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… In 1856 Iwikau Te Heuheu of Ngāti Tūwharetoa convened a famous meeting … tai (search the land, search the sea) at Pūkawa, on the western shores of Lake Taupō. All the major iwi were … Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, 1858–1860 …
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Part of story: Kīngitanga – the Māori King movement
… Te Matakātea was a principal chief of Ngāti Haumiti hapū of the … Born probably in Taranaki in the early years of the nineteenth century, he was first known as Moki. In the 1820s and … Te Matakātea, Wiremu Kīngi Moki …
Type: Biography
… War on the East Coast Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki belonged to the Poverty Bay iwi of Rongowhakaata. … Pursuit of Te Kooti, 1868–1872 …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… Te Awa-i-taia was born probably in the late eighteenth century. His mother was Purehina, and his … Te Awa-i-taia, Wiremu Nēra …
Type: Biography
… Horonuku was born probably in the 1820s at Te Rapa, near Tokaanu, on the south-western side of Lake Taupō, the son of Mananui Te Heuheu Tūkino … Te Heuheu Tūkino IV, Horonuku …
Type: Biography
… Kirihi Te Riri Maihi Kawiti was born, according to family … Kawiti and his third wife, Hēningārino, and the grandson of Te Ruki Kawiti , the Ngāpuhi warrior chief. Kirihi was a … Kawiti, Kirihi Te Riri Maihi …
Type: Biography
… Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III was a descendant of both Awanuiārangi, the founder of Te Āti Awa of Taranaki, and Tahuaoariki. More directly, he … Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III, Erueti …
Type: Biography
… In 1986 the Waitangi Tribunal recognised te reo Māori – the Māori language – as a taonga (treasure), and a year later it was made an official language of New Zealand. Efforts … Te reo Māori – the Māori language …
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… The Māori natural world teemed with gods and unseen beings and required thoughtful navigation. Tohunga (priests) assisted people with special incantations and rites to appease the gods. … Traditional Māori religion – ngā karakia a te Māori …
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… In the early days of European settlement, translators and interpreters were needed so Māori and Pākehā could communicate. Important documents such as the Treaty of Waitangi … Translation and interpreting – te whakamāori ā-tuhi, ā-waha hoki …
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… Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne o Wairau and Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō are the three tribes in Te Tau Ihu who trace their descent from the Kurahaupō canoe. … Kurahaupō tribes of Te Tau Ihu …
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Part of story: Te Tau Ihu tribes
… Alistair Te Ariki Campbell was one of New Zealand’s most distinctive … Pacific and the postcolonial world. Two childhoods Alistair Te Ariki Campbell was born on 25 June 1925 on Tongareva … Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki …
Type: Biography
… Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawa Te Waharoa was the second son of Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa and Pare Te Kanawa (Wikitōria). They belonged to … Te Waharoa, Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawa …
Type: Biography
… Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi was of Ngā Poutama and Ngāti Tūmango of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi . He also had ties with Ngāti Apa. … Te Rangi Paetahi, Mete Kīngi …
Type: Biography
… Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura Waipunaahau was born on Motungārara, a small … in the mid-1830s. He grew up during a time of unprecedented and irreversible social change, of which he himself was … Parata, Wīremu Te Kākākura Waipunaahau …
Type: Biography
… Te Waari (Ward) Kahukura Whaitiri was born at Kairākau, Chatham Islands, on 11 September 1912, to Meriana Ngāpohe Rāwiri of Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāi Tahu , and her husband, Te Wera William Whaitiri, a labourer and seaman, of Ngāi … Whaitiri, Te Waari Kahukura …
Type: Biography
… in the preparation of reference works for the 1940 centennial. The centennial branch of the Department of Internal Affairs prepared a 30-part pictorial monthly, Making … Origins of Te Ara …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te Ara – a history
… Mananui was the second of the Te Heuheu line to assume the leadership of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. He was born late in the eighteenth century at Pāmotumotu, near the … Te Heuheu Tūkino II, Mananui …
Type: Biography
… , a high-ranking member of Ngāti Whakaue, a section of Te Arawa . In early 1836 a war party of Ngāti Hauā from … the birth of her second child imminent, was carried on a litter between Te Kapenga and Ōhinemutu. This first son was … Tapsell, Ngātai Tohi Te Ururangi …
Type: Biography
… Matekoraha Te Peehi Rangihika, commonly known as Bessie, was born on 27 … from Parihaka during the land confiscations of the nineteenth century. Later in life, two of Rangihika’s female elders from Taranaki, … Jaram, Matekoraha Te Peehi …
Type: Biography