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2 days ago · This judgment represents a significant step toward justice for the descendants of Te Tau Ihu, affirming the Crown’s responsibility for past wrongs and its obligations under common law.
Te Tau Ihu Māori and the Taranaki Wars. On 17 March 1860, Government troops attacked the pa Te Kohia at Waitara, North Taranaki, stronghold of Wiremu K ī ngi Te Rangit ā ke of Te Ā tiawa and his followers. Te Rangitāke was deemed a rebel because he refused to acknowledge a Crown purchase in November 1859 of the Waitara Block from Te Teira ...
Aug 7, 2022 · Te Waipounamu (South Island) is shared with Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Maui, Rangitane, Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Tama, Waitaha and Te Ātiawa peoples . The Treaty of Waitangi is New Zealand’s founding legal agreement between the British Crown and Māori chiefs, signed on 6 February 1840.
Marae of Te Tau Ihu and Kakati. There are nine meeting houses for the people of Te Tau Ihu/ Top of the South: Whakatū Marae in Nelson - when this Marae was being built in the 1970s, it was recognised that it needed to embrace, in some way, the kaupapa, kawa and tikanga of the six iwi of Whakatū, or Nelson City: Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Tama, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Koata, and Ngāti Toa ...
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There are now eight tribes in Te Tau Ihu (Nelson–Marlborough): 1. Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne and Ngāti Apa (from the Kurahaupōcanoe) 2. Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Toa (from the Tainuicanoe) 3. Ngāti Tama and Te Āti Awa (from Taranaki).
Home to many tribes over the centuries, Te Tau Ihu (the top of the South Island) was rich in minerals such as argillite, prized for weapons and tools. The legend of Kaiwhakaruaki, the man-eating monster, may have kept people from stealing these treasures, and protected important routes to greenstone resources further south. The early tribe Waitaha ...
Māori encountered Europeans for the very first time in 1642, when the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman arrived at present-day Golden Bay. It ended in bloodshed: the Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri people killed four of his crew members. But when James Cook arrived in the 1770s, relations were mostly friendly – Cook stayed for over six months in Queen Charlotte Sound....
From 1842 European settlers arrived. At first they got on well with Māori, and trade flourished, but questionable purchases of land caused trouble. Māori continued to lose ownership of their land for over 100 years, and tribal ways of life suffered.
The Wakatū Incorporation was established in 1977. It has regained lands and started fishing, forestry and other ventures. They run many community projects, including maraerestoration and health centres. In 2013, more than 8,800 people claimed affiliation with the Te Tau Ihu tribes.
Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka-a-Māui is the prow of the demigod Māui’s canoe – the top of the South Island. Many different iwi (tribes) have migrated to these fertile, mineral-rich lands: the elusive ‘fairy folk’ of ancient times; the descendants of the navigator Kupe; and powerful Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri, who ruled for 200 years.
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Apr 20, 2013 · The Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu Deed of Settlement is the full and final settlement of all historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu resulting from acts or omissions by the Crown prior to 21 September 1992, and is made up of a package that includes: an agreed historical account, Crown acknowledgements and apology to Ngāti ...
