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… of people of the Mataatua canoe, as well as neighbouring tribes and places. The chant ‘Te Whare-o-Ngāpuhi’ outlines the boundaries of the Ngāpuhi tribe. Numerous stories also outline the travels of …
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Part of story: Tapa whenua – naming places
… personal names in place names would later reinforce a tribe’s claim that their ancestor discovered, named and … south – an area that now forms the boundary of the Tainui tribes. The Northland ancestor Tōhē walked from Kapowairua …
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Part of story: Tapa whenua – naming places
… and Ngāti Maru at Te Tōtara (Thames) in 1821. The Marutūahu tribes fled inland to refuges in Waikato (around present-day … The ‘Waharoa war’ in 1836 amongst inland and Bay of Plenty tribes greatly set back its work, although Hauraki kept out …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel region
… for particular iwi. These anthems often share part of the tribe’s unique history, and their singing invokes tribal … in the 19th century – a drinking song sung to refute the tribe’s policy against alcohol. Another unique waiata was …
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Part of story: Waiata hōu – contemporary Māori songs
… Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi at a meeting of northern tribes called to discuss the Treaty of Waitangi. Paipai held …
Type: Biography
… human habitation dates back to 1450 CE. A succession of tribes lived around the twin inlets of Porirua Harbour. The … was built in the 1960s, more land was reclaimed. Again, the tribe’s requests for compensation were ignored. Takapūwāhia …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… There, on Sunday 12 April, he preached to the assembled tribes from John 17:12. On these journeys Matiu Tahu and …
Type: Biography
… into has netts in its making’. 3 Food-gathering places Each tribe had its own named fishing grounds and diving rocks … were very important, and in some cases tapu (sacred) to the tribes which relied on them for their survival. In the 21st …
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Part of story: Māori foods – kai Māori
… is 'long wait'; the town is known as the ‘River City’. Tribes Whanganui is the ancestral home of Ngāti Tūpoho, Ngāti Tūmango and Ngā Paerangi, hapū (sub-tribes) of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. Pūtiki is the marae of …
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Part of story: Whanganui places
… Kīngitanga (King movement) aimed to foster unity between tribes and give Māori greater authority in national affairs. … for native government’, the first government system to give tribes significant administrative and legal authority in … the negotiation of sales of Māori land. By 1870 some tribes no longer owned enough land to sustain their people, …
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Part of story: Ngā take Māori – government policy and Māori
… Kereopa and Pātara Raukatauri to go as emissaries to the tribes of the East Coast. They were told to preach the Pai … he attempted to travel to Waikato to preach to the Kingite tribes, but was prevented from reaching the Kaingaroa plains …
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… many countries are diverse. In addition to the myriad black tribes and Arabic peoples of North Africa, there are …
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Part of story: Africans
… marae: the ‘Treaty o Waitangi flag’ (probably the United Tribes’ flag), Rongopai below that, Māui below that, and …
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Part of story: Ngā haki – Māori and flags
… narratives and whakapapa (genealogies). The Ngāti Awa tribe have a whakapapa for the kūmara (sweet potato) and the …
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Part of story: Te aitanga pepeke – the insect world
… it abuts the lands of both Ngāti Awa and Te Whakatōhea tribes. The harbour has for centuries been a rich source of …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… common names for comets. One tradition from the Mātaatua tribes in the Bay of Plenty says that Te Rā (the sun) sent …
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Part of story: Ranginui – the sky
… Ringamutu, was to become the founding ancestor of the tribe. Apanui Ringamutu meets his mother’s people Six or …
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Part of story: Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
… dug out by Rākaihautū (a founding ancestor of the Waitaha tribe). Each lake has a particular story, and these are …
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Part of story: Papatūānuku – the land
… they were themselves absorbed into the genealogy of that tribe. Of eels and seagulls’ eggs Several South Island names …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tahu
… it is challenged by some. Springing from the land Some iwi (tribes) hold that their ancestors did not come from over the …
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Part of story: Te Ao Mārama – the natural world