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… Māori women traditionally gave birth in specially built … babies – lullabies which told whakapapa, legends and tribal history. …
Type: Story Front
… 2000s witnessed another flowering of government support for history publishing. Historical Branch expands After the … parties, and aimed for significant representation of Māori and women. Between 1990 and 2000 the project, … entries, produced five English volumes and five volumes in Māori, as well as subsidiary books. In 2001 the text, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Public history
… photographs. In his early work he sought to communicate Māori culture and history to the wider public, and then produced major … book reviewer, and pioneered in-depth exploration of Māori content on television in the series, Tāngata whenua . …
Type: Biography
… learning. He had wide interests in literature and natural history but was not gifted academically. After two years at … Riverton, many of them descendants of marriages into the Māori community. The content and style of Beattie's work can … As a young man, Adam had formed a strong acquaintance with Māori of the Henley area, from whom he gained a detailed …
Type: Biography
… time he lived in Bulls, Downes had been interested in local history. One of his first articles, published in 1910 in the … and record all aspects of local history from his many Māori friends. This interest led him to become a member of … books have become increasingly valuable resources on the Māori history of the Whanganui River. Some of the material …
Type: Biography
… Māori customary law, parts of the Magna Carta and ordinances … system being inherited from Britain, New Zealand has a history of innovation in law. …
Type: Story Front
… in Ko te Karere o Nui Tireni (1842–46) as instructing Māori in the customs, laws and government of the Pākehā, … ri Messenger – Ko t e Karere Maori (1849–54) as civilising Māori. These ends were served by government employees as … newspapers are a rich source of social and political history. Their content is mirrored, to a greater or lesser …
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Part of story: Māori newspapers and magazines – ngā niupepa me ngā moheni
… the Pacific Ocean. It was also an early meeting place of Māori and European, and the landscape is enriched with signs of a shared history. …
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… and his relationships gave him a lifelong interest in Maori history, language, culture and artefacts. He drew on the … the collection were published: Fragments of ancient Maori history , collected by John McGregor and translated by Graham; 'The Maori history of the Auckland isthmus (Tamaki-makau-rau)'; and …
Type: Biography
… funding, in the 1880s, was John White’s collection of Māori traditions, The ancient history of the Maori . Government also supported Robert … in 1908 and 1914, and James Cowan to write his two-volume history, The New Zealand Wars , in the early 1920s. Lindsay …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Public history
… such as Ngunguru (rumbling tides) reflect their seafaring history. Today, through the Ngātiwai Trust Board, Māori people of the region are involved in environmental …
Type: Story Front
… Dominant in native bush, and important traditionally to Māori for food and medicine, ferns have also become … a distinctive part of the country’s cultural and natural history. …
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… It was once believed that the ancestors of Māori came to New Zealand in a single ‘great fleet’ of seven … the South Island. Rich in conflict and drama, and blending history and symbolism, these canoe traditions form a founding narrative for Māori New Zealanders. …
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… built in different branches of the natural sciences, social history, clothing and textiles, decorative arts and … Provincial Museum’s photography curator Maurice Watson. Te Māori and mātauranga Māori When the landmark Te Māori exhibition returned to New …
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Part of story: Museums
… to collect and record information on the traditional history and culture of local Maori. He was particularly interested in the history of the Mokau region, where he found the ancient pa … 'Decorative featherwork', and the 'Legend of Parahia'. The history of the Taranaki region equally interested Skinner, …
Type: Biography
… Governor George Grey explained his reasons for studying Māori language and mythology: ‘I soon perceived that I could … were generally those whose work had led them to learn the Māori language and spend a lot of time with Māori. These … language and collecting manuscripts on mythology, tribal history, proverbs, songs and whakapapa (genealogy). Edward …
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Part of story: Anthropology and archaeology
… Hauraki–Coromandel is a region of contrasts. It has a rich history of Māori occupation and European settlement, and was the site …
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… Who can submit a claim? Any Māori person can submit a claim to the Waitangi Tribunal. … by the Crown breached the Treaty of Waitangi, and that Māori have suffered prejudice (harmful effects) as a result. … it. That research was likely to include the traditional history of the claimants’ iwi, hapū or whānau (and in …
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Part of story: Waitangi Tribunal – Te Rōpū Whakamana
… did much to shape the way New Zealanders perceived their history. He was born at East Tāmaki on 14 April 1870. His … their childhood. The farm was part of land confiscated from Māori who had fought against the Crown during the 1860s, and … battlefield of Ōrākau. Cowan's lifelong fascination with Māori and colonial history grew out of his childhood …
Type: Biography
… Wellington, taking courses on European and colonial history and English literature. Although New Zealand history … latter, she delved into the meaning and implications of the Māori text, seeking help from Māori scholars. In 1955 the family moved north, where Ian …
Type: Biography