Interview with Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa

Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa outlines her genealogy naming Louie, Tuheka and Rangimaria Hetet and Wirihana Hursthouse. Talks about fathers return from World War I, origins of her name and family's move to Ratana Pa. Touches on ill health which interrupted her education. Outlines effects of the Depression on her family. Remembers local rugby games and after match social functions.

Talks about Taupotiki Wiremu Ratana as a faith healer, their travels around New Zealand and the completion of the Ratana temple. Describes teenage years, marriage aged twenty and the birth of her twelve children. Provides history of the Waipatoto marae and its features. Discusses married life in Otorohanga, working as a dress maker, sickness due to rheumatic fever and tuberculosis, local dances and availability of local seafood and medicinal plants. Outlines association with the Maori Women's Welfare League.

Discusses Ohaki Village near Waitomo Caves, the miniature sized fortified pa site opened by her son in 1982.

Interviewer(s) - Miria Tauariki

Accompanying material - Abstract contains fascimile photographs of Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa, the Ohaki Village, Waipatoto and the Oparure Marae.

Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004892, OHV-0990

Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 videocassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 50 Minutes Duration.

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0939.