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… Māori feared lizards (skinks and geckos), and to a lesser extent tuatara. Lizards were seen as representatives of Whiro, … approaching enemies. When green geckos (moko kākāriki) lifted their heads and chattered in a sound believed to be laughter, it was seen as a …
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Part of story: Ngārara – reptiles
… Maria Partington was born in Auckland. The boy was named after his maternal grandfather, Charles Frederick Partington, builder of …
Type: Biography
… probably on 5 July in 1811 or 1812, the eldest son of moderately wealthy, Protestant, Anglo-Irish parents. His father, Frederick, married his mother, Mary Barrett, in May 1811. In late 1823 the family emigrated to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) …
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… since 1991, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which they were affiliated. The figures below show the number who indicated Te Arawa (including those who indicated more than one …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… Tiramōrehu was born at Kaiapoi pā, probably early in the nineteenth century, into a high-ranking family of the prominent … pā. Tiramōrehu's mother was Hinerukutai, of Ngāti Mamoe. After Kaiapoi was sacked by Ngāti Toa under Te Rauparaha in …
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… What are awards and prizes? The terms ‘award’ and ‘prize’ are often used interchangeably. An award generally refers to a …
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Part of story: Awards and prizes
… (priestly experts) were also sometimes included as a separate grouping. Māori anthropologist Peter Buck refered to these groupings as social ‘grades’ which allowed people to determine status and rank – for example, rangatira of one hapū …
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Part of story: Tūranga i te hapori – status in Māori society
… Ruakura Research Centre In 1901 a state experimental farm was established at Ruakura, and from 1912 this incorporated a farmer training school. Research was carried out first … on poultry, bees, fruits and crops, and then on dairying. After the farm’s closure, the Department of Agriculture opened …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… and American extraction. Airini’s mother was Mary Hazel Teripa Tīkao, the daughter of Hōne Taare Tīkao and his wife, Martha Hana Tōku …
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… an important factor was a vigorous health campaign mounted by Māori and by the government in the early decades of … Young Māori activists, many of them former students of Te Aute College in Hawke’s Bay, pushed for improved health …
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Part of story: Te hauora Māori i mua – history of Māori health
… born at Kamo, Whangarei, on 26 May 1888, the fourth daughter of Mary Puttenham, a seamstress from Kent, and her husband, George …
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… waiata continued to be composed with some changes in content. Adaptations of European styles of music using te reo Māori (the Māori language) also began. Māori-language … Origins of contemporary waiata …
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Part of story: Waiata hōu – contemporary Māori songs
… originally a farm service centre. The aroma of sulfur (rotten eggs to some) pervades the town, produced by its many volcanic steam vents, mud pools and hot springs. Establishing the town … to over 4,700 (including more than 600 Māori) in 1926. Later growth After the Second World War, growth was also …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… in New Zealand of Māori ancestors from a place most often called Hawaiki. They also refer to the construction of … traditions need to be aware that such accounts are often influenced by the Great Fleet (or Grand Settlement) … CE. Kupe was followed by another explorer, Toi, in 1150; after this, in 1350, a fleet of seven canoes sailed from …
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Part of story: Canoe traditions
… of national identity became an important argument for state support. Beginnings Although there had been isolated public funding for writers before the 1930s, and art works had been shown at …
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Part of story: Arts and the nation
… Apirana Ngata gives the three main types of waiata mōteatea (traditional chants) as pōpō or oriori (lullabies), … (prophetic songs), haka (war dances and rhythmically shouted words) and karakia (chants). Waiata tangi Subclasses of …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori songs – waiata tawhito
… and Māori. In 1840 the Reverend Henry Williams translated the English draft of the Treaty of Waitangi into Māori … explained it to Māori leaders. Wesleyan missionary John Whiteley encouraged chiefs in the Kāwhia region to sign the … ’s Māori-language ability led to him becoming chief protector of aborigines (Māori) in 1840. Missionaries often ran …
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Part of story: Cultural go-betweens
… censuses, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which they were affiliated. The figures below show the number who indicated Te Whānau-ā-Apanui (including those who indicated more …
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Part of story: Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
… Kūmara The planting, tending and harvesting of the main crop, kūmara (sweet … and long, thin tubers. These early varieties had white skin and white flesh, or red skin and purple flesh. Tubers were planted … Kūmara, hue and aute …
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Part of story: Ngā tupu mai i Hawaiki – plants from Polynesia
… designers did not exist in New Zealand until 2003, when Te Kura Toi Whakaari o Aotearoa: New Zealand Drama School (usually known as Toi … (Stage and Screen). This qualification encouraged greater participation between directors, designers and other …
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Part of story: Theatre design