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… Māui and his fish The following story was written by the Ngāti Porou tohunga, Mohi Ruatapu. It begins with Māui …
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Part of story: First peoples in Māori tradition
… cleared in the early 1900s. The range divided the lands of Ngāti Porou on the East Coast, from those of Te …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… where taniwha were believed to live. Karutahi In 2002, the Ngāti Naho hapū in Waikato objected to construction of a …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Taniwha
… conservation In a letter in 1895, Tāmati Ranapiri of the Ngāti Raukawa tribe explains customs that limited the taking …
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Part of story: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation
… Tahu had been compromised after Governor George Grey paid Ngāti Toa for the block in 1847 at Wellington. European … Act. While at Ōhinemuri in 1864 receiving the surrender of Ngāti Tama-Te-Ra, Mackay learned of the presence of gold in … when on 17 February 1875 at Hauraki, Te Hira, a leader of Ngāti Maru, at last surrendered the mining rights to the …
Type: Biography
… 1845–46 Maunsell mediated in a series of disputes involving Ngāti Pou, Ngāti Tipa and Ngāti Tamaoho. He travelled frequently, preaching, teaching …
Type: Biography
… his wife, Rawinia Te Whau Wharetutu. He was principally of Ngāti Whakaue of Te Arawa, although he was also connected to Ngāti Rangiwewehi and Ngāi Te Rangi. Pita Moko attended … he married Roka Waiāria Tīhema of the Wanganui tribes and Ngāti Tama hapū of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. In 1915, when he …
Type: Biography
… north, but was most closely affiliated to Ngāpuhi through Ngāti Rāhiri, Ngai Tāwake, Ngāti Tautahi, Te Matarahurahu and Te Uri-o-Hua. Through his mother he was also of Ngāti Kahu, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Ngāti Kahungunu. Hōne …
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… 1897, the fourth child of Te Mango Ratema, who belonged to Ngāti Hinekura hapū of Ngāti Pikiao , and his wife, Tuhipō Tene (Rimupae) of Tūhourangi and Ngāti Tarāwhai. None of her older siblings survived infancy, …
Type: Biography
… (Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) not only encouraged women to take part, but in … 1 Tribal identity Te Rita Papesch of Waikato-Maniapoto, Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Whakaue, a performer, teacher, composer and judge of …
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Part of story: Kapa Haka
… north of Whāngārei, the son of Tītore Takiri Pūriri of Ngāti Kahu, a surveyor’s assistant of Kaikohe, and his wife, Wikitōria Kāterina Keretene (Cherrington), of Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi . Wikitōria was the younger daughter … grand-daughter of Te Hira Pāteoro, the principal elder of Ngāti Whātua at Orākei in the early twentieth century. …
Type: Biography
… Te Kurapa (also known as Te Kurapa Te Ao), was a shearer of Ngāti Tāwhaki hapū; his mother, Matahera Te Hira of Te … to hunt pigs, and the eeling spots belonging to Te Urewera, Ngāti Tāwhaki and the other hapū based around Ruatāhuna. He … married his first wife, Tauwehe Ruth Ripaki Noa Heke of Ngāti Manunui, between 1924 and 1928. They lived at …
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… half of the nineteenth century he became the leader of Ngāti Tama-Ahuroa hapū of Ngāti Ruanui , centred on Ōeo in Taranaki. By his astute …
Type: Biography
… conflicts and battles. He became the ancestor of the Ngāti Māhanga people, a major tribe within the Waikato … and Te Kaharoa Ōmaero and Te Kaharoa are two marae of the Ngāti Māhanga people. Ōmaero is near Whatawhata, and Te …
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Part of story: Waikato tribes
… New Zealand Golf Inc. Champion player Michael Campbell (Ngāti Ruanui and Ngā Rauru) developed his skills from an … golfers throughout the 20th century. In 1903 Kurupō Tāreha (Ngāti Kahungunu) won the New Zealand Amateur Championship …
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Part of story: Golf
… Maori women he was connected with three East Coast tribes: Ngati Kahungunu of the Mahia peninsula, Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki … became pregnant, and went to live with Raharuhi Rukupo of Ngati Kaipoho, the master carver. Raharuhi adopted …
Type: Biography
… Ngunguru-te-rangi, a grand-daughter of Rerekohu from senior Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui lines. Hinematioro is … hapū of Tokomaru Bay, aided by other elements of Ngāti Porou, were besieging Te Aitanga a Hauiti. …
Type: Biography
… side of Northland peninsula, and traditional home of Ngāti Whātua. The Kaipara is 500 sq km, with at least 800 km … 22 km north of Kaukapakapa, is a sacred place for Ngāti Whātua. At 305 m it is the highest point in the …
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Part of story: Auckland places
… the French explorer, Jean François Marie de Surville. The Ngāti Kahu and Ngāti Kurī iwi had dwelt with Te Rarawa in the district for …
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Part of story: Northland places
… o Raukawa in Ōtaki was established in 1981 by Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Toarangatira. The wānanga grew out of the …
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Part of story: Māori education – mātauranga