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… In the late 1960s and early 1970s social activism was on the rise … alienation, loss of language and culture, and racism. International and local thought and writing was influential, … Protest and activism …
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… The people of the Taranaki tribe were closely related to other tribes in the region through ancestry and proximity. Alliances and disputes between them were a feature of their history both before and after European settlement. Threats from other tribes and the …
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Part of story: Taranaki tribe
… Taniwha are supernatural creatures whose forms and characteristics vary according to different tribal traditions. … environment. Taniwha have been described as fabulous monsters that live in deep water. Others refer to them as …
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Part of story: Taniwha
… known as Tākou, was born in 1880 at Reena in north-western Hokianga. He was to live there, or at Mātihetihe, on … marriage, though he had five elder half-brothers and -sisters. His principal hapū were Ngāti Ruanui , Te Taomaui and …
Type: Biography
… one of the first Ngāpuhi leaders to become closely associated with Europeans. For most of his life he lived in the vicinity of Te Puna, in the Bay of Islands. His date of birth is …
Type: Biography
… Tūmoana of Ngāti Kahungunu, who was killed fighting for Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki at Mākāretu sometime between November 1868 and …
Type: Biography
… James Francis Fulloon, also known as Hēmi Te Mautaranui, is said to have been born on 12 August 1840 … at Whakatāne, the son of John Fulloon and his wife, Koka Te Mautaranui. John Fulloon, of Anglo-French parentage, had …
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… gained its own borough council and in 1890 the isolated north became the separate county of Waiapu. The introduction of Waikohu, Uawa and …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… Waaka Hākaraia and his wife, Ngāpiki Rēweti Pāponga. She attended Goat Valley School from 1897 to 1901, followed by a … Little is known about Ngapiki's first marriage to Te Tue Te Uawiri at Parewanui; records of any children have not …
Type: Biography
… The eventual catalyst for Māori studies to become part of tertiary education was the migration of Māori to cities from tribal hinterlands, and the problems of social dislocation and youth …
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Part of story: Māori Studies – ngā tari Māori
… and 2–3 km wide, with two arms fed by the Waingaro and Waitetuna rivers. Whāingaroa means ‘the long pursuit’, … to the Tainui waka’s search for its destination. From the late 1700s the Ngāti Māhanga tribe occupied surrounding land. … by Captain Thomas Wing. Ngāti Māhanga chief Wiremu Nēra Te Awa-i-taia, a Christian convert, supported the …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… Māori have been enthusiastic adopters of technology. With information technology (IT) the experience … Access to technology …
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Part of story: Mātauranga hangarau – information technology
… university level was Apirana Ngata. The first Māori graduate of a New Zealand university (in 1893), Ngata was also steeped in Māori custom and oral literature. His father was an expert in tribal traditions and … First attempts at university teaching …
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Part of story: Māori Studies – ngā tari Māori
… the early days of contact with Europeans. She was the daughter of his only surviving son, Hōhaia, and his wife, Hārata. The date and place of her birth are not known. Ani Kaaro emerged …
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… between 1818 and 1840, although one of the first such encounters was around 1807–8 at Moremonui, Northland, between … Ngāti Whātua had only traditional weapons, their well-executed ambush defeated Ngāpuhi, who were armed with muskets. …
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Part of story: Musket wars
… some were regional, while others were nationalist. Some attempted to unite tribes in a federation, others sought to switch …
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Part of story: Kotahitanga – unity movements
… Papahurihia, also known as Te Atua Wera, was a renowned Ngāpuhi tohunga. He belonged to both Te Hikutū and Ngāti Hau hapū. The date of his birth is …
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… Haddon, a Scots bushman and farm labourer, and his wife, Te Paia (Sophia) Tahupōtiki, of Ngā Ruahine and Ngāti … Manuhiakai, hapu of Ngāti Ruanui ; her ancestors had also intermarried with Nga Rauru. Her great-great-grandfather was …
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… Tarāwhai carver Neke Kapua, and his mother was Mereana Waitere, the elder sister of Tene Waitere, another famous Ngāti Tarāwhai carver. Eramiha, …
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… The seat of the King movement is Tūrangawaewae, a marae located at Ngāruawāhia. The name comes from a saying by King … day Pirongia] will ever be a symbol of my strength of character Cambridge a symbol of my wash bowl of sorrow And Ngāruawāhia my footstool. 1 Te Puea The establishment of Tūrangawaewae marae during the …
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Part of story: Waikato tribes