... of land.
Maniapoto’s affirmation of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero as the
first king was expressed at a meeting at Haurua in 1857,
referred to as Te ... government
and such Maniapoto leaders as Wahanui, Rewi and Taonui, that
the King Country was made accessible to Europeans. It was
also opened to road ...
... in the lands south of Te Awamutu. This area is now
known as the King Country. Tāwhiao, who was also a prophet,
sustained the King movement in trying times and was succeeded
by his son Mahuta in 1894.
King movement leaders
Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (1858–1860)
Tāwhiao ( ...
... encouraged tribes to turn from
war to peace.
Commemorating the king
Pūkawa, on the shores of Lake Taupō, is seen ... Coast war parties travelling in support of the
King movement. In 1867 Te Arawa fought ... Tongariro) in October and he retreated into the
King Country (Rohe Pōtae).
In 1870 Te ...
... the Waikato people were
forced into exile in what became known as the King Country,
and the Waikato lands were confiscated by the government. ... ever].’
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20th-century resurgence
The revival of the Waikato people and the King movement
began with the construction of Tūrangawaewae marae during the ...
... , Joseph Masters, Charles Carter and
John Martin
Mackenzie Country, recalling the alleged sheep stealer
James Mackenzie who ... Cheltenham and Methven.
Dannevirke and Norsewood honour the homelands of the early
Scandinavian settlers.
King Country is a reference to the Māori king. From ...
... trace element cobalt, easily corrected with fertiliser.
Taranaki and the King Country
Taranaki is dominated by the majestic 2,518-metre volcanic
cone of Mt Taranaki (Mt Egmont). ... King Country and inland Wanganui, a region of steep hill
country, deeply dissected by rivers.
Mt Taranaki is ...
... competition, while teams at the southern end of the lake played in the King Country competition. Taupō joined the King Country union competition in the 1980s.
Adventure activities
A marathon around Lake Rotorua was first run ... series. More than 1,400 entrants from 39 countries competed in 2006.
Taupō Bungy, New ...
... exotic
forestry, especially where the soil is coarse and the topsoil
shallow.
Taranaki and the King Country
Like the Waikato, Taranaki is widely known as a ... naturally suitable soil pH (pH 5.6–6.0).
The land in the east of Taranaki and in the King Country
is a mosaic of easier ash-covered slopes and ...
... first, Piopio District School, had opened in the King
Country in 1924, and more appeared in the 1920s ... . At first they
were aimed mainly at country school pupils, but they were ... of the Canterbury Workers’
Educational Association and the Association of Country
Education.
Two leading tutors, Crawford ...
... head, eating back into the landscape. They are widespread throughout the country. In the 1950s, there was serious gully erosion in sandstone at ... hill country of Gisborne, Taihape, Whanganui, Taranaki and King Country. The Wairarapa hill country, where loess lies on north-facing slopes, is ...
... . They soon
progressed to limestone caves in the Waikato and at Waitomo
in the King Country. Henry Lambert founded the New Zealand
Speleological ... 100 kilometres. The most likely place for this
is in the Nelson marble country. Discoveries continue, and
unmapped areas in existing caves await ...
... also infect
cattle with bovine tuberculosis, threatening the country’s
valuable dairy industry.
Their cost to ... Grey possums are more common in
drier open country.
Breeding
Largely solitary, possums do ... maternal den – females further than
males. In the King Country two females were recorded
...
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