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… mission worker and farmer, was Rāwiri Taiwhanga , leader of Ngāti Tautahi and Te Uri-o-Hua hapū of Ngāpuhi. Rāwiri's …
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… a nearby church. He worked alongside the local people, Ngati Makea, to ensure the project met their needs. …
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… 'E pare rā' expressed the grief and gratitude felt by local Ngāti Kahungunu. Although Wattie Industries was a thriving …
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… among 14 siblings who were members of two Whakatōhea hapū, Ngāti Patumoana and Ngāti Ruatākena. Walker had no contact with his biological …
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… governments. When Whanganui came under military threat from Ngāti Ruanui leader Tītokowaru , the local settlers formed …
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… effect, but the descriptions of the welcome by Moetara of Ngāti Korokoro and of Maning's wrestling match with the man …
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… as an interpreter. Subsequently he became a land agent for Ngāti Te Ata. Early in 1874 he travelled to Napier, working …
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… He negotiated a proposal for its preservation with Ngati Tuwharetoa tribal elders in November 1958. The actual …
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… joined the Teachers’ College Māori club and Wellington’s Ngāti Poneke Young Māori Club, learned te reo, and began a …
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… the Palmyra. After some three months together as guests of Ngāti Tamaterā on the Coromandel coast, they sailed to …
Type: Biography
… on postcards to his girlfriend, Phyllis (Phyl) May Moffatt (Ngāti Raukawa). Wilson contracted hepatitis overseas and was …
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… such as Ranginui Walker , others shared the view of Ngāti Porou kuia Keri Kaa that ‘We have kept quiet for too … and the contested treaty claims between Moriori and Ngāti Mutunga, King believed that a scholarly history based …
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… reflections on, and exchanges with, the nineteenth-century Ngāti Toa rangatira Te Rauparaha . Living from 1961 at …
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… in the heartfelt farewells at the end of his governorship. Ngāti Raukawa gifted his son Geordie the name Raukawa (which …
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… Early years Erihapeti Rehu, the daughter of Oriwia Hawea (Ngāti Raukawa) and John Piuraki Rehu (Ngāi Tahu), was born …
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… occupy the Wairau district in the face of opposition from Ngāti Toa. Twenty-two settlers and at least four Māori were … troops, encouraged by Rewi Maniapoto , a principal chief of Ngāti Maniapoto. After the army had inflicted a heavy defeat …
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… Through their father, Bruce and his sister Patricia had Ngāti Maniapoto ancestry, with connections to the Parewaeono …
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… the purchase, Wiremu Kīngi was supported by Taranaki and Ngāti Ruanui and by Waikato followers of the Māori King. …
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… his misfortunes. Rīpeka Meretene, of Ngāi Tapuhara hapu of Ngāti Kahungunu, had been brought from Paihia by Colenso as …
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… of Auckland’s Aotea Square, he sought to invoke a strong Ngāti Whātua presence. It was through these projects that …
Type: Biography