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… Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangi Awatere (whose name is also recorded as Te Arapeta Pitameirangi Marukitepua Awatere) was born on 25 … Awatere, Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangi …
Type: Biography
… child of George Maunsell, a collector of customs and later a banker, and his second wife, Frances Magrath … Robert Maunsell received his early education at Waterford, before entering Trinity College, Dublin, where he …
Type: Biography
… Stephenson Percy Smith was born at Beccles, Suffolk, England, … the eldest son of Hannah Hursthouse and her husband, John Stephenson Smith, a timber and corn merchant and later a … Smith, Stephenson Percy …
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… and memorial services are held on marae and in churches, temples, mosques, synagogues, funeral home chapels, … person who has died) are published in newspapers and on internet sites, or communicated by email. Tangihanga …
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Part of story: Death and dying
… repository in New Zealand is Archives New Zealand, Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga (formerly National Archives), …
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Part of story: Archives
… and his wife, Wāhi, was a direct descendant of Tamakiterā. His hapū was Ngāti Tautahi of Te Uri-o-Hua section of Ngāpuhi at Kaikohe. His first wife was Mata (Martha) Rawa, of Te Arawa, and they had seven children, three dying in …
Type: Biography
… Donald McLean in 1845, and geologist Ferdinand Hochstetter in 1859. The first Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull, whose … basis of the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, started his collection at the age of 17 in 1885 when he …
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Part of story: King Country region
… The Southern Cross constellation is one of the striking features of the southern hemisphere sky. It is one of the first star patterns that New Zealand children learn to recognise. The … southern hemisphere. Flags that fly the Southern Cross Depicted either as four or five stars, the Southern Cross …
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Part of story: Southern Cross
… bush Māori had an equivalent word for the bush or forest: ‘te ngahere’. As migrants from Pacific islands, they were … bushman showed him how to prune strips off the nearest telegraph pole (made of white pine), and he soon had the billy boiling. European …
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Part of story: The New Zealand bush
… for preserved tattooed heads as souvenirs and collectors’ items. The trade in tattooed heads meant that Māori with moko … were liable to be killed for their heads. This danger resulted in a steep decline in the practice of tā moko. To compensate for … Contemporary moko …
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Part of story: Tā moko – Māori tattooing
… They believed that this was the only appropriate way for British people to be governed. This, too, reflected a belief in equality – a view that colonials had rights … land) would be upheld in New Zealand’s new surroundings. Protection While states everywhere are expected to provide …
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Part of story: Political values
… Māori stories of creation, the world was once in darkness (Te Pō). Then Tāne, god of the forests, forced apart his … moment of illumination, the entry into the world of light (Te Ao Marama), is often referred to on the marae. The Māori word for New …
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Part of story: Light
… A Manawatū county council was established in 1876 to administer the huge region between the Rangitīkei and Waikanae … district of Horowhenua. Feilding joined with Pohangina, Kiwitea, Ōroua and Manawatū counties as Manawatū district. … Whakarongo, and areas across the Manawatū River. Electorates Local politics mostly reflected wider patterns of …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… The variety of ethnicities represented in New Zealand increased sharply from the 1960s as people emigrated from the Pacific Islands to fill gaps in the labour … several African countries, and from elsewhere, have contributed to a much more culturally diverse society. By 2038 it is …
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Part of story: Anti-racism and Treaty of Waitangi activism
… copper. In 1885 mining for sulphur began on Whakaari (White Island), and the volcanic rock there was mined for … difficulty of working on an active volcano. Farming Many attempts have been made to farm larger islands such as Waiheke and Great Barrier (Aotea) in the Hauraki Gulf, and Arapawa and D’Urville …
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Part of story: Nearshore islands
… Taylor was born on Norfolk Island on 21 July 1844, the daughter of Thomas Taylor, a convict guard, and his wife, Margaret O'Sullivan. Soon after her birth the family returned to Parramatta, New South … approaches to the town. Howick was a dismal place: isolated, badly serviced, crowded and unhealthy. After Taylor's …
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… every feature of the landscape, forming an oral map, often told as a narrative or genealogy. In some cases posts or piles of rocks were used to mark boundaries. After European contact The first Europeans to explore New Zealand were assisted by Māori, who fed and sheltered them, and provided …
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Part of story: Early mapping
… A 2003 report by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research attempted a contemporary definition of the Māori economy: The …
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Part of story: Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy
… Earliest occupation After Polynesians arrived in New Zealand, between 1250 and 1300 CE, they started to explore the country. Pounamu (greenstone or jade) was … prized for making tools, weapons and ornaments. By the late 1300s it was being transported around the country and …
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Part of story: West Coast region
… Ann (Annie) Wilson at Logie and with his wife and son emigrated to New Zealand as an assisted immigrant on the Olympus , arriving at Wellington on 20 … is no record of Scott's early life in the colony until September 1844 when he took over from Henry Burling the …
Type: Biography