Victoria School for Māori Girls could complete sixth and seventh form at …
Type: Biography
… a 2013 population of 3,741. Waipukurau is named after a Māori pā which was located nearby. History The town of Waipukurau was founded by pastoral … Lime Company (founded in 1932). Hātuma Lake was valued by Māori for its eels. Homesteads Some of Hawke’s Bay’s …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… tradition and historical record. Fundamental to the tribe’s history is the godlike figure of Māui-tikitiki-a-taranga. … survivor was Paikea. The tragedy is known in Ngāti Porou history as Te Huripūreiata. Paikea was buoyed ashore by … is fragmentary. Apirana Ngata commented that Ngāti Porou Māori Land Court claims of the 19th century were established …
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Part of story: Ngāti Porou
… were a way for Pākehā to endow the landscape with its own history and embellish cities with statuary. Royalty The … the start of the 20th century the awakening interest in history encouraged efforts to remember the country’s … an Iona cross on the Petone waterfront (1940). Women and Māori Most monuments were to heroic white men, but there …
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Part of story: Memorials and monuments
… in and valuing of New Zealand’s architectural and design history. The other was growing material expectations, … view of New Zealand identity, which was a mix of Pākehā, Māori and Pacific cultures. It blended bright colours and … of a distinctive place in the world, and a sense of the history of that place. …
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Part of story: Home décor and furnishings
… work on the group. A 1922 study on the morphology and life history of the primitive native frog Leiopelma hochstetteri … later studies. In the 1930s Archey turned to the study of Māori carving and sculpture, a field in which he produced … folk (1937, 1949) and Sculpture and design: an outline of Māori art (1955, 1960). His final book, Whaowhia: Māori art …
Type: Biography
… claims sparked interest in serious works of New Zealand history and Māori topics. Above all, novels, traditionally tricky … 1991 Huia Publishers were committed to books about and by Māori and books in the Māori language. Older firms underwent …
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Part of story: Publishing
… a thorough grounding in the Classics, modern languages, history, geography, drawing and music. On leaving school in … believed could match the bush fighting skills of the Māori. British regulars had shown little aptitude for this … being commissioned ensign was the reconnaissance of the Māori position at Paparata. He was accompanied by Thomas …
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… grandfather (with W. E. Bidwill) in 1927 and a parish history of Otaio and Blue Cliffs in 1930. The biography of … its inception, and chair of the South Canterbury Centennial History Committee (1954–60). She continued her literary … her death. There she completed her fifth book, a detailed history of Blue Cliffs station, published in 1982. She was …
Type: Biography