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- Title
- My Kāinga My Castle
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
- Collection
- NZ On Screen
- Description
Rotorua may be famous for its picture perfect scenery, but dig a little deeper under the boiling mud and you'll find a history bubbling with warfare, adventure and romance. This TV One documentary, presented by Te Arawa's own Sir Howard Morrison, traces the iwi's origins —from a fight over a beloved dog in Hawaiki, to the shores of Maketū in the Bay of Plenty. Morrison travels around the Rotorua region visiting important historical sites like Mokoia Island and his home marae at Ōhinemutu, on ...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 2000
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/my-kainga-my-castle-2000
- Related subjects
- nz on air / rotorua / te arawa / māori / maori / maketu / bay of plenty / tongariro / ihenga / lake rotoiti / ohinemutu pa / tuwharetoa / hinemoa / tutanekai / love story / flute / māori legends / hawaiki / potakatawhiti / new zealand on air / te mangai paho / te māngai pāho / tamatekapua / tama-te-kapua / ohinemutu / te papairouru / pa / pā / maketū / ōhinemutu / history / education / iwi / home / geothermal / pukaki / mauri / carvings / carving / spiritualty / spiritual / guardianship / pukeroa pa / tama / culture / māori culture / settlement / uenuku / arawa / immigration / kaimoana / dick wickcliffe / tikihana wikiriwhi / depopulation / whitebait / hot water / rotovegas / haka / moko / tourism / tourists / māori history / ancestry / ancestors / ngāti tuwharetoa / ngāti tūwharetoa / war / battlefield / tribe / indigenous / taiaha / chief / mokoia island / canoe / waka / puarenga / stream / bush / hongi's track / hinehopu / intertribal warfare / whakarewarewa village / whakarewarewa / museum / temuera morrison / hot pools / tarawera / huhana mihinui / tamariki / hinemoa point / owhata / hinemoa's rock / tribal
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