The meaning of mana - New Zealand Geographic
There are more cautionary notes in Māoridom dealing with mana than you could shake the proverbial stick at. It is a source of both personal and collective strength, pride and identity. Mishandled, it becomes the bearer of shame, ridicule and embarrassment. If mana allows us to walk tall, then it also casts a long shadow—humility. To write about mana can be likened to picking blackberries ...
What went wrong and what are we doing about it? - New Zealand …
In old-style Waitangi Day speeches, people used to boast that New Zealand was unique: the only British colony established through a formal agreement with the inhabitants. This was wrong. Britain made its first colonial treaty in 1609. In West Africa alone it made 10 treaties similar to the Waitangi Treaty.
Kea: the feisty parrot - New Zealand Geographic
Kea Have been enchanting and infuriating visitors to the mountains since the first explorers’ boots scrunched through the scree. Hear Charlie Douglas, quoted in John Pascoe’s Mr Explorer Douglas: “I was sitting sketching with my back against a rock.As is usual when finished, I held it at arm’s length to admire my handiwork, when in that mountain solitude I was startled by a ...
Inside the Land March - New Zealand Geographic
Te Rōpū o te Matakite sets out from Te Hāpua on September 14, 1975. Te Hāpua was the birthplace of then-Minister of Māori Affairs Matiu Rata. The proposed march united a wide cross-section of urban and rural Māori, but support was not universal. Rata felt it would undermine his efforts from within the government, and sought to head it off.
What happened at Waitangi - New Zealand Geographic
Artist and activist Tame Iti (Tūhoe) leads supporters of his performance piece onto the bridge that connects the Te Tii Marae side of Waitangi to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. The procession chanted, “The Treaty is a fraud. Honour the Treaty.”. The stars are still out when we arrive at Te Whare Rūnanga marae.
Tuatara - A survivor from the dinosaur age - New Zealand …
For tuatara are the great survivors in New Zealand. Their ancestors, the first sphenodontidans (a name meaning ‘wedge tooth’), shared virtually all continents with dinosaurs. They appear as fossils from North America, Europe, England and Africa, from 225 million years ago until about 120 million years ago.
Who are Tūhoe? - New Zealand Geographic
Of the estimated 40,000 Maori who identify as Ngāi Tūhoe, only a small percentage live in the rohe, where they keep alive te ahi kaa, the long burning fire of faith and culture. Peter James Quinn. Wielding staves and taiaha, young Tūhoe salute a body being brought on to Tanatana marae, in Waimana.
Moa: The Life and Death of New Zealand’s Legendary Bird
The Moa were. perhaps the most unusual family of birds that ever lived. Some boasted legs built like an elephant, others laid eggs the size of rugby balls, and the giant moa was the tallest bird ever to walk the planet. They evolved in isolation over millions of years, roaming the forests of New Zealand, but were ill-prepared for humans.
What happened on Whakaari? - New Zealand Geographic
The eruption started at 9.35pm, with big heaves inside the crater. At 10.03pm, it began pelting the walking track with projectiles, but withheld its final energy until 10.11pm when, with a whoomph, it sent the plume sky-high.A scalding current of steam and debris, coloured green by the hydrothermally altered rock it contained, rolled right over …
Ferns: the glory of the forest - New Zealand Geographic
In few of the world's temperate forests do ferns assume the luxuriance and dominance that they achieve in the damper portions of the New Zealand bush. Fronds decorate every tree-trunk and choke the floor of the forest, while stands of huge tree ferns tower over lesser trees. Little wonder that the fern frond has become a major symbol of the country in popular culture.