The Tuʻi Tonga Empire, or Tongan Empire, are descriptions sometimes given to Tongan expansionism and projected hegemony in Oceania which began around 950 CE, reaching its peak during the period 1200–1500. It was centred in Tonga on the island of Tongatapu, with its capital at Muʻa. Modern researchers and cultural experts attest to ...

In Hawaiian, it is variously called hano, "nose flute", [1] by the more specific term ʻohe hano ihu, " bamboo flute [for] nose," or ʻohe hanu ihu, "bamboo [for] nose breath". [2] It is made from a single bamboo section.

Mā Tonga: Na’e keli e luo pea faliki mo ‘aofi takatakai ‘aki e loufusi ke malu mei he kelekele. Na’e tuku leva ki ai ‘ae me’akai kehekehe kuo ‘osi tele hange koe manioke, mei, hopa pe siaine. Na’e ‘ufi’ufi loufusi ‘ae me’akai pea tanu ‘o tuku pe ‘o a’u ki he lau mahina.

My journey within Māori art begins with my whakapapa to this land, my ancestors, and our taonga. I began by collecting Pakohe along our ancestral river, Te Hoiere, and have since honed my craft, creating unique taonga inspired by the stories of the land.

“The author, Te Ihu-nui-o-tonga, lived in Puhirangi. a stockaded village that stood in ancient times on the ridge above Karaka Bay, Wellington”. Biographical sources Writing in New Zealand: No. 4 Poetry.

Īhenga was an early Māori explorer and rangatira of Te Arawa. After burying his father at Moehau, he travelled to Maketu to be purified by his uncle Kahumatamomoe, whose daughter he married. He explored the North Island and named many places, including Lakes Rotoiti and Rotorua.

There are eight iwi which are tangata whenua in Te Tau Ihu - or Te Tauihu as it is now more commonly known: Rangit ā ne o Wairau, Ngāti Kuia and Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō are of Kurahaupō waka origins. They were the tangata whenua of Te Tau Ihu when the Kawhia–Taranaki tribes migrated to the district.

te tau ihu, te waipounamu & wharekauri/rĒkohu Te Waipounamu Region is made up of Māori warden groups across the South Island. We have groups in Motueka, Nelson, Stoke, Kaikōura, Christchurch, Greymouth, Westport, Ashburton, Dunedin, Invercargill and Chatham Islands.

Jun 29, 2018 · Metua Mure Ore, whakaherea e ahau ki a koutou i te toto e Ihu, tou Tama i aroha ai, marara i roto i te faasatauroraa, me i roto i nga haora e toru o te mamae i runga i te ripeka, kia whiwhi i te whakaoranga o te wairua manaaki o te hade, rawa hoki te wairua o (te ingoa).

Te Tau Ihu has a rich and colourful pre-European history and was the focus of much travel and conflict between different iwi. The area was nationally renowned among Māori for its bountiful animal life, resources and trails to other parts of Te Waipounamu.