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… Kīngi Matutaera Īhaka was born at Te Kao, Northland, on 18 October 1921. His … Parāone Ngāruhe, signed the Treaty of Waitangi on behalf of Te Aupōuri . Kīngi was the 13th of 14 children of Eru Tīmoko …
Type: Biography
… south, absorbing other tribes already in occupation. The Aotea waka, commanded by Turi, later arrived north of Kāwhia. Discovering the Tainui people …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… some time. The kawa (ceremonial rules) of the marae dictates where the wharemate (also known as whare taua or whare pōtae – the coffin) is located. Today these are generally either in a separate house to …
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Part of story: Tangihanga – death customs
… bay on Māhia Peninsula, around 1350 (some accounts give a date two centuries earlier). There, the canoe is said to have … in the Wellington region. The harbour there is called Te Whanganui a Tara (the great harbour of Tara). Whātonga’s …
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Part of story: Rangitāne
… England. He married Agnes Fearon on 23 July 1845 at Whitehaven, Cumberland, and they had 12 children. Thomas … Society in 1844. He trained at his own expense, first privately and then at St Bee's College, from August 1846. He was …
Type: Biography
… either Makauri or Taruheru in Poverty Bay. She belonged to Te Whānau-a-Iwi hapū of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki . Her mother was Ūaia (Ūwaia), of Te …
Type: Biography
… James Clendon (Himi Te Nana) Tau Hēnare was born at Mōtatau in the Bay of … of many hapū, most notably Ngāti Hine. His mother was of Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu and Te Aupōuri. The family’s ancestry, …
Type: Biography
… Pana-kareao was an influential leader of Te Pātū hapū of Te Rarawa. At the time of his birth his father, Te Kaka, was …
Type: Biography
… elders say that when the Polynesian explorers Kupe and later Toitehuatahi reached New Zealand, they landed first in the …
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Part of story: Northland region
… strong within the Māori boys’ boarding schools. Of these, Te Aute College is the most famous for the sport, with other high schools such as St Stephen’s, Hato Petera and Hato Paora also steeped in rugby …
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Part of story: Māori rugby – whutupaoro
… Shape of tribal whakapapa In 1843 Āperahama Taonui wrote the earliest tribal whakapapa manuscript. The manuscript … the shape of a wharenui (meeting house). The wharenui has a tekoteko (a carved figure on the apex of a house) which sits at …
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Part of story: Whakapapa – genealogy
… Nireaha Tāmaki was born at Te Pākawau on the Manawatū River probably between 1835 and … was sometimes known as Nireaha Matiu. His mother, Maraea Te Hungatai, also known as Reikura, was a woman of rank …
Type: Biography
… Iriaka Te Rio was born on 25 February 1905 at Hiruhārama … (Jerusalem), on the upper Whanganui River. Her father was Te Rio Te Hihiri of Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Hāuaroa), a people …
Type: Biography
… Act 2006. NZSL can express concepts from both English and te reo Māori but is itself a distinct language. …
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… in New Zealand, Māori tribes of the Whangārei coast operated seafaring and trading networks that reached from the territory of the Muriwhenua tribes in the far north, through …
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Part of story: Whangārei tribes
… the 1900s. Gradually they dwindled, with the last elaborate traditional festivals recorded in the 1940s, although … knowledge. Some new Māori faiths, such as Ringatū, incorporated aspects of traditional Matariki festivities into new …
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Part of story: Matariki – Te Tau Hou Māori
… were considered to be the most valuable greenstone items. They were the main symbol of chieftainship and were as … and cutting, rather than delivering axe-like blows. The latter was too risky as the weapon could hit another and break, …
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Part of story: Pounamu – jade or greenstone
… the Supreme Court. George Roberts died in 1844, shortly after the birth of their second child, Georgina. Mary Roberts was joined by her sister Jessie, who soon married William Clare, an officer in …
Type: Biography
… Fanny Rose Porter (Poata), who was best known by her stage name, Te Rangi Pai, was born at Tokomaru Bay, according to family …
Type: Biography