Raukawa II (Ōtaki, N.Z.)

Date: 1935-1940

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0129

Description: Contains letters, accounts and newspaper material on wharenui Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: [193-?]

By: Taiapa, Pineamine Wahapeka, 1901-1972

Reference: MS-Papers-2234

Description: Diagram with identification of carvings, and explanations of tukutuku, by Pine Taiapa, Ngati Porou carver Raukawa, at Otaki, is principal meeting house of Ngati Raukawa people of Horowhenua, rebuilt in 1930s Quantity: 1 folder(s) (10 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: [ca 1940-1980]

Reference: MS-Papers-10448

Description: Explanatory notes, including traditional Maori stories, explaining the significance and meaning of these patterns Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Found in the Cataloguing Section, 1989

Date: Between 1936 and 1939

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-038875-G

Description: The carved doorway (whatitoka) of Raukawa meeting house, Otaki, photographed, probably between 1936 and 1939 by Albert Percy Godber. Raukawa meeting house was opened on 14 March 1936. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1840-1950

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Heron, George Charles, 1923-1972; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Palmer, Albert Noel, 1920-1972; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: PA1-o-1036

Description: Contains photographs and photographic copies of paintings illustrating Te Rangihaeata's house on Mana Island, Waitahanui Pa at Lake Taupo, meeting houses at Waihi (Taupo), Wairoa, Te Wairoa (Rotorua), Otaki, Ohinemutu, Morrinsville, Waiomatatini, Pokai, Whakarewarewa, Tokaanu, Koroniti and Thames. Also shown are a gateway at Te Teko and the gateway to a church at Nuhaka. The artists and photographers represented are G F Angas, A P Godber, A N Palmer, William Hall Raine, George Heron, Owen Johnston, E Edwards, and the New Zealand Railways Publicity Department. A number of images were provided by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 cm

Date: 14 Mar 1936

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-005-379

Description: Older women performing the poi at the opening of the Ngati Raukawa meeting house in Otaki, 14 March, 1936. Leader: Kahurangi Te Ao. From left to right: unknown, Henrietta Gray, Hopaea Te Hana, Huaki Hohepua, Tohipare Te Waru, Purewa Gilbert, unknown, unknown, Matemarua King. Photograph taken by G L Adkin. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 379. Team of older women doing the poi dance. 14.3.36 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 5.4 x 10.5 cm, on album page

Date: 14 October 1989 - 14 Oct 1989

From: Massey University History Department. Students' Oral History Projects.

By: Walsh, Margaret Te Ruihi, active 1940s-1996

Reference: OHInt-0151/05

Description: Mrs Margaret Te Ruihi Walsh gives details of family background, growing up at Pukerua Bay and Te Horo with grandparents, schooling at Te Horo and Otaki. Refers to Ratana faith and the reopening of the Raukawa marae. Describes husband's career as a teacher in New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji with reference to Queen Salote and Minerva Reef survivors. Interviewer(s) - Michael Walsh Venue - 39 Pahiatua Street, Palmerston North Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002145 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 50 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0350.

Date: Between 1936 and 1939

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-038876-G

Description: Raukawa meeting house, Otaki, photographed, probably between 1936 and 1939 by Albert Percy Godber. Godber is standing at the left. Raukawa meeting house was opened on 14 March 1936. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 30 September 1989 - 30 Sep 1989

From: Massey University History Department. Students' Oral History Projects.

By: McLennan, Anne Julia, 1913-

Reference: OHInt-0151/08

Description: Mrs Anne McLennan gives recollections of her family background and growing up in Te Horo, Manakau & Otaki. Mentions the Hammond family and the Reicher family who lived in the area. Recalls schooling at Te Horo Convent, teachers and pupils; Pomare's unveiling and the opening of Raukawa and treatment of the local Germans during World War II, with reference to the Jensen family. Describes a typical day in her youth in the early 1900s. Describes her life in Wellington before and after marriage; her children and her brothers and sisters. Venue - Te Horo Interviewer(s) - Michael Wehi Walsh Venue - Te Horo Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002149-002150 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0353.

Date: 4 Nov 1991 - 04 Nov 1991

From: Women in World War II Part I

By: Bell, Cynthia Tohe Adelaide, 1922-1997

Reference: OHInt-0060/01

Description: Cynthia Bell was born in Levin on 4 September 1922. Gives some details of her whakapapa and growing up at the accommodation house at the Otaki Maori Racing Club Race Course where her father was caretaker and her mother did the catering. Describes family life, chores, involvement in sport, religion and her mother's beliefs about bringing up children on the marae. Talks about her education at Otaki and Palmerston North. Talks about the outbreak of war and being given a position in Base Records in the War Office in 1941. Explains the work which included typing telegrams prepared from casualty lists and involved some secrecy. Recalls her involvement with Ngati Poneke and their role in entertaining troops. Talks about Peni Tahiwi and the arrival of American troops in Wellington. Recalls her clothing, hair and reading,leisure and sport involvement. Talks about her father who fought at Gallipoli and played in the Maori Pioneer Rugby Battalion which toured England and France at the end of World War I. Notes that he also played for the New Zealand Maori rugby team and was an All Black. Describes the ability of her brother Ranfurly and members of the Winiata family (her mother's side) at playing rugby. Describes meeting and marrying Benjamin Raniera Bell at Rangiatia (Rangiatea) Church on his return from war. Talks about the Maori Battalion, tikunga (tikanga), attitudes to sex, the birth of her daughter and the role of Dr Atmore (a woman doctor) in helping Maori women overcome their fear of doctors. Mentions the local sanatorium and the incidence of tuberculosis. Describes working at the tobacco factory and then as a stenographer. Talks about the RSA and her love of golf, the involvement of Ben Bell and herself in horse racing, fashion and hats at the races and meeting Governors-General Freyberg and Fergusson as a result of his role as President of the Otaki Maori Racing Club. Describes her increasing involvement with Raukawa (Te Wananga o Raukawa). Talks about her use of traditional Maori medicine, love of Maori food and her mother's support of Raukawa and Maori Women's Welfare League. Venue - Otaki : 1991 Interviewer(s) - Queenie Rawinia Hyland Venue - Mill Road, Otaki Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004675; OHC-004676; OHC-004677 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 820. Photograph of Cynthia Bell in the War Records Office; photograph of Cynthia Bell in 1991

Date: 1 January 1936

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-005-371

Description: Photograph of the newly re-erected Raukawa whare runanga (meeting house) at Otaki, taken on 1 January 1936 by George Leslie Adkin. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 371. The newly re-erected Raukawa whare-runanga (meeting house) at Otaki. Length of building, 75 ft. including mahau (porch) 12 ft.; width, 25 ft. 1.1.36 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6.1 x 10.5 cm, mounted on album page

Date: 1939 - 1947

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1876-1949 :[Drawings of Maori rafter patterns or kowhaiwhai] [1939?]-1947

Reference: E-302-q-3-068/070

Description: Title of each panel is written above it. Quantity: 3 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, sizes varying from 49 x 290 mm to 59 x 295 mm, in sketchbook

Date: 1960

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0044-F

Description: Scenes at the Wellington District Anglican Maori Diocese Hui Aroha, at Otaki, photographed in 1960 by Ans Westra. Shows: children outside Raukawa meeting house; tukutuku panels, rafter patterns and persons inside the house. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 9 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

Date: Nov 1947

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Photo News Ltd

Reference: 1/2-039247-F

Description: Confirmation candidates outside Raukawa Meeting House, Otaki, November 1947. Fifth from left: Wihi Royal. Sixth from left: Bill Waaka. Seventh from left: Kate Tahiwi. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by Photo News. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Note that information on back of print regarding identification of the children, is confused. Notes read: "...6th from left: Bill Waaka, 7th from left: Kate Tahiwi. 5th from left Wehi Royal, Bill Tahiwi, Juju Hohipuha," Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: 14 March 1936

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 2

Reference: PAColl-5584-35

Description: Opening of Raukawa meeting house in Otaki, taken 14 March 1936. Shows a crowd with the house on the right, and rows of flags including the Ngati Kapu flag 'Tainui', the Ngati Raukawa flag 'Raukawa', the flag 'Huia', and the Ngati Wehiwehi flag. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print

Date: 1960 and October 1961

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

By: Herewini, Paraore, active 1960s

Reference: AWM-0053-F

Description: Four photographs taken by Ans Westra at the annual Coronation hui, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, in October 1961 and three photographs taken by Ans Westra at the Wellington District Anglican Maori Diocese Hui Aroha in Otaki, in 1960. Shows groups gathered around the porch of Mahina-a-rangi meeting house; Maori children playing on the porch of the Raukawa meeting house. Paraore Herewini has been identified in images 2 and 3. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 7 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

Date: [ca 1940]

From: Bevan-Brown, Jill :Photographs of Otaki and Wellington and the Bevan family

Reference: 1/2-159101-F

Description: Men outside the Raukawa Meeting House, Otaki, Kapiti Coast, circa 1940. On seat, from left: unidentified, unidentified, Hone McMillan, Paikea Henare Toka, William Bevan, unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1960

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0030-F

Description: Scenes at the Wellington District Anglican Maori Diocese Hui Aroha, at Otaki, photographed in 1960 by Ans Westra. Shows people outside Raukawa meeting house including Bishop Henry Wolf Baines, Milly Clark, a group from Ngati Poneke in frame 12, and others.. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images.

Date: Mar 1936

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-2419-1/2-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Provenance: Photograph from C P S Boyer for the Department of Internal Affairs' publication 'Making New Zealand' (1939-1940).

Date: March 1950

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-058067-F

Description: Sir Apirana Ngata speaking outside the Ngati Raukawa meeting house, Otaki, during the centennial celebrations for Rangiatea Church in Otaki. Taken by an unidentified photographer in March 1950. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).