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… iwi. These anthems often share part of the tribe’s unique history, and their singing invokes tribal pride. One such … to produce several Māori-themed musical works including a ‘Maori’ quartet in 1913 and the song ‘Waiata poi’, which was …
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Part of story: Waiata hōu – contemporary Māori songs
… promoted as a spiritual experience, focusing on its Māori history. As the original entrance was considered tapu …
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Part of story: Caving
… south-west of the North Island. There is no recent eruption history. …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… nearly half the region’s inhabitants in 2013. A turbulent history Waikato was the stage on which some of the most significant dramas in New Zealand history were enacted. Settled in the 13th century by Māori …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… began to agitate for reform. By this point in modern Māori history, the biggest focus was on matters of identity, in … (including Kapiti: island of spirits , 1973, and The Maori land march , 1975), drama ( Uenuku , 1974, and Death …
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Part of story: Māori and television – whakaata
… from 1892, and in 1895 won C. B. Izard's New Zealand History Prize. By 1897 her teaching career had begun nearby … graduated BA in 1908 and returned in 1920 to take her MA in history, graduating in 1921. After teaching at Waipawa … in two rarely taught subjects: New Zealand history and Maori culture. Her untiring energy as critic, producer and …
Type: Biography
… data can be applied to reconstruct Māori population history back to the 19th century. …
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Part of story: Death rates and life expectancy
… museum and art gallery. It has a strong emphasis on Māori history in the region. The museum also boasts Wyllie Cottage … lived in Gisborne from 1911, was active in gathering local history and published the book Historic Poverty Bay and the …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… of Te Māori exhibition at the Field Museum of Natural History. She loved her cultural heritage with a passion, … dedication as a teacher. An expert on whakapapa and tribal history, she contributed information to the Dictionary of …
Type: Biography
… significance. Muttonbirds are plentiful, and in recorded history Rakiura Māori have never imposed a catch quota. …
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Part of story: Tītī − muttonbirding
… able to cross vast distances is an iconic event in world history. The art of adaptation Māori were very quick to draw …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori
… what happened next. It is also a comprehensive guide to the history, culture and identity of the various iwi (tribes). …
Type: Basic page
… 'the Protestants among the savages of New Zealand, or the history of Pai Mārire' ( I Protestanti tra i selvaggi della … who had close contact with Pai Mārire. The book is not a history of Pai Mārire, however, but an expression of …
Type: Biography
… protest campaign was organised, with the slogan ‘No Maoris, no tour’. Anglican bishop Wiremu Panapa (Ngāti … the tour reached a level unparalleled in New Zealand history. By now both the Māori protest movement and the …
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Part of story: Ngā rōpū tautohetohe – Māori protest movements
… of interest into environmental issues. Ford explored Māori history and traditions, especially in his paintings of … art? In 1976 Ralph Hōtere was quoted as saying, ‘I am Maori by birth and upbringing. As far as my work is …
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Part of story: Painting
… the law. Tāwhai had reservations about the writing of Māori history by Pākehā. Nevertheless, he corresponded with the … and Hongi Hika . Tāwhai also intended to write the history of Hongi Hika, but the protracted illnesses which …
Type: Biography
… one another and with lesbians overseas. Preserving lesbian history The Lesbian Information, Library and Archives Centre …
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Part of story: Lesbian lives
… Cowan ’s collection of historical stories, Tales of the Maori b ush. Clif saw it as their first secular publication … the origin of his own long interest in Māori legends and history. As Alfred Reed withdrew from day-to-day management … in the 1930s was the Caxton Press, a legend in the history of New Zealand literature. It began in late 1932 as …
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Part of story: Publishing
… on the renowned collection of songs Nga moteatea . Jones’s history of Tainui, Nga iwi o Tainui , was published … Waitomo jointly published a journal called Footprints of history between 1988 and 2004. Ron Cooke published Roll back the years , a journal covering the history of the central and southern King Country, from 1980. …
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Part of story: King Country region