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… chieftain’s son.’ Peace was made, and thereafter Tūpāhau’s tribe became known as Ngāti Toarangatira, meaning the tribe of chivalrous and chiefly warriors. The name is … Kāwhia until the early 1820s when, with members of related tribes including Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Koata and Ngāti Te …
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Part of story: Ngāti Toarangatira
… century sometimes settled ashore and married into Māori tribes. Whalers were followed by missionaries keen to …
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… the instigation of their chiefs. When they returned to the tribe, often after years of being away, they would usually … into an arms race based on the acquisition of muskets. Tribes had begun to focus heavily on creating a surplus of …
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Part of story: Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy
… Mana and utu Traditionally the mana or prestige of a tribe and its members was all important. Tribes and their rangatira could increase mana by triumphing …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori warfare – Riri
… over £72,000, mostly within two years. By 1850 most of the tribe’s accessible land in Auckland was gone. By 1900 Ngāti … released findings supporting Te Roroa’s claims, and the tribe now plays a significant role in their region. Action …
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Part of story: Ngāti Whātua
… During the 1820s, the northern tribe Ngāpuhi went on the rampage throughout the North … The 1850s was an era of great economic expansion for the tribe, which traded on locally owned ships as far as … the Hauhau converts, among whom were sections of the sub-tribes from north of the Waiapu River, Tokomaru Bay, Tolaga …
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Part of story: Ngāti Porou
… Retaining land Following the wars of the 1860s, East Coast tribes were threatened with confiscation of their lands by … those who had fought against the Crown after 1863. Some tribes of Tūranganui-a-Kiwa suffered more than others in … could be effectively farmed. World wars Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes were represented in the New Zealand Pioneer …
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Part of story: Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes
… Among Māori tribes there are many oral traditions about ancient peoples …
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… hardships along the way, they became a rich and powerful tribe on both sides of Cook Strait (Te Moana-a-Raukawa). …
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… Pā remains a testament to the courage and ingenuity of the tribes of Tauranga. …
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… Ngāti Awa people as Apanui Te Haua and Apanui Te Kuti.) The tribe was named after him because of his ancestry and … kūmara (sweet potatoes) Tamahae, remembered as the tribe’s greatest warrior, who fought many battles around the …
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Part of story: Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
… besides deliberately marrying into the earliest resident tribes such as Waitaha, Ngāi Tahu also learned the traditions and customs of these tribes. Among Māori the real basis to any claim on the land … – were taken south by Ngāi Tahu and by earlier East Coast tribes closely related to Ngāi Tahu. …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tahu
… Kupe According to the Te Āti Awa tribe, Kupe explored the entire west coast of the North … on the barbs of a fish). Tara was the ancestor of the tribe Ngāi Tara, which occupied the lands around Wellington … Tautoki’s son Rangitāne was the ancestor of the Rangitāne tribes. Tara and Tautoki made a sweeping journey around the …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration
… brought together the dispossessed remnant of many Māori tribes and inspired them with his religion – and his …
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… to powerful leaders of Ngāti Maniapoto and of Waikato tribes. As well as Ngāti Pēhi hapū (known later as Ngāti … neighbours – Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato tribes. In addition, it was realised that Ngāti Tūwharetoa …
Type: Biography
… The tribes of the Whanganui region each trace their main line of … the middle reaches and Tūpoho of the lower river. Hapū (sub-tribes) of the Waimarino district also identify with Tama …
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Part of story: Whanganui region
… way to the east coast. On finding some men of the Ngāi Tahu tribe building a canoe, she commented on the bluntness of … Ngāi Tahu Over time the Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Wairangi tribes came into conflict over the stone. A number of …
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Part of story: Pounamu – jade or greenstone
… the lives of New Zealanders. ISBN: 978-1-86953-690-9 Māori tribes of New Zealand (2008) A richly illustrated guide to the iwi (tribes) of New Zealand. It also explores how the Polynesian … to the history, culture and identity of the various iwi (tribes). Buy online at Bateman Books ISBN: 978-1-86953-622-0 …
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… had been fighting for several years with the inland Waikato tribes for control over Kāwhia Harbour and its rich … attack by a combined force of Waikato and Maniapoto tribes. Defeated, Ngāti Toa were forced to retreat to Te …
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Part of story: Ngāti Toarangatira
… of Islands and Whangārei (not including those of related tribes in Whangārei, the Kaipara and Muriwhenua), and 150 sub-tribes. Flowing together Drawing on imagery of the Hokianga …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi