Te Araroa

Date: 1860s-1949

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: PA1-o-1038

Description: Contains photographs of a Maori group at Wanganui, Te Rangitahau of Waitahanui, inscription at Wairaka meeting house (Whakatane), Pohaturoa Rock (Whakatane), Tainui anchor stone at Mokau, Matahourua anchor stone at Dominion Museum, Tokomaru anchor stone at New Plymouth Museum, hui at Rangitukua (March 1945), Ngarimu hui at Ruatoria (1943), hui at Hiruharama (1945), Tahi hohepa at Otukou (1947), reception to Field-Marshall Montgomery at Ohinemutu (1947), Sir Apirana Ngata speaking at erection of Porourangi meeting house (Waiomatatini), scenes in Parihaka, and Sir Peter Buck at Te Araroa (March 1949). The photographers represented are W J Harding, A P Godber, Burton Brothers, Owen Johnston, and the New Zealand Railways Publicity Department. A number of images were provided by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 cm

Date: 1928-1933

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0219

Description: File of papers comprising correspondence with and letters forwarded to Dr Wirepa, relating to such matters as local health, land and education matters Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1920

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0933B

Description: Candidates came from Whakarewarewa School (Rotorua), St Stephen's School (Auckland), and Wharekahika Native School (Te Araroa) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1865-1931

By: Williams, K S (Ms), active 1991; Robert H. Mason and Company

Reference: PAColl-1960

Description: Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1911-1949

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0472

Description: Contains letters, pamphlets and reports Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1943-1948

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

Reference: MS-Papers-7575-034

Description: Contains letters to Ngata relating to political affairs, elections, lands and activities to raise funds and establish memorial dining halls such as kapa haka competitions Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1993

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6642

Description: Views of Tiritiri Martangi Island (March 1993). Large pohutukawa tree at Te Araroa (April 1993). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard mounts.

Date: March 1953

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-1288

Description: Te Araroa. Print with hand-applied colouring made from negative taken March 1953 by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print with hand-applied colouring, mounted on board, 38 x 68 cm

Date: 13 Jun 2008

From: Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project

By: Katae, Constance Grace, 1911-2010; Fowke, Susan, 1944-2017

Reference: OHInt-0980-10

Description: Interview with Connie (Constance) Katae (nee Hovell), born in Te Araroa in 1911. Mentions her other name, Hinetawhiranga, given to her by an old couple. Talks about her mother Mereana who was Maori (Ngati Porou), Portuguese and Spanish. Discusses her father Henry Hovell who was born at sea in 1862 and worked as a surveyor in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands before meeting her mother and settling on the East Coast. Describes her childhood in a large family living in a house their father built. Refers to growing crops for food and keeping fowls, ducks, geese, cows and horses. Mentions the marae and the school where everyone sat on the floor. Recalls her father had a billiard saloon and a picture theatre, and mentions silent movies. Talks about their grandmother speaking only in Maori to them. Refers to spending three years (including holidays) as a boarder at Hukarere College and then becoming a school teacher, training on the job at Te Araroa School. Discusses meeting and marrying her husband Te Moana Katae, a fencing contractor. Refers to returning to teaching when her son Douglas was four months old. Mentions that she was not really aware war was imminent until her husband told her he had joined up with friends, at a time when she was pregnant. Refers to her brothers Stanley and Hubert joining up to see other parts of the world. Outlines her husband's experiences in Greece, Crete and the Middle East. Comments that when Crete was evacuated married men with children left first. Talks about feeling lonely after the men had left, waiting for news over the air and writing to them. Mentions she was living at her parents' home with her mother helping with her children as she worked. Comments that they were not really affected by food rationing during the war as they lived off the land and fished. Talks about using horse and cart or gig for transport, and her family having a truck to take meat from a brother's butcher's shop to Cape Runaway. Refers to saving from her salary and Te Moana's army pay to build a new house on land they had, and getting a loan from the Department of Maori Affairs. Explains that not many men from Te Araroa were casualties and tangis were held for them even though there were no bodies. Comments on local planning for an invasion and on reports of a submarine being seen off-shore. Recalls hearing that her husband had been wounded. Talks about the return of the Maori Battalion, meeting them at Ruatoria, and her husband being 'like a stranger'. Mentions her husband went back to work as a fencing contractor then got a fishing licence, but he was unsettled and was a stranger to his children. Interviewer(s) - Susan Fowke Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-022550 - OHC-022552 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2.42 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7333. Photocopy(?) of a black and white photograph of Connie with son Douglas and daughter Anne (1940); printout of a colour photograph of Connie (2008) Search dates: 1911 - 2008

Date: 21 April 1993

From: Hiruharama Oral History Project

By: Abraham, Herbert George, 1916-2002

Reference: OHInt-0099-15

Description: Herbert Abraham explains the Lebanese origins of his fathers surname, Facoorey, why the family moved to Te Araroa and describes his education at Te Araroa primary and Gisborne Boys High School. Details the family store at Te Araroa, relationship with Henderson family, friends in Te Araroa, employment after he left school scrub cutting at Horoera, milking cows and then at the Gisborne Freezing works, and talks about his father leaving and going to Melbourne. Describes in detail his experiences in the Maori Battalion during WWII. Includes discussion of enlisting as Maori even though he is not Maori, training at Papakura camp, farewells, men he was in the Battalion with, men who commanded the C Company and the D Company, officers, bayonet charges, haka, medals, the campaigns he was involved in, promotions through 5th reinforcements, C and DC Company and to HQ, selling of army equipment, rations, rustling food, clothing, being in the rations truck and in charge of food, the men who got killed and how he coped with the memories after the war by mainly blocking them out. Also talks about the campaign in Italy, relationship with Italians and coming home after the war. Comments on the differences between WWI and WWII for the Maori who fought and the number of men who went to WWII from Te Araroa. Mentions that he was selected for the East Coast Maori rugby team but was not able to play because he wasn't Maori. Talks about coming home to Te Araroa, working at the family store and then in the taxi business, his marriage to Dawn Smith and daughter. Venue - Gisborne Interviewer(s) - Monty Soutar Venue - Gisborne Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005819a, OHC-005820 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.20 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1223b. Search dates: 1993

Date: 17 April 1993

From: Hiruharama Oral History Project

By: Tibble, Emily Sophia, 1915-2000; Tibble, Te Rauwhiro, 1912-1996

Reference: OHInt-0099-14

Description: Whiro and Emily Tibble detail their family backgrounds. Whiro Tibble describes his schooling at Tikitiki primary and at Te Aute College, talks about his brothers, his marriage and children. He talks about joining the Maori Battalion, training at Papakura, joining the Battalion at Maadi, his fellow Battalion members, his experiences at war, being awarded the Military Cross at Senteno River in Italy, the advantages of being an officer, ability of Maori soldiers, the men under his command and his good relationship with the Italian people. Emily Tibble describes how she was born in Dunedin and then moved to Te Araroa, attending Te Araroa Native School, school friends, local people, raupo houses, businesses in Te Araroa during her childhood and friendship of her family with the local people. Talks about her brother Jim Abraham (Warihi), notes that he went to WWI at the age of 16 and then later to WWII. Describes how Jim was a prisoner of war, how she met him after the war in Rotorua and how he started a restaurant in Te Araroa named the Maadi Cafe. Details the cafe, her experiences working there and notes how popular the cafe was with football players, in particular the Hicks Bay players. Describes going back to work in the family General Store after Jim returned to Rotorua. Details Jim's death at Hui Toopu while bathing at the hot pools, the large tangi for him at Ohinemutu and the family argument over where he should be buried. Notes that he was buried at the RSA cemetry in Rotorua. Describes life in Te Araroa during the war, the farwells for the soldiers from Te Araroa and the sad welcome back for those that returned. Talks about the fear of answering the phone because of bad news, about the non-Maori who joined the Battalion and about some of the men from Te Araroa that were killed during the war. Comments that 35 from Te Araroa were killed at war. Emily Tibble describes meeting and marrying Whiro Tibble, Te Araroa when it was thriving and how it is today now that most people have left. Details leaving Te Araroa herself, moving to Gisborne and talks about attending Battalion reunions. Interviewer(s) - Monty Soutar Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005816b, OHC-005817, OHC-005818 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1222b. Search dates: 1993

Date: 7 April 2000 - 07 Apr 2000

From: Race Relations Conciliators Oral History Project

By: Clarke, Herbert John Te Kauru, 1942-

Reference: OHInt-0751-01

Description: New Zealand Race Relations Conciliator from 1992 to 1995. Born in Te Araroa, 1942. Recalls attending Te Araroa School - describes moving to Auckland to attend St Stephen's College. Describes Tikanga Maori at St Steven's College. Discusses attending Auckland Teacher's Training College and describes how he got a job teaching in Maori schools on the east coast of the North Island - mentions Hoani Waititi. Mentions time he spent teaching in Awanui, Wairoa, Te Teko, and at Epuni Primary School. Recalls 'pioneering' the teaching of Te Reo at Wainuiomata College - mentions wife Kathy. Also mentions teaching at Aotea College and being the principal of Ngata Memorial College, Ruatoria. Recalls getting the Woolfe Fisher Scholarship - describes his study as well as the countries and schools he visited - mentions Eton. Recalls his appointment to the Winston Churchill Trust Board. Discusses his appointment at Wellington High School and Community Institute upon return to New Zealand. Recalls being seconded to the Department of Education. Talks about being invited to take up the position of Race Relations Conciliator - recalls race relations in New Zealand at the time of his appointment. Describes seminars relating to race relations that were organised and run by the Office of the Race Relations Conciliator in conjunction with local government authorities. Discusses the Office's involvement in the Moutoa Gardens dispute, the Whangape dispute and the Conciliator's role in the protests at Waitangi on Waitangi Day - mentions Ken Mair. Discusses how the Office dealt with complaints - discusses biculturalism and multiculturalism. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - Copies of published articles from journals and newspapers Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012706, OHC-012707 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.03 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5441 Abstract Available - transcript(s) available. 'Justice Matters' Journal, December 1999/ Issues 8, and photocopied articles include copies of photographs of John Clarke Search dates: 1942 - 2000

Date: 2022

By: Mackintosh, Rochelle, active 2022

Reference: OHColl-1609

Description: Five interviews conducted by Rochelle Mackintosh in 2022 to record the early personal experiences of six kaumātua growing up in and around Te Araroa on the East Coast of the North Island between the 1930s and 1950s. The interviewees were Adelaide Clarke, Maaka Tibble, Sir John Clarke, Sydney Clarke, and Tauoha Takanui and George Clarke. Many of the kaumātua are associated with the Te Whānau a Kahu and Te Whānau a Hinerupe hapū. Topics covered in the interviews include: family, upbringing, education, employment, and daily lives in the Te Araroa area. The interviewer also identified the following concepts as being "interwoven thoughout their experiences": identity, belongingness, kāinga (settlements), whenua (land), awa (river), tikanga (customs), whānaungatanga (kin relationships), manaakitanga (generosity), matauranga-a-hapū (sub-tribe knowledge), and kaitiakitanga (guardianship). Project received a Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho, Piki Ake! Kake Ake! New Zealand Oral History Grant from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage in 2021. Title supplied by donor. Quantity: 5 Interview(s). 33 Electronic document(s) includes digital abstracts, recording agreement forms, and biographical information forms. 9 digital sound recording(s). 5 printed abstract(s) includes recording agreement forms. 1 folder(s) biographical information forms. Search dates: 2022 Processing information: Digital recording agreement forms and biographical information forms were delivered together in a single PDF file for each interviewee. For preservation and delivery purposes they have been separated into two PDF files.

Date: [1974 or 1975]

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: 35mm-100669-100680

Description: Negatives, chiefly images of meeting houses in the Gisborne and Bay of Plenty regions, taken in 1974 or 1975 by an unidentified photographer, possibly Binney. Many identified by Binney: - Waikotikoti Marae meeting house at Te Whaiti (Ureweras). - Te Mana o Turanga meeting house at Manutuke (site of old mission station). - Hinemahuru meeting house at Ruakokore. - Tukaki meeting house at Te Kaha. - Maraenui Pa meeting house. - Te Araroa meeting house. - Tokomaru Bay meeting house. - Hiruharama meeting house (south of Ruatoria). - Gisborne meeting house Poho o Rawiri. - Waimia (nr Tokomaru). - Rongopai meeting house at Patutahi (including images of painted rafters). Also photographs of Christ Church Anglican Church at Ruakokore, a memorial at Hicks Bay, the stained glass window at Tikitiki church, and buildings at Manutuke Marae (including one with a sign 'Maori Battalion'). Corresponding prints at PAColl-9928-51. Source of descriptive information - Note that both dates of 1974 AND 1975 have been noted on prints and enclosures of this collection. Archivist uncertain as to which date is correct. Accompanying material - Enclosures that held these items when they came into the Library are at PAColl-9928-51 Quantity: 12 b&w original negative(s) strips with 64 images.

Date: 18 May 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-53190

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 18 May 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-53189

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 18 May 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-53191

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 1983. 1993

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6549

Description: View of Tiritiri Matangi Island and some of its native birds, Auckland (April 1993). Birds include: Bellbird. Red crowned parakete. Blue penguin. Brown teal. Views of Waiotahi Beach near Opotiki, Bay of Plenty (April 1993). Pohutukawa at Te Araroa (April 1993). Mount Hikurangi seen from Pakihiroa Station (April 1993). Flax fibre hung on fences, Ngatea district, Hauraki Plains (1983). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.

Date: 1917-1941

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0758

Description: Accounts and correspondence relating to preparations for a Maori meeting at Te Araroa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: [1960s-1970s]

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

Reference: 77-014-5/15

Description: Papers include stories, clippings, whakapapa, research notes and photographs. Includes `Head money: a story of the Maori Wars'; `The soaring war bird and the lonely sparrow' ; (Gorst and the Maori newspapers published during the 1860s); `Po-ranga-hua and the great bird of Puakapanga'; `Place names of the East Coast ; several photographs. Language - Some whakapapa and place names in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Three photographic prints