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Tawhanga Nopera
Tawhanga Nopeara is a Maori academic and artist. He is of takatāpui identity, and of Te Arawa, Ngati Tuwharetoa and Ngapuhi descent. Education Nopera completed a creative practice Ph.D. from the University of Waikato in 2016. He is the first graduate from the creative practice PhD programme. His thesis was entitled, "huka can haka: Taonga performing tino rangatiratanga." Career Nopera is a leading Kaupapa Maori thinker on topics such as indigenous trauma, Maori sexuality, indigenous identity issues, and takatapui culture. His work is part of the permanent collection of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu; and the C.N. Gorman Museum at the University of California at Davis. He did a presentation on digital storytelling as a visiting scholar. Tāwhanga is an advocate for people living with HIV The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of ''Lentivirus'' (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ...
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University Of Waikato
The University of Waikato ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato), is a Public university, public research university in Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand established in 1964. An additional campus is located in Tauranga. The university performs research in the disciplines of education, social sciences, and management and is an innovator in environmental science, marine and freshwater ecology, engineering and computer science. It offers degrees in health, engineering, computer science, management, Māori language, Māori and Indigenous Studies, the Arts, the arts, psychology, social sciences and education. History In the mid-1950s, regional and national leaders recognised the need for a new university and urged the then University of New Zealand (UNZ) and the government to establish one in Hamilton. Their campaign coincided with a shortage of school teachers, and after years of lobbying, Minister of Education Philip Skoglund agreed to open a teachers’ college in the region. ...
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Takatāpui
''Takatāpui'' (also spelled ''takataapui'') is a Te Reo Māori (Māori language) term, which is used in a similar way to LGBTQI+. ''Takatāpui'' can also refer to an individual who is SOGIE diverse. When speaking te reo Māori, LGBTQI+ people of any culture are referred to as Takatāpui. In English, a takatāpui person is a Māori individual who is gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT).Hutchings, 7-13. Traditionally, ''Takatāpui'' referred to a devoted partner of the same sex.Sears, 592-3. In contemporary use'', Takatāpui'' is used in response to the Western construction of " sexuality, gender, and corresponding identity expressions" (gender identity and sexual identity). Māori gender identifiers (wāhine, tāne) and gender rolesmarae protocols, participation in warfare, delineated male and female modes of dress and placement of Tā mokoexisted prior to and outside of Western influence. The term ''Takatāpui'' encompasses not only aspects of sexuality but also cult ...
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Te Arawa
Te Arawa is a confederation of Māori iwi and hapu (tribes and sub-tribes) of New Zealand who trace their ancestry to the Arawa migration canoe (''waka'')."Te Arawa"
''Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand''.
The tribes are based in the and areas and have a population of around 40,000.


History

The history of the Te Arawa people is inextricably linked to the Arawa canoe. The Te Arawa tribes have a close historical interest in the lakes around Rotorua. Many Te Arawa men fought for the Colonial Government in the

Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ngāti Tūwharetoa is an iwi descended from Ngātoro-i-rangi, the priest who navigated the Arawa canoe to New Zealand. The Tūwharetoa region extends from Te Awa o te Atua (Tarawera River) at Matatā across the central plateau of the North Island to the lands around Mount Tongariro and Lake Taupō. Tūwharetoa is the sixth largest iwi in New Zealand, with a population of 35,877 of the 2013 New Zealand census, and 40% of its people under the age of 15. The tribe consists of a number of ''hapu'' (subtribes) represented by 33 ''marae'' (meeting places). The collective is bound together by the legacy of Ngātoro-i-rangi as epitomised in the ariki (paramount chief), currently Sir Tumu te Heuheu Tūkino VIII. In the 2013 New Zealand census 35,877 people identified as Ngāti Tūwharetoa. By the 2018 New Zealand census, there were at least 47,103 people identifying with the iwi, including 44,448 identifying with the Taupō branch, and 2,655 identifying with the Kawerau branch. Histor ...
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Ngāpuhi
Ngāpuhi (or Ngā Puhi) is a Māori iwi associated with the Northland region of New Zealand and centred in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands, and Whangārei. According to the 2018 New Zealand census, the estimated population of Ngāpuhi is 165,201. This compares to 125,601 in 2001, 102,981 in 2006, and 122,214 in 2013. It is formed from 150 hapū/subtribes, with 55 marae. Despite such diversity, the people of Ngāpuhi maintain their shared history and self-identity. Te Rūnanga ā Iwi o Ngāpuhi, based in Kaikohe, administers the iwi. The Rūnanga acts on behalf of the iwi in consultations with the New Zealand Government. It also ensures the equitable distribution of benefits from the 1992 fisheries settlement with the Government, and undertakes resource-management and education initiatives. History Foundations The founding ancestor of Ngāpuhi is Rāhiri, the son of Tauramoko and Te Hauangiangi. Tauramoko was a descendant of Kupe, from ''Matawhaorua'', and Nukutawhiti, of ...
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Takatāpui
''Takatāpui'' (also spelled ''takataapui'') is a Te Reo Māori (Māori language) term, which is used in a similar way to LGBTQI+. ''Takatāpui'' can also refer to an individual who is SOGIE diverse. When speaking te reo Māori, LGBTQI+ people of any culture are referred to as Takatāpui. In English, a takatāpui person is a Māori individual who is gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT).Hutchings, 7-13. Traditionally, ''Takatāpui'' referred to a devoted partner of the same sex.Sears, 592-3. In contemporary use'', Takatāpui'' is used in response to the Western construction of " sexuality, gender, and corresponding identity expressions" (gender identity and sexual identity). Māori gender identifiers (wāhine, tāne) and gender rolesmarae protocols, participation in warfare, delineated male and female modes of dress and placement of Tā mokoexisted prior to and outside of Western influence. The term ''Takatāpui'' encompasses not only aspects of sexuality but also cult ...
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Bishop Museum
The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawaii State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. Founded in 1889, it is the largest museum in Hawaiʻi and has the world's largest collection of Polynesian cultural artifacts and natural history specimens. Besides the comprehensive exhibits of Hawaiian cultural material, the museum's total holding of natural history specimens exceeds 24 million, of which the entomological collection alone represents more than 13.5 million specimens (making it the third-largest insect collection in the United States). The '' Index Herbariorum'' code assigned to Herbarium Pacificum of this museum is BISH and this abbreviation is used when citing housed herbarium specimens. The museum complex is home to the Richard T. Mamiya Science Adventure Center. History Establishment Charles Reed Bishop (1822–1915), a businessman and philant ...
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