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… Born in the Ngāti Tama stronghold of Poutama, North Taranaki, early in the nineteenth century, … of giving Māori reason to doubt the good faith of the Treaty of Waitangi. Despite the settlers' angry cries for revenge, the …
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… or John Tūhawaiki, and called 'Bloody Jack' by the sealers of Foveaux Strait, was the leader of Ngāi Tahu in Murihiku … occasions outran other coastal craft. Tūhawaiki signed the Treaty of Waitangi at Ruapuke on 9 June 1840. His name is recorded as …
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… born on 21 October 1922 at Kokewai, a rural area south-east of Kaikohe, Northland. He was of Ngāpuhi descent, with … and in the 1984 hīkoi, which aimed to draw attention to Treaty of Waitangi grievances. After No ordinary sun there were a …
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… probably in the 1780s in the Kāwhia district, was a leader of Ngāti Toa. His hapū included Ngāti Kimihia to which he … 'purchased'. On 19 June 1840 Te Rangihaeata signed the Treaty of Waitangi on board the Herald. He probably intended to do no …
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… born on 5 April 1809 at Hampstead, England, the second son of William Selwyn, a noted constitutional lawyer, and his … and the Māori Chiefs'. He continued to defend the Treaty of Waitangi and condemned the 'fatal mistake' of land …
Type: Biography
… belonged to Ngāti Te Whiti and Ngāti Tāwhirikura hapū of Te Āti Awa. His descent was distinguished. His father was … to punish the offender. Although Te Puni had signed the Treaty of Waitangi on 29 April 1840 at Port Nicholson, he does not …
Type: Biography
… Māui Wiremu Piti Naera Pōmare was one of the generation of Māori leaders educated at Te Aute … Kahe Te Rau-o-te-rangi , one of the few women to sign the Treaty of Waitangi. His father, Wiremu Naera Pōmare, was of Ngāti …
Type: Biography
… Coast on 3 July 1874. He had connections with the leaders of Ngāti Porou . His hapū included Te Whānau-a-Te Ao, Ngāti … to organise the celebrations for the centennial of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1940, and the construction and opening of a …
Type: Biography
… Tarapīpipi was the second son of Te Waharoa of Ngāti Hauā. His mother was Rangi Te Wiwini. … issued a declaration accusing Waikato of violating the Treaty of Waitangi, and requiring Māori submission to the Queen's …
Type: Biography
… northern Hawke's Bay, probably on 20 August 1857, one of eight children of Joseph Carroll and his Ngāti Kahungunu … about the government's actions, sometimes citing the Treaty of Waitangi in support of Māori rights. Carroll's personal …
Type: Biography
… on 2 September 1812 at South Shields. He was the third of five surviving sons of George Townshend Fox and his wife, … and missionary establishment in Auckland. He condemned the Treaty of Waitangi as 'shallow, flimsy sophistry' and adopted the …
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… been killed eight days before, during an attack by the Duke of Wellington's army on Napoleon's soldiers in the fortress … every appearance of scrupulously observing the terms of the Treaty of Waitangi, and assured Māori that their rights to their land …
Type: Biography