Whāngai

Date: 5 Feb 1996-6 Oct 1996 - 05 Feb 1996 - 06 Oct 1996

By: Walsh, Michael Wehi Mailetonga, active 1989

Reference: OHColl-0610

Description: Examines the links between Nga Rauru of Patea and Ngati Wehiwehi of Otaki which are the result of family connections. The project includes interviews David Marino, Grace Moffatt, Raynor Gibb, Wallace (Wally) O'Conner, Margaret Walsh and Rona Broughton. The interviewees also discuss Te Reo Maori, family and adoption and give a picture of Maori life from about 1915 to the 1950s. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Awards/funding - Project received an Award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Michael Walsh Quantity: 11 C60 cassette(s). 6 printed abstract(s). 6 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Michael Walsh, Wellington, 1996

Date: Oct-Dec 1999

From: Interviews with Wiremu Kerekere and Henare Te Ua

By: te Ua, Henare, 1933-2007

Reference: OHInt-0580/2

Description: Henare Te Ua was born in Rotorua in 1933. Talks about his parents - his mother Hinehou Ngata who died of tuberculosis and his father Whiu Te Purei who died during WWII. Mentions visiting his father's grave at Cassino. Describes his matua whangai. Talks about his father Te Kani Te Ua - an orator, a musician and composer, gardener, an impeccable dresser - and his impact on other people. Talks about his mother - Te Rina Te Ua, eldest daughter of Sir Apirana Ngata - a singer, a cook and hard worker at home and in the community. Talks about being a whangai child, his siblings, and comments on adoptions within New Zealand and from overseas. Describes in detail Tower House, the family homestead - built by Te Kani Te Ua's mother, it's architecture, rooms, gardens, harakeke or flax, kehua or ghosts. Refers to grandfather Tuhoe Te Ua who was Ringatu and mentions swaggies. Talks about other families who had large homes in the district - the McLeans, the Scotts, the Holdsworths - all pakeha. Discusses his family's lack of money for everyday necessities. Talks about attending Puha School, Te Karaka District High School, Gisborne High School and Nelson College. Recalls learning Maori at home and absorbing Tikanga Maori and Maori lore. Comments on the terms Maoritanga and Tikanga. Talks about having a stutter. Details food and meals at home, the making of rewana bread, the strict codes for hangi. Discusses the Puha community and describes the relationships between Maori and pakeha. Talks about Sir Apirana Ngata. Talks about going to Canterbury University College and varied jobs after university, including working for a catering firm and truck driving. Mentions Rata and Mary McLean. Describes compulsory Military Training at Burnham Camp. Talks about interest in flying and describes parachuting using stratachutes, gliding, carmaraderie of the Canterbury Gliding Club, near fatal crash at the NZ gliding championships in 1964 and learning to walk again. Describes interest in radio work, voice test, coming to the Announcers Training Centre in Wellington, first posting to IXN in Whangarei, reading advertisements live, first experience of Waitangi, moving to Rotorua as senior announcer and the politics of the station there. Talks about joining Te Reo Aotearoa in Auckland in 1979, working with Haare Williams and later becoming manager, retiring in 1998 and returning to co-present radio programme Whenua. Discusses the importance of the audio archive Nga Taonga Korero. Talks about memorable moments in broadcasting career: outside broadcasts and Aunty Amy in Kaitaia; coverage of Waitangi and the protest movements over the years; the opening of Te Papa; Te Maori exhibition; the South Pacific Festival of Arts in Rarotonga; covering royal visits especially arrriving by waka with the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1983 at Waitangi; royal in visit of Nelson Mandela and his meeting with Springbok Tour protesters. Refers to work for St Matthew in the City Church. Mentions Bill Kerekere, Hec Busby, John Minto, Titewhai Harawira and Kiri Te Kanawa. Interviewer(s) - Elizabeth Hakaraia Quantity: 7 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 6.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2744.

Date: 19 Apr 1991

From: Maori Women's Welfare League: Interviews

By: Waenga, Te Rina Te-mai-awhitia, 1929-1996; Szaszy, Mira, 1921-2001

Reference: OHInt-0602-07

Description: Te Rina Waenga nee Pene born 1930 at Ratana Pa. Father Henare Pene, Ngati Kuri iwi, Pohotiare hapu, Kurahaupo and Tinana waka; mother Pipi Huntley, Ngati Moe, Ngai Tahu. Mentions being the eldest of nine children and attending school at Waikawa Pa, near Picton. Describes early life and recalls working with harakeke as part of a fundraising project. Talks about enjoyment of dancing, mother making new ballgowns, going to balls and parties, singing and going to the pictures. Talks about leaving school and working as a cook in various places - mentions Anikiwa Boys Home and Whakarewa Boys Home. Talks about meeting Te Kiato Riwai in Motueka, working together caring for runaways from 1952 until 1956. Mentions moving to Mangakino with husband Harman Waenga. Discusses their two children and many whangai children. Describes joining the Waikawa branch of the Maori Women's Welfare League in 1951, encouraged by Runa Keepa. Talks about the work of the branch, own role as branch president and comments on the positive work of the Maori Women's Welfare League. Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 videocassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 55 Minutes Duration. Search dates: 1991

Date: 28 Jun 2005

From: Births Deaths & Marriages oral history project

By: Bradbrook, Olivia Horiwia, 1940-

Reference: OHInt-0853-02

Description: Interview with Olivia Bradbrook, born at Muriwai, Gisborne in 1940. Talks about her whakapapa, the origin of family names, and growing up in a farming community near Gisborne where both Maori and English were spoken. Refers to having tuberculosis from the age of 10, and to the role of elders in bringing up children in the community. Comments on being sent to Wellington when she was 15, working in various menial jobs, and her father taking her pay. Refers to returning home for tangi, and fund-raising for the marae. Mentions her marriage to a pakeha at the Muriwai marae, and buying their home in Wainuiomata. Refers to retiring to Waitarere Beach, and then returning to Muriwai to live in 2005. Discusses becoming a marriage celebrant and Justice of the Peace, and performing Maori marriages. Discusses working for Births, Deaths & Marriages in the 1980s and falling naturaly into the role of doing research. Comments on difficulties researching Maori records because of some tribal records having been destroyed and names mis-spelt. Talks about the attitudes of staff to the records - ownership rather than a service to the public. Refers to the need for public servants to be more flexible and to treat rules as a guide. Comments on attitudes before the Adult Adoption Information Act was passed in 1985 and her resistance to the secrecy of birth records, mentioning that Maori were open about adoptions. Comments on managers Rose Hawksworth, Jack Wright and Brian Clarke. Mentions being seconded to the Justice Department Head Office Maori Cultural Unit and becoming kuia, a role that involved travelling with Ministers and the Secretary for Justice David Oughten. Talks about later being moved to Courts and also doing some Waitangi Tribunal work. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015799 - OHC-015800 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2.06 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5673. Search dates: 1940 - 2005

Date: 11 Apr 2002

From: Otaki oral history project

By: Royal, Manihira Te Ra Purewa, 1932-; Selby, Rachael Ann, 1949-

Reference: OHInt-0673-09

Description: Manihira Te Ra Purewa Royal, known as Hira, was born in Otaki in 1932, and has lived there all her life, except when at boarding school. Recalls belonging to the Takarore whanau, which includes the families Hohipuha, Raika, Te Waiata, and Nikora (Nicholls). Mentions the Te Horo cheese factory, the Rahui dairy factory, milk at school, and milk delivered in cans. Talks about school and boarding at Hukarere in Napier, her teachers, the principal, Miss Hunter, prayers, strictness, duties, other pupils. Mentions her 11 children, her whangai (foster) daughter and her brothers and sisters. Recalls leaving school in 1949, marrying in 1950, living on the marae, then on Miss Lochore's property. Mentions using a copper washer and an outside hand wringer. Talks about their home in Otaki, built using a Maori Affairs Loan in 1954, and later extended. Talks about the family benefit. Mentions her mother-in-law, Whakarato Royal, who lived with them for 26 years. Refers to the Otaki Maternity Home, where mothers rested for 14 days after birth. Refers to Playcentre involvement. Talks about working for Koha Ora, at Kimberley Hospital and the Otaki Children's Health Camp. Describes association with Rangiatea Church and the Anglican mission, mentioning Grace Bargrove, a Pakeha deaconess buried at Rangiatea, and Olive Morgan. Mentions church at Ngatokowaru Marae. Recalls the influence of church ministers, including her uncle, Paul Temuera, and Hohepa Taepa. Describes involvement in the Anglican Church, as Kaikaraka, Deacon, and being ordained as a priest by Bishop Muru Walters in 1996. Reflects that she had a 'calling' to the church. Talks about whitebaiting and the importance of fishing. Recounts story of catching seafood and giving thanks to Tangaroa, the sea god. Mentions camping and a flood. Recounts living at the marae on retirement, and being on the Raukawa Marae Committee. Interviewer(s) - Rachael Selby Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-11056/7 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3865. Photo of Hira and husband Wehi Royal at Raukawa Marae on their 50th wedding anniversary, 2000. Search dates: 1930 - 1990

Date: 30 Jun 1992

From: Women in World War II Part II

By: Rangiihu, Myrtle Tahiti, 1918-2003

Reference: OHInt-0064/20

Description: Myrtle (Bundy) Rangiihu was born at Kohupatiki, Hastings on 29 June 1918. Gives details of her family background and growing up on the farm at Kohupatiki. Describes being selected to learn kowhaiwhai and tukutuku when she left school and being taught these in Wellington by Apirana Ngata. Recalls also learning waiata from him. Discusses his influence and also that of Kingi Tahiwi and Bishop Bennett, the first Bishop of Aotearoa. Notes that Bishop Bennett introduced her to future husband Sam Rangiihu while he was becoming a curate. Talks about the consecration of Bishop Bennett. Recalls the Napier earthquake in 1931 and the incidence of tuberculosis amongst Maori in the 1920s and 1930s. Talks about marrying and living in the Mission House and also working with her husband in the Opotiki and Hicks Bay area. Describes adopting her son Gary, and three other children, and explains the process of whangai (adoption). Talks about the outbreak of war and Sam Rangiihu becoming chaplain to the forces with Wi Huata. Mentions that he was also chaplain to K-Force (in Korea). Comments on the quality of the Maori (28) Battalion and the deaths of Maori soldiers. Discusses American servicemen, sexuality and Maori attitudes to illegitimacy. Describes how her father contracted to grow vegetables for Watties during World War II to feed American soldiers. Talks about the growth of Watties. Describes the importance of land to Maori. Details the Government Rehabilitation Schemes and land bought for soldiers in Wairoa after the war. Reflects on her husband's death. Talks about the importance of the marae. Describes her involvement with the Chadwick Family Trust who run orchards in Hastings and a project growing everlasting flowers. Venue - Napier . 1992 Interviewer(s) - Queenie Rikihana-Hyland Venue - Napier Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004786; OHC-004787; OHC-004788 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 857. photograph of Kingi Ihaka, Bundy (Myrtle) Rangiihu, Manu Ihaka and Samuel Rangiihu about the 1950s; Myrtle and Samuel Rangiihu and family about World War II; Bundy (Myrtle) Rangiihu in 1992

Date: Date unknown

From: Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika: Recordings

Reference: OHC-031765

Description: Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s) 42 minutes 15 seconds duration.. Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing. Write-protection tab removed by Library.

Date: 8 May 1990

From: Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika: Recordings

By: Edwards, Mihipeka Anne, 1918-2008; Walker, Piripi, 1955-

Reference: OHInt-0937-0052

Description: Studio interview with Mihipeka Anne Edwards of Te Arawa (known also as Nanny Mihi or Aunty Mihi) about the upcoming launch of her first book 'Mihipeka: Early Years' about her early life in Maketu and Otaki. Karen Thompson from Penguin Books Ltd is also present in the studio. Discusses te reo Māori and tikanga, mahinga kai, and the effects of colonisation on Mihipeka's generation. In both te reo Māori and English. Quantity: 2 7" reel(s). 34.54 Minutes and seconds duration. Search dates: 1990 Processing information: Record enhanced in 2016 with information from Piripi Walker, Secretary and Trustee of Te Upoko o Te Ika Trust Board.

Date: [1980s]

From: Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika: Recordings

By: Hemmingsen, Te Hepara Brian, active 1980-2000; Hemmingsen, Erana, active 1990-2016; Asher, Derek, active 1980-1994; Ratahi, Topsy, active 1980s

Reference: OHInt-0937-0262

Description: Talkback programme about 'Maatua Whangai' a social policy and programme relating to Māori children in foster care. Interviewer Brian Hemmingsen (Ngāi Tūhoe) talks with studio guests, Erana Hemmingsen (Ngāi Tūhoe), and Topsy Ratahi (Ngāti Porou). The second part of the programme consists of telephone interviews with various kaumātua callers, including Derek Asher (Ngāti Tūwharetoa), John Maxwell (Ngāi Tai), and Manaaki Whaanga (Ngāti Rakaipaaka) (in English and te reo Māori). Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT7-2270 Quantity: 1 7" reel(s). 32.51 Minutes and seconds duration. Search dates: 1980 - 1989 Processing information: Record enhanced in 2016 with information from Piripi Walker, Secretary and Trustee of Te Upoko o Te Ika Trust Board.

Date: 1 Oct 1984 - 01 Oct 1984

From: Child welfare in twentieth century New Zealand oral history project

By: Garrett, Ephra, 1923-2008

Reference: OHInt-0667/12

Description: Ephra Garrett gives details of qualifications achieved at school, two years at Wellington Teachers College, teaching in country schools and Wellington Special Section of Correspondence School. Discusses parental involvement in education of children with special needs. Recalls joining Department of Maori Affairs as Maori Welfare Officer for Ikaroa District. Mentions Society for Protection of Home and Family formerly Society for Protection of Women and Children. Refers to Marie Griffin. Also refers to Hunn Report 1961. Other topics mentioned include: Maori Womens Welfare League; apprenticeships; Maori Land Courts - adoptions; Racism; Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act (MSE); movement of Maori after the war; Feminism and disappointment at lack of feminists involved in social work. Mentions Merv Hancock, John McQuerry, Mabel Barrett and Ted Wadesworth. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Abstracted by - Sherryl Allen Interviewer(s) - Bruce Asher Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-011226 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4122.

Date: [1890-1920]

By: Upham, E, active 1890s?

Reference: MS-Papers-5717

Description: Comprises analysis of aspects of Maori land rights in relation to marriage, kinship and adoption practices with examples and stories to illustrate the study. Upham has annotated and highlighted special points of interest. Language - Many Maori terms are used Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (35 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon copy) with holograph annotations

Date: 16 March 2013

From: Te Ao Māramatanga (College of Mental Health Nurses) Māori Caucus: Tuia Te Ao Marama oral history project

By: Hammond, Meretene Ray, active 1956-2013; Hakiaha, Hineroa, active 1998-2022

Reference: OHInt-1031-08

Description: He hokinga mahara, he kupu kōrero nā Meretene Hammond, mō nēhitia Māori me te oranga hinengaro. Comprises born digital files (sound recordings and abstract) relating to an oral history interview with Meretene (Mere) Hammond of Te Ao Maramatanga (College of Mental Health Nurses) Māori Caucus. Interviewed by Hineroa Hakiaha on 16 March October 2013. Interview discusses nursing training and working in the mental health sector; approaches to treating Māori patients including medications; te ao Māori and tikanga in healthcare; kaupapa Māori health services. Also discusses upbringing, whānau and schooling. Interview transcript and abstract in te reo Māori. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 Interview(s). 4 Electronic document(s). Search dates: 2013

Date: 9 Sep 1971 - 09 Sep 1971

From: Kapunga Te Matemoana (Koro) Dewes collection of sound recordings

Reference: OHT5-1439

Description: Contents: (a) The influence of hi marae on Pine Taiapa's life (b) His adoption by a Tokomaru Bay family (c) World War I (d) Porourangi (e) Value of Maori culture (f) Tahupotiki (Brother of Porou) (g) Battle between Hau and Ueroa (Sons of Porourangi). Performer: Pine Taiapa, Lecture to Maori students, Victoria University of Wellington, 9 September 1971. Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other Catalogue of Recordings from the Koro Dewes Collection.

Date: 18 Jul 2002-8 May 2003

By: New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute; McGregor, Taina Hoia Tangaere, 1940-; Manuel, Riki, active 1990s; Mihinui, Dorothy Huhana, 1919-2006

Reference: OHColl-1162

Description: Comprises 17 interviews with guides, carvers and weavers of the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua by Taina Tangaere McGregor. Conducted in 2002, the first phase of seven interviews focuses on the guides of Te Whakarewarewa Thermal Valley. In 2003, a second phase of 10 interviews focuses on the carvers and weavers of the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute, which has resided at Te Whakarewarewa since 1963. The Institute opened a national carving school in 1967, followed by a weaving school in 1988. Interviews describe early life in Te Whakarewarewa village, education, whangai families, becoming a guide, the guiding experience, tourism, managing different types of tourists and their expectations, promoting Māori culture, concert parties, learning traditional Māori arts, payment systems, uniforms, unions and changes to the business structure. Some interviews describe the local geothermal area, parks, diving in the river, swimming and sports, cooking in steam boxes, family involvement and connections, and the management of geysers, hot pools and bores. Some interviews describe learning how to weave and carve, types of materials used, different styles, weaving kete, piu piu, korowai and tukutuku panels, carving pou and houses, working as a group and as individuals, and the influence of people such as Guide Rangi, John Taiapa, Clive Fugill and Emily Schuster. Interviewees are Homai Riripeti Balzer, Ian-Wayne Reihana Grant, Riki Henare Manuel, Honoria Kahuiatara Matenga (two interviews), Bubbles Huhana Mihinui, Dorothea (Dolly) Tarihira Morgan, Teresa Murray, Edna Porena Pahewa, Kerehitina Ratema, James Rickard, Charles Eldon Fayne Robinson, Albert Poai Te Pou, Ramona Miriam Thompson, Roi Darwin Toia and Todd Couper (interviewed together), Pipiana Wikiriwhi (Whitcliffe). Ian-Wayne Grant, Fayne Robinson and Thomas Tamati Ratima (interviewed together). The interviews are recorded on audio and video formats Accompanying material - 'A study of the art of Teresa Murray', 1999, by Karl Leonard, Te Wananga o Raukawa Abstracted by - Taina McGregor Arrangement: Original recordings: OHC-019683 - OHC-019714, OHCD-0240 - OHCD-0241 Original video recordings: OHV-1064 - OHV-1073, OHV-1091 - OHV-1097 Abstracts: OHA-6817 - OHA-6832 Quantity: 31 audiocassette(s). 17 interview(s). 15 videocassette(s) Super-VHS. 2 videocassette(s) VHS. 2 compact disc(s). 1 C90 cassette(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Search dates: 1917 - 2003