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Legend holds that the shape of Hawkes Bay is that of the hei matau, which caught in the fish's side on the beach. The Māori name for the North island, Te Ika a Māui ("The fish of Māui") reflects this legend. For the Māori, the hei matau is taonga (a cultural treasure). It represents not only their land, but also prosperity, fertility, and ...
The bay was an important fishing resource for Tāmaki Māori. [5] The headlands of the bay were home to two Waiohua pā, home to two twin brothers, Hupiku and Humataitai, in the early 1700s. [5] To the east was Te Pokanoa a Tarahape Pā, a name which references Tarahape, a wife of Ika-maupoho, paramount chief of Waiohua. The western headland at ...
About 80% of fish caught commercially are linked to food chains dependent on the mangroves, and at least 30 species of fish use mangrove wetlands at some stage of their life cycle. The marine and estuarine areas in the Kaipara Harbour breed snapper , mullet , flounder , sole , kahawai , white trevally , gurnard , yellow‑eyed mullet and skates ...
The bay is known in Māori as Tokerau, a name given by early Māori ancestors referencing a place in the Māori homeland. [1] The wider Bay of Islands area, including the plain surrounding Waimate North, is traditionally known as Taiamai, a name shortened from the Ngāpuhi whakataukī (proverb) Ka kata ngā pūriri ō Taiamai ("the pūriri trees are laughing with joy"), a phrase used to ...
Kawhia Harbour (Māori: Kāwhia) is one of three large natural inlets in the Tasman Sea coast of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.It is located to the south of Raglan Harbour, Ruapuke and Aotea Harbour, 40 kilometres southwest of Hamilton.
The stream is in the traditional rohe of Waiohua, including Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua and Te Ākitai Waiohua, and was traditionally used to collect flax and eels. [2] [4] The name Puhinui (large war canoe plume) is a reference to a conflict between the Waiohua and Marutūāhu tribes of the Hauraki Gulf, and was the name of a Marutūāhu waka taua that hid in ambush in the stream.
An influential New Zealand Maori leader will host on Saturday a meeting to discuss how to respond to government policies seen by many Indigenous groups as undermining their rights and status. The ...
Lake Taupō (also spelled Taupo; Māori: Taupō-nui-a-Tia or Taupōmoana) is a large crater lake in New Zealand's North Island, located in the caldera of Taupō Volcano.The lake is the namesake of the town of Taupō, which sits on a bay in the lake's northeastern shore.