Meeting house at Pipitea Marae, an urban marae opened in 1980 on Thorndon Quay, near the site of the former Pipitea Pā. Pipitea Marae is under the stewardship of Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika, which is a collective that comprises people of Te Atiawa, Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Tama and other hapū including Ngāti Mutunga.
Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui (Wellington, N.Z.)
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Crowd gathered around the meeting house at the dawn opening of Pipitea Marae, Thorndon ...
Date: [ca 31 May 1980]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1980/1751/19a-F
Description: Crowd gathered around the meeting house Te Upoko o te ika a Maui at the dawn opening of Pipitea Marae, photographed circa 31 May 1980, by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Original caption reads: "As dawn casts its light on Thorndon Quay, Te Ati Awa and other Taranaki peoples assemble with nga hau e wha - the people from the four winds - for the traditional whakanoa ceremonies to lift the tapu from the Ngati Poneke Marae and its meeting house, Te Upoko o te ika a Maui (The Head of the Fish) (Wellington)." (Evening Post, 31 May 1980) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on negative strip. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations file, cabinet 7, drawer 4, at EP-Ethnology-Maori-Marae and meeting houses.
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Outside the meeting house at Pipitea Marae during a Māori art exhibition, and, in a roo...
Date: 1981
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AW-2168
Description: Frames one and two show three men standing in front of the meeting house Te Upoko o te ika a Maui at the Pipitea Marae. The man in the centre has been identified as Sir Ralph Love, with Cliff Whiting on the right. A Māori woman, smoking a cigarette, is sitting at a table with a large bundle of posters, and some t'shirts with the logo "Art of the Māori" (frame 3). Frames 5 to 12 show a pākehā woman looking over the shoulders of small children including one Māori boy named Hemi, and a pākehā boy named Nathan. They are looking at a carving which is in progress on a flat table surface, and part of a large modern Māori painting is seen on the wall behind them, probably by Buck Nin. 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 11 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film