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… Europeans brought to New Zealand was the practice of city life. Māori had never developed cities, living … Sporadic efforts to impose order contributed to the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. Possibly in an attempt to live down its …
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Part of story: City history and people
… Lindsay Buick was born in Oamaru on 13 May 1865, the son of John Walker Buick, a tailor, and his wife, Margaret … in 1911, and in 1914 published his best-known book, The Treaty of Waitangi. This appeared in a second edition in 1933 and a …
Type: Biography
… Cambridge. He had affiliations with Ngāti Hauā . The names of his parents are not known, and his own personal names are … VII to treat Māori and European equally in terms of the Treaty of Waitangi. He attended a meeting of 3,000 people at Waahi in …
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… Historic Places Trust spent $1 million fixing the mistakes. Treaty House In 1932 Governor-General Lord Bledisloe and his wife gifted to the nation the decaying former house of British Resident James Busby at Waitangi, and the grounds surrounding it. It was here that …
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Part of story: Historic places
… Hampshire, England. He was the fifth child and third son of Thomas Williams, a lace manufacturer, and his wife, Mary … of his position was apparent at the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. Henry translated the English draft of the …
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… in 1989 and 1992 granted Māori control over one-third of New Zealand’s commercial fisheries. The Māori Fisheries … in quota) were allocated to tribes, and the assets of the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission – $300 million – were … Fisheries and Treaty settlements …
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Part of story: Ngā haumi a iwi – Māori investment
… The land purchases Within a year of the peace settlement with Ngāti Toa, Ngāi Tahu also committed themselves to the Treaty of Waitangi, with its leading chiefs signing at Akaroa, Ruapuke …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tahu
… A direct descendant of Ngāti Te Whiti and Ngāti Tāwhirikura chiefs who … Petone, Ngauranga and Thorndon at the time of the Treaty of Waitangi, Mākere Rangiātea Ralph Love epitomised the …
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… Coromandel Peninsula. His mother was Rīria Pōau (Pōnau) of Whangapoua. Because of wars between her people and … preliminary session held at the meeting house Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the Bay of Islands in April 1892. Mangakāhia … arm of a national Māori union under the authority of the Treaty of Waitangi. The treaty established the Queen's …
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… The celebration of the nation’s centennial in 1940 was by far New Zealand’s … ashore at Russell 5 and 6 February: re-enactment of the Treaty of Waitangi being debated and signed, and the opening of Te …
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Part of story: Anniversaries
… in tohunga. Some Pākehā missionaries attributed the spread of disease to a lack of Christian faith. As their own … from 1907. The Act has also been viewed as a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi, as it challenged traditional Māori wisdom – … The impact of colonisation …
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Part of story: Rongoā – medicinal use of plants
… spent three weeks in the region. He observed the transit of Mercury at Whitianga, sailed around the Coromandel … 1858 census by Francis Fenton put the population at 2,000. Treaty of Waitangi Chiefs of Ngāti Pāoa signed the Treaty of Waitangi …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel region
… born on 6 March 1916 at Poroporo, near Whakatāne, the son of Te Wiremu Tāmati Waaka of Ngāti Pūkeko , a farmer, and … was built to take part in the 1990 celebrations at Waitangi, marking the 150th anniversary of the signing of the treaty. Waaka was one of the elders who taught the men …
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… also includes financing this process. In the early years of European settlement publishing was often … as lieutenant-governor, the invitation to Māori chiefs to Waitangi in February 1840 and, subsequently, 200 copies of the Māori text of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document. Colenso …
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Part of story: Publishing
… 26 December 1888. According to tradition, he was the first of his people born in a European-style house and was known … rights' of fishing and navigation of lakes, and that the Treaty of Waitangi never contemplated private ownership of navigable …
Type: Biography
… England, probably on 25 April 1809, the eldest son of the merchant William Swainson. His mother's name is not … legislation which had sought to give legal effect to the Treaty of Waitangi. The Land Claims Bill introduced into the …
Type: Biography
… and Moriori – about grievances dating from the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust The …
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Part of story: Chatham Islands
… their homeland in Kāwhia to the Kāpiti region, the fortunes of Ngāti Toa rose. At Kāpiti Island in 1824, they and their … the South Island. The leadership of Te Rauparaha When the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840, Ngāti Toa controlled extensive …
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Part of story: Ngāti Toarangatira
… Kahe Te Rau-o-te-rangi was the daughter of Te Matoha, of Ngāti Toa, and Te Hautonga, of Ngāti … Rau-o-te-rangi. Kahe was one of five women who signed the Treaty of Waitangi; she gave her agreement on 29 April 1840 when Henry …
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… in the 1970s new ideas about identity began to have a profound impact on New Zealand. They took root especially … land and the need to take seriously the promises of the Treaty of Waitangi. Brown dreams Donna Awatere emphasised the …
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Part of story: Ideas in New Zealand