"Te Hau-ki-Tūranga whare whakairo (carved house) was built in the early 1840s at Ōrākaiapu Pā, near Gisborne. The head carver was Raharuhi Rukupō, and the house was dedicated to his elder brother, Rongowhakaata chief Tāmati Wāka Māngere. Steel tools were used in carving it, and this is the oldest surviving whare whakairo (carved house) made in this way. In 1867 it was confiscated by Native Minister J. C. Richmond, and its carvings were taken to Wellington. It was used as a meeting place by the Philosophical Society. In the 1930s it was reconstructed at the Dominion Museum, under the direction of Āpirana Ngata. Later, the Waitangi Tribunal found that the house had been wrongfully removed. The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa agreed to return it to the people of Rongowhakaata by 2017". (http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/43104/te-hau-ki-turanga-meeting-house)
Te Hau ki Tūranga (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa)
Miscellaneous manuscripts
Date: 1842-1866, n d
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-207
Description: Comprises a whakapapa of Warea area people, April 1862, in Maori (10 pages); a 19-page text of 43 waiata, dated 4 Feb 1866 (by Ropata Ngarongomate?); a further transcription of 50 waiata in Maori hand, possibly from Taranaki area; a 7-page account in Maori of the stories of Kae and Maui; an account of the activities of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea; and a document titled 'Maori house' which lists names of the figures depicted in the pou of 'Te Hau ki Tūranga', a whare built by the Ngāti Kaipoho tribe "to the memory of Tamata Waaka Tuangere [Tamati Waaka Mangere], the elder brother of Raharuhi Rukupo who designed it". This whare was built in Turanga (Gisborne) in 1842-1843. In addition to the above Maori writing the folder contains a large empty envelope with a pasted on note in Smith's hand listing previous contents, some of which are now to be found in other folders; a Taranaki whakapapa with a note by Smith saying it was given to him by Mr Jackson, Native interpreter at New Plymouth, Jun 1910; a drawing of a sailing canoe and miscellaneous photographs and other documents. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript
Meeting house, Te Hau Ki Turanga, being moved to to The Museum of New Zealand. - Photog...
Date: 2 November 1996
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1996/3124-F
Description: The meeting house, Te Hau Ki Turanga, being moved from the old National Museum building to the new Museum of New Zealand building on the Wellington waterfront. Accompanying the the meeting house are a tuatua (band of warriors) and iwi members of the Rongowhakaata people. Photographed by the Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid on the 2nd of November 1996. The house was built in 1843 by Raharuhi Rukupo and 18 carvers for the Ngati Kaipoho of the Rongowhaata at Turanga. In 1867 it was purchased for the Government and brought to Wellington. Quantity: 3 colour original negative(s) 35mm negative strips comprising 9 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler film negatives, 35mm
Cook Islanders at the National Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
Date: 9 April 1976
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1976/1241-F
Description: Charles Tuarau, master carver at the National Museum, showing a group of Cook Islanders the meeting house Te Hau Ki Turanga. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 9th of April 1976. Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strips comprising 6 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
Walter Waipara in the meeting house Te Hau Ki Turanga - Photograph taken by Phil Reid
Date: 31 October 1992
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1992/4543-F
Description: Walter Waipara, senior Maori representative for the Museum of New Zealand, standing in the meeting house, Te Hau Ki Turanga. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid on the 31st of October 1992. Quantity: 2 colour original negative(s) 35mm negative strips comprising 6 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler film negatives, 35mm
Salmon, John Tenison (Professor), 1910-1999 (Photographer) : Back wall, interior of Te ...
Date: [ca 1939]
From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection
By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999
Reference: MNZ-2202-1/4-F
Description: Back wall, with poupou (upright wooden carved slabs), tukutuku (woven panels) and kowhaiwhai (rafter patterns), interior of Te Hau Ki Turanga meeting house, Dominion Museum, photographed by John Tenison Salmon, circa 1939. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
McEwen, John Malcolm, 1915- :Kai tangata Mana Id; Te Hau ki Turanga; Haumaitawhiti, Ota...
Date: 1950 - 1990
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: C-067-003
Description: Shows stylised Maori designs for three decorative figures. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). 6 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Pencil drawings, on sheet 515 x 560 mm.
Visitors in the Maori Hall, Dominion Museum, Wellington, 1974.
Date: 1974
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AW-0913
Description: Visitors in the Maori Hall at the Dominion Museum, Wellington. The meeting house, Te Hau-ki-Turanga, is seen in frames 1, 8, 10 and 11. Cabinets of Maori artefacts are seen in frames 2 to 7. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film
Research papers
Date: [1961]
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-5/14
Description: Research notes, correspondence and other papers. Includes an index [possibly for Te Mana ki Turanga?], and copy of a ms relating to the history of the whare Te Hau ki Turanga, carved by Raharuhi Rukupo. Also includes a letter from Bruce Biggs critiquing a draft article that Fowler had sent him, whakapapa and a typescript of p1 of the reminiscences of George Shaw of Huntly. Former title of this folder was 'Whakato'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Cook Islanders at the National Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
Date: 9 April 1976
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1976/1241/13A-F
Description: Charles Tuarau, master carver at the National Museum, showing a group of Cook Islanders the meeting house Te Hau Ki Turanga. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 9th of April 1976. Other people identified are: Margaret Hosking (next to Charles Tuarau), Meme Oti (in double breasted coat), Percy Henderson (behind Meme), Sonny Hosking (at the top smiling, behind Percy), Ota Joseph (behind two unidentified women in front), Rima [?], Mamia Tuhai Savage (in hat next to Rima) and Varani Hosking (top right). Names identified by members of the Wellington Cook Islands community in 2014. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) Single image on 35mm negative strip.
Carving from Te Hau Ki Turanga meeting house in the Dominion Museum, Wellington
Date: Date unknown, circa 1890?
From: Preston, G M :Album of Maori photographs
Reference: PA1-o-423-05-1
Description: Maori carving from Te Hau Ki Turanga meeting house in the Dominion Museum, Wellington, with taniko bordered cloak, flute, hook and patu alongside, circa 1890. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen photoprint 96 x 143 mm
Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955 (Photographer) : Maori carving from Te Hau Ki Turanga me...
Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]
From: Fitzgerald, Thomas K :Various prints and negatives of Maori graduates and Maori carvings
By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955
Reference: PAColl-0346-02
Description: Maori carving on an inside wall of the Te Hau Ki Turanga meeting house, Dominion Museum, Wellington. Photograph taken by William Hall Raine, circa 1920s - 1940s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 78 x 213 mm