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… John Matapura Ellison and his wife, Hera Parata, were of Ngāi Tahu ; their main hapū were Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki and Ngāti Moki. John was a licensed … his wife, Peti Hurene (Elizabeth Brown), of high rank in Ngāi Tahu. Uncles from both sides of the family were …
Type: Biography
… fishing company Raukura Moana. The South Island tribe, Ngāi Tahu, operates one of New Zealand’s leading seafood companies, Ngāi Tahu Seafood Group. Māori continue to take fish and …
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Part of story: Te hī ika – Māori fishing
… four tribes – Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and Te Aitanga a Hauiti – have dominated the … The members of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and Ngāti Oneone (a sub-tribe of Te Aitanga …
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Part of story: Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes
… Te Wakatūwhenua Tūnui-ā-rangi is credited with bringing the Ngāi Tāhuhu people to New Zealand, and is said to have first … south along the coast to Ngunguru and then to Whangārei. Ngāi Tāhuhu are said to have spread out and inhabited all …
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Part of story: Canoe traditions
… beef or bacon. Pōhā – kelp bags The southern Māori tribe Ngāi Tahu had various uses for bull kelp, or rimurapa: the … Māori has continued and is recognised in legislation. The Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 protects bull kelp and …
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Part of story: Seaweed
… Point, Ōtaipango/Henderson Bay and Tohoraha/Mount Camel. Ngāi Takoto ’s settlement, dated 27 October 2012, includes … properties. Ten sites of significance were vested solely in Ngāi Takoto, and others jointly with other Muriwhenua tribes. Ngāi Takoto received a cultural redress fund of $2.4 million …
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Part of story: Muriwhenua tribes
… of Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata and Ngāi Tāmanuhiri (previously known as Ngāi Tahupō). Ngāti Porou, the largest of these tribes, … Poverty Bay, are Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata and Ngai Tamanuhiri. Waka traditions Several waka (canoes) made …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… Rāpaki on 18 April 1864 Te Koti married Irihāpeti Mokiho of Ngāi Tūahuriri and Ngāti Pūneke, hapū of Ngāi Tahu. The people of Rāpaki, Ngāti Wheke, gifted a … the rise of the prophet Te Maihāroa , for whom hundreds of Ngāi Tahu, including many leaders and lay preachers, …
Type: Biography
… Rock Art Centre in Timaru is owned and operated by the Ngāi Tahu iwi. It uses exhibits and interactives to teach … representatives from Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāi Takoto and Ngāti Kurī. Another was Ngāi Tahu involvement with the Toitū Otago Settlers Museum …
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Part of story: Māori and museums – ngā whare taonga
… 1912, to Meriana Ngāpohe Rāwiri of Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāi Tahu , and her husband, Te Wera William Whaitiri, a labourer and seaman, of Ngāi Tahu. His father was a relative of the Ruapuke Island …
Type: Biography
… or life force of both living and inanimate things. Ngāi Tahu gifted a pounamu boulder named Mauri to the … named Te Māori was its mauri. The stone was returned to Ngāi Tahu and placed at the Southland Museum. Te Āwhiorangi …
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Part of story: Pounamu – jade or greenstone
… along the Kaimai Ranges and back to Bowentown. Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāti Pūkenga are the … boundaries of the Mataatua confederation of tribes. Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Pūkenga are descended from the …
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Part of story: Tauranga Moana
… Her mother Ruti (Lucy) Matekino Horomona (Solomon) was of Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Pahauwera of Ngāti Kahungunu, Danish and Jewish descent. Her father Eruera Tirikātene was Ngāi Tahu, a descendant of the rangatira Tūhuru of Westland … across the rights of Māori landowners. She supported the Ngāitahu Māori Trust Board in its opposition to aspects of …
Type: Biography
… o Ngāti Awa was established in 1862 and included Te Tāwera, Ngāi Te Rangihouhiri, Ngāti Hikakino, Te Pahīpoto and … 1862 at Te Awa-a-te-Atua a rūnanga consisting of Te Tāwera, Ngāi Te Rangihouhiri and Ngāti Hikakino was formed. … Bay of Plenty and the East Coast early in 1865. Sections of Ngāi Te Rangihouhiri and Ngāti Hokopū became interested, and …
Type: Biography
… feminism, class and sexuality. Keri Hulme Keri Hulme (of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe) has written in a wide variety of … who wanted to heavily edit the book. Hulme’s reclamation of Ngāi Tahu identity and female power are clearly evident in …
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Part of story: Māori fiction – ngā tuhinga paki
… A marriage between Whakarongotau, another cousin, and a Ngāi Tara chief cemented links with Whātonga’s descendants … people lived in Horowhenua. One famous ancestor is the Ngāi Tara warrior chief Tūteremoana. The highest point on …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… abruptly. The rākau-he-whaka-maro was made by people of the Ngāi Tahu tribe. The frame was made of two sticks bound in a … and Pukerua Bay. In a 1990 artwork, Robert Pouwhare of Ngāi Tūhoe depicted the kite Te Kaea, which had divined the …
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Part of story: Kites and manu tukutuku
… to many hapū, including Ngāti Kahukura-awhitia and Ngāi Tuawhai. Te Ao had also been married previously, and … family continued their research until the names of over 600 Ngāi Tahu , Ngāti Māmoe and Moriori kin were recorded. In …
Type: Biography
… a farmer, and his wife, Horīwia (Olivia) Karetai. Of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe descent, with links to Ngāti Tama, … in commercial affairs made him a valued member of the Ngāi Tahu Māori Trust Board, the Ōtākou Māori Committee, the …
Type: Biography
… In the 1820s and 1830s Te Rauparaha and his allies attacked Ngāi Tahu. Ngāi Tahu retained its mana in the district, but numbers … of the population identify as Māori. The Takahanga marae of Ngāi Tahu is located above the town centre. The University …
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Part of story: Marlborough places