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… than the goods being exchanged. There were some barter transactions, exchanges made without the use of money. … of labour) inside the hapū. Māori lived in a subsistence economy, but they were not generally poor, and they … time for leisure, sport and warfare, and for making elaborate artefacts. We cannot measure their output, but their life …
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Part of story: Economic history
… know Golden Bay as Mohua. It was named Murderers' Bay after four of Dutch explorer Abel Tasman’s crew were killed in … Bay (which he called Blind Bay), but in 1773 he corrected his mistake and referred to it as Murderers' Bay. In … was called Coal Bay for a time. It was renamed Golden Bay after gold was found near Collingwood in 1857. Golden Bay is …
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Part of story: Nelson places
… people had great faith in the power of bathing in mineral water to cure arthritis, rheumatism and skin complaints, and to improve conditions as diverse as gout, impotence, obesity, haemorrhoids, liver disorders and eye problems. Drinking mineral water was usually considered to improve digestive disorders, …
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Part of story: Thermal pools and spas
… how insects came to New Zealand. Rātā and the multitude ‘Te Tini o Hakuturi’ means ‘the multitude of bow-legged … desecration of the forest’s sacredness. An old tradition tells of a man named Rātā, who did not say the required … from the trunk. The insects and birds were angry, and after Rātā had retired for the day, they raised the tree up …
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Part of story: Te aitanga pepeke – the insect world
… Changing employment patterns Traditionally, the West Coast’s economy depended on the export of raw materials – timber, coal and gold. A decline in jobs in these … growth in dairy production and tourism. Both areas have potential for considerable growth. The expansion in dairying …
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Part of story: West Coast region
… the Second World War, Māori women, like their Pākehā counterparts, took a role in running farms and increasingly in … were working in industry in 1926, the number increased tenfold by 1945 to around 500. This began the increasing … president, and Mira Szászy the first secretary. She would later also become president. Both are recognised as …
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Part of story: Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women
… they’ll want to make each other laugh,’ says broadcaster Kingi Biddle. 1 In 2012 Biddle presented the television programme Te k ā uta , an informal Māori-language …
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Part of story: Māori humor – te whakakata
… on the nectar of its tube-like flowers, which bloom on stems up to 4.5 metres long. By carrying pollen from plant to … true flax like linen flax ( Linum usitatissimum ), but related to the day lily. It belongs to the Hemerocallidaceae … Norfolk Island – no other country has produced a plant quite like it. There are two confirmed species in New Zealand: …
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Part of story: Flax and flax working
… The first newspaper in the Māori language – Ko te Karere o Nui Tireni – was published by the government … philanthropists, churches and Māori. Some circulated nationally, while others had a regional readership. They … New Zealand history All the Māori-language newspapers advocated for their own viewpoints, but they also carried …
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Part of story: Māori newspapers and magazines – ngā niupepa me ngā moheni
… The main bird-taking season ran from May to July (autumn–winter). From March, fowlers would look at the birds’ food supply in the forest to estimate their likely success in the coming season. As early as … kākā were fat and seeking food on the ground, and were often caught by hand. Tūī are fat from May to August, and are …
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Part of story: Te tāhere manu – bird catching
… Separation of powers In New Zealand the judiciary (which interprets and enforces the country’s laws) is separate from both the legislature ( Parliament , which makes the … the day-to-day affairs of government). Judges are appointed by the governor-general . Convention denies the …
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Part of story: Nation and government
… and greenstone, and payments of food. Like European master artists, expert tohunga tā moko could gain fame from … tohunga tā moko and the client were considered to be in ‘te ahi tā moko’ (the fire or oven of tattooing). This association with fire shows that the process was conducted within a very dangerous state of tapu (sacredness). The …
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Part of story: Tā moko – Māori tattooing
… government to set out principles to guide its actions on matters relating to the treaty. These principles were: The … in the expectation that reconciliation can occur. No later government had defined any new treaty principles, … some (like the National government in 1991) have reflected on the 1989 principles. Treaty help Some Māori …
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… as the hoe, or hīrau. Longer paddles were known as hoe whakatere, hoe whakahaere or urungi. They were usually made of kahikatea wood, although mataī could also be suitably light and strong. Tuta Nihoniho, of the Ngāti Porou tribe, noted that paddles could also be made of mānuka, maire, the …
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Part of story: Waka – canoes
… born in Lisbon, Portugal, on 14 April 1812. His father, Lieutenant Colonel George Grey, had been killed eight days … Anne Vignoles of County Westmeath, Ireland. George was educated in England at a boarding school at Guildford, from which …
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… environmental pollution and human health problems associated with the timber industry’s use of the toxic chemical … health problems. The same pollutants were released into waterways and the soil. Through SWAP, Joe campaigned for proper medical care for those affected by PCP, and for environmental solutions which combined …
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… A Māori Battalion veteran and the first Māori to qualify in accountancy, Hēnare … Ngata became an important Māori leader in the 1950s after the death of his father, Sir Apirana Ngata . Like his …
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… Early life Hone Peneamine Anatipa Te Pona Tuwhare was born on 21 October 1922 at Kokewai, a … descent, with connections to Ngāti Korokoro, Ngāti Tautahi, Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Popoto, Ngāti Hine and Ngāti Kurī hapū. Hone was the son …
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… Maria Smart and her husband, Edwin Davy, was born on 9 September 1850 in Taranaki, New Zealand, where his parents farmed at Waiwhakaiho. Educated at Wesley College and St John's College, Auckland, he …
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… In the early 2000s it was estimated that 130,000 people with Māori ancestry were living away … on the rugby field, their South Seas origins had fascinated the English. In the early 1900s touring performers of … received glowing accounts in the English press. Not all entertainers returned home. Mākereti (Maggie) Papakura of …
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Part of story: Māori overseas