Whare tupuna at Tūrangawaewae Marae at Ngāruawāhia, headquarters of the Maori King Movement (Te Kingitanga). The whare was opened in 1929. Exterior carving is in Waikato style, and the interior is Arawa. The structures known as Turongo and Mahinarangi form the Kingitanga Museum (Mahinarangi) and centre of administration (Turongo).
Has also been referred to as Mahina-a-Rangi, Mahingarangi, and Te Mahinarangi.
Date: 1953-1954
From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums and loose photographs
Reference: PA1-f-337
Description: Album containing photographs of Māori receptions for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on the royal tour of New Zealand in 1953-1954, taken by unknown photographers. Includes receptions in Waitangi, Ngaruawahia, and Rotorua, and contains many photographs of various iwi performing action songs and haka, as well as powhiri and wero. Most photographs have captions. Also includes photographic copies of the address from "the Māori Race" to the Queen read by the Minister of Māori Affairs at Rotorua, and the Queen's reply, and a photograph of the gifts given to the royal couple by Māori. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 94 black and white prints. Physical Description: Leather-bound album, 32.5 x 45 cm, with titles stamped in gold on the spine and front cover. Processing information: Not all names associated with this item are indexed. Item re-numbered from PA1-q-1279 to PA1-f-337 in February 2019 so that it could be boxed.
Date: 1936
From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera
Reference: 82-213-22
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Date: 22 May 1973
From: Parry, Margaret Joy, 1935-2003: Photographs of events relating to Māori and papers relating to Te Ao Hou
Reference: 35mm-84016-178
Description: Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko of Japan, seated in the porch of Mahinaarangi Meeting House, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngarawahia, New Zealand. The man on the right nearest the camera is Matiu Rata, Minister of Lands and Minister of Maori Affairs. Photographed by Margaret Parry 22 May 1973. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 120 negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Film negative, 120
Date: n d
From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5220-050
Description: Draft typescript of an essay on the history of the person and the establishment of the building in her honour which describes her architecture and interior designs Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript
Date: 2019
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-10770-3
Description: Exhibition print created by Suite Tirohanga Ltd, photograph taken by Ans Westra at the annual coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae Ngaruawahia in 1963. Print shows scenes of people attending the annual coronation celebrations and include kuia (two named as Mary Kite and Mihi Moore) providing entertainment between proceedings by performing on the veranda of a meeting house. Print relates to digitsed negative AWM-0631-F frame 04, and proof sheet at PAColl-10765-7 Named people were identified at a later date by an unidentified attendee at the hui.Title supplied by Library Print was created by Suite Tirohanga Ltd for the National Library New Zealand Pukana exhibition in 2019, and donated by Ans Westra at the conclusion of the exhibition. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Pigment ink photographic print Processing information: Print removed from frame for preservation reasons
Date: 1953
From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5220-113
Description: A printed programme for the occasion of the visit of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh to Turangawaewae Marae Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter
Date: [ca 1930s]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0951-1/2-G
Description: Three Maori seated in front of the carved door panels at Mahina-a-Rangi meeting house at Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1930s. Original print in Godber Album Vol 100, p 47 (Pa1-o-194) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Date: October 1961
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0050-F
Description: Scenes at the annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, photographed in October 1961 by Ans Westra. Shows people gathered on the porch of Mahina-a-rangi meeting house; kuia smoking; kuia with moko; Maori children; a family group. Paraore Herewini has been identified in image 4. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.
Date: October 1961
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0027-F
Description: Scenes at the annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, photographed in October 1961 by Ans Westra. Shows Mahina-a-rangi meeting house; kuia with moko; etc Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.
Date: March 1929
From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 10
By: Robson, Edward Thomas, 1875-1953
Reference: PAColl-6208-07
Description: Ngati Porou group, including Apirana Ngata, at the opening of Mahina-a-rangi meeting house, Turangawaewae marae, Ngaruawhahia, March 1929. Photograph taken by Edward Thomas Robson. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Date: [ca 1934]
From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 2
Reference: PAColl-5584-28
Description: Haka and action song being performed at Mahina-a-rangi meeting house, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, circa 1934. Shows Pei Te Hurinui Jones in front of left side of meeting house doorway. Inscriptions: Verso - During one of the welcoming Hakas just before King Koroki made his first official speech Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Date: [ca 1930s]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0953-1/2-G
Description: Front view of Mahina-a-Rangi meeting house at Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia. For further information see "Maori meeting houses of the North Island" by John C M Cresswell, 1977 (p 31). Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1930s. Inscriptions: Album page - Ngaruawahia Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Date: October 1961
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0026-F
Description: Scenes at the annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, photographed in October 1961 by Ans Westra. Shows Mahina-a-rangi meeting house; hongi; kuia; a group formally entering the marae; etc Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.
Date: 1930 - 1959
By: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976; Carpenter, Ken, active 1995
Reference: MapColl-832.14955gbbd/[ca 1930-1959]/Acc.39791
Description: The first map is a plan of Turangawaewae Marae, Waikato, showing the pa site, including Turongo House, Mahingarangi House, Kimi-kimi Dining Hall, octagon office, flag poles, recreation grounds and lawns. Arrows from the river road to Hamilton East go through and lead out of the pa. The second map is partly a locality map, but also includes numbered sections, with acreages, west and southwest of Turangawaewae, while arrows show movement through the pa. Shows a section of the Waikato and the Waipa rivers. Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 36.2 x 20.5 cm and 28 x 34 cm, on sheet 56.2 x 76.6 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0358.
Date: 18 March 1939
From: Houston, John, 1891-1962 : Papers
Reference: 1/2-025440-F
Description: Wooden carved door displaying the coat of arms for the Maori Kings (Te Paki o Matariki) at the Maori meeting house Te Mahinarangi, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia. Photograph taken by John Houston on the 18th of March, 1939. Te Paki o Matariki - Symbol belonging to the Tainui Maori King Movement (Kingitanga). It is used on buildings, properties and correspondence belonging to the Kingitanga. See "Carved maori Houses of Western and Northern Areas of New Zealand" by William J Phillips, 1955, page 207 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Date: May 1962
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0143-F
Description: Scenes at Hui Topu, the first all Aoteoroa Anglican Maori hui, May 1962, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia. Includes 6 images of groups, including kuia, sitting at the doorway of Te Mahinarangi meeting house on flax mats; 1 image of a man making a speech in front of the meeting house; 3 images of groups of women; 2 images of a unidentified clergyman. Three women in frames 8 and 9 have been named by an unidentified attendee at the hui as Jean Hohua, Werawera Hohua and Rosie Walters (nee Hohua). Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images.
Date: May 1962
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0141-F
Description: Scenes at Hui Topu, the first all Aoteoroa Anglican Maori hui, May 1962, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia. Includes 8 images of a kuia seated alongside a young Maori girl. These are identified on printed proof sheets which had been taken to Ngaruawahia in the hopes of identification of some of the attendees. The young girl's notes at a later date read "Me & my Nan. Ahumai [S...?] (Hopa), Tewerawera Whanga-Katipa". Also includes 2 images of Te Mahinarangi meeting house. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images.
Date: October 1961
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0043-F
Description: Scenes at the annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, photographed in October 1961 by Ans Westra. Shows Mahina-a-rangi meeting house; kuia; action songs; groups seated in the meeting house porch; etc Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images.
Date: 1960 and October 1961
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
By: Herewini, Paraore, active 1960s
Reference: AWM-0053-F
Description: Four photographs taken by Ans Westra at the annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, in October 1961 and three photographs taken by Ans Westra at the Wellington District Anglican Maori Diocese Hui Aroha in Otaki, in 1960. Shows groups gathered around the porch of Mahina-a-rangi meeting house; Maori children playing on the porch of the Raukawa meeting house. Paraore Herewini has been identified in images 2 and 3. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 7 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.
Date: October 1961
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0049-F
Description: Scenes at the annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, photographed in October 1961 by Ans Westra. Shows people gathered around the porch of Mahina-a-rangi meeting house and men tending a hangi pit. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.