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Before 1840: sailors and missionaries

… Pana (Jane Burns), who went on to marry H. K. Taiaroa, a Ngāi Tahu leader. First arrivals in the far north Two …

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Part of story: Scots

Early inhabitants

… Island as his base. Much further south, his opponent, the Ngāi Tahu leader Tūhawaiki, had a home on Ruapuke Island, …

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Part of story: Nearshore islands

Government

… institution in the country as a whole. Anamata is a Ngāi Tūhoe training establishment based in Whakatāne. …

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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region

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Government, tribal and economic organisations

… Group Holdings had $1.1 billion dollars in assets while Ngāi Tahu holdings were $1.35 billion in 2015. A number of …

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Part of story: Ngā rōpū – Māori organisations

Haka

… ngākau-maemae or kiriwera to Ngāti Porou and manawawera to Ngāi Tūhoe. The divinatory dance known as ngārahu or tū …

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Part of story: Traditional Māori songs – waiata tawhito

Māori and rivers

… the North Island. Both Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and neighbouring Ngāi Tai tribes believe that this is the fulfillment of an …

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Part of story: Rivers

Māori use of flax

… For instance, the cultivar ‘Māeneene’ was used by the Ngāi Tūhoe people of Urewera to weave fine patterned mats. …

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Part of story: Flax and flax working

Ōpōtiki–Cape Runaway coast

… of Ōpōtiki on State Highway 35. It is a centre for the Ngāi Tai people. They have connections to the Tainui tribes …

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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places

Practical wear

… Southern Alps in the early 19th century, a group of Poutini Ngāi Tahu wore pāraerae (sandals) made of plaited harakeke, …

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Part of story: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

Te Puke to Maketū

… and a small cairn built in 1940 commemorates the event. The Ngāi Te Rangi and Te Arawa tribes contested authority over …

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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places

The impact of colonisation

… The Act has been seen by some as an attempt to control the Ngāi Tūhoe prophet Rua Kēnana, who built an independent …

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Part of story: Rongoā – medicinal use of plants

… raids of the East Coast. Te Rangianini and Tāraia attacked Ngāi Tai at Tōrere, Ngāti Porou and Te Whakatōhea at … Rangianini and Tāraia were victorious. Many Ngāti Rua and Ngāi Tai prisoners were taken to Hauraki. Some accounts … by force as he always had. In 1842 he received letters from Ngāi Te Rangi chiefs of Tauranga which included an insulting …

Type: Biography

Haddon, Ōriwa Tahupōtiki

… at Whanganui, Oliver married Maaki Rakapa Taiaroa of Ngāi Tahu. The marriage was arranged to join Ngāti Ruanui and Ngāi Tahu in kinship. Oliver and Maaki were to have four …

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Hine-i-paketia

… earlier, between Ngāti Te Manawa-kawa, Ngāti Te Rehunga, Ngāi Tahu and Rangitāne. These connections not only gave her … Te Whatu-i-apiti; in others as Ngāti Te Rangi-ko-ia-anake, Ngāi Tahu or Ngāti Kahungunu. Her signature appears in …

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Māori and sport from the late 20th century

… modern times are Darryl Tuffey (Te Ātiawa) and Shane Bond (Ngāi Tahu). In 2001 a New Zealand Māori team played in the … Hearn (Ngāpuhi), Kristy Hill (Te Arawa), Rebecca Smith (Ngāi Tahu), Abby Erceg (Ngāpuhi) and Rebecca Rolls (Ngāti …

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Part of story: Māori and sport – hākinakina