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… Kelly was descended from Edward Meurant, a trader and interpreter at Kāwhia in the 1830s, and his wife, Kenehuru, the …
Type: Biography
… Overall design The overall look and feel of Te Ara was the responsibility of an outside web-design … distinctive colours which have become a trademark of the site and have remained in subsequent redesigns. … themes Brian Smith of Shift designed a distinctive palette of colours for each theme. He normally gave each colour a …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te Ara – a history
… was a leader of Ngāti Tū hapū of Ngāti Ruanui , whose territory was the coastal section of the Waimate Plain, in South Taranaki, between the Īnaha and Ōtakeho …
Type: Biography
… traditions, taniwha took the shape of whales. One story tells of four such taniwha, Hine-kōtea, Hine-mākehu, Hine-kōrito and Hine-huruhuru, who … Whales, dolphins and enchanted logs …
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Part of story: Taniwha
… Karetai was the son of Te Ihutakura and Kakatuaheka, and thus was descended from the tribal ancestor Tahupōtiki through Te Ruahikihiki on his father's side and through Tūteahunga …
Type: Biography
… (or Arapeta) Asher was born on 3 December 1879 and Ernest Te Kēpa Asher on 21 April 1886 at Tauranga, the fifth and seventh of eleven children. They were of Te Arawa , of Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāti Pukenga descent through …
Type: Biography
… Joseph Bernard Chambers was born at Te Mata, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, on 12 March 1859, the … a sheepfarmer who by 1863 owned 14,793 acres of land at Te Mata. After attending Havelock School from 1867 then Napier Grammar …
Type: Biography
… their main line of descent from one of three canoes: the Aotea , the Tākitimu and the Kurahaupō . Aotea Ngā Rauru Kītahi take their name from the ancestor Rauru …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Whanganui region
… The arrival of Te Arawa Ngāti Tūwharetoa trace their origins to the Te Arawa canoe, although they have not been involved in the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngāti Tūwharetoa
… The Māori language is known as te reo Māori or simply te reo (the language). It is the language of the Māori …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te reo Māori – the Māori language
… one of the most well-known and powerful Māori concepts. Literally tūranga (standing place), waewae (feet), it is often translated as ‘a place to stand’. Tūrangawaewae are …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Papatūānuku – the land
… was the son of an English whaler, Thomas Ellison, and Te Ikairaua (Te Ikaraua), the daughter of Te Āti Awa chief Te Whati. He …
Type: Biography
… Albert Oliphant Stewart, also known as Te Tāwhero Stewart (Tuati) and Arapeta Tuati, was born in … Stewart, Albert Oliphant …
Type: Biography
… Ngāpuhi. Born at Whiria pā, he was the son of Tauramoko and Te Hauangiangi. Tauramoko was a descendant of two captains – … canoe, and Nukutawhiti of the Ngātokimatawhaorua canoe. Te Hauangiangi was the daughter of Puhi , captain of the …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… ki waenganui Ko Pare Waikato, ko Pare Hauraki Ko Te Kaokaoroa-o-Pātetere. Mōkau above, Tāmaki below Mangatoatoa in the centre …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngāti Toarangatira
… Tribal lands For centuries, four tribes – Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and Te Aitanga a Hauiti – have dominated the southern part of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes
… have a tradition that the Tākitimu canoe, captained by Tamatea, landed at Te Awanui, near Kaitāia. Stories from the Kaipara region say … also landed there, and a number of streams are named after crew members including Tamatea, Kahukuranui and …
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Part of story: Canoe traditions
… who knew him were either uncertain of his descent or wanted to disown him as an embarrassment. Some Māori said he … 1870, however, he was one of a force led by Tōpia Tūroa and Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui (Major Kemp) which reinforced …
Type: Biography
… near Raukōkore in the Bay of Plenty. She was the third daughter of Maaka Te Ehutū of Te Whanau-a-Maruhaeremuri, a hapū of Te …
Type: Biography
… Īhaka Whaanga, born perhaps late in the eighteenth century, was the son of Te Rātāu of Ngāti Rākaipaaka …
Type: Biography