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… Edward might 'relapse into the style of many of our old Pākehā Māori' and earn a living from casual employment. … His genealogical interests ultimately included his own Pākehā ancestry: towards the end of his life he wrote a … and organisational skill. A man of no consequence in the Pākehā world of his youth, he later found security among his …
Type: Biography
… In later life Kīngi recalled that as a child he saw few Pākehā other than his teacher, the doctor and the district … a conference which established the principle of a Māori and Pākehā partnership in the Anglican church. He became a … positions on issues, which helped to make him accessible to Pākehā as well as Māori. He had a deep, sonorous voice, and …
Type: Biography
… have considered an alliance with Te Rauparaha against the Pākehā. He visited Te Rauparaha at Taupō pā, Porirua, and … a treaty. Although he professed friendship with the Pākehā he was generally cautious of settlement. However, the … he counselled his descendants to live in peace with the Pākehā and to observe their undertakings. …
Type: Biography
… respected elder in the Māori world, but almost unknown to Pākehā. It is probable that he did not speak English. In … Kurupō was the ambassador of the Tāreha family in the Pākehā world. He was a prominent member of Hawke's Bay … and children and many Māori, but also by a wide circle of Pākehā friends. Te Roera Tāreha survived Kurupō, but in …
Type: Biography
… the governor had the task of looking after both Māori and Pākehā. Māori had been neglected by the government, perhaps … the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty areas. Others tell of Māori-Pākehā relations, marriage customs, leadership qualities, … was acknowledged as a brilliant orator by Māori and Pākehā. He spoke at political meetings and in the Native …
Type: Biography
… Māori and to regulate future relations between Māori and Pākehā. He was a member of the Māori parliament for … which in 1891 had worked out a compromise between Māori and Pākehā. He was a candidate for the Eastern Māori seat in the … select suitable lands elsewhere. Tunuiārangi, now seen by Pākehā as a friend of the government, received his reward. …
Type: Biography
… and to use the skills and knowledge gained in the Pākehā world for the benefit of Māori. Unlike his uncle, … found increasingly problematic, and overly accepting of Pākehā goals. A devout Anglican, Carroll was a member of the …
Type: Biography
… districts. It set up 20 Māori districts, each headed by a Pākehā civil commissioner who presided over Pākehā resident magistrates and Māori district rūnanga. Each …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā take Māori – government policy and Māori
… Taranaki, seeking to reconcile them to Christianity and to Pākehā. Oliver attended school at Ōkaiawa and Normanby, and … An artist with an easy skill, who adapted Māori motifs to Pākehā tastes, he became well known for a number of …
Type: Biography
… inquiries and settlements for other iwi have followed. Pākehā memory Pākehā also did not remember the New Zealand Wars with any …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… extended to the repressive puritanism of New Zealanders. Pākehā culture Despite such attacks on Pākehā society, few of the 1930s cultural nationalists found …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Arts and the nation
… being sentenced and in another it was a group of young Pākehā. The story is probably apocryphal. However in the early 1960s a group of mainly Pākehā boys from the Napier–Hastings area began calling …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Gangs
… celebrating Apirana Ngata's achievements in the Māori and Pākehā worlds. During the First World War Ngāti Porou … fluent in English, Arihia Ngata was never ill at ease in Pākehā company and accompanied Apirana at public functions …
Type: Biography
… understanding them. This led him to state in the House that Pākehā were not qualified to decide for Māori, and he persistently asked that Māori and Pākehā parliamentarians work together to make laws that took …
Type: Biography
… prevent his family from being demoralised by contact with Pākehā. But he was unable to live up to this hope. Already, … co-operative in land negotiations with Henry Tacy Kemp. As Pākehā settlement penetrated Wairarapa, tensions grew …
Type: Biography
… shared family income with wider whānau. Within some Pākehā households money continued to be pooled, while in … 50% of Māori owned their own homes, while nearly 70% of Pākehā did. Neighbourhoods Neighbours were linked by …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Household management
… the couple settled. He worked as a general farmhand on Pākehā farms in Ōwhakatoro, Waimana and Ōpouriao. In 1932 … of rheumatism. Before veterinary services were established, Pākehā farmers from Ōpouriao turned to him to treat their …
Type: Biography
… to assume positions of leadership in both the Māori and Pākehā worlds. His birthplace was Pāhau pā, Ōnaera, near … 11. In his dying words he encouraged his son to obtain a Pākehā education and pass its benefits on to his people. … her father, a Cambridge graduate, ensured she had a good Pākehā education, through a governess and study at Gisborne …
Type: Biography
… newspaper, Te Wananga . The movement was supported by two Pākehā politicians, Henry Russell and John Sheehan. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā rōpū – Māori organisations
… ornate Nukutaimemeha meeting house in Masterton. Important Pākehā buildings include the Anzac and Kiwi halls in …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Wairarapa region