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… Much tribal land was lost in the 19th century. While some tribes willingly released some land, much land was taken … the sale of land by transferring land titles from tribes and putting them into individual names. Iwi (tribes) made many attempts to halt this loss. The felling of …
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Part of story: Papatūānuku – the land
… practice until the mid-1920s for the Te Whānau-ā-Apanui tribe, and for families around Cook Strait and further … ventures. Members of Ngāti Kurī, a hapū of the Ngāi Tahu tribe, created Kaikōura Whale Watch. Tourists observe the … resources such as bone from stranded whales that die. Some tribes are actively involved in this as a way of recovering …
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Part of story: Te whānau puha – whales
… was vital to individual whānau (families) and hapū (sub-tribes), the use of food to maintain mana was equally … that the feast would be repaid. Because different iwi (tribes) had access to different resources, there was often … (seaweed) and berries from karaka, a coastal tree. Inland tribes in turn had birds and kiore (rats) in tahā …
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Part of story: Te mahi kai – food production economics
… homeland, warfare escalated between the Wheteina and Rauru tribes. It was sparked off in part by a lovers’ spat, which … told him to stop killing and live in peace. On Rēkohu the tribes did live together for a time, but fighting broke out …
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Part of story: Moriori
… Kupe was an important early explorer. The northern tribes have many stories about Kupe. Ngāti Kurī believe Kupe … Whānui, Koutu, Pākanae and Whirinaki. All the northern tribes say that Kupe returned to the Polynesian homeland of …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration
… by Europeans, growing potatoes, gifting pigs to other tribes, and developing large wheat plantations and mills. In …
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… The Rangitāne tribe are descended from Whātonga, who came to New Zealand …
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… of New Zealand and an ‘arms race’ involving a number of tribes. As many as 20,000 people may have died in or as a …
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… region in the North Island. In the 19th century the tribe became known for its prophets and visionaries, who set …
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… industry, and to decide how to allocate fishery assets to tribes. Allocation was hotly debated for over a decade, but … Ngāi Tahu Seafood aimed to: manage and protect the tribe’s investment in seafood quota operate only in niche …
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Part of story: Ngā haumi a iwi – Māori investment
… Ngāti Kahungunu is the largest iwi (tribe) in Hawke’s Bay, and the third largest in New Zealand. … These migrations make up the three strands of the tribe: Wairoa, Heretaunga and Wairarapa. Some descendants on … warfare and strategic marriage. However, existing hapū (sub-tribes) maintained distinct identities, and later Ngāti …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay region
… while others were nationalist. Some attempted to unite tribes in a federation, others sought to switch loyalty from …
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Part of story: Kotahitanga – unity movements
… New Zealand’s Māori tribes have a fund of narratives about people and beings who … explorers founded the communities that gave rise to the tribes of today. Recent work in archaeology, linguistics and … of stories that deepen the connection between the various tribes and the land. The stories are organised in a …
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Part of story: First peoples in Māori tradition
… The importance of ancestors Iwi (tribe) and hapū (sub-tribe) names were preceded by a clan prefix such as Te Kāhui … the name of an important founding ancestor. In some cases tribes simply took the name of the ancestor. Examples …
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Part of story: Tribal organisation
… many examples of contemporary kaitiakitanga. The Ngāi Tahu tribe are kaitiaki of the pounamu (greenstone) resource in … areas. At Pukerua Bay, north of Wellington, the Ngāti Toa tribe worked with the residents’ association to place a … seafood, so the local fishery could be replenished. Four tribes (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Muaūpoko and Ngāti …
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Part of story: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation
… his mother, Tūwharetoa traced descent from the early tribes of the Bay of Plenty. On his father’s side he … As part of his duty to maintain links with neighbouring tribes, Tūwharetoa would travel to other tribal areas. It …
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Part of story: Ngāti Tūwharetoa
… acquired another 31,000 hectares, so that the Muriwhenua tribes no longer held sufficient lands to maintain their … the 1975 Māori land march from Te Hāpua to Parliament. The tribes have also played a pivotal role in claims before the …
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Part of story: Muriwhenua tribes
… Conflicts with related neighbouring tribes led to the spread of influence of Porourangi’s … the Ruawaipū people, who were invaded by the Bay of Plenty tribe Ngā Oho. When Ngā Oho killed the Ruawaipū chief …
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Part of story: Ngāti Porou
… there were disputes between Rangitāne and neighbouring tribes (such as Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Apa), for three or … relatively settled. But in the 1820s this changed. Northern tribes, notably Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Raukawa, encroached upon … were negotiated. European settlement The influx of northern tribes had posed problems in the 1820s and 1830s, and in the …
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Part of story: Rangitāne
… 1991, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which they were affiliated. The figures below show the number who indicated the Tāmaki tribes (including those who indicated more than one tribe), …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes