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• New and altered geographic names of Te Tau ihu

  On 1 August 2014 a number of new or altered geographic names took effect as a result of the following Treaty Claims settlements: Ngāti Apa ki...

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• Nelson becomes a City

  Nelson became a city in 1859, an event which has been seen as a significant cause for celebration as centenary and 150 year events by the Council and...

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• Pa and Kainga

  Ancient pa  and kainga scatter Te Tau Ihu o Waka. European settlers certainly did not arrive in a "barren social and cultural landscape..."1 Webber, John:The inside of a hippah...

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• Maori and Business

  Maori started trading with Europeans from the late 18th Century:  with Cook’s crews in the 1770s, Bellingshausen’s Russian expedition in 1820, D'Urville’s officers and men in 1827, and whalers and sealers in the 1820s and...

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• What’s in a name – Wakatu or Whakatu?

  Many Maori names of localities and landscape features are no longer known, and where they have been preserved, the reason for the name may have disappeared in the...

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