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… sons of John Charles Davis (Hōne Hāre Rēweti) and his wife, Te Riutoto Aihe. John was the son of Merekaimanu of Ngāti Whanaunga and Ngāti Pāoa and Edward Telford Davis, of Welsh and Irish descent. Te Riutoto was of …
Type: Biography
… Hēmi Pōtatau was born on 20 May 1904 at Te Mimi o Te Hiki, Nūhaka, the ninth of 12 children of Hata Pōtatau, …
Type: Biography
… Te Aute students In the 20th century members of Te Aute College Students’ Association (later the Young Māori …
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Part of story: Ngā tamariki
… of the Southern Alps The Southern Alps are the backbone of Te Wai Pounamu (the South Island). Majestic and formidable, … aboard his canoe, Uruao , which came ashore near Nelson. After travelling inland to Motueka, he began a long journey …
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Part of story: Whenua – how the land was shaped
… Despite 160 years of European settlement and some discriminatory government policies, the people of Te Tau Ihu (Nelson–Marlborough) have survived. The eight …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te Tau Ihu tribes
… go to air From 1985 the example set by Ngā Kaiwhakapūmau i te Reo was followed by a wave of other regional Māori radio stations. Lacking state funding, they used outdated equipment discarded by …
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Part of story: Māori radio – reo irirangi
… in Tahiti a taniwha named ‘Aifa‘arua‘i is said to have terrorised people travelling between Taha‘a and Motue‘a. It … Parapara Stream, in Aorere (Golden Bay). It attacked and ate people travelling between Parapara and Motueka, and was …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Tapa whenua – naming places
… Māori language In 1972 a Māori language petition was presented at Parliament. Organised by Ngā Tamatoa and Te Reo Māori Society, it requested that te reo Māori be …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā rōpū tautohetohe – Māori protest movements
… referred to as Mason and known to Māori as Hoani Meihana Te Rama Apakura, was born on his father's farm at Aorangi, … near Feilding, on 1 July 1889. His father, Robert Durie (Te Rama Apakura), was from the Ngāti Tahuriwakanui hapū of …
Type: Biography
… organisations Concern about land alienation and, later, warfare against the government led to the formation of … took the form of both political and religious movements. Te Whakaminenga – United Tribes of New Zealand Perhaps the …
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Part of story: Ngā rōpū – Māori organisations
… William Turakiuta Cooper (sometimes known as Wiremu Te Apatū Cooper) was born at Muriwai, Poverty Bay, probably … Kahungunu and European descent. His mother was the daughter of Rawinia Te Apatū and grand-daughter of Te …
Type: Biography
… Māori had an oral culture. Their introduction to written language began with missionaries teaching them to read and write in Māori. The earliest … Māori letter-writing and newspapers …
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… Tuaia and Whakatauhoe, was one of the leaders of Ngāi Te Rangi of Tauranga from the 1850s until his death in 1864. He was the son of Te Muna, and grandson of Whakapā and Hinerangi of Ngāi …
Type: Biography
… was the search for the recovery of Māori authority – te mana motuhake. From Papahurihia to Rua Kēnana, prophetic …
Type: Story Front
… since 1991, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which they were affiliated. The figures below show the number who indicated the Te Āti Awa tribe of Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Wellington
… of the Āniwaniwa Falls, near Lake Waikaremoana, is called Te Tangi-o-Hinerau. This refers to the story of Hinerau, a … earthquake. In her grief she began to cry (tangi), and her tears falling over the rocks of a nearby chasm formed the … Māori and waterfalls …
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Part of story: Waterfalls
… earth mother). Tangaroa’s son Punga was the father of Ikatere and Tūtewehiwehi. Ikatere went to the sea, where he and his children became fish. …
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Part of story: Te hī ika – Māori fishing
… along the Kaimai Ranges and back to Bowentown. Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāti Pūkenga are the Māori … tribes of this district, while the Waitaha tribe also has interests. A tale of lost love The sacred mountain Mauao (Mt …
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Part of story: Tauranga Moana
… E rere kau mai te awa nui nei Mai i te kāhui maunga ki Tangaroa Ko au te awa Ko te awa ko au. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Whanganui tribes
… Robina came to New Zealand in 1911 with her five sisters and trained as a nurse at Cook Hospital, Gisborne. She … began her nursing career on a wage of £45 per annum. Soon after graduating, Cameron travelled to England and joined …
Type: Biography