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… popular. Tī ringaringa was played in pairs, one player making hand movements while reciting a chant that begins, ‘Ka … player had to follow the movements and the chant, without making a mistake. Other hand games (or variations on tī … hipitoitoi, hei tama tu tama, kū, matimati, punipuni and pokirua. Looking for trouble There is debate over whether mū …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro
… is unknown; his mother was Takau Tuaraūpoko Mokoroa ki Aitū (she later took the title Makea Karika Ariki). Pā George was educated at the local London Missionary … at Avarua, he married Ngāpoko (also known as Ngāūpoko) Ariki o Tangiia. Ngāpoko was said to be the daughter of a sea …
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… i riro i a te Kuini, ko te tinana o te whenua i waiho ki ngā Māori’. 1 (The shadow of the land will go to the … A British administration was initially established at Okiato near Kororāreka (present-day Russell), but moved south …
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Part of story: Northland region
… full names are Te Rotoruanui-a-Kahumatamomoe and Te Rotoiti-kite-a-Īhenga. Tia, Tamatekapua’s uncle, travelled south to … in cold weather, and called to his sisters in Hawaiki for fire to warm him. Hot springs on the mountain are … in battle and became known as Rangitihi-te-Upoko-i-takaia-ki-te-akatea (Rangitihi whose head is bound with the akatea …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… Me Manaaki Tātou i tō Tātou Whāea e Takoto Iho Nei, a Papatuanuku. … west to the watershed between the Whakatāne and Rangitāiki rivers, and northwards along Te Ika-whenua-a-Tamatea … and Te Pāpuni in the south-east, Te Whāitinui-a-Toi, Whirinaki and Te Houhi to the west, and Ōpouriao, Waimana and Te …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tūhoe
… on Banks Peninsula, where his digging stick forms Tuhiraki, a prominent peak above Akaroa Harbour. Several South … in the Bay of Plenty, he saw a beautiful woman, Waitaiki, bathing. Smitten, he grabbed her and headed for the … for adzes) Whangamatā near Taupō (obsidian) Rangitoto ki te Tonga (D'Urville Island) in the Marlborough Sounds …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration
… E rere kau mai te awa nui nei Mai i te kāhui maunga ki Tangaroa Ko au te awa Ko te awa ko au. The river flows … river mouth and then made his way to Pātea in south Taranaki, where he planted karaka seed in its sweet soils. Turi and Ngā Paerangi On returning to Hawaiki in Polynesia, Kupe described his explorations to his …
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Part of story: Whanganui tribes
… New Zealand, they needed new terms to explain to Māori the kind of administrative control they proposed to introduce. … of the treaty stated that these chiefs, ‘ka tuku rawa atu ki te Kuini o Ingarani ake tonu atu te Kawanatanga katoa o o …
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Part of story: Kāwanatanga – Māori engagement with the state
… Māori words are common in place names: ao – cloud, day kino – bad manga, ma – stream maunga – mountain nui – big … honour events. For example, Tūpai, a priest aboard the Tākitimu canoe, placed a mauri stone on a mountain between … to honour his uncle Kahu). Mana Island is Te Mana-o-Kupe-ki-Aotearoa (the ability of Kupe to cross the ocean to …
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Part of story: Tapa whenua – naming places
… house. Her photograph commands a prominent place in Auau-ki-te-rangi, the meeting house on Maketu marae at Kawhia. Ede Oldbury continued working into her 80s, saying that she wished to keep 'in touch … on 13 September 1977 having spent her final years in Matariki Geriatric Hospital, Te Awamutu, and was buried beside her …
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… who died in 1847, was Tawhitiōrangi, the son of Te Raetaranaki (Raikaranaki). His mother's name was Haukōpata (Te Hau Kōpatu). Paipai … Kerei, who was born about 1826. On 4 March 1844, at Pūtiki Wharanui, near the mouth of the Whanganui River, Paipai …
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… two-class society, with a small landed élite and a large working class. This changed in the 20th century as dairy … (such as Rathkeale College) have taken its place. The working class makes up a smaller proportion of the population, … to find work. Prejudice meant that most ended up in low-skilled or irregular employment. They often experienced …
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Part of story: Wairarapa region
… Establishing the major museums In the United Kingdom many museums and art galleries were founded after … described as probably ‘the worst managed institution of the kind in the whole of the southern hemisphere.’ 1 A focus on … but in ways that took little account of tradition. Te Hau-ki-Tūranga, at the Colonial Museum, was taken from the East …
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Part of story: Museums
… names the tribe for which each division is intended, striking it with his rod. This being done, the chief of that … each village, he sang, ‘Uea uea i te pou o tou whare, kia wiriwiri, kia tutangatanga wakairi kapua naku, ki runga moeahu taku …
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Part of story: Māori feasts and ceremonial eating – hākari
… topical volumes, including The s uffragists (1993) and Te Kī ngitanga (1996). Beware of what you wish for The story is …
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Part of story: Te Ara – a history
… sailed into Tasman Bay and probably sighted Rangitoto ki te Tonga (D’Urville Island), but substantial European … for £300 in February 1859, with the principal negotiation taking place between Ngāi Tahu leader Kaikōura Whakatau and …
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Part of story: Marlborough region
… i riro i a te kuini, ko te tinana o te whenua i waiho ki ngā Māori’ (The shadow of the land will go to the Queen … million. This included purchase of the 3157-hectare Te Paki Station and other properties, and a cultural endowment …
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Part of story: Muriwhenua tribes
… had been harvested and stored it was said, ‘Kua uru ngā kai ki te rua; kua mutu ngā mahi a te tangata’ (crops are stored … a multitude). New year festival The rising of the Matariki (Pleiades) constellation in June was the signal for the beginning of the new year. In some places, where Matariki was less visible, it was the rising of Puanga (Rigel) …
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Part of story: Leisure in traditional Māori society – ngā mahi a te rēhia
… rere au i te morua titi, morua tata E kohera, e kohera pō Ki roto wai titi. As they said the last word they let go and … near Ruatāhuna in Te Urewera to mourn people who had been killed by a neighbouring hapū. A song was composed to be … There were also other mourning ‘games’. Sometimes at Matariki the kite of a person who had died the previous year would …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro
… A belt of volcanic rock stretching as far as Rangitoto ki te Tonga (D’Urville Island) in the north contains a …
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Part of story: Marlborough region