This largest New Zealand city's museum has over 2,000 Maori artifacts, including an 1830s war canoe
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Free Flashcards about TRAVEL & TOURISM - StudyStack  THIS LARGEST NEW ZEALAND CITY'S MUSEUM HAS OVER 2,000 MAORI ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING AN 1830S WAR CANOE, AUKLAND. THIS CAPITAL'S...
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Auckland War Memorial Museum - Dictionnaires  Dfinitions de Auckland War Memorial Museum, synonymes, antonymes, drivs de ... It has an 'A' classification from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, ... of a giant stingray', 'with its rippling wings hovering over the distinctive city skyline'. ... of Mori and Pacific Island artefacts and treasures, including for example three...
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Jeopary Questions page 803 - PEOPLE - TriviaBistro.com  TRAVEL & TOURISM: This largest New Zealand city's museum has over 2,000 Maori artifacts, including an 1830s war canoe  COLONIAL AMERICA: The first...
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Museum descriptions - Media - Auckland War Memorial Museum  Auckland Museum is your first stop to gain an insight into New Zealand and its peoples. ... displays over 2,000 priceless Mori artefacts, including rare carvings and the ... of New Zealand''s finest heritage buildings, Auckland Museum has the most ... including rare carvings and the last great Mori war canoe used in battle.
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Mori culture - Wikipedia  Mori culture is the culture of the Mori of New Zealand (an Eastern Polynesian people) and forms a distinctive part of New Zealand culture. There have been three distinct but overlapping cultural erasbefore .... Mori artifacts began to change around the 15th century from East ..... Canoes (waka) were used extensively.
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Hei-tiki - Wikipedia  The hei-tiki /hatiki/ is an ornamental pendant of the Mori which is worn around the neck. Hei-tiki are usually made of pounamu which is greenstone, and are considered a taonga (treasure). They are commonly referred to as tiki, a term that actually refers to large human figures carved in wood, and, ... The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (over 200) and the British...
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jeopardy/2181_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  ENDS IN AN F SOUND | Home to the Welsh Folk Museum, it was once known as the "Coal Metropolis of the World" | Cardiff. right: Wellington. Wrong:.
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jeopardy/2314_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  PATRICK'S DAY | These people began their second war against New Zealand whites on March 17, 1860 | Maori. right: Betsy. Wrong: Value: $400. Number: 14.
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National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa - Wikipedia  The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum and art gallery of ..... temporary exhibition  The European Masters  on Thursday 3 February for free, thanks to Wellington City Council's sponsorship of the museum.
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New Zealand Wars - Wikipedia  The New Zealand Wars were a series of armed conflicts that took place in New Zealand from ... At the peak of hostilities in the 1860s, 18,000 British troops, supported by .... Fighting broke out and 22 Europeans were killed, as well as four to six Mori. ..... By May 1867 only the 2/18th Regiment remained in the country, their...
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The Journey of the Maori to Aotearoa - From Hawaiki to Hawaiki  Life then is a journey from Hawaiki to Hawaiki, the spiritual homeland of the Maori. ... Our ancestors gradually settled this land of Aotearoa/New Zealand in many ... Thus the myth of the great migration of a fleet of waka to these shores was born. ... Another of the traditions tells us that Paikea came on the back of a whale,...
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A history of New Zealand 1769-1914 - New Zealand History  This broad survey of New Zealand's 'long 19th century' [1] begins with the arrival of ... in 1914, when New Zealand answered the call to arms for 'King and Country'. ... Mori used the musket in war according to Mori criteria; firearms ..... enthusiastic support for Britain when the Second Anglo-Boer War broke out in 1899.
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Wellington - Wikipedia  Wellington (/wltn/) (Mori: Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with 405,000 residents. It is at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range. Wellington is the major population centre of the southern North Island and is ... One of the world's most livable cities, the 2014 Mercer Quality of Living...
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Report 2 - Guyana News and Information  The Warrau chieftain, Clementi, has selected one of them to build on its .... which was much farther to the west than that part of the Cuyuni where, from the ... Two of the Indians were occupied in finishing a native canoe, which they had ... The Warraus are famed for their skill in finishing canoes out of the single trunk of a tree.
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SUE Press Release | The Field Museum  No dinosaur in the world compares to SUE  the largest, most complete, and best preserved ... Since her unveiling at The Field Museum in 2000, millions of visitors each year have marveled at Chicago's prehistoric giant. In addition, people all over the globe  from Alaska to Dubai  have seen the special traveling...
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New Zealand Main Cities - Love New Zealand  North Island Cities; North Island Towns; South Island Cities; South Island Towns ... Auckland. 405,000, Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand. The city is...
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Wellington, New Zealand - Art, Theatre and Culture I Tourism  Situated at the southern end of the North Island, Wellington, New Zealand, was ... harbour and rolling green hills, New Zealand's capital city is renowned for its...
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Maori Culture Shines in the Film Whale Rider - Kid World Citizen  Jun 21, 2012 ... Maori Culture Shines in the Film Whale Rider ... of 12-year old Pai, a Maori girl whose ancestor Paikea was the whale rider. ... fruitlessly to train young boys in the village, determined Pai cries out to the whale to come to her assistance. ... In traditional Maori beliefs, animals, plants, or certain landforms are...
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Wellington - Wikipedia  Wellington (/wltn/) (Mori: Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara) is the capital city and second most ...... in film festivals throughout the year. Wellington has one of the country's highest turn-outs for the annual New Zealand International Film Festival.
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Wellington, capital city - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand  Jun 20, 2012 ... Since 1865 the more centrally located Wellington has been the country's capital, and in 2011 travel publisher Lonely Planet dubbed it the...
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Wellington: New Zealand's creative capital - Tourism New Zealand ...  Wellington  New Zealand's capital city  is known as the nation's arts and culture capital. ... including Te Papa Tongarewa - National Museum of New Zealand.