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… Hēmi Huata was the fourth child of Tāmihana Huata, the first vicar of Wairoa Māori pastorate, who had succeeded the … Hēmi inherited his father's mana. His mother was Rīpeka, a woman of high rank from Rangiāhua, and he had two elder … the items. Hēmi and Rōpine had 11 children. When their first grandchild was born, following traditional custom they …
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… and other Māori board games were only played after the first contacts between Māori and Europeans. They suggest … of US universities. Māori learn draughts Draughts was the first European game to gain wide popularity among Māori. … became very expert at draughts. In 1845 a Bay of Islands woman was ‘famed for her skill at this game. She makes a …
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Part of story: Cards, board games and puzzles
… Te Arawa. Moana was a nephew of the well-known Ngāti Porou woman of mana Materoa Reedy . Maraeake, the family home … , was sent to attack the position. To do this he had to first order an attack on high ground in front of Point 209. … courage and leadership of the highest order, he was himself first on the hill crest, personally annihilating at least …
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… Leary. The family were devout Catholics and as a young woman Catherine decided to join the order of the Sisters of … two problems: a shortage of staff and a lack of money. The first was solved by a vigorous policy of recruitment. Both … foundations of the Sisters of Mercy in 1927. At the first post-amalgamation elections in 1927 she was re-elected …
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… money to send three trained nurses. Shadbolt was among the first to volunteer, and was appointed leader of the team. … that it was no time for quibbles; Spain's anguish came first. In early 1938, during the Jarama offensive, with … Henderson, she was widely mourned as a brave and remarkable woman. …
Type: Biography
… and Geoffrey ended a distinguished career as the country’s first national librarian. Gwen Alley understood her father’s … by Victoria University of Wellington in 1975; she was the first woman to receive an honorary degree from the university. Her …
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… Marlborough’s first recorded horse-racing meeting took place on 10 January … won the premiership title in 2019. The Seddon Shield was first competed for in 1906. Named for the recently deceased … Mangamāunu Māori school, just north of Kaikōura, in 1897. A woman possessed Katherine Mansfield’s story ‘The voyage’ …
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Part of story: Marlborough region
… Hūhana (Susan), daughter of Rīmaumau (Maumau), a high-born woman of Ngāpuhi . Attending school first at Parnell in Auckland, Stowell, apparently at the … the tohunga Ngā Kuku Mumu, whom he later described as 'my first and my grandest old mentor'. Stowell's abiding …
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… of the Tūtaekuri River and stopped to plan his tactics. First he sang a lament for Pakapaka to assuage his grief and … and customs of the tribe. Tareahi had several children. His first son, Porokoru Mapu, was born to Hinewhakaehua of Ngāti … was soon to fall on Colenso for his liaison with a Māori woman. Donald McLean , at that time a government agent …
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… from an American whaling ship, and Te Oki, a high-ranking woman of Te Rarawa. The name Te Wake came from an early … and tapu to move and rebury the remains safely. Te Wake's first wife was Maraea (Maraia) Topia, whom he married … seven children. He later married Kare Pauro Kawatihi. Their first child was Hōhepine (Whina), born in 1895; a second …
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… Aitia te wahine i roto i te pā harakeke. Marry the woman found in the flax plantation. This whakataukī … serrata ) or hīnau ( El a eocarpus dent atus ) was first steeped in water. The muka was soaked in this liquid, … and with a great deal of ceremony. The novice was first made ready to receive knowledge of the arts of weaving …
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Part of story: Māori weaving and tukutuku – te raranga me te whatu
… writing also has themes of isolation and melancholy. His first novel, Maori g irl (1960), created controversy because … the racial discrimination encountered by a young Māori woman, Netta, who moves from the countryside to Wellington. … The love c ontract (1976) follows Kate and Rex Goodman’s first decade of marriage in the sparkling new suburb of …
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Part of story: City images
… of Canterbury. The need for war memorials at the end of the First World War offered Trethewey new opportunities. He … dramatic groupings (a pioneer man and son, and a pioneer woman and family); lions in art deco style, which stood … was New Zealand's outstanding home-grown sculptor in the first half of the twentieth century, and because of his …
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… Ngāti Maru descent. He had a half-brother from his mother’s first marriage, and his parents also fostered more than 30 … in Auckland, Wātene married Phyllis May Rukutai, a Tainui woman from Kōmata, Hauraki. During the 1940s and 1950s … Union conference in Tehran. He was one of the first Māori to represent Parliament at such a level. The …
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… Joseph Carroll and his wife, Tapuke, a Ngāti Kahungunu woman of high rank, through whom the family land at Huramua … Turi's parents arranged for their children to receive their first schooling at the Huramua homestead (sometimes called … over management of the 2,200-acre family farm. During the First World War Carroll took an active part in recruitment …
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… Fine Arts and his work was soon well known. In 1864 he won first prize in a state art competition for his painting, 'The Buffalo Ranges'. He first visited New Zealand, as an established artist, in … have been.' It is believed Caroline was the first European woman to make this rigorous journey. On their return to …
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… were matters for the New Zealand government to address. First World War While in London, Te Rata witnessed the outbreak of the First World War. His secretary wrote, ‘Kei te kino rawa atu … Zealand), was thrown at her, and she was called ‘the German woman’. She astutely responded, ‘Is not the King of England …
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Part of story: Kīngitanga – the Māori King movement
… affair. The y oung New Zealand p oets included just one woman, Jan Kemp, among its 19 contributors. But 1975 marked … of a new wave of women writers. Women poets who published first volumes that year included Fiona Kidman and Lauris … ability to deliver surprising revelations. Cilla McQueen first appeared in 1982 with the sparkling landscape poems of …
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Part of story: Poetry
… Ōmāio on the eastern shore of the Bay of Plenty, and was first given the name Te Rata. His father was Te Kohi Edward … Pākehā descent. His mother was Arihia Ngarori Nikorima, a woman of chiefly descent from all the hapū of Te Whakatōhea … occasions in the church year on which he focused were the first day of June, when the planting rites (huamata) were …
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… Ehau Puka Ānaha was descended from Te Rangitakaroro and his first wife, Rangipare. He was the son of Ānaha Kepa Te … marriage, two dying at a very early age. Ngāhirapu was a woman of strong character and high moral values. She was … Kepa enlisted in the army on 17 June 1915 to fight in the First World War. He sailed with the Second Māori Contingent …
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