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… firm of E. W. Mills and Company. In 1868 he volunteered for the Wellington Rangers as a bugler. He was a … which went to Turuturumokai redoubt in south Taranaki after it had been attacked by the forces of Riwha Titokowaru …
Type: Biography
… Despite the succession of ways that museums presented taonga (treasures), always with colonial Pākehā interpretations, Māori enthusiastically engaged with New …
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Part of story: Māori and museums – ngā whare taonga
… In 1828, when Ngāti Maru of Thames destroyed Ōtamataha pā at Te Papa, Tauranga, they left intact only the dwelling of the … certainly from Ngāi Tūkairangi and Ngāti Tapu, hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi, who lived respectively at Ōtamataha pā and on the neighbouring land at Te Papa. Tahu became an inquirer after Christianity when he …
Type: Biography
… The role of non-text content As well as over 3 million words, by September 2014 Te Ara included around: 21,900 images 1,800 …
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Part of story: Te Ara – a history
… National in power After Labour lost power in 1949, the conservative National Party ruled the country until 1984, interrupted by single-term Labour governments in 1957–60 and … The later 20th century …
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Part of story: History
… Whina Cooper was born Hōhepine (Josephine) Te Wake at Te Karaka in northern Hokianga on 9 December 1895. Her …
Type: Biography
… was born at Pākaraka, near the Bay of Islands, probably after the death of his mother's brother Pōkaia, after whom he was named, at the battle of Moremonui (also …
Type: Biography
… Samuel Marsden After West Africa, New Zealand was the second part of the … colony of New South Wales in 1794. There he met and hosted many visiting Māori, especially northern chiefs, and … Marsden’s visitors included the Bay of Islands chief Te Pahi and his sons. Impressed with Te Pahi’s ‘clear, …
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Part of story: Missions and missionaries
… Waikato Maori on behalf of Governor George Grey in the late 1860s. His mother was the sister of John Sheehan, native minister and minister of justice in Grey's ministry (1877–79). …
Type: Biography
… on the foreshore, including hot springs, whose tourist potential he had recognised. He built a hotel and later increased his landholdings. In 1848 he bought over 500 …
Type: Biography
… as Kahu-hunuhunu) was born at the Tinotino pā in Ōrongotea (later named Kaitāia). His father subsequently moved to the …
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Part of story: Ngāti Kahungunu
… Europeans called them the Māori wars. This echoed the tendency of the British to name wars after their enemies – as in Boer War and Zulu War. In the late …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… First whare whakairo The first whare whakairo (large, ornamented meeting houses) were built in the mid-19th century, a … signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and Christianity all created a need for discussions within and between communities. … designers responded by combining the type of carved and painted decorations normally used on the front of pātaka (raised …
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Part of story: Māori architecture – whare Māori
… Pōmare was one of the generation of Māori leaders educated at Te Aute College in the 1890s who were to assume positions of …
Type: Biography
… Hēni Materoa, also known as Te Huinga, was born at Makauri, a few miles to the … Carroll, Hēni Materoa …
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… Hursthouse was born on 24 May 1892 at Oparure, near Te Kūiti. Her parents were Charles Wilson Hursthouse and Mere Te Rongopāmamao Aubrey. Charles Hursthouse had emigrated with his family from England in 1843. Te Rongopāmamao … Hetet, Rangimārie …
Type: Biography
… Māori content In 2009 there was a sizable Māori presence on the net. … He pātaka kupu , and databases of tribal dialects, such as Te Papakupu o Te Taitokerau. Te Kete Ipurangi, a schools … Māori language on the internet …
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Part of story: Mātauranga hangarau – information technology
… On 21 March 1878 in Auckland he married Mary Barton (Mere Pātene), usually known as Mamae; she was possibly of Ngāti … children: Ānaru (Andrew), the eldest, and two daughters, Merepaea and Hana. He had two subsequent marriages, to …
Type: Biography
… This renaissance was propelled by Māori organisations determined to promote Māori cultural identity and values. Culture clubs of …
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Part of story: Ngā rōpū – Māori organisations
… Both arrived there from England as convicts. They emigrated to New Zealand and settled in Port Underwood some time in the second half of the 1830s. Ann's father supported the family by farming and working as a cooper for the …
Type: Biography