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• Pakohe - Argillite

  Known to Māori as pakohe, and to geologists as metamorphosed indurated mudstone, argillite is particularly associated with the Nelson-Marlborough region in New Zealand. It is found on Rangitoto (D'Urville Island), along the...

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• Hilary Mitchell

  Nelson City Councillor 1989 - 1995  In the mid-late 1980s I was Chair of the Beneficiaries and Unwaged Workers' Trust (BUWT). Our detached youth worker was the only adult...

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• Whakapapa

  Whakapapa is the bedrock of Māori society. In mid-1995 a hui of kaumatua from throughout Aotearoa considered commonalities and differences between tribes in matters of tikanga regarding customary rights...

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• Matangi Āwhio - Auckland Point

  Matangi Āwhio or Auckland Point has a long history of occupation dating back to 1450, when the tupuna (ancestor) Pohea established it as a pā (fortified settlement) and, according to...

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• Tāmati Pirimona Marino

  Through his parents, Ringahuri of Ngāti Tama/Te Ātiawa and Roka of Ngāti Rarua, Marino (also known as Te Pua Ringahuri) was related to all three mana whenua  iwi...

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