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Mt. Eden

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October 18th 2005
Since the trip to Bay of Islands, I’ve been concentrating on my research. Well, maybe not concentrating so much as occasionally working while spending more time playing. I have, however, visited my first marae and done my first interview, as well as become a regular in the Maori section of the University’s general library. I’m still trying to get some sense of how exactly to do ethnograph ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more