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… half-brothers were Karaitiana Takamoana and Te Meihana Tākihi. Ngāti Hāwea was his principal hapū. He was also … Heretaunga after 1838. By 1852 he had become a Christian, taking the name Hēnare (Henry) at baptism, and had married … also took part in the sale of the Matau-a-Māui (Cape Kidnapper) block in 1855. In 1856 he joined Takamoana and …
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… 1855. He was the eldest son of Tāwhiao , the second Māori King, and his senior wife, Hera. She was the daughter of … selection by many central North Island tribes to serve as kings reflected its senior lines of descent and important kin connections to other tribes. Mahuta could trace his …
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… register. For most of his life he believed that Ngārongo-ki-tua was his natural mother. She had married Peter's father, William Henry Buck, at Urenui, Taranaki , in the early 1870s. But their marriage was childless … Ngāti Mutunga, many of whom had recently returned to Taranaki from the Chatham Islands. In later life the name of Te …
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… Queen Elizabeth II and the change of our head of state to King Charles III. As we do after every general election, … stories include: Kapa haka , Kīngitanga – the Māori King movement , Ngā rōpū tautohetohe – Māori protest … Commonwealth Games story to take account of the record-breaking feats of our athletes at the most recent winter and …
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… century. He was a leader of Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti. Kinship links within Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Ngāti Ira … with a junior wife. Another brother was Īhaka Mōtoro. His kinswoman, Hine-i-paketia , though a generation younger, was his contemporary and ranked as ariki of Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti. Te Hāpuku was overshadowed …
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… up by his extended whānau in Waiaua, just east of Ōpōtiki. His birth and adoptive mothers were among 14 siblings … father. His whāngai mother, Wairata, and her father, Matewiki, were important influences on Walker as he grew up. … Native School in 1937. Within a year, he was moved to Ōpōtiki Convent School at Wairata’s insistence. Both te reo Māori …
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… also known as Whiti, was baptised in the early 1840s, taking the name Wiremu Kīngi. His younger brothers were also … Te Rangitāke married twice. His first wife was Te Kautū-ki-te-rangi, and they had a son, Eruera; then he married … there was tension between Ngāti Raukawa and the Taranaki peoples, and sometimes fighting; the last occasion was …
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… of his aggressive defence of his tribe's interests and his skill in battle. He was short in stature but of great … rauparaha. Soon after he was born a Waikato warrior who had killed and eaten a relation of his threatened to eat the … by which he was known during his childhood was Māui Pōtiki, because he, like Māui Pōtiki, was lively and …
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… and graphic novels Fiction Māori fiction – ngā tuhinga paki Māori non-fiction and scholarship – ngā tuhinga me te … and interpreting – te whakamāori ā-tuhi, ā-waha hoki Media and Film Cartooning Digital media and the internet … Alcohol and Drugs Alcohol Drugs Liquor laws Māori smoking, alcohol and drugs – tūpeka, waipiro me te tarukino …
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