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… concluded that those who had hunted the moa belonged to prehistory and were a Palaeolithic people. Percy Smith’s Great … Hīroa), who claimed to have special insights into Māori history because of his ‘Polynesian corpuscles’, argued that …
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Part of story: Ideas about Māori origins
… lived, Te Rangiotū received an extensive education in the history and traditions of Rangitāne. His knowledge was put … at Puketōtara, near present day Rangiotū, to discuss tribal history and genealogy and to set down a written record. His meticulous notes remain the source of tribal history, and some of his genealogical charts appear in John …
Type: Biography
… through him. Visitors who wanted to discuss Moriori history and customs, such as Stephenson Percy Smith and … (son of the first resident magistrate) to collect Moriori history, traditions, chants and vocabulary. Tapu's part in … as a book, The Moriori people of the Chatham Islands: their history and traditions. Tapu was also the sole informant for …
Type: Biography
… Warburton and Roy Clevely all published books on the early history of the region. Monte Holcroft set a high literary standard for rural history with his account of Manawatū county, The line of … and Leslie Adkin wrote extensively on Māori and the natural history of Horowhenua and neighbouring districts. Others …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… Howard Kippenberger on the draft of the Māori Battalion’s history with the War History Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs. … train Māori welfare officers. In 1955 he completed an MA in history; his thesis was entitled ‘An account of the Māori …
Type: Biography
… At other times he was called upon to lecture on Māori history and health at schools and he compiled a thorough … moteatea , and in 1918–19 wrote, in excellent Māori, the history of Te Whetū-matarau pā. He was an authority on the Māori history of Poverty Bay. Merewhati Wī Repa died in 1926. From …
Type: Biography
… well known as a broadcaster for his accounts of Māori history, mythology and poetry. He broadcast his own … for the Commercial Hotel, Blenheim, depicting local history from Cook ’s landing to the present day, with a …
Type: Biography
… and foreign-language studies Criticism and the arts History and historians Ideas in New Zealand Life sciences … Philosophy Physics, chemistry and mathematics Public history Research institutions Social sciences Whare wānanga … Diverse families Divorce and separation Families: a history Family welfare Genealogy and family history Marriage …
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… launch and guiding people around the lake. He learnt Tūhoe history and began to develop skills as a communicator and … of whakapapa, of Māori culture and of regional and national history was prodigious. He was called on often for advice, …
Type: Biography
… was often used for this. Archaeology is the study of human history and prehistory through the analysis of physical sites and material …
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Part of story: Anthropology and archaeology
… to support lectures, research and publications on Waikato history. His crowning achievement, the two books Armed … (1964), remain the standard authorities on Hamilton history between 1864 and 1894. They were meticulously … were newspapers and personal informants (including some Maori), along with official archives for the earlier …
Type: Biography
… the British Empire. In the 1920s James Cowan’s two-volume history of the wars, which in one sense was a pioneering … to the Imperial and Colonial forces and the friendly Maoris who gave their lives for the country during the N.Z. … with a large sign which read: ‘In remembrance of the Maori people who suffered in the military campaigns – honour …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… of an encyclopaedic knowledge of Ngāi Tahu natural lore and history pertaining to the Canterbury area. (In later life Tīkao disavowed any competence in the traditional history of southern Ngāi Tahu.) His extensive exposure to … and Herries Beattie, who recorded and published Ngāi Tahu history and traditional information. Tīkao's grasp of …
Type: Biography
… things. It maps relationships so that mythology, legend, history, knowledge, tikanga (custom), philosophies and …
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Part of story: Whakapapa – genealogy
… and historical subjects; he took great interest in the Maori and recorded their activities in several fine … Watkins (wife of his artist friend Kennett Watkins), and a Maori chief, Mohi. He also painted portraits of racehorses. Steele's history paintings were sometimes very large and painted …
Type: Biography
… many faces, many manifestations. Gone are the values, the history and the very essence that makes us intrinsically Maori.’ 2 The authors concluded that ‘[t]he preservation of this traditional practice is reliant upon Maori whānau practising and living by the values and …
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Part of story: Whāngai – customary fostering and adoption
… He also conducted schools of learning in Māori culture and history for Tūhoe students and young people. The result was … Ringatū church’s prayer book and thoroughly researched the history of Te Kooti , his songs and prophetic sayings. Most …
Type: Biography
… community means that their views about New Zealand and its history, the state and government policies are not wholly …
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Part of story: Political values
… grandmother, Rāhera Te Kahuhiapō , from whom he learnt the history and genealogy of his people. Around 1906 he went to … one: Atirau. John Asher became a noted authority on Māori history, particularly of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. He built up a …
Type: Biography