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… for their lands. 1840s: European settlers The invading hapū were attracted by the prospect of fruitful contact with … There was debate over who had the right to sell. Rangitāne hapū maintained that they had retained ownership of …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… relationships between couples were the concern of whānau, hapū and sometimes iwi, not just individuals. Māori love … a focus on passion and the way marriages connected whānau, hapū and iwi. They are still used to illustrate the …
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Part of story: Love and romance
… Hōri Ngātai was from Ngāti Hē hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi , and was born at Maungatapu, near … the Tauranga Harbour had been apportioned to various hapū and the Queen's sovereignty should 'remain out in the …
Type: Biography
… iwi have interests in the King Country. Ngāti Manunui (a hapū of Ngāti Tuwharetoa) has a marae at Kākahi, and hapū of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi (a Whanganui iwi) have a …
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Part of story: King Country region
… then a leading chief of Tūhoe. He had links with the hapū Ngāti Rongo and Ngāti Haka. As well as learning to read … In 1920 he taxed every working member of his whānau and hapū 2s. 6d. to assist in paying expenses to take a case …
Type: Biography
… Beach (also known as Waipuka) is owned by the Ngāti Mihiora hapū (subtribe). Access to the beach is via the hapū’s Pukepuke Tangiora Estate. Other settlements Small …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… Wiremu Kīngi Te Aweawe and his first wife, Hinetārake. His hapū was Ngāti Hineaute, who trace their descent from … in relation to land formerly possessed by his own Rangitāne hapū, Ngāti Hineaute and Ngāi Tamawahine. In 1863, along …
Type: Biography
… in the Whakatomotomo Valley, the heartland of his father's hapū, Ngāti Ngāpū-o-te-rangi. He attended Pirinoa School and … Te Whāiti acquired a leadership role among his family and hapū for which he had not been prepared as a youth. After …
Type: Biography
… The economic activities of Māori were whānau- and hapū-based. The whānau was directed by a kaumātua (elder) while the hapū was directed by a rangatira. Economic activities …
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Part of story: Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy
… near Katikati, Tauranga. It includes the Tāmaki isthmus, Te Hapū-a-Kohe, the Piako, Ōhinemuri and Wairoa districts, the …
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Part of story: Hauraki tribes
… such as Muaūpoko became tribes in their own right, but most hapū (sub-tribes) remained part of a wider tribal consortium …
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Part of story: Rangitāne
… Early Māori seldom traversed this zone, which lay between hapū (sub-tribe) settlements. However, many of its summits …
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Part of story: Northland places
… chant accompanying a dance with actions hāngī earth oven hapū descent group, clan; modern meaning: section of a …
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… of the settlement known as Rātana pā. Her father’s iwi and hapū included Ngāti Rangiwaho and Nga Wairiki (two hapū of Ngāti Apa ), Ngā Rauru and Ngāti Hine of Whanganui. Her mother was of various Whanganui hapū and of Te Āti Awa. Maata was fostered by elderly Ngāti …
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… Rāpata Wahawaha, of Te Aowera hapū of Ngāti Porou, was born at either Te Puia or Akuaku, … further north, fighting broke out within Ngāti Porou. Some hapū sympathised with Pai Mārire, some were divided, and … were at Pukemaire. Rāpata led 40 men, mostly of Te Aowera hapū, against them. Although the Hauhau won the battles of …
Type: Biography
… Hura was the chief of Ngāi Te Rangihouhiri, once a powerful hapū of Ngāti Awa , which occupied several villages in the … Hikakino and later Te Tāwera, who committed their whole hapū and their immediate families. The word spread to Whakatāne and soon the leaders of hapū living there also accepted the new religion; the young …
Type: Biography
… moved into ecotourism ventures. Members of Ngāti Kurī, a hapū of the Ngāi Tahu tribe, created Kaikōura Whale Watch. …
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Part of story: Te whānau puha – whales
… knew their birth parents and had contact with them. Whānau, hapū and iwi took part in making whāngai decisions. …
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Part of story: Adoption
… surplus food was vital to individual whānau (families) and hapū (sub-tribes), the use of food to maintain mana was …
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Part of story: Te mahi kai – food production economics
… and ability that has been passed down from their whānau, hapū or iwi. Healers unite Ngā Ringa Whakahaere o te Iwi …
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Part of story: Rongoā – medicinal use of plants