Omarumutu Meeting House and carver Pine Taiapa

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1961
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40636
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Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1961
Reference
40636
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online
Duration
00:29:40
Broadcast Date
29 Aug 1961
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Taiapa, Pine, Speaker/Kaikōrero

The first in a series of three addresses about the construction and decorative arts of the Omarumutu Meeting House, Bay of Plenty, by the well-known East Coast carver - Pine Taiapa.

Ko te kōrero tuatahi (0'00" - 9'12")
01 Ko nga kōrero a Pine mo nga mahi tukutuku

Ko te kōrero tuarua (9'35" - 19'59")
01 E timata ana a Pine ki te kōrero i nga tukutuku kei roto i te whare

02 Ko tetahi o nga taonga e miharo o tenei mea o te tukutuku, na Apirana, nana i whakatakoto te kaupapa o te whakaurunga o nga kōrero tawhito a taua, a te Māori ki runga tukutuku.

03 Nama tahi, nama rua, nama toru kei te taha rarere o te whare. Kei waenganui, ko Tutamure. Kei tona taha katau, ko Hineikauia - te ingoa o te whare nei. Tona wahine tenei. Kei tona taha maui, ko te tamahine a Kahungunu, ko Tauhei-kuri. Kei te ringa o Tutamure ko tona patu. (He kōrero pakiwaitara mo Kahungunu, Tauhei-kuri, Tutamure me Tamataipunoa)

Ko te kōrero tuatoru (20'18" - 29'40")
01 He kōrero a Pine mo nga tukutuku e awhi nei i te paraki whakamaharatanga ki a tatou tamariki.

02 Ko 'poutama' te ingoa o enei tukutuku. (He whakamarama ake tenei)

03 He kōrero mo nga kowhaiwhai kei roto i tenei whare.

[N.B. At 27'52", Pine talks in English, about one of his trainees who was American.]