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Tahāwai
Te Rarawa is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of five Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Rūnanga and marae Te Rarawa has 23 foundation marae: *Korou Kore Marae, '' Ahipara'', represents the hapū of Ngāti Moroki. *Mātihetihe Marae, ''Mitimiti'', represents the hapū of Te Tao Māui and Te Hokokeha. *Morehu Marae, Ōhaki Marae and Taiao Marae, ''Whāngāpe Harbour'', represent the hapū of Te Uri o Tai. *Motutī Marae, ''Hokianga Harbour'', represents the hapū of Ngāti Te Maara, Te Kaitutae, Ngāī Tamatea, Te Waiariki, and Ngāti Muri Kāhara. *Ngāti Manawa Marae, '' Panguru'', represents the hapū of Ngāti Manawa, Waiāriki and Te Kaitutae. *Ōwhata Marae, ''Ōwhata Harbour'', represents the hapū of Ngāti Torotoroa, Tahukai and Te Popoto. *Ngāi Tūpoto Marae, ''Motukaraka'', represents the hapū of Ngāi Tūpoto and Ngāti Here. *Rangikohu Marae , ''Ōwhata Harbour'', represents the hapū of Ngāti Kuri rāua ko Ngāti Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pukepoto
Pukepoto is a town in Northland, New Zealand. It lies south west of Kaitaia and north east of Ahipara. The Herekino Forest lies to the south east. is a cobalt blue pigment which can be found in clay rock. Demographics Pukepoto is in an SA1 statistical area which covers . The SA1 area is part of the larger Tangonge statistical area. The SA1 statistical area had a population of 165 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 27 people (19.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 15 people (10.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 54 households, comprising 78 males and 84 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.93 males per female. The median age was 37.0 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 39 people (23.6%) aged under 15 years, 30 (18.2%) aged 15 to 29, 69 (41.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 27 (16.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 34.5% European/Pākehā, 87.3% Māori, 5.5% Pacific peoples, and 1.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohukohu, New Zealand
Kohukohu is a village on the Hokianga Harbour in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It was one of the first European settlements in New Zealand. Kohukohu is situated on the northern shore of the harbour where it splits into two rivers, the Mangamuka River branching inland to the northeast and the Waihou River leading towards the east past Mangungu, Horeke and Rangiahua. Where the harbour divides there is a small island called Motiti which was painted by Augustus Earle, the first European artist to spend several months in New Zealand, during his visit to the Hokianga in 1827. He wrote "we were sailing up a spacious sheet of water, which became considerably wider after entering it; while majestic hills rose on each side .... looking up the river we beheld various headlands stretching into the water and gradually contracting its width, 'till they became fainter and fainter in the distance and all was lost in the azure of the horizon". History and culture Pre-European settlem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northland Region
The Northland Region ( mi, Te Tai Tokerau) is the northernmost of New Zealand's 16 local government regions. New Zealanders sometimes refer to it as the Winterless North because of its mild climate all throughout the year. The main population centre is the city of Whangārei, and the largest town is Kerikeri. At the 2018 New Zealand census, Northland recorded a population growth spurt of 18.1% since the previous 2013 census, placing it as the fastest growing region in New Zealand, ahead of other strong growth regions such as the Bay of Plenty (2nd with 15%) and Waikato (3rd with 13.5%). Geography The Northland Region occupies the northern 80% (265 km) of the 330 km Northland Peninsula, the southernmost part of which is in the Auckland Region. Stretching from a line at which the peninsula narrows to a width of just 15 km a little north of the town of Wellsford, Northland Region extends north to the tip of the Northland Peninsula, covering an area of 13,940&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngahuia Piripi
Ngahuia Piripi is a New Zealand television actress. Piripi plays Esther Samuels on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street''. Biography Piripi was born in Auckland to Poto Stephens-Dunn and Haami Piripi; she was raised by her mother. She is a member of Te Rarawa tribe. She attended a Kura Kaupapa Māori (a Māori-language immersion primary school) and is fluent in Te Reo Māori. She attended Auckland Girls' Grammar School and while still studying started working on Māori language television shows such as ''Whanau.'' After high school she started studying for a science degree then changed to a bachelor of Māori development at Auckland University of Technology. She continued to work on Maori language television, appearing in two seasons of the soap ''Korero Mai''. Piripi has also appeared in the movie ''Mahana'', produced by Lee Tamahori Warren Lee Tamahori (; born 17 June 1950) is a New Zealand filmmaker best known for directing the 1994 film '' Once Were Warriors'', t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anaru Iehu Ngawaka
Anaru Iehu Ngawaka (1872–1964) was a New Zealand Te Rarawa leader and Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ... clergyman. References 1872 births 1964 deaths New Zealand Anglican priests New Zealand Māori religious leaders Te Rarawa people People from the Northland Region {{Māori-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia Commune, Teleorman County, Romania
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Meri may refer to: *Meri (name) *Meri (mythology), folk hero in Bororo mythology *Meri, term in shakuhachi music *''The Meri'', novel by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff *''Meri'', release title of La Mer (film) in Finland *Meri (political party), now-defunct political party in Israel * Meri or Mery, an ancient Egyptian name Places *Merì, town in Italy *Meri, Cameroon, commune in Extrême-Nord region *Meri, Iran (other) *Meri, a village in Drăgăneşti Commune, Prahova County, Romania *Meri, a village in Vedea The Vedea () is a river in southern Romania that flows from the Cotmeana Plateau and empties into the Danube. It has a total length of 224 km, of which 33 km is regulated. Its drainage basin area is 5,430 km2. It flows in Argeș Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scoop
Scoop, Scoops or The scoop may refer to: Objects * Scoop (tool), a shovel-like tool, particularly one deep and curved, used in digging * Scoop (machine part), a component of machinery to carry things * Scoop stretcher, a device used for casualty lifting * Scoop (utensil), a specialized spoon for serving * Hood scoop, a ventilating opening in the bonnet (hood) of a car * Scoop (theater), a type of wide area lighting fixture * Scoop neckline, a kind of shirt neckline Characters * Scoop (''G.I. Joe''), a character in the ''G.I. Joe'' universe * Scoop, a toy bulldozer in ''Scoop and Doozie'' * Todd "Scoops" Ming, a character on ''WordGirl'' * Scoop, a backhoe loader character in ''Bob the Builder'' Film and television * ''The Scoop'' (film), a 1934 British crime film * ''Scoop'' (1987 film), a film based on novel by Evelyn Waugh * ''Scoop'' (2006 film), a film by Woody Allen * ''Scoop!'', a 2016 Japanese film * ''Scoop'', a Malaysian film by Aziz M. Osman * ''Scoop'' (TV se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria University Of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The university is well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, and offers a broad range of other courses. Entry to all courses at first year is open, and entry to second year in some programmes (e.g. law, criminology, creative writing, architecture, engineering) is restricted. Victoria had the highest average research grade in the New Zealand Government's Performance Based Research Fund exercise in both 2012 and 2018, having been ranked 4th in 2006 and 3rd in 2003. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māmari Stephens
Māmari Stephens (born 1970) is a law academic best known for her work creating ''He Papakupu Reo Ture: A Dictionary of Māori Legal Terms'', a Māori-English a bi-lingual dictionary of legal terms. She identifies as being of Te Rarawa and Ngāti Pākehā descent. Stephens has a background in classics and law at Victoria University of Wellington, where she is currently a Reader in Law. After graduating, she worked at Russell McVeagh in Wellington for 3.5 years. In 2019 she was ordained as a priest in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia and is a part-time Māori Chaplain at Victoria University. She is on the Board of Trustees of the Wellington City Mission. Legal Māori Project Led by Stephens and Mary Boyce of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, this FRST-funded project created the first ever Māori-English bi-lingual dictionary of legal terms, ''He Papakupu Reo Ture: A Dictionary of Maori Legal Terms.'' The project involved digitising historical texts, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highlanders (rugby Union)
The Highlanders (formerly the Otago Highlanders) is a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Dunedin that compete in Super Rugby. The team was formed in 1996 to represent the lower South Island in the newly formed Super 12 competition, and includes the Otago, North Otago and Southland unions. The Highlanders take their name from the Scottish immigrants that helped found the Otago, North Otago, and Southland regions in the 1840s and 1850s. Their main ground through the 2011 Super Rugby season was Carisbrook in Dunedin, with home games occasionally being played in Invercargill and Queenstown. The Highlanders moved into Carisbrook's replacement, Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza, for the 2012 season; the stadium opened in time for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, but after the Super Rugby season. They finished the inaugural season eighth, and the following season finished last after winning only three of eleven matches. However, in the 1998, 1999 and 2000 seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand National Rugby Union Team
The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987, 2011 and 2015. They were the first country to win the Rugby World Cup 3 times. New Zealand has a 76 per-cent winning record in test-match rugby, and has secured more wins than losses against every test opponent. Since their international debut in 1903, New Zealand teams have played test matches against 19 nations, of which 12 have never won a game against the All Blacks. The team has also played against three multinational all-star teams, losing only eight of 45 matches. Since the introduction of the World Rugby Rankings in 2003, New Zealand has held the number-one ranking longer than all other teams combined. They jointly hold the record for the most consecutive test match wins for a tier-one ranked nation, along with England. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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