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… Nene was born probably in the 1780s. He was the second son of Tapua, leader and tohunga of Ngāti Hao of Hokianga, and … inclined to support proposals that would bring order. At Waitangi he supported the lieutenant governor, but he would not have accepted the treaty as a total cession of sovereignty. However, as he …
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… and was baptised there on 3 July 1814. He was the son of Captain Thomas Abraham and his wife, Louisa Susanna … 'to act in accordance with the letter and spirit of the Treaty of Waitangi'. In April 1861 he asked the Society for the …
Type: Biography
… born in Sydney, Australia, probably in 1817 or 1818, one of five children of Irish migrants Ann Calder and her … Davis assisted in the meetings at Hokianga at which the Treaty of Waitangi was debated and signed. In 1842 he was appointed …
Type: Biography
… was Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe chief Hēnare Kokoro Tiratahi of Waipōpō, near Temuka, and her mother was Mere Pukuwaitai … chief: to seek the welfare of her people and to uphold the Treaty of Waitangi. She was trained in whakapapa, karakia and waiata …
Type: Biography
… British Empire Games at Auckland in 1950. Held in the wake of the Second World War, the 1950 games were seen as … celebrations, marking 150 years since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. The spectacular opening ceremony emphasised Māori …
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Part of story: Olympic and Commonwealth games
… to have been born in London, England, on 28 March 1807, son of a successful Jewish painter and engraver, Solomon Polack, … into quarter acre lots in New Zealand history. The post-Treaty of Waitangi era in New Zealand, however, held disappointments …
Type: Biography
… baptised there on 3 October 1827. He was the youngest son of Michael Prendergast, QC, and his wife, Caroline Dawe. … or enforced by the courts. He also claimed that the Treaty of Waitangi was a 'simple nullity' because the Māori were …
Type: Biography
… Tuati, was born in Whakatāne on 16 July 1884, the son of Charles Edward Oliphant Stewart, a farmer, and his wife, … canoe. It is also believed that Ngāti Awa signed the Treaty of Waitangi there. Albert objected strongly to its removal and …
Type: Biography
… Hirini Te Kani, also known as Hirini Tuahine, was of Te Aitanga a Hauiti and Rongowhakaata. He lived at Kaitī … with Ngāti Raukawa allies. Hirini's father signed the Treaty of Waitangi at Tūranga in May 1840 as Te Eke. In the following …
Type: Biography
… Jerningham Wakefield, known as Jerningham, the only son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield and Eliza Anne Frances Pattle, … There are many digressions, including an analysis of the Treaty of Waitangi, and a chapter devoted to whaling. Innumerable …
Type: Biography
… Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero was the elder of two sons of Te Rata , the fourth Māori King, of Ngāti … a guest at many events in other tribal areas. He was at the Waitangi Treaty House celebration in 1934. The cost of these …
Type: Biography
… and a genuine passion for his work. As founding director of the New Zealand Film Archive he pioneered a bicultural … of the archive’s constitution to focus on Te Tiriti o Waitangi was an important step towards co-design and … image materials/taonga whitiahua in accordance with the Treaty principles of partnership’, and particularly stated …
Type: Biography
… institutions Social sciences Whare wānanga – centres of learning Visual Arts Contemporary Māori art – ngā toi hōu … Te ture – Māori and legislation Treasury Te Tiriti – the Treaty He Whakaputanga – Declaration of Independence Ngā whakataunga tiriti – Treaty of Waitangi settlement process Principles of the Treaty of …
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… on 9 November 1883. Her mother was Tiahuia, daughter of Tāwhiao Te Wherowhero of Ngāti Mahuta , the second Māori … Te Puea was willing to contemplate Waikato's joining the Waitangi centennial celebrations in 1940. Some years before … not countenance Ngāti Tūwharetoa attempts to rely on the Treaty of Waitangi because it was not part of domestic law. …
Type: Biography
… 9 December 1895. Her father was Heremia Te Wake , a leader of Ngāti Manawa and Te Kaitutae hapu of Te Rarawa and the … organised catering for the opening of the meeting house at Waitangi in February 1940 and crossed the threshold first in … to educate Māori and Pākehā about the significance of the treaty. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, however, her …
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… in the late eighteenth century in Taranaki; he was the son of Te Rangiwhētiki. Through his mother, Pakanga, he was an … for the land in his name. Ngātata's name appears on the Treaty of Waitangi, as having signed on 29 April 1840 in the presence …
Type: Biography
… known as Whiria as a young man, was born in the latter part of the eighteenth century. He lived in the southern Bay of … British intervention in New Zealand. Pōmare signed the Treaty of Waitangi on 17 February 1840 and in May promised to induce …
Type: Biography
… extend for weeks or even years. Sit-ins Nelson railway One of the most famous sit-ins was carried out by a group of … arrested 222 protesters and evicted the rest. Following a Waitangi Tribunal report in 1987, much of the land was … The group wanted the land returned to them as part of a treaty settlement process, but because it was privately …
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Part of story: Public protest
… Mananui was the second of the Te Heuheu line to assume the leadership of Ngāti … and also their suggestion that he should sign the Treaty of Waitangi. When his brother Iwikau did sign, Mananui …
Type: Biography
… Mira Szászy emerged from a humble upbringing to become one of the greatest Māori leaders and proponents of mana wāhine … she remained politically active. In 1993, she served on the Waitangi Tribunal Fisheries Commission, spoke to a United … Crown actions, policies and processes inconsistent with the Treaty of Waitangi which they believed had undermined the …
Type: Biography