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… , and his descendants came to be known as Ngāti Ngāinui, the original people of Whakatāne. Twelve … and from whom all sub-tribes of the tribe trace descent. Ngāi Te Rangi at Tauranga also have close genealogical …
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Part of story: Ngāti Awa
… but sprang from the New Zealand landscape. For example, the Ngāi Tūhoe people claim that their ancestor is …
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Part of story: Te Ao Mārama – the natural world
… on the barbs of a fish). Tara was the ancestor of the tribe Ngāi Tara, which occupied the lands around Wellington and …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration
… Ranginui , and his maternal grandmother was Ruawahine from Ngāi Tūkairangi of Ngāi Te Rangi . After being educated in Tauranga, he worked …
Type: Biography
… Perseverance arrived in the harbour in 1813, they found a Ngāi Tahu settlement on the seaward side of 265-metre Bluff … Te Rau Aroha marae, of the Awarua Rūnanga of the Ngāi Tahu iwi, is located in Bluff. Pāua outage Bluff couple …
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Part of story: Southland places
… and Heaphy became the first Europeans to visit the Poutini Ngāi Tahu settlements at Māwhera, Taramakau and Arahura, and … eat Brunner's dog to survive. Brunner regained the Poutini Ngāi Tahu settlements on 1 July 1847 and spent the winter …
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… tribes, and Ngāti Toa , under Te Rauparaha , attacked Ngāi Tahu in the South Island. But diseases introduced by …
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Part of story: History
… inhabited by Te Whānau-a-Tauwhao, a sub-tribe of Ngāi Te Rangi. It is now a wildlife refuge administered by … reptiles). Authority over the island has been contested by Ngāi Te Rangi and Te Arawa tribes. Few people now live there …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… Rapuwai, Waitaha, Ngāti Wairangi, Hāwea and Ngāti Māmoe. Ngāi Tara occupied the Waimea area from about 1550, and … ousted in the late 1790s by surrounding tribes, including Ngāi Tahu from the West Coast, Ngāti Kuia and Rangitāne from …
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Part of story: Nelson region
… of a chief through his ability at fighting alongside his Ngāi Tahu hosts. He believed traditional weapons such as the … as a sealer when his shipmates were captured and killed by Ngāi Tahu Māori in Foveaux Strait in 1810. He was probably …
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Part of story: Cultural go-betweens
… National Park, a site of great cultural significance to the Ngāi Tahu tribe. The 51,800-hectare Special Takahē Area, … Tōpuni Tōpuni are South Island areas specially protected by Ngāi Tahu because of their significance to the tribe. The …
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Part of story: Protected areas
… 25 km south of Gisborne on State Highway 2, home to Ngai Tāmanuhiri, the smallest of the Tūranga iwi. Close to … Young, who first saw land on 6 October 1769, it is known to Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and other iwi as Te Kurī-a-Pāoa, meaning the …
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Part of story: East Coast places
… Whangārei area and fought at Ōparakau. 1830s wars In 1830 Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Hauā under the great Waikato general … war party led by Te Haramiti was beaten by Ngāti Hauā and Ngāi Te Rangi following an attack on Tūhua (Mayor Island). …
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Part of story: Musket wars
… Bay. In Taranaki, pieke is the east wind with rain. To Ngāi Tahu, Rakamaomao is the group of winds that blow from … and thunder. In the early 1900s Teone (Hōne) Taare Tīkao, a Ngāi Tahu elder, described three types of lightning. He said …
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Part of story: Tāwhirimātea – the weather
… hard frost and frozen ground. Mythological origins of snow Ngāi Tahu people believed snow was the offspring of the …
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Part of story: Tāwhirimātea – the weather
… four hectares per head. The lands of Te Kawerau-a-Maki, Ngāi Tai and Ngāti Pāoa in the Waitākere and Hūnua Ranges …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes
… Ngāti Hei, Ngāti Rāhiri, Ngāti Tara, Ngā Marama, Ngāi Tai and Ngāti Porou. Te Patukirikiri The origins of the …
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Part of story: Hauraki tribes
… and their son Tarataraika became the ancestor of the Ngāi Tara people in the Wellington region. The harbour there …
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Part of story: Rangitāne
… of higher learning. Both have headquarters in Whakatāne. A Ngāi Tūhoe training institute, Anamata, also has a campus in …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… world cup victories, television presenter Melodie Robinson (Ngāi Tahu) and dual rugby/netball international and member …
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Part of story: Māori rugby – whutupaoro