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The history of traditional Māori scientific advancements is taught at a tertiary level at Victoria University of Wellington [37] and Canterbury University. [ 38 ] Under colonisation Māori people, and women in particular, were treated as subjects rather than as creators of scientific knowledge, a treatment which continues to affect the ...
The Elms Mission House, a Category 1 Place and Historic Area in Tauranga. Tauranga is a city and territorial authority in the Bay of Plenty Region of the North Island of New Zealand.
Tauranga (Māori pronunciation: [ˈtaʉɾaŋa]) [4] [5] is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty Region and the fifth-most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of 162,800 (June 2024) [3], or roughly 3% of the national population.
Māori oral history describes the arrival of ancestors in a number of large ocean-going waka, from Hawaiki. Hawaiki is the spiritual homeland of many eastern Polynesian societies and is widely considered to be mythical.
Cultural performance of waiata (song), haka (dance), tauparapara (chants) and mōteatea (poetry) are used by Māori to express and pass on knowledge and understanding about history, communities, and relationships. [131] Kapa haka is a Māori performance art [132] believed to have originated with the legendary figure Tinirau.
Mount Maunganui (Māori pronunciation: [ˈ m a ʉ ŋ a ˌ n ʉ i], locally / ˌ m ɒ ŋ ə ˈ n uː i /) is a major residential, commercial and industrial suburb of Tauranga located on a peninsula to the north-east of Tauranga's city centre.
Williams became a Matauranga Maori curator at Te Papa in late 2016. [4] Williams is co-founder of and co-editor (alongside Bridget Reweti) of ATE Journal of Maori Arts. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] In 2024, she was involved in New Zealand's delegation to the Venice Biennale .
Tauranga Moana are a grouping of Māori iwi (tribe) based in and around the Tauranga Harbour and Bay of Plenty.The grouping consists of Waitaha-a-Hei, [1] Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāi Te Rangi and its hapū Ngā Pōtiki a Tamapahore.