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… eight tribes Māori know the northern South Island as Te Tau Ihu (the prow) of the canoe of the demigod Māui. … Koata and Ngāti Rārua (Tainui tribes), and Ngāti Tama and Te Āti Awa (Taranaki tribes). For Māori the region’s current … little relevance – historically they traded, settled and interacted in an area that included coastal Nelson–Marlborough …
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Part of story: Nelson region
… – an Okinawan martial art – is distinct from that of Korean tae kwon do. The fluid Japanese art of aikido differs from … has been represented at the Olympic Games in both judo and tae kwon do. In 1972 Garrick (Rick) Littlewood competed in …
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Part of story: Martial arts
… The first Europeans to enter Waikato were welcomed by Māori because of the resources they offered. Pākehā-Māori From the late 1820s traders and adventurers arrived, bringing guns and … Christianity and taught reading, writing and agricultural techniques. Missions begun by the Anglican Church Missionary …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… Charles Shelford, better known as Charlie, was born on 21 August 1920 in Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty, to Thomas George Shelford, a labourer, and his wife, Marauahatea Te Ōwaina Kirikiri. Both his parents had previously been …
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… and the family moved again. In 1848 or 1849 he leased Te Awaiti, an unbroken 30,000-acre block on the east coast … Orongorongo run and 44 acres at Woburn. Edward Riddiford attended Christ's College, Christchurch, from 1857, and he and … school. At the age of 16 Edward was sent to live with his paternal grandmother, Harriet Evans, in Melbourne, Australia, …
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… Dalmatians got on very well with Māori of the far north – Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu and Ngāti Kurī, who dubbed them ‘tarara’. Some intermarriage occurred, producing significant figures such as …
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Part of story: Dalmatians
… Raukūmara Range The most north-easterly of the ranges of the main dividing range of the North Island. The western slopes of Raukūmara, facing the Bay of Plenty, are … point on the range, Hikurangi (1,754 m), lies on an eastern spur, close to country cleared in the early 1900s. The …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… Bishop Wiremu Nētana Pānapa, known affectionately as Barney, was the second bishop of Aotearoa. He was born in Ahikiwi, north of Dargaville, on 7 …
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… of Islands, in 1832 or 1833. His mother was Mata Rawa of Te Arawa . His father, a mission worker and farmer, was Rāwiri Taiwhanga , leader of Ngāti Tautahi and Te Uri-o-Hua hapū of Ngāpuhi. Rāwiri's influence on him was …
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… of his powers when he died in 1828. He was the third son of Te Hōtete, born of his second wife, Tuhikura, of Ngāti Rēhia. He …
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… island of 2,000 hectares, lies off Wellington’s western coast opposite Paraparaumu. Twenty-two kilometres to the south is the … to Porirua Harbour. Creation stories Māori tradition tells of Kupe, the legendary explorer who reached New …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… but 69 houses were left uninhabitable. The trouble had started more than a decade earlier when residents noticed hairline cracks in concrete paths. The slip moved very slowly until the sudden slide …
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Part of story: Landslides
… the earliest and most famous ancestor of the tribes of Te Tau Ihu was Kupe, captain of the Matahourua canoe on the migration from Hawaiki. Kupe was a contemporary of Turi, captain of the Aotea canoe, also from Hawaiki; they were married to sisters. …
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Part of story: Te Tau Ihu tribes
… John Eldon Gorst is said to have been born at Fishergate, Preston, Lancashire, England, on 24 May 1835 and was … Elizabeth Nesham and her husband, Edward Chaddock Gorst (later Lowndes). He was educated at Preston Grammar School and …
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… Thomas William Potter was born in Streatham, Surrey, England, on 2 August 1843, the son of John Potter, an agricultural labourer, and his wife, Jane Phipps. He … Porter, Thomas William …
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… Charles Bathurst was born in London, England, on 21 September 1867, the son of Charles Bathurst, a barrister of Lydney Park, Gloucestershire, and his wife, Mary …
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… Ōtorohanga Rural service town 19 kilometres north of Te Kūiti and 25 kilometres south-west of Te Awamutu, with a 2013 population of 2,514. The main trunk … Ōtorohanga, as does the Waipā River. The town is located on the intersection of state highways 3 and 39, and is …
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Part of story: King Country places
… Origins The Māori people of Aotearoa (New Zealand) are descendants of Polynesian peoples … who had arrived by 1300 CE. While there is considerable debate about the precise date and the number of vessels, it is …
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Part of story: Māori
… Pirimi Pererika Tāhiwi was born on 16 September 1890 at Ōtaki. His father, Rāwiri Rota Tāhiwi, a … who was also known as Kapu Meaha and Keita Pera, was of Te Arawa, with links to Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pūkākī, Ngāti …
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… Pou – posts A pou, or post, is made from a tree and re-erected in another place to make a statement. For example, a pou rāhui is a boundary post that marks a restricted area. The site of the post and the wood it is made of …
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Part of story: Te Waonui a Tāne – forest mythology