Whenua

Tangata Whenua - Contexts
... of tribal descent and ownership of land, tangata whenua are the people who descend from the first people to settle the land of the district, whereas the ... At a particular marae, the tangata whenua are the owners of the marae, in contradistinction to the manuhiri or guests ... the guests may be afforded the temporary, honorary status of tangata whenua, and may even be invited to participate as locals as the ceremonies continue ...

List Of Māori People - Society - Race Relations
... people of New Zealand is recognised in New Zealand law by the term tangata whenua (lit ... Māori as a whole can be considered as tangata whenua of New Zealand entirely individual iwi are recognised as tangata whenua for areas of New Zealand in which they are traditionally based ... between the government and tangata whenua – for example, during major land development projects ...

Te Wakatūwhenua
... In Māori tradition, Te Wakatūwhenua was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand ... Te Wakatūwhenua is said to have landed at Cape Rodney (just north of Leigh), its crew suffering a mysterious illness ...

History of The Miranda Naturalists' Trust - 1990: Opening of The Centre
... to Kaiaua was officially opened with a dedication ceremony with the tāngata whenua of Pukorokoro, Taramaire and Kaiaua ... Ka haere mai ano nga kuaka Ka kite ano – te iwi pakeha Ka kite ano – te tangata whenua Na tatou katoa – Pukorokoro nei Then the Miranda Trust executive ... show that the Trust was conscious to be in fact guests on the ancestral lands of Te Tangata Whenua ...

Tūwhenua
... In Māori tradition, Tūwhenua was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes (or waka) that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand ... of Opotiki, state that Tamatea came from Hawaiki in Tūwhenua, and that he found a tribe of aborigines living at Motu on his arrival ...