Recent content by Nigel

Thats true, there is no native monarchy in NZ, there is a Maori King who is a hereditary chief of a few tribes in the north island but does not represent every tribe in NZ. The treaty of Waitangi was signed by each tribal chief from what was really a confederacy. Perhaps it could be said that...

Maori society was a class society, it still is, which indicates that nobility is considered genetic, however recognition is also based on another's recognition, I have never considered being recognised for Polynesian ancestry - however little it now is. Leadership is somewhat rather more...

Its interesting, one does a search on google on my great great grandfather and articles in papers-newspapers-books held in museums come up, showing pictures of the family outlining their 'aristocratic attendance at cricket games with their maori princess mother" and "other social events", in the...

Going back to the tribal area it felt really awkward, basically people undertake management of the tribe, I am not really Polynesian perhaps very little due to ancestry. In saying that most of the tribe are diluted to certain extents these day. Our family was sent by the tribe to private...

It might be a bad thing, my great great grandfather after receiving 8000 acres compensation (for being landless) quickly sold it and fled the country to Australia. The only thing the tribe remembers about us is we show up with there is land to claim. My great grandmother was very prominent in...

Great grandmother received 2000 acres of Maori land under Maori Lease, grandfather was number 1 in NZ in mathematics and on scholarship to private schools and RAF flight instructor. I was number 1 as well. My Grandfather decided after world war 2, not to have anything to do with anything Maori...

Eldest of the Eldest descendent of the Eldest signatory on land title deeds signing land to the Crown in NZ (under dubious circumstances) on behalf of a Maori Iwi in NZ, in the late 1800's. Great... grand mother was aged 11 at the time of signing. The family was compensated 8000 acres in the...

Hi, Just joined this forum, I am the eldest of the eldest descendent of a polynesian princess and am just trying to work out what it means. I tend to think that it will mean nothing in todays world. Ka Kite N

Prior to colonization each tribe had a chief, each member of the chiefly families were described as princes and princesses during the early days of colonization, based on this how many princes and princesses would NZ have and what would the Maori kings claim be to being the Maori "king of NZ"? I...