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… extremely knowledgeable on Māori and particularly Mātaatua history. He gained much of his knowledge from his dealings …
Type: Biography
… for the Crown Lands Department, had a keen interest in Maori curios. He was a founder member of the Polynesian Society and wrote extensively on Maori ethnology and colonial history. As a boy Harry joined his father in combing the …
Type: Biography
… advice and coaching from the secretary to the Minister of Maori Affairs, W. T. Ngata, who provided tape recordings to …
Type: Biography
… remains in the background. It embodies New Zealand history and sums up features of the country which, apart …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Coat of arms
… life in a violent one-day eruption – the deadliest in the history of New Zealand settlement. The famous terraces In …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Historic volcanic activity
… 1861 Governor George Grey, as part of his plan to deal with Maori unrest, had forcefully argued for a naval vessel to be … gunboats were of great importance in the outflanking of the Maori position at Meremere and the attack on the … a large collection of ethnological artefacts and natural history specimens in a rather undiscriminating fashion. He …
Type: Biography
… the 1920s and 1930s. In 1949, when contributing to a school history, she commented, 'To be asked to write of Tua Marina … She graduated BA in Latin, education, English and English history in 1917 and MA in history with first-class honours in 1918. That year she …
Type: Biography
… give them access to otherwise unaffordable gear and boats. History Māori were the first New Zealanders to pursue big …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Recreational sea fishing
… New Zealand: its physical geography, geology and natural history (1867) was the first to use uniformitarianism to …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Geomorphology – a history
… in 2011. These institutions initially focused on natural history, but during the 20th century more space was given to human history. Otago Settlers Museum was an early leader. Opened …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Public buildings
… the pseudonym TDH (Tom, Dick and Harry). He also wrote a history of Nelson province in 1942. However, equally … motherhood, eugenics and monetary reform, and to attack 'Maori obstructionists'. After the war he began to take an … The former was described by its author as the 'secret history of New Zealand' and warned that the country faced …
Type: Biography
… played a part in most of the significant changes in netball history. Born in Mataura, Southland, she became a formidable … van Dyk went from villain to hero in New Zealand netball history. In 1995 the tall young South African sharpshooter …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Netball
… the basis of their (and future) studies in New Zealand history. 19th-century recorders of Māori history and traditions, such as John White and Hoani Nahe, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Collecting
… writing, in its move away from political events to social history. It helped inspire interest in the historic heritage …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: West Coast region
… of the King movement would be redeemed and exonerated by history. Tāwhiao and his followers saw their predicament as …
Type: Biography
… he created a record as the ‘only captain in New Zealand history to lose every game he captained’. Although troubled …
Type: Biography
… 16 kilometres south-east of Taumarunui. Kākahi has a long history of Māori occupation, with four fortified pā around …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: King Country places
… was an important way of transmitting scientific knowledge, history, whakapapa and social mores. Samuel Marsden and … of knucklebones or jackstones, the ruru or koruru of the Maori.’ 2 Haka and poi Haka and poi were associated with …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Leisure in traditional Māori society – ngā mahi a te rēhia
… administrative centre of the New Plymouth District Council. History Originally called Ngāmotu (the islands), the site of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Taranaki places
… This work enabled him to pursue a long-standing interest in Maori language and history. In 1892 he was one of the founders of the … war in New Zealand (1879), The history and doings of the Maoris (1885) and The defenders of New Zealand (1887), all …
Type: Biography