Rangitihi (Okere Falls, N.Z.)
Two whare of this name have stood at Taheke (also known as Opatia) at Okere Falls, on the northern shore of Lake Rotoiti in the Bay of Plenty. (Information from the book 'Maori Wood Sculpture', by T Barrow, Reed, 1969, page 77.) The first was built in the 1860s, and belonged to Te Waata Turanui of Ngati Pikiao. Sections are now in Auckland Museum: . Another panel is in St Petersburg.
The second whare named Rangitihi was dedicated in 1951 as a memorial to the fallen in World War II, and is still in use. It contains carvings by Kaka Niao, assisted by Tiakiawa Tahuriorangi and George Emery.
Image
Date:
1981
From:
Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection
Reference:
PA12-8827
Description:
Slides, chiefly of the interior of Ruaihona house (Ngati Awa iwi, Ngai Tamaoki hapu) at Te Teko, Whakatane district but also two of the pare (lintel). Also five of the outside of Rangitihi whare nui (house) (and carved cross alongside) at Taheke (Opatia) Marae (Te Arawa and Ngati Pikiao iwi) in Okere Falls, Rotorua district. Photographs taken in 1981, possibly by Judith Binney.
Source of descriptive information - Information on slides
Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.
Image
Date:
[1960s-1980s?]
From:
Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection
Reference:
35mm-104150
Description:
Two images of 'Rangitihi' wharenui.
Title supplied by Library.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Black and white original negative, approximately 6 x 6 cm
Image
Date:
[1960s-1980s?]
From:
Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection
Reference:
35mm-105408
Description:
Interior of mahau, at Rangitihi (Rotoiti).
Title supplied by Library.
Arrangement: ATL box 15, bundle 1
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Black and white original negative, approximately 6 x 6 cm
Image
Date:
[1960s-1980s?]
From:
Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection
Reference:
35mm-105409
Description:
Interior of mahau, at Rangitihi (Rotoiti).
Title supplied by Library.
Arrangement: ATL box 15, bundle 1
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Black and white original negative, approximately 6 x 6 cm
Image
Date:
1960-[1970s?]
From:
Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection
Reference:
PA12-12334
Description:
Colour transparencies of whare (meeting houses), including Rangitihi. Taken by Gordon Walters.
Quantity: 10 colour original transparency/ies.
Physical Description: Colour transparencies
Processing information: From box 16 in donor's listing.
Online
Image
Date:
1903
From:
McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs
By:
Pulman (Firm)
Reference:
PAColl-0477-13
Description:
Maori wood carving photographed by the Pulman Studio, for the New Zealand Government Tourist Department in 1903.
An image of this carving was published in the book `Maori Wood Sculpture' by Terence Barrow, Reed, 1969, page 77. The accompanying caption states that it was originally from the porch of the meeting house Rangitihi, at Taheke, Lake Rotoiti, and that it was (in 1969) held in the Leningrad Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology.
Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - [Partially obscured New Zealand Government Tourist Department logo dated January 1903]; Photographer's title on negative - top left - 4[a 3 in reverse]8 Pulman Photd
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.5 x 11.3 cm
Online
Image
Date:
[ca 1890s]
From:
Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 14
Reference:
PAColl-6585-32
Description:
Wooden Maori carvings, carved by Te Amo and Wero, that originally formed the ridgepole of Rangitihi meeting house at Taheke, Lake Rotoiti. The two figures were joined at the feet. Photographed by an unknown photographer circa 1890s.
Note on back of file print reads "... The portion at left is now in Leipzig, that on the right is St Petersburg."
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 100 x 128 mm
Online
Image
Date:
1963
From:
Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference:
AWM-0245-F
Description:
Images show the carved Rangitihi memorial meeting house at Taheke Marae, Okere Falls, Rotorua District, taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified.
Images show the outside of a meeting house, children can be seen playing out the front. Includes some detailed images of the house's carvings.
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.
Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film
Processing information: Record updated on 10 July 2019 with the name of the meeting-house.
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