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… Home of the Māori King movement, the lush Waikato region is the territory of numerous tribes descended from the people of the Tainui canoe. Key roles in their story have been played by women: the ancestor Kahu, who as a … Waikato tribes …
Type: Story Front
… ports serving distinct hinterlands, a series of economic regions was created. The South Island and the lower and … routes linked smaller ports in the region to Auckland. Story of a New Zealand region Jane Mander’s The s tory of … After 1900 dairying expanded rapidly in Northland, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty, and sheep farming expanded in …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Regional economies
… emerged in Auckland. At his Takapuna property, short-story writer Frank Sargeson hosted various writers, such as … in the corner of the room. It was absolutely primitive.’ 2 Regional music scenes Some regions developed distinctive … community, with groups such as the Mau. At the same time in Waikato, heavy metal bands such as Blackjack and Knightshade …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Regional cultural life
… Maru The emergence of the Ngāti Maru tribe is an involved story. The complexity of the original family’s relationships … and father. They made further forays into the Tāmaki region as a result of the death of the Hauraki water … house. Ngāti Pāoa The ancestor Pāoa came from the central Waikato region and was a younger brother of the well-known …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Marutūahu tribes
… several important whare wānanga (schools of learning) in Waikato, including one at Whatawhata and another at Kuranui, … were set up – in the 2010s there were around 10 in the region. Technical and tertiary education Hopes that the … as Research into mānuka honey has been a sweet success story for the University of Waikato’s chemistry department. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Waikato region
… a secondary school division in the Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition. The biennial Pikihuia Awards for Māori … competition for secondary-school students in the Southland region. In 2002 the Wellington Children’s Book Association … who viewed work like his as graffiti. Art and design The Waikato Society of Arts began holding the biennial National …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Young people and the arts
… of 5,127. Ngāruawāhia’s name comes from a 17th-century love story. Te Ngaere, a Waikato chief, and Heke-i-te-rangi, a Ngāti Maniapoto woman, … the government in 1881, King Tāwhiao toured the Waikato region. On this journey he made a prophetic announcement: Ko …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Waikato places
… Māmoe and Ngāi Tahu also occupied parts of the Wellington region, often before moving on to Te Wai Pounamu (the South … as a point of contact with Europeans. On his return to the Waikato, he persuaded his people to migrate to the region. … by allies from Taranaki. Later, Ngāti Raukawa from the Waikato also came south, and the Manawatū and Horowhenua …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Wellington region
… Read a history of the Te Ara project . What is Te Ara? ‘Te ara’ in … there are features on: Places – 22 major geographic regions: Northland , Auckland , Hauraki–Coromandel , Waikato , the King Country , the Volcanic Plateau , Bay of …
Type: Basic page
… landed at Te Awanui, near Kaitāia. Stories from the Kaipara region say that Tākitimu also landed there, and a number of … where, after crossing another portage, they could enter the Waikato River and access the interior of New Zealand. Canoes …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Canoe traditions
… of 141,612. Hamilton was established in 1864 by the 4th Waikato militia. Built around two redoubts, on either side … a hilltop announced ‘Eureka I have found it!’ 1 Another story says the name was made up of letters from the names of … the First World War, as it became the transport hub for the region. It was located on the main north–south road, and was …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Waikato places
… many of the competing forces in the Gisborne and East Coast regions. Māui The story of Ngāti Porou lies in mythology, legend, oral … of Hamoterangi to both brothers. Kahungunu and Tainui–Waikato To the south of the region is the large tribe of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngāti Porou
… Tribes Before the 1820s the principal iwi (tribes) of the region were Rangitāne, Muaūpoko and Ngāti Apa. Rangitāne … the grandson of Whātonga. He does not play a part in the history of Manawatū, except through his descendants. Hau’s … part of the diet. Much later, after migrating from Waikato, the Ngāti Raukawa leader and warrior Te Whatanui …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… he laid to rest at Māhia Peninsula to attract whales to the region. Pane-iraira was a taniwha (water spirit), thought to … in the Tutunui legend, is a common theme in Māori oral storytelling. It was made popular worldwide by the film … (New Zealand). A similar tradition, thought to be from the Waikato, is that of Waihuka who was also carried back to …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te whānau puha – whales
… a land that was heavily forested, apart from the semi-arid regions of Central Otago and the Mackenzie Country, in the … of the burnoff would have been accidental. Burning sky The story of the ‘fire of Tamatea’ has been interpreted as an … settlement, fernlands were found in parts of Northland, Waikato, the Volcanic Plateau and many east coast areas, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Fire and agriculture
… In the North Island they were said to live mainly in the Waikato–Waipā basin, the Cape Colville–Te Aroha range, the … Wairoa districts, and the Waitākere ranges in the Auckland region. South Island traditions had them living mainly in … mountain Ngongotahā (‘drink from a calabash’). In another story the mountain Mauao, in Tauranga, was rejected by the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Patupaiarehe
… later returned) was confiscated by the Crown in Taranaki, Waikato, South Auckland, Bay of Plenty and Poverty Bay. … the British Empire. In the 1920s James Cowan’s two-volume history of the wars, which in one sense was a pioneering work … a different iwi would host a national events, with other regional events held around the country. The first official …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… Best , an eminent ethnographer and authority on Māori history and tradition. Her maternal grandfather, W. E. Gudgeon … the early settler. Her next publication, Early days in the Waikato (1964), recalled 100 years of settlement in the region. It gave a lively account of the first 30 years of …
Type: Biography
… The 360-degree views from the summit take in the Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions. One story says the mountain got its name when Tainui ancestress …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Waikato places
… his wife, Rhoda Vera White, a milliner. After schooling in Waikato and Auckland, Joan became a cadet journalist at the … production: she was a member of the NZBC’s Central District Regional Programme Advisory Committee for two terms and … this series were sold internationally. Her interest in history led to the collection of taped reminiscences from …
Type: Biography