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… Gittos, who maintained good relations with the local tribe, Te Uri-o-Hau. However Albertland never rivalled …
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Part of story: Methodist Church
… battle between the Ngāti Toa, Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto tribes in the 1820s. Māori continued to live at Taharoa …
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Part of story: King Country places
… national parks, the area is significant to the Ngāi Tahu tribe. Aoraki/Mt Cook in particular is revered as an …
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Part of story: National parks
… as children, Īhaka and Heneriata. Hirini Whaanga farmed the tribe's land on Māhia Peninsula with some success. His …
Type: Biography
… settled initially by Te Rapuwai, Hāwea and Waitaha iwi (tribes), with Ngāti Māmoe arriving in the 16th century and …
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Part of story: Māori rock art – ngā toi ana
… and was seen as a sign that an important member of the tribe had passed away, or might soon do so. There are …
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Part of story: Tāwhirimātea – the weather
… irrevocably. His greatest support came from his mother's tribe, Tūhoe, as did his most formidable Māori opponent, the … passed in 1896. Tūhoe and Te Whakatōhea, the two tribes who committed themselves to Rua in the 1906–8 period, …
Type: Biography
… Nuku-pewapewa in a punitive raid against the Taranaki tribes who had occupied Wairarapa, only to withdraw when he … the proposed price was too little to satisfy 'his numerous tribes', and pointed out that although the land was now …
Type: Biography
… of Te Rangihaeata's sisters were killed by the Waikato tribe Ngāti Pou. In 1819, already regarded as a war leader … Rauparaha to Kapiti Island. While Te Rangihaeata fought the tribes on the mainland he continued to protect those Ngāti …
Type: Biography
… Awa, from Taranaki, with occasional visits to those of the tribe who had migrated to Queen Charlotte Sound. At Ōtaki … of Te Āti Awa land at Waitara despite opposition within the tribe. Churchmen led by Bishop Selwyn aligned themselves on …
Type: Biography
… and Ngāti Hinepare. They were also connected to the major tribe, Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti, and its hapū, Ngāti Parau. The … the colonial government's military actions against Hauhau tribes and the followers of Te Kooti in the 1860s and early …
Type: Biography
… to confiscate Māori land and that there was no hope for the tribes of New Zealand. Te Hura and his people attended a … given away to Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa and other tribes. Even though some was eventually returned, the result …
Type: Biography
… both between Tūhoe hapū and between Tūhoe hapū and other tribes. Te Ngahuru rose to prominence in this period. The … Ngāti Raka at Tīwhana. The two senior chiefs of that tribe, Te Moanawaipū and Rangitūmatarau, were slain. Then, …
Type: Biography
… threatened as the wars between Waikato and the Kāwhia tribes continued in the early nineteenth century. After Te … of Ngāti Raukawa tensions developed between the migrant tribes themselves. A fatal argument over potatoes stolen at …
Type: Biography
… Tohu and Te Whiti later taught that Māori were of the lost tribes of Israel (as Samuel Marsden had suggested at … emblem of Te Whiti's people. Attempts were made by visiting tribes to promote peace between the two chiefs in the mid …
Type: Biography
… at home (1874) and Revenge: a love tale of the Mount Eden tribe (1940). These works, which White regarded as … As a result he collected a wide range of material from most tribes, including songs, proverbs, genealogies, historical …
Type: Biography
… its title could theoretically be issued in the name of the tribe, but in practice this apparently never occurred. By …
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Part of story: Māori Land Court – Te Kōti Whenua