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… In the 19th century marriage was seen as the foundation of society, with each … married, or they can have a civil union. Nevertheless, marriage and weddings remain important to many, and in 2013 … Marriage and partnering …
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… However, many conflicts were settled through political marriages. For instance, the marriage of Hinemoa (of the Tūhourangi people) to Tūtānekai … Warfare and marriages …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… To a great extent, marriage retained its privileged status for much of the 20th … with 16 as the minimum for both girls and boys. Occasional marriages of girls under 16 had drawn the attention of … Marriage, 1900 to the 1960s …
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Part of story: Marriage and partnering
… Māori marriage arrangements Māori marriages were traditionally … Marriage arrangements and dating …
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Part of story: Love and romance
… Marriage within traditional Māori society was shaped by the … were ideally chosen from within the hapū or iwi group. Marriages were often arranged, with children promised in … Marriage in traditional Māori society …
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Part of story: Marriage and partnering
… In 19th-century New Zealand marriage was a personal relationship with very important … keeping the family intact. Bigamy, polygamy and common-law marriages Not all marriages were what they seemed. Bigamous, … Marriage in the 19th century …
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Part of story: Marriage and partnering
… Marriage and cohabitation Until the 1970s there was a strong … Marriage, separation and sole parenting …
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Part of story: Parenting
… The rules around marriage – customary and legal – began to loosen from the … younger people, were in favour of the change. The first marriages of same-sex couples took place in late August …
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Part of story: Marriage and partnering
… Tribal society Intermarriage is usually defined as a relationship between … Māori women in succession. ‘Till death do us part’ Marriages between the races were not always stable. However, … Early intermarriage …
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Part of story: Intermarriage
… responses Early missionaries were not always in favour of marriage between Māori and non-Māori. Reverend Henry Williams refused to formalise such marriages, particularly if the woman was unbaptised. … Intermarriage in colonial society …
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Part of story: Intermarriage
… mothers are also on average younger than non-Māori mothers. Marriage Māori marriages involved tribal and whānau negotiations. From the …
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Part of story: Families: a history
… peace agreement. This would sometimes also involve arranged marriages between the parties. Such a tatau pounamu was made … In the discussions, Te Hipara offered his daughter in marriage to Ngāi Tūhoe. While she represented the tatau …
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Part of story: Pounamu – jade or greenstone
… rarity, which was seen as challenging the sanctity of marriage. Separation and desertion (walking out on marriage and family) were alternatives to divorce. Desertion … incest, bestiality, bigamy, rape or extreme cruelty. Rotten marriages Whether 'the woman suffered from being associated …
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Part of story: Divorce and separation
… At this time sexual intercourse mainly occurred within marriage. Because most women married, and did so at a young … they often had to choose between work (and no children) or marriage (and children) – though some did both. Births outside marriage were still uncommon. These social changes led to …
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Part of story: Pregnancy, birth and baby care
… and stayed at this rate for the next 30 years. Rates of marriage dropped and people married later. These patterns … to older parents, often couples in de-facto relationships. Marriages increasingly occurred when a relationship had …
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Part of story: Families: a history
… divorced people could marry under certain conditions. ‘The marriage of a divorced person may be solemnised by a Bishop … or Priest notwithstanding that the other party to a prior marriage is still living, where there are good and … grounds to believe that: any divorced person intending marriage sincerely regrets that the promises made in any …
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Part of story: Anglican Church
… Marriage and family have been the focus of much attention, … people in de facto relationships in the early 21st century. Marriage in the mid-19th century In colonial New Zealand … exception was puhi (high-born women) destined for political marriages. European explorers and settlers commented on the …
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Part of story: Gender inequalities
… than divorce as a way of ending a failing or unwanted marriage, wives relied for support on family or close … they often suggested the woman give children of the marriage to their father. Failure to pay maintenance was … share of assets or a lump sum. The act applies to all marriages and civil unions, but the equal-division rules are …
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Part of story: Divorce and separation
… on their chiefly mana. Rereahu’s eldest son by his first marriage was Te Ihingaarangi. This son naturally expected … However Rereahu preferred Maniapoto, the eldest son by his marriage to Hineaupounamu. While Te Ihingaarangi was away, … of the Waipā River and the Rangitoto Ranges. Matakore’s marriage to Waiharapepe connected his tribe to the Te Arawa …
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Part of story: Ngāti Maniapoto
… might identify as heterosexual and live in a traditional marriage, but could also be sexually attracted to men and … and settlers brought an ideal of monogamous heterosexual marriage, prejudices against homosexuals, and expectations that children would be conceived within marriage. Māori children born outside marriage were welcomed …
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Part of story: Sexualities