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1919–1923 Dominion Museum Ethnological Expeditions
The 1919–1923 Dominion Museum ethnological expeditions were a series of ethnological research expeditions encouraged and led by Āpirana Ngata and Te Rangihīroa, and undertaken between 1919 and 1923 with Elsdon Best, James McDonald and Johannes Andersen, to study Māori culture. Inception The idea for the expeditions came while Āpirana Ngata was revising thDictionary of the Māori Language He wrote to the Minister of Internal Affairs saying, "''It was all very well collecting and defining words in a dictionary, but that didn’t very well serve a culture that had embedded its wisdom, traditions, and history in the nuances of spoken language rather than in literature."'' He said it was better to send specialists out in the field to record the songs and oratory of Māori and to undertake, “''the ‘filming’ of hakas and pois, and of Maori village life, showing ‘tangis’, meetings, life on the cultivations and so on''”. Other research has points to Te Rangih ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apirana Ngata And Peter Buck Alongside A Tukutuku Panel At Waiomatatini, 1923 (born 1956), poet and novelist
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Apirana is a male given name of New Zealand Māori origin meaning 'Pleasant; Kind' and may refer to: * Apirana Mahuika (1934–2015), Māori tribal leader *Āpirana Ngata (1874–1950), politician and lawyer * Api Pewhairangi (born 1992), Ireland rugby league player *Apirana Taylor Apirana Taylor (born 15 March 1955) is a New Zealand writer known for his poetry, short stories, novels and plays. Biography Born in Wellington 15 March 1955, Apirana Taylor is of Pākehā and Māori descent with affiliations to Ngāti Porou, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch Art Gallery
The Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, commonly known as the Christchurch Art Gallery, is the public art gallery of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It has its own substantial art collection and also presents a programme of New Zealand and international exhibitions. It is funded by Christchurch City Council. The gallery opened on 10 May 2003, replacing the city's previous public art gallery, the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, which had opened in 1932. The Māori elements of the name are explained as follows: honours waipuna, the artesian spring beneath the gallery and refers to one of the tributaries in the immediate vicinity, which flows into the River Avon. may also be translated as 'water in which stars are reflected'. History The previous public art gallery, the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, opened on 16 June 1932 and closed on 16 June 2002. It was located in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, adjacent to Canterbury Museum, where the building still st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Papa
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. Usually known as Te Papa (Māori language, Māori for 'Waka huia, the treasure box'), it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand and the National Art Gallery. An average of more than 1.1 million people visit every year, making it the List of most-visited art museums, 58th-most-visited art gallery in the world in 2023. Te Papa operates under a bicultural philosophy, and emphasises the living stories behind its cultural treasures. History Colonial Museum The first predecessor to Te Papa was the Colonial Museum, founded in 1865, with James Hector, Sir James Hector as founding director. The museum was built on Museum Street, roughly in the location of the present day Defence House Office Building. The museum prioritised scientific collections but also acquired a range of other items, often by donation, including prints and paintings, ethno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karakia
Karakia are Māori incantations and prayer used to invoke spiritual guidance and protection.Karakia , Otago University website. Retrieved 23 July 2019. They are also considered a formal greeting when beginning a . According to Māori legend, there was a curse on the Waiapu River which was lifted when George Gage (Hori Keeti) performed karakia. In |
Waiata (Māori)
Waiata is a word in the Māori language meaning "song", and may refer to: * Māori music Traditional Māori music, or pūoro Māori, is composed or performed by Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, and includes a wide variety of folk music styles, often integrated with poetry and dance. In addition to these traditions an ... * ''Waiata'' (album), a 1981 album by Split Enz * '' Waiata / Anthems'', a 2019 compilation album by various New Zealand artists. {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hāngī
Hāngī () is a traditional New Zealand Māori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven, called an ''umu''. It is still used for large groups on special occasions, as it allows large quantities of food to be cooked without the need for commercial cooking appliances. Process To "lay a hāngī" or "put down a hāngī" involves digging a pit in the ground, heating stones in the pit with a large fire, placing baskets of food on top of the stones, and covering everything with earth for several hours before uncovering (or lifting) the hāngī. Hāngī experts have developed and improved methods that have often, like the stones themselves, been handed down for generations. Common foods cooked in a hāngī are meats such as lamb, pork, chicken and seafood (''kaimoana''), and vegetables such as potato, kūmara (sweet potato), yams (oca), pumpkin, squash, taro and cabbage. A hāngī pit is dug to a depth of between , sufficient to hold the rocks and two stacked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heni Materoa Carroll
Hēni Materoa Carroll, Lady Carroll (1852 or 1856 – 1 Nov 1930), also known at Te Huinga, was a leader of the Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and wife of politician James Carroll. Te Huinga was born in the 1850s at Makauri in Poverty Bay the daughter of Riperata Kahutia and Mikaera Turangi. She married James Carroll, who was known as Timi Kara, on 4 July 1881 becoming a Catholic at his request. The couple had no children but she adopted her nephew and two other boys as well as looking after many other children. Kingi Areta Keiha was her brother's son. She became chief of her people when her mother died in 1887. When her husband was elected to Parliament in 1887 Te Huinga remained in Gisborne living in a house the couple built in Kahutia Street. She was dedicated to the welfare of the Māori people in the area and encouraged traditional crafts. She gave financial support to the Kahutia Bowling Club and the Carroll Shield for a ladies' hockey competition between Poverty Bay and Hawkes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PapersPast
The National Library of New Zealand () is charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations" (National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga) Act 2003). Under the Act, the library's duties include collecting, preserving and protecting New Zealand's documentary heritage, supporting other libraries in New Zealand, and collaborating with peer institutions abroad. The library headquarters is on the corner of Aitken and Molesworth Streets in Wellington, close to the New Zealand Parliament Buildings and the Court of Appeal. The National Library is New Zealand's legal deposit library, and the Legal Deposit Office is the country's agency for ISBN and ISSN. The library supports schools through its Services to Schools business unit, which has curriculum and advisory branches around New Zealand. History Origins The National Library of New Zealand was formed in 1965 when the General Assembly Library, the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waitematā Harbour
The Waitematā Harbour is the main access by sea to Auckland, New Zealand. The harbour forms the northern and eastern coasts of the Auckland isthmus and is crossed by the Auckland Harbour Bridge. It is matched on the southern side of the city by the shallower waters of the Manukau Harbour. With an area of , it connects Ports of Auckland, the city's main port and the Auckland waterfront to the Hauraki Gulf and the Pacific Ocean. It is sheltered from Pacific storms by Auckland's North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore, Rangitoto Island, and Waiheke Island. Etymology The oldest Māori language, Māori name of the harbour was Te Whanga-nui o Toi (The Big Bay of Toi), named after Toi-te-huatahi, Toi, an early Māori explorer. The name ''Waitematā'' means "Te Mata Waters", which according to some traditions refers to a mauri stone (a stone of Religion of Māori people, Māori religious significance) called Te Mata, which was placed on Boat Rock (in the harbour south-west of Chatsw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion
The New Zealand Pioneer Battalion (NZPB), later known as the New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion or New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, was a battalion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) that served during the Great War. The battalion was formed in Egypt in March 1916 upon New Zealand Divisional Orders of 20 February, and drawn from surplus officers and other ranks of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles (NZMR), the Otago Mounted Rifles (OMR) and the New Zealand Native Contingent (NZNC) then serving in Egypt with the New Zealand Infantry Brigade. It consisted of Māori, Pākehā and Pacific Islanders. "By the end of the war, 2227 Maori and 458 Pacific Islanders had served in what became known as the Maori Pioneer Battalion. Of these, 336 died on active service and 734 were wounded. Other Maori enlisted (and died) in other units." Origins When the First World War broke out, Māori leaders responded in various ways. Some, such as Rua Kenana Hepetipa, maintained total o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tikanga Māori
Tikanga is a Māori term for practices, customary law, attitudes and principles. Te Aka Māori Dictionary defines it as "customary system of values and practices that have developed over time and are deeply embedded in the social context". More broadly, tikanga has often been defined as a concept incorporating practices and values from ''mātauranga Māori'', or Māori knowledge. Tikanga is translated into the English language with a wide range of meanings—culture, custom, ethic, etiquette, fashion, formality, lore, manner, meaning, mechanism, method, protocol, and style. Opinions Māori scholar Hirini Moko Mead states that tikanga can be viewed from several perspectives. One view is that tikanga Māori 'controls interpersonal relationships' as it guides the interactions of meetings, and provides identity to individuals. Another view is through ethics, that tikanga Māori is a practised code of conduct. The word tikanga is derived from the Māori word ''tika'' meanin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
