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Māori Creators, Leaders and Heroes

This collection of resources includes Māori creators, leaders and heroes from the 1800s through to the present day, including rangatira such as Princess Te Puea, Dame Whina Cooper and Sir Āpirana Ngata, Māori who have served in the armed forces and academics, politicians, sports people, musicians, artists, writers, dancers, chefs and much, much more. SCIS no. 1808626

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Maori group at the opening of the meeting house at Papawai Pa, Greytown

Maori group at the opening of the meeting house at Papawai Pa, Greytown

Photograph of a Maori group in the porch of the large two-storied house at Papawai Pa, Greytown; Richard John Seddon stands to the left of the group Papawai was the seat of the Maori Parliament in...

Māori protest changemakers

Māori protest changemakers

This story provides links to resources about some of New Zealand's Māori protest changemakers.

Māori political movements and changemakers

Māori political movements and changemakers

This story provides links to resources about some of New Zealand's Māori political movements and changemakers.

Māori and war

This story provides links to resources about some of Aotearoa New Zealand's Māori war leaders and heroes.

Māori and the stage and screen

Māori and the stage and screen

This story provides links to resources about some of New Zealand's significant Māori performers on the stage and screen.

Māori scholars

Māori scholars

This story provides links to resources about some of Aotearoa New Zealand's Māori scholars.

Māori Composers of Waiata and Haka

Māori Composers of Waiata and Haka

This story provides links to resources about some of Aotearoa New Zealand's Māori composers of waiata and haka.

Māori musicians, songwriters and performers

Māori musicians, songwriters and performers

This story provides links to resources about some of New Zealand's Māori musicians, songwriters and performers.

Māori orators

This story provides links to resources about Māori orators.

Māori weavers and carvers

Māori weavers and carvers

This story provides links to resources about some of New Zealand's tohunga raranga and tohunga whakairo (expert weavers and carvers).

Māori Artists of the 20th and 21st Centuries

Māori Artists of the 20th and 21st Centuries

This story provides links to resources about some of New Zealand's Māori artists of the 20th and 21st century.

Māori creative writers

Māori creative writers

This story provides links to resources about some of New Zealand's significant Māori creative writers.

Māori sporting greats

Māori sporting greats

This story provides links to resources about some of Aotearoa New Zealand's Māori sporting greats.

Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, Iriaka Te Rio, and Te Urumanaao Ngapaki

Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, Iriaka Te Rio, and Te Urumanaao Ngapaki

Composite image depicting, from left to right, Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana; Iriaka Te Rio, Ratana's second wife; and Te Urumanaao Ratana, Ratana's first wife. Photographed ca 1913 by either Mark Lampe...

Maori Battalion training at Maadi, Egypt

Maori Battalion training at Maadi, Egypt

The Maori Battalion training at Maadi, Egypt, during World War 2. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Māori contemporary dance going global

Find out what's making Māori contemporary dance stand out on the world-stage as we follow Atamira Dance Company, international choreographer and dancer Charles Koroneho and two aspiring Māori dance...

Atamira Dance Company Leads the Way in Maori Dance

Atamira Dance Company continue to cement their global status as the leading producer of Māori contemporary dance.

Wellington and Rotorua elect wahine Māori Mayors

Wellington and Rotorua elect wahine Māori Mayors

For the first time Wellington and Rotorua have elected a wahine Māori as mayor. Tory Whanau and Tania Tapsell are among five new Māori mayors starting in their roles today. Ashleigh McCa...

Dame Cindy Kiro sworn in as New Zealand's first wahine Māori Governor-General

Dame Cindy Kiro sworn in as New Zealand's first wahine Māori Governor-General

A special ceremony is being held at Parliament House.

College school boys holding flowers on their way to Sir Apirana Ngata's funeral

College school boys holding flowers on their way to Sir Apirana Ngata's funeral

Photographer unidentified Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

The Maori Queen, and her husband, in the public gallery of Parliament, Wellington, to witness the enactment of the Waikato Tainui land settlement - Photograph taken by Craig Simcox

The Maori Queen, and her husband, in the public gallery of Parliament, Wellington, to witness the enactment of the Waikato Tainui land settlement - Photograph taken by Craig Simcox

The Maori Queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, and her husband Whatumoana Paki, in the public gallery of Parliament, Wellington, to witness the enactment of the Waikato Tainui land settlement. Photogra...

Princess Piki to Kuini Te Atairangikaahu

The everyday heroism of Joe Pona.

Upper Hutt Posse - E Tu

The first video from Upper Hutt Posse - E Tu - this is Aotearoa Hip-Hop history ya'll. Respect!

Johnny Cooper, was one of the most modest heroes New Zealand popular music has ever had.

The Dark Horse is a movie based on the life of a charismatic, little-known New Zealand chess-playing hero, Genesis Potini played in the movie by Cliff Curtis.

Sir Hekenukumai Busby

Sir Hector Busby's lifework was restoring the ancient knowledge of waka hourua (double-hulled waka) and training a new generation of Māori in waka carving and navigation.

Dr Lance O’Sullivan

Named New Zealander of the Year in 2014, Dr O’Sullivan champions improved health outcomes for Māori, especially in Northland.

King’s mission to change the way the country approaches mental health. He has helped tens of thousands of Kiwis.

100 Māori Leaders

Recognised by their peers and loved ones for their contributions, service, vision, dedication and expertise towards constructive change and improvement to Māori health, this website invites you to ...

Areta Wilkinson

Areta Wilkinson (b. Kaitaia, Aotearoa New Zealand ) is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most respected artists in the fields of contemporary jewellery.

Māori All Blacks

The Maori All Blacks is a historic team representing the proud culture of New Zealand.

Dr Louis Potaka

Takaka’s forgotten Maori doctor fought an uphill battle.

Outstanding Māori business leaders honoured

A renowned astrologer and leading authority on the Māori lunar calendar, experts in Māori tourism, and funeral directors who are also Netflix stars, are some of the winners of the University of Auc...

Nichola Te Kiri: a career in contemporary Māori design

Nichola Te Kiri incorporates Māori symbols and stories into the designs of her creations.

The Maketu sisters

Maketu sisters Kasey and Karena Bird never would have imagined they win one of the biggest cookbook awards or be travelling the world filming a cooking show.

Sir Tipene O'Regan

Episode 1 of the Māori Television series, The Negotiators, about Sir Tipene O’Regan.

No-nonsense 31-year-old Māori/Samoan woman Monique Fiso is behind one of the most anticipated restaurant openings in years. Get ready, Wellington.

Journey through an audio-visual multi-media series and meet 100 indigenous women doing things differently.

Kāhui Fashion Collective open high-end Māori fashion store

A group of top Māori designers under the Kāhui Fashion Collective launched a pop-up store in Britomart, Auckland.

Biographies of advocates of te reo Māori

Between the mid-1970s and the 1990s, there were major changes in how the government treated the Māori language, and in how te reo Māori was seen by New Zealanders. Some of the key people and organi...

Māori artists: the men behind the steel

Modern technology is changing the way Māori artists like Mark Kopua and Nick Tupara are creating their work especially in Gisborne.

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