The meaning of mana - New Zealand Geographic
There are more cautionary notes in Māoridom dealing with mana than you could shake the proverbial stick at. It is a source of both personal and collective strength, pride and identity. Mishandled, it becomes the bearer of shame, ridicule and embarrassment. If mana allows us to walk tall, then it also casts a long shadow—humility. To write about mana can be likened to picking blackberries ...
Kea: the feisty parrot - New Zealand Geographic
Kea Have been enchanting and infuriating visitors to the mountains since the first explorers’ boots scrunched through the scree. Hear Charlie Douglas, quoted in John Pascoe’s Mr Explorer Douglas: “I was sitting sketching with my back against a rock.As is usual when finished, I held it at arm’s length to admire my handiwork, when in that mountain solitude I was startled by a ...
Inside the Land March - New Zealand Geographic
Te Rōpū o te Matakite sets out from Te Hāpua on September 14, 1975. Te Hāpua was the birthplace of then-Minister of Māori Affairs Matiu Rata. The proposed march united a wide cross-section of urban and rural Māori, but support was not universal. Rata felt it would undermine his efforts from within the government, and sought to head it off.
What went wrong and what are we doing about it? - New Zealand …
In old-style Waitangi Day speeches, people used to boast that New Zealand was unique: the only British colony established through a formal agreement with the inhabitants. This was wrong. Britain made its first colonial treaty in 1609. In West Africa alone it made 10 treaties similar to the Waitangi Treaty.
What happened at Waitangi - New Zealand Geographic
Artist and activist Tame Iti (Tūhoe) leads supporters of his performance piece onto the bridge that connects the Te Tii Marae side of Waitangi to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. The procession chanted, “The Treaty is a fraud. Honour the Treaty.”. The stars are still out when we arrive at Te Whare Rūnanga marae.
Ta Moko - New Zealand Geographic
By the time Captain James Cook arrived, Ta Moko was an established and distinctive art form, frequently admired by early Europeans. Moko formed an important part of the visual culture and identity of Maori, and was a rite of passage for both men and women. It was also a source of identity; the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding ...
Ferns: the glory of the forest - New Zealand Geographic
In few of the world's temperate forests do ferns assume the luxuriance and dominance that they achieve in the damper portions of the New Zealand bush. Fronds decorate every tree-trunk and choke the floor of the forest, while stands of huge tree ferns tower over lesser trees. Little wonder that the fern frond has become a major symbol of the country in popular culture.
Tuatara - A survivor from the dinosaur age - New Zealand …
For tuatara are the great survivors in New Zealand. Their ancestors, the first sphenodontidans (a name meaning ‘wedge tooth’), shared virtually all continents with dinosaurs. They appear as fossils from North America, Europe, England and Africa, from 225 million years ago until about 120 million years ago.
Huia, the sacred bird - New Zealand Geographic
The huia was one of the wattlebirds, a family of songbirds unique to New Zealand, and one of the older parts of the endemic fauna. The Callaeatidae family comprises three species—kōkakō, tīeke (saddleback) and huia—and is thought to be distantly related to crows and birds of paradise. The group gets its name from the pair of fleshy ...
Tui - New Zealand Geographic
Tui. Iridescent shadows that zoom, bustle and warble through the canopy—tui have adapted and thrived while others have perished. Auckland International Airport must be one of the only places in the world where you get some romance thrown in with your red-eye. Standing in the arrivals hall after a long trip from Los Angeles, and before that ...