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… Ihimaera and Patricia Grace assumed a darker tone as writers tackled the harsh realities of Māori life in the cities. Ihimaera and Grace’s urban characters maintained links with their rural whānau and travelled …
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Part of story: Māori fiction – ngā tuhinga paki
… Each year, adult eels head out to sea to spawn. Māori often caught them in large numbers as they migrated. Wairarapa eel run In Wairarapa, migrating eels pass …
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Part of story: Te hopu tuna – eeling
… apart by their children, who then began to fight. Tāwhirimātea attacked his brothers for separating their parents. The … who fought back was Tūmatauenga, the god of war. Tāwhirimātea defeated four of his brothers, and then used them as food. They …
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Part of story: Māori feasts and ceremonial eating – hākari
… While public service television entered a long period of slow decline in the 1980s, it was a …
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Part of story: Māori and television – whakaata
… of conflict Several land purchases in Taranaki were negotiated during the first years of European settlement, but many … opposed the sales. Relations between Māori and Pākehā deteriorated after nearly 600 Te Āti Awa returned from …
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Part of story: Taranaki region
… The MMP electoral system was introduced in 1996, and at the same time the number of Māori electorates was increased. With these changes, Māori political … Movement From 1993 to 2003 the Mana Māori Movement represented Māori interests to the left of Mana Motuhake. It …
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Part of story: Tōrangapū – Māori and political parties
… William Yate was born on 3 November 1802 and baptised in Bridgnorth, … Shropshire, England, the son of Betty and John Yate of the parish of St Mary Magdalene. He was brought up in … and at the age of 14 was apprenticed to a grocer. After finishing his apprenticeship, he determined to become a …
Type: Biography
… A direct descendant of Ngāti Te Whiti and Ngāti Tāwhirikura chiefs who controlled Petone, … at the time of the Treaty of Waitangi, Mākere Rangiātea Ralph Love epitomised the tradition of chiefly … Love, Mākere Rangiātea Ralph …
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… His father was Pākura, his mother Moahiraia. He belonged to Te Whānau-a-Rerewā, which has sub-tribal links with Ngāi Tuiti-Matua and Te Whānau-a-Tūwhakairiora of the Ngāti Porou tribal …
Type: Biography
… Joey Mātenga Ashton (Āhitana), sometimes called Joseph, was born in … only child of Kiti Karaka Rīwai (Rēwai) and her husband, Te Ao Āhitana Mātenga (Joseph Ashton), a labourer. Kiti, born on Ruapuke … Ashton, Joey Mātenga …
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… from 1829 to 1884. He was born on 23 October 1803 in Colchester, Essex, England. His parents were Ann and Joseph Brown. Alfred attended school in Colchester, and became articled to a local …
Type: Biography
… contact with Europeans. Because more European ships visited the Bay of Islands than anywhere else, Ngāpuhi acquired … at Whetūmatarau near East Cape in 1820 Ngāti Whātua at Te Ika-a-Ranganui near Whangārei Ngāti Pāoa at Mauinaina in …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… Queen’s Park A significant group of buildings was constructed at Queen’s Park between 1919 and 1933, and added to in later years. The Sarjeant Gallery (1919) was funded through a …
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Part of story: Whanganui places
… was born, probably in 1875 or 1876, at Waimamaku, a coastal Te Roroa village on fertile land a few miles south of Hokianga harbour. She was the youngest of four sisters and two brothers, including the chief Iehu Moetara. Her …
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… Treaty of Waitangi The most politically significant translated document in New Zealand is the Treaty of Waitangi. The English text of the treaty was translated into Māori overnight on 4 …
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… to find work in the bigger centres. While some Māori attempted to bring traditional institutions into the cities – by …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori
… burial caves in the region also belonged to the tribe. After a long series of battles with Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi, … of Kauri’s group continued on to Whakatāne and merged with Te Tini-o-Awa. Descendants of Tītahi and Kauri can be found today among the sub-tribes of Ngāti Awa. Despite leaving the north, Ngāti Awa still have links with many …
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Part of story: Ngāti Awa
… Reserves Kiore were an important source of protein for Māori. Because the rats did not carry transmissible diseases, they presented little or no threat to human health. Tribes set rāhui …
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Part of story: Kiore – Pacific rats
… is the traditional Māori name. Greenstone is a common term, but increasingly it is being replaced by pounamu. New Zealand jade is a gemmological term that emphasises the similarity of the stone to overseas …
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Part of story: Pounamu – jade or greenstone
… many generations. Conflicts with Ngāpuhi of the north often centred on the control of waterways across the gulf, and access to prized fish such as … and some island settlements were transitory. Today, the protection of the gulf remains an important issue for the …
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Part of story: Marutūahu tribes