Whare nui at Rongopai Marae, at Waituhi, near Patutahi, Poverty Bay. It is a uniquely painted house that was created in honour of the prophet Te Kooti. Pou pou panels were restored and returned to the house in July 1975.
Rongopai (Waituhi, N.Z.)
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Negatives, chiefly images of meeting houses in the Gisborne and Bay of Plenty Regions
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.
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Transparencies of Māori whare, carvings, and paintings
Date: August 1960
From: Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection
Reference: PA12-12324
Description: Transparency slides showing Māori whare whakairo (carved houses), including details of carvings and paintings inside the whare. Named whare include Rangiahua, Rongomai a Niwaniwa (Tikitiki), Tamaterangi, Rongopai, Tu Auau (Reporua), and Waho te Rangi (Whangarā), all dated August 1960. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Transparency slides in plastic and cardboard mounts Processing information: From box 12 in donor's listing.
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Image labelled Orbell, Tanarakau in Rongopai
Date: [ca 1995]
From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection
Reference: 35mm-100348-F
Description: Photographs (identical) labelled "Orbell, "Tanarakau" in Rongopai". The images probably show a panel in Rongopai meeting house at Waituhi, Gisborne District, featuring Taharakau. Photographs possibly taken by 'Orbell'. Accompanying material - Original negative enclosure held at PAColl-9928-40. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip, with two identical images. Physical Description: Film negative
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Research notes
Date: 1981-2003
From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11115-195
Description: Correspondence, photocopied documents, newsclippings and other research material Quantity: 1 box(es).
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Meeting houses and other marae buildings and structures
Date: 1977-1978, date unknown
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-12243
Description: Transparencies taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton of meeting houses and other structures on marae in New Zealand. Each slide mount is annotated with the name or brief description, and/or the location. Dates are sometimes annotated. Images include the King Mahuta monument at Rukumoana Marae, the wharenui at Mangamaunu Marae, the wharenui at Whakarongotai Marae, the wharenui at Rongopai Marae (including detail of the painted porch), the wharenui at Okorihi Marae, Te Rangihekeiho wharenui at Atene Marae, buildings at Koroniti Marae, and a whakairo at a "pa" at Greytown [probably Papawai Marae]. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Transparencies were stored in a plastic slide case, capable of holding 30-40 mounted slides, in two stacks. The case was labelled "Meeeting Houses". There was no discernable arrangement. Quantity: 14 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.
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Slides, chiefly of the painted interior of Rongopai meeting house, Waituhi, Poverty Bay
Date: [ca 1981]
From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection
Reference: PA12-8826
Description: Slides, chiefly of the painted interior of Rongopai meeting house, Waituhi, Poverty Bay. Photographs taken circa 1981, possibly by Judith Binney. Shows poupou (panels) and heke (rafters). Also one view of the painted lintel above the window. Also two views of a township, possibly Waituhi. Source of descriptive information - Meeting house identified from original slide box titled 'Rongopai restored'. Date estimated as circa 1981 as the slide came to the Library with other sets of slides dated 1981. Arrangement: Slides at PA12-8826 came to the Library in one slide box Quantity: 14 colour original transparency/ies.
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Day book
Date: 1969
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-5/04
Description: Day Book, includes some financial accounts; `The Mataurenga o te Pakeha' - preparation for a radio script? p. 29, and refers to Maori cultural topics including Maori art, marae paintings at Rongopai and mentions the carver Pine Taiapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Photographic prints; chiefly images of meeting houses in the Gisborne and Bay of Plenty...
Date: [1974 or 1975]
From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection
Reference: PAColl-9928-51
Description: Proof sheets and, corresponding englargements, of images, 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 negatives are at 35mm-100669 to 100680. 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. Inscriptions: Binney has described images on the backs of the proof sheets Accompanying material - Enclosures that held these items when they came into the Library are also held at PAColl-9928-51. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s) - contact/proof sheets with 64 images for which there are many corresponding englargements (see below). 60 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
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Painting on inside walls of Rongopai whare
From: Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection
Reference: PA12-12324-19
Description: Title supplied by library. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies.
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Detail of painting on inside of Rongopai whare
From: Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection
Reference: PA12-12324-16
Description: Shows a figure, possibly painted at the base of a heke (rafter). The figure is Pākehā. Title supplied by library. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies.
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Detail of painting on inside walls of Rongopai whare
From: Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection
Reference: PA12-12324-17
Description: Shows two figures, both Pākehā, standing between the legs of larger painted figures. Title supplied by library. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies.
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King Country Maori leaders and King Koroki's funeral
Date: 1870s-1966
From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-8066-02
Description: Snapshots of unidentified rural locations; interior and exterior views of the Roman Catholic church at Kihikihi; interior views of Rangiatea church at Otaki; the mound at Kawhia where the Tainui canoe is burried; Peter Buck speaking on a marae at Ngaruawahia; King Koroki's funeral and the installation of the Maori Queen Dame Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu in May 1966; Paihaka Pa and Government troops in 1881; monuments relating to the New Zealand Wars; copies of cartes de visite of King Country Maori leaders; Maori meeting houses including an interior view of "Rongopai" at Repongaere; views of Morrinsville, the Waikato River, and a Maori village at Kawhia; a school orchestra performing. Quantity: 106 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).
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Photographic prints, chiefly images of meeting house Miringa Te Kakara taken by Axel Po...
Date: 1969
From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection
By: Poignant, Harald Emil Axel, 1906-1986; Poignant, Roslyn Betty, 1927-
Reference: PAColl-9928-31
Description: Contains b&w photographic prints taken in 1969, chiefly images of the meeting house Miringa Te Kakara near Tiroa and Bennydale taken by Axel Poignant. Shows interior and exterior views, including the nearby dining hall. Also five further images taken by Poignant: two of painted panels inside Rongopai meeting house (Iwi: Te Aitanga a Mahaki) at Waituhi (also known as Oruaiwi), Gisborne region and three of Maori. Two of these show an older Maori man (Fred Teka) and a Maori boy (Vernon Tipou), demonstrating a haka on the verandah Te Whai a Te Motu meeting house at Mataatua. The other shows Paetawa Miki at Maungapohatu. Also two taken by Poignant's wife Roslyn featuring the plaque at the base of the flagstaff at Kie Kie Marae (Ngati Porou) Mangatuna, East Coast. In 1969 Roslyn and Axel Poignant travelled through the Pacific and worked with indigenous communities in Tahiti and Papua New Guinea. Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
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Photographic prints of paintings and tukutuku from Rongopai in Waituhi
Date: [1960]
From: Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection
By: Walters, Gordon Frederick, 1919-1995; Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006
Reference: PAColl-10532-21
Description: Photographic prints of paintings and tukutuku from inside Rongopai, the whare at Waituhi, taken by Margaret Orbell and possibly Gordon Walters, circa 1960s. Many of the paintings of people are named in lettering on the paintings, and there are also paintings of plants. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Processing information: From bundle 3, ATL box 15. They were housed in a folder labelled 'Rongopai, 1888'.