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Matatua (leafhopper) , Kenyan minibuses
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Matatua or Mataatua may refer to: * ''Matatua'' (leafhopper), an insect genus in the tribe Empoascini * Mātaatua, a voyaging canoe used by Polynesians to migrate to New Zealand in Māori tradition * SS ''Matatua'', a UK cargo ship shipwrecked and refloated in 1924 See also * ''HMNZS Matataua'', of the Royal New Zealand Navy * Mataguá, Cuba * Matatā, North Island, New Zealand * Matatu In Kenya, matatu or matatus (known as mathree in Sheng) are privately owned minibuses used as share taxis. Often decorated, many ''matatu'' feature portraits of famous people or slogans and sayings. Likewise, the music they play is also aimed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empoascini
Empoascini is a tribe of leafhoppers in the subfamily Typhlocybinae Typhlocybinae is a subfamily of insects in the leafhopper, leafhopper family, Cicadellidae. This is currently the second largest leafhopper subfamily based on the number of described species, but researchers believe there are so many taxa yet und .... Genera * '' Afrasca'' * '' Afroccidens'' * '' Alafrasca'' * '' Alebrasca'' * '' Alebroides'' * '' Amrasca'' * '' Apheliona'' * '' Asepodiva'' * '' Asymmetrasca'' * '' Austroasca'' * '' Badylessa'' * '' Baguoidea'' * '' Chlorita'' * '' Chloroasca'' * '' Circinans'' * '' Daluana'' * '' Dattasca'' * '' Dayus'' * '' Dialecticopteryx'' * '' Dunioa'' * '' Empoasca'' * '' Epignoma'' * '' Faiga'' * '' Ficiana'' * '' Ghauriana'' * '' Goifa'' * '' Habenia'' * '' Heliona'' * '' Helionides'' * '' Homa'' * '' Ifuaria'' * '' Ifugoa'' * '' Ishiharella'' * '' Jacobiasca'' * '' Jacobiella'' * '' Kaila'' * '' Krameriata'' * '' Kufajka'' * '' Kyboasca'' * '' Kybos'' * '' Lankasca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mātaatua
''Mātaatua'' was one of the great voyaging canoes by which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand, according to Māori tradition. Māori traditions say that the ''Mātaatua'' was initially sent from Hawaiki to bring supplies of kūmara to Māori settlements in New Zealand. The ''Mātaatua'' was captained by Toroa, accompanied by his brother, Puhi; his sister, Muriwai; his son, Ruaihona; and daughter, Wairaka. Mātaatua Māori include the tribes of Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pūkenga. History The ''Mātaatua'' waka likely arrived in Aotearoa more than a century after the ''Tainui'' and '' Arawa'' waka. Bay of Plenty settlement In local Māori tradition, the ''Mātaatua'' waka was the first to land at Whakatāne, approximately 700 years ago. According to various accounts, at some point, a dispute arose between the commander, Toroa, and Puhi, over kūmara planting rituals. As a result, Puhi left on the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Matatua
The ''Schutzstaffel'' (; ; SS; also stylised with SS runes as ''ᛋᛋ'') was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. It began with a small guard unit known as the ''Saal-Schutz'' ("Hall Security") made up of party volunteers to provide security for party meetings in Munich. In 1925, Heinrich Himmler joined the unit, which had by then been reformed and given its final name. Under his direction (1929–1945) it grew from a small paramilitary formation during the Weimar Republic to one of the most powerful organisations in Nazi Germany. From the time of the Nazi Party's rise to power until the regime's collapse in 1945, the SS was the foremost agency of security, mass surveillance, and state terrorism within Germany and German-occupied Europe. The two main constituent groups were the ''Allgemeine SS'' (General SS) and ''Waffen-SS'' (Armed SS). The ''Allgemeine SS' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Shipwrecks In 1924
The list of shipwrecks in 1924 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1924. January 1 January 3 January 4 January 5 January 6 January 7 January 8 January 9 January 10 January 11 January 12 January 13 January 14 January 16 January 17 January 18 January 19 January 21 January 23 January 24 January 25 January 26 January 27 January 28 January 31 January February 1 February 3 February 6 February 8 February 9 February 10 February 11 February 12 February 13 February 18 February 20 February 21 February 22 February 24 February 27 February 28 February March 2 March 3 March 4 March 5 March 7 March 8 March 9 March 10 March 11 March 12 March 13 March 14 March 16 March 17 March 19 March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal New Zealand Navy
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN; ) is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. The fleet currently consists of eight ships. The Navy had its origins in the Naval Defence Act 1913, and the subsequent acquisition of the cruiser , which by 1921 had been moored in Auckland as a training ship. A slow buildup occurred during the interwar period, and then in December 1939 fought alongside two other Royal Navy cruisers at the Battle of the River Plate against the German ship, ''German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, Graf Spee''. History Pre–World War I The first recorded maritime combat activity in New Zealand occurred off the northern tip of the South Island in December 1642. Māori people, Māori in Waka (canoe), war canoes attacked and killed four seamen from Abel Tasman's party, who were at the time in low boats between the main ships. The New Zealand Navy did not exist as a separate military force until 1941. The association of the Royal Navy with New Zealand began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mataguá
Mataguá is a Cuban village and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Manicaragua, in Villa Clara Province. With a population of ca. 10,000, it is the most populated village in the municipality after Manicaragua. History Founded in 1868 as a farm estate owned by a Spanish people, Spanish man named Jacinto Rivero, it was sold some years later to Susano Rodríguez, who changed its Taíno language, aboriginal name, Mataguá, to ''Palma Sola''. In 1904, the property was transferred to the brothers Pablo and Belisario Millar Vila. The new owners restored the estate's original name, Mataguá. The village was connected to the Mains electricity, mains in 1927, and had a train station on a no longer active line. During the Cuban Revolution, Mataguá was taken by 26th of July Movement, the revolutionaries on 22 December 1958, one week before the Battle of Santa Clara, by a group led by the commander Raúl Nieves. Geography Located 11 km in north of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matatā
Matatā is a town in the Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand, to the north-west of Whakatāne. Much of the town was relocated between the years 2006 and 2021 due to increased natural threats arising from climate change. As an example of forced retreat, Matatā is seen as providing lessons for future actions elsewhere. History and culture Recent history In 2005 the town was inundated by two debris flows from the Awatarariki and Waitepuru Streams that devastated a number of buildings, but did not cause any casualties. The debris flows were caused by a band of intense rain, at a rate of over 2 mm per minute, that fell into the catchments southwest of Matatā, dislodging a huge amount of debris that had built up behind a temporary dam. From January 2005 the area was subject to hundreds of shallow, low intensity earthquakes, with the most intense swarms occurring in 2005 and 2007, but continuing to at least February 2009. The largest event was of magnitude 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
