the Liberal^s time in office in 1912, a further 3 million acres of Maori land had been sold. Also Sir Apirana Ngata worked with James Carrolls on the Maori Councils Act in 1900. After the Act failed to help Maori people, Ngata decided that the best way he could change laws and policies that affected Maori was through parliament. In 1905 he won the seat for Eastern Maori. As an MP Ngata could
From a modern day perspective, the purpose of the marae has been as a place for the more official parts of Māori culture. The marae are unequalled places of importance. "Marae hold the knowledge of the Māori culture. They are the repositories of their history, their stories, and their existence." Ratima, 2010. Importantly, as highlighted in the creation story in Ahorangi Genesis, the ancestor link is through Tane, as the whare is an embodiment of Tane. His precious gift was te whare kura as a physical
The building which I have researched from the oceanic region that was constructed before the 1900s is the New Zealand Maori Marae. The Marae is usually described as a sacred open meeting area, a communal meeting house, an area of greatest mana, the place where Maori god is worshipped, a place where Maori belief and culture is displayed. The Turangawaewae marae, at Ngaruawahua. When it was established, it fulfilled a saying from tawhiao, the second Maori king. The king had refered the ngaruawahia