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… Waikato chief Pōtatau Te Wherowhero at Remuera. In the South Island, where similar exchanges occurred, an account of the Ngāi Tahu people who lived on Banks Peninsula has been recorded: …
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Part of story: Te hī ika – Māori fishing
… as she was more commonly known, was born in the Chatham Islands, on 21 November 1912, to Mere Ngautanga Dix of Ngāti Mutunga and Te Oti Rīwai, a farm labourer of Ngāi Tahu ; her father’s hapu was Ngāti Hinematua. Kia was one of … with those in need. Her territory covered all of the South Island, and she set about the task of setting up …
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… was Captain William Stewart, who gave his name to Stewart Island (Rakiura). Some of these early Scots stayed to live. … Te Hikanui to a Scottish whaler, John Agar Love. In the far south, George Newton’s marriage to Wharetutu (Anne) produced … (Jane Burns), who went on to marry H. K. Taiaroa, a Ngāi Tahu leader. First arrivals in the far north Two …
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Part of story: Scots
… Coast. He described ‘a large land, uplifted high’ – the Southern Alps, or perhaps the Paparoa Range. James Cook had … First European exploration Although most of the North Island and the eastern side of the South Island had been … come to an agreement with the Māori occupants, Poutini Ngāi Tahu. A smudged deed After the Arahura Deed was signed, it …
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Part of story: West Coast region
… was born on 11 February 1910 at Waitangi in the Chatham Islands, the eldest of five children. Her father, William … Hana Tōku Horomona (Hannah Solomon Score), who were of Ngāi Tahu (known locally as Kāi Tahu). Around 1920 the Grennells moved to the South Island and stayed at Akaroa with Mary’s family until …
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… Land area South Canterbury: 13,745 sq km New Zealand: 268,690 sq km … Māori South Canterbury: 7.2% New Zealand: 14.9% Pacific Island South Canterbury: 1.1% New Zealand: 7.4% Asian … New Zealand: 1.2% Principal tribes/sub-tribes Ngāi (Kai) Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Waitaha Population of major urban area, …
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Part of story: South Canterbury region
… was Aritaku Maaka, of Ngāti Hikatoa of Waimārama and Ngāi Tahu of Takapau, hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu . On his maternal … Tete (Teitei) of Ngāti Rakiāmoa, Ngāti Te Ātawhiua and Ngai Tūāhuriri hapū of South Island Ngāi Tahu. She was the niece of the Ngāi Tahu …
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… Pā Tini Whetū Marama Tirikātene was born at Rātana pā, south of Whanganui, on 9 January 1932. Her mother Ruti (Lucy) Matekino Horomona (Solomon) was of Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Pahauwera of Ngāti Kahungunu, Danish and Jewish … years The family lived in a number of places in the South Island during Whetu’s childhood, though she always regarded …
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… Pātuki, of Ngāi Tahu , was born at Waipahi, Murihiku (South Otago/Southland), possibly as early as 1810 or as late … promoted to headsman of his own boat. In 1844 on Ruapuke Island he assisted the newly arrived missionary, the …
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… whaling, timber extraction and flax processing. In the South Island, shore whalers spread their investments and began … the next two years purchased the surrounding land from Ngāi Tahu leader Tūhawaiki. By 1848 Jones’s Matanaka property had …
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Part of story: Farming in the economy
… in hotels by taking visitors to a replica Māori village south of Rotorua. Other operators were based around Māori … a joint owner of Abel Tasman Kayaks. Others, such as Ngāi Tahu Tourism, were funded from Treaty of Waitangi … in Auckland offered an urban Māori experience. In the South Island, Ngāi Tahu Tourism included kayaking, jet boating and …
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Part of story: Te tāpoi Māori – Māori tourism
… Bay and probably sighted Rangitoto ki te Tonga (D’Urville Island), but substantial European acquaintance with … was to be named Cook Strait. Cook then circumnavigated the South Island. ‘Lookers-on’ was his name for the Seaward … with the principal negotiation taking place between Ngāi Tahu leader Kaikōura Whakatau and James Mackay, the recently …
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Part of story: Marlborough region
… Māori rock art is widespread throughout the North and South islands, although about 90% of recorded sites are in the … with Ngāti Māmoe arriving in the 16th century and Ngāi Tahu around 1700. According to learned Māori in the 19th …
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Part of story: Māori rock art – ngā toi ana
… land order they had purchased in Scotland for land in the South Island. In April 1843 they arrived at Pigeon Bay on … his family. At that time there were about 50 Maori of the Ngai Tuahuriri hapu of Ngai Tahu living on the eastern side of Pigeon Bay. The Sinclairs …
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… Porou scholar Sir Apirana Ngata, Porourangi and his brother Tahupōtiki inherited Toikairākau, Uenuku, Kahutiaterangi, … of human existence. It was he who fished up the North Island from the ocean depths. This fantastic feat is … both descendants of Porourangi. Ngāi Tahu, the largest South Island tribe, is known as the ‘younger brother’. The …
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Part of story: Ngāti Porou
… known as Tommy Solomon, was born at Waikaripi on Chatham Island on 7 May 1884. He was the only surviving child of … Young Tame grew up on the Moriori reserve at Manukau on the south-east coast of Chatham Island among about two dozen of … Waitangi, Chatham Island, Tommy married Ada Fowler, a Ngāi Tahu woman from Arowhenua, near Temuka. They moved to leased …
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… possibly at Tuahiwi in Canterbury. Her father was Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe chief Hēnare Kokoro Tiratahi of … catches were sought eagerly as far afield as Dunedin and Southland. She also sold tea cosies, which she made herself. … titi (mutton-bird) season on Taukihepa, or Big South Cape Island, near the south-west cape of Stewart Island. She also …
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… are many examples of contemporary kaitiakitanga. The Ngāi Tahu tribe are kaitiaki of the pounamu (greenstone) resource in the South Island. In 1981, a claim was taken to the Waitangi Tribunal …
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Part of story: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation
… volcano, above the port at Lyttelton Harbour. It is 12 km south-east of Cathedral Square in central Christchurch, via … west of Lyttelton. When land was being set aside for Ngāi Tahu after the land purchases of the mid-19th century, a … settlers on their arrival in December 1850. Quail Island Island at the head of Lyttelton Harbour. From the …
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Part of story: Canterbury places
… this to mean power as exercised by the governor of New South Wales in Australia – a more distant and limited power … More than 2,000 claims have been made to the tribunal. Ngāi Tahu made a successful claim on the grounds that promises … to the government in the mid-19th century. Several North Island tribes have lodged claims that the confiscation of …
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Part of story: Nation and government