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… health resorts has waxed and waned, their lure for those intent on relaxation has never really diminished. From the … improved and increasingly New Zealanders had cars. Remote hot springs became more accessible. Outdoor pursuits … and during the 1920s and 1930s some thermal resorts constructed large swimming pools. At Rotorua the Blue and Ward …
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Part of story: Thermal pools and spas
… Southern Alps. Close to Wānaka, Queenstown, Glenorchy and Te Anau, the park covers 355,522 hectares. It is bounded by … that only a few plants can survive. Birds include the threatened rock wren, and the playful mountain parrot, the kea. There are also introduced species – white-tailed and red deer, and brown and rainbow trout. …
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Part of story: National parks
… Porirua’s double harbour evolved from an ancient river system, which was drowned by the rising sea about 5,000 years … at Motukaraka on the Pāuatahanui Inlet. Ngāti Toa objected to the purchase of their land without their consent. In … troops in the Horokiri valley. Eventually their chief, Te Rangihaeata, retreated, allowing Europeans to settle …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… Tamaiti whāngai The fostering and adoption of children is a long-established Māori … tamaiti whāngai (reared by other members of the family), often by those who could not have children, or who wanted more children. Children were treated as the natural …
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Part of story: Ngā tamariki
… of Charles Marshall, a trader, and his third wife, Tiramate, of Ngāti Pou. After developing an early interest in river vessels, he obtained his certificate of …
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… The montane forests of Taranaki Maunga are found only in Te Papakura o Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park) and extend up to about 1,000 metres above sea level. Kāmahi, Hall’s tōtara and rātā dominate the forest, with kaikawaka (mountain cedar) at higher …
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Part of story: Taranaki region
… times when more prejudice prevailed. This gave rise to the term ‘born-again Māori’ for those who identified as Māori while retaining Pākehā notions of superiority. A related term, ‘plastic Māori’ , was used by more culturally … New terms for a new world …
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Part of story: Ngā tuakiri hōu – new Māori identities
… two sides being the South Island’s southern and south-western coasts, and the third extending across-country from Awarua Point in the west to near … in the south. Southland covers 32,612 square kilometres. Stewart Island, which lies 20 kilometres off the southern …
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Part of story: Southland region
… the New Zealand Company acquired Wellington from the chiefs Te Puni and Te Wharepōuri in 1839, Māori outnumbered Europeans. But … remained in the town of Wellington. Many had left for remote land reserves, granted in partial compensation for the …
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Part of story: Wellington region
… traveller, and his wife, Isabella Ritchie Joss. After attending Wanganui Technical College he was employed as a law clerk by Marshall …
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… of Plenty into a thriving agricultural region. In the western Bay, dairy factories opened in Katikati and Te Puke in 1902, and in Tauranga in 1905. The output of butter at Katikati was only 29 tons in 1907–8, but reached 726 …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… Funeral ceremonies The Māori customs associated with death and burial are among the most distinctive and … Role of the tangi The death of any relative immediately places a series of obligations on many people. The bereaved family must gather and be supported by their wider whānau and community. As a result, a …
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Part of story: Māori manners and social behaviour – Ngā mahi tika
… Temuka Town 19 km north of Timaru. It is South Canterbury’s second largest centre after Timaru, with 4,047 inhabitants in 2013. Situated near … Temuka …
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Part of story: South Canterbury places
… services. These providers are owned by Māori, are operated under kaupapa Māori (Māori ideology and practice), and … health) approach to care. Other Māori initiatives, such as Te Mahi Niho Hauora ki Rātana Pā, a dental health project at … worker, School Dental Service (SDS) equipment and a contracted dental surgeon, succeeded in making oral health a …
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Part of story: Dental care
… Bay of Plenty Known to Māori as Te Moana a Toi (the sea of Toi), this wide, … Island (Tūhua), Moutohorā (Whale Island) and Whakaari (White Island). The Taupō Volcanic Zone The Taupō Volcanic Zone … a region of active volcanoes, large and small lakes, and steaming geothermal areas, stretching 300 kilometres from …
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Part of story: Landscapes – overview
… Guy Dinevor (later Dynevor) Thornton was born in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England, on 11 August 1872, the third of three … family came to New Zealand in 1875. John Thornton was appointed rector of Oamaru Grammar School in 1875, then served as …
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… with their rich inheritance of carving and weaving. Western arts, crafts and photography, introduced by 19th-century settlers, soon adapted to a new land while remaining open to overseas … of art or craft in the previous 12 months, while 48% visited a gallery or museum. There are many public and private …
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Part of story: Creative life
… century saw the rise of walking as recreation, which created a new use for tracks. This change was due to several factors: the beginning of international tourism in New Zealand the emergence of a middle class, interested in healthy pursuits a romantic fascination with …
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Part of story: Walking tracks
… Māori and Pākehā were based on the Māori people’s complete authority over their own tribal areas. The much smaller … and cruelty occurred on both sides, but these early encounters were more often friendly, respectful and mutually rewarding. In 1830 …
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Part of story: Māori–Pākehā relations
… born in Rotorua, New Zealand, on 16 October 1884, the daughter of Thomas Hope Lewis, a surgeon, and his wife, Ellen … By 1887 the family had moved to Auckland where Eileen later joined her mother in becoming a member of the Auckland … families there. The couple were to have four children. After her marriage, Eileen Williams moved to Te Parae, a large …
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