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UPDATE: (October 11) And here is mana tangata whenua, the power of the Maori struggles for tino-rangatiratanga ("self-determination" being the imperfect translation).
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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“Ka mate, ka mate, ka ora, ka ora, Tenei te tangata puhuruhuru . . .”
A House in Fez SUZANNA CLARKE 2007
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“Ka mate, ka mate, ka ora, ka ora, Tenei te tangata puhuruhuru . . .”
A House in Fez SUZANNA CLARKE 2007
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“Ka mate, ka mate, ka ora, ka ora, Tenei te tangata puhuruhuru . . .”
A House in Fez SUZANNA CLARKE 2007
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“Ka mate, ka mate, ka ora, ka ora, Tenei te tangata puhuruhuru . . .”
A House in Fez SUZANNA CLARKE 2007
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The native inhabitants of a particular region are "tangata whenua" - both the people of the land, and the people born to the land.
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It was called "O le asi pulu tangata," _the asi tree the refuge of men_.
Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before George Turner
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In a variant of the Maori sagas, to which I have more than once referred, the lady quits her spouse in disgust because he turns out _not_ to be a cannibal, as she had hoped from his truculent name, Kai-tangata, or man-eater.
The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887
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Mäori, the language of the tangata whenua and the oldest such language, has been considered in the preceding chapters, as has New Zealand English, the language of wider communication.
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885
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Any atlas clearly shows New Zealand is a Pacific Island nation, and it is well known that Mäori, the tangata whenua, are a Polynesian people.
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885
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