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… lobsters – whatever their traditional food was. The host tribe would also provide an abundance of the foods for which … the sea to the forest In the traditional Māori economy, tribes would exchange coastal and inland products. Baskets …
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Part of story: Mātaitai – shellfish gathering
… Only during times of crisis did these main inland tribes put aside differences to fight common enemies such as … tensions between Te Arawa on the one hand, and the tribes of Ngāi Te Rangi (descendants of Rangihouhiri) and … broke out in Maketū, where flax was being prepared by all tribes, side by side, in the rush to acquire an advantage …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… prominent Paurini family of Ngāti Kurauia, the Tokaanu sub-tribe of Ngāti Tūwharetoa . This arranged marriage, which … in 1926. Known as a tough negotiator, he was to direct the tribe's financial activities for more than 40 years. In 1935 … of his own strong tribal connections with the Tainui tribes, the Kīngitanga leader Te Puea Hērangi invited him to …
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… (Stewart Island). Year round, the sea provided most food. Tribes The early tribe of Waitaha, including the sub-tribes …
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Part of story: Southland region
… rank enabled her to take a role that extended to the whole tribe and was of a kind usually restricted to men. In the … and used her skills and energies among her own and other tribes. A considerate and generous host, she welcomed, …
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… his brother Te Māwae were among the leaders of the Wanganui tribes in the tribal wars of the early nineteenth century. … River, against the expedition of northern, musket-armed tribes led by Tūwhare, Patuone and Nene . When the … was involved in the attack by Wanganui and other southern tribes on Ngāti Toa at Kapiti Island, but escaped the …
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… in the marae, or chief court of the pa, and then names the tribe for which each division is intended, striking it with … One feast at Matamata in 1837 was held by Te Waharoa for tribes from Tauranga. A commentator wrote: They have …
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Part of story: Māori feasts and ceremonial eating – hākari
… neighbours, usually Pākehā farmers. Rangitāne, like other tribes, entered the labour force as manual workers on other … New leaders A new generation of leaders ensured the tribe’s survival through their readiness to embrace new …
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Part of story: Rangitāne
… There he installed the god Tamaīwaho. Tautūrangi’s tribe was known as Te Wakanui until the time of Tūtāmure, … Tūtāmure established the eastern boundary between the two tribes of Te Wakanui and Ngāi Tai at Tōrere, and inland from …
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Part of story: Te Whakatōhea
… a god of the kūmara (sweet potato). Kurahaupō The Taranaki tribes say that Te Moungaroa was the captain of Kurahaupō … and Te Kōhatuwhenua The traditions of the Taranaki tribes of Ngāti Ruanui and Ngā Rauru name at least five …
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Part of story: Canoe traditions
… inferior to the task’. 1 Pātaka and waka taua The mana of a tribe was invested in the carving of elaborate pātaka … and in large waka taua (carved canoes), which expressed the tribe’s prestige outside its own boundaries. Whale … fully carved meeting house was introduced to the Te Arawa tribes when the East Coast tribe of Ngāti Awa offered them …
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Part of story: Whakairo – Māori carving
… for Europeans who chose to live among Māori as part of the tribe. Some were traders, whalers and sealers looking to … dressed flax, timber, pigs and potatoes on behalf of the tribes they lived among, and bought them muskets, food, …
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Part of story: Cultural go-betweens
… at Moehau (Coromandel Peninsula), a few of their subtribes live at Waimango in the Wharekawa district, on the … Marutūahu (the ancestors of the Marutūahu confederation of tribes) made their home in the Wharekawa district. The … ranging from the Piako River to Tāpapakanga. Living among tribes that owed nominal allegiance to the King movement, …
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… the musket. This was a period of war between antagonistic tribes. In the 1830s Christian missionary work , begun in … in an attempt to spread the Christian message. Some tribes became involved in trade with Europeans, exchanging … and more than 500 Māori chiefs representing numerous tribes throughout the country. The effect of te Tiriti o …
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Part of story: Māori
… food sources could fail and sometimes people had to move. Tribes passed on whakapapa and knew the land they could … eel migrations, and eels were an important food for all tribes. Fowling The most important bird species for food …
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Part of story: Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy
… This saying relates the power and prestige of the Waikato tribes to that of the river. In 1993 the Waitangi Tribunal … acknowledged that the river was a taonga (treasure) of the tribes of Tainui and Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Ngāti Tūwharetoa has … downstream of the lake as far as Huka Falls, while Tainui tribes claim mana (authority) over the rest of the river. …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… encourage collective government. The result was the United Tribes’ flag. United Tribes’ flag In late 1833 the governor of New South Wales … that day. It came to be known as the flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand, after the title used by the chiefs …
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Part of story: Flags
… Ngāti Hauā were allied with Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto tribes against Te Rauparaha and Ngāti Toa, who were finally … lands in central Waikato against occupation by neighbouring tribes. After Ngāpuhi raids in the Hauraki area, culminating … Te Tōtara pā (near present day Thames) in 1821, Ngāti Maru tribes retreated inland up the Waihou River to Te Aroha …
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… that a calamity had befallen the Ngāti Toarangatira tribe, and a travelling group was sent out. Among the … from Rangitīkei to Kāpiti and settled a large number of sub-tribes. This settlement is reflected in the large number of …
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Part of story: Ngāti Raukawa