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… tobacco smoked when the first Europeans arrived in the late 1700s. Tobacco was quickly taken up by Māori, usually smoked in clay pipes or chewed. Terms for smoking include kai paipa and momi paipa …
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… Hariata, a Ngāpuhi woman from Te Ahuahu, near Ōhaeawai, was the daughter of Pikimana Tūtapuiti and the wife of Hāre Pōmare, the … Manu. Both Hariata and Hāre were young adults when they visited England in 1863 with a tour party of Māori people …
Type: Biography
… surveyor’s assistant of Kaikohe, and his wife, Wikitōria Kāterina Keretene (Cherrington), of Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi . Wikitōria …
Type: Biography
… Athletic prowess was sought after and admired in traditional Māori society. Many … karakia to gather strength before a bout: Taku uaua ko te rangi e tū nei Taku uaua ko Papa e takoto nei Whiri kaha, …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro
… Wellington The example set by the University of Auckland in teaching Māori studies made it easier for other institutions … In 1965 Wiremu (Bill) Parker was seconded from teaching university extension to teach the first Māori …
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Part of story: Māori Studies – ngā tari Māori
… Puti Tīpene Wātene, popularly known as Steve, was born in Kirikiri, Thames, on 18 August 1910, the … Wātene, Puti Tīpene …
Type: Biography
… In Rotorua especially, Māori interaction with Europeans has differed from that in other … Ngāti Tarāwhai carvers from Rotoiti, including Neke Kapua, Tene Waitere and Eramiha Kapua. The School of Māori Arts and Crafts …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… a shipping firm and expanded his financial and commercial interests, becoming chairman of the South Australian Company … in South Australia in the 1840s. Angas showed an early interest in natural history and drawing, but on completion of …
Type: Biography
… the Auckland province. Parts of the southern and south-western areas were in Wellington and Taranaki provinces … out of Kāwhia and Awakino in 1905. Ōhura county was created out of Waitomo county in 1908, and Kaitīeke county out … county (part of Wanganui) in 1910. The counties were altered again in the early 1920s. Awakino and West Taupō …
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Part of story: King Country region
… Eliza McMurray. He went to a church society school and entered a private college. In 1863, lured by an older cousin's tales, he sold his horse for £25, pocketed the gift of a further £50 from his father, and sailed …
Type: Biography
… of their property. They either sold land for grossly deflated prices or leased it to neighbours, usually Pākehā farmers. Rangitāne, like other tribes, entered the labour force as manual workers on other people’s …
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Part of story: Rangitāne
… 1853, there were no political parties. Rather, all candidates stood as independents. In order to vote at that time you had to be male and either hold … Creating a Māori electoral system …
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Part of story: Tōrangapū – Māori and political parties
… Abel Tasman sailed into Tasman Bay and probably sighted Rangitoto ki te Tonga (D’Urville Island), but substantial European …
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Part of story: Marlborough region
… 1898. Maraekakaho Rural settlement west of Hastings off State Highway 50, with a 2013 district population of 1,284. Nineteenth-century politician Donald McLean owned a pastoral … settlement in the early 20th century. The township is clustered around a primary school and community hall. The …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… James Jackson (who later called himself James Hayter Jackson) was born on 24 November 1800, in Putney, … Smith. Jackson first came to New Zealand in 1829, as mate of the schooner Waterloo , which was under the command of … Jackson, James Hayter …
Type: Biography
… The United Tribes’ flag (1834) can be seen as the first Māori flag, … cloaks belonging to chiefs. These could perhaps be interpreted as the first Māori flags. Kīngitanga flags When Waikato …
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Part of story: Flags
… Ngāruawāhia’s name comes from a 17th-century love story. Te Ngaere, a Waikato chief, and Heke-i-te-rangi, a Ngāti Maniapoto woman, eloped. When their tribes …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… Section: Creative and Intellectual Life Architecture and Design Domestic architecture Fashion and textile … Sitemap …
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… Spreading Christianity Te Hahi Mihinare – the Māori name for the Anglican Church, … the work of spreading Christianity was carried out by Māori teachers and evangelists such as Piripi Taumata-ā-Kura in Ngāti Porou and Īhāia Te Ahu in Te Arawa. By 1853 there were 440 of these ‘native …
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Part of story: Ngā hāhi – Māori and Christian denominations
… has remained an important centre for the tribe, and is visited by many tourists. The Tamatekapua meeting house, on Te Papaiouru marae, is named after the captain of the Arawa …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places