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Manawatū-Whanganui, Taranaki, Wellington, Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough: Tokomaru: 2,040 1,758 1,932 3,192 Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu (part of Ngāti Tama) Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough: Tokomaru: n/a n/a n/a n/a Ngāti Tama ki Te Upoko o Te Ika (part of Ngāti Tama) Wellington: Tokomaru: n/a 207 219 258 Ngāti Tama Kopiri (part of Ngāti Tama ...
Shelly Bay is a small bay in the larger Evans Bay on the west of the Miramar Peninsula, north of its isthmus, and is about 8 km by road from Wellington's city centre.The land at the bay is part of the Wellington suburb of Maupuia [1] and includes some reclaimed land, with nearby hillsides excavated to provide fill. [2]
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) Kelburn
Each iwi contains a number of hapū; among the hapū 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 to describe the territory or boundaries of iwi. [6] In modern-day New Zealand, iwi can exercise significant political power in
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.
Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island), [c] and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. [16] Wellington features a temperate maritime climate, and is the world's windiest city by average wind speed. [17]
New Zealand's first permanent racecourse was created in 1847 in Miramar: The Wellington Independent published the announcement of the new race course on 2 October 1847 as: "The undersigned, having made arrangement with the proprietor of the land situated between Burnham Water, and Lyall's Bay, for the formation of a Race Course". [59]
Island Bay is a coastal suburb of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, situated 5 km (3.1 mi) south of the city centre.. Island Bay lies on the bay which shares its name, one of numerous small bays off Cook Strait and west of Lyall Bay. 500m offshore in Island Bay lies Tapu Te Ranga Island, which forms a natural breakwater and provides a sheltered anchorage for local fishing boats.