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… (1877–1945). Founder of the Young Maori Party. A new biography of Wi Repa, Tutere appears in … his later years Wi Repa was a keen student of Maori tribal history and became a recognised authority on the subject. He …
… Auckland, and early acquired a deep interest in natural history and, particularly, ornithology. Following a brief … intended for the information and improvement of its Maori readers. Buller, with discerning shrewdness, …
… The history of acclimatisation experiments, whether intentional … dates back to the arrival of man on these shores. The Maori brought no herbivorous animals with him, but the … introduced during this period and it is probable that the Maori hastened the disappearance of the moa and the native …
… (1874–1950). Maori leader, politician, statesman, and scholar. A new … Ngata stimulated a revival of interest in the language, history, and traditions both of the Maoris and of their …
… during the Te Whiti troubles. After the arrest of the Maori leaders he left the force and spent three years … was at the same time working up a series of articles on the history of Wellington Harbour. Percy Smith, then … Maori storehouses. In 1919 appeared The Land of Tara , the Maori history of Wellington Harbour. The definitive …
… In the educational field, apart from Maori schools and schools in the missionary dioceses of … Zealand, Christchurch. Proceedings of General Synod (1934) History of the Church Missionary Society (4 vols.), Stock, E. (1899–1916) A History of the Church of England in New Zealand , Purchas, …
… of historians, museum anthropologists, students of Maori lore, and private “fossickers” and collectors of … and understanding. Early theories of New Zealand's pre-history owed as much to the study of Maori tradition as they did to archaeological techniques. …
… literature, and reprints of New Zealand classics and Maori literature. To make financial grants to New Zealand … titles are: Keith Sinclair, The Origin of the Maori Wars (history); Maurice Duggan, Immanuel's Land …
… distinguish sharply between the so-called “Moriori” and the Maori, the first and the second wave of pre-European … Islands, people who were largely killed and assimilated by Maori invaders early in the nineteenth century. It should … Hosking Oliver, M.A.(N.Z.), D.PHIL.(OXON.), Professor of History, Massey University of Manawatu. …
… Trial by jury has been through all stages of New Zealand's history the most favoured procedure for ascertaining guilt … and in 1844 every male British subject (other than a Maori) of good fame and character between the ages of 21 and … to Parliament in 1963 resulted in the present compromise. Maoris have hitherto not been eligible to serve on ordinary …