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… ‘Captain Cookers’. The Brothers Islands in Cook Strait. The Māori name, Ngāwhatu-kai-ponu (eyes that witnessed), refers … separates Arapawa Island from the mainland. It is known to Māori as Te Kura-te-au (the channel red with blood of the …
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Part of story: Marlborough places
… which opened in 1936 on the site of the old athenaeum. Māori heritage There are 75 Ngāti Kahungunu and 11 Rangitāne … (1889–1926). He is best known for his portraits of Māori, including Ngāti Kahungunu men and women. Photographer … station , an internationally acclaimed natural and cultural history of his sheep station at Tūtira. Other writers …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay region
… Squeegee bandit (2007), a revealing profile of an urban Māori manmaking a living washing car windows, which won Best … (2005). Other recurring topics include: New Zealand’s film history – for example Sam Neill and Judy Rymer’s Cinema of …
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Part of story: Documentary film
… Chamber of Commerce – the youngest president in its history. A year later he became chairman of the Auckland …
Type: Biography
… New Zealand society, culture, politics and history have been reflected in locally made content. … audience groups, including children, young people and Māori. In other countries a much broader set of objectives … of a public service charter for TVNZ in 2003 and setting up Māori Television in 2004. Another rising concern was that as …
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Part of story: Television
… participated in this activity. Meeting houses carved for Māori patrons with which he is especially associated are … and Wellington contracted him to supply items for their Māori displays. Ānaha Te Rāhui was a master of traditional … and was responsible for setting down a great body of tribal history in the course of his testimony at Native Land Court …
Type: Biography
… and progress, settlers must have easier access to Māori lands; that war against Māori 'rebels' must be ruthlessly prosecuted; and that, … his reputation has never really passed out of politics into history. …
Type: Biography
… teachings in the Bay of Islands and Hokianga identified the Māori as Hūrai, or Jews. His followers worshipped on … actually touched me.' Papahurihia's identification of the Māori with the Jews, and his use of the biblical serpent, … tradition, who were among his informants for The ancient history of the Māori , published between 1887 and 1890. Te …
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… enthusiasts, and her portraits pictured the faces of Māori, vintners, immigrants, artists, writers, actors, … moko (traditional facial tattoos) of more than 70 elderly Māori women, at a time when the practice had been long … and under-valued. Together these portraits constitute a history of the radical changes in New Zealand culture, from …
Type: Biography
… was more closely connected to Asia than at any time in its history. The country was an active participant in a network … of Asian origin by 2026 – roughly the same as the number of Māori. A new generation of bilingual Asian New Zealanders is …
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Part of story: Asia and New Zealand
… recording information on his early life, whaling and local history. Herbert joined an American whaler at the Bay of … Islands, on 30 September 1896. By 1899 about 20 men, mostly Māori, were employed at the whaling station. The Cooks' …
Type: Biography
… maximised the impact of their explorations of New Zealand’s history, society and culture, as well as their capacity to … channel to complement the ‘public service’ contributions of Māori Television – an overriding cause was the rise and …
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Part of story: Television
… linking the new province to British imperial and military history. A new province The provincial government struggled … northern Canterbury. Marlborough was part of the Southern Māori electorate from 1867 to 1996, when it became part of …
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Part of story: Marlborough region
… 19 prisons . Over half of the prison population were Māori, and around 40% were below the age of 30. …
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Part of story: Society
… of divinity by Emory and Henry College, Virginia, USA. The history of Methodism in New Zealand , begun at this time, …
Type: Biography
… and corresponded with Julius von Haast over natural history matters. He was the first European to record the …
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… and have small numbers of offspring. For most of their history there were few predators, so a high rate of … diversity. Human impact When the Polynesian ancestors of Māori arrived in New Zealand around 1250–1300 CE, large and …
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Part of story: Large forest birds
… Society. In 1925 he was a member of the Maori, Natural History and Old Identities' Committee at the New Zealand and …
Type: Biography
… in autumn, when the deciduous trees are colourful. Early history William Rees had run sheep in the area for just two … many visitors, workers and residents. Lake Hayes, known to Māori as Wai-whaka-ata, has long been a site of many holiday …
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Part of story: Otago places
… accident The worst motor vehicle accident in New Zealand’s history happened on the Brynderwyn Range, Northland, on 7 February 1963. A chartered bus carrying 35 Māori passengers home from Waitangi Day commemorations …
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Part of story: Road accidents