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Mātauranga was traditionally preserved through spoken language, including songs, supplemented carving weaving, and painting, including tattoos. [10] Since colonisation, mātauranga has been preserved and shared through writing, first by non-Māori anthropologists and missionaries, then by Māori.
In particular, the Matauranga Unit of the Ngā Rauru Iwi Authority was established to compile, collect and preserve information pertaining to whakapapa and the Deed of Settlement, as part of a larger effort to revitalise Ngā Rauru culture, history and identity.
Temple said Ron Crosby, a member of the Waitangi Tribunal and author of The Musket Wars: A History of Inter-iwi Conflict, 1806–1845, [43] expressed disbelief that the Musket Wars between 1806 and 1845, which he described as the "longest period of warfare in New Zealand", had no coverage in the draft document, which meant that prevailing ...
Iwi vary in size, from a few hundred members to over 100,000 in the case of Ngāpuhi. Many people do not live in their traditional tribal regions as a result of urban migration (see Urban Māori). Iwi are usually governed by rūnanga (tribal councils or assemblies) which represent the iwi in consultations and negotiations with the New Zealand ...
Tauoma takatā is the te reo māori translation of ‘editathon’. However, a tauoma takatā is not just an editathon by another name. It is a new approach to editathons that incorporates tikanga Māori (cultural practices) and matauranga Māori (Māori knowledge systems) to ensure editathons are culturally safe and appropriate when working on Māori articles.
Kahungunu was a Māori ariki (chieftain) of the Tākitimu tribal confederation and ancestor of the Ngāti Kahungunu and Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki iwi. He probably lived in the late fifteenth century. [1] Although born in Kaitaia, he was raised in Tauranga, leaving for the east coast after he quarrelled with his older brother. There he married a ...
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Te Waru-Rewiri is one of the few women who have led a wharenui (Māori meeting house) project with Te Puna o Te Matauranga (The Spring of Knowledge) on NorthTec's Raumanga campus that opened in 2015. It is a contemporary marae and the wharenui features artworks by Te Waru-Rewiri, Lorraine King, Michael Rewiri-Thorsen, Te Warihi Hetaraka, James ...