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Human Sacrifices are called Tangata taboo and when any thing is forbidden to be eat, or made ufe of, they Jay that 18 Taboo.
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Im not saying that Dictatorship NOW is the way to go 100 years ago would have been preferable, but as we Tangata Whenua will be forgotten if we are quiet
Global Voices in English » Bloggers react to NZ Maori Party’s proposed trip to Fiji 2009
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The tango class on February 14 will be hot, with music from Tangata to accompany your sultry dancing.
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Although there were several Mäori magazines, it was not until the 1980s that Tu Tangata subtitled itself Maori News Magazine.
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885
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Some are listed in a 1986 Tu Tangata article, for example Te Iwi o Aotearoa, Maori Kuii-ee!
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885
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One of the initiatives of the Tü Tangata philosophy of the Department of Maori Affairs in the late 1970s was the establishment of the Te Köhanga Reo movement in 1977.
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885
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Tanga -- where I had my first flirtations with the hippopotami, of which more hereafter -- and Tangata, to inspect ruins and make inquiries about the interior condition of the country.
What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845
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Wasumbara, and would intercept our passage; and, instead, they proposed our going _viâ_ Tangata, a much longer route, but open to us if we only took a sufficient number of men, and paid handsomely for the convenience.
What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845
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These, we were told, were the graves of three chiefs; and before them was an oblong, inclosed space, to which our conductor also gave the name of _Tangata taboo_; telling us, so explicitly, that we could not mistake his meaning, that three human sacrifices had been buried there; that is, one at the funeral of each chief.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Robert Kerr 1784
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_Taa-ta_ (_Tanata_ or _Tangata_, in this country) _taboo_ (_tafoo_, as here pronounced); and in the other, a hog, which had also been made an offering to the divinity.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Robert Kerr 1784
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