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… Some items of farm clothing have become enduring symbols of New … in cartoons and artwork, and at the national museum, Te Papa. These garments are worn today by women as well as …
Type: Story Front
… Both international productions and local film-making continued … COVID-19 pandemic of the early 2020s, although this affected many productions. Weta Workshops and Weta Digital …
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Part of story: Feature film
… Ruth had connections to a number of other iwi, including Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi and Rangitāne . Among her ancestors was Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui . Ruth was brought up by her …
Type: Biography
… course below Dargaville, it provided an easily navigable route into the kauri-forested interior. Dargaville is named for the Australian …
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Part of story: Northland places
… recreational and cultural groups and church, family or private networks. All of these groups provided opportunities for … another, therefore could be meeting places for lesbians. Literary allusions Lesbian women sometimes found one another … been clear to those who knew the work of English lesbian writer Radclyffe Hall: ‘RADCLYFFE HALL, books by, life of etc. …
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Part of story: Lesbian lives
… due to two Waitangi Tribunal settlements: a 1989 interim agreement that awarded Māori 10% of the fishing quota, … fisheries in 1992. Known as the Sealord deal, this granted Māori a 50% share in Sealord Products, New Zealand’s … hold 22% of the total quota under the Quota Management System, by which New Zealand’s commercial fisheries are run. In …
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Part of story: Te hī ika – Māori fishing
… spirits. Many Hawaiian families had an aumakua, or shark protector. In Māori mythology, the demi-god Māui placed the shark Te Māngōroa in the sky, forming the Milky Way. Sharks and … children of the ugly god Punga. Several Māori legends relate to sharks. In the far north, the ocean taniwha Ruamano …
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Part of story: Sharks and rays
… The new moon determined the start of the lunar month, which lasted 29 and a half days. Rather than referring to the days of … to the nights of the moon. The following list has been adapted from the names and observations made by members of Ngāti …
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Part of story: Maramataka – the lunar calendar
… Landscape The King Country is located in the North Island’s western uplands. It is flanked by mountain ranges to the west … of the northern reaches look towards Waikato, while the steep hill country further south is part of the rugged …
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Part of story: King Country region
… in the 19th century. The armed constabulary post later became a hotel, which catered for travellers between Whanganui and Taupō. Hot pools …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… the marae. In the early years of migration the suburban state house and the community hall served as temporary marae. They were the venues for tangihanga … of Māori culture and hospitality. Many Māori had firmly planted their roots in the city, but they still needed a …
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Part of story: Urban Māori
… The name Hataitai recalls the legendary taniwha (water spirit) Whātaitai, who tried to force his way out of the harbour long ago. The suburb flourished after 1907 when a tram tunnel, linking it to the city, was completed. Named after a Scottish town by the farmer James Coutts …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… virtue of a gift or grant. Anthropologist Raymond Firth wrote that ‘the cession of land to another tribe seems to have … of tuku whenua (the transfer of land): ‘1. He ngakinga-a-mate [payment for a death], 2. He pa-kuha [betrothal], 3. He …
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Part of story: Take whenua – Māori land tenure
… The Māori name for the Anglican Church in New Zealand, te Hāhi Mihinare (the missionary church), reveals its … Evangelicalism was a movement within 19th-century Protestant churches in Britain that combined humanitarian …
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Part of story: Anglican Church
… Ngata as a composer of genius. All her songs were written to encourage Māori pride, not least during the patriotic … included the Second World War classics ‘Arohaina mai’, written after a church service for the Māori Battalion, and ‘E …
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Part of story: Waiata hōu – contemporary Māori songs
… to find a suitable tree. Unable to carry it back, he urinated the Waipāoa, Waioeka and Mōtū rivers into being and floated the timber down to the coast. Some of the crew went into the forests to catch birds to eat. After the canoe was repaired, Kiwa sailed it around the East …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration
… of Tāne, god of the forest, were called Ngā Tokotoko-o-te-rangi (the posts that hold the heavens aloft) because … to make roofs, splints for broken limbs, and food and water containers called pātua or papa tōtara. The saying ‘kua …
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Part of story: Te ngahere – forest lore
… Waitangi Tribunal to hear and make recommendations on contemporary claims. However, Māori grievances related mainly to the Crown’s historical actions and omissions … The Waitangi Tribunal and negotiated settlements …
Type: Story Page
… ancestor Ngātoroirangi, who climbed the mountain in a bitter southerly. Freezing, he called to his sisters in Hawaiki to send fire. Like nearby Ruapehu, Tongariro is a truncated cone with a number of separate peaks in a broadly …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… Apirana Turupa Ngata was born at Te Araroa on the East Coast on 3 July 1874. He had … with the leaders of Ngāti Porou . His hapū included Te Whānau-a-Te Ao, Ngāti Rangi, Te Whānau-a-Karuai and Ngāti …
Type: Biography