Once in Taranaki they intermarried with the descendants of the Tokomaru waka, establishing them as part of tangata whenua of Taranaki and even more so through the marriage of Parenui-o-Te-Rangi to Maramata-Hae-Hoe of Te Kahui Tu (Marsh 2010: 32) around 1375. Ultimately the iwi adopted ...
We value Te Reo Māori at the Zoo and we work closely with local iwi, Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te ika. Earlier this year we created a phrase in Te Reo Māori that encapsulates the kaupapa of Wellington Zoo - Me tiaki, kia ora! Broadly translated, this means we must look...
were determined not to sell. In 1859 Te Teira, a Māori of the Taranaki area, sold his Waitara River land to the colonial government without theconsentof his tribe, precipitating theFirst Taranaki War(1860–61). Only the extremist wing of the King Movement joined in the First Taranaki War...