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Te Roroa Maori life stories project

Date: 1997 - 01 Jan 1997

By: Hooker, Garry, 1939-2022

Reference: OHColl-0568

Description: Life history interviews with seven members of Te Iwi o Te Roroa Interviewer(s) - Garry Hooker Quantity: 20 C60 cassette(s). 2 C120 cassette(s). 7 printed abstract(s). 7 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

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Interview with Mate Toia

Date: 3 Nov 1989

From: Maori Women's Welfare League: Interviews

By: Toia, Te Arani a Mate, 1913-1998; Szaszy, Mira, 1921-2001

Reference: OHInt-0602-19

Description: Mate Toia born 1913 in Te Taheke, Hokianga. Refers to father, Taia Toia and mother Hariata Ngani Werekake, from Waima, Ngati Mahurehure hapu. Mentions grandmother Ripeka Timoko, Ngai Tawake. Recalls living with grandparents in Te Kauri, Waimate North. Talks about attending St Josephs College in Napier on a scholarship. Mentions getting tuberculosis. Refers to death of mother in 1936, father working as a sharemilker, helping father to raise the family. Describes fun activities of her youth, particularly dancing. Talks about becoming a Welfare Officer in 1951. Describes the change from the Health League to the Maori Women's Welfare League. Mentions Mrs Maihi. Refers to the formation of League branches in the Bay of Islands and Hokianga, and sending delegates Ruiha Heperi and Vivian Barnes to the first League conference. Talks in detail about the achievements of the League in her district: supporting education, raising funds, setting up and financing playcentres in many Maori communities. Refers to health camps, the Education Foundation, building a rest home in the Hokianga for pregnant women. Gives thoughts about the issues facing Maori at the time of the interview - mentions education, young offenders, issues for families, the need for a sound economic base. Describes own philosophy of life. Talks about the influence of the church and missionaries on her parents and grandparents, and mentions the role of missionaries during the flu epidemic. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Search dates: 1989

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Koro Dewes Collection of sound recordings, tape 47

Date: 1950s - 01 Jan 1950 - 31 Dec 1959

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

Reference: OHT7-0883

Description: Contents: Oral Tradition (Part 3) (a) He waiata tangi na to Kouru Ratana 'Taku turanga he ake i te takutai moe ana te hikuoe' (Nika Anihana, Maraeroa, Hokianga) (b) He waiata 'E rere te ao e kukume i runga' (Ngati Hine, Ngati Maru group) (c) He waiata tangi mo te rite heihei 'E pa moe roa maranga mai ke runga' (Kare Te Ahi Irimana) (d) Te waita o te kapatai o Ngati Pai 'E taka ki te raro' (Te Hikuai) (e) He Waiata 'Kaore te aroha mohukihuki ana' (f) He waiata tangi 'Tera te kakau e whakangaro atu ana' (g) He waiata 'Kaore te aroha kia poi purukawea' (h) Whaikorero kia Wiremu Ngata me tetahi pao 'He rakau inana rakau tu hiwi' (Koroua no Kaikohe) (i) He waiata 'Kai noaiho ana te kaiheke rawaho te mohiotia' (j) He waiata tangi mo Wihikau 'Toia mai ra e te atai nga rau' (Nika Anihana) (k) Te waiata s muriwai 'Takoto mai e hine i roto i te wharekino' (l) Te waiata tangi a Kuiawai, t wahine a manaia 'Tapu mai te huna nui' also on Tape 46 (RM 48, OHT7-0882) (m) Te waiata a Karihi mo Tawhaki tan tuakana 'Te kiri o Tawhaki ka ngaro koe' also on Tape 46 (RM 48, OHT7-0882). Taitokerau, 1950s. Quantity: 1 7" reel(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other Catalogue of Recordings from the Koro Dewes Collection.

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