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… dynamics of negotiation, conflict and resolution, and the history of food and migration. Other practices such as …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā mātua – Māori parenting
… His Tasmanian-born mother liked the melodious sound of the Maori language and gave her children Maori names. In 1917 the family moved to Remuera, and George … His knowledge of Maori language, customs, aspirations and history was vital in gaining the support of the Maori …
Type: Biography
… casually ask a brief question to elicit some point of history'. The culmination of many years of research was a Māori-language version of the history of the Tainui tribes, from the building of the canoe …
Type: Biography
… a commentator on ancient waiata, well versed in Māori history and lore. It is probable that much of the latter was … on Ngāti Te Whatu-i-āpiti and Ngāti Kahungunu traditional history. Paraire Hēnare Tomoana was chairman of the Tamatea …
Type: Biography
… Tahu, Shortland acquired a framework of South Island Māori history and genealogy. When Godfrey departed on 15 October, … compiled the first brief but authoritative written history of the South Island Māori. His experience was … as an author of great repute and 'the most efficient Maori scholar probably the colony possesses'. In his …
Type: Biography
… Otago, and Director of the postgraduate diploma in natural history film making and communication Allison Dobbie, … University (Albany) Margaret Tennant, formerly Professor of History, Massey University Ranginui Walker, Emeritus … Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu), formerly Fellow in Māori History, Ministry for Culture and Heritage; writer Martin …
Type: Basic page
… heralded the longest-running legal case in New Zealand history. This began in the 1930s with petitions and court …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Whanganui tribes
… his zest for learning – especially his interest in natural history – was such that his future wife was to write: 'He … record all that is as yet unrecorded of the Māoris, their history, life and language.' In 1892 Atkinson clashed with …
Type: Biography
… at Taihoa marae, Wairoa. A man well versed in tribal history, Jimmy Mapu was aware that much was being lost with …
Type: Biography
… sailed into Hokianga Harbour and began the institutional history of Catholicism in New Zealand. The Catholics were …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Catholic Church
… whom died in infancy. Hiwi gained a place in local sporting history by being a member of the Poverty Bay rugby team that …
Type: Biography
… in order to revive and maintain the customs, traditions and history of the Muaūpoko people. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Muaūpoko
… of the Tūhoe people who passed on their knowledge of tribal history and genealogy. The half-Māori, half-Irish medical …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Cultural go-betweens
… He stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in 1999 and 2008. History Wairoa was originally a Māori settlement. The …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… Māori, in its early years than at any later stage in its history. From the 1890s to the 1930s the Journal of the … among Northland Māori. While serving as an officer with the Maori (Pioneer) Battalion during the First World War, Buck …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Anthropology and archaeology
… not only learned in the traditional forms of Māori lore, history and knowledge of genealogy, but was fluent in both … has claims to being the most outstanding woman in the history of Hawke's Bay. She was renowned for her extensive knowledge of tribal lore and history, which enabled her to pursue land claims …
Type: Biography
… social interactions. Exposure to cigarette smoke, a family history of ear infections and spending time in day care are …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Child and youth health
… considered a kaumātua depends on age, knowledge of tribal history and traditions, and the presence of other potential …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Kaumātua – Māori elders
… artists and poets to 'leave the Greek and turn to the Maori' for their inspiration. His views aroused some … led to a commission to compile the mammoth Jubilee history of South Canterbury (1916). The Andersens moved to … 1931, defending the orthodox view of Polynesian traditional history established by Best and S. Percy Smith against the …
Type: Biography