| Maori are the tangata whenua of New Zealand, landing 1000 years ago from the mythical Polynesian homeland of Hawaiki. |
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| We seem to be able to countenance policy ideas for tangata whenua that we would never find acceptable for manuhiri. |
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| The opening concert started with a powhiri from the tangata whenua. |
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| Once the speeches and waiata are completed, the tangata whenua will greet the manuhiri with a hongi, kihikihi or hand shake. |
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| For one thing going through it is a public acceptance of one's position as manuhiri of the tangata whenua who are owners of the land. |
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| Mikaere connects these relationships to the land with the conceptual regulators of tangata whenua and manuhiri. |
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| The 'rituals of encounter between tangata whenua and manuhiri ' are as broken as the 'cracked footpaths' upon which they negotiate their way through this land. |
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| Whenua Hou was declared predator-free two years ago, and birds are fed a special supplementary diet of egg protein, spirulina, and walnut essence. |
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| The Nga Whenua Rahui Fund has negotiated agreements and established Joint Management Committees involving DOC representatives and Maori landowners. |
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