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Rika was born in Wellington to a Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe, Te Arawa and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui mother and a Samoan father, and moved to Rotorua at a young age. [1] [5] While her mother did not speak Māori, Rika attended a kōhanga reo, a kura kaupapa, and Māori boarding schools, which allowed her to learn the language from a young age.
Māui attempting to enter Hine-nui-te-pō. Carving by Tene Waitere in the meeting house Rauru (opened in 1900). [1] Hinenuitepo meeting house at Te Whaiti in 1930. Hine-nui-te-pō ("the great woman of the night") in Māori legends, is a goddess of night who receives the spirits of humans when they die.
Player Appearances Years Affiliations; Margaret Matangi [19]: 1: 1938: Te Āti Awa, Taranaki, Ngāti Mutunga June Mariu [20]: 3: 1960: Ngāti Porou Tilly Vercoe [21]: 19: 1967–1971
This is a list of women artists who were born in New Zealand or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Women continued receiving moko through the early 20th century, [12] and the historian Michael King in the early 1970s interviewed over 70 elderly women who would have been given the moko before the 1907 Tohunga Suppression Act. [13] [14] Women's tattoos on lips and chin are commonly called pūkauae or moko kauae. [15] [16]
Notable women in the field of traditional Māori science include Makereti Papakura, who wrote a thesis on the Māori people, and Rina Winifred Moore, the first female Māori doctor in New Zealand. [27] The Royal Society Te Apārangi also identifies 150 women and their notable contributions to New Zealand in the field of science. [40]
Fiso was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and is of Māori and Samoan descent. [8] [1] Fiso made a name for herself in New York, working in Michelin-star restaurants.With her trademark determination she decided to make a shift and came home to discover a new style of cooking, and a new side to herself.