• Kai Iwi Lakes are located in Taharoa Domain in the Northland region of New Zealand. The reserve encompasses a series of three freshwater dune lakes:...
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    on the foreshore of Lake Tekapo. The Dark Sky Project is jointly owned by founders Hide Ozawa and Graeme Murray, and Ngāi Tahu iwi. In the New Zealand...
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  • together of noses and sharing of breath hui meeting, conference iwi tribe kai food kai moana sea food kapa haka a cultural festival or music and dance...
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    Waitaha iwi, followed later by Kāti Māmoe and Kāi Tahu. Waitaha sailed on the Uruao waka, whose captain Rākaihautū named sites and carved out lakes throughout...
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    These six lakes are all situated on the South Island. The deepest lake on the North Island is: Lake Waikaremoana: 256 and 75. The following lakes are located...
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    South Island (section Lakes)
    European settlement, Te Waipounamu was sparsely populated by three major iwi, Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, and the historical Waitaha, with major settlements including...
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    pronunciation: [ˈŋaːi ˈtʉːhɔɛ]), often known simply as Tūhoe, is a Māori iwi of New Zealand. It takes its name from an ancestral figure, Tūhoe-pōtiki...
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    supply from Rotokawau Virginia Lake from 1876. From 1904 water was piped from the upper Okehu valley. In 1933 springs at Kai Iwi were used to supplement the...
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    Zealand. The reserve is located eight kilometres (5.0 mi) inland from Kai Iwi and has an area of approximately 99 hectares (245 acres), including the...
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  • of Police, the Lakes Council, Māori Wardens, private security and community safety volunteers. On 1 November 2024, the Rotorua Lakes Council's 2024 Annual...
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    Wānaka (category Queenstown-Lakes District)
    Para karehu or Parakārehu. Take Kārara was a Kāi Tahu kāinga nohoanga (settlement) at the southern end of Lake Wānaka, including Ruby Island. The town was...
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    settled by Māori iwi such as Rangitāne and Muaūpoko. The disruptions of the Musket Wars led to them being overwhelmed by northern iwi such as Te Āti Awa...
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    December 2010. "Planting of grassed area beside Lake Waikere up to proposed lease boundary of Kai Iwi Lakes Water Ski Club" (PDF). Kaipara District Council...
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    developed their distinct Moriori culture.; a later 1835 invasion by Māori iwi resulted in the massacre and virtual extinction of the Moriori. In a hostile...
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  • stemming back to the thirteenth century as the domain of the historic Waitaha iwi, Christchurch was constituted as a colonial outpost of the British Empire...
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    Atatürk Memorial. In pre-European times, people of the Ngai Tara and Ngati Ira iwi lived here, using the site for fishing in Cook Strait. In 1819–20, Ngā Puhi...
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    modern-day greater Christchurch was first inhabited by the historic Māori iwi Waitaha in the mid-thirteenth century. Waitaha, who occupied the swamplands...
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    Bunnythorpe Eketāhuna Halcombe Himatangi Beach Hiwinui Hokio Beach Hunterville Kai Iwi Kimbolton Koitiana Longburn Manakau Mangaore Mangaweka National Park Norsewood...
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    Crown and the Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau collective of 13 Auckland iwi and hapū (also known as the Tāmaki Collective), ownership of the 14 Tūpuna...
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  • under the names "Waitaha" and "Kāti Mamoe", as Kāi Tahu have since claimed those groups as part of a new iwi known as Ngāi Tahu. Te Rapuwai did leave many...
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    were around the Nelson-Marlborough regions. Some of the earliest recorded iwi in the Nelson district are Ngāti Hāwea, Ngāti Wairangi, Waitaha and Kāti...
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    primary highway by Te Āti Awa, and is still monitored and defended by the iwi in the environmental courts. The name Kura Te Au originates from the red...
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    of the Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha, and Kāi Tahu iwi (tribes), merged via marriage and conquest into the iwi now known as Kāi Tahu. Archaeological evidence of...
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    The Brothers (Māori: Ngāwhatu-kai-ponu) is a group of small islands in Cook Strait, New Zealand, off the east coast of Cape Koamaru, Arapaoa Island. The...
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    negotiated with local Kai Tahu to purchase the Otago Block for its Scottish Free Church settlement. However, at the initial meeting between iwi and agent (the...
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    Auckland, however no reserves were set aside. Land at Mechanics Bay was eventually established as a general area for Ngāti Pāoa, other iwi and poorer visitors...
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    restoration as an ecosystem; the wetland is connected to the Waikato Tainui iwi. The introduced grey willow and crack willow have thrived in the deforested...
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    Wharariki Ecosanctuary (category Nature reserves in New Zealand)
    officially opened by Eugenie Sage (Minister of Conservation), along with local iwi, and the sanctuary patron, broadcaster Kim Hill. Prior to the translocation...
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  • ungoverned and most European settlers intermarried with and lived among the Māori iwi in harmony. Settlers were greatly outnumbered by Māori and relied on them...
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