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… tapu during menstruation, due to the degree of tapu associated with blood. Menstruating women were kept away from common areas because of their tapu state – contact with materials essential to society was seen as …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women
… Ngāti Toa Ngāi Tahu’s tribal domain was seriously threatened from the late 1820s to the mid-1830s by a relatively small tribe, Ngāti …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tahu
… Tohu Kākahi, whose historical importance has often been ignored, was responsible along with Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III for making the village of Parihaka …
Type: Biography
… the largest tribe in New Zealand. Their heartland lies at Te Tai Tokerau (the northern tide) in the far north. The territory stretches west to east from Hokianga Harbour to …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… 'Tangohia mai te taura i taku kakī kia waiata au i taku waiata.' (Take the … my song.) These words were spoken by Mokomoko, a chief of Te Whakatōhea of the eastern Bay of Plenty, as he was about …
Type: Biography
… poutaka me kinikini atu, he kai poutaka me horehore atu, mā te tamaiti te iho’ (pinch off a bit of the potted bird, peel off a bit …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā tamariki
… as Kāwana Pitiroi Paipai, was born near the end of the eighteenth century. He had connections with Ngāti Ruaka and other hapū of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi . His father, who died in 1847, …
Type: Biography
… is music, there are composers – people who are able to create new music to give voice to their experiences, ideas and … have composed music – whether traditional forms such as mōteatea (chanted song-poetry) or using introduced music …
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Part of story: Māori composers – ngā kaitito waiata
… his mother, Māhinaarangi, he also belonged to peoples of Te Tai Rāwhiti (the eastern districts of the North Island), particularly Ngāti …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngāti Raukawa
… Te Whitu Tekau In 1871 Tūhoe reached an agreement with the … They would lay down their arms and assist in capturing Te Kooti if the government forces would cease their scorched …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngāi Tūhoe
… and the Maraekākaho and Ngaruroro rivers, early in the nineteenth century. His mother, Te Pakapaka, was of high rank; she was the daughter of Te …
Type: Biography
… 19th century, a significant portion of Ngāti Raukawa migrated from the Maungatautari and Wharepūhunga districts to the … was sent out. Among the leaders of this group, known as Te Heke Karere (the company of messengers), were Ngārangiōrēhua, Te Horohau, Mātenga Te Mātia and Te Ahukaramū. Arriving in …
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Part of story: Ngāti Raukawa
… Tribal roots Te Āti Awa of north Taranaki is one of several closely related tribes originating from the ancestor Awanuiarangi. …
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Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Taranaki
… (sub-tribe) names were preceded by a clan prefix such as Te Kāhui (the assemblage), Te Uri or Ngā Uri (the descendants), Ngāti, Ngā, Ngāi, Aitanga or Te Āti (the people or offspring), Te Tini or Te Whānau (the …
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Part of story: Tribal organisation
… In the movement southwards to the Cook Strait region, Te Āti Awa joined forces with several other tribes. These … and Tāmati Wāka Nene, and joined by chiefs and people of Te Āti Awa of Taranaki, Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Mutunga. This …
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Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Wellington
… Hēnare Pōtae was possibly born in the late 1820s. He belonged to Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare hapū of Ngāti Porou . His father was …
Type: Biography
… Te Rangikāheke In the mid-19th century Māori began to write down their traditions and tribal histories. One of the …
Type: Story Page
… settlers arrived in the Wellington area in 1839, land disputes had caused friction between Māori and settlers. British … Lower Hutt settlers Andrew Gillespie and his son, heightening tensions. On 16 May, Māori attacked the redoubt at …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… Āporotanga was born about 1852. His mother was Mākawa, daughter of Te Āporotanga, who was a leader of Ngāti Rua, a hapū of Te …
Type: Biography
… Wharawhara Love was through descent and marriage kin to Te Āti Awa chiefs whose mana continued to extend over the Wellington region after the arrival of Pākehā …
Type: Biography