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… Plenty is the homeland of the tribes of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāi Tai, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, and some of the tribes of the …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… a woman of aristocratic descent of Ngāti Huirapa, a hapū of Ngāi Tahu , and of Ngāti Mamoe and Waitaha. An account of … political career was dominated by his attempt to redress Ngāi Tahu grievances arising from the land purchases earlier … the century. Promised reserves had not been set aside and Ngāi Tahu had been reduced to virtual poverty. Much of the …
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… of the eight children of Tāhuna and Tahupare, both of Ngāi Tahu . On the side of her father, Tāhuna, she was … and the son of Tū-te-kawa, one of the founding ancestors of Ngāi Tahu. On her mother's side she came down five generations from Irakehu, another major Ngāi Tahu ancestor. It is not known where her family usually …
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… Mohua (Golden Bay) for a period before moving to Westland. Ngāi Tara, Rangitāne and Ngāti Apa, most of whom made their … pā and kāinga in the Marlborough Sounds during the 1500s. Ngāi Tahu passed through the sounds and Marlborough during … of the Waiau-toa (Clarence River) after skirmishes with Ngāi Tara, Rangitāne and other resident tribes. A number of …
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Part of story: Te Tau Ihu tribes
… at Pukehinahina, now known as Gate Pā. Rāwiri Puhirake of Ngāi Te Rangi was the chief in charge at Pukehinahina. … The total cost of the settlement was $6.5 million. Ngāi Te Rangi and the related tribe of Nā Pōtiki settled their historic treaty claims on 14 December 2013. Ngāi Te Rangi received a financial settlement of $26.5 …
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Part of story: Tauranga Moana
… The Muaūpoko people – formerly known as Ngāi Tara – were named because they lived at the ūpoko …
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… form an important foundation for all Tauranga Moana people. Ngāi Te Rangi Ngāi Te Rangi are descended from crew members of the … By this time, in the 18th century, they had become known as Ngāi Te Rangihouhiri, named after their leader Te …
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Part of story: Tauranga Moana
… the initial responsibility of setting aside reserves for Ngāi Tahu within the Canterbury block, recently purchased by Henry Tacy Kemp. Mantell was instructed to induce Ngāi Tahu to combine their numerous settlements into as few … involved limiting the reserves to 10 acres per head of Ngāi Tahu population. Mantell did just this, reserving 6,359 …
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… names Tribal traditions identify the region with Waitaha, Ngāi Tara, Ngāti Māmoe and Tumatakōkiri, iwi whose names … Wairau plain. Along the coast south of the Wairau River, Ngāi Tahu made inroads into the territory of Ngāti Māmoe and Ngāi Tara. Takeover After the 1824 battle of Waiorua, …
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Part of story: Marlborough region
… the most important leader of Ngāti Kurī, a founding hapū of Ngāi Tahu in the South Island. She was born at Little River, … concerned with the protection and recording of traditional Ngāi Tahu placenames. They continually lobbied both local … home at Oaro, Hāriata and Hoani hosted many conferences on Ngāi Tahu tribal history and, in particular, that of Ngāti …
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… Nuka Taipari belonged to Ngāti Hē, a hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi of Tauranga. He was the principal chief of … his adult years by 1823, for in that year he was one of the Ngāi Te Rangi leaders who joined Hongi Hika 's expedition … but the attackers were beaten off and turned to destroy the Ngāi Te Rangi pā of Te Papa. In 1830 Maungatapu was attacked …
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… Te Whakataupuka of Ngāi Tahu was born probably in Murihiku (the southern part … of the South Island), late in the eighteenth century. His Ngāi Tahu grandfather, Te Hau-tapunui-o-Tū, was instrumental in securing peace between Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe in the late eighteenth century. …
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… Ngāi Tahu report In 1991 the Waitangi Tribunal reported on a … dealing with historic grievances by the South Island iwi Ngāi Tahu. Part of the fabric The Ngāi Tahu claim to the Waitangi Tribunal was known as the …
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… near Greymouth, on 1 May 1903 to Toihi Te Koeti of Poutini Ngāi Tahu and Robert Fluerty, a goldminer of European and Ngāi Tahu ancestry. His great-grandfather, Tutoko, was one of five Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Mamoe chiefs who in the early nineteenth …
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… Toi’s influence, and its centre indicates his home. Toi and Ngāi Tūhoe The stories of Toi are used in later traditions about the celebrated Tūhoe, ancestor of the Ngāi Tūhoe people. Tūhoe enjoys mana through being a … of the Mataatua peoples. This is commemorated in the Ngāi Tūhoe saying: Nā Toi rāua ko Pōtiki te whenua, nā Tūhoe …
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Part of story: First peoples in Māori tradition
… and hopeful gold miners who soon outnumbered the local Ngāi Tahu. Around 1880 Dunedin was New Zealand’s largest and …
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… were well underway with Waikato–Tainui and with the Ngāi Tahu people of the South Island, along with a number of … settled its claim over the Waikato River. Settlement with Ngāi Tahu Ngāi Tahu’s treaty claim concerned the 34.5 million acres of …
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… and farmer who became the founding chairman of the first Ngāitahu Trust Board, was of Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki, Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Ngāi Te Rakiāmoa and other hapū of Ngāi Tahu …
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… II and Puhiwahine of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Mihi-ki-te-kapua of Ngāi Tūhoe, Ēnoka Te Pakaru of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Te … 20th century Later composers include Hirini Melbourne of Ngāi Tūhoe and the newer kapa haka (traditional performing … such as Ngāpō Wehi (Te Whakatōhea), Tīmoti Kāretu (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu), Kīngi Ihaka (Te Aupōuri) and …
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Part of story: Māori composers – ngā kaitito waiata
… contact in the early 19th century Ngāti Waewae, a hapū of Ngāi Tahu, claimed ownership of much of the West Coast. They came to be known as Poutini Ngāi Tahu. The main Māori settlements on the West Coast were … the West Coast from the north. They defeated Poutini Ngāi Tahu and remained in occupation, controlling the main …
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Part of story: West Coast region