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… and obtain fertile lands for European settlement. Māori hapū from the East Coast sent war parties to support the …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… absolute ownership of land. Whānau (extended families) and hapū (sub-tribes) could have different rights to the same …
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Part of story: Land ownership
… the Kauaeranga River was divided into 45 separate tribal or hapū interests, each demarcated by inshore stakes. The …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel region
… was the most important leader of Ngāti Kurī, a founding hapū of Ngāi Tahu in the South Island. She was born at …
Type: Biography
… were purchased. Instead, the trust offered iwi and hapū advice on how to conserve them. Heritage theme parks …
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Part of story: Historic places
… in his time in being able to claim descent from the six hapū of Ngāti Whakaue – Te Roro-o-te-rangi, Ngāti Tūnohopū, …
Type: Biography
… a storekeeper. His mother was descended from the six major hapū of Te Whakatōhea , in particular Ngāi Tamahaua; his …
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… and by the Māori names koinga, kāraerae, mako-huarau, mangō-hapū and mangō-pekepeke. School sharks School sharks ( …
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Part of story: Sharks and rays
… Angiangi, a leader of Ngāti Tūranga and Ngāti Huia descent, hapū of Ngāti Raukawa. The 11th child of 12, but the …
Type: Biography
… to live at Pūkawa, in the territory of Ngāti Manunui, the hapū of his senior wife, Ruingārangi (or Mōrunga); Pūkawa …
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… His father was Nuku and his mother was Te Whakaaro. His hapū were Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki and Ngāi Taoka. Little is …
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… Te Rehi-oriori, Te Maiharoa belonged to Ngāti Huirapa, a hapū of Ngāi Tahu which was also linked to Ngāti Māmoe. …
Type: Biography
… Urewera to fight Te Kooti 's guerrilla army and the Tūhoe hapu who supported him. The expedition left Fort Galatea on …
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… Ngāti Whātua, but mainly in south Auckland. Several hapū (clans or descent groups), such as Te Uringutu and Ngā …
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Part of story: Ngāti Whātua
… She was given land in Waiuku after helping the local hapū (sub-tribe) Ngāti Kahukōkā in its fight against other …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes
… The word whānau means both to give birth and family, and hapū means both pregnant and clan, illustrating the …
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Part of story: Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth
… would be a blood relative of the adopting parent, and the hapū (and sometimes iwi) would give consent, particularly …
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Part of story: Whāngai – customary fostering and adoption
… in one pā there were reportedly 500 dwellings. However, the hapū- or whānau-based kāinga remained the norm in most parts …
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Part of story: Māori housing – te noho whare
… In 1854 fighting broke out among the various Puketapu hapū, who lived north of New Plymouth, after such a dispute … held off challenges from Īhāia Te Kirikūmara of the Ōtaraua hapū, a most astute politician, whose determination to sell … said this as the representative of all those inter-related hapū whose interests would be directly affected by the sale, …
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… at war with Te Roroa and two closely related Ngāti Whātua hapū for a long period. Although some Ngāpuhi were armed … themselves with muskets in self-defence against Hongi's hapū. Then, the heavily armed northern tribes attacked those …
Type: Biography