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… in the Armed Constabulary. Harold was informally adopted at a young age by Elizabeth’s childless elder sister, Mary (Mere), and her husband, Henry Hyde Carr, and he …
Type: Biography
… Anne Maria Maynard, daughter of Sarah Binfield and her husband, Thomas Maynard, a … Greenwood and her husband, William Chapman, a schoolmaster. Anne and Thomas were married on 14 December 1822, at St … was experienced in farming, medicine and seamanship. Literate, good-humoured and resolute, he would found three …
Type: Biography
… traditions. This explains why since the 1970s Māori self-determination has been associated with this style of architecture, rather than the dynamic western-influenced … Contemporary Māori architecture …
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Part of story: Māori architecture – whare Māori
… Documentaries to prove popular both locally and internationally include: Pulp non-fiction Kiwi director … including bystanders, fans and senior citizens, were interviewed for the film. The resulting 90-minute documentary, …
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Part of story: Documentary film
… sheep, and grew root and grain crops. From 1882 refrigerated shipping allowed perishable goods to be sent to Britain, where there was a growing market for butter and cheese. Would-be dairy farmers snapped up Waikato … – with year-round rainfall, abundant sunshine, and winters that were mild enough for grass to grow nearly …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… was born in County Westmeath, Ireland, probably on 20 September 1857, the son of Dorothea West and her husband, Jemmett George Fox, an army officer. Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery in February 1876. …
Type: Biography
… in Napier; her mother, Helen Baird Hall (née Macky), was a teacher before her marriage. Kathleen attended the primary department of Napier Girls’ High School …
Type: Biography
… Emarina Rōpata, usually known as Lena, was born at Te Poho-o-Tiakiwai marae, in Wairoa, northern Hawke’s Bay, … were Ngāti Kurupakiaka and Ngāti Puata. She was also connected to Ngāti Awa through her paternal grandfather, Rōpata Riini. One of five children, Lena …
Type: Biography
… Māori news media were government publications such as Te Karere o Nui Tireni . They were designed to pass official … 1862 Māori published their own newspapers – the first was Te Hokioi o N u i Tireni , produced by the Kīngitanga (Māori …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Media and politics
… He māhiti ki runga, he paepaeroa ki raro Koia nei te kākahu o te rangatira! A dog hair cloak on top, a fine cloak … hair side inwards to keep the wearer warm, but were more often worn with the hair side outwards, so that their …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori
… a variety of sports. Cricket Maia Lewis played for the White Ferns (the national women’s cricket team) in the 1990s and 2000s, and was captain of the team. The first Māori male to play a test for the Black Caps …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori and sport – hākinakina
… Usually the picket is staged outside the target of protest, such as a workplace, or a council or government office. Protesters usually bear placards with terse and (sometimes) …
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Part of story: Public protest
… Weretā Tainui Pītama, also known as Te Ruapōhatu or ‘Stone’, was born, probably in 1881, at Rāpaki, just south of Christchurch. His father was Teoti Pītama Karatiti, a farmer, of the Canterbury Ngāi Tahu hapū, Ngāi Tūāhuriri and Ngāi Te Rakiāmoa. …
Type: Biography
… in traditional Māori society. As well as providing entertainment, they could be educational or form part of a … Miru Miru travelled from his home in the underworld to Te Ao Mārama (the world of light). There he enchanted …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro
… from Horseshoe Bay to Thule, Golden Bay and Ringaringa on Paterson Inlet/Whaka ā Te Wera, stretch from the township. Halfmoon Bay is served by 20-minute plane flights from Invercargill and 60-minute ferry … Stewart Island places: north and west …
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Part of story: Stewart Island/Rakiura
… on 26 March 1868, Henare in 1872. With their elder sister, Tīmaima Pōtanga Waiata, and a brother, Marakaia Hape, … lived at Tuahiwi (near Kaiapoi), where the children attended the local school. Hopere attended Te Aute College in Hawke's Bay from 1889; Henare went …
Type: Biography
… and his wife, Ellen Byrne. His father, a Warkworth carpenter, had emigrated from Ireland to Melbourne, Australia, about 1840, …
Type: Biography
… has varied over time. Funding, exhibition space, media attention and (at times) publication have all been harder for women to obtain. Men have tended to dominate prestigious and expensive genres. In broader cultural …
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Part of story: Gender inequalities
… The Māori words listed below are sometimes used untranslated in Te Ara’s English-language entries. They often have no …
Type: Basic page
… John Weeks, although one of the leading New Zealand painters of the 1930s and 1940s, has been rather neglected by art historians. He was born on 8 June 1886 at …
Type: Biography