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The Māori-language name for Auckland is Tāmaki Makaurau, meaning "Tāmaki desired by many", in reference to the desirability of its natural resources and geography. [14] There are various theories of the origin of the name "Tāmaki", which is also used to refer to an eastern suburb of Auckland.
Tāmaki is a small suburb of East Auckland, 11 kilometres from the Auckland CBD, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located by the banks of the estuarial Tāmaki River , which is a southern arm of the Hauraki Gulf .
In addition to the members of the Tāmaki Collective, a number of iwi have a presence within Tāmaki Makaurau: Ngāti Awa ki Tāmaki Makaurau, based at Mātaatua Marae and Awanuiarangi Wharenui, at Māngere. [7] Ngāti Manuhiri in Rodney, the Hibiscus Coast and the northern Hauraki Gulf. [8] Ngātiwai on Aotea / Great Barrier Island. [9]
This is a list of terms which are used, or have been used in the past, to designate the residents of specific provinces of the Philippines. These terms sometimes overlap with demonyms of ethnic groups in the Philippines, which are also used as identifiers in common parlance. [1] * denotes an endonym, i.e., a name from the area's indigenous ...
Tāmaki Makaurau is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate covers central and southern Auckland, and southern parts of western Auckland. It was first formed for the 2002 election. Tāmaki Makaurau is a Māori-language name for Auckland.
Kiwi Tāmaki (died c. 1741) [A] was a Māori warrior and paramount chief of the Waiohua confederation in Tāmaki Makaurau (modern-day Auckland isthmus).The third generation paramount chief of Waiohua, Kiwi Tāmaki consolidated and extended Waiohua power over Tāmaki Makaurau, making it one of the most prosperous and populated areas of Aotearoa.
Remontado, also known by the autonym Hatang-Kayi and in the literature as Kabalat, Remontado Dumagat, and the erroneous names Sinauna/Sinaunang Tagalog [1], is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Tanay, Rizal, General Nakar, Quezon (including in Paimahuan, Limoutan [3]), Rodriguez, Rizal and Antipolo, in the Philippines.
The Makapili was strongly and extensively vilified by the Filipino people after the war. For example, post-WWII Filipino films portraying Makapili members typically show them wearing bayong, a woven basket made from leaves, with eye holes and pointing out people whom they suspect of being resistance sympathizers. They are then shown leaving the ...