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… of debate on tribal affairs, whakapapa and traditional history. Much discussion centred on the struggles over the …
Type: Biography
… new (and ultimately failed) shopping mall on the west side. History Waipawa was founded on the banks of the Waipawa …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… to Takaanui's training in Te Arawa lore, tradition and history. It is probable that he learned to read and write … began what was to be his last major work, a four-part history of Te Wera Hauraki 's and Ngāpuhi's activities at …
Type: Biography
… who had encouraged him to become a writer of Māori lore and history. The manuscripts of these and other writings are …
Type: Biography
… Land Court judge at an important stage of the court's history. Regarded as partisan and unorthodox by his …
Type: Biography
… and later acknowledged the positive influence of her history teacher, Lincoln Garfield, who challenged her view … kauri and the willow (1984) and Two peoples: one land : a history of Aotearoa (1988), which dealt with Māori–Pākehā … and showed sensitivity to bicultural issues and Māori history. Nature also features prominently in books such as …
Type: Biography
… at the time were published as The authentic and genuine history of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (1890), the … At the Bay of Islands his growing enthusiasm for natural history was boosted by the brief visit of Charles Darwin on …
Type: Biography
… by his appointment as Camden professor of ancient history at Oxford (1949–70). Dale Trendall Dale Trendall … of Oxford, and was a fellow and praelector in ancient history at University College, Oxford, until his retirement … and Greek wars. At Oxford, Cawkwell taught Austrian ancient history scholar Ernst Badian, who had moved with his family …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Classical and foreign-language studies
… practice. Some – notably Bill Oliver – argued that the history produced by the tribunal was presentist, applying …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Waitangi Tribunal – Te Rōpū Whakamana
… diary of the Kawiti family for years and completed a tribal history. He was widely consulted for his knowledge of genealogy and traditional history. He was also consulted by the Ministry of Works when …
Type: Biography
… One person told the campaign: ‘Disclosing my history of mental illness … was a pretty natural process … …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Mental health services
… since the 1980s. A museum, a peninsula walk, natural history and many cafés are points of interest in the town …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Marlborough places
… in the neighbourhood. At Waipatu marae he made friends with Maori who remembered his father, were tolerant of children, … a strong sense of place, and a lifelong interest in local history and Maori life. At the age of 15 Rainbow joined Williams and …
Type: Biography
… Many older people research and publish their family history, often to pass it on to younger generations. Many … it the most successful games in its 32 year history. Wedding anniversaries are important events and a …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Older people
… opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa, and exhibitions about the history of rugby. The colour black was a popular theme. A … yarn, Carry me back (1982), and a serious documentary history series, The game of our lives (1996). A very …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Sport and the nation
… murals, in the main and adjacent streets, depict the town’s history. The project was started by local artists in 1991 …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… by the Rotorua Māori Choir. The resulting 48 titles made history as the first large-scale recording session of Māori …
Type: Biography
… The smaller Lake Waikareiti is north-east of Waikaremoana. History Lake Waikaremoana is sacred to Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… 2,000 people in the North Island, 95 per cent of whom were Maori. On 29 August 1913 the minister of public health, R. … a group of fifth-year Otago medical students to revaccinate Maori in the North Island. Four months later he named the 14 … That year he was made an OBE. His knowledge of the history of orthopaedics in New Zealand was recognised by …
Type: Biography
… north of Dargaville, naming more than 100 places. Māori history is remembered in the naming of places after …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Tapa whenua – naming places