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Te Āti Awa or Te Ātiawa is a Māori iwi with traditional bases in the Taranaki and Wellington regions of New Zealand. Approximately 17,000 people registered their affiliation to Te Āti Awa in 2001, with about 10,000 in Taranaki, 2,000 in Wellington and 5,000 of unspecified regional location.
Of Māori descent, he identified with the Te Ati Awa iwi. He was born in Wellington, New Zealand on 11 April 1849. [2] Heberley created many small carvings such as storehouses, weapons and model canoes, including a storehouse created for the 1901 tour of George V and Mary of Teck (then the Duke of York and Duchess of Cornwall). [1]
This is a list of Māori waka (canoes). The information in this list represents a compilation of different oral traditions from around New Zealand. These accounts give several different uses for the waka: many carried Polynesian migrants and explorers from Hawaiki to New Zealand; others brought supplies or made return journeys to Hawaiki; Te Rīrino was said to be lost at sea.
With the arrival of Europeans, surnames were introduced and soon after a Māori surname system was devised where a person would take their father's name as a surname, for example: Ariki – Maunga Ariki – Waiora Maunga – Te Awa Waiora – Waipapa Te Awa. Māori would also have translations of their names, for example:
Marae name Wharenui name Iwi and hapū Location Pipitea Marae: Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui: Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika, Te Āti Awa: Thorndon: Rongomaraeroa: Te Hono ki Hawaiki: Institutional (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) Wellington Central: Te Tumu Herenga Waka Marae: Te Tumu Herenga Waka: Ngāti Awa (Ngāti Awa ki Poneke ...
Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Trust is recognised by the New Zealand Government as the governance entity of the iwi, following its Treaty of Waitangi settlement with the Crown under the Ngāti Kōata, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu, and Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Claims Settlement Act 2014.
Some Te Āti Awa were taken to Waikato as prisoners and slaves, but most migrated to the Cook Strait area in pursuit of guns and goods from whalers and traders. Pākehā settlers who came to New Plymouth (founded in 1841) in the 1840s and 1850s viewed nearby Waitara as the most valuable of Taranaki's coastal lands because of its fertile soil ...
Hana Te Hemara; Te Kehu; Īhāia Te Kirikūmara; Alice Te Punga Somerville; Hōniana Te Puni-kōkopu; Linda Te Puni; Kahe Te Rau-o-te-rangi; Te Kakapi-o-te-rangi Te Wharepōuri; Te Whiti o Rongomai; Daryl Tuffey