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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.
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 o Te Waka-a-Māui Trust is a charitable trust, governed by four trustees from Marlborough and four trustees from Nelson and Motueka. As of 2016, the chairperson of the trust is Glenice Paine, the general manager is Richardt Prosch, and the trust is based at Waikawa at Picton .
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:
Marae name Wharenui name 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 ...
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'.
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