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Interview with Harata Solomon
Date: 12 Aug 1988
From: The Matriarchs Oral History Project
By: Solomon, Harata Ria Te Uira, 1925-1993
Reference: OHInt-0048/09
Description: Harata Solomon was born 22 January 1925 in Otaki, one of eleven children, and was brought up in Waikanae. Discusses her name and whakapapa on both parent's sides. Discusses her paternal grandfather, Kaka Kura Wi Parata, a chief of Ngati Te Kowhai, Ngati Toa and Te Atiawa and his wife who was of Ngati Raukawa descent. Talks about arranged marriages, communal living and sharing in Maori society. Discusses Waikanae, living off the land and traditional diet. Talks about her memories of her mother and being looked after by her maternal grandmother after her mother's death. Discusses her father and his involvement with the Ratana religion and her family marae, Whakarongotai, in Waikanae. Talks of her cultural identity, modernity and assimilating into Pakeha culture in the 1930s and 1940s. Recalls her childhood pastimes, memories of the Depression and the number of people the family had staying. Discusses her grandmother's death, the division of labour in Maori society, her bicultural life and Maoritanga. Talks about her education at Waikanae, Hukarere Boarding School and Wellington Teachers' Training College. Talks about Ratana and Mormon teachings and lack of sexual instruction. Discusses her own faith as a member of the the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints and a Mormon. Recalls the Waikanae community and poi, haka, taiaha and mere activities. Discusses women clearing tapu on the marae and her aunts and their passing down of knowlege and the place of Maori women. Talks about her commitment to teaching, the impact of World War II on her whanau, her marriage after the war and her husband and children. Venue - Wellington : 1988 Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - Sound Centre, National Library, Wellington Arrangement: Tape sequence - OHC-4150-4151 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Transcript(s) available OHA-1637 and OHDL-000576.
Maori writers and artists conference (hui), at Toa Rangatira Marae, Porirua
Date: 5 June 1978 - 05 Jun 1978
From: Te Wānanga o Raukawa sound recordings
Reference: OHInt-0225/07
Description: WOR Cassette tape 8 and 9. Waiata workshop was led by Charlotte (Harata) Solomon. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Language - and English Venue - Porirua Recorded by - Tara Werner Venue - Takapuwahia Marae Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004056-OHC-004057 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 event(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.
Maori artists and writers conference (hui), Toa Rangatira Marae, Porirua
Date: 2-6 June 1978 - 02 Jun 1978 - 06 Jun 1978
From: Te Wānanga o Raukawa sound recordings
Reference: OHInt-0225/06
Description: Cassette tape 25. 1. Powhiri on Friday afternoon. Karanga. Speeches, Haare Williams; waiata `Ka eke ki wairaka. 3. `Waiata: `Haere mai e nga iwi' Charlotte Solomon, Tungia Baker. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Recorded by - Tara Werner Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004073 Quantity: 1 event(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.