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Gareeb Stephen Shalfoon
Gareeb Stephen Shalfoon (1904–1953) was a notable New Zealand dance band musician, storekeeper and music shop proprietor. Of Māori people, Māori descent, he identified with the Te Whakatohea iwi. He was born in Ōpōtiki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand in 1904. His band the "Melody Boys" made the first jazz recording in New Zealand in 1930, on a short publicity film. References 1904 births 1953 deaths 20th-century New Zealand musicians New Zealand Māori musicians Whakatōhea people 20th-century New Zealand businesspeople People from Ōpōtiki {{NewZealand-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māori People
The Māori (, ) are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. Over several centuries in isolation, these settlers developed their own distinctive culture, whose language, mythology, crafts, and performing arts evolved independently from those of other eastern Polynesian cultures. Some early Māori moved to the Chatham Islands, where their descendants became New Zealand's other indigenous Polynesian ethnic group, the Moriori. Initial contact between Māori and Europeans, starting in the 18th century, ranged from beneficial trade to lethal violence; Māori actively adopted many technologies from the newcomers. With the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, the two cultures coexisted for a generation. Rising tensions over disputed land sales led to conflict in the 1860s, and massive land confiscations, to which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
