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Ngāti Hauiti
Ngāti Hauiti is a Māori people, Māori iwi of New Zealand. It is centred in the Rangitikei, New Zealand, Rangitikei area of the lower North Island. Awa FM is the radio station of Ngāti Hauiti, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi and Ngāti Hāua. It began as Te Reo Irirangi O Whanganui 100FM on 17 June 1991. Between July 1992 and June 1993 it also operated a separate station in Ohakune, known as Te Reo Irirangi Ki Ruapehu or Nga Iwi FM, combining local programmes with shows from 100FM. It is available on in Whanganui, in Ruapehu District, Ruapehu, and in Taumarunui. In the 2013 census in New Zealand, 1,026 people claimed affiliation with Ngāti Hauiti. See also *List of Māori iwi References External links * http://www.ngatihauiti.iwi.nz/ * http://www.mokaipateaclaims.maori.nz/ Ngāti Hauiti, {{Maori-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Māori People
Māori () are the Indigenous peoples of Oceania, indigenous Polynesians, Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand. Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of Māori migration canoes, canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. Over several centuries in isolation, these settlers developed Māori culture, a distinct 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. Early 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, Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi in 1840, the two cultures coexisted for a generation. Rising ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rangitikei, New Zealand
The Rangitikei District is a Districts of New Zealand, territorial authority district located primarily in the Manawatū-Whanganui region in the North Island of New Zealand, although a small part, the town of Ngamahanga (13.63% by land area), lies in the Hawke's Bay Region. It is located in the southwest of the island, and follows the catchment area of the Rangitīkei River. The Rangitikei District Council is the local government authority for this district. It is composed of a Mayor of Rangitikei, mayor, currently Andy Watson (mayor), Andy Watson, and 11 councillors, one of whom is the deputy mayor. History The Rangitikei District was established in 1989 as part of the 1989 local government reforms. Government and politics Local government The current Mayor of Rangitikei is Andy Watson (mayor), Andy Watson, elected in 2013 Rangitikei local elections, 2013 and re-elected in 2016, 2019, and 2022. Watson was first elected in 2013 by obtaining 1,983 votes (41.5%) of the vote an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
North Island
The North Island ( , 'the fish of Māui', historically New Ulster) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait. With an area of , it is the List of islands by area, world's 14th-largest island, constituting 43% of New Zealand's land area. It has a population of which is % of New Zealand's residents, making it the most populous island in Polynesia and the List of islands by population, 28th-most-populous island in the world. Twelve main urban areas (half of them officially cities) are in the North Island. From north to south, they are Whangārei, Auckland, Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier, New Zealand, Napier, Hastings, New Zealand, Hastings, Whanganui, Palmerston North, and New Zealand's capital city Wellington, which is located at the south-west tip of the island. Naming and usage The island has been known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Awa FM
Awa (or variants) may refer to: People * Awa (given name), notable people named Awa or Hawa * Awá (Brazil), an indigenous people of Brazil * Awa-Kwaiker, an indigenous people of Colombia and Ecuador * Wa people, a Southeast Asian ethnicity in Myanmar, China, and Thailand, mostly on the Awa mountain range Languages * Awa language (China) or Wa (Va) language, language of the Wa people of Burma and China * Awa language (Papua New Guinea), a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea * Awa Pit language, a Barbacoan language spoken by the Awa-Kwaiker people in Colombia and Ecuador * Awadhi language (ISO 639 code: awa), an Eastern Hindi language spoken in northern India * Guajá language or Awá, the language of the Awá people of Brazil * Khumi language or Awa, a Kukish language of Burma Music * Awa (musician) or Leena Peisa (born 1979), Finish musician * AWA (singer) or Awa Santesson-Sey (born 1997), Swedish singer * A-WA, Israeli hip-hop and world music band Places * Awa mountain, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ngāti Hāua
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, roughly means or , and is often translated as "tribe". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English. groups trace their ancestry to the original Polynesian migrants who, according to tradition, arrived from Hawaiki. Some cluster into larger groupings that are based on (genealogical tradition) and known as (literally , with reference to the original migration voyages). These super-groupings are generally symbolic rather than logistical. In pre-European times, most Māori were allied to relatively small groups in the form of () and (). Each contains a number of ; among the of the Ngāti Whātua iwi, for example, are Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa, Te Taoū, and Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei. Māori use the word ''rohe'' for the territory or boundaries of iwi. In modern-day New Zealand, can exercise significant political power in the manageme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Whanganui
Whanganui, also spelt Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whanganui is the 19th most-populous urban area in New Zealand and the second-most-populous in Manawatū-Whanganui, with a population of as of . Whanganui is the ancestral home of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi and other Whanganui Māori tribes. The New Zealand Company began to settle the area in 1840, establishing its second settlement after Wellington. In the early years, most European settlers came via Wellington. Whanganui greatly expanded in the 1870s, and freezing works, woollen mills, phosphate works and wool stores were established in the town. Today, much of Whanganui's economy relates directly to the fertile and prosperous farming hinterland. Like several New Zealand urban areas, it was officially designated a city until an administrative r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ruapehu District
Ruapehu District is a Territorial authorities of New Zealand, territorial authority in the centre of New Zealand's North Island. It has an area of 6,734 square kilometers and the district's population in was . Features The district is landlocked, and contains the western half of the Tongariro National Park, including Mount Ruapehu and the western sides of Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Tongariro, as well as part of the Whanganui National Park. The district is also home to the world-famous Raurimu Spiral on the North Island Main Trunk, North Island Main Trunk railway line. The tourist towns of Raetihi, Whakapapa Village, National Park, and Ohakune are located near Mount Ruapehu in the south-east of the district. Waiouru, with an elevation of 815 metres, is in the extreme south-east of the district and houses the large Waiouru Army Camp. The southern section of the infamous Desert Road section of State Highway 1 (New Zealand), State Highway 1 runs through the east of the district, fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Taumarunui
Taumarunui is a small town in the King Country of the central North Island of New Zealand. It is on an alluvial plain set within rugged terrain on the upper reaches of the Whanganui River, 65 km south of Te Kūiti and 55 km west of Tūrangi. It is under the jurisdiction of Ruapehu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region. It has a population of as of and is the largest centre for a considerable distance in any direction. It is on State Highway 4 (New Zealand), State Highway 4 and the North Island Main Trunk railway. Name The name ''Taumarunui'' is reported to be the dying words of the Māori people, Māori chief Te Peehi Turoa – ''taumaru'' meaning screen and ''nui'' big, literally translated as Big Screen, being built to shelter him from the sun, or more commonly known to mean – "The place of big shelter". There are also references to Taumarunui being known as a large sheltered location for growing Sweet potato #Oceania, kūmara. In the 1980s publication ''Rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Māori Iwi
This is a list of iwi (New Zealand Māori tribes). List of iwi This list includes groups recognised as iwi (tribes) in certain contexts. Many are also hapū (sub-tribes) of larger iwi. Moriori are included on this list. Although they are distinct from the Māori people, they have common ancestry with them.Skinner, H.D., The Morioris of the Chatham Islands, Honolulu, 1923. K. R. Howe''Ideas of Māori origins'' ''Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand'', updated 28 October 2008. Thomson, Arthur, ''The Story of New Zealand, Past and Present, Savage and Civilized'', 2 vols, London, 1859, i, 61. Belich, James, ''Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders, from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century'', University of Hawaii Press, 2002, pp.26, 65-66. Map of iwi See also * List of hapū * List of Māori waka * Lists of marae in New Zealand * Ngāti Rānana References External linksIwi Hapū Names Listfrom the National Library of New ZealandTe Kāhu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
