To gain an understanding of your cultural identity, all roads eventually lead home to your turangawaewae, your place to stand, to belong.
Are you Māori enough? Do you speak Māori? Is your skin too pale to be Māori? Do you wonder about your percentage of Māori?
During the northern war of the mid-1840s Ngāpuhi leader Te Ruki Kawiti built a complex pā at Ruapekapeka which included fortified underground shelters.
I took a lot away with me this Anzac weekend spending time in Taranaki with my MLI whānau. Affiliates got to meet each other and the faces behind Maori Land Information.
The Waikato River is the longest river in New Zealand. Its catchment covers 14,260 square km or 12 per cent of the area of the North Island. The river starts its journey to the sea from high in the central North Island volcanic zone, 2797 metres above sea level.
Take a look at the history of Omahu Marae, between Napier and Hastings, and iwi Ngati Kahungunu and hapu Ngati Hinemanu and Ngati Upokoiri.
Waiomio Valley is the ancestral land and heart of the Ngati Hine people. The Ngati Hine have lived continuously for centuries in this area and are members of the Ngapuhi tribe.
Mt Taranaki is hugely important to local Māori. In tradition, the mountain once lived in the central North Island, and competed with the other mountains to win beautiful Mt Pīhanga. When Taranaki lost, he fled west, gouging out the Whanganui River.
I do not know the name or history of this paa, but it is in the Ngaa Rauru territory, south of Waverly and near Okotuku Road
Kuranui Paa is around 2 kilometres down from the Patea Dam or Lake Rotorangi,and in a bend on the Patea River
Kanihi pā is located half a mile off the Austin Rd and beside a bend in the Waingongoro River known as Oparua. This fortress is in the area known as Te Rua-o-te-Moko.
Judge S Te A Milroy gives some clarity around Urupā, what they are, the history, the process and the legislation that surrounds beneficial owners looking to create or extend land for burial purposes.
On entry to Rotorua from the Southern SH1, you will be greeted visually with carvings at the entrance, the rising steam from the many natural geothermal vents while your sense of smell provides a sulphuric reminder of where you are.
Parihaka - A Photographic Survey 1981 is an insightful look back at the community over the last century through the lens of artists and photographers.