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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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• Myths and Legends

  The myths and legends of Te Tau Ihu tell of significant events in the history of the region. Some are Polynesia-wide legends, including creation myths, adapted to local landscapes;...

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• Pakohe - Argillite

  Known to Maori as pakohe, and to geologists as metamorphosed indurated mudstone, argillite is particularly associated with the Nelson-Marlborough region in New Zealand. It is found on Rangitoto (D'Urville Island), along...

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• The Tangata Whenua Tribes of Te Tau Ihu

  Three of the eight tangata whenua tribes in Te Tau Ihu (Rangitane, Ngati Kuia and Ngati Apa) are of Kurahaupo waka origins; three (Ngati Toa, Ngati Koata and...

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