Race discrimination

Date: 1999-2001 - 14 Sep 1999 - 16 Jan 2001

By: Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-; New Zealand. Human Rights Commission

Reference: OHColl-0751

Description: Seven interviews about the history of the Office of the Race Relations Conciliator. Former Conciliators interviewed are John Clarke, Walter (Wally) Hirsh, Chris Laidlaw, Rajen Prasad and Hiwi Tauroa. Also includes interviews with Ken Mason and Pita Sharples who discuss their roles during Sir Guy Powles' and Harry Dansey's times as Conciliator. Each person interviewed talks about his time in the Office and the major issues which arose during this time. Other topics discussed include interviewees perceptions regarding racism, racial discrimination and their feelings on the state of race relations in New Zealand Publication - A manuscript history of the Office of the Race Relations Conciliator, based on the interviews, has been deposited with the Office of the Race Relations Conciliator. Accompanying material - Project report. Photocopied newspaper and magazine articles relating to interviewees are included in each abstract. Abstracted by - Megan Hutching Sponsored by - The project was funded by the Department of Internal Affairs, the Office of the Race Relations Conciliator and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Quantity: 17 C60 cassette(s). 6 printed abstract(s). 7 transcript(s) 6 are partial transcripts and 1 interview is fully transcribed. 7 interview(s). Search dates: 1970 - 2001

Date: 1 Aug 1993

Reference: OHColl-0708/1

Description: Seminar organised by the Chinese community in Auckland and held on 1 August 1993 (1993 was an election year). Includes a speech by Manying Ip and a question and answer session in English. Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 event(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 1969-1998

By: Richards, Trevor, 1946-

Reference: MS-Group-0860

Description: Comprises inward and outward correspondence with indidviduals, groups and organizations mostly concerned with sporting contacts with South Africa, reports, press releases, clippings and articles, circulars and other papers. Much relates to observance of the Gleneagles Agreement. Source of title - Supplied Trevor Richards founded Halt All Racist Tours (HART) in 1969 and remained active in the anti-apartheid movement until the 1990s; his papers reflect his work with the movement, which focused particularly on sporting contacts with South Africa, and the organisation behind it. In 1999 Richards published `Dancing on our bones; New Zealand, South Africa, rugby and racism'. Quantity: 650 folder(s). 11 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr T Richards, Wellington, Jun, Sep 1999 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs from 99-278-41/07, 99-278-44/12, 99-278-26/02, 99-278-12/07 - To Ephemera Collection - Small group of stickers and labels; also HART badge (1973), possibly to Curios.

Date: 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-610-001/041

Description: 41 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include Jim Anderton and employment schemes, the Americas Cup, children and guns in USA, Pinochet's return to Chile, Nandor Tanczos and cannabis, the Americas Cup victory parade, oil prices, the superannuation fund, the police review, new industrial law and the Employers' Federation, cloned pigs as organ donors, gangs and cannabis supply, China/Taiwan anniversary, air force purchases, Labour's popularity, petrol prices, dairy industry merger, Helen Clark and the Oscars, red cards and the Hurricanes rugby team, Queenstown tourist accidents, children not getting enough sleep, road rules and cannabis law, state agencies and medical records, property rights in non-marital relationships, Microsoft monopoly, genetic engineering, TVNZ 'star' system, A K Grant dies, the National Party, the new honours list, biosecurity, Elian Gonzales and starvation, US bear market and the NZ stock market, President Mugabe, Marian Hobbs, ANZAC day, Australias wins against NZ in sport, Zimbabwe under Mugabe, Helen Clark and the media. Quantity: 41 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromides, approximately 220 x 160mm.

Date: 15 Nov 1988

From: NZOHA Electricity Centenary Oral History Project Stages I, II and III

By: Waiwai, Te Wiremu Ngahere Enoka, 1924-1998

Reference: OHInt-0003/30

Description: Bill Waiwai talks about origins of names; ancestors; some of his ancestors' history; reference to Waikaremoana; Waikato Land Wars; Horako; Ruatahuna; Te Kooti; grandfather, Enoka; Te Wiremu Ngahere of Ngati Manawa; Tengaroahiahi Tanaroa; father, Unuhia Ngahere; Murupara; the Tuhoe Tribes; Kahungungu; canoe Horouta. Describes family background; mother, Tengaroahiahi Tanaroa; father, Haami Enoka Waiwai; Maori language; seasonal work parents engaged upon; discipline; early memories of the building of Tuai Hydro Station; religion, Ringatu Church; contact with Pakeha; school at Kokako Native School; punishment for speaking Maori as school; cadet training; music; Tuhoe traditions, tribal folklore, Mataatua Canoe. Recalls first job at Cobb Power Scheme, Takaka, 1938; the hotels; details of sandblasting work; as linesman on Zig Zag Transmission Line, details of clearing bush between Canvastown and Nelson; work on an oil tanker for eight months to Santiago, South America; service for the Maori Battalion, 2nd NZEF during World War II in Middle East and Italy. Recalls working as labourer at the construction of the Kaitawa Hydro Station; overseer, Laurie Stevenson; training as a diver (problems with leaks at lake outlet); work at Kaituna Hydro Scheme; rigger / labourer at Mangakino, Waikato River Projects, 1949-1961; type of work as a rigger; describes Mangakino Camp; sly grogging at camp; gambling; reference to fights between Maori, Polynesians, Pakeha; headed Maori Wardens' Association in district, describes roles; politics on the marae; food at the camp; racial discrimination between Maori and Pakeha in relation to alcohol, Lodges. Discusses use of historic Maori land for hydro schemes; conflict over tangi leave; burial grounds under water; reference to construction superintendents, Bob Brown and Colin Lennon; engineers, Jim Macky and Colin McLeod; marriage; sport, especially golf; work as overseer at Matahina Hydro Project, 1960s; the dangers of tunnelling; reference to Bill Robins, Construction Superintendent, Jack Chesterman and Allan Howarth; work as overseer at Tongariro (Geothermal) Power Scheme; details of canals dug into Lake Rotoaira; environmental concerns about the scheme. Gives summary of career; discusses lack of Maori in senior positions; lack of opportunities given; work as overseer at New Plymouth Thermal Power Station; engineers and practical information and experience; work as Construction Superintendent at Ohaaki Geothermal Power Station, 1983-1988; the delegation of authority; hiring and firing; as active member of New Zealand Workers' Union (before going onto staff); reasons for early retirement. Access Contact - oral history librarian Venue - Cambridge Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Mr Waiwai's home at 85 Thompson Street, Cambridge Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001870 - OHC-001873 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 291. Search dates: 1924 - 1988 Processing information: Access conditions updated 16 November 2023.

Date: 29 Aug 1989

From: Massey University History Department. Students' Oral History Projects.

By: Toki, Sol, active 1989; Keelan, Ngawini P, active 1989

Reference: OHInt-0151/60

Description: Discusses involvement with the marae and Puhunga Trust. Talks about his education at school about Maori history. Comments on Rastafarianism. Discusses the Treaty of Waitangi, land issues, racial discrimination and turangawaewae. Comments on the need for a more equal share in decision-making between the Treaty partners and talks about equity in relation to laws. Discusses land issues in relation to Ruatoria and access to areas of traditional hunting.Comments on communication difficulties within the community and involvement with the runanga. Interviewer(s) - Ngawini Keelan Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2237.

Date: 26 Aug 1993

From: Women in science oral history project

By: Szaszy, Mira, 1921-2001

Reference: OHInt-0624/6

Description: Mira Szaszy was born in Waihopo, near Kaitaia, to a Yugoslav father and a Maori mother. Recalls growing up in Te Hapua, moving to Auckland as a teenager and attending Queen Victoria College and Auckland Girls' Grammar. Describes training as a teacher, doing her BA and possibly being the first Maori woman graduate. Describes teaching at Kaikohe High School before getting in to welfare work in the Department of Maori Affairs. Recalls the support of Prime Minister Peter Fraser in getting into a post graduate course in social sciences at the University of Hawaii. Describes returning to New Zealand to work and confronting prejudice as she did not fit the stereotype of a Maori woman. Comments on suspicion of her academic background. Describes difficulties in being appointed to the position of Secretary of the Maori Womens' Welfare League. Recalls becoming a Dame of the British Empire (DBE) in 1990 and becoming a Commissioner of the Waitangi Tribunal Fisheries Commission in 1993. Discusses problems of identity for young Maori. Interviewer(s) - Paula Martin Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 folder(s). 1 interview(s). 1.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available OHA-3557 forms only.

Date: 29 Aug 1995

From: Sound recordings about Ngati Poneke

By: Grace, Patricia Frances, 1937-; Dennis, Jonathan Spencer, 1953-2002; Morgan, Vera Kirihau, 1917-2017

Reference: OHInt-0600-09

Description: Vera Morgan was born in 1917 in Hokianga. Describes her rural upbringing in relative poverty, working hard on the farm, including milking the cows before school. Talks about her father, a bushman, her mother, who instilled the value of hard work, and her grandmother who taught her about spirituality. Talks about growing vegetables to last the whole year with a share given to the marae. Mentions that Maori was her first language, noting that only the schoolteacher, the butcher and the grocer spoke English in the area. Recalls teaching her grandmother some english words. Mentions that learning was valued in the family but lack of money precluded further education after Proficiency. Describes why she left the Hokianga, despite her mother's resistence, and her move to Wellington to stay with her father's Pakeha mother and sisters. Recalls the cultural shock of urban migration, having to speak English and friction with her father's family. Describes staying in Wellington, when her uncle found her work as a live-in housekeeper. Talks about working at the government buildings tea rooms. Discusses how childhood disadvantages taught her how to be strongly equipped for life. Recalls the loneliness young Maori faced when they moved to the city. Talks about meeting friends and being part of a whanau through Ngati Poneke, which provided a spiritual haven for her Maori values of wairua, aroha, respect, appreciation and gratitude. Describes Kingi Tahiwi as a man of character and discipline, encouraging values of manaakitanga and karakia. Talks about Maori who didn't become part of Ngati Poneke not having that same sense of belonging. Talks about Lady Pomare and mentions Ma Heketa and Mrs Black. Other - The third (C90 tape appears to have been recorded on a different day, but no date given. Likewise the third section of the abstract. For ease, these have been kept together). - VH Interviewer(s) - Patrica Grace Interviewer(s) - Jonathan Dennis Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC 10533-4 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 C90 cassette(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3648; MSDL-0153 (file VMorgan.doc, tape one only). Search dates: 1937 - 1948

Date: 1970 - 1974

Reference: Eph-B-POLYNESIAN-1970/1974

Description: Includes: 1971: Polywalk '71 [To raise funds to establish a Polynesian Education Foundation Fund. Sheet to list sponsors' names. 1971] 1972?: Tamatoa Council. [Contact list of members. ca 1972?] 1974: Pacific Far East Line. The Polynesian. Newsletters: "SS Mariposa" 16 February 1974 (2 copies); "SS Mariposa" 17 February 1974; About New Zealand / What to see and do in Auckland; About Tahiti / what to see and do in Tahiti. Sanitarium Health Food Company. Our South Pacific Island neighbours. [Sticker book]. 1974 Auckland Committee on Racism & Discrimination (ACORD). A jury of peers - not if you're Polynesian (Photocopy) Polynesian Panther's speech to the jury [reprint from CARE special newsletter, March ? 1974] South Pacific Action Network. The South Pacific: a colonised world? A seminar. Lounge, University Union, 13 July 1974. Yellow flier (2 copies) 1976: Overseas visitors arriving by country of last permanent residence by purpose of visit 1973-74 (photocopied page from Statistics of Population and Migration 1972-74) Press release: Coalition formed for abolition of Task Force. 10 September 1974. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on brochures and pamphlets, sizes varying up to 300 mm. Provenance: Donated from various sources

Date: June-September 2020

By: Kahn, Pia Maria, active 2000-2023

Reference: OHColl-1371

Description: Four oral history interviews with Filipino migrants to Aotearoa New Zealand conducted by interviewer Pia Kahn. The project examines their motivations for emigration, their experiences as new and settled migrants, their happiness, and Filipino cultural identity and community in New Zealand. Interviewees are: Anita Mansell, Anya Del Rosario, Geo Robrigado, and Jesil Cajes. Project received Award in Oral History funding from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage in 2019. Title supplied by Library. Market research company Cultural Connections conducted a survey in 2017 with over 600 migrants asking about their levels of happiness. Ratings given by migrants from the Philippines were the highest. This oral history examines the stories of four Filipino migrants in light of the survey findings that Filipino people are the happiest migrants to New Zealand. Quantity: 4 Interview(s). 13 Electronic document(s) digital abstracts, agreement forms, and supporting documents. 12 digital photograph(s). 4 digital sound recording(s). 4 printed abstract(s) includes recording agreement forms. 2 folder(s) interviewee biographical information forms, and supporting documents. Search dates: 2020 Processing information: Not all names are indexed.

Date: 2002

From: Downstage Theatre :[Ephemera and posters up to A0 size for productions. 2000-2005]

By: Eyework Design + Production Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-DOWNSTAGE-2002-01

Description: A poster advertising the season of "Ranterstantrum" at Downstage Theatre during the New Zealand Festival of the Arts in Wellington. Image shows actor Robbie Magasiva eating a leg of KFC chicken. Text states: "Victor Rodger's latest play is a darkly funny look at our racial politics". "Ranterstantrum by Victor Rodger, co-produced by the New Zealand Festival and Downstage Theatre. Image creation and photograph of Robbie Magasiva [by] Eyework" Two copies held. Other Titles - Ranterstantrum Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Digital print, 840 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by Downstage Theatre, in 2007.

Date: [1966-1996]

From: Pollock, Nancy, fl 2001 : Papers relating to Micronesia and the Pacific

Reference: MS-Papers-7196-5

Description: Clippings, correspondence, prospectus entry for Pacific studies and `Case for the overstayers' by Jon Boyack; also pages 31, 32 and 39 of the 1993 `Kiribati Tabiteuea Atoll linkages project social impact study' and annex A of the post-construction social impact study (1996) , both prepared by Marion W Ward Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1955

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7888-234

Description: Draft of article or essay on Maori urbanisation; includes articles from the `Parnell Post' on substandard housing and racial discrimination. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1973

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-158

Description: A three frame cartoon of Muldoon expressing his opinion about the Labour party's suggestion to have a Minister of Sport. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on watercolour paper, 157 x 386 mm

Date: 2002

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-

Reference: H-677-001/025

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Shows father and son watching a World Cup Soccer game. The boy comments that he's going to play soccer when he grows up as it gives him all day to do something else. Comment on the nature of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. Shows Sharon and Arafat as two dogs. Sharon is huge and dangerous and Arafat is small and timid. George W Bush points out Arafat as being the dangerous dog and the other needing to be put on a lead for his own protection. Comparing the Black Caps cricket performance with the teachers strike. The Beehive is bombarded by a swarm of Painted Apple Moth demanding an apology from Helen Clark. Refers to all the apologies Clark has given recently. Nandor Tanczos argues that using cannabis has never done him any harm. Helen Clark defends her position on giving special treatment to Maori. Walking frames are unloaded ready for a political address by Winston Peters. Helen Clark prays to God to look after the country while she campaigns. She reassures God she'll pick the job up again on the 28th of July (the day after the election). Jim Anderton receives a gold Mickey Mouse watch from his former Alliance Party colleagues. A New Zealand couple receive a written apology from Helen Clark for the things she will do once back in power. Helen Clark and Bill English get breifed about not hitting below the belt. Helen Clark's belt (popularity) goes all the way up to her arm-pits and Bill English's belt only comes up to her knees. A storm cloud (resurgent unionism) rains over a school. The forecast is for continuing stormy weather for the next three years. Helen Clark stands on a chair screaming as 4 large rats (Rising Dollar, Falling Commodity Prices, Popularity Decline, Rising Interest Rates) approach her. A child comments on the 2002 snap election. Helen Clark does the Dance of the Seven Veils with possible election dates. The audience call for her to give them a date. A man is about to take a pill (rural GP subsidy) but it is too little to help with his condition, a giant knife (rural dissolution policies) through his body. Shows Winston Peters using immigration to brew up trouble as a way of getting back into power. Comment on the number of apologies the Prime Minister has been making. Comment on the likelihood of the Teacher Settlement Package being ratified. Shows Helen Clark ticking off the list of apologies she's planning to make. Comment on the possibility of a mad-cow disease outbreak in New Zealand. Shows Helen Clark holding firm on not letting anything out in regards to the possible election date. Shows Air New Zealand's new no-frills airline, the plane has no seats. Quantity: 25 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 12-20 Jul 1985 - 12 Jul 1985 - 20 Jul 1985

From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project

By: Smith, William Henry, 1919-2003

Reference: OHInt-0053/29

Description: Bill Smith was born in Waiuta on 10 April 1919. Describes being part of a close-knit West Coast mining family who moved to Puponga in the late 1920s. Describes the Puponga mines, township, school concerts and entertainment and the place patriotism and religion played in their lives. Recalls his father's intense interest in politics and socialism and knowlege of the original Labour party men. Recalls farm work around Bainham and Kaituna and work in the Runanga mine outside Greymouth. Talks about the Runanga mine strike in 1939. Describes dances, alcohol and attitudes to women and alcohol. Describes going to World War II, fighting at El Alamein in Egypt and being in Italy. Describes war injuries, army cafes, the home-coming and getting work after the war. Recalls returning to New Zealand, working as a barman at the Collingwood Hotel, in timber mills, as a coach driver and as a carpenter. Recalls Collingwood fires and the Mangarakau mine disaster in the 1950s. Talks about his wife and family and careers of members of his family. Notes that his wife's father, Tau Watson, was the first Maori to get a publican's licence but that to do this he had to be Europeanized and renounce his right to land in Taranaki. Venue - Collingwood : 1985 Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little Venue - Tasman Street, Collingwood Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003104; OHC-003105; OHC-003106; OHC-003107; OHC-003108 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 592.

Date: 31 Jan 1983

From: Masterton South Rotary Club Oral History Project.

By: Savage, Dorothy Te Uru Manuka, 1911-1988

Reference: OHInt-0015-06

Description: Naki Savage describes her family background; her whakapapa (genealogy); early Maori cultural training at the Pa; the Wairarapa Anglican Maori Cultural Group; the Ngati Kahungunu Group; prominent Te Ore Ore families : Rimene, Kawana, Karaitiana, Waaka, Manaena, Whakamairu, Ellis, Carrol and Himona; important dignitaries of the time: Ratima Maaka, Ihaia Whakamairu, Rimene Witinitara, Albert Himona, Rose Paraone (Nanny Rose), Joe Brown; favourite childhood games; excerpts from Naki's narrative of the coming of Ratana; Potangaroa's Stone; social gatherings at Te Ore Ore; gathering food, eels, preserving meat, the gardens at Kopuranga, seafood, preserving apples and eels. Recalls childhood upbringing by Nanny Rose; custom of burying the afterbirth; swaggers (tramps); carting water from the Ruamahanga; Maori medicine and hygiene; tuberculosis; parties and alcohol; the Depression; contact with Pakeha; starting school; employment with the post office; discrimination; skills taught at school; the influenza epidemic; the Karitiana Family from Christchurch. Discusses politics and the Ratana; religion at Te Ore Ore; work available at Te Ore Ore; marriage and family; her ideas about Kohanga Reo; work for Bessie McKenzie at Mataikona; marriage to Bert Savage; The Maori Women's Welfare League; events experienced at Te Puia Springs; events at Maketu Beach, Rotorua; places regarded as tapu in New Zealand; losing her fluency of the Maori language; how the whakapapa was taught; the Owahanga (Aohanga) Management Committee; the finding of Kuini Reside's whakapapa book; her husband's businesses; life at Castlepoint; her work at the telegraph during World War II; the 1942 earthquake; early memories of Masterton; impressions of Masterton today. Venue - Masterton Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - 10 Cedar Wood Flats, Opaki Road, Masterton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004434, OHC-004435, OHC-004845 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0887. Search dates: 1911 - 1983

Date: 09 Nov 1993

From: The Dames Oral History Project

By: Metge, Alice Joan (Dame), 1930-

Reference: OHInt-0046/06

Description: Joan Metge talks about her family background; childhood; rejection of Brethren Church; parent's feelings about education; lack of conflict between religion and science; reasons for becoming an anthropologist; importance of reading the Bible as child; early education; teaching method of father; sex education; racism in the 1950s and before; political leanings; feelings on award of DBE in 1987; views on feminism. Discusses views on gender as barrier in anthropological studies; problems for anthropologists fitting into the academic world; defines anthropology and uses; interest in cross-cultural communications; field work at Ahipara and learned about traditional Maori society; the benefits of studying under Raymond Firth at London School of Economics; learnt a lot about teaching; leisure and entertainment in London; decided against working in Britain; awareness of the limited Pakeha understanding of Maori social organisation; the effect of presenting four lectures on Maori society and culture at Kaitaia High School. Recalls helping establish the teaching of Maori studies at Victoria University; attitude of Maori to Pakeha researchers; helping with submissions for Muriwhenua Land Claims; reasons for not marrying; regrets about not having children; fostering children; involvement with drug offenders. Accompanying material - Copy of brief biography note from unknown source; copy of 'Speaking as an anthropologist', Joan Metge, address from Women in Science Conference, Wellington, 1993 (suffrage year). Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - 8 Paisley Terrace, Karori, Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005279 - OHC-005281 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1125.

Date: 30 Sep 1993

From: Slices of lives oral history project

By: Page, Tsuneyo, 1932-

Reference: OHInt-0407-04

Description: Tsuneyo Page was born in Manchuria in 1932 where her father was a Japanese Government official during the occupation of Manchuria. Describes the Chinese communist takeover after World War II when her father was executed and her family suffered many hardships. These led to the death of a brother and her mother and the hospitalisation of the rest of the family on their return to Japan in 1949. Describes living with her uncle before working as a waitress in a neighbouring town where she met her husband, a New Zealand K Force soldier. Discusses her family's attitude to marrying a foreigner and the army's attitude. Recalls arriving in New Zealand and going to Feilding, local attitudes and difficulties socialising. Talks about her jobs, children, feelings about Japan and changing New Zealand attitudes. Abstracted by - Susan Hawes Awards/funding - Award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Susan Hawes Recorded by - Susan Hawes Venue - 37 North Street Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-00613-006814 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1575 and OHA-1575a (Additional material). 1 photograph

Date: 15 Feb 1990

From: Bay of Plenty Earthquake (1987) Oral History Project

By: Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-; Tukiri, Manu Kapua, 1954-

Reference: OHInt-0106-06

Description: Manu Tukiri was born in Whakatane on 29 September 1954. Describes growing up in Edgecumbe and spending some time as a child at the Kokohina marae. Describes not being able to speak Maori and experiencing conflict between the Maori and Pakeha worlds. Comments that Maori are more free to be themselves now but many are still deprived of their language. Comments on attitudes towards Pakeha at Te Teko. Recalls always sticking up for the underdog and sometimes fighting his cousins to defend Pakeha. Describes education at Edgecumbe and working at a number of jobs, including Caxton Pulp and Paper, before learning bone carving from Peter Langah. Talks about his business Kapua Crafts. Recalls tutoring bone carving at Waiariki Polytechnic at the time of the earthquake. Talks about previous smaller earthquakes and the Maori god of earthquakes, Ruaumoko. Describes taking his class outside and feeling that it was surreal and the world was ending. Recalls returning to Edgecumbe through slips on the road and his shock at seeing Edgecumbe. Describes how his father and niece were very upset and his father was reminded of World War II battlefields. Recalls the fear of the Matahina dam bursting. Describes returning to Whakatane, spending a number of days with his brother and not remembering anything else clearly until about May. Assumes this was shock. Recalls a big concert held at Edgecumbe to help towards reconstruction. Expresses frustration at the time taken to rebuild the new Edgecumbe. Venue - Edgecumbe : 1990 Interviewer(s) - Manson, Hugo Venue - At Manu Tukiri's home at Edgecumbe Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002886; OHC-002887; OHC-002888 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 554. Photograph of Manu Tukiri in February 1990 Search dates: 1990