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Hōri Mahue Ngata (8 August 1919 – 15 February 1989) was a New Zealand Ngāti Porou farmer, railway worker, workers’ camp supervisor, accountant, lexicographer. His parents were Mākarini Tānara Ngata, a farmer, who was the eldest son of Sir Āpirana Ngata , and Maraea Mereana Baker.
Learning Media Limited (Māori: Te Pou Taki Kōrero) was a New Zealand state-owned enterprise. [1] The company published most of the Ministry of Education's material. A division of the Ministry until 1993, it continued to publish the New Zealand School Journal and Junior Journal magazines and the Ready to Read readers for the Ministry, as well as provide services for other organisations.
Taonga or taoka (in South Island Māori) is a Māori-language word that refers to a treasured possession in Māori culture.It lacks a direct translation into English, making its use in the Treaty of Waitangi significant.
Ngata helped overcome the issues related with that. A forceful speaker, he was able to interpret and explain impact of legislation on Māori land ownership. Legislation that cause Ngata to speak out include the Māori Trustee Act 1953, the Public Works Act 1981, the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967, and the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 .
Ngata is a Māori surname, most commonly found among members of the Ngāti Porou iwi. The name is also occasionally found in Tonga , where it was the name of a 17th-century leader, the first Tu'i Kanokupolu .
Ngata was born in Te Araroa (then called Kawakawa), a small coastal town about 175 km (109 mi) north of Gisborne, New Zealand. [3] His iwi was Ngāti Porou.His father was Paratene Ngata, a tribal leader and expert in traditional lore, and his mother was Katerina Naki, the daughter of an itinerant Scot, Abel Enoch. [1]
View over Greater Tauranga, taken from the top of Mount Maunganui. Thousands of Māori placenames (with or without anglicisation) are now official in New Zealand.These include:
According to Williams' definitive Dictionary of the Māori Language, tangata means "man" or "human being", whilst tāngata (with the macronated "ā") is the plural, and means "people". Tangata—without the macron—can also mean "people" in reference to a group with a singular identity. [1]