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The tewhatewha (pronounced tefa tefa) is a traditional Māori weapon used by the indigenous Māori people of New Zealand. [2] As one of the two-handed clubs of Maori (the others being the Hani and a Pouwhuenua), it can be easily identified by its long handle and flat, broad blade on one end.
Highest point; Elevation: 305 m (1,001 ft) Coordinates: Naming; English translation: The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his kōauau (flute) to his loved one.
Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō [a] (born 13 January 1997) is the Māori Queen since 2024, [3] [4] being elected to succeed her father Tūheitia. [5] The youngest child and only daughter of Tūheitia, she is a direct descendant of the first Māori King, Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, who was installed in 1858.
Terraces on Maungawhau / Mount Eden, marking the sites of the defensive palisades and ditches of this former pā. The word pā (Māori pronunciation:; often spelled pa in English) can refer to any Māori village or defensive settlement, but often refers to hillforts – fortified settlements with palisades and defensive terraces – and also to fortified villages.
Te Wairoa was a village close to the shore of Lake Tarawera near Rotorua, New Zealand. The village was buried by volcanic ash in the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. It was later excavated and is now open as a tourist destination, the Buried Village. The nearby Wairere Falls are also a tourist destination.
Pouwhenua in front of Civic Offices, Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand. Pouwhenua or pou whenua (land post), are carved wooden posts used by Māori, the indigenous peoples of New Zealand to mark territorial boundaries or places of significance.
After this journey, Īhenga established a pā (fortified village) called Whakarongo near mount Pukepoto in the Whakapoungakau range (between Lakes Rotorua and Ōkataina) and two further pā, Pateiti and Te Kahuka, nearby. [23] Later, he moved to Ngongotahā, where he established a pā on the Waitetī stream, called Whakaeketahuna.
Tamatekapua is the wharenui or meeting house on Te Papaiouru marae Men performing a haka on Te Papaiouru Marae, circa 1908. Te Papaiouru is a marae at Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand.
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