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… whenua’ (This is the end of the land) – hence the founding tribe’s name, Muriwhenua. Pōhurihanga married Maieke, and … the Tākitimu canoe. A traditional account explains why this tribe was named Kurī, which means ‘dog’. Many generations … funeral of the chief Ihutara. Ngāi Takoto and Te Pātū The tribes Ngāi Takoto and Te Pātū also trace descent from the …
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Part of story: Muriwhenua tribes
… The tribes The tribes of the Marutūahu confederation are Ngāti Rongoū, … This tribal saying asserts the collective identity of the tribes that make up the Marutūahu confederation: Ngā puke ki … became the ancestors of the Marutūahu confederation of tribes, which subsequently conquered the Hauraki region from …
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Part of story: Marutūahu tribes
… the chest of a chief lying in state. Tribal heirlooms All tribes have stories of pounamu artefacts. In particular, … used to make the voyaging canoe, Aotea , of the Ngā Rauru tribe. Eventually, this adze was considered so sacred that …
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Part of story: Pounamu – jade or greenstone
… of horticulture were adopted enthusiastically by Māori. Tribes supplied food to the settlers in the first towns. … though on a cooperative, communal basis. By the mid-1800s, tribes were building flour mills to process wheat. The 1840s …
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Part of story: Te rāngai mahi – Māori in the workforce
… on the composer and their intent. Positions varied between tribes. The most frequently occurring set of names is that … traces. The positions of ancestors often vary between tribes and informants, and one or more of these names are … Rarotonga. Whiro’s name appears in the genealogies of most tribes; however, only Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu and other …
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Part of story: Whakapapa – genealogy
… New Zealand has had three recognised flags – the United Tribes’ flag, the Union Jack and the current flag, …
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… to Europeans until the 1880s. After the Ngāti Maniapoto tribe agreed to a survey for the main trunk railway line …
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… between 1815 and 1840 were particularly devastating for the tribes of Tāmaki (Auckland). Under Hongi Hika, who had … During the 1820s much of the isthmus was abandoned as tribes sought shelter in the Tainui region. Signing the …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes
… of the waters of the river has been contested by Whanganui tribes (and environmentalists). In 1993 a Department of … Pākaitore For 79 days in 1995, people of the Whanganui tribes occupied historic Pākaitore (Moutoa Gardens), beside … been signed. At the heart of all this is the Whanganui tribes’ claim to the river, which is still seen as both an …
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Part of story: Whanganui tribes
… and Hape-ki-tumanui-o-te-rangi (Hape). Some of the sub-tribes of Ngā Pōtiki were Ngāti Rākei, Ngāi Tuahau, … present-day Whakatāne. He was the founding ancestor of many tribes that occupied a large swathe of territory. These … range to Rūātoki. Te Hapū-oneone consisted of related tribes including Ngāti Raumoa, Ngāi Te Kapo and Ngāi Tūranga. …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tūhoe
… even as urban representatives on tribal trust boards. Some tribes have also made concerted efforts to connect with city … links with Waikato people in Wellington and with the home tribes. They meet to develop their knowledge of tribal …
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Part of story: Urban Māori
… The Volcanic Plateau tribes frequently visited coastal regions to gain access to … but decided to stay. They fought the neighbouring tribes of Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Hauā for control of …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… of the Greeks or Egyptians? Were they one of the Lost Tribes of Israel – or was India their homeland? And did they …
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… 1991, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which they were affiliated. The figures below show the number who indicated Muriwhenua tribes (including those who indicated more than one tribe), …
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Part of story: Muriwhenua tribes
… and education. These are intended to promote the tribe’s socio-economic and cultural development, so that it … a significant step in restoring Ngāti Toa to the dynamic tribe that it once was. A Deed of Settlement for the tribe’s historic treaty claims was signed on 7 December …
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Part of story: Ngāti Toarangatira
… their belongings up and down rivers, and across harbours. Tribes living near a waterway would use them regularly. Waka …
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Part of story: Waka – canoes
… authority in a particular area). For instance, a hapū (sub-tribe) may be the kaitiaki for a lake or a forest. Interest … of extinction. For example, the people of the Ngāti Huia tribe saw the extinction of the huia as calamitous. The bird … ideas in a time of cultural and environmental renewal. Iwi (tribes) are seeking to restore ecosystems and culture at the …
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Part of story: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation
… 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 tribes of Te Tau Ihu (including those who indicated more …
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Part of story: Te Tau Ihu tribes
… in New Zealand. From these founding peoples came the iwi (tribes) that form the structure of Māori society. Within …
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… region. These marriages led to the formation of another tribe, again called Ngāi Tai, who are based in the Maraetai … at least 2010. Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, the section of this tribe living in the Auckland region, settled their historic … and commercial redress of $12.7 million, the vesting in the tribe of 16 sites of cultural significance and $50,000 for …
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Part of story: Hauraki tribes