Iwi : Wellington HarbourUnpublished

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Short biographies, including portraits where available, of Maori leaders of Port Nicholson (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) in the 1840s, written to give an overview of the hapu and iwi that had recently migrated from Taranaki during 1820-1840.

This book, produced by Wellington City Libraries profiles another 29 Tupuna who migrated to Te Whanganui-a-Tara (the Great Harbour of Tara), or Port Nicholson, in a series of Heke during the 1820's and 1830's. These iwi were mainly Te Ati Awa, Ngati Tama and Ngati Ruanui. Tupuna featured are...

Empire City: Wellington Becomes the Capital of New Zealand takes Wellington from the first encounter between Maori and the New Zealand Company in Te Whanganui-a-Tara in 1839 to its becoming the Empire City by the 1870s. It tells the story that began with a small and fragile New Zealand Company...

"This is a biography of English artist Isaac Coates who painted an important series of historical Mori portraits in Te Tau Ihu/Top of the South and the Wellington area, between 1841 and 1845. The 58 watercolour portraits depict Mori men and women from chiefly whakapapa, as well as commoners and at...

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand, and Thorndon its oldest suburb still breathes an air of the past. Thorndon almost disappeared during the great motorway blitzes of the 60's and 70's when town planners and developers regarded Thorndon as a slum, destined for demolition. But our local Mafia...

Unlike in Europe, North America, Australia and elsewhere, urban history has never been sustained as a distinct field of scholarship in New Zealand. This is surprising, considering that since the early twentieth century most New Zealanders have lived in towns and cities ¿ 86 per cent were urban in...

How can traditional Maori built environments inform contemporary urban development? How could Maori values inspire our visions for the 21st century city? What can indigenous knowledge tell us about how to create a more sustainable design for the future? Taone Tupa Ora suggests answers to these...