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… surveys, first dealing with objections from within the tribe and promoting those factions which supported the idea. …
Type: Biography
… reads, simply, 'He kaiārahi nō te iwi' (A leader of his tribe). …
Type: Biography
… now became the keystone of Vercoe's life work. His own tribes, Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāti Tuarā, had hardly any …
Type: Biography
… more trustful and relaxed in his dealings with the local tribes. After refitting in the sound, Cook continued his … account for variations in prosperity between the southern tribes and those of the North Island. Along with all …
Type: Biography
… beginning a long period of close involvement with the Māori tribes of Northland. He also became the president of the …
Type: Biography
… of the last of the old Te Whakatōhea chiefs, leaving the tribe and Ngāti Rua with no men of real influence. This loss …
Type: Biography
… claimed that his mother was half-Amerindian, of the Musqua tribe; but in the records both parents appear as 'white'. In …
Type: Biography
… Waikato. To hold the land seized from the 'rebellious' tribes, the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863, less …
Type: Biography
… He spoke of divisions within Te Kotahitanga and between tribes, and noted its failure to achieve mana motuhake …
Type: Biography
… including representatives of west coast and Taranaki tribes, extending as far north as Ngāti Maniapoto. Ngāti …
Type: Biography
… to his own people of Te Arawa as well as to people of other tribes. He became a district surveyor and director of native …
Type: Biography
… Mākereti learnt the genealogies, history and customs of her tribe. Mākereti did not speak English until her father took …
Type: Biography
… at important hui when, as the senior representative of her tribe, Mihi felt obliged to rise and speak. Other tribal …
Type: Biography
… now began to promote a treaty-based bond of union between tribes. In early 1885 other Ngāpuhi leaders seem to have …
Type: Biography
… rights as hosts by welcoming the duke ahead of the local tribe. After the duke's departure they were bitterly …
Type: Biography
… Māori tried to persuade the people to join the other tribes to fight outside New Zealand. In the winter of 1918 …
Type: Biography
… that forbearance was not exercised in disputes between tribes and he attempted to mediate in such conflicts. …
Type: Biography