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… The war now entered a new phase. A number of Māori prophetic movements … to expel the Europeans. Many iwi Māori, strongly committed to traditional Christianity, resisted these movements. …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… did, however, and his time in New Zealand is well documented and recorded. The Māori response to his arrival is less … except for fragments of stories recorded in 19th-century literature. Perhaps the best known example is that attributed …
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Part of story: Māori
… Taumata-ā-Kura belonged to Te Whanau-ā-Tinatoka, Te Whānau-ā-Haemata and Te Whānau-ā-Te-Uruahi of Ngāti Porou …
Type: Biography
… Mataatua , Te Aratāwhao and Hīnakipākau-o-te-rupe As well as being linked to Ngāpuhi in the north, …
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Part of story: Canoe traditions
… bilingualism. A relatively stable type of bilingualism existed among Māori until the 1930s, with te reo spoken at home and on the marae, and English at …
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Part of story: Te reo Māori – the Māori language
… of tribes, who particularly claim lineage from the noted Tūrongo. His union with Māhinaarangi brought together … the Tainui and East Coast tribes – something still celebrated today. That line of descent is celebrated in the …
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Part of story: Ngāti Maniapoto
… the North Island of New Zealand. Their traditional lands extend between the Mangawhero, Whangaehu, Turakina and … The Kurahaupō canoe Ngāti Apa trace their ancestry to Ruatea, captain of the Kurahaupō canoe. It sailed to New …
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Part of story: Ngāti Apa
… of Tāmaki (Auckland) shows the area to be a highly contested and rich resource, strategically located at the centre …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes
… mistook Houhora mountain for a whale. Ngāti Kahu say that Te Aukānapanapa (the flashing current) guided Kupe to land below Whakarārā mountain in Matauri Bay. Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa hold that Kupe landed in the Hokianga Harbour. The …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration
… 15 November 1926, the first members of the board were appointed. They were: Hoani Te Heuheu (chair, Waihī) Pau Mariu (Waihī) Kahu Te Kuru …
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Part of story: Ngāti Tūwharetoa
… Land disputes in South Taranaki Riwha Tītokowaru was a Ngā Ruahine Methodist lay preacher who was later influenced by Pai Mārire. Initially he was committed to …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… lowest ebb. Introduced diseases had helped reduce the estimated numbers of Māori to under 50,000 – the lowest ever – in … century, including Sir Apirana Ngata , Sir Māui Pōmare , Te Puea Hērangi and Sir Peter Buck . The Young Māori Party …
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Part of story: Māori
… man of wise counsel. He was tall and handsome, and his intellect was such that when he was a boy his tutors could … him. He also became an expert carver and carved many ornate buildings for his people. Through his mother, Tūwharetoa …
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Part of story: Ngāti Tūwharetoa
… or 1872 at Kohimarama in the Ruatāhuna district, shortly after the cessation of hostilities between the Tūhoe people … forces. He was a son of Tamarau Waiari , also known as Te Mākarini Te Wharehuia or Te Mākarini Kaikino, a prominent …
Type: Biography
… of the deity Whēkoi. When it snowed they would say, ‘Kai te rere te tama a Whēkoi’ (the son of Whēkoi is falling). Others saw …
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Part of story: Tāwhirimātea – the weather
… beginning of the riverboat era, when the river acquired international renown as a scenic tourist destination. However … of eels. Whanganui River claim The 19th-century protests by Māori over their threatened river interests heralded the longest-running legal …
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Part of story: Whanganui tribes
… Settlers bring change Following many generations of Te Āti Awa settlement in the Taranaki region, the arrival of Europeans created major political, social and cultural disruption. An … settlers in 1841, anxious to start farming the fertile Te Āti Awa lands around New Plymouth and Waitara, marked the …
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Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Taranaki
… fifth of at least eight children. His parents were Hannah Te Au and her husband, Pāora (Paul) Kīngi Delamere, a farmer and leader of the Ringatū faith founded by Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki . His roots from his father …
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… Apirana Ngata, Porourangi and his brother Tahupōtiki inherited Toikairākau, Uenuku, Kahutiaterangi, Paikea and Ruatapu bloodlines. Porourangi was born …
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Part of story: Ngāti Porou
… and ritual. Younger members look to their kaumātua to interpret, protect and preserve the cultural practices and protocols of …
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Part of story: Kaumātua – Māori elders