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Portrait of Kereama Tauwhare, wearing a kakahu (cloak) and carrying a taiaha, taken 1860s-1880s by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - ...

A seated Maori man to the left at the foot of a low hill, possibly a sand-hill. In front of the man is a rough structure with planks, partially du...

Makereti on the verandah of her whare Tukiterangi, at Whakarewarewa, with a dog. Photograph taken in March 1907 by Harold Hislop. Source of descri...

Gottfried Lindauer - Raiha Reretu

Detail of a photo of the Gisborne-East Coast volunteers for the Maori Contingent, 1914. Courtesy of Tairawhiti Museum.

The Māori language is one of the most beautiful languages in the world. Here are 60 proverbs for you to keep and use. #TeWikioteReoMāori #MāoriLanguageWeek #MahuruMaori.

The Lyttelton Ferry, RANGATIRA - c1973 - passing Oriental Bay with Mt Victoria behind - TEV Rangatira (this one was at least the sixth to carry that...

True and delightful story of Valentine Savange and his Rangatira wife. Dust cover aged but book in good order.

Rangatira (chief) Nōpera Pana-kareao (far right) is seen here with Pākehā missionaries William Puckey and Joseph Matthews. Pana-kareao entered into a transaction with the Church Missionary Society for 1,000 acres to be set aside at Kaitāia for...

Over 40 rangatira signed the Treaty at Waitangi, among them many who had signed the Declaration of Independence. Their agreement was important, but Hobson wanted a lot more signatures so he could confidently claim British sovereignty over New Zealand. To get those signatures, he took the Treaty on the road.

A group of NPC attackers where players inevitably come across while exploring the map of an island. These Maori Warriors attack whomever trespasses their land. The attackers are composed of the Rangatira who leads the tribe and main protector of their land, and two henchmen who support the chief into attacking the trespasser/s.

The smallest snipe of New Zealand and the only snipe present on the Chatham Islands. A small, rotund wader with mottled brown and black plumage. Note long bill and pale lower breast and belly. Confined to Mangere, Little Mangere, Rangatira, Rabbit Islands, Star Keys, and sometimes Pitt Island. Found in dense vegetation during the day but more active at night when it moves to more open habitat. Male call is a loud “chup chup” which gradually builds to a “queeyoo queeyoo.” Harsher “chep” alarm call often heard at night. Can be heard at night performing a unique flight display known by the Maori name “hakawai.”

Wiremu Nēra Te Awaitāia was one of the rangatira who signed the Waikato-Manukau sheet. He signed with 31 others at the Waikato Heads Mission Station, either in late March or early April 1840. A leader of Ngāti Mahanga, whose home was on the Waipa River, Te Awaitāia was probably born in the late eighteenth century. His mother was Parehina, and his father was Te Kata. He was a good friend and fighting companion to two of the most famous warriors in Waikato, Te Waharoa of Ngāti Haua, and Potatau Te Wherowhero of Ngāti Mahuta, to whom he was related. In 1833 or 1834 Te Awaitāia was introduced to Christianity, and became patron of the Kāwhia station, which was built on Ngāti Mahanga land. His relationship with missionaries helped when it came to signing the Treaty. He recalled four years after signing that missionary advice had prompted many rangatira to sign, and apparently Te Awaitāia encouraged others to do so. A full biography of Wiremu Nēra Te Awaitāia can be found at www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1t26/te-awa-i-taia-wirem... This photograph is of a painting of Te Awaitāia, as depicted by the artist Gottfried Lindauer. It comes from a collection of his work in the Patent and Copyright records. More on Lindauer’s work can be found at www.lindaueronline.co.nz/ Archives Reference: PC4 Box 38/ 1913/14 This record is part of #Waitangi175, celebrating 175 years since the signing of of te Tiriti o Waitangi. You can see other real time tweets on Twitter (twitter.com/ArchivesNZ), or explore the Waitangi 175 album here on Flickr. Material supplied by Archives New Zealand Caption information from www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1t26/te-awa-i-taia-wirem...

On 14 May 1840, Henry Williams, who was travelling aboard the Ariel, held a Tiriti hui at Kāpiti Island (www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/16291709859). His main task was to secure the signature of paramount Ngāti Toa rangatira, Te Rauparaha. William Hobson believed his signature and mana would help gather further signatures in the region. When Williams arrived at Kāpiti Island he was already familiar with the local tangata whenua, as a few months earlier Williams had helped set up the Mission Station at Ōtaki. Four rangatira representing Kāpiti whanau signed the Cook Strait sheet during the hui: Te Rauparaha, his son Tamihana Te Rauparaha, Matene Te Whiwhi, and a woman of considerable mana, Te Rangitopeora. You can see their signatures here: www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/interactive/henry-williams-tre... Te Rangitopeora of Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Raukawa, was the niece of Te Rauparaha, sister of Te Rangihaeta, aunt of Tamihana, and the mother of Matene. As a young woman she was a famous composer of waiata, and many of her songs are still sung today. In the early 1820s she migrated south to Kāpiti Island and adjacent mainland districts with her people, to escape the growing conflict with other Waikato tribes. Her actions during this turbulent migration, and once her people arrived in the south, marked her as a leader and a woman of great strength. Her mana was such that she became known as the Queen of the South. A full biography of Te Rangitopeora can be found at www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1t103/topeora-rangi-te-k... This photograph is of a painting of Te Rangitopeora, as depicted by the artist Gottfried Lindauer. It comes from a collection of his work in the Patent and Copyright records. More on Lindauer’s work can be found at www.lindaueronline.co.nz/ Archives Reference: AEGA 18982 PC4 Box 38/ 1913/18. This record is part of #Waitangi175, celebrating 175 years since the signing of of te Tiriti o Waitangi. You can see other real time tweets on Twitter (twitter.com/ArchivesNZ), or explore the Waitangi 175 album here on Flickr. Caption information from www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/rangi-kuini-wikitoria-topeora Material supplied by Archives New Zealand

The word pā can refer to any Māori village or defensive settlement, but often refers to hill forts - fortified settlements with palisades and defensive terraces - and also to fortified villages. Pā are mainly in the North Island of New Zealand, north of Lake Taupo. Over 5000 sites have been located, photographed and examined although few have been subject to detailed analysis. No pā have been yet located from the early colonisation period when early Polynesian-Māori colonisers lived in the lower South Island. Variations similar to pā are found throughout central Polynesia, in the islands of Fiji, Tonga and the Marquesas Islands. In Māori culture, a great pā represented the mana and strategic ability of an iwi (tribe) as personified by a rangatira (chiefs). Pā are located in various defensible locations around the territory (rohe) of an iwi to protect fertile plantation sites and food supplies. Almost all pā are found on prominent raised ground, especially volcanic hills. The natural slope of the hill is then terraced. Dormant volcanoes were commonly used for pā in Auckland. Pā are multipurpose in function. Pā that have been extensively studied after the New Zealand Wars and more recently were found to safeguard food and water storage sites or wells, food storage pits (especially kūmara, sweet potato), and small integrated plantations, maintained inside the pā. Recent studies have shown that in most cases, few people lived long term in a single pā, and that iwi maintained several pā at once, often under the control of a hapū (subtribe). The area in between pā were primarily common residential and horticultural sites. A tourist attraction of authentic pā engineering is at Maungawhau / Mount Eden.