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… Hikairo is thought to have been born in the late eighteenth century, probably between 1780 and 1790, probably at …
Type: Biography
… People of Te Arawa The main tribes of the Volcanic Plateau are the Te Arawa people, in the Rotorua area, and Ngāti …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… tītī’ (the heart of a tītī, or petrel), as this bird was noted for its ability to stay aloft for long periods at sea. A person was encouraged to be as firm as ‘te toka tū moana’ (the boulder standing in the sea), not like ‘te toka rurenga tai, neneke i te ngaru’ (the rock rolling in …
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Part of story: Kōrero taiao
… Te Roroa Te Roroa are based at Waimamaku valley, Waipoua Forest, … Manumanu I and his brother Rangitauwawaro, who migrated from Muriwhenua to the Waimamaku valley. There, they and …
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Part of story: Ngāti Whātua
… Te Maihāroa In the South Island, in 1877, Hipa Te Maihāroa led a protest group to reclaim their lands at Te Ao Marama (near …
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Part of story: Māori prophetic movements – ngā poropiti
… Tūpaea of Te Whānau-a-Tauwhao hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi was born probably at Tauranga. He was the son of Te …
Type: Biography
… isthmus), probably in 1868 or 1869. She was a member of Te Akitai, a subtribe of Te Wai-o-Hua . Her father was Te Rongonui Reihana Te …
Type: Biography
… Intertribal wars Intertribal wars between 1815 and 1840 were particularly …
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Part of story: Ngāti Whātua
… role in the birth of the sun, moon, planets, stars and constellations – collectively called Te Whānau Mārama (the family of light). One version told by …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ranginui – the sky
… one of the 70 children who, when earth and sky were separated, went to live in the world that was created. Tangaroa – husband of earth In other versions, however, …
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Part of story: Tangaroa – the sea
… the affairs of the tribe. A newspaper editorial in 1861 noted the participation of Māori women in the rūnanga: ‘Ta te [M]aori, me hui katoa, te iti te rahi, te tane te wahine, … Leadership after colonisation …
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Part of story: Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women
… The four winds Te whānau puhi , the wind family, comprises many different … wind. It is likely that its meaning depended on the quarter from which bad weather tends to come in that district. …
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Part of story: Tāwhirimātea – the weather
… (Tolaga Bay), about the time that James Cook first visited New Zealand, in 1769. Her mana and tapu derived from her … had married Tānetokorangi to Hinematioro's mother, Ngunguru-te-rangi, a grand-daughter of Rerekohu from senior Ngāti …
Type: Biography
… (the official name in 2021, with one macron) was named. Te Whanga-o-Reitū or Te Whanga-o-Reipae One meaning of ‘whanga’ is harbour; these …
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Part of story: Whangārei tribes
… Tāmairangi was a high-ranking woman of strong character and great beauty, who lived in the area around Cook Strait in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Her parents …
Type: Biography
… The Volcanic Plateau tribes frequently visited coastal regions to gain access to food resources, and, …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… Mutu Paratene Kapa was an elder, Māori scholar, sportsman, priest and noted orator. He was born probably in 1870 at Ōhinepū, Te … Kapa, Mutu Paratene …
Type: Biography
… name given to six iwi (tribes): Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Takoto, Te Pātū, Ngāti Kahu, Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa. Te Hiku-o-te-Ika: the tail of the …
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Part of story: Muriwhenua tribes
… region. The centre of their traditional homelands is Te Rāwhiti. Ngare Raumati lost much of their lands during late 18th-century battles with Ngāpuhi, who expanded from …
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Part of story: Whangārei tribes
… Waitohi was the daughter of Werawera, of Ngāti Toa , and his second wife, … Ngāti Raukawa. She was probably born in Waikato but her date of birth is not known. She was the sister of Te Rauparaha …
Type: Biography