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… Zealand, the Māori economy was based on a barter system. Hapū (subtribes) and iwi (tribes) exchanged goods on a … and natural resources were under the jurisdiction of hapū and iwi. Exchange of goods was a customary practice …
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Part of story: Ngā haumi a iwi – Māori investment
… were believed to live. Karutahi In 2002, the Ngāti Naho hapū in Waikato objected to construction of a highway in a … himself at Ngāwhā Springs and other geothermal areas. Local hapū were concerned that the prison would impede his travel. …
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Part of story: Taniwha
… five times. All his wives were chosen by his people from hapū within the Tūhoe district in order to create social, … of Tūroa Pekatū, a prominent leader from Te Māhurehure hapū. They had no children. Takurua then married Kumeroa Whakamoe of Te Whānau Pani hapū of Waikaremoana, who was also linked to Te Urewera hapū …
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… most people, partners were ideally chosen from within the hapū or iwi group. Marriages were often arranged, with … down. After armed conflict, for example, the victorious hapū or iwi often absorbed, through inter-marriage, those … chosen to create or maintain links with other iwi or hapū. Waikato Maniapoto iwi were a notable example of this, …
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Part of story: Marriage and partnering
… Pāora Taki belonged to Ngāi Te Rakiāmoa hapū of Ngāi Tahu . He was born probably in the early … his mother, Kere, claimed further descent from Te Ātawhiua hapū of Canterbury and Ngāti Kurī hapū of Kaikōura. Pāora Taki served his apprenticeship as a …
Type: Biography
… 2013, Ngā Rauru had about 4,000 members, who belonged to 14 hapū (clan or descent goups). The 14 hapū are affiliated to the following marae: Rangitāwhi, …
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Part of story: Ngā Rauru Kītahi
… from Te Whiti-o-Rongomai I, the ancestor of Ngāti Te Whiti hapū of Te Āti Awa. Through Āniwaniwa, Te Whiti's son and … she was closely connected with another Te Āti Awa hapū, Ngāti Tāwhirikura. Te Kakapi's connections and her … to Wairarapa with Heretaunga (Hawke's Bay) allies from four hapū led by Te Hapūku . Te Hapūku retreated when he saw how …
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… held not individually, but collectively by all members of a hapū or iwi. Treaty of Waitangi From the first days of … prove their rights to it. They gave whakapapa, named their hapū, and identified boundary markers, geographical … became fixed. The older practice of one or more tribes or hapū occupying different lands in different seasons to …
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Part of story: Māori Land Court – Te Kōti Whenua
… committees to raise funds and promote MEF’s ideals amongst hapū and whānau. Although Māori organisations worked hard to … o Raukawa (TWOR) was established in 1975 to be the focus of hapū and iwi planning, continuity and growth of three linked … TWOR pioneered marae-based studies that enable learning in hapū communities. From a very modest beginning TWOR boasted …
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Part of story: Ngā rōpū – Māori organisations
… known as Te Kurapa Te Ao), was a shearer of Ngāti Tāwhaki hapū; his mother, Matahera Te Hira of Te Urewera hapū, was a grand-daughter of Te Whenuanui I , the Tūhoe … spots belonging to Te Urewera, Ngāti Tāwhaki and the other hapū based around Ruatāhuna. He was taught about the …
Type: Biography
… education in the traditions and genealogies of the many hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu of Wairarapa. In later life he was … Maikara Āporo , of Ngāti Hinewaka and Ngāti Kauhī hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu, and of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti … nearly 500 cattle. Te Whāiti employed a number of the local hapū in shearing and other activities on the station. Te …
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… Pakanga, he was an influential chief in Ngāti Te Whiti hapū of Te Āti Awa . He was junior to his cousins and … about 1820. Te Rauparaha had persuaded southern Te Āti Awa hapū to help him in attacking Tūkorehu. However, when a huge … this migration, as did Ngāti Tama and various Te Āti Awa hapū. Ngātata was among the chiefs travelling with Ngāti …
Type: Biography
… and was deputed by his elders to conduct the affairs of the hapū. Niniwa grew up during the time he was developing … and taking an increasing role in the management of the hapū's other affairs. In the 1860s Niniwa's father took her … Hikawera recognised Niniwa as the leading woman of her hapū, and entrusted the hapū's treasures, two greenstone …
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… simple title (permanent and absolute ownership). Whānau, hapū and iwi need to apply to the court or negotiate … public access and recreation, while allowing local iwi, hapū or whānau to exercise certain rights set out in the …
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Part of story: Law of the foreshore and seabed
… of these bones was done in secret so that enemies of the hapū could not uncover the dead and desecrate their remains. … ceremony was just as much about feasting and recalling the hapū or iwi together. They would not only remember those who …
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Part of story: Tangihanga – death customs
… , also known as Taapu Minarapa, of the Taranaki hapū Puketoretore and Ngāti Haupoto. His mother was Rīpeka … Kīngi Te Matakātea . He found employment with others of his hapū at the Ōpunake flax mill and on public works, and … period were put to good use in 1885, when Te Kāhui and his hapū built a road through land granted to them by the Crown …
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… Taukē, of Te Inu-ā-wai hapū of Ngā Ruahine, a section of Ngāti Ruanui , was born … trustees named in a Crown grant of a 20 acre block for his hapu, but he refused to take rents for reserve lands leased … his headstone he was aged 104 years. A leading elder of his hapū, he had become the guardian of his people's tribal lore …
Type: Biography
… In the early 19th century a state of war existed between hapū (sub-tribes) of Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Kahungunu around Waikaremoana. Tūhoe hapū moved from other parts of the tribal territory to the … They built and occupied pā, and intermarried with local hapū, to the extent that Ngāti Ruapani-ki-Waikaremoana …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tūhoe
… nearby pā of Kaiapoi. Tūhuru was a chief of Ngāti Waewae, a hapū of Ngāi Tahu. He reached adulthood during a turbulent … pā at Māwhera (Greymouth) and returned east. Later, several hapū of Ngāi Tahu combined to defeat Ngāti Wairangi. Tūhuru … was a powerful warrior chief, of huge stature. He and his hapū were involved in the defeat of Ngāti Wairangi at …
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… and several others responsible for many of the modern-day hapū groupings spread throughout the East Coast. The hapū which resides at Whāngārā is Ngāti Konohi. Local … as Tītīrangi Reserve, an ancestral site of Ngāti Oneone hapū, overlooks the city. Superb panoramic views are …
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Part of story: East Coast places