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… The Māori protests of the 1970s and 1980s brought about important changes in how New Zealand saw itself, and how the state delivered services to New Zealanders. The public sector … Biculturalism in the state sector …
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Part of story: Biculturalism
… Pōmare, often known as Pōmare Ngātata, was born in the early nineteenth century; his age was estimated as 30 in 1834. The …
Type: Biography
… Te Ara is known and valued as a trustworthy encyclopedia, written by experts. It was launched in the early days of Web … which included social media and Wikipedia, and encouraged internet users to also be content creators. As a result, a few … Audience interaction and social media …
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Part of story: Te Ara – a history
… Bay: Paraire's uncles included Karaitiana Takamoana , Te Meihana Tākihi and Pene Te Uamairangi, all of whom were prominent leaders in Hawke's …
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… Mair, a merchant trader. Gilbert Mair senior was born at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1799, the son of a … Henry Williams build the schooner Herald , which he later commanded in mission service until it was wrecked on the …
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… known as Wī Tako, was born around the beginning of the nineteenth century at Pukeariki pā in Taranaki. His father was Ngātata-i-te-rangi of Te Āti Awa and his mother Whetowheto of Ngāti …
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… Island; Ngāi Tai at Maraetai; Ngāti Whātua at Ōrākei; Te Wai-o-Hua/Ngā Oho at Māngere; Ngāti Te Ata at Manukau; and Te Kawerau-a-Maki in the Waitākere Ranges. Waitangi Tribunal …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes
… Early canoes The Tāmaki (Auckland) isthmus is associated with many of the canoes that came in early migrations … from Polynesia, including the Matawhaorua or Matahourua , Aotea , Mataatua , Tainui , Te Arawa , Tākitimu and Tokomaru . Some crossed Te Tō Waka, …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes
… Apanui Ringamutu Te Whānau-ā-Apanui is named after the 17th-century ancestor, Apanui Ringamutu. (He was also known by the Ngāti Awa people as Apanui Te Haua and Apanui Te Kuti.) The tribe was named after him …
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Part of story: Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
… Tiaki means to guard. It also means to preserve, foster, protect and shelter. So, notions of care and protection are at …
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Part of story: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation
… is the second largest tidal estuary on the Bay of Plenty after Tauranga Harbour. Also known historically as Te Moana-a-Tairongo, it abuts the lands of both Ngāti Awa …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… many parts of the country. Today, Ngāti Awa are based in eastern Bay of Plenty, with communities in Whakatāne, Te Teko, Edgecumbe, Matatā and Kawerau. First ancestors …
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Part of story: Ngāti Awa
… Island’s natural phenomena had been classified and consecrated as ancestors by the Waitaha people. Through this sacred … out by the early Viking explorers, who in Iceland consecrated the land with the gods of their mythology.) When Ngāti …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tahu
… information, in May 1889 at Whitianga, near Ōmāio on the eastern shore of the Bay of Plenty, and was first given the name Te Rata. His father was Te Kohi Edward (Neri) Delamere, a …
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… Tūpaea was born probably in 1879 or 1880 in the vicinity of Te Hauke, Hawke's Bay, the second child and eldest son of Arihi Te Nahu by her second marriage, to Hāmiora Tūpaea. Arihi was …
Type: Biography
… Tama-i-hara-nui, also known as Te Maiharanui, was the leader of Ngāi Tahu in the northern part of the South Island in the early nineteenth century. He was born well before the close of the …
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… Born in Ōhinemutu, Rotorua, probably in 1886 or 1887, Pāora Temuera, sometimes known as Pāora Ngatapu Temuera, Pāora Temuera Tokoaituā or Pāora Tokoaituā, was the … Temuera, Pāora …
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… Tareahi was born late in the eighteenth century, probably at Te Poraiti, Wharerangi, on the …
Type: Biography
… Richard (Dicky) Barrett's date and place of birth, and his parents' names, are unknown. … his connection in Durham with the family of William Fox , later premier of New Zealand, throw doubt on the assumption …
Type: Biography
… Government and Māori Te Arawa Te Arawa have had a close relationship with the government …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region