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… Hine-nui-te-pō – the goddess of death The mythological origins of death are associated with the ancestress Hine-tītama and her husband the …
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Part of story: Tangihanga – death customs
… Napoleon of the south Ngāti Toa leader Te Rauparaha gained fame during the musket wars. More biographies have been written of Te Rauparaha than of any other New Zealander. He was …
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Part of story: Musket wars
… Whakataukī (sayings) and metaphors often compared people’s behaviour – favourably or unfavourably … in stories – notably those about Māui, the demigod trickster. Kāhu (harrier) and kārearea (falcon) The kāhu was … take care to identify their allies and their enemies: Homai te kāeaea kia toro-māhangatia Ko te kāhu te whakaora – waiho …
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Part of story: Ngā manu – birds
… Kepa Hāmuera Ānaha Ehau was born on 5 November 1885 at Ōtewā, a small community south-east of Ōtorohanga in the King Country. At the time of Kepa’s birth Te Kooti and his Ringatū followers were living at Ōtewā. …
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… sometimes wiping out whole villages. One plague, known as Te Rewharewha (coughing death), killed hundreds in a matter of weeks. Many old villages were abandoned, the dead left unburied for fear of contagion. These sites remain tapu (restricted) and some, such as at Weriweri, …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… The marriage of Kahungunu’s daughter The principal pā of Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine was … had five children: Kahukuranui (son), Rongomaipāpā (daughter), Tamatea-kōtā (son), Mahakinui (son) and Tauheikurī …
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Part of story: Ngāti Kahungunu
… The Te Arawa people of the Bay of Plenty are the offspring of … from the heavens to sleep with the beautiful maiden Te Kuraimonoa. From this union came the revered ancestor …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… Ngāmotu and Ngāti Mutunga links After their journey from Taranaki, Te Āti Awa people from Ngāmotu settled first at Waikanae. The hapū (sub-tribe) Te Mana of Ngāti Mutunga were living at Pito-one (Petone) …
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Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Wellington
… Te Ua Haumēne Te Ua Haumēne was the leader of the Pai Mārire faith, … (Canaan), demonstrating his belief that Māori were related to the Jews. The five apostles of the movement each had …
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Part of story: Ngā haki – Māori and flags
… lakes region did not last. Competition and jealousy among Te Arawa’s three kin groups there (Ngāti Pikiao, Tūhourangi and Ngāti Whakaue) sparked internal wars lasting generations. Only during times of crisis … put aside differences to fight common enemies such as Te Rangihouhiri (from the East Coast), Hongi Hika (of …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… each evening, the world follows a daily cycle of light (Te Ao) and darkness (Te Pō). Māori creation stories emphasise this movement from nothingness and darkness to the world of light – Te Ao Mārama. It is said that the world itself is created …
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Part of story: Te Ao Mārama – the natural world
… Land confiscation The Ngāti Awa chief Tamatearehe was speaking about his own tribe when he commented: Kei runga te kōrero, kei raro te rahurahu. Soothing …
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Part of story: Ngāti Awa
… Agitating for Māori on air In the 1970s, despite improvements on earlier decades, weekly Māori-language and Māori-interest programming by state broadcasters totalled less than …
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Part of story: Māori radio – reo irirangi
… Te Teira and Wiremu Kīngi In 1859 an opportunity to deal with the ‘Kīngi problem’ arose when the land Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke was living on at Waitara was offered for sale by Te Teira, one of the tribe’s junior chiefs. The offer was …
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Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Taranaki
… hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu in Hawke's Bay, was living at Te Rae-o-Tahumata near Ōmāhu when Kaiwhata was born. The … there to repel the raid of Ngāti Maru leader Tangi-te-ruru. His mother, Whareunga, of Ngāti Māhu, gave birth to …
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… Politics In 1949 Iriaka Rātana successfully contested the Western Māori seat and became the first Māori woman …
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Part of story: Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women
… path to a bicultural reference work From the inception of Te Ara its general editor, Jock Phillips, had a strong desire to see Māori cultural and intellectual knowledge appropriately reflected in the … Māori content, biculturalism and translation …
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Part of story: Te Ara – a history
… Rukuhia te ata o te whakairo Rukuhia te ata o te wānanga Rukuhia te ata o te …
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Part of story: Whakairo – Māori carving
… Ngāti Whātua-whānui The terms Ngāti Whātua-whānui or Ngāti Whātua-tūturu – meaning … the Hokianga Harbour and Tāmaki (Auckland). The tribes are Te Roroa, Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Taoū and Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei. …
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Part of story: Ngāti Whātua
… ‘Kia kōrero te katoa o te tinana – the whole body should speak,’ said haka master Henare Teowai of this traditional art form. Kapa haka …
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