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… Mahuta Tāwhiao of Ngāti Mahuta was born at Whatiwhatihoe, Waikato, probably … land settlement or in any other way was contrary to the Treaty of Waitangi, and that if Māori were empowered to deal with …
Type: Biography
… showed courage and determination in negotiating the return of Te Kōpua to her people, and fought for increased Māori … mandated to lead the historic hīkoi from Tūrangawaewae to Waitangi. While remaining a staunch campaigner for social … government’s fiscal envelope policy and the way in which treaty settlements were negotiated. She considered the …
Type: Biography
… an important Māori leader in the 1950s after the death of his father, Sir Apirana Ngata . Like his father he was … force working for better Māori land laws, a workable treaty settlement process, and Waitangi Tribunal claims concerning state owned enterprises, …
Type: Biography
… Health advocacy involves promoting the needs and rights of people who use health services. Advocates may also … health services that are consistent with commitments to the Treaty of Waitangi . Responses to concerns about Māori health includes … Development of advocacy and self-help …
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… James Mackay, who was of Scots descent, was born in London, England, on 16 … individuals on whom the expansion of empire depended. The Treaty of Waitangi was a closed book to him. However, his cousin, …
Type: Biography
… to be in his 70s. He was the direct descendant and namesake of his founding tribal ancestor, Maniapoto. Rewi's father … land. Some of the King movement leaders believed that the Treaty of Waitangi confirmed that a relationship of equality would …
Type: Biography
… Te Tirarau Kūkupa, the son of Kūkupa and his first wife, Whitiao, was born probably in … had violated sacred places. He had, however, signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, and in 1845 refused passage through his …
Type: Biography
… Latest updates from Te Ara, Te Tai and the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Last updated November 2023. Te … Claudia Orange and Janine Hayward, our stories about the Treaty of Waitangi , Biculturalism , and Principles of the Treaty …
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… Te Rangitāke is thought to have been born in the last years of the eighteenth century, at Manukorihi pā, Waitara. He was … 1839 and 1840, there arrived land purchasers, missionaries, treaty-bearers and British settlers. Te Āti Awa, like the … the head of the Waikanae names on the copy of the Treaty of Waitangi brought by the missionary Henry Williams . By this …
Type: Biography
… Major Kemp, is thought to have been born in the first half of the 1820s at Tūwhakatupua, on the Manawatū River, near … the implementation of the partnership promised by the Treaty of Waitangi. Te Keepa was elected to an unofficial Māori …
Type: Biography
… Couch. He was born at Lyttelton on 27 June 1925, the first of eight children of a farmer, George Manning Moke Couch, … 1993 until his death he served as a commissioner of the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission (Te Ohu Kai Moana), attending …
Type: Biography
… 1841 at Rākaukākā, Poverty Bay. He was the eldest son of Te Aitū-o-te-rangi and her husband, John Milsome Jury, … through a parliament, claiming this as a right based on the Treaty of Waitangi. The Māori parliament wanted Native Land Court work …
Type: Biography
… born in Lyons, France, on 11 December 1801, the third son of Françoise Pompallier and her husband, Pierre Pompallier, … kind of neutrality that he had attempted to adopt at the Treaty of Waitangi discussions 20 years earlier. His mana among Māori …
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… was an enigmatic and controversial figure. Almost the whole of his recorded life was dominated by competition between … I), who, with his uncle, Āpihai Te Kawau , signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840; and the daughter of Wiremu Rēweti II and …
Type: Biography
… John Larkins Cheese Richardson, the son of Robert Richardson and his wife, Mary Anne Romney, was … 'to this hour…have been treated as a thing of nought'. The Treaty of Waitangi, he said, was 'the veriest sham and delusion', 'a …
Type: Biography
… the early 1840s. He could trace his descent from Rakataura of the Tainui canoe. His father was Taonui Hīkaka (also … undisturbed possession' of their lands as promised in the Treaty of Waitangi. Claims by other tribes to Ngāti Maniapoto lands …
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… Hēnare Te Atua was an important leader in the community of Ngāti Kere and other hapū at Pōrangahau in southern … Administration Bill. Te Atua likened the bill to a second Treaty of Waitangi between Queen Victoria and Māori. He proposed a …
Type: Biography
… Whiwhi, sometimes called Te Whiwhi-o-te-rangi, was the son of Te Rangitopeora , the sister of Te Rangihaeata , a woman … November 1839. In May 1840 Te Whiwhi signed a copy of the Treaty of Waitangi, brought to the area by Henry Williams. The …
Type: Biography
… focused design practice in New Zealand in the latter half of the twentieth century. His work continually emphasised … also designed the visitor centre and grounds adjoining the Waitangi Treaty House (1983) with architect John Scott . His …
Type: Biography
… links with Ngāi Tuiti-Matua and Te Whānau-a-Tūwhakairiora of the Ngāti Porou tribal confederation. He succeeded to the … people's mana, his acceptance of the implications of the Treaty of Waitangi, which his brother Kakatarau had signed, and his …
Type: Biography