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… William Martin , he also successfully obtained consent from Ngāti Tamaterā and Ngāti Raupunga to goldmining in the Coromandel area, and …
Type: Biography
… leader Hēnare Mete Amohau and his wife, Tūkau Te Hira of Ngāti Pikiao. Known as Mere, she was educated at Ōhinemutu …
Type: Biography
… Irihapeti, whose tribal connections were with Waikato and Ngāti Pūkeko of Whakatāne. She was baptised by Bishop G. A. …
Type: Biography
… 1769 he gave (or traded) cabbage, turnips and potatoes to Ngāti Porou in Ūawa (Tolaga Bay). In the same year the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ahuwhenua – Māori land and agriculture
… retreated across the Pūniu River to live among their Ngāti Maniapoto relatives. They established an aukati …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Kāwanatanga – Māori engagement with the state
… and advising the government on Māori culture and policy. ‘Ngāti Hutu’ (the shoe brigade) refers to these people’s …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā tuakiri hōu – new Māori identities
… had trained under Francis Shurrock, won support from local Ngāti Whātua when she undertook the commission. Although …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Sculpture and installation art
… Civil to military engineering The Dansey brothers of Ngāti Tūwharetoa served with great distinction in the First …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Engineering
… of Methodism in New Zealand, the other The last of the Ngati Mamoe. He was on the executive of the Wellington …
Type: Biography
… club sides that catered to all ethnicities. In the 2000s Ngāti Porou East Coast was the only iwi-based union in the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori rugby – whutupaoro
… with several iwi, identifying themselves most strongly with Ngāti Apa. Rātana was brought up by an adoptive mother, Ria …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Rātana Church – Te Haahi Rātana
… combining Dutch and Māori culture opened. Two marae of the Ngāti Raukawa tribe, Motuiti and Paranui, are just north of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua places
… Elsdon Best recorded this whakataukī from Mohi Turei of Ngāti Porou: ‘E mū tōrere mai ana koutou ki a au, e hoa mā?’ …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro
… land between Whitecliffs and Kēkerengū from Te Puaha of Ngāti Toa, shipped 3,000 merino sheep there from New South …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Marlborough region
… Thomas Porter and the high-ranking Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Porou leader Herewaka Porourangi Pōtae (also known as …
Type: Biography
… tribes knew it as Te Wai o Orutu, ‘the waters of Orutu’, a Ngāti Māmoe ancestor. When European settlers arrived it was …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Wellington places
… went into exile behind the aukati (boundary line) into Ngāti Maniapoto territory, which became known as the King …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Kotahitanga – unity movements
… Kotahitanga Māori Racing Club was established at Akura by Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne leader Hoani Parāone …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Wairarapa region
… armed resistance to the survey and settlement of Ngati Ruanui tribal lands. In spite of overwhelming …
Type: Biography
… troops in South Africa, lost his only son in the fighting, Ngāti Porou chief Tuta Nihoniho sent him a handsome …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā pakanga ki tāwāhi – Māori and overseas wars