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… when Europeans first came to New Zealand. Instead, hapū Māori functioned independently under the leadership of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Kīngitanga – the Māori King movement
… the earthworks of which remain visible. Eight iwi and their hapū (sub-tribes) identify with the Taranaki region. In the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Taranaki region
… His descent lines were through Te Horohuhare and Ngāti Haua hapū of Te Rarawa of north Hokianga. He was also kin to …
Type: Biography
… Poutama, of Tangāhoe hapū of Ngāti Ruanui , was born in South Taranaki, probably …
Type: Biography
… Hokianga settler F. E. Maning and Moengaroa of Te Hikutu, a hapū of Ngāpuhi . Her parents divorced, and after her …
Type: Biography
… and grandson of Whakapā and Hinerangi of Ngāi Tukairangi, a hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi from Matapihi, on the eastern side of …
Type: Biography
… Woodgate, both belonged to Te Matehou, Hāmua, and Puketapu hapū of Te Āti Awa. Īhāia’s mother was also of English …
Type: Biography
… inhabitants of the country, they referred to other iwi and hapū, but did not have a collective term for themselves. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ethnic inequalities
… land for the benefit of its owners, their whānau, their hapū and their descendants. Indigenous property rights In …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te ture – Māori and legislation
… He was of Ngāti Te Reinga of Waihou, and Te Rarawa ; his hapū, Te Tāwhiu, was prominent in the north. His mother's …
Type: Biography
… was a member of Te Taoū of Ōrākei, and Ngāti Tamaoho hapū of Te Wai-o-Hua, from south of Papakura. Te Akitai's pā …
Type: Biography
… being the first to enter – usually a puhi selected by the hapū would enter first to whakanoa the house. Tapu or noa? …
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Part of story: Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women
… among Te Arawa for over 50 years. From Te Uri Taniwha hapū of Ngāpuhi , he was born near Ōkaihau, in northern New …
Type: Biography
… of mana, who belonged to Ngāti Rangiwewehi and Tapuika hapū. Her two brothers, Te Kohuru and Te Waro, were …
Type: Biography
… Te Herekiekie of Ngāti Tūwharetoa belonged to the hapu Ngāti Te Aho. He is thought to have been born in the …
Type: Biography
… to Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare and Te Whānau-a-Te Aotawarirangi hapū. The district was once called Toka-a-Namu, referring to …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: East Coast places
… Irihāpeti Mokiho of Ngāi Tūahuriri and Ngāti Pūneke, hapū of Ngāi Tahu. The people of Rāpaki, Ngāti Wheke, gifted …
Type: Biography
… Maru , and Karukino Te Taniwha of Ngāti Puku and Te Mateawa hapu of Ngāti Whanaunga. Taiwiwi was another of his names. …
Type: Biography
… 1827, during the feud known as Kaihuānga, between Ngāi Tahu hapū of the Canterbury Plains area, he took the Murihiku …
Type: Biography
… other areas, however, life went on much as usual as iwi and hapū retained control over their tribal lands. In many …
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Part of story: Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi