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… His mother was Koroteke, a woman of aristocratic descent of Ngāti Huirapa, a hapū of Ngāi Tahu , and of Ngāti Mamoe and Waitaha. An account of the origin of the …
Type: Biography
… five children of Hōri Ngāwai of Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare of Ngāti Porou of Tokomaru Bay, and his wife, Wikitōria Te Karu, of Ngāti Koi in the Hauraki region. Known affectionately as …
Type: Biography
… from the Moeraki and Murihiku communities of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe. From February 1894 Weretā attended Te Aute … was established which considered that all Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe should be beneficiaries. Pītama was the leader …
Type: Biography
… was elected as secretary of Te Kereeme o Ngāi-Tahu raua ko Ngāti-Māmoe (the claim of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe), formed at Temuka in 1907. A petition heard by …
Type: Biography
… to bring forth the fruits thereof.' On 13 February 1869 a Ngāti Maniapoto war party led by Wētere Te Rerenga sacked …
Type: Biography
… awkwardness was soon remedied by expert lessons from Ngati Porou leader Materoa Reedy, and she attended regular … on her the name Kirimamae, for an eminent ancestress of Ngati Porou. But when the group was invited to sing outside …
Type: Biography
… by drug and alcohol abuse. Edwin Perry, a spokesperson for Ngāti Kahungunu, thought problems among Māori stemmed from …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Wairarapa region
… William Webster married the daughter of Te Horetā of Ngāti Whanaunga, and embarked on a career trading tobacco …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Economic history
… a tōrehe. At other times it was tied inside the hīnaki. The Ngāti Porou people would thread earthworms on a string and …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te hopu tuna – eeling
… spread far and wide. How insects arrived in New Zealand A Ngāti Porou tribal account describes how the Māngarara …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te aitanga pepeke – the insect world
… o Makaawhio (associated with Bruce Bay) and Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae (associated with Arahura). In 2005 a new marae …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: West Coast region
… in 1968 and represents the interests of a large number of Ngāti Tūwharetoa owners. Kaimanawa Mountains One of the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and Ngāti Oneone (a sub-tribe of Te Aitanga a Hauiti) are …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes
… four of the crew were killed in a bloody encounter with the Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri people in Golden Bay. When Abel Tasman …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Protected areas
… adapted from the names and observations made by members of Ngāti Kahungunu: Whiro: an unpleasant day, the new moon …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Maramataka – the lunar calendar
… beneath Rākaumangamanga, near Motu Kōkako; in this way Ngāti Manaia came to occupy the lands between Cape Brett and …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Canoe traditions
… leader at Papawai was Te Mānihera Te Rangi-taka-i-waho of Ngāti Kahungunu. He supported pastoral leases and engagement …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Wairarapa places
… tribes of the Bay of Plenty – Tūhoe, Te Whakatōhea and Ngāti Awa – were confiscated by the government. This area …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngāi Tūhoe
… the tuakana to whakaiti (put down) the taina. For example Ngāti Porou always acknowledge Te Whānau-ā-Apanui as the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Whānau – Māori and family
… would be so named. Rua rode with ‘80’ chiefs of Tūhoe and Ngāti Awa to Gisborne to meet King Edward VII; this was a …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori prophetic movements – ngā poropiti