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Ngātiwai
Ngātiwai or Ngāti Wai is a Māori people, Māori iwi of the east coast of the Northland Region of New Zealand. Its historical tribal area or rohe stretched from Cape Brett in the north to Takatū Point on Tawharanui Peninsula in the south and out to Great Barrier Island, the Poor Knights Islands and other offshore islands. Notable descendants of Ngātiwai include brothers Jim Peters (politician), Jim, Ian Peters, Ian and Winston Peters, artist Shona Rapira Davies, and writer Paula Morris. History Early history Ngātiwai trace their ancestry to one of the earliest Te Tai Tokerau Māori, settlers of Te Tai-tokerau, Manaia (legendary chief), Manaia, who was, according to legend, transformed into stone, with his family and servant Paekō, atop Mount Manaia beside Whangarei Harbour, Whangārei Harbour. His descendant Manaia II, some 14 generations later, was the ''rangatira'' of Ngāti Manaia established. Following a battle with Ngāpuhi at their pā at Mimiwhāngata, Ngāti Mana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona Rapira Davies
Shona Rapira Davies (born 1951) is a New Zealand sculptor and painter of Ngātiwai, Ngātiwai ki Aotea tribal descent currently residing in Wellington, New Zealand. Education Rapira Davies first studied at the Auckland College of Education, majoring in art, and later in Dunedin at Otago Polytechnic, graduating with a Diploma in Fine Arts in 1983. In 1989, she was awarded the prestigious Frances Hodgkins Fellowship and a residency for indigenous artists at the Banff Centre of the Arts in Canada. Rapira Davies recalls she felt isolated in her identity while studying in Dunedin but the experience taught her the value of patience. Career She exhibits widely; both as a sculptor and as a painter. Rapira Davies is interested in the empowerment of Māori women in spite of perceived racism (in a Pākehā culture) and sexism (within the patriarchal structure of Māori tribal organisation). She uses her art work to make statements about perceived injustices against Māori. She is well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Barrier Island
Great Barrier Island () lies in the outer Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, north-east of central Auckland. With an area of it is the sixth-largest List of islands of New Zealand, island of New Zealand. Its highest point, Mount Hobson, Great Barrier Island, Mount Hobson, is above sea level.Great Barrier Island Aotea page on the DOC website (from the New Zealand Department of Conservation, Department of Conservation. Accessed 2008-06-04.) The local government in New Zealand, local authority is the Auckland Council. The island was initially exploited for its minerals and kauri trees and saw only limited agriculture. In 2013, it was inhabited by 939 people, from Statistics New Zealand. mostly living from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whangaruru
Whangaruru is a rural community and harbour on the east coast of Northland, New Zealand. Mokau, Helena Bay, Whakapara, Hikurangi and Whangārei are to the south and the Bay of Islands is to the northwest. The Whangaruru area includes the villages of Punaruku west of the harbour, Whangaruru north of the harbour, and Whangaruru North east of the harbour. The area was reputedly named by Puhimoanariki who was sailing up the coast. After searching for a long time he found shelter from bad weather there. The name "Whangaruru" is a Māori-language word meaning "sheltered harbour", and is a direct linguistic cognate with "Honolulu" in the related Hawaiian language. Marae The Ngātiwai hapū of Te Uri o Hikihiki are the indigenous people of Whangaruru. The hapū has several traditional meeting grounds in the Whangaruru and Panaruku area, including the Ngātiwai Marae and Ngāti Wai Soldiers' Memorial Hall, the Ōtetao Reti Marae and Hoori Reti meeting house, and the Tuparehuia Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi
In Māori tradition, ''Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi'' (also known as ''Māhuhu'') was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. According to Māori traditions, the waka ''Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi'' explored the upper reaches of the North Island north of the Kaipara Harbour during early Māori settlement of New Zealand. Its crew explored Whangaroa, Tākou and Whangaruru. They continued south before returning to Pārengarenga and sailing down the west coast. On the west coast there are two narratives of the captaincy of ''Māhuhu''. Te Roroa people of the Waipoua forest say the ''Māhuhu'' canoe was captained by Whakatau and called at Kawerua on the west coast of the North Island where Whakatau's son married a local. The alternative narrative, told by the Te Uri-o-Hau and Te Taoū (from the Ngāti Whātua tribe of Helensville and Auckland) has ''Māhuhu'' under the command of Rongomai and stopping not at Kawerua but Tāpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāpuhi
Ngāpuhi (also known as Ngāpuhi-Nui-Tonu or Ngā Puhi) is a Māori iwi associated with the Northland regions of New Zealand centred in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands, and Whangārei. According to the 2023 New Zealand census, the estimated population of Ngāpuhi is 184,470. This compares to 125,601 in 2001, 102,981 in 2006, 122,214 in 2013. and 165,201 in 2018. It is formed from 150 hapū or 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 Origins of Ngāpuhi Ngāpuhi, like most iwi, trace their pre-history back to the land of Hawaiki, most likely from Raiatea. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston Peters
Winston Raymond Peters (born 11 April 1945) is a New Zealand politician. He has led the political party New Zealand First since he founded it in 1993, and since November 2023 has served as the 25th Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand), minister of Foreign Affairs. A long-serving Member of Parliament (New Zealand), member of Parliament (MP), Peters was re-elected for a fifteenth time at the 2023 New Zealand general election, 2023 general election, having previously been an MP from 1979 to 1981, 1984 to 2008 and 2011 to 2020. He served as the 13th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, deputy prime minister of New Zealand from November 2023 to May 2025. This was his third time in the role, previously serving from 1996 to 1998 and 2017 to 2020. In addition to his Foreign Affairs portfolio, Peters concurrently serves as the 8th Minister for Racing (New Zealand), minister for Racing and the 29th minister for Rail. Peters first entered the New Zealand House of Representatives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawakawa, New Zealand
Kawakawa is a small town in the Bay of Islands area of the Northland Region of New Zealand. Kawakawa developed as a service town when coal was found there in the 1860s, but coal mining ceased in the early 20th century. The economy is now based on farming. The town is named after the kawakawa shrub. History In 1859, Maihi Paraone Kawiti petitioned Governor Thomas Gore Browne for European settlers to establish a town in the area. Browne was pleased at Kawiti's offer but preferred for Kerikeri to be developed instead. Two years later, coal was discovered and after tests found it to be of the highest quality the government purchased from local Māori. The town of Kawakawa was built around the coal mines A horse-drawn tramway was opened in 1868 to carry coal from the mines to the Taumarere wharf. In 1871 two steam locomotives were acquired and the tramway was upgraded to railway standard. In 1884 a railway line from Kawakawa to Opua was opened, and this replaced the line to Taum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāti Manuhiri
Ngāti Manuhiri is a Māori iwi of the Mahurangi Peninsula area of New Zealand. They have an interest in the region from the Ōkura River in the south to Mangawhai in the north, and extending out to Great Barrier Island. They are descended from Manuhiri, one of the sons of Maki, founder of the Te Kawerau iwi. They have a marae near Leigh. The iwi is descended from the Moekākara and Tainui waka (arrival canoes). See also *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 dist ... References External links Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust {{Maori-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāti Rehua
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] |
Hapū
In Māori language, Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief and normally operated independently of its iwi (tribe). Etymology The word literally means "pregnant", and its usage in a socio-political context is a metaphor for the genealogical connection that unites hapū members. Similarly, the Māori word for land, , can also mean "placenta", metaphorically indicating the connection between people and land, and the Māori word for tribe, iwi, can also mean "bones", indicating a link to ancestors. Definition As named divisions of (tribes), hapū membership is determined by genealogical descent; a hapū consists of a number of (extended family) groups. The Māori scholar Sidney Moko Mead, Hirini Moko Mead states the double meanings of the word hapū emphasise the importance of being born into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Tai Tokerau Māori
Te Tai Tokerau Māori are a group of Māori ''iwi'' (tribes) based on the Northland Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island. It includes the far northern Muriwhenua ''iwi'' (tribes) of Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Kurī, Te Pātū, Te Rarawa and Ngāi Takoto. It also includes Ngāpuhi and the affiliated iwi of Ngāti Hine. Elsewhere in the region, it includes Whaingaroa, Ngāti Wai and Ngāti Whātua. On 5 December 1985, after the historical Hawaiian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa landed in Waitangi ending its Rarotonga leg, James Hēnare ceremoniously inducted the canoe's sailors as the tribe's most recent members. The ''rohe'' (tribal areas) of these tribes covers Northland and Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and .... References {{Māori- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
