Hiruhārama

Date: 1860s-1949

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: PA1-o-1038

Description: Contains photographs of a Maori group at Wanganui, Te Rangitahau of Waitahanui, inscription at Wairaka meeting house (Whakatane), Pohaturoa Rock (Whakatane), Tainui anchor stone at Mokau, Matahourua anchor stone at Dominion Museum, Tokomaru anchor stone at New Plymouth Museum, hui at Rangitukua (March 1945), Ngarimu hui at Ruatoria (1943), hui at Hiruharama (1945), Tahi hohepa at Otukou (1947), reception to Field-Marshall Montgomery at Ohinemutu (1947), Sir Apirana Ngata speaking at erection of Porourangi meeting house (Waiomatatini), scenes in Parihaka, and Sir Peter Buck at Te Araroa (March 1949). The photographers represented are W J Harding, A P Godber, Burton Brothers, Owen Johnston, 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: 1945

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0374

Description: File 170 - Contains accounts, records and correspondence regarding the establishment of buildings in the Tairawhiti area, particularly at Hiruharama and Rangitukia, and relating to the Iritekura wharenui (meeting-house). Includes documents in te reo Māori titled "Hui whakatuwheratanga whare whakairo" relating to the tuwheratanga (opening) of the hall at Hiruharama in 1945, accompanied by translations in English language. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: [ca 1963]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/02A

Description: Papers relating to Maori music and waiata. Includes the script for a radio programme about Maori music by Phyllis Williams (Kirimamae), called "Maori Song Forms" on the scripts. Many of the waiata featured in the programme relate to Ngati Porou, and people mentioned in the programme include Sir Apirana Ngata, Ngaropi White, Materoa [Reedy], Hera Haereroa, Enoka Te Pakaru, Hiria Tamati, Matekino Brown, Alfred Hill and Tuta Nihoniho. Also mentioned is the story of Pou (Pourangahua) and the origins of the haka associated with Te Rauparaha "Ka mate, ka mate" are discussed saying it has connections to the story of Maui capturing the sun. Different kinds of waiata or song forms are discussed as well as titi torea, or Maori stick games. Also includes lyrics and translations of many Maori waiata, a booklet of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus, translated into Maori, with notation, and a programme for the 123rd Waitangi Day Celebration, at Waitangi on 6 Feb 1963. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1950s?]

From: [Maori choir performances]

By: Hiruharama Māori School; Woods, John Joseph, 1849-1934

Reference: MSD12-0346

Description: Label: National Broadcasting Service NBS M1 and M2 Other Titles - Tupona mai (Wenceslaus) / Hiruharama Native School Choir Other Titles - God defend New Zealand / [Woods] ; Hiruharama Native School Choir and orchestra Quantity: 1 12" disc(s).

Date: 1945

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0257

Description: File 60 - Contains many papers regarding Hiruharama houses and also development affairs and also Ngati Porou accounts Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 29 Aug 1989

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

By: Toki, Sol, active 1989; Keelan, Ngawini P, active 1989

Reference: OHInt-0151/60

Description: Discusses involvement with the marae and Puhunga Trust. Talks about his education at school about Maori history. Comments on Rastafarianism. Discusses the Treaty of Waitangi, land issues, racial discrimination and turangawaewae. Comments on the need for a more equal share in decision-making between the Treaty partners and talks about equity in relation to laws. Discusses land issues in relation to Ruatoria and access to areas of traditional hunting.Comments on communication difficulties within the community and involvement with the runanga. Interviewer(s) - Ngawini Keelan Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2237.

Date: 1975

From: Crane, Wendy Vivienne, 1936-: Photographs of New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, and India

Reference: PA12-1842

Description: Towns, localities and countryside between Tokomaru and Hicks Bay. There are photographs of Maori farmers at work, commercial forestry, and farm machinary. Some buildings; Horoera School, ruins of Hicks Bay Freezing Works, the Ngati Porou Dairy Factory, and an abandoned meeting house. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

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: 31 Aug 1989

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

By: Campbell, Joseph, active 1989; Keelan, Ngawini P, active 1989

Reference: OHInt-0151/01

Description: Joseph Campell talks about whanau and hapu ties and discusses background sources of knowledge in relation to early New Zealand history and Treaty of Waitangi. Presents views on importance of his spiritual faith and lack of faith in man-made documents. Briefly discusses whenua, difficulties in communicating with kaumatua and the loss of Te Reo, also issue of identity. Describes the meaning the Treaty has for him in relation to his spiritual beliefs. Presents the view of the Paipera Tapu as a basis in constitution structure and organization. Discusses difficulties faced by having limited facility of Te Reo, also lack of background knowledge about the Treaty. Gives views on New Zealand coat of arms and what it means to him in relation to justice and equity. Talks about marae justice system and taha wairua gives views on race-relations, the present justice system and the inequities within the system. Talks about problem of access in relation to ancestral hunting and fishing grounds, with reference to local marae trespass issue. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Ruatoria Interviewer(s) - Ngawini P Keelan Venue - Private residence, Ruatoria, East Coast Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002143 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 30 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0348.

Date: Feb 1992-May 1993

By: Soutar, Monty Glyn (Dr), 1961-

Reference: OHColl-0099

Description: Language - some of the interviews are in Maori and some in English Awards/funding - Project received an award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Monty Soutar Quantity: 33 printed abstract(s). 32 interview(s). 28 C60 cassette(s). 22 videocassette(s) VHS. 1 event(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Search dates: 1992 - 1993

Date: 1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0501-F

Description: Images from a wedding in the Ruatoria District at Hiruharama, taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. The bride and groom are identified as Teo-Arani Lovey McClutchie and Martyne James Dunnet. Other persons are unidentified. Images show the bride and groom walking down the aisle inside the church, and the couple posing with various members of the wedding party outside the small corrugated iron clad church after the ceremony. Some interior images show seated wedding guests. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga. Title and description changed 21 February 2023 following information from a family member. Previous title: Wedding, Ruatoria District, possibly at Hiruharama.

Date: 1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0502-F

Description: Images show a wedding reception, possibly at Hiruharama, East Coast, taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Images show wedding guests congregated near an outside shed, guests carving meat, or standing alongside tables laden with food. Interior image of standing man speaking alongside the seated bride. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga

Date: 1946

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0375

Description: File 171 - Contains invitations and programmes to a dedication ceremony, opening and unveiling Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1948-1949

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0362

Description: File 158 (b) - Contains materials regarding business of the tribal committees in the Horouta areas Includes a detailed description of the impact of colonisation on Maori Culture in the Tairawhiti area. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: [ca 6 Oct 1943]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000678-F

Description: Tents at Jerusalem (Hiruharama) Pa, south of Ruatoria, for visitors attending the hui for for the posthumous awarding of the Victoria Cross to Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu, at Ruatoria. Meeting house at right. Photograph taken circa 6 October 1943 by John Pascoe. Source of descriptive information - Pascoe's notes in Pascoe backfile held in Photographic Archive. Date from file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1945

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1038-12-1

Description: The Tairawhiti club from Gisborne, led by Peggy Pitt, performing at a gathering held at Hiruharama in 1945. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1945 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Tairawhiti Club from Gisborne, led by Peggy Pitt, at Hiruharama 1945 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15 x 10 cm

Date: [ca 1963]

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0705-F

Description: 1 self portrait of Ans Westra; 5 images of Maori during a family reunion at Ruatoria; and 6 images taken at a tangi at [Kapahonga?] Marae in Hiruharama. All persons unidentified. All photographs taken by Ans Westra, circa 1963. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1945

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1038-12-4

Description: Schoolchildren from Ruatoria at a gathering held at Hiruharama in 1945. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1945 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Ruatoria children at Hiruharama 1945 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15 x 10 cm