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Story: Tūranga i te hapori – status in Māori society

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Class, status and rank

  3. Tribal traditions of status and rank

  4. Changes in leadership, 19th century

  5. Changes in leadership, 20th century

  6. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Class, status and rank

Tohunga Kāwana Pitiroi Paipai

Tohunga Kāwana Pitiroi Paipai

Pātara Te Ngūngūkai

Pātara Te Ngūngūkai

Te Rangitopeora

Te Rangitopeora

Mihi Kōtukutuku Stirling

Mihi Kōtukutuku Stirling

Te Reinga Falls

Te Reinga Falls

Two Māori women with slave girl

Two Māori women with slave girl

From page 2 - Tribal traditions of status and rank

Tūmatauenga

Tūmatauenga

Te kaieke tohorā

Te kaieke tohorā

Tūtānekai

Tūtānekai

Nohorua

Nohorua (1st of 2)

Te Rauparaha

Te Rauparaha (2nd of 2)

From page 3 - Changes in leadership, 19th century

Rāpata Wahawaha

Rāpata Wahawaha

Nieces of Te Rauparaha

Nieces of Te Rauparaha

Labourers: road workers

Labourers: road workers (1st of 4)

Labourers: Native tree logging

Labourers: Native tree logging (2nd of 4)

Labourers: shearers

Labourers: shearers (3rd of 4)

Labourers: farm labour

Labourers: farm labour (4th of 4)

From page 4 - Changes in leadership, 20th century

Māori professionals: Ākenehi Hei

Māori professionals: Ākenehi Hei (1st of 4)

Māori professionals: Māui Pōmare

Māori professionals: Māui Pōmare (2nd of 4)

Māori professionals: Whetū Tirikātene-Sullivan

Māori professionals: Whetū Tirikātene-Sullivan (3rd of 4)

Māori professionals: Tui Adams and Eddie Durie

Māori professionals: Tui Adams and Eddie Durie (4th of 4)

Peter Fraser and King Korokī

Peter Fraser and King Korokī

Māori and European workers by industry, 1926

Māori and European workers by industry, 1926

Wedding party, Wairarapa

Wedding party, Wairarapa

How to cite this page:

Basil Keane, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/turanga-i-te-hapori-status-in-maori-society/media (accessed 22 January 2021)

Story by Basil Keane, published 5 May 2011

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