Toi-kai-rākau is a house at Waikirikiri marae in Rūātoki. It was built in 1930. The house is named after an ancestor of the tribes of Te Urewera, Toi-kai-rākau (ko Toitehuatahi, ko Toi rānei). These tribes were living in Te Urewera before the arrival of the Mataatua waka, and known collectively as Te Tini o Toi. Hāmua is the hapū, Ngāi Tūhoe is the iwi. Also written as Toikairakau.
Toi-kai-rakāu (Rūātoki, N.Z.)
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Slides of images relating to Rua Kenana
Date: 1981, [ca 1981]
From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection
Reference: PA12-8828-1
Description: Slides of images collected by Judith Binney relating to her research on Rua Kenana Hepetipa. Some photographs taken in 1981. Others taken circa 1981. Photographer unidentified, possibly Binney. Six images show a red flag labelled with the words 'Rua Tupua'. Four show wooden carvings representing Tangata Iti and Paikea (with tuku tuku panels and photographs alongside) inside the house Toi kai rakau at Waikirikiri marae in Ruatoki. Further images comprise one of a wooden carved statue in Rotora showing a figure holding a lizard, and one looking towards a small house in a rural area. Binney has identified this last image as 'Rua. Whare Karakia. Te Teko'. Source of descriptive information - Information on slides Arrangement: Slides at PA12-8828-1 and PA12-8828-2 came to the Library in one slide box. Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies.