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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.
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:
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]
Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai is a Māori iwi [1] [2] of New Zealand. See also. List of Māori iwi; References This page was last edited on 20 February 2023 ...
Awa is also a New Zealand Māori word that means 'river' often used in given names or part of a name. It can appear in both female and male names. It can appear in both female and male names. Te Awanui can be directly translated as 'The Big River' or 'The Main River'.
The Māori name for the area when it was still an island was Te Motu Kairangi (meaning "esteemed" or "precious" island). [24] The island was separated from the main island (Te Ika a Māui) by a sea channel called Te Awa-a-Taia [25] (the channel of Taia); this was where Kilbirnie is now. The peninsula area later became known as Hataitai or ...
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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.