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… tale of Paikea, the Polynesian ancestor of the Ngāti Porou tribe, who arrived in New Zealand on the back of a whale. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Creative life
… with Te Pahi and killed the latter and many members of his tribe. This tragedy delayed the start of the mission for …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Missions and missionaries
… beyond the Bay of Islands. As a result of the musket wars, tribes living near the mission station brought back …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Missions and missionaries
… Whatua, written by Paora Tuhaere; and the history of the tribes of Ngati Toa and Te Ati Awa. Graham was a member of …
Type: Biography
… sign it. The impact of the European world on these inland tribes was less than on coastal iwi at that time. Rangatira …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi
… the main settlement of the Ngāi Tūahuriri hapū (sub-tribe) of Ngāi Tahu. A Māori mission was established at …
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Part of story: Canterbury places
… by archaeologists in collaboration with local hapū (sub-tribes). The fortifications stretched 600 m, with massive …
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Part of story: Northland places
… was a North American Indian, of the Gay Head Wampanoag tribe; her mother was of European origin. Bernice and Doreen …
Type: Biography
… of their land without their consent. In 1846, part of the tribe fought British troops in the Horokiri valley. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Wellington places
… and gold. In 1935 Hōri Wātene of the Ngāti Tamaterā tribe, testifying at a commission of inquiry into the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Gold and gold mining
… political purposes, to strengthen bonds between families or tribes. A betrothed girl was known as a puhi and was …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā tamariki
… had become a highly profitable enterprise for some coastal tribes, who sold or traded their vegetables with whalers, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Gardens
… of Mormon, which identifies Polynesians as one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Both Māori and Mormon traditions referred …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā hāhi – Māori and Christian denominations
… (Māori in Australia) and ‘Ngāti Rānana’ (‘the London tribe’) refer to the large community of Māori in Australia …
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Part of story: Ngā tuakiri hōu – new Māori identities
… for hydroelectric development without consulting the tribe, and water from the Tongariro power scheme was …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Lakes
… area, and continued to do missionary work among the coastal tribes between the Pātea and Rangitīkei rivers. In 1853 …
Type: Biography