The name was decided at the first meeting od the Canterbury Association of which Dr John Bird Sumner, archbishop of Canterbury, was elected president. The minutes of the Association meeting record that it was decided ‘to call it Canterbury after our ecclesiastical mother‘.
What is Canterbury in Māori?
Canterbury (Māori: Waitaha) is a region of New Zealand, located in the central-eastern South Island.
When did Māori arrive in Canterbury?
North Island Māori (Ngati Māmoe and later Ngāi Tahu) arrived in Canterbury between 1500 and 1700.
How many Māori are there in Canterbury?
36,669 Māori usually live in Canterbury Region, an increase of 5,037 people, or 15.9 percent, since the 2001 Census. Its Māori population ranks 7th in size out of the 16 regions in New Zealand. 6.5 percent of New Zealand’s Māori population usually live in Canterbury Region.
Where did Christchurch NZ get its name?
The name was chosen on 27 March 1848 at the first meeting of the Canterbury Association on the suggestion of J.R. Godley, whose college at Oxford, England, was Christ Church.
Are Māori from China?
According to DNA analysis undertaken by Victoria University of Wellington zoologist Dr Geoff Chambers and Dr Adele Whyte (Ngāti Kahungunu), Māori migrated from mainland China to Taiwan, the Pacific Islands and eventually to Aotearoa.
What do you call a person from Canterbury?
People from the Canterbury region are known as ‘Cantabrians‘
Who lived in New Zealand before the Māori?
The accepted wisdom was that the Polynesian settlers of the Chatham Islands, who arrived hundreds of years before Māori, were wiped out by invading Māori tribes, who killed and enslaved their population after landing on the islands in 1835.
Who discovered New Zealand before Māori?
Abel Tasman was the first of the European explorers known to have reached New Zealand, in December 1642. His time here was brief. His only encounter with Māori ended badly, with four of his crew killed and Māori fired upon in retaliation. Tasman named the place we now call Golden Bay ‘Moordenaers’ (Murderers’) Bay.
Where did Māori first land in New Zealand?
A 2022 study using updated radiocarbon technology shows that “…early Māori settlement happened in the North Island between AD 1250 and AD 1275″.
Are there any full blooded Maoris left in NZ?
Being Māori is so much more than blood quantum. In New Zealand, many believed there are no full-blood Māori left. It’s often been used by critics of Māori who seek equal rights and sovereignty. My results, at least, show there is one full-blooded Māori contrary to that belief.
What is the richest iwi in NZ?
Ngāi Tahu Holdings
Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation Limited is owned by the Ngāi Tahu iwi of the South Island of the New Zealand. Its main interests are in tourism, fisheries, property and forestry and it is among the wealthiest iwi in New Zealand.
Ngāi Tahu Holdings.
| Trade name | Ngāi Tahu Holdings |
|---|---|
| Members | 70,000 (2021) |
| Number of employees | 21,686 (2016) |
Where do most Māori live in NZ?
the North Island
About 90% of Māori live in the North Island. Close to half the population in the Gisborne region is Māori, making it more Māori than any other region. About one-quarter of the population live in the southern North Island, and one-quarter in the South Island.
What is the oldest city in New Zealand?
Christchurch
Christchurch became a city by Royal Charter on 31 July 1856, making it officially the oldest established city in New Zealand. The Canterbury Association, which settled the Canterbury Plains, named the city after Christ Church, Oxford.
What was Christchurch originally called?
Christchurch takes its Māori name, Ōtautahi, from the pā of Tautahi, once situated on the banks of the Avon River. The pā (fortified village) was near where European settlers unloaded vessels that brought goods up the Avon.
What percentage of Christchurch is Māori?
Over nine percent of the greater Christchurch population identified as being of Māori ethnicity and 12.4 percent identified as being of Asian ethnicity.
Usually-resident population.
| Area | Greater Christchurch |
|---|---|
| Māori | 46,527 |
| 9.5 | |
| Pacific | 16,014 |
| 3.3 |
What race do Māori belong to?
Polynesian race
The Maori people all belong to the Polynesian race. They are racial cousins to the native peoples who live on the islands within the Polynesian triangle. All these people, including the Maori, have similar customs and social life.
However, while the languages are unrelated, they do share phonetic similarities. For this reason, as a Māori speaker, Japanese is the one Asian language I am most comfortable speaking.
Where is Māori DNA from?
It is unlikely that the ancestors of Māori came from only one location. DNA from New Zealand’s Pacific rat shows diverse lineages from the Society and Cook Islands. This suggests that several canoes came from a number of sources. They may have come over several generations, or even centuries.
What percentage of Canterbury is white?
Approximately 95% of the residents are white. Over 68% of the residents are Christian, but other religions include Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, and Sikh.
Why is Canterbury so famous?
Canterbury has been a European pilgrimage site of major importance for over 800 years since the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in 1170. Today it is one of the most beautiful and historic cities in England.