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Ruapuke, 10 June 1840
… HMS Herald anchored at Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, on 4 June 1840. On the following day Thomas Bunbury … Māori settlements on the island. [1] The Herald sailed to Ruapuke Island in Foveaux Strait on 9 June, and three Ngāi … signed ‘without hesitation’, then informed Bunbury that Ruapuke Island was the property of himself and his iwi …
Union Jack
… Hobson , removed the United Tribes flag from the Bay of Islands and had the New Zealand Company's version of the … Tūhawhaiki's hoisting of the United Tribes flag on the island of Ruapuke in Foveaux Strait in the 1840s also symbolised Māori …
Te Matenga Taiaroa
… 10 June 1840 on board HMS Herald , which was anchored at Ruapuke Island. …
Hone Tūhawaiki
… 10 June 1840 on board HMS Herald , which was anchored off Ruapuke Island. …
Choosing a flag
… New Zealand’s first flag Soon after arriving in the Bay of Islands, British Resident James Busby decided to find a flag … forcibly removed the United Tribes flag from the Bay of Islands and had the New Zealand Company’s version of it … hoisting of the United Tribes flag on the island of Ruapuke in Foveaux Strait in 1844 was another illustration …
Kaikōura Whakatau
… 10 June 1840 on board HMS Herald , which was anchored off Ruapuke Island. In 1990, Wharetutu Stirling gave evidence at a hearing of the the South Island Māori Appellate Court that this was Kaikōura …
Signing the treaty
… 50 or so signing meetings from the far north of the North Island to Ruapuke Island in Foveaux Strait. Travel was difficult and sometimes …
A Māori word a day
… Taupō – town at northern end of large central North Island lake of the same name, which is often pronounced … mountain to the west Tongariro – mountain of central North Island Ruapehu – mountain of central North Island Papa-i-oea … lake in the South Island (place to rebuild tribal strength) Ruapuke – two hills; two prominent features on an island …
1000 Māori place names
… mountain Moana sea, or large inland ‘sea’, e.g., Taupō Motu island Nui large, big Ō or o means ‘of’ (so does a, ā); many … kā (ngā): the; puke: hill; māeroero: ogres of the South Island forests The hill of ogres Kaharoa kaha: net; roa: … lake; waro: coal or glowing embers Lake of glowing embers Ruapuke Island rua: two; puke: hills Two hill island Ruaroa …
Military defaulters list, 1919
… Wellington Brown, Leonard Labourer Owenga, Chatham Islands Brown, Leonard William Shepherd Care of Mrs. … Murchison Carter, Leonard Ernest Malcolm Soldier Somes Island Casey, Eugene Station Hand 5 Mill Rd, Gisborne … Sam Labourer Mangere Jowsey, Hughie Teruki Labourer Ruapuke Island Joy, Robert Miner Inglewood, Reefton …