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… descendant of Rāhiri, common progenitor of all Tai Tokerau tribes. His whakapapa links him with Hineāmaru, the … links with Te Puea Hērangi assisted in drawing the Tainui tribes of Waikato and the northern Tai Tokerau tribes together. During the First World War Hēnare spoke out …
Type: Biography
… Coromandel Peninsula and Hauraki hinterlands from an early tribe, Ngāti Huarere. Tāraia was descended from early … Ngāti Tamaterā had old scores to settle with this northern tribe. In May 1826, at Te Rore in Waikato, they succeeded in … independent sections of the Marutūāhu confederation – four tribes who shared descent from Marutūāhu, son of Hoturoa of …
Type: Biography
… within Polynesia itself. Missionaries and lost tribes Evangelical Christian missionaries had a biblical … that the peoples of Polynesia derived from one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. It was an argument that Māori sometimes …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ideas about Māori origins
… been allowed to marry a Pākehā – or even a Māori of another tribe. Potiki said he had ‘deliberately sought a partner from within the tribe and I would be very pleased if my children did the …
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Part of story: Intermarriage
… Amongst high-ranking Māori families, intermarriage between tribes was used to forge political alliances, make peace … future children were retained by the community, while the tribe gained a member. Marriage placed duties, expectations …
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Part of story: Intermarriage
… African King Country: 0.2% New Zealand: 1.2% Principal tribes and sub-tribes Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Āti …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: King Country region
… American, African Nelson: 0.4% New Zealand: 1.2% Principal tribes/sub-tribes Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Nelson region
… American, African Otago: 1.1% New Zealand: 1.2% Principal tribes and sub-tribes Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe, Waitaha Population of major …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Otago region
… African Taranaki: 0.4% New Zealand: 1.2% Principal tribes and sub-tribes Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Maru, …
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Part of story: Taranaki region
… block at Rotokohu, near Paeroa, from Ngāti Koi, a sub-tribe of Ngāti Tamaterā. However, the sale was opposed by another sub-tribe, Ngāti Hako, who claimed ownership of the block, and …
Type: Biography
… Trickster Māori The large Ngāti Porou tribe, based on the east coast of the North Island, enjoys a … tricks, especially against non-Māori. A history of the tribe records that one elderly Ngāti Porou man asked for …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori humor – te whakakata
… musket wars were preceded by traditional warfare between tribes, involving hand-to-hand fighting with traditional … (circle the land). One involved Hokianga and Kāwhia tribes who travelled down the west coast of the North Island …
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Part of story: Musket wars
… of food, to save for leaner times or to trade with other tribes. Food could be dried in embers or, in the geothermal … (gourds), and the fat poured in to set around it. Southern tribes inflated pōhā (bull kelp) to make storage containers …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori foods – kai Māori
… ‘show that she was well-versed in the history of her tribes and had a good knowledge of genealogies. She also had … their own opinion on topical matters. Whaikōrero In some tribes, such as Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu, women of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women
… supplementary payments if future settlements with other tribes were large in comparison to the Tainui settlement. … their region. A range of businesses and trusts oversee the tribes’ assets. Waikato River settlement, 2009 Following the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Waikato tribes
… Tāwhiao, of Ngāti Mahuta in the Tainui confederation of tribes, was the son of Waikato leader Pōtatau Te Wherowhero … would help protect Māori land and foster unity between tribes. On Pōtatau's death in 1860 Tāwhiao became the second … by British forces in 1863 on the pretext that the Waikato tribes were preparing to attack Auckland, Tāwhiao and his …
Type: Biography
… topographical features that had been observed by local tribes. The maps could also record the locations of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Whenua – how the land was shaped
… shape many of the voyaging canoes that brought the various tribes to New Zealand were made from the stone that Ngahue …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Pounamu – jade or greenstone
… creature stole his spiritual essence. In retaliation, the tribes of Waeroa (mosquitoes) and Namu (sandflies) attacked …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te aitanga pepeke – the insect world
… Kura, Ngati Korakorako and Ngati Turehu, all hapu or sub-tribes of the people called Patupaiarehe. The chiefs of this …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: First peoples in Māori tradition