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• Mōkai - Slavery in Colonial Times

  As in many other cultures, slavery was a key element of Māori society.  Mōkai (servants or slaves) were usually spoils of war, condemned to lives of drudgery, danger,...

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• Wiremu Kīngi Te Koihua

  Te Koihua, who was the chief of Pakawau, Mohua (Golden Bay), spanned the decades between authentic Māori lifestyle and the new society resulting from colonisation and European settlement.  He...

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• Kupe and the Boulder Bank

  The distinctive Boulder Bank protecting Nelson Haven, known to Māori as Te Taero a Kereopa (the obstruction of Koreopa) or Te Tahuna a Tama-i-ea, was named to commemorate...

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• Rangitahi Hanigan

  Waikato Taniwha rau, He piko he taniwha, he piko he taniwha, he piko he taniwha! Rangitahi Hanigan, 1948 - 2009, hailed from Ngāti Wairere and Ngāti Haua of the...

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• Taonga Pūoro or Singing Treasures

  The first Polynesian settlers in Aotearoa were greeted by a noisy soundscape and a plethora of new materials for making musical instruments.  Centuries later, the botanist Joseph Banks[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/banks-sir-joseph] described the...

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