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… two to three generations covering the formation of the tribe. From there the genealogy rapidly expands into a … of the genealogy remembers the founding ancestors of the tribe. In Tainui this narrowing occurs with Tāwhao and his … house of whakapapa represents the histories of hapū (sub tribes) in the detail required to negotiate day-to-day …
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Part of story: Whakapapa – genealogy
… support of rangatira, and accepted their chiefly rank. As tribes converted to Christianity missionaries were accorded more mana. Slaves captured by tribes who converted were sometimes the first missionaries to their own tribes, leading to occasional clashes with tribal leaders. …
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Part of story: Tūranga i te hapori – status in Māori society
… moved to confiscate Ngāti Porou lands because of the tribe’s ‘rebellious’ factions. However, along with Rāpata … was also aware that Ngāti Porou were well armed. The tribe was so well supplied with weapons that their … graduate with a degree. He not only set an example for his tribe through political leadership and achievement, but also …
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Part of story: Ngāti Porou
… are important to the Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa and Te Aupōuri tribes. Hineāmaru Hineāmaru, the ancestor of the Ngāti Hine tribe, is famous for her trip from Waimamaku, near the …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration
… Sometimes fish were caught for gift exchange with inland tribes. Coastal people gave dried fish, dried edible seaweed … a feast, which could be particularly grand when different tribes came together. At a feast prepared by Te Waharoa of …
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Part of story: Te hī ika – Māori fishing
… 1991, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which they were affiliated. The figures below show … Rangitāne (including those who indicated more than one tribe), and the regions where they were found in the …
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Part of story: Rangitāne
… through his mother with Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato tribes, and with the hapū living on the western and northern … Tūwharetoa were under great pressure from the northern tribes newly armed with muskets. He took steps to acquire …
Type: Biography
… were caught up in the debate over whether the East Coast tribes should give support to the Waikato and Tauranga people. Attempts by the East Coast tribes, including Te Whakatōhea, to travel to Waikato via …
Type: Biography
… Anson McCleverty was appointed to obtain deeds from the tribes concerned, exchanging their settlements and … about 1890 belonged predominantly to the Te Āti Awa sub-tribes of Ngāti Te Whiti, Te Matehou, Ngāti Tawhirikura and …
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Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Wellington
… tohunga Rakataura in honour of his pregnant wife. Tainui tribes occupied Kakepuku for centuries, and there are … barrier between Pākehā settlers to the north, and Waikato tribes taking refuge in the King Country. Although some …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… as important ancestors. But by the late 19th century many tribes were struggling to retain ownership of their land. … Island volcanoes would become a national park. Different tribes were disputing ownership of the peaks of Ruapehu, …
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Part of story: National parks
… in concert with some Ngāti Porou and other East Coast tribes, had tried to join Waikato, and were repulsed by Te … Tohi Te Ururangi . Among Te Whakatōhea and other Mātaatua tribes his death was considered murder. It caused much …
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… woman of marriageable age when the expedition of northern tribes led by Ngāpuhi moved south in 1819. The expedition … in the Wanganui area, the war party surprised the Wanganui tribes and Ngāti Apa sheltering at Purua pā on the Wanganui …
Type: Biography
… to Te Rauparaha 's assistance when the lower North Island tribes assaulted Kapiti Island about 1824. Te Rei Hanataua … assistance when they were attacked at Wanganui by local tribes and Ngāti Tūwharetoa. He joined them at Kokohuia on … The Taranaki people had suffered at the hands of these tribes at Pakakutu and Haowhenua, on the Ōtaki River. Te Rei …
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… the hand of Pīhanga, a mountain to the south of Tūrangi. Tribes have different versions of the story; the following … given by Pei Te Hurinui Jones of the Ngāti Maniapoto tribe, illustrates how the same story can vary between …
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Part of story: Whenua – how the land was shaped
… other kaitiaki emulate those original ones. Many hapū (sub-tribes) and whānau (families) care for a place such as a … reclaim traditional knowledge. Te hunga tiaki The Te Arawa tribes use the term ‘te hunga tiaki’ instead of kaitiaki, …
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Part of story: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation
… to signal a rāhui. 1 In the Southland region, the Ngāi Tahu tribe preserved resources through a number of restrictions: … then remains until the following year. 2 In the 1980s, the tribe placed limits on seafood gathering: [T]he rāhui [was] …
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Part of story: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation
… except defence, when it usually depended on the iwi (tribe) or hapū (sub-tribe). Tamariki Tamariki (children) and mokopuna …
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Part of story: Tribal organisation
… six Māori women, including three of the Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki tribe and two of Rongowhakaata. The descendants of these … most of business and trading opportunities. Some hapū (sub-tribes) had their own ships taking foodstuffs to the …
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Part of story: Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes
… migrations The Rangitāne, Ngāti Ira and Ngāti Kahungunu tribes settled in Wairarapa. Rangitāne migrated south from … those who opposed them. Further invasions by Taranaki tribes followed. Ngāti Tama settled on the western shore of …
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Part of story: Wairarapa region