Te Pakaru, Enoka, active 1947

Date: [ca 1963]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/02A

Description: Papers relating to Maori music and waiata. Includes the script for a radio programme about Maori music by Phyllis Williams (Kirimamae), called "Maori Song Forms" on the scripts. Many of the waiata featured in the programme relate to Ngati Porou, and people mentioned in the programme include Sir Apirana Ngata, Ngaropi White, Materoa [Reedy], Hera Haereroa, Enoka Te Pakaru, Hiria Tamati, Matekino Brown, Alfred Hill and Tuta Nihoniho. Also mentioned is the story of Pou (Pourangahua) and the origins of the haka associated with Te Rauparaha "Ka mate, ka mate" are discussed saying it has connections to the story of Maui capturing the sun. Different kinds of waiata or song forms are discussed as well as titi torea, or Maori stick games. Also includes lyrics and translations of many Maori waiata, a booklet of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus, translated into Maori, with notation, and a programme for the 123rd Waitangi Day Celebration, at Waitangi on 6 Feb 1963. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1915

From: [Programmes and other ephemera relating to Maori concerts, festivals and entertainment. 1900-1929].

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-CONCERT-1915-01

Description: Programme for a Maori concert lists items on the inside spread. performers included: P Enoka, D Morris, Nurse Te Au, Mr Tai Heketa, the Misses Tahiwi, Mrs T Parata, Miss Tangi Utiku, Warriors and Maori Maidens, with accompanist Miss Quill. The front cover shows an attached head and shoulders portrait photograph of Queen candidate number 8 (identified in Eastbourne Patriotic Carnival souvenir as Miss K Doughty, representing Wellington Commercial Travellers, Central Clubs, & Warehousemen's Association) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, red on brown, on sheet folded to 228 x 161 mm. with attached photolithograph; and tied at top left with yellow ribbon Provenance: Purchased from Arty Bees Books, Wellington, in 2003.

Date: 1948-1949

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0362

Description: File 158 (b) - Contains materials regarding business of the tribal committees in the Horouta areas Includes a detailed description of the impact of colonisation on Maori Culture in the Tairawhiti area. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts