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New Zealand in the 1870's. Te Wheke, a scout for the colonial troops, finds his tribe massacred by the army he is working for. Anguished and betrayed, he vows to exact retribution - utu - on the Pakeha.

An epic battle, the greatest in pre-European Aotearoa New Zealand - aggrieved over what he saw as the unfair division of a fish harvest, Pikau-te-rangi of Ngati Toa-rangatira raised an army of 10,000 men. He led them against Te Rauangaanga, Te Wherowhero's father who rallied 3,000 men from Waikato and Ngati Maniapoto to defend their home territories against invasion. teara.govt.nz/en/biographie...

During a hurricane on Mauke, when many people perished, Paikea survived by clinging to some debris on which he was carried across to the island of Mangaia. His wife watched as he was washed away clinging to the debris. She waited and watched for his return from that cliff top until she died. She was buried there and her grave is marked and revered to this day. Paikea's survival of the hurricane...

This music video for 'Tangata Whenua' marks the first time the pioneering hip hop group sang entirely in te reo. Environmental pollution is a key theme of this video, where green effluent harms eels, and smoke billowing from factories poisons the air. Hapeta calls on Māori to reject destructive Pākehā ways. Credit - DRM New Zealand (Music) On behalf of: Kia Kaha Productions web.archive.org/web/...

Following its defeat at Rangiriri the Kīngitanga force fell back to a third defensive line centred on Pāterangi, between Te Awamutu and the Waipā River. Unable to be outflanked along the river, Pāterangi consisted of 2 km of trenches with critical junctions supported by redoubts. At its peak 2000 men from a dozen iwi were present at Pāterangi, the largest Māori mobilisation of the war. General ...

The Battle of Rangiriri was a major engagement in the invasion of Waikato, which took place on 20-21 November 1863 during the New Zealand Wars. More than 1400 British troops defeated about 500 warriors of the Kingitanga, which was resisting the expansion of British settlement and colonial rule in the North Island. NZ Wars: Stories of Tainui - FULL 47 minute documentary can be found here in 4k r...

The show outraged residents who said it made the area look like the 'slum of the Hutt Valley', and Pencarrow MP Trevor Mallard lodged a formal complaint that it breached the Broadcasting Act's good taste and balance provisions.

Interactions I've had with conspiracy theorists who claim CELTS discovered NZ before Maori :)

FULL Run-time 01:09:34 Māori Battalion - March To Victory tells the story of the New Zealand Army's (28th) Māori Battalion, which fought in campaigns during World War ll. This documentary to tell the stories of five men who served with the unit, and also "capture how they felt about it".

Ioanna "Nana" Mouskouri is a Greek singer. Over the span of her career, she has released over 200 albums in at least twelve different languages, including Greek, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese and Corsican.

(Upper Hutt) Ma Wai Hakona Association Maori Song & Rhythm FULL ALBUM Maori Music , People, Tribes. 0:00 - Start Powhiri / Haere mai 4:55 - Nekeneke 5:51 - Poi Manu 8:41 - Haka Of Te Rauparaha 10:59 - E Hine E Hine 12:48 - E To E Te Ra 15:16 - E Moe Ra 16:18 - Hoki Mai E Nga Iwi 18:37 - Kimi Kimi 21:00 - Tu Mai Ra 23:50 - Hinemoa 26:22 - Hoea Ra E Maui kite Moana 28:21 - E Hine E Te Tau 30:05 -...

Melanesia Australia Papua Solomon Vanuatu Fiji New Caledonia - Melanesia (4000 - 1200 BCE) In 40.000 BCE , Ancient Australoid (Sahulian) arrived in Sahul Continent (nowadays Australia & Papua) later spread toward surrounding islands of nowadays called, Bismarck, Solomon, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji. The Sahulians were ancient people migrated from Africa, have close relationship with Dravidi...

Moluccas Papua Fiji Vanuatu Solomon Island Austronesia 650 CE - India Native spices of Moluccas & coastal West Papua mentioned in Ancient indian Hindu book of Ayurveda (Book of Medicine), notably Jatiphala / Pala (nutmeg), Lavanga / Cengkeh (cloves) and Candana / cendana (sandalwood). Ancient Indians called Moluccas as Samudranta with Samudra (ocean) and Anta (end). This indicate ancient trade ...

The Tuʻi Tonga Empire, or Tongan Empire, are descriptions sometimes given to Tongan expansionism and projected hegemony in eastern Melanesia to Western & southern Polynesia which began around 950 CE, reaching its peak during the period 1200-1500 CE It was centered in Tonga on the island of Tongatapu, with its first capital at Toloa, Heketā then later at Muʻa. Modern researchers and cultural exp...

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