Events In History
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17 December 1773Ten crew of Cook's ship Adventure killed and eatenAt Wharehunga Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, 10 men serving on the ship accompanying Cook's Resolution died at the hands of Ngāti Kuia and Rangitāne. Read more...
Biographies
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Nireaha Tāmaki
Nireaha Tāmaki, of Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu, is perhaps best known for his bitter struggle to retain lands within the large Mangatainoka block, which the government was determined to purchase for railway construction.
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Māwhete, Rangiputangatahi
Involved in local and national politics, Rangiputangatahi Māwhete, worked hard for Māori in the Manawatū during the 1930s and 1940s. He was particularly active in the Māori War Effort Organisation during the Second World War.
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Main image: Rangiputangatahi Mawhete
Half length portrait of Rangiputangatahi Mawhete, taken circa 1904 by Henry Edward Gaze.