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… in 1838 and first celebrated mass at Tōtara Point in the Hokianga. As with other denominations, where the Catholic … leadership of the church, and Te Rūnanga o Te Hāhi Katorika ki Aotearoa (National Catholic Māori Council of New Zealand) …
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Part of story: Ngā hāhi – Māori and Christian denominations
… Tāmihana Korokai said, ‘Haere mai e koro mā! Haere mai ki Rotorua, te whenua o Ngatiwhakaue, moana kau’ [Welcome, …
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Part of story: Take whenua – Māori land tenure
… Origins Until recently, Ngā Rauru Kītahi were thought to have descended from the people of the … name Ngā Rauru take their name from the ancestor Rauru Kītahi. Rauru was a grandson of the early Polynesian … True to his word A Ngā Rauru saying goes: ‘Ko Rauru kī tahi, e kore te kupu e whati’ (Rauru of the one word, …
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Part of story: Ngā Rauru Kītahi
… Ōtaki At Ōtaki, the Ngāti Raukawa tribe’s wharenui (meeting house), … Hutt). The meeting house at Waiwhetū, known as Arohanui Ki Te Tangata (‘goodwill to all people’), was opened in 1960 … and unemployed young Māori. Here they learned work skills and Māori customs. Up to 10,000 people visited the …
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Part of story: Wellington region
… In another tribal tradition humans originated with Tiki. He is either the brother of Tāne and Tūmatauenga, or was … and Makeatutara The demigod Māui was given the name Māui-tikitiki-a-taranga (Māui wrapped in the topknot of Taranga) …
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Part of story: Ngā mātua – Māori parenting
… Origins The King movement (Te Kīngitanga) began in the 1850s, some years … songs and haka. Here is an extract from an often-performed King movement haka: Ka ngapu te whenua Ka haere ngā tangata ki whea? E Ruaimoko Purutia! Tāwhia! Kia ū! Kia ita! A ita! … The King movement …
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Part of story: Waikato tribes
… father and her mother. She was the eldest child of Hihipa-ki-te-rangi, whose own ancestry was from a line of eldest … wife, Te Huhuti, to Taraia I and Kahungunu . Through Hihipa-ki-te-rangi's mother, Hine-i-wahia, Hine-i-paketia was … by Te Hāpuku he visited her at Pātangata, on the Tukituki River, downstream from Waipāwa. Te Hāpuku managed to …
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… of 14 children and also known as John Taiapa, was born at Tikitiki on 10 August 1912. His parents were Tāmati Taiapa and … a trainee with Pine on the carvings for the house Te Hono ki Rarotonga at Tokomaru Bay. Between 1934 and 1937, …
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… canoes. Canoes The Aotea arrived at Pātea in Taranaki. Kurahaupō landed far away at Nukutaurua, near Māhia on … rangi – day, tīkei – to stride out), then Manawatū. Thinking a whistling noise was made by a hōkio bird, he named a place there Hōkio. He named Ōhau after …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… E hoki ki ō maunga Kia purea koe e ngā hau a Tāwhiri-matea. Return to your … Tūhoe today In 2013 the Tūhoe population was 34,890, making Tūhoe one of the larger iwi. Only about 5,000 Tūhoe …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tūhoe
… but conflict became inevitable after a Muaūpoko woman was killed. Muaūpoko sought revenge by killing several members of Te Rauparaha’s family at … in Horowhenua. Peace offering He taonga rongonui te aroha ki te tangata. Goodwill towards others is a precious …
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Part of story: Muaūpoko
… of the economic depression, and the difficulty of working on an active volcano. Farming Many attempts have been … such as Waiheke and Great Barrier (Aotea) in the Hauraki Gulf, and Arapawa and D’Urville (Rangitoto ki te Tonga) in the Marlborough Sounds. Farming has often …
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Part of story: Nearshore islands
… Wellington’s western coast opposite Paraparaumu. Twenty-two kilometres to the south is the much smaller island of Mana … history The name Mana is an abbreviation of Te Mana o Kupe ki Aotearoa, ‘the ability of Kupe to cross the ocean to …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… viticulture, property development and equities. Parininihi ki Waitotara (PKW) Incorporation was set up in 1976 and in … 22,000 hectares of West Coast Settlement Reserves in Taranaki. It had around 8,000 owners of an asset valued at $150 … was the single largest producer of milk solids in the Taranaki region. Poor returns from offshore investments in the …
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Part of story: Ngā haumi a iwi – Māori investment
… at the entrance to Tauranga Harbour, lies Mt Maunganui. Looking north out to sea, Mayor Island is discernible, and … English names: Mt Maunganui – Mauao Mt Edgecumbe – Pūtauaki Mayor Island – Tūhua White Island – Whakaari Whale Island … identify the boundaries in a saying: ‘Mai Ngā Kurī a Whārei ki Tihirau’ – from the Bowentown Heads to Cape Runaway. For …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… mist falling in small drops uwhiuwhi taua – a shower tarariki – persistent showers. Heavy rain is described as: pūroro … of Te Puea Hērangi (a Waikato leader and granddaughter of King Tāwhiao): As the cortege approached Taupiri mountain, fierce rain began to fall. All the Maori kings were, it is said, buried in heavy rain, but no rain …
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Part of story: Tāwhirimātea – the weather
… Blacks have been George Nēpia, Richard ‘Tiny’ White, Ian Kirkpatrick and the Gear brothers – Rico and Hosea. Ian Kirkpatrick played 39 tests for the All Blacks in the 1960s, … Council maintained a number of walkways, mountain-biking and fitness trails. Tītīrangi Domain (Kaiti Hill), once …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… different terms for horse: ‘He hōiho kaha, he kurī kakama ki te haere’ – it is a strong horse (hōiho), it is a fast … Ngāti Tama Whiti hapū in particular. They are seen as kaitiaki (guardians) and taonga (treasures), and a Waitangi … saddle horses, generally from Northland, the Bay of Plenty, King Country and East Coast regions. They often live in a …
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Part of story: Hōiho – horses and iwi
… there was triggered by difficulties with fishing in Hawaiki, his homeland. Apparently the problem was a great octopus … Kupe’s competitor, Muturangi. Kupe set out in his canoe to kill the octopus, and such was the length of the pursuit … for example, commemorate Kupe’s time in Hauraki. A Cook Strait story As with many important traditions, …
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Part of story: First peoples in Māori tradition
… and from 1977 to 1986 provided grants to other groups working in this field. In the 21st century the foundation … service which is affiliated to Te Rūnanga o Ngā Taura Here ki Te Waipounamu and He Oranga Pounamu. Addiction …
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Part of story: Health advocacy and self-help