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… at Waitangi, Chatham Island, Tommy married Ada Fowler, a Ngāi Tahu woman from Arowhenua, near Temuka. They moved to …
Type: Biography
… century a state of war existed between hapū (sub-tribes) of Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Kahungunu around Waikaremoana. Tūhoe …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngāi Tūhoe
… on a rope, or give it enough slack to catch the bird. The Ngāi Tahu scholar Teone (Hōne) Taare Tīkao described how …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Kurī – Polynesian dogs
… but decided to stay. They fought the neighbouring tribes of Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Hauā for control of coastal Maketū, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… against the claims of their traditional eastern adversary, Ngāi Tai. Crucial to Ngāti Rua's representations was their … Ngāti Rua had acquired it after a victorious struggle with Ngāi Tai for the possession of the Waiaua district. …
Type: Biography
… Hāmiora Wiremu Maioha, of Ngāi Tawake hapū of Ngāpuhi resident in the Bay of Islands, … (Ida) Te Nana, known to her family as Rewa. Rewa was of Ngāi Tawake, of high rank, a grand-daughter of Īhaka Te Tai …
Type: Biography
… Moe, and claimed an interest in Lake Wairarapa through Ngāi Tūkoko, Ngāi Tūtemiha, Ngāti Rangiākau and Ngāti Te Hangarākau, all …
Type: Biography
… were Hirini Melbourne, a composer, musician and linguist of Ngāi Tūhoe; Richard Nunns, a teacher and jazz musician; and …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori musical instruments – taonga puoro
… of Tipene O’Regan, who later became a prominent leader of Ngāi Tahu. CABTA established more than 20 regional branches …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Anti-racism and Treaty of Waitangi activism
… Hana Tōku Horomona (Hannah Solomon Score), who were of Ngāi Tahu (known locally as Kāi Tahu). Around 1920 the …
Type: Biography
… 1954 to 1956. John Matheson John Matheson (1928–2009), of Ngāi Tahu descent, studied at Otago University and then at …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Classical musicians
… the commission recommended £354,000 compensation to Ngai Tahu. Jones was appointed under-secretary of the Native …
Type: Biography
… includes the graves of many Ōtākou ancestors, including Ngāi Tahu leader Taiaroa, who died in 1863. Taiaroa Head At …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Otago places
… of South Canterbury The region is in the territory of the Ngāi Tahu tribe. As well as coastal settlements, Māori …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: South Canterbury region
… of Pari-rua, means ‘the tide sweeping up both reaches’. The Ngāi Tara people were succeeded by Ngāti Kahungunu, then …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Wellington places
… for permits. The ‘Treelords’ settlement Following the 1998 Ngāi Tahu settlement, a further 15 settlements were …
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… 1912. Kīngi Tāhiwi married Jane (Jean) Esther Armstrong of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Raukawa in Levin on 12 April 1909. They …
Type: Biography
… the tremendous 10-year struggle of Te Arawa, Ngāti Hauā and Ngāi Te Rangi for the possession of Te Tumu and Maketū, and …
Type: Biography
… Nonetheless, major settlements were reached with Tainui and Ngāi Tahu in 1995 and 1996. In the mid-2000s Treasury was …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Treasury
… social structures. Mentored by John Rangihau and elders of Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti … and contributed to 12 reports, including the three volume Ngāi Tahu report (1991). In that inquiry the tribunal found … and recommended that a tribal structure which would allow Ngāi Tahu to begin negotiating with the Crown about remedies …
Type: Biography