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… The introduction of European clothing and other new materials, the increasing scarcity of certain traditional materials such as native bird feathers, and discouragement by … of whare pora (house of weaving) traditions all contributed to this decline. Diggeress Te Kanawa A number of …
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Part of story: Māori weaving and tukutuku – te raranga me te whatu
… Papatūānuku, under the sea. The lands that appear above water are placentas from her womb. They float, forming … into another reality. Tangata whenua Tangata whenua – literally, people of the land – are those who have authority …
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Part of story: Papatūānuku – the land
… and Pākehā. In Marlborough’s Wairau Valley in 1843, a dispute over land led to bloodshed. The war in the north … the 1840s in Wellington and Whanganui . In the 1850s, disputes between Māori over the sale of land to Europeans kept …
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Part of story: History
… important activity his home was near Makarau, on the eastern shores of the Kaipara Harbour. He first came to prominence when, early in the nineteenth century, a series of wars began between Ngāpuhi and …
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… music programmes. Showbands such as the Howard Morrison Quartet, the Quin Tikis and the Maori Hi-Five rose to national and international prominence, and some of their songs became …
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Part of story: Māori radio – reo irirangi
… The main marae of Ngāti Rongomaiwahine are Tuahuru, Te Rakato, Ruawharo, Māhanga and Kaiuku. Ikawhenua, or Te Pakake-a-Ruawharo This area of spiritual significance attracted whales, which would swim right up the channel until they …
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Part of story: Ngāti Rongomaiwahine
… explorer, named the islands in Wellington Harbour after his daughters, Matiu (Somes Island) and Mākaro (Ward Island). After travelling down the east coast of Te Ika-a-Māui (the …
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Part of story: Wellington region
… acquired from Europeans. Their massacres of Ngāti Porou at Te Whetūmatarau and Kokai are noted events of this period. Captives taken from these areas …
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Part of story: Ngāti Porou
… Terms for high-born women Tribal histories and traditions speak of numerous women of high rank. The terms used to describe these women include puhi (high-born, … and ariki tapairu (first-born in a family of note), depending on the woman. According to Peter Buck (Te …
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Part of story: Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women
… Māori concert parties Late in the 19th century a new performance form began to … communities. Led by Apirana Ngata of Ngāti Porou and later Te Puea Hērangi of Waikato, this was the Māori concert … Later composers …
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Part of story: Māori composers – ngā kaitito waiata
… its authority in the area. Hōne Heke Pōkai and his supporters cut down the flagstaff at Kororāreka four times to make … Wāka Nene sided with the British. On 11 March 1845 Heke, Te Ruki Kawiti and Pūmuka led an attack on Kororāreka, which …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… Māori, only recently literate in the 19th century, were hot-housed in the development …
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Part of story: Māori fiction – ngā tuhinga paki
… Reremoana Paratene was born at Manutūkē, near Gisborne, probably on 3 … a trader and whaler from England. Her father was Paratene Tatae, a farmer of Rongowhakaata and Ngāti Porou. …
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… Number of visitors The number of people using Te Ara has increased steadily, and in 2017 the site was being accessed about 500,000 times per month. …
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Part of story: Te Ara – a history
… Intertribal warfare Although there were disputes between Rangitāne and neighbouring tribes (such as Ngāti … Kāpiti Coast. Armed with muskets, they were able to dominate those regions. But Rangitāne confronted the newcomers, …
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Part of story: Rangitāne
… Using material from Te Ara If you want to contact us about using Te Ara content please note that in general Te Ara does not …
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… The following story was written by Hoani Nahe, a Ngāti Maru (Hauraki) elder of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He writes graphically of a …
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Part of story: First peoples in Māori tradition
… Framing the declaration The declaration was drafted by James Busby, Henry Williams and missionary printer William Colenso. The declaration that was signed was in … translation into English was made. A comparison of the two texts suggests that the English translation was not …
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Part of story: He Whakaputanga – Declaration of Independence
… Eruera Riini Mānuera was a far-sighted leader who for nearly 60 years was the main spokesman … was born on 6 January 1895, in a makeshift thatched hut at Te Waea, a settlement downstream from Te Teko in the eastern …
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… is recognised as New Zealand’s national day. It commemorates the first day of the Treaty of Waitangi was signed on 6 … tēnei mō Aotearoa nui tonu, mō ngā whakatipuranga katoa, tae atu ki ngā reanga katoa kāore anō i whānau mai. Ka tupu …
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Part of story: Public holidays