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… Apostolic Church diminished. Destiny Church Brian Tamaki (Ngāti Ngāwaero, Ngāti Maniapoto) was raised a Methodist but joined the …
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Part of story: Ngā hāhi – Māori and Christian denominations
… an extract from the lament, ‘E pā tō hau’, for Te Wano of Ngāti Apakura: E ua e te ua e taheke Koe i runga rā Ko au ki … It was documented from Tuta Nihoniho, a 19th-century Ngāti Porou leader. E ua, e te uaua; e mao, e te maomao! …
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Part of story: Tāwhirimātea – the weather
… portraits of Maori, her subjects including Wairingiringi of Ngati Mahuta and her husband, Te Wahanui of Ngati Maniapoto. From 1885 to 1887 Sperrey belonged to the …
Type: Biography
… at $200 million. Māori environmental concerns In 1978 the Ngāti Pikiao people made a successful claim to the Waitangi … a proposal to dump Rotorua’s waste in the Kaituna River. Ngāti Tahu lobbied to limit the impact of the Ōhaaki …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… death. Hawaiki in Kepa Ehau’s speeches Orator Kepa Ehau of Ngāti Tarāwhai and Ngāti Whakaue made many eloquent speeches that are still …
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Part of story: Hawaiki
… mulberry). This type was described by the 19th-centruy Ngāti Porou leader Tuta Nihoniho as having a head but no … According to Tuta Nihoniho it was the usual tribal kite of Ngāti Porou. Other kites The manu pātiki, built to resemble …
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Part of story: Kites and manu tukutuku
… Māori carving in the 1920s, he turned to a generation of Ngāti Tarāwhai carvers from Rotoiti, including Neke Kapua, … practices. A long career Witarina Harris (née Mitchell), of Ngāti Whakaue, starred as Princess Miro in the silent 1928 … Te Herekiekie Grace published Tuwharetoa , a history of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, in 1959. The Pākehā historian D. M. …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… inflict devastating defeats on other iwi. These included: Ngāti Porou at Whetūmatarau near East Cape in 1820 Ngāti Whātua at Te Ika-a-Ranganui near Whangārei Ngāti Pāoa at Mauinaina in Auckland in 1821 the Marutūahu …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… left under a shadow of misunderstanding. Wrongly believing Ngāti Kahu had stolen the ship’s boat, he burned whare and … with him. The chief died of scurvy during the voyage. Ngāti Wiwi Some Māori are believed to have referred to early French explorers as ‘Ngati Wiwi’, after hearing them saying ‘oui oui’ (‘yes yes’, …
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Part of story: French
… to remain free from predators. Preservation Inlet The Ngāti Māmoe people lived in Preservation Inlet (Rakituma), … thrived. Lost and found People have speculated that some Ngāti Māmoe took refuge in Fiordland in the late 18th … like a blue turkey. My own private theory concerning those Ngati-Mamoe is that they were all bitten to death long ago …
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Part of story: Southland places
… – Tolaga Bay Area School, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o te Waiu o Ngati Porou in Ruatōria, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o te Kawakawa … the 1950s. In 2011 it was operated by local health provider Ngati Porou Hauora. Treaty of Waitangi claims settlements In … when it settled all historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of Ngāti Porou and the Tūranga tribes …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… he acted as interpreter when his father accompanied the Ngati Haua leader, Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi, to a meeting … an estate of more than 1,000 acres at Tamahere, on former Ngati Haua land. As well as encouraging growth of the … school built on what had been until 1864 the site of the Ngati Wairere pa, Kirikiriroa. Presented with a …
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… also known as Henry Stowell (Ngāpuhi), Hoani Tunuiārangi (Ngāti Kahungunu), Timi Waata Rimini, Tutu Tamari, Te Kāhui … them as tribal history. In 1944 Tiaki Mitchell wrote about Ngāti Kahungunu in his book Takitimu . In the same year … (2007) was a history of Te Whakatōhea, while Tony Sole’s Ngāti Ruanui : a history was published in 2005. Te Maire Tau …
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… Islands Willy', was born in the Chathams of Moriori and Ngāti Mamoe ancestry. Her mother, Mary Owen, was the … and Mary Tamairaki, who was also of Moriori and Māori (Ngāti Hinetewai) descent. Mary Tamairaki had been with the … Kiti married Te Ao Ahitana Matenga (Joseph Ashton) of Ngāti Kahungunu. They lived at Greytown in Wairarapa and had …
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… is immortalised in a carved gable figure. This adorns the Ngāti Whakaue meeting house at Tapiti marae, in Maketū. … through intermarriage into three major kin groups: Ngāti Pikiao (at the eastern end of Lake Rotoiti and around … including Ōhinemutu) Te Uri o Uenukukōpako, later known as Ngāti Whakaue (Mokoia and north-west side of Lake Rotorua). …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… Island. Through Te Rehi-oriori, Te Maiharoa belonged to Ngāti Huirapa, a hapū of Ngāi Tahu which was also linked to Ngāti Māmoe. Little is known of Te Maiharoa's early life, … of mind, and was learned in the traditions of Waitaha, Ngāti Māmoe and Ngāi Tahu. By 1857 he was literate, …
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… Ōrākau In March 1864 taua from Pāterangi, Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Raukawa gained the agreement of Ngāti Maniapoto leader Rewi Maniapoto to fight the British … work done, and unwilling to pursue the king’s forces into Ngāti Maniapoto territory, the British troops returned to …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… 16 km east of Waitara, with a 2013 population of 426. The Ngāti Mutunga people are centred on Urenui, and Ruapekapeka … Pukearuhe Coastal settlement 30 km north-east of Waitara. Ngāti Tama’s fortress of Pukearuhe pā at the southern end of … garrison’s families. In 1869 the redoubt was attacked by a Ngāti Maniapoto war party which killed the eight residents …
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Part of story: Taranaki places
… and beyond the Wellington district to interview elders of Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Awa, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Ira and Ngāti Kahungunu. In 1892 and …
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… and his wife, Ruiha Rahuta, of the neighbouring hapū Ngāti Hinekehu. Both her parents were the senior people in … hapū. Mihi was also descended from a leading ancestor of Ngāti Porou, Mahuta-i-te-rangi, for whom a precious family tiki she often wore was named, and was kin to the Ngāti Porou hapū Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare. Before Mihi was …
Type: Biography