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… people. The lines of earlier South Island iwi (tribes) – Ngāti Mamoe and Waitaha – merged into those of Ngāi Tahu, …
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Part of story: South Canterbury region
… century the dominant Ngāpuhi tribe evicted the people of Ngāti Pou from the Taiāmai plains. The displaced people saw …
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Part of story: Northland region
… was of Ngāpuhi descent, and a descendant of Eru Patuone of Ngāti Hao of Hokianga, elder brother of Tāmati Waka Nene . …
Type: Biography
… Manapōuri and Milford Sound, and south-east to Gore. The Ngāti Māmoe and Ngāi Tahu tribes fought on the nearby Five …
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Part of story: Southland places
… escape from the wrath of Uenuku and his people, and the Ngāti Raukawa story of Wairangi’s haka. Waiata feature in …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori songs – waiata tawhito
… cultural dimensions of Māori objections were expressed by Ngāti Pikiao claimants in their Kaituna River claim, which …
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Part of story: Estuaries
… among them as they recalled their people – Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Ruanui – killed by Waikato. Minarapa spoke to them of …
Type: Biography
… no 'coloured' players be included, so Parekura Tureia of Ngāti Porou and Nathaniel ‘Ranji’ Wilson, a New Zealander …
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Part of story: Māori rugby – whutupaoro
… by Rena Ihakara and named in honour of Apiata Hakiaha, the Ngati Rakairangi chief at nearby Kohinui. The Sutherland …
Type: Biography
… and stamps. The $50 banknote featured early-20th-century Ngāti Porou politician Apirana Ngata. A piece of pounamu …
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Part of story: New Zealand identity
… Tūtoko) and Te Koeti Tūranga, both of Poutini Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe. He was baptised John Butler but was also known …
Type: Biography
… River after a 1926 agreement between the government and Ngāti Tūwharetoa on control of the lake and its catchment. …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… to have been discovered by a woman named Raureka from the Ngāti Wairangi tribe. Tū-te-kawa, a notorious figure, …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration
… mortal. Kahungunu was a legendary lover, and the founder of Ngāti Kahungunu, the large tribe that now bears his name. …
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Part of story: Māori humor – te whakakata
… a line through the Ōhinemuri gorge was unacceptable to Ngāti Tamaterā and its chief Te Hira Te Tuiri. In 2010 Wires …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel region
… social and family focus they provided. For instance, the Ngāti Pōneke Young Māori Club, formed in 1937 under under …
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Part of story: Urban Māori
… were quickly overcome by the tribe, which was known as Ngāti Kurī from then on. Hunting birds Traditional accounts …
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Part of story: Kurī – Polynesian dogs
… opened in 1989 with a 108-megawatt capacity. The local Ngāti Tahu people were consulted over its construction and …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… they attempted to open the spit. This was resisted by the Ngāti Kahungunu leader Piripi Te Maari-o-te-rangi and his …
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Part of story: Wairarapa places
… Keita Kaikiri (Kaikeri). Through her mother she belonged to Ngāti Kaipoho of Rongowhakaata and was descended from Te …
Type: Biography