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… Peninsula in the north to Pōrangahau on the south coast. Ngāti Kahungunu arrived during the 16th century and became …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Hawke’s Bay region
… include prime minister Walter Nash, artist Leo Bensemann, Ngāti Toa chief Wī Parata, and ombudsman and race relations …
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Part of story: Conscription, conscientious objection and pacifism
… replica of an L & P bottle remains an iconic landmark. Ngāti Tamaterā have two marae in Paeroa, at Taharua and Te …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel places
… in the 1830s, working as a trader. He married five chiefly Ngāti Porou women one after the other, and had a child by …
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Part of story: Cultural go-betweens
… included a large central square, and in 1878 Rangitāne and Ngāti Raukawa asked, unsuccessfully, that it be named Te …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua places
… Pāpāhia. His descent lines were through Te Horohuhare and Ngāti Haua hapū of Te Rarawa of north Hokianga. He was also …
Type: Biography
… Mt Ruapehu. In 1887 Horonuku Te Heuheu, paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, and the government agreed to protect the …
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Part of story: King Country region
… were provided by a team of carvers headed by Hōne Taiapa of Ngāti Porou and by tukutuku and whāriki (mat) weavers …
Type: Biography
… take advantage of nearby natural hot pools, long valued by Ngāti Raukawa. The tribal ancestor, Raukawa, was born at …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… had held for 64 years (1932–96). Matiu Rata Matiu Rata (Ngāti Kurī), a member of the Rātana church, a former seaman …
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Part of story: Tōrangapū – Māori and political parties
… following Tamati Reedy’s editing. Under Hirini Moko Mead of Ngāti Awa, part four was translated and published in English …
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… desire to revive Māori carving encouraged him to recruit Ngāti Tarāwhai carvers from Lake Rotoiti, including Neke …
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Part of story: Regional cultural life
… and ‘Pine pine te kura’. composed for Te Umurangi of Ngāti Kahungunu who was descended from Te Whatuiāpiti. …
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Part of story: Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth
… (1938) was modelled on Miriama Heketa, a performer with the Ngāti Pōneke Young Māori Club. Heketa may also have sat for …
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Part of story: Sculpture and installation art
… also served in considerable numbers in the Home Guard. Ngāti Porou formed a mounted Home Guard regiment to patrol …
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Part of story: Ngā pakanga ki tāwāhi – Māori and overseas wars
… One tradition about Kahungunu, the eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Kahungunu, illustrates how sexual exploits were openly …
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Part of story: Hōkakatanga – Māori sexualities
… from a Pākehā gang to a Māori one. Tribal authorities Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated was set up in 1988. It is …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay region
… to practise hand-eye coordination at speed. Poi rākau was a Ngāti Porou game for training warriors. One person stood in …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro
… food stores and nets, and a canoe. He also took prisoner a Ngāti Kahu leader, Ranginui, who had been particularly …
Type: Biography
… and native school teacher at Ōtaki. He had links with Ngāti Raukawa and may have earlier attended Octavius …
Type: Biography