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    Te Rauparaha (c.1768 – 27 November 1849) was a Māori rangatira, warlord, and chief of the Ngāti Toa iwi. One of the most powerful military leaders of the...
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    Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (c. 1785 - 1860), who later became the first Māori King (r. 1858–1860). Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Koata, led by Te Rauparaha (c...
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    around 1700, the pā was sacked in 1832 by Ngāti Toa warriors led by Te Rauparaha. Today the pā site is a memorial reserve and is a tapu site significant...
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    Musket Wars (redirect from Te Amiowhenua)
    in 1831–32. Te Rauparaha, meanwhile, had moved first to Taranaki and then to the Kāpiti coast and Kapiti Island, which Ngāti Toa chief Te Pēhi Kupe captured...
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    Tāmihana (born Katu) Te Rauparaha (1820s – October 1876) was a New Zealand Māori leader, Christian evangelist, assessor, writer and farmer. He was born...
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    pursued a Ngāti Toa force led by chief Te Rangihaeata through steep and dense bushland. Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha was taken into custody during the campaign;...
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    Te Rangihaeata (c. 1780s – 18 November 1855), was a Ngāti Toa chief, nephew of Te Rauparaha. He had a leading part in the Wairau Affray and the Hutt Valley...
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    South Island (redirect from Te Waipounamu)
    Ngāti Toa chiefs except Te Rauparaha. Te Rauparaha returned to his Kapiti Island stronghold. In November 1830, Te Rauparaha persuaded Captain John Stewart...
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    Māori language (redirect from Te Reo Maori)
    Te Rauparaha. Kei PRES.LOC hea where a ART Te Te Rauparaha? Rauparaha Kei hea a Te Rauparaha? PRES.LOC where ART Te Rauparaha "Where is Te Rauparaha?"...
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    group of European settlers to attempt to arrest Ngāti Toa chiefs Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata. Fighting broke out and 22 British settlers were killed...
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    Māori culture (redirect from Te Ao Māori)
    Ngāi Tahu and Rangitāne iwi. Te Rauparahā later hired a European ship to attack Akaroa Harbour. This showed that Te Rauparaha was prepared to use Western...
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    Pōmare, Mīria (3 March 2017). "Ngāti Toarangatira – Chant composed by Te Rauparaha". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ryan, Greg (1993). Forerunners...
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    Te Pēhi Kupe (c. 1795–1828) was a Māori rangatira and war leader of Ngāti Toa and the uncle of Te Rauparaha. He took a leading part in what became known...
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    composed by Te Rauparaha, the historic leader of the iwi of Ngāti Toa of the North Island of New Zealand during the Musket Wars. Te Rauparaha composed "Ka...
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    Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha, Te Wherowhero joined his father in attacks on Ngāti Toa at Kāwhia. When Marore, a wife of Te Rauparaha, was visiting relatives...
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    Te Rauparaha Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment centre, with pools, Dash Swim School, a fitness centre, and indoor sports stadium...
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    north of Taumarunui. During the Musket Wars Te Mamaku was sometimes allied with Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha and sometimes fought against him. However,...
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    the leadership of Te Rauparaha and armed with muskets, successfully attacked Kāti Kurī at Kaikōura, who were already expecting the Tū-te-pākihi-rangi hapū...
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    for Te Rauparaha's son, Christian convert Tamihana Te Rauparaha, who in 1851 had visited England where he was presented to Queen Victoria. Tamihana Te Rauparaha...
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  • over him, who, instead of killing Te Rauparaha, turned out to be another chief friendly to him. In relief, Te Rauparaha performed this ancient haka, which...
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  • which was fought at Kawhia in the time before Te Rauparaha had left Kawhia around 1820. He was also known as Te Kanawa Ikatu of the Ngāti Mahuta and Ngāti...
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    compete in the Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa and play their home games at Te Rauparaha Arena. The Queens were established as a strongly female-led operation...
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  • exterminated between 1830 and 1832 in attacks by the northern Ngāti Toa, led by Te Rauparaha. The earliest settlers of Canterbury appear to have been the people called...
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    The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Te Tiriti o Waitangi), sometimes referred to as Te Tiriti, is a document of central importance to the history of New Zealand...
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  • (1963) featuring narration by the nineteenth-century Ngāti Toa leader Te Rauparaha. In 2001 the sequence was adapted into a ballet and performed as part...
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    as he went until he reached Cook Strait. It is said that he advised Te Rauparaha to acquire muskets to enhance his influence. In 1828 he successfully...
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    Tohu Kākahi (category Te Āti Awa people)
    captured Bishop Selwyn during his visit to Taranaki to see Tamihana Te Rauparaha. This and his later repeated attacks against the settlers and government...
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  • The Waitangi Tribunal (Māori: Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi) is a New Zealand permanent commission of inquiry established under the Treaty of...
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  • Upper Hutt Posse (redirect from Ma Te Wa)
    Posse released their first single, 'E Tū', in 1988, which paid homage to Te Rauparaha and the Ngāti Toa heritage of the Hutt Valley. Their debut album Against...
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    invasion of their tribal land by the Ngāti Toa, led by Te Rauparaha, and the allied Ngāti Raukawa and Te Āti Awa. Keepa's father was an early supporter of...
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