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… continent as ‘Australasie’ (from the Latin for ‘south of Asia’) in 1756. British explorer James Cook, searching … colony of New South Wales, which was its status when the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840. New Zealand became a separate …
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Part of story: Australia and New Zealand
… Nearly one million hectares of land – much of it within existing reserves – are … so as not to interfere with public access or use. As Treaty of Waitangi claims are settled, more nohoanga are likely to be …
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Part of story: Protected areas
… tariffs) were the major taxes until the 1870s. Over 60% of tax revenue came from alcohol and tobacco. Sugar was … Māori chiefs in return for their protection, prior to the Treaty of Waitangi, as a form of indirect taxation. Taxation in the …
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Part of story: Taxes
… who could narrow or bridge the gap between them have been of special importance. These cultural go-betweens, or … Eruera might have played a similar role in relation to the Treaty of Waitangi had he not died in October 1836, barely into his …
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Part of story: Cultural go-betweens
… Whare-style houses Most of the first European settlers in New Zealand were sealers, … or Britain and assembled on-site. Among these was the Treaty House at Waitangi. Made of Australian hardwoods and designed in the …
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Part of story: Housing
… Citizenship Following the 1947 adoption of the Statute of Westminster, New Zealand citizenship came … direct extension of Crown authority and a guarantor of the Treaty of Waitangi. A few business leaders thought that the council …
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Part of story: Self-government and independence
… Mananui Te Heuheu Mananui Te Heuheu was the son of Te Heuheu Herea and paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa … 1847. Te Rangitopeora was one of five women who signed the Treaty of Waitangi, and was a niece of Te Rauparaha, the great Ngāti …
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Part of story: Māori composers – ngā kaitito waiata
… later eighteenth century. His father was Te Hītaua, the son of Tūkai-ora; his mother was Tinanga. He was descended from … in the early 1830s. In 1840 Te Peehi Tūroa signed the Treaty of Waitangi at Whanganui, with missionaries Henry Williams …
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… known affectionately as Barney, was the second bishop of Aotearoa. He was born in Ahikiwi, north of Dargaville, on … leaders to Parliament seeking the adoption, under the Treaty of Waitangi, of a policy of absolute equality between Pākehā …
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… significant role in the cultural and political renaissance of Māori in the 1970s and 1980s. He contributed to the … explained to New Zealanders at large why the 1984 hīkoi to Waitangi was important. He was a major influence on how … articulated the ongoing relevance and significance of the Treaty of Waitangi and the impacts of colonialism on Māori. …
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… 1921. His great-grandfather, Parāone Ngāruhe, signed the Treaty of Waitangi on behalf of Te Aupōuri . Kīngi was the 13th of 14 …
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… Māori history At the end of the 19th century and into the 20th, there was a growing … Buick , whose books on Marlborough, Manawatū and the Treaty of Waitangi supplemented his extensive primary quotations with … The first half of the 20th century – amateur history …
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Part of story: History and historians
… appear to have had two daughters together; the first died of typhoid fever in her teenage years in 1879, around the … the Crown and Native Lands Rating Bill as contrary to the Treaty of Waitangi and labelled it the 'Mortgage and Confiscation of …
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… on 5 May 1910 at Enihau, her family’s home, a mile north of the East Coast township of Tokomaru Bay. Her parents, Te … with efforts to achieve greater recognition for the Treaty of Waitangi. As always, she voiced her deepest feelings through …
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… Raharuhi Rukupō of Rongowhakaata is said to have been born at Ōrākaiapu pā, … the following 130 years. The issue was raised before the Waitangi Tribunal’s Gisborne inquiry in 2001, and the Crown … forcible taking of the building constituted a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi and that it should be returned to …
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… (Erihana) was born on 29 December 1899 at Puketeraki, north of Dunedin. Both her parents, John Matapura Ellison and his … daughter of Te Mātenga Taiaroa , whose name appears on the Treaty of Waitangi. Kuini’s mother, Hera, was the daughter of Tame …
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… Rona Bailey was one of the most important figures on the radical left in … challenge very seriously. She read about the history of the Treaty of Waitangi, attended anti-racism courses and went through a …
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… New Zealand the word 'prostitution' referred to the sale of sexual services. By the 21st century many people … Colonisation and migration After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, colonial settlements grew in size and bars …
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Part of story: Sex work
… small silver Roman coin. Two factors led to the issuing of a New Zealand currency. In the 1920s there was a move … with the 10-shilling note depicting the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Māori iconography made up the borders of the …
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Part of story: Coins and banknotes
… Waihī and Whangamatā. Her father was Rangihika Kereopa of Ngāti Maru , whose parents had moved to Hauraki from … of Mōkai, the Ngāti Pūkeko chief who signed the Treaty of Waitangi at Pōhaturoa rock in Whakatāne. Bessie and her …
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