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Ngāti Whakaue
Ngāti Whakaue is a Māori iwi, of the Te Arawa confederation of New Zealand, tracing its descent from Whakaue Kaipapa, son of Uenuku-kopakō, and grandson of Tūhourangi. The tribe lives in the Rotorua district and descends from the Arawa waka. The Ngāti Whakaue village Ōhinemutu is within the township of Rotorua. The Ngāti Whakaue chief Pūkākī is depicted on the New Zealand 20 cent coin. The Ngāti Whakaue Education Trust Board administers grants to a range of education projects, and has been a source of funding for Rotorua Boys' High School, Rotorua Girls' High School, Rotorua Lakes High School and Western Heights High School since its establishment in 1881 under the Fenton Agreement. Revenues to the Trust derive primarily from commercial leases in the Rotorua CBD, which increased sharply upon the expiration of 99-year leases in 1980. In 2023, the Trust reported a net profit after tax of $9,004,155.Ngāti Whakaue Education Trust Board''Annual Report 2022-23'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotorua
Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. It is sited on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authorities of New Zealand, territorial authority encompassing Rotorua and several other nearby towns. It has an estimated resident population of , making it the country's list of New Zealand urban areas by population, 13th largest urban area, and the Bay of Plenty's second-largest urban area behind Tauranga. Māori people, Māori first settled in Rotorua in the 14th century, and a thriving pā was established at Ohinemutu by the people who would become Ngāti Whakaue. The city became closely associated with conflict during the Musket Wars of the 1820s. Ohinemutu was invaded by a Ngāpuhi-led coalition in 1823, commanded by Hongi Hika and Pōmare I (Ngāpuhi), Pōmare I. In the 19th century early European settlers had an interest in developing Rotorua, due to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotorua Boys' High School
Rotorua Boys' High School (RBHS) is a state school educating boys from Year 9 to Year 13. It is situated just outside the Rotorua CBD at the intersection of Old Taupo Road and Pukuatua Street in Rotorua, New Zealand. The school is governed by an elected School Board, of which the Principal is ''ex officio'' a member under guidelines laid down by the New Zealand Ministry of Education. With Māori enrolment exceeding 75% of the school’s intake, the largest per capita in New Zealand,Rachel Trow & Morgan Godfery. (24 July 2022)''For The Sake of Our Boys'' ''Metro (magazine).'' New Zealand. RBHS has been a longstanding recipient of funding from its Ngāti Whakaue endowment that assisted the construction of the school’s 104-bed hostel, and the purchase of a computer laboratory. RBHS is noted for its performance in sport, with 4 Olympians among its notable alumni, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mai FM
Mai FM is New Zealand's largest urban contemporary radio network, promoting Māori language and culture and broadcasting hip hop and rhythm and blues. It is located in Auckland, and is available in twelve markets around the country. The network targets 15- to 34-year-olds, and reaches an estimated 460,600 different listeners each week. History Mai FM began broadcasting to Auckland in July 1992. The first breakfast host was Robert Rakete, now a host on The Breeze. It was run by one of the largest Māori iwi in New Zealand, Ngāti Whātua, and Mai Media. Between 1996 and 2005 Mai FM also operated a second station, Ruia Mai, on 1179 AM in Auckland with all programming in the Māori language. From 1996 to 2001 Mai FM could be heard in Christchurch on 90.5 FM, due to an agreement between Ngāti Whātua and the Kāi Tahu iwi. The Christchurch station was originally 90.5 Tahu FM, with local on air talent, and formatted with the Mai FM Auckland music. In late 2001 the joint agreem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāti Pikiao
Ngāti Pikiao is a Māori iwi (tribe) of New Zealand. They are one of the iwi within the Te Arawa tribal confederation. Their rohe (territory) centres on Lake Rotoiti and the area east of the Kaituna River in the Bay of Plenty. History Ngāti Pikiao claim descent from Pikiao and his first wife Rakeiti, who settled together at Owhata by Lake Rotorua, probably in the early seventeenth century.. Pikaio was a descendant of Rangitihi and Tama-te-kapua, who captained the ''Arawa'' canoe from Hawaiki to New Zealand. Pikiao and Rakeiti had a number of daughters but no sons. Rakeiti declared ''tera, Te Takapuwhaia te tuhera'' ("Te Takapuwhaia stream in Lake Rotoitiis still open"), meaning that she still had time to bear a male child, which has become a proverb. However, Pikiao chose instead to leave her and travel to Waikato, where he married Rerei-ao and had a son Hekemaru, ancestor of Ngāti Mahuta and Ngāti Pāoa of the Hauraki Gulf. Subsequently, Pikiao returned to Rakeiti in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotorua Central
Rotorua Central is the central business district and central suburb of Rotorua, in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. Demographics Rotorua Central covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Rotorua Central had a population of 537 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 9 people (1.7%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 66 people (14.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 228 households, comprising 276 males and 264 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.05 males per female. The median age was 34.1 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 42 people (7.8%) aged under 15 years, 168 (31.3%) aged 15 to 29, 255 (47.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 75 (14.0%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 38.5% European/Pākehā, 25.7% Māori, 3.4% Pacific peoples, 40.8% Asian, and 2.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 51.4, compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Dart Fenton
Francis Dart Fenton ( 1824 – 23 April 1898) was a New Zealand magistrate, judge, public administrator and musician. Fenton was born in London, England, where he was baptised at St. Mary's church in Islington on 6 August 1824. He was educated at the Collegiate boarding school in Sheffield, in Yorkshire, and was articled to his uncle James Crossland Fenton who was a solicitor in Huddersfield. He went to Auckland, New Zealand, in 1850, and cultivated land on the Waikato River. In 1851 he was appointed by Sir George Grey (then Governor) to a position in the Deeds Office at Auckland, and subsequently became Resident Magistrate and Collector of Customs at Kaipara. In March 1856 he was made Native Secretary by Governor Browne; but his policy clashing with that of (afterwards Sir) Donald McLean, Chief Native Land Commissioner, he was compelled to resign, and was appointed Resident Magistrate at Whaingaroa (now Raglan). On 9 May 1857, as the result of a paper of suggestions whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Heights High School
Western Heights High School (Māori: ''Te Kura Tuarua o Kaitao Rotohokahoka'') is a co-educational state secondary school located in the northwestern suburbs of Rotorua, New Zealand. In April 2013, 1,887 students from Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18) attended the school, including 1,172 students identifying as Māori – the largest Māori school roll in New Zealand in terms of number of students. Western Heights High School offers Cambridge International Examinations in addition to the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). Houses Western Heights High School has school houses or groups to identify students and provide a sense of belonging to the school. The current houses at Western Heights High School are: * Te Motu Tapu ā Tinirau (Purple) * Waiāriki (Yellow) * Ngā Pumanawa e Waru o Te Arawa (Red) * Ngongotahā (Green) * Te Rotorua nui ā Kahumatamomoe (Blue) Sister school The current sister school to Western Heights High School is Beppu Shosei, a co-ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotorua Lakes High School
Rotorua Lakes High School, commonly known as Lakes High, or simply Lakes, is a state school educating boys and girls from Year 9 to Year 13. It is situated in Owhata, in the eastern suburbs of Rotorua, New Zealand, and draws many of its students from the eastern Rotorua urban area, and the semi-rural lakes communities to the south and east of Rotorua; this giving rise to the name Rotorua Lakes. The school has a roll of 706 students from year 9 to 13. It offers the National Certificate of Educational Achievement qualification, alongside New Zealand Scholarship. Opened in 1971, the school is the youngest secondary school in Rotorua and is built in the "S68" style common for secondary schools in New Zealand in this period. Special features of the school include a special needs unit, Astroturf, squash court and horticulture complex. About the school Buildings Much of the school is built in the New Zealand standard school buildings#S68, "S68" style common for school buildings built i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
