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… of Tāmihana Huata, the first vicar of Wairoa Māori pastorate, who had succeeded the missionary James Hamlin in 1864. … events in the Wairoa area was significant, and Hēmi inherited his father's mana. His mother was Rīpeka, a woman of …
Type: Biography
… Te Aute College Students’ Association Some of the earliest … by Māori can be found in the proceedings of conferences of Te Aute College Students’ Association (TACSA) from 1897. …
Type: Story Page
… Anaru Matete was born in the Poverty Bay area; the date of his birth … Matete, Anaru …
Type: Biography
… Adamson is said to have been born at Whanganui on 9 September 1845, the second son of William Adamson, a carpenter, and Mary Osborne. In his teens he followed the goldrush …
Type: Biography
… land, competition for natural resources and the need to protect stored food supplies. Cultural reasons were linked to … injury or trespass. A well-known saying about warfare states, 'He wāhine, he whenua, e ngaro ai te tangata' (Through women and land do men die). Rise and …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori warfare – Riri
… The origins of Manuel José are clouded in mystery. It is not known for certain where he came from, nor … in the Waiapu area on the East Coast, probably in the late 1830s, and became known to Māori as Manuera, and to …
Type: Biography
… Hunter-gatherers The Polynesians who settled New Zealand … plentiful and easily gathered. Some were overexploited. Killing seals and the large flightless moa was all too easy – they were not so much hunted as ‘quarried’. As these resources ran out, Māori adopted …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Economy
… made known his choice of successor with these words: Papa te whaitiri, ka puta Uenuku, ka puta Matariki. Ko Mahuta te kingi! The thunder crashes, Uenuku appears, Matariki …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Kīngitanga – the Māori King movement
… Ngāti Whātua of Kaipara, led by Murupaenga , but were defeated despite having firearms. During the battle, two of Hongi's …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Musket wars
… Māui, Kupe and Tamatea-pōkaiwhenua Some early place names in Marlborough link the region with the trickster demigod Māui, whose waka was the South Island. These …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Marlborough region
… Tribes The Bay of Plenty is the homeland of the tribes of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāi Tai, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, and some of the tribes of the Te …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… The Rātana cosmology includes the Christian trinity; te Matua, te Tama and te Wairua Tapu (Father, Son and Holy Spirit), …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Rātana Church – Te Haahi Rātana
… as Hineatūrama, was of Ngāti Whakaue, a section of Te Arawa . She was the only daughter of Te Koeke and her husband Kahana-tokowai, of Mokoia …
Type: Biography
… Known as Wero Tāroi, Wero Mahikore, Karu, and Wero, this master carver of Ngāti Tarāwhai of Te Arawa was one of the greatest Māori carvers whose work is …
Type: Biography
… Whētoi, the son of Puhi of Ngāti Manu, was born in the latter part of the eighteenth century. He was connected by descent to Ngāpuhi hapū …
Type: Biography
… Like many of the North Island tribes, Te Whakatōhea initially welcomed the new British laws and … of stopping tribal warfare. This had been particularly intense during the first 40 years of the 19th century – the … missionary Carl Völkner had been warned to stay away from Te Whakatōhea territory by local Māori after they began to …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te Whakatōhea
… All cultures have been fascinated by water – its moods, nature, strength and tranquility. Like … Water as the source of life …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Tangaroa – the sea
… order. Others have argued that it was part of a tribal strategy to gain recognition of national independence. Following … not meet. One of the difficulties was that a number of inter-tribal wars were happening at the time. Recognition of … that the British had formally recognised the independent state of New Zealand under its native chiefs. The US Senate …
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Part of story: He Whakaputanga – Declaration of Independence
… near Katikati, Tauranga. It includes the Tāmaki isthmus, Te Hapū-a-Kohe, the Piako, Ōhinemuri and Wairoa districts, … Whangamatā. The Māori settlement of this region is dominated by the Marutūahu confederation, a group of tribes with … many other tribes have maintained a presence, including Te Patukirikiri, Ngāti Huarere, Ngāti Hako, Te Whakatōhea, …
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Part of story: Hauraki tribes
… At the outbreak of the First World War, Apirana Ngata printed another small booklet, Songs, haka and ruri for the use … of popular patriotic songs and romantic ballads translated into Māori. Ngata was active in organising Māori …
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Part of story: Waiata hōu – contemporary Māori songs