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Date: 16 Aug 1993

From: Taonga Tuku Iho (Wairarapa)

By: Aspinall, Wiremu Potae, 1927-2003

Reference: OHInt-0401-03

Description: Interview with Ngati Porou kaumatua Wiremu (Bill) Potae Aspinall; Bill spoke about his childhood among Ngati Porou, and discussed some of the teachings that he had received; he also discussed his later life in the Wairarapa, and the local Maori events and activities that he participated in, and the Maori personalities that he was involved with. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Eketahuna Interviewer(s) - Bernard Manaena Venue - At Wiremu Aspinall's home at 5 Stanley Street, Eketahuna Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006672-006675; OHLC-002445-002448 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1620.

Date: 11 Jun 1993

From: Taonga Tuku Iho (Wairarapa)

By: Marunui, Karaati Hone Parai, 1917-1998

Reference: OHInt-0401-07

Description: Interview with Karaati (Grant) Marunui about his life and times; Karaati talks about his childhood and the various places and marae where he and his family lived; he also talks about his experiences in the Second World War, and about his family; he also talks about his grandfather, Te Whatahoro Jury, and his work in recording whakapapa and history. Interviewer(s) - Bernard Manaena Venue - At Karaati Marunui's home at Dorset Road, East Taratahi, Carterton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006689-006693; OHLC-002462-002466 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 4.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1625.

Date: 29 Mar 1970

From: Interviews by Graham Butterworth

By: Mahuika, Hamana, 1885?-1972; Ngata, Paratene Purewa, 1900-1980; Seymour, Tame, active 1970

Reference: OHInt-0317-24

Description: Other - On cover: Hakararia Te Iwaiwa Hitori Interviewer(s) - Graham Butterworth Quantity: 3 5" reel(s). 1 interview(s). Search dates: 1970

Date: 20 Jun 1991

From: Maori Women's Welfare League: Interviews

By: Isaac, Maud Makuini, 1927-2010; Szaszy, Mira, 1921-2001

Reference: OHInt-0602-04

Description: Maude Isaac nee Riddell born 1927 in Gisborne. Ngati Porou iwi, Ruataupare and Iri-te-kura hapu. Refers to parents Bill Riddell and Hinekino Pewhairangi Riddell. Describes being given as a baby to Maude Tamihana, returning to her family 6 months later - mentions a gift of greenstone given to the Tamihanas. Talks about attending primary school at Te Puia Springs, secondary school at Gisborne High School and St Josephs. Mentions boarding with Kiri Te Kanawa's mother. Describes mother's fight for daughters to study professional or commercial courses at school, and not the 'home course' thought best for Maori girls. Talks about teaching career: beginning as a junior assistant at Waipara Bay, later attending pressure cooker course to become a trained teacher, 18 years spent in Maori schools. Recalls meeting husband Whare Isaac, also a teacher, and describes father's attitude to their wedding. Discusses own philosophy on life, childhood, and importance of children knowing their Maori side. Talks about joining the Te Whaiti branch of the Maori Women's Welfare League in 1951 or 1952 - mentions Merimeri Penfold, Anne Delamere, President Muriel Taylor and other branch members. Describes moving for work and attending different branches of the League throughout the North Island. Mentions forming Nahareta branch, becoming secretary for Waiariki Regional Council then Tairawhiti Regional Council. Discusses positive impact of the League. Comments on declining membership, and talks about encouraging participation by young Maori women. Describes establishment of Te Rau Aroha Cottage at Te Puia Springs Hospital. Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Search dates: 1991

Date: 6 Sep 2001 - 06 Sep 2001

From: Kapa Haka o te Tairawhiti oral history project

By: Coleman, John Tamati, 1943-

Reference: OHInt-0879-01

Description: Interviewer(s) - Joseph Pihema Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015782 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available biographical information forms only OHA-5660. Search dates: 1943 - 2001

Date: 7 April 2000 - 07 Apr 2000

From: Race Relations Conciliators Oral History Project

By: Clarke, Herbert John Te Kauru, 1942-

Reference: OHInt-0751-01

Description: New Zealand Race Relations Conciliator from 1992 to 1995. Born in Te Araroa, 1942. Recalls attending Te Araroa School - describes moving to Auckland to attend St Stephen's College. Describes Tikanga Maori at St Steven's College. Discusses attending Auckland Teacher's Training College and describes how he got a job teaching in Maori schools on the east coast of the North Island - mentions Hoani Waititi. Mentions time he spent teaching in Awanui, Wairoa, Te Teko, and at Epuni Primary School. Recalls 'pioneering' the teaching of Te Reo at Wainuiomata College - mentions wife Kathy. Also mentions teaching at Aotea College and being the principal of Ngata Memorial College, Ruatoria. Recalls getting the Woolfe Fisher Scholarship - describes his study as well as the countries and schools he visited - mentions Eton. Recalls his appointment to the Winston Churchill Trust Board. Discusses his appointment at Wellington High School and Community Institute upon return to New Zealand. Recalls being seconded to the Department of Education. Talks about being invited to take up the position of Race Relations Conciliator - recalls race relations in New Zealand at the time of his appointment. Describes seminars relating to race relations that were organised and run by the Office of the Race Relations Conciliator in conjunction with local government authorities. Discusses the Office's involvement in the Moutoa Gardens dispute, the Whangape dispute and the Conciliator's role in the protests at Waitangi on Waitangi Day - mentions Ken Mair. Discusses how the Office dealt with complaints - discusses biculturalism and multiculturalism. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - Copies of published articles from journals and newspapers Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012706, OHC-012707 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.03 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5441 Abstract Available - transcript(s) available. 'Justice Matters' Journal, December 1999/ Issues 8, and photocopied articles include copies of photographs of John Clarke Search dates: 1942 - 2000

Date: 13-25 Oct 1986 - 13 Oct 1986 - 25 Oct 1986

By: Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-; Parker, Wiremu, 1914-1986

Reference: OHColl-0216/1

Description: Wiremu Parker was born at Makarika, Waipiro Bay in 1914. His grandfather was William Parker from Durham, England who married a young Maori woman, Ereti Waititi. Describes how his mother had thirteen children, eleven of whom died in infancy, and died after the birth of her thirteenth child. Comments on rates of Maori mortality. Talks about his mother, Ruth Teoharepe Collier, her gentle nature, use of the Maori language and his bilingualism. Describes visiting his Pakeha antecedents on his father's side. Notes that his father was also Maori. Comments that he has two fatherlands and moves between Maori and Pakeha worlds. Discusses his Ngati Porou antecedents from Rarotonga and traces his own whakapapa from Porourangi. Interprets the Ngati Porou tradition of the waka (canoe) petrified in stone on the top of Mount Hikurangi. Recalls his grandfather, Sam Collier, who was a drover. Discusses his father spending part of his childhood on Makarika Station and how he built a home halfway between Makarika and Hiruharama. Mentions the development of Hiruharama and Waipiro Bay. Talks about childhood: not starting school till the age of nine as it was too dangerous to cross the river when younger; the importance of the horse then; corporal punishment. Notes that his father farmed his way through the Depression. Mentions that his maternal grandmother was the chief mat maker for their meeting house. Refers to Sir Apirana Ngata and the Land Development Scheme. Recalls the tangi as it used to be. Comments on the loss of part of it and the survival of the `externals'. Emphasises the importance of speech-making at the tangi. Comments on kohanga reo, the state of the Maori language, the people selected to travel with the Te Maori exhibition and his feeling that Maori have been required to change more than Pakeha in working towards biculturalism. Analyses taniwha stories. Describes change by the 1940s. Mentions Dr Harold Turbott of Te Puia Hospital who was responsible for Maori changes in attitude to hospitals. Talks about midwifery and Maori medicine. Recalls Hiruharama teachers Mr and Mrs David Miller and Doug Ball, the Senior Inspector of Maori schools. Describes attending Te Aute College where Maori language was not allowed except at the weekends. Comments on the role of the Mormon Church in the death of the Maori language and encouragement of the language by the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches. Describes the effect of the Napier earthquake on Te Aute College. Talks about playing rugby, attending Victoria University and marrying Matakaiohe Takarangi, a dental nurse, in 1940. Mentions their family. Discusses Sir Apirana Ngata and the chiefly tradition of which he was part. Comments on the importance of a chief showing skill in waiata. Compares some waiata, especially `Tutere Moana' with writing by John Milton. Analyses the waiata `Poia Atu Taku Poi' by Erenora Taratoa (Ngati Raukawa). Refers to Whatarangi Winiata. Recalls the week long tangi of Meriana Tairua, the wife of Tuta Nihoniho in the 1920s. Comments that Ngati Porou did not have land confiscations and women have always had the right to speak on the paepae tapu. Recalls the reception for General Freyberg in the Wellington Town Hall about 1942 and Ngata's speech there. Comments on his special gifts, ability to interpret Maori to Pakeha and vice-versa and his ability as an educator. Talks about the influence of Sir James Carroll. Refers to Paraire Paikea, Sir Eruera Tirikatene, Charlie Ryland, Henare Poananga, Timi Hei (Jimmy Hay), Dr Maui Pomare, Dr Tutere Wirepa, Dr Peter Buck, Dr Peter Tapsell, Sir Paul Reeves, Haare Hongi (Henry Stowell) and Reverend Rewiti Kohere. Talks about the skills of Sylvia Ashton-Warner. Discusses Hawaiki, religion and the book `The golden bough' by James Frazer. Comments on the visit of Bishop Frederick Bennett with Ngati Porou. Tape nine is the presentation of the honorary doctorate degree to Wiremu Parker at Victoria University of Wellington. Language - English and Maori Venue - Lower Hutt : 1986 Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Mr Parker's home in Lower Hutt Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001287; OHC-001288; OHC-001289; OHC-001290; OHC-001291; OHC-001292; OHC-001293; OHC-001294; OHC-001763 Quantity: 9 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 6 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 277. Photo of Wiremu Parker in 1959 and later, as a broadcaster

Date: 10 Dec 1991

From: Women in World War II Part I

By: Whiley, Te Kahurangi, 1907-1992

Reference: OHInt-0060/08

Description: Te Kahurangi Whiley was born on 27 June 1907 at Poroutawhao. Talks about her family and the origins of some of their Christian names. Describes education at Levin Central School where children were strapped for speaking Maori. Talks about missing out on Maoritanga when she worked locally as a domestic. Recalls meeting Lloyd Whiley, marrying in 1936 and living at Kuku Beach. Describes her husband's work at the Kimberly air base till the end of the war and after the war leasing land and growing flowers for the Wellington market. Talks in detail about living at Ohau for thirty two years, the family's daily routine there, family values, involvement with St. John's Anglican Church at Ohau and Rangiatea. Recalls the absence of hot water and coping with war rationing by conserving coupons. Talks about her brother Te Wireti in the Maori Battalion, fundraising for the troops, dances at Levin and the American troops around the Ohau area. Notes that her husband was not interested in tikanga Maori. Talks about her involvement at the marae since his death including beginning to karanga as a kuia aged seventy. Describes the occupations of her children and granchildren. Language - English and Maori Venue - Levin : 1991 Interviewer(s) - Queenie Rikihana Hyland Venue - Levin Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004699; OHC-004700; OHC-004701 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 829. photograph of Rangi Whiley aged about 13; photograph of Whiley family in 1940

Date: 2010

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0016279

Description: Caricature of Hekia Parata who has been sworn into Cabinet, taking on the portfolios of Women's Affairs and Ethnic Affairs as the replacement minister for Pansy Wong, who resigned over allegations she used taxpayer-funded travel for her husband's business. Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014347

Description: Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee sits at a table having a glass of wine with PM John Key. Gerry Brownlee reads a newspaper with the headline 'Cannibal quip "in poor taste"' and comments that a Tuhoe kaumatua says John Key has really put his foot in his mouth. John Key replies that it is possibly safer that putting his foot in the kaumatua's mouth. Refers to a 'joke' by PM John Key when speaking at a tourism event in Auckland; Mr Key made a joke about enjoying a dinner at a Ngati Porou marae on the East Coast this week. He said 'the good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi, which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive'. The joke has been labelled badly timed and insensitive by a Maori Party MP. It was specifically referring to Key's apparent about-turn by denying that Tuhoe would ever be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park after Tuhoe believed that this was going to be the case. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0014352

Description: Caricature of Tamati Kruger, Tuhoe Treaty Claim negotiator. He wears a cook's cap and apron and stands with a mere in one hand and a taiaha in the other in front of a large cooking pot. Tamati Kruger maintains the iwi believed they had a "done deal" with the Government over their claim to the Urewera National Park which PM John Key has stated is not going to happen. The cooking refers to the 'joke' by PM John Key when speaking at a tourism event in Auckland; Mr Key made a joke about enjoying a dinner at a Ngati Porou marae on the East Coast this week. He said 'the good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi, which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive'. The joke has been labelled badly timed and insensitive by a Maori Party MP. It was specifically referring to Key's apparent about-turn by denying that Tuhoe would ever be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park after Tuhoe believed that this was going to be the case. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0014343

Description: The cartoon shows PM John Key lying in bed sweating from a nightmare In which chefs in a 'Tuhoe Kitchen' are preparing to cook a meal with 'Key' ingredients. John Key mutters in his dream that 'it was only a joke'. Refers to a 'joke' by PM John Key when speaking at a tourism event in Auckland; Mr Key made a joke about enjoying a dinner at a Ngati Porou marae on the East Coast this week. He said 'the good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi, which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive'. The joke has been labelled badly timed and insensitive by a Maori Party MP. It was specifically referring to Key's apparent about-turn by denying that Tuhoe would ever be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park after Tuhoe believed that this was going to be the case. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Mulheron, Michael, 1958-: Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post

Reference: DCDL-0014381

Description: The cartoon shows a terrified Prime Minister John Key peering out of a cauldron that hangs over a roaring fire. The cartoon is named 'In hot water'. Refers probably to the 'joke' made by PM John Key when speaking at a tourism event in Auckland; Mr Key made a joke about enjoying a dinner at a Ngati Porou marae on the East Coast this week. He said 'the good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi, which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive'. The joke has been labelled badly timed and insensitive by a Maori Party MP. It was specifically referring to Key's apparent about-turn by denying that Tuhoe would ever be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park after Tuhoe believed that this was going to be the case. Title from file name. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0014358

Description: The heading of the cartoon is 'Tuhoe takeaway...' The head of Prime Minister John Key is shown as a hamburger - a 'KEYwi burger'. There is also a play on the word 'takeaway' in the sense of 'fast food' but also in the sense of Tuhoe feeling as though the Urewera National Park has been 'taken away' from them. The 'burger' reference applies to the 'joke' by PM John Key when speaking at a tourism event in Auckland; Mr Key made a joke about enjoying a dinner at a Ngati Porou marae on the East Coast this week. He said 'the good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi, which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive'. The joke has been labelled badly timed and insensitive by a Maori Party MP. It was specifically referring to Key's apparent about turn by denying that Tuhoe would ever be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park after Tuhoe believed that this was going to be the case. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0014346

Description: The cartoon shows a Maori butcher sharpening his knives as he prepares to take some choice cuts from the Prime Minister John Key. On the wall is a chart showing John Key on hands and knees divided Into cuts such as 'brisket', 'rib', and 'forked tongue'. Refers to a 'joke' by PM John Key when speaking at a tourism event in Auckland; Mr Key made a joke about enjoying a dinner at a Ngati Porou marae on the East Coast this week. He said 'the good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi, which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive'. The joke has been labelled badly timed and insensitive by a Maori Party MP. It was specifically referring to Key's apparent about-turn by denying that Tuhoe would ever be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park after Tuhoe believed that this was going to be the case. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0014357

Description: The cartoon is headed 'In hot water' and shows PM John Key in a large cauldron shouting 'It's KEY not KAI!' ('kai' is 'food' in the Maori language) In a second version the PM does not speak but his name is given as 'John Kai'. Refers to the 'joke' by PM John Key when speaking at a tourism event in Auckland; Mr Key made a joke about enjoying a dinner at a Ngati Porou marae on the East Coast this week. He said 'the good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi, which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive'. The joke has been labelled badly timed and insensitive by a Maori Party MP. It was specifically referring to Key's apparent about turn by denying that Tuhoe would ever be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park after Tuhoe believed that this was going to be the case. Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014339

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Refers to a 'joke' by PM John Key when speaking at a tourism event in Auckland; Mr Key made a joke about enjoying a dinner at a Ngati Porou marae on the East Coast this week. He said 'the good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi, which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive'. The joke has been labelled badly timed and insensitive by a Maori Party MP. It was specifically referring to Key's apparent about turn by denying that Tuhoe would ever be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park after Tuhoe believed that this was going to be the case. Records for the cartoons in this collection have not been enhanced by a full 'scope and contents' as they are essentially self-explanatory and can be searched by key word. They do have subject headings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014350

Description: The cartoon shows a ministerial adviser approaching PM John Key with a newspaper with a headline reading '"We'll still talk" - Tuhoe'. She tells the prime minister that this is 'Great news, Prime Minister! Tuhoe are coming round to chew the fat!' The prime minister looks extremely perturbed. Refers to a 'joke' by PM John Key when speaking at a tourism event in Auckland; Mr Key made a joke about enjoying a dinner at a Ngati Porou marae on the East Coast this week. He said 'the good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi, which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive'. The joke has been labelled badly timed and insensitive by a Maori Party MP. It was specifically referring to Key's apparent about turn by denying that Tuhoe would ever be granted ownership of the Urewera National Park after Tuhoe believed that this was going to be the case. This cartoon shows John Key looking terrified that Tuhoe are literally going to 'chew the fat' - his fat. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 16 May 1969

From: Kapunga Te Matemoana (Koro) Dewes collection of sound recordings

Reference: OHT5-1585

Description: Contents: Marae Field Trip (Tape 4) (a) The history of the Waiomatatini meeting house. Performer: Pine Taiapa, 16 May 1969, Waiomatatini. Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other Catalogue of Recordings from the Koro Dewes Collection.

Date: 12 May 1972

From: Kapunga Te Matemoana (Koro) Dewes collection of sound recordings

Reference: OHT5-1477

Description: Haka performed by Tokomaru, Whangara and Hikurangi Group, Waiapu Group, Waihirere, at Ngaruawahia Hui Toopu. Contents: Ngati Porou Haka: (a) 'Ruaumoko' (Tokomaru, Whangara and Hikurangi Group) (b) 'Kiringutu' (Waiapu Group) (c) 'Ruaumoko/Kiringutu' (d) Kura Tiwaka (Waihirere). Ngaruawahia Hui Toopu, 12 May 1972. Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 35 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other Catalogue of Recordings from the Koro Dewes Collection.