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Akuaku, the Glossary

Akuaku, also known as Aku Aku, was a settlement approximately halfway between Waipiro Bay and Whareponga in the East Coast region of New Zealand's North Island.^[1]

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Former populated places in New Zealand

Auckland University of Technology

Auckland University of Technology (AUT; Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) is a university in New Zealand, formed on 1 January 2000 when a former technical college (originally established in 1895) was granted university status.

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Āpirana Ngata

Sir Āpirana Turupa Ngata (3 July 1874 – 14 July 1950) was a prominent New Zealand statesman.

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Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (DNZB) is an encyclopedia or biographical dictionary containing biographies of over 3,000 deceased New Zealanders.

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East Coast (New Zealand electorate)

East Coast is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives.

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European New Zealanders

New Zealanders of European descent are mostly of British and Irish ancestry, with significantly smaller percentages of other European ancestries such as Germans, Poles, French, Dutch, Croats and other South Slavs, Greeks, and Scandinavians.

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Gisborne District

Gisborne District or the Gisborne Region (Māori: Te Tairāwhiti or Te Tai Rāwhiti) is a local government area of northeastern New Zealand.

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Gisborne District Council

Gisborne District Council (Te Kaunihera o Te Tairāwhiti) is the unitary authority for the Gisborne District of New Zealand.

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Gisborne Herald

The Gisborne Herald is the daily evening newspaper for Gisborne and environs.

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Gisborne is a city in northeastern New Zealand and the largest settlement in the Gisborne District (or Gisborne Region).

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Google Books

Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.

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Haka

Haka (singular haka, in both Māori and English) are a variety of ceremonial dances in Māori culture.

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Hapū

In Māori and New Zealand English, a ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society".

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Horouta

In Māori tradition, the canoe Horouta was one of the great ocean-going canoes in which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand approximately 800 years ago.

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Hui (Māori assembly)

A hui is a type of Māori assembly, gathering or meeting.

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John Sheehan (New Zealand politician)

John Sheehan (5 July 1844 – 12 June 1885) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician.

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Mana (Oceanian cultures)

In Melanesian and Polynesian cultures, mana is a supernatural force that permeates the universe.

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Marae

A marae (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian), malae (in Tongan), meae (in Marquesan) or malae (in Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves religious and social purposes in Polynesian societies.

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Materoa Reedy

Materoa Reedy (née Ngarimu, 1881–1944) was a New Zealand tribal leader.

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Māori people

Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa).

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.

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Ministry for Culture and Heritage

The Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH) is the department of the New Zealand Government responsible for supporting the arts, culture, built heritage, sport and recreation, and broadcasting sectors in New Zealand and advising government on such.

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Mohi Turei

Mohi Tūrei (1829 – 2 March 1914) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader, minister of religion, orator and composer of haka.

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National Library of New Zealand

The National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) is charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations" (National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga) Act 2003).

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New Zealand Cross (1869)

The New Zealand Cross was introduced in 1869 during the New Zealand Wars in New Zealand.

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New Zealand electorates

An electorate or electoral district (rohe pōti) is a geographic constituency used for electing a member to the New Zealand Parliament.

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New Zealand House of Representatives

The House of Representatives (lit) is the sole chamber of the New Zealand Parliament.

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New Zealand Wars

The New Zealand Wars (Ngā pakanga o Aotearoa) took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side, and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other.

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Ngāti Porou

Ngāti Porou is a Māori iwi traditionally located in the East Cape and Gisborne regions of the North Island of New Zealand.

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North Island

The North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui, 'the fish of Māui', officially North Island or Te Ika-a-Māui or historically New Ulster) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait.

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NZ Post

NZ Post (Tukurau Aotearoa), shortened from New Zealand Post, is a state-owned enterprise responsible for providing postal service in New Zealand.

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Patu

A patu is a club or pounder used by the Māori.

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Pā

The word pā (often spelled pa in English) can refer to any Māori village or defensive settlement, but often refers to hillforts – fortified settlements with palisades and defensive terraces – and also to fortified villages. Akuaku and pā are former populated places in New Zealand.

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Pāoa

Pāoa ('smoke') was a Māori rangatira (chieftain) of the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand.

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Pearson Education

Pearson Education, known since 2011 as simply Pearson, is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation Pearson plc.

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Polynesian Society

The Polynesian Society is a non-profit organisation based at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, dedicated to the scholarly study of the history, ethnography, and mythology of Oceania.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901.

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Regions of New Zealand

New Zealand is divided into sixteen regions for local government purposes.

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Ropata Wahawaha

Ropata Wahawaha (– 1 July 1897) was a Māori military leader and rangatira (chief) of the Ngāti Porou iwi (tribe) who rose to prominence during New Zealand's East Cape War and Te Kooti's War.

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Ruatoria

Ruatoria (Ruatōria) is a town in the Waiapu Valley of the Gisborne Region in the northeastern corner of New Zealand's North Island.

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Sacredness

Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers.

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Silver fern

Alsophila tricolor, synonym Cyathea dealbata, commonly known as the silver fern or silver tree-fern, or as ponga or punga (from Māori kaponga or ponga),The Māori word ponga, pronounced, has been borrowed into New Zealand English as a generic term for tree ferns.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akuaku

, Wellington, Wharenui, Whareponga, Whānau, Wi Pere, WorldCat.

Akuaku, the Glossary

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Former populated places in New Zealand

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