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… William Arthur Moffatt (Māwhete) was born at Tiakitahuna (Jackeytown), south … rating problems and settlement of land claims under the Treaty of Waitangi, reform of Māori electoral processes, and the …
Type: Biography
… Whakaiti was descended from Kahungunu, from Te Aomatarahi of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Ira, and from earlier tribal groups … Native Affairs Committee that year, where he invoked the Treaty of Waitangi, claimed that 20,000 Māori were opposed to Seddon's …
Type: Biography
… Important features of the early stages of the Crown’s attempt to address Māori … gained momentum, demands for the Crown to honour the Treaty of Waitangi came from many different groups, including …
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… never much mattered. Others believe that, with the arrival of European settlers, religion shaped New Zealand society in … revolution of 1828–32 – just a decade before the Treaty of Waitangi – only Anglicans were able to participate fully and …
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Part of story: Religion and society
… hop-associated graffiti is distinguished from other forms of street art by its sustained focus on letters. Words … Aotearoa’s indigenous heritage, mark the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, protest controversial legislation such as the …
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Part of story: Hip hop
… has had its own complete honours system since 1996, made up of three orders and a range of other awards. Before 1975 New … open to people of every background on merit, reflect the Treaty of Waitangi partnership and New Zealand’s cultural diversity, …
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Part of story: Royal honours system
… Young Māori Party and war The Young Māori Party was a group of young Māori leaders who had been students at Te Aute … citizenship inherent in their ancestors’ commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi. A nurse in the first 50 Ethel Watkins Taylor …
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Part of story: Ngā pakanga ki tāwāhi – Māori and overseas wars
… Governor Grey’s scheme Following the postponement of the 1846 self-government charter, Governor Grey bombarded … rangatiratanga (sovereignty) guaranteed to them under the Treaty of Waitangi. The Māori King movement sought such autonomy in …
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Part of story: Self-government and independence
… All in the name Under the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act 2002, full members (who had to be blind or … boards. In 1989 the CCS officially recognised the Treaty of Waitangi, entered into a partnership with Māori, and changed …
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Part of story: Disability and disability organisations
… South of Hokitika, State Highway 6 passes through areas of cleared … colony of kōtuku (white herons) is on the banks of the Waitangiroto River. They arrive about September each year … acknowledgement over the lagoon as part of their 1998 Treaty of Waitangi settlement, including designation of a …
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Part of story: West Coast places
… national symbols and everyday items. These range from official symbols such as stamps, flags, coins or coats of … ferns. In 1990 the symbol for the sesquicentennial of the Treaty of Waitangi was a white heron (kōtuku). War and sport New … Symbols of identity …
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Part of story: New Zealand identity
… are converted into seats. The seats can be on the board of directors of a company, on a parish council, in … Zealand’s electoral systems Following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, between Māori and the British Crown, in 1840, New …
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Part of story: Electoral systems
… 1800; he was baptised there on 22 October. He was the son of George Clendon, pilot of the Cinque Ports, and his wife, … of sovereignty to the British Crown, but the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi dealt a cruel blow to his American business, since …
Type: Biography
… Ngāti Mahuta. His father was Paratene Te Maioha, a cousin of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero , the first Māori King. Te Tuhi was … the newspaper he argued for an interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi that would limit the sovereignty of the colonial …
Type: Biography
… women to combine a political career with motherhood. The Treaty of Waitangi and the Rātana faith were central tenets of her …
Type: Biography
… born on 20 June 1906 in London, England, the second child of James Willie Berry, a clerk, and his wife, Amy Blanche … which recommended his design for the reverse of their Waitangi-Bledisloe Medal, and for the Waitangi Crown, both … the philatelic commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship with Great Britain, and Queen Salote's …
Type: Biography
… John William Salmond's contributions to many branches of the law in New Zealand, together with his international … governed by three main principles. He maintained that the Treaty of Waitangi gave the Crown both imperium (territorial …
Type: Biography
… known as Hoani Te Rerehau or John Heuheu, was the youngest of five children of Tūreiti Te Heuheu Tūkino V of Ngāti … and many others had begun to focus on ratification of the Treaty of Waitangi as their principal defence. Hoani was attempting to …
Type: Biography
… born on 5 October 1866 in the Hokianga district, the son of Charles Haddon, a Scots bushman and farm labourer, and … for two years. In 1934 he was a guest at the important Waitangi hui; Taranaki Māori presented a picture of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, painted by his son Oliver, to be hung in …
Type: Biography
… from Kāwhia under Te Rauparaha in 1822. At the battle of Whakapaeiti in 1824, Tūtepourangi, the paramount Ngāti … In 1840 Turi Te Pātete was one of the signatories to the Treaty of Waitangi. Haimona's mother, Ōriwa, Turi's third wife, was …
Type: Biography