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… for hundreds of years. Some of the earthworks of the extensive early pā, Manukorihi, survive in the grounds of Manukorihi Intermediate School on the bluff overlooking the town. Ōwae, Te Āti …
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Part of story: Taranaki places
… Town 22 km south-west from Christchurch, named for Canterbury’s last provincial superintendent, William Rolleston. It was once a small railway … now surrounded by modern buildings, is a notable historic site. At the college scientists developed new sheep breeds and …
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Part of story: Canterbury places
… Bay of Plenty: 9,858 sq km New Zealand: 268,690 sq km Climate (Tauranga) (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research data, 1981–2010) Mean …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… Waitangi. Early life Rātana was born on 25 January 1873 at Te Kawau, near Bulls. His father was Wiremu Kōwhai and his … and received spiritual guidance from his aunt, the prophetess Mere Rikiriki. He attended school at Awahuri before working on the family farm …
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Part of story: Rātana Church – Te Haahi Rātana
… Monmouthshire, Wales, on 18 April 1852, the second daughter and third child of Hannah Morgan and her husband, Thomas … It is thought that the farm was badly managed by trustees, and soon after Mary Jane's brother, Thomas Morgan Lewis, inherited the …
Type: Biography
… Sound Milford Sound/Piopiotahi is 120 km by road from Te Anau. Its surroundings are dominated by Mitre Peak, which rises 1,700 m out of the water. …
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Part of story: Southland places
… substantial Māori pā called Aparima, the inhabitants attracted by the harbour and ample seafood. In the mid-1830s, … a large memorial beside the Aparima River estuary commemorates Howell. Farming has been the most important economic …
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Part of story: Southland places
… family tradition, Tame Horomona Rehe, subsequently and better known as Tommy Solomon, was born at Waikaripi on Chatham … surviving child of Rangitapua Horomona Rehe and Ihimaera Te Teira, who were members of both the Ōwenga and Ōtonga …
Type: Biography
… was subsequently built, and by 1870 her father had completed the purchase of his 424-acre Burnside farm. He bought … more land at Morrisons Bush, near Greytown, 10 years later. Mary Sinclair married Donald Sinclair Sutherland, a … The Sutherland household also included Mary's parents, sister Ann, brother Angus, a nursemaid (Nellie Pinkerton), and …
Type: Biography
… contain examples of humour and absurd situations. The trickster hero Māui tried a novel way to overcome the death goddess Hine-nui-te-pō. He crept towards the giant woman as she lay sleeping and attempted to enter her body through her vagina, in a reversal …
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Part of story: Māori humor – te whakakata
… on the peninsula and wetlands on the plains obstructed movement by land in Hauraki–Coromandel, while long coastlines, rivers and sea access to Auckland promoted movement by water. Gold mining was a great spur to the completion of the …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel region
… of New Zealand, kauri held the highest rank. This is reflected in sayings such as, ‘kua hinga te kauri o te wao nui a Tāne’ (the kauri has fallen in the sacred …
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Part of story: Kauri forest
… the Longwood Range. Ōtautau began as a wagon stop on the route between Riverton and Wakatipu. It was the administrative hub of Wallace county (western Southland) for nearly a century. Sawmills processed … has long served the local farms. The saleyards once handled tens of thousands of sheep annually, but were closed in the …
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Part of story: Southland places
… Ranginui Walker was a highly influential writer, public commentator, community leader and activist who … renaissance of Māori in the 1970s and 1980s. He contributed to the renegotiation of relations between the Crown and …
Type: Biography
… policy Education before the arrival of Europeans was characterised by control through the whānau, hapū and iwi. Before governmental intervention, missionaries set up schools to educate Māori …
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Part of story: Māori education – mātauranga
… known from New Zealand, only a few are commonly encountered. Octopus live mainly on the sea floor. However, small … or wheke) and the fist-sized Octopus huttoni can often be found in tidal rock pools. As wheke grow, they …
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Part of story: Octopus and squid
… over New Zealand in 1840. Missionary organisations, private settlers and New South Wales land speculators all entered into various kinds of land transactions with Māori. …
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Part of story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation
… Mate atua – supernatural illnesses Mate atua were supernatural afflictions, sometimes caused by …
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Part of story: Rongoā – medicinal use of plants
… baby boomers reached adulthood and society demanded an educated urban workforce, a growing number of young New … studied history. This increased the number of historians teaching in universities, and also produced a growing … researching and writing history there were university-educated people outside the academy who were able to write …
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Part of story: History and historians
… occupations were not recorded by the census until 1926. Te Aute College The first schools set up for Māori aimed mainly to train them for manual and trade occupations. Te Aute College in Hawke’s Bay was an exception. Its …
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Part of story: Occupational structure