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Ruhe (Māori Chief)
Ruhe (? - 1865) was a Māori people, Māori chief of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) in northern New Zealand. He lived at Kaikohe. At the first signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840, Ruhe gave a concerted physical display and speech against the treaty. He would go on to sign the Treaty of Waitangi later that day. Next to his name was the statement in Māori language, Māori "''Te Tohu o Ruhe te tamaiti o Kopiri''", meaning "The mark of Ruhe the son of Kōpiri". In 1841, Ruhe's son Maketu Wharetotara, Maketū Wharetotara was accused of the murder of five people on Motuarohia Island. After being found guilty, Maketū Wharetotara became the first person executed under British law in New Zealand. It was said that Ruhe suffered severe grief after his son died. Ruhe committed suicide in 1865 by shooting himself. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruhe 1865 deaths Signatories of the Treaty of Waitangi Ngāpuhi people Suicides by firearm in New Zealand ... [...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] |
