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Date: 1 Dec 1999 - 01 Dec 1999

From: Aroha Trust oral history project

By: Desmond, Phillipa Mary, 1955-; Priestley, Dinah, 1938-

Reference: OHInt-0479-04

Description: Interview with Pip (Phillipa) Desmond, born in Dunedin in 1955. Describes her strong Catholic upbringing and her relationshp with her father during her childhood and teenage years. Refers to spending three years at Victoria University, then going to Dunedin where she worked for the South Dunedin Youth Club. Talks about becoming involved with the Aroha Trust and Wellington Black Power. Recalls helping set up the Trust; her work, friends and leisure activities while she was a trust member; and her experiences as a woman in a gang scene. Covers briefly what she has done since leaving Aroha Trust, the effect the Trust has had on her life and her vision for the future. Interviewer(s) - Dinah Priestley Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009832 - OHC-009833 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3296. Prints (A4) of: scanned B&W photograph of Pip Desmond during her involvement with the Aroha Trust (undated); colour photograph of Pip Desmond with two of her children (1999?) Search dates: 1955 - 1999

Date: 8 Dec 2008 - 08 Dec 2008

By: Tuhakaraina, Te Ahuroa Raymond, 1938-2013; Priestley, Dinah, 1938-

Reference: OHColl-0968-1

Description: Interview with Butch Tuhakaraina, born in Waharoa in 1938, on memories of Ngati Haua. Discusses his family and forebears including Teeri Tuhakaraina (grandfather), Teraha Tuhakaraina (grandmother), Te Kihirini Manauri Wirihana (King) and Titipo (grandmother). Describes the house he grew up in and the horse riding and pig hunting life style of his early days. Talks about the Walton School, the mainly Pakeha children there, and what history was taught at school. Comments on playing rugby including in the 1962 Waikato Maori team. Refers to his grandfather taking an interest in whom he married, and his marriage to Yvonne uniting the Ngati Haua and the Tu Wheretoa. Refers to the characters of his nine children. Talks about the character and astuteness of Te Waharoa and his right hand man Te Ahuroa (his great great grandfather). Refers to the conversion of Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi, Waharoa's second son, who rode endlessly between Waikato and Taranaki during the land wars trying to keep the peace. Confirms the story of Tamihana going to Wellington after the land wars [NZ Wars] and offering to play various politicians at draughts for the Waikato. Talks about Josiah Firth, the man who appropriated much of Wi Tamihana's land after his death. Discusses the Runanga, how they dovetailed in with the king's wishes, and how the king maker Tamihana often had the final say. Interviewer(s) - Dinah Priestley Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 1 folder(s) printed summary, forms. 1 interview(s). 1.40 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other summary available OHA-7208. Search dates: 1938 - 2008