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Te Rauparaha
/ teɪ ˈrəʊpɑːˌrɑːhɑː /
noun
- Te Rauparaha?17681849MNew Zealand ?1768–1849, Māori warrior chief, head of the Ngāti Toa tribe and signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi ; noted for his cunning and his prowess in battle, he is also credited with composing "Ka Mate", the All Blacks' usual pre-match haka
Example Sentences
Ka Mate was composed around 1820 by chief Te Rauparaha of the Ngati Toa tribe.
The ‘Ka Mate’ haka, which is the world’s most recognizable, was composed by Ngati Toa chief Te Rauparaha in about 1820 as a celebration of life over death.
Ka Mate was written in the 1820s by tribal chief Te Rauparaha to describe his narrow escape from a vengeful warlord: By hiding in a sweet potato storage pit with his wife seated on top, he gained the power of women and of food and eluded his enemy.
Similarly, it may be well to call attention to the wide difference between Tamihana Te Waharoa and Tamihana Te Rauparaha.
The selections therein from the papers of Stack on the South Island Maoris, from Travers' "Life of Te Rauparaha," and Wilson's "Story of Te Waharoa," are less stony than the more genealogical portions.
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