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Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku II (1854–1877), was a poet and composer of many Hawaiian mele (songs), [1] mostly love songs. He was the youngest of the Na Lani ʻEhā ("Royal Four"), which included his sisters Queen Liliʻuokalani (1838–1917) and Princess Miriam Likelike (1851–1887) and his brother King David Kalākaua (1836–1891).
Te Rauparaha composed "Ka Mate" circa 1820 as a celebration of life over death after his lucky escape from pursuing Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato enemies. [1] [2] He had hidden from them, on Motuopihi Island in Lake Rotoaira, in a kūmara storage pit while a woman (wāhine) by the name of Rangikoaea straddled the pit to hide and protect him. [3]
She had two sons, Kāwharu and Te Wehi (founder of Ngāti Te Wehi). [1] Te Totara pa on the south shore of Kāwhia was shared with Ngāti Toa in the early 19th century. [2] Following the musket wars, many of the iwi moved south to Kapiti Island and then Te Tau Ihu in the mid 1820s. [3] Claims to land were considered by Parliament in 1929 [4 ...
His death was avenged by his son Pāpaka, who secured Waiuku for Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua with the help of Te Wehi from Aotea Harbour, the grand-nephew and son-in-law to Tapaue. Te Wairākau was a woman of Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua who signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. Along with her kin and chiefs of Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua, Aperahama Ngākāinga ...
2011: Malcolm McKinnon (The 1930s Depression in New Zealand) and Melissa Williams (Maori Urban Migrations from North Hokianga to Auckland 1930–1970) Other finalists: Dr Lee Davidson (Mountain Feeling : The Lives of Climbers and Other Stories), Bradford Haami (Ka Mau Te Wehi : May the Force Be With You) and Janet Hunt (Dick Henry and the Birds) [6]
Written on the sash at the bottom of the coat of arms is Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono, the phrase spoken by King Kamehameha III when the sovereignty of the Kingdom was restored on July 31, 1843, after the Paulet affair. The motto translates to "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness". [1] [2] [3]
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Tama-te-rangi called on him to come back to the shore. Parua asked after his mother and, when he heard that she was dead, he said: kati ra i mahara hoki ahau ma hau e whaka-ora to taua kui, i a koe ke hoki te u ora ko te u pirau i au, noreira haer e hoki waiho au mate hau o te whakarua e kawa atu ("Then let the deed be done. It was my belief ...