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… Hall of Fame. Lisa Carrington (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Ngāti Porou), a flatwater canoeist, won gold at the 2011 and … players are Ruia Morrison (Te Arawa) and Kelly Evernden (Ngāti Porou). Softball Gina Weber was one of the great … player, who twice won the British Open. Bowls Millie Khan (Ngāti Rangitihi) won 12 national bowls titles and a silver …
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Part of story: Māori and sport – hākinakina
… Heremia Te Wake belonged to Ngāti Manawa, a hapu of Te Kaitūtae and Te Rarawa. He was … feuds and revenge killings in Hokianga. They were mostly Ngāti Manawa killed by Ngāpuhi. In one incident in March … where a block of land was in dispute. Nuku, a man of Ngāti Kurī (who were living with Ngāpuhi), was shot dead. Te …
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… of Te Kaha, near the border between Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Porou tribal territory. The mouth of the Mōtū River is …
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Part of story: Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
… she was the eldest daughter of Rāhera Te Kahuhiapō of Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāti Pikiao and other hapū. Te Rongokahira, as Katherine … Te Atirau Asher , a well-known negotiator and executive for Ngāti Tūwharetoa. David Asher was a clothier and men's …
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… was the chief of Te Pahīpoto, a central tribe of the Ngāti Awa people. At the time of Maata's birth he was … had joined forces with the government to fight against Ngāti Awa, so that Maata had relatives who were fighting … including Tūhourangi, land that had been confiscated from Ngāti Awa. The acceptance by Tūhourangi of Crown awards …
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… of Ngāi Tahu ; their main hapū were Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki and Ngāti Moki. John was a licensed interpreter who had studied … for Southern Māori from 1885 to 1911, of mixed American and Ngāti Huirapa origins, and his wife, Peti Hurene (Elizabeth … as Reki, Rick or Rec, he was the son of Pūhara Te Tau, of Ngāti Hinepare hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu, and his wife, Kate …
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… and Kairewa are the ancestors of the early Ngāpuhi hapū Ngāti Korokoro and Ngāti Kairewa, who live in the Pākanae and Whirinaki valleys …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… qualities onto the natural world. In 1923 Ira Tahu, of Ngāti Porou, commented, ‘What our ancestors did was to … and it is said the Awanuiarangi tribes (Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Awa) descend from a spirit living in the sky. …
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Part of story: First peoples in Māori tradition
… in 1986. Although it is the home marae for three local iwi (Ngāti Rarua, Ngāti Tama, and Te Āti Awa), its multicultural approach …
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Part of story: Nelson places
… Guard and her two children – were taken hostage by some Ngāti Ruanui. The chief Oaiti rescued them and they lived … process its crew burned the Taranaki pā of Te Namu, and the Ngāti Ruanui pā of Ōrangituapeka and Waimate. Christianity …
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Part of story: Taranaki tribe
… for the family of Edith Halcombe. The recently established Ngāti Manomano marae, Taumata-o-te-rā, is in the township, … and Te Hīri marae are both near it. All three have links to Ngāti Raukawa. ‘Glaxo’ The ancient Greeks thought the dense …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua places
… Victoria presented a flag called Te Rakau i Mataahu to Ngāti Porou military leader Rāpata Wahawaha. In 1901 Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader Te Heuheu sent a flag to King Edward …
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Part of story: Ngā haki – Māori and flags
… How the North Island got its shape Te Rangihaeata of the Ngāti Toarangatira tribe dictated this version of how the … and the South Island his canoe, but the East Coast tribe, Ngāti Porou, believe the canoe ended up somewhere else. They …
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Part of story: Whenua – how the land was shaped
… missionary at Tokaanu and Waihī from 1905. Keen to see Ngāti Tūwharetoa prosper materially as well as spiritually, … the end of a private road. Waihī is an important centre for Ngāti Tūwharetoa and home of the Te Heuheu family. In the …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… Hoani spent his early years with his mother's people, Ngāti Moe, a hapū of Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu . He … important of these articles is Downes's 'History of the Ngati Kahu-ngunu', published in sections in the Journal of …
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… of the Tauheru and Ruamāhanga rivers. His father was of Ngāti Hikarāhui hapū, which combined lines of descent from Ngāti Kahungunu , Te Aitanga-a-Whata, Rangitāne and Ngāi … also known as Hoana, a daughter of Poihipi and Taukuta of Ngāti Tangatakau. Pūrakau Maika was also of Ngāti …
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… on 7 June 1898. Pānapa’s grandfather, Pānapa Hōhāpata, of Ngāti Ruanui , was captured during one of Ngāti Whātua’s battles in Taranaki in the late 1820s and was … to Northland. He later married Ngātōwai Teao Mamaku of Ngāti Whātua and settled at Ahikiwi; Ngātōwai was also …
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… on 11 July 1912, the son of William Turakiuta Cooper of Ngāti Kahungunu , a licensed interpreter, and Kōparepare Matiu, of Ngāti Ruatakenga hapū of Te Whakatōhea. Unable to keep her … gang for the Native Department. He helped survey the Ngāti Hine block in Northland, where he was well regarded …
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… farming that sparked fierce debate in the early 2000s. Ngāti Apa decision In 1997, eight iwi (tribes) of the … this decision did not actually constitute a ruling on the Ngāti Apa claim. Māori customary land was statutorily … of particular facts about the issues raised by the ‘Ngāti Apa’ case. Widespread public concern about the Court …
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Part of story: Law of the foreshore and seabed
… 3,000 shareholders in the 2010s, representing four iwi – Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Tama and Te Āti Awa. The incorporation had interests …
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Part of story: Nelson region