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John Cornelius Moorfield QSO (18 October 1943 – 19 May 2018), also known as Te Murumāra, was a New Zealand academic whose expertise was in the teaching of the Māori language. His work, including the publication of resources for learners of the language, contributed to the language's revitalisation.
Ngāti Tamaihutoroa was a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Te Arawa confederation in the Rotorua region, established by the brothers Purahokura, Reretoi, Rongo Haua, Rongo Hape, and Pitaka, who were sons of Tamaihutoroa, the son of Īhenga.
Te Wānanga o Raukawa is a Māori wānanga (indigenous tertiary-education provider) in New Zealand, established in 1981. Based in Ōtaki, with smaller campuses in Auckland and Gisborne, [1] the wānanga was born out of a collaborative tribal desire or experiment known as Whakatupuranga Rua Mano or Generation 2000 to help bring Māori people back to their marae, revitalise the Māori language ...
Bush falcon, whose cry sounds like the pū kāeaea with which Rua-wehea antagonised Ngāti Tama. Ngāti Tama (full name Ngāti Tamaihu-toroa) [4] were an iwi of Te Arawa that had been driven out of the Bay of Plenty region and migrated south, where they settled in Tainui territory on the west shore of Lake Taupō, establishing a number of villages in the area, including: Ōpurakete, Waihora ...
Kekerengu is named for Te Kēkerengū, an early 19th century chief of the hapū of Ngāti Ira, the son of chief Whanake and his wife Tāmairangi.Fleeing hostilities from the Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Mutunga, Te Kēkerengū and Tāmairangi fled with their followers to the South Island.
As part of the 1990 Commemorations Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei made a large waka with the same name as the historical Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi or Māhuhu-o-te-rangi waka. It led the 150th Auckland Anniversary celebrations in 1990 and the new millennium celebrations in 2000, both on the Waitematā Harbour. [16]
Tama-te-hura thought that his brother's side was winning and said "Āhahā! The days of the children of Maikuku-tara!" (Maikuku-tara was the mother of Tama-te-hura and Wairangi) but his wife replied "If the dust of battle moves northwards, these are the days of the sons of Maikuku-tara; if it moves south of Waipā they are the days of your in ...
Ngāti Te Kanawa is an iwi based in Taumarunui and one of the forty main hapū of the Ngāti Maniapoto confederation, which came into existence around 1860. They trace their whakapapa to the tupuna (ancestor) Te Kanawa , who was the great-great-great grandson of the tupuna Maniapoto and comes off Uruhina (child of Rungaterangi and Pareraukawa).