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Whakaata Māori is a New Zealand television channel that broadcasts programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture. [1] Funded by the New Zealand Government , it commenced broadcasting as Māori Television on 28 March 2004 from its studios in Newmarket, Auckland .
Tuaiti murdered his brother-in-law Te Rironga, so Moeahu and his son-in-law Rongo-whakaata attacked Rurutawhao and killed Tuaiti. The elderly Kahungunu went to Wairoa and got Wekanui to lead a war party to get revenge on Rongo-whakaata. At the Battle of Kai-whakareireia, Wekanui was victorious and captured a noblewoman named Pou-wharekura (a ...
Maps from 1929 published by the Department of Lands and Survey use a 28-character name Taumatawhakatangihangakoauau. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 1941, the Honorary Geographic Board of New Zealand renamed the hill to a 57-character name Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu , which has been an official name since ...
Te Kāea ("The Leader", or Te Kaea News as written on television guides) was a nightly New Zealand television news show that aired on Whakaata Māori at 6:30pm. It was repeated at 10:30pm, and had English subtitles.
"It combines 'rongo', to open the senses, with 'whakaata' to show or reflect - describing the transition of thought to form: the elements of creation." [ 5 ] Central to the Rongowhakaata Iwi-In-Residence exhibition is the carved meeting house Te Hau ki Tūranga , which after 150 years was returned to the iwi from the Crown in the Rongowhakaata ...
Kahukuranui was the son of Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine.He was born at Nukutaurua on Mahia Peninsula and was the only one of their children to receive a whare-kōhanga ("nest house"), a building specially erected for the mother to give birth in. [2] Through his father, he was a direct descendant of Tamatea Arikinui, captain of the Tākitimu canoe. [3]
The Maori Merchant of Venice (2002) was notable as a complete Māori language translation and performance of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Prominent Māori actors include Temuera Morrison, Cliff Curtis, Jemaine Clement, Lawrence Makoare, Manu Bennett, Keisha Castle-Hughes, James Rollenston, Rena Owen and Julian Dennison.
Māhaki was the son of Tamataipūnoa and Tauhei-kurī. Tamataipūnoa was a direct descendant of Toroa, captain of the Mātaatua canoe, [1] while Tauhei-kurī was descended from Kahungunu and Tamatea Arikinui, captain of the Tākitimu, and Paikea. [2]