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… Manu tukutuku Manu tukutuku (kite-flying) was a popular pastime, and also part of various rituals. Kites came in many shapes and sizes, and had names derived from birds. Small kites made from kākaho (toetoe stems) were known as manu … Flying kites, spinning tops and other games …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro
… very little was done in folk-song scholarship until the late 1950s. Then Rona Bailey, Neil Colquhoun, Herbert Roth, … in 1966. Christchurch singer Phil Garland became a dedicated collector and evangelist of New Zealand’s home-grown … Garland’s devotion to New Zealand’s folk-song heritage resulted in many albums of historic and original material, …
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Part of story: Folk, country and blues music
… development of New Zealand. His range of activity was limited, but he opened up economic opportunities for many other people. He was baptised at Ilchester, Somerset, England, on 13 October 1839, the son of James … father's butchery at the age of 10, but in 1857 he emigrated to Victoria, Australia. While it seems likely that he …
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… in 1853, Hawke’s Bay became part of the newly created Wellington province. At first it shared two seats on the … was spent by the Provincial Council in the sparsely populated region, and discontented settlers lobbied for separation from Wellington, …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay region
… Florence Marie Woodhead was born on 19 September 1891 at New Plymouth, New Zealand, the second of six … of Catherine Davy and her husband, Ambler Woodhead, a teacher. In 1905 the family moved to Waitahanui, a Maori … shore of Lake Taupo, where Ambler Woodhead became the head teacher at the new native school. While her parents and …
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… financed by patient fees, voluntary contributions, local rates and a government subsidy. By the late 19th century increasing staff and equipment costs meant … Government is pauperising the population to an alarming extent, and taking away inducement for thrift.’ 1 Hospital …
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Part of story: Hospitals
… the sea level was lower, most nearshore islands were connected to the mainland. When the sea rose to its present height about 6,000 years ago, isolated hills became islands. Today, their plants and animals … of the nearby coast, but few remain in their original state. Māori brought the kiore or Polynesian rat – a deadly …
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Part of story: Nearshore islands
… one of eleven children of Robert Campbell Maclaurin, a minister of the Church of Scotland, and his wife, Martha Joan Spence. The Maclaurin family emigrated to New Zealand in three groups in 1874 and 1875, and … served as a missionary, but with the establishment of a state school system in 1877 he became head teacher of a school …
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… gender identities that do not necessarily conform with Western models. The traditional Māori term ‘takatāpui’ , which originally referred to a close … but since the 1980s has been reclaimed as an inclusive term used by gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual and …
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Part of story: Gender diversity
… Labour and Māori Māori voters were part of Labour’s electoral backbone for more than … two of the four Māori seats were won by Rātana candidates who then voted with Labour in Parliament. Rātana, a religious movement …
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Part of story: Labour Party
… up the heavens’. Another early Māori board game, tōrere (later known as mū tōrere ) , was played on a board marked with a design resembling an eight-pointed star. Cockles, potatoes and kernels In 1834 missionary … the reverse by the other.’ 1 The geologist Ferdinand Hochstetter witnessed another game in the Waikato in 1859. ‘The …
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Part of story: Cards, board games and puzzles
… 1850s joined their exodus to New Zealand in search of better economic conditions. They arrived in Auckland on the … on 14 March 1882; they were to have three sons and one daughter. When John McLean retired in 1886 Neil and his brother … This was the largest contract of the Wellington drainage system, which began to transform a town served by night carts …
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… and her husband, Leonard Cornwall Mitchell, an artist and internationally recognised stamp designer: he created 90 stamp designs, including some for New Zealand health stamps, and won United Nations stamp design competitions. Like his father, …
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… to 5,300 in 1981. Charitable welfare provider Barnardos started home-based childcare services in the late 1970s. The increasing availability of childcare services contributed to a decline in playcentre numbers in the early 1980s. …
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Part of story: Early childhood education and care
… The main domains or sources which contribute the most new words to New Zealand English, in addition to te reo Māori, are politics, sport, crime, farming and the environment. Nek minnit In 2011 a short clip posted to the video-sharing website YouTube propelled the New …
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Part of story: English language in New Zealand
… Sister Mary Leo was New Zealand’s best-known singing teacher in her time. She was born Kathleen Agnes Niccol at … Devonport family, and from her mother's side she inherited her musical talent and acquired a deep devotion to the …
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… is common throughout the Pacific Islands. However, the techniques practised by Māori differed significantly from those of their Polynesian counterparts. Tatau (Tahiti and Samoa), tatatau (Cook Islands) … deeper into the skin, producing deeply grooved scars. This technique is unique to Māori society. The distinctive spiral …
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Part of story: Tā moko – Māori tattooing
… Day New Year’s Day 2 January Waitangi Day Good Friday Easter Monday Anzac Day the birthday of the reigning sovereign … of a province, or the day locally observed as that day. Often there are public ceremonies to mark the special character of these days. Employees who have to work on these days …
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Part of story: Public holidays
… was formed in February 1887. The Otago–Southland clash later that year began one of the great rivalries in New … gold of Otago. The Southland Stags are the provincial rugby team. In the 2010s they played mainly in the championship … of supremacy among the country’s minor associations. After losing it in 1913, the region was not successful again …
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Part of story: Southland region
… varieties of trees unknown elsewhere in Polynesia, undoubtedly influenced the emergence of new moko designs and new tā moko technology. The pigments used in tā moko were manufactured using a sophisticated process to produce charcoal from resinous trees. Wai …
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Part of story: Tā moko – Māori tattooing