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In regards to housing, a 1961 census revealed significant differences in the living conditions of Māori and Europeans. That year, out of all the (unshared) non-Māori private dwellings in New Zealand, 96.8 per cent had a bath or shower, 94.1 per cent a hot water service, 88.7 per cent a flush toilet, 81.6 per cent a refrigerator, and 78.6 per ...
Māori cultural history intertwines inextricably with the culture of Polynesia as a whole. The New Zealand archipelago forms the southwestern corner of the Polynesian Triangle, a major part of the Pacific Ocean with three island groups at its corners: the Hawaiian Islands, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and New Zealand (Aotearoa in te reo Māori). [10]
Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua (/ ˈ r eɪ ŋ ə /; sometimes spelled Rēinga, Māori: Te Rerenga Wairua) [1] is the northwestern most tip of the Aupōuri Peninsula, at the northern end of the North Island of New Zealand. Cape Reinga is more than 100 km north of the nearest small town of Kaitaia.
Mauri (from which derives the English term "Moors") was the Latin designation for the Berber population of Mauretania, located in the west side of North Africa on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, Mauretania Tingitana and Mauretania Caesariensis, in present-day Morocco and northwestern Algeria.
transliteration of the English word "governance," sometimes mistranslated as "sovereignty." See also: tino rangatiratanga and Differences in the Māori and English versions of the Treaty of Waitangi kia kaha an expression of support, lit. be strong kia ora a greeting, lit. be healthy koha gift, present, offering, donation, contribution [9 ...
Earthquakes as part of an ongoing swarm event continue to shake the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, including the popular tourist destination of Santorini, officially known as Thira.. A magnitude ...
Aegean Airlines, Greece’s largest airline, announced two additional flights on Monday and one on Tuesday, traveling to and from Santorini, to help residents and visitors leave the island.
Tāne-nui-ā-rangi, the wharenui at Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland Inside Tāne-nui-ā-rangi A modern wharenui at Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington. A wharenui ([ˈɸaɾɛnʉ.i]; literally "large house") is a communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand, generally situated as the focal point of a marae.