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Ngā Tamatoa (The Warriors) was a Māori activist group that operated throughout the 1970s to promote Māori rights, fight racial discrimination, and confront injustices perpetrated by the New Zealand Government, particularly violations of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Tamatoa II, king of Raiatea and grandfather of Tamatoa III; Tamatoa III (c. 1757 – 1831), king of Raiatea from 1820 to 1831; Tamatoa IV (1797–1857), king of Raiatea from 1831 to 1857; Tamatoa V (1842–1881), king of Raiatea and Taha'a from 1857 to 1871 (born Tamatoa-a-tu Pōmare) Tamatoa VI (1853–1905), king of Raiatea and Taha'a from ...
After diligently attending catechism classes in 1813-1814, Tamatoa III returned to his island of Raiatea around July 1814 and decided to embrace Christianity. The statues of the god ʻOro were burned on the Marae of Taputapuatea, which angered the supporters of idol worship. They allied with the chief Fenuapeho of Tahaa to oppose Tamatoa.
The numbering of the Tamatoa varies. An ancestor of the Tamatoa line named Fa'aniti is often counted as "Tamatoa I" and Moeore is sometime not considered Tamatoa IV. [1] References. Cadousteau, Mai-Arii (1987). "CHAPITRE VIII: AHU'URA FILLE DU ROI MAI III". Bulletin de la Société des Études Océaniennes. 20 (239–240). Papeete: Société ...
Actively involved with Ngā Tamatoa. [5] She strongly supported Tino Rangatiratanga, the revival of the Māori language, and the Māori protest movement in general. [5] [2] [1] [3] In the 1970s Te Hemara was one of the founding members of Ngā Tamatoa, a Māori activist group. [3] [6] The group organised protests at Waitangi. [7]
The numbering of the Tamatoa varies. An ancestor of the Tamatoa line named Fa'aniti is often counted as "Tamatoa I" and Moeore is sometime not considered Tamatoa IV. [3] References. Cadousteau, Mai-Arii (1987). "CHAPITRE VIII: AHU'URA FILLE DU ROI MAI III". Bulletin de la Société des Études Océaniennes. 20 (239–240). Papeete: Société ...
Tamatoa IV (1797–1857), also known as Moe'ore Teri'itinorua Teari'inohora'i, was the King of Ra’iātea and Taha'a from 1831 until his death in 1857. He played a significant role in the sociopolitical history of the Leeward Islands during a period marked by conflicts and political transformations.
Poata was a member of Māori activist group Ngā Tamatoa [6] who amongst other things campaigned for the Māori language to be recognised and supported by the government, leading to the Māori Language Act in 1987. [7] They also were part of the 1975 Land March, led by Whina Cooper. [8]