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… focussed on cultural divisions, which they described as ‘tribes’, rather than class divisions of income, property …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Class
… First World War Ngāti Porou leaders encouraged their young tribesmen to enlist in the Māori contingents. Arihia played … period, Arihia provided lodging for young men from other tribes who came to learn sheepfarming skills from Ngāti …
Type: Biography
… was established, but in 1850, without the consent of the tribe, a Crown grant had been issued to the church. In the …
Type: Biography
… in major treaty settlements with the Ngāi Tahu and Tainui tribes. After retiring from Parliament Sir Doug continued to …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Cultural go-betweens
… and had a central role in explaining their mission to local tribes, including his wife's relations. From around 1834 …
Type: Biography
… of Taranaki traditions and of dialectal variation between tribes. Always concerned with the variations in tradition, …
Type: Biography
… extensive exposure to two of the most learned men of the tribe, and parental support for learning English and writing …
Type: Biography
… who were seen as representing the future heritage of the tribe. This principle was conveyed in the proverb: ‘He kai …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā tamariki
… wars Tūpaea was described as embittered by the ravages his tribe had sustained and reluctant to make peace with Te …
Type: Biography
… New Zealand’s natural hazards and disasters (2007) Māori tribes of New Zealand (2008) New Zealanders and the sea …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te Ara – a history
… Land Court as ‘a veritable engine of destruction for any tribe’s land tenure’. 1 Hugh carried out further research … o Ngāti Whātua, the development and progression of the tribe’s treaty claims in the Kaipara and Auckland districts, …
Type: Biography
… faith, which held that the Anglo-Saxon people were a lost tribe of the Israelites. He established an Anglo-Israel …
Type: Biography
… for Europeans who chose to live among Māori as part of the tribe), such as Barnet Burns and John Rutherford. However, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Non-fiction
… Maniapoto, who wanted the land awarded to the claimant tribes and hapū, to preserve tribal society and prevent …
Type: Biography
… Reedy. Materoa’s mana was such that she often spoke for the tribe on important ceremonial occasions, a traditional duty …
Type: Biography
… period, cemented peace between Ngāi Tahu and those northern tribes that had made war upon them in the 1820s and 1830s. …
Type: Biography
… of Chatham Island. He was a member of the Ōwenga Moriori tribe. His mother's name was either Rūnanga or Hirimaru. His …
Type: Biography
… In May 1890, he chaired a meeting of the Northland tribes at Ōmanaia, a place that was spiritually significant …
Type: Biography
… and Te Peehi Tūroa raided Hawke's Bay. The local tribes gathered at Te Rae-o-Tahumata near Ōmāhu under the …
Type: Biography