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… Kaikōura Whakatau was the leader of Ngāi Tahu in the Kaikōura district throughout the first … near Mikonui. The signature 'Kaikoura' appears on the Treaty of Waitangi signing of 10 June 1840 at Ruapuke, and there is a …
Type: Biography
… born in Kirikiri, Thames, on 18 August 1910, the only child of Rose Maria Savage (Hāwete) of Te Arawa and Te … patronising remarks in the House. Deeply committed to the Treaty of Waitangi, Wātene maintained a traditional view of the rights …
Type: Biography
… The constitution of a nation is the set of rules that determine how a … constitutional conventions. Many commentators consider the Treaty of Waitangi to be part of New Zealand’s constitutional …
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Part of story: Constitution
… That New Zealanders still thought of themselves as British became evident once the Great War … country. The government saw the 1940 centennial of the Treaty of Waitangi as a way of encouraging national identity. The …
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Part of story: The New Zealanders
… Māori have been enthusiastic adopters of technology. With information technology (IT) the … had sought rights to a share of the spectrum under the Treaty of Waitangi. It has a share in mobile network 2degrees. Te …
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Part of story: Mātauranga hangarau – information technology
… Changes in the church The Church of England Empowering Act 1928 made it possible for the … as protest against the Vietnam War, feminism, anti-racism, Treaty of Waitangi issues and nuclear-free activism were taken up by …
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Part of story: Anglican Church
… The 19th century was a period of dramatic change as Māori experienced the impact of … Tongarewa, was completed in the years immediately after the Treaty of Waitangi was signed. It is an example of the transition …
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Part of story: Whakairo – Māori carving
… started the epidemiological transition (in which diseases of old age and lifestyle replace infections as the main … 40% of its pre-contact size. Decline accelerated after the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 and settlers began to arrive in … Effects of colonisation on Māori …
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Part of story: Death rates and life expectancy
… Ethnicity and inequality overlap in the formation of ethnic minorities. Minorities are relatively powerless … a failure to implement or recognise protections under the Treaty of Waitangi severely hurt their economic and social status. …
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Part of story: Ethnic inequalities
… Thomas Kendall set up a school, produced the first examples of written Māori and published the first Māori dictionary. … has also been criticised for persuading Māori to sign the Treaty of Waitangi – although he probably did this out of a sense of … First years of the CMS mission …
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Part of story: Missions and missionaries
… France’s true intentions for the South Island are a matter of contention, but it is clear that French interest speeded … country and sent out William Hobson in 1839. He signed the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840, and claimed sovereignty over …
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Part of story: French
… to make legislation, became a politically neutral head of state. Under constitutional monarchy, Parliament and … first governor was appointed in 1840, the year the Treaty of Waitangi was signed between the British Crown and Māori …
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Part of story: Governors and governors-general
… Monolingualism to bilingualism At the beginning of the 20th century, most Māori still spoke just Māori. … te reo and support political issues including land and Treaty of Waitangi rights. The impact of not knowing the Māori …
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Part of story: Te reo Māori – the Māori language
… made it more acceptable to identify as Māori. More people of mixed descent began doing so, including those with fairer … if it does not infringe their rights under the Treaty of Waitangi. When Pākehā advocates of these strategies are …
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Part of story: Ngā tuakiri hōu – new Māori identities
… Natural features Like a giant finger, the narrow peninsula of Northland points out into the Pacific. To the west lies … stations were established there. On 6 February 1840 the Treaty of Waitangi (named for the site in the Bay of Islands) was …
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Part of story: Northland region
… Joseph Banks noted that Tupaia ‘found that the language of the people was so like his own that he could tolerably … and others later played a role in the translation of the Treaty of Waitangi into Māori in 1840. …
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Part of story: Te reo Māori – the Māori language
… Lake Waikaremoana Largest body of fresh water in Hawke’s Bay, and 14th-largest lake in New … Te Urewera National Park. In 2014, as part of Ngāi Tūhoe’s Treaty of Waitangi settlement, the park was disestablished and …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… (Mō) Eru Delamere was born on 17 June 1921 at Ōmāio, Bay of Plenty, the fifth of at least eight children. His parents … with the devolution of the Department of Māori Affairs, Treaty of Waitangi claims, and the presentation and extension of the …
Type: Biography
… 1890 – national or provincial jubilee? The priority of provincial loyalties over national in colonial New … Bay of Islands? No one suggested 6 February, the day the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document, was first signed …
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Part of story: Anniversaries
… born in Waterford, Ireland, on 26 September 1792, the third of five sons of Samuel Hobson, a barrister, and his wife, … of trading 'factories' similar to those in India, and a treaty with the Māori to secure the necessary land. In a … Invitations were issued to Māori leaders to a meeting at Waitangi. In the meantime Busby and Hobson drafted the …
Type: Biography