The Māori King Movement

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41007
Media type
Audio
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Live sound recordings
Sound recordings
Duration
00:32:16
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Kerr, Wharetoroa, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Mahuta, Robert Te Kotahi 1939-2001 (b.1939), Speaker/Kaikōrero
Parker, Wiremu Leonard, 1914-1986, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Manihera, Te Uira, Speaker/Kaikōrero

A recording from a series of talks held at Victoria University entitled "Te Kingitanga: The Māori King Movement - some aspects of its development and the present situation." [This was a VUW Extension course, 19-24 October 1974]

- Te Uira Manihera, Whare 'Bob' Kerr, Wiremu Parker, Rapata Mahuta.

00.00 - 00.42: (Unidentified speaker) - The concept of Kingitanga - Manaakitia te tangata.

00.55 - 08.04: Unidentified speaker in Māori and then English - question and answer. Bob Mahuta - Te Puea's influence on the movement - despite her position and high rank, she never stood to speak on the marae. E ahei ana te wahine ki te tu mo te kōrero-a-take. 7am was the time Te Puea held her services. She economised and wasted nothing. She was respected and heeded because of her whakapapa, her achievements and her atuatanga (Mahuta had placed his mantle on her shoulders).

08.04 - 11.55: Wiremu Parker - Introduces Wharetoroa (Bob) Kerr, as being very closely related to Te Puea herself. Explains that she held the mana (influence, prestige, power), tapu (a certain detachment, a quality descending from the gods to the people) and ihi (sanctity and fear bound together). He talks of the construction of the Miramar Meeting House, which was completed as part of the Wellington exhibition. Te Puea would come and sit with Apirana Ngata during its construction. The term ariki has largely died out except perhaps for Te Atairangikaahu and Te Heuheu of Tuwharetoa, simply because few people hold the combined aspects of mana, tapu and ihi.

11.55 - 25.51: Wharetoroa Kerr - Talks about Taharoa and Kimikimi project. Kerr a school teacher for over thirty years. At time of recording was residing in Mangere, the stern of the Tainui canoe. Tamaki ki raro, Mokau ki runga. The chairman of the Taharoa Ironsands Project. Gives history of Taharoa being associated with Te Rauparaha and Ngāti Toa before their exodus towards Wellington, accompanied by Te Ati Awa, Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Mutunga.

Ngāti Mutunga settled later at Wharekauri and on toward Nelson also. People at Taharoa are the Ngāti Mahuta. Some sub-divisions of Ngāti Te Ata, Ngāti Rangitaka and Ngāti Kiriwai also reside at Taharoa. The people were concerned that the mining operation was infringing on tapu area. NZ Steel essentially a money-making institution - the tribe holding 1,200,000 in NZ Steel company.

An appeal to raise funds to construct Kimikimi dining hall mentioned. States that there were difficulties in getting tribespeople to contribute funds to the project. The building itself was completed after three years, but at the time of recording it had not been completely paid for.
25.51 - 32.35: Bob Mahuta -

Te Wherowhero (Became King Potatau)
Tawhiao (also known as Matutaera and Te A) = Heramanuwhiri
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Te Auhuia = Te Tahuna Herangi Mahuta Wherowhero
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Hera Te Puea Wanakore Te Rata Tumate Taipu Tonga Te Auangaanga
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Te Atairangikaahu = Koroki
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Te Atairangikaahu

[N.B. sp? Te Auhuia should be Tiahuia (the eldest daughter of Tawhiao and Hera) who is Te Puea's mother. Also note Te Auangaanga should be Te Rauangaanga]. [William Nicholls] Searancke was one of the early surveyors in the Waikato.

Tumate was responsible for the settlement of confiscated land claims.
Taipu was the brother to whom they tried to effect a political marriage match with Ngāti Tuwharetoa who was partnered to Te Auira of the Te Heuheu line, and they separated before a year had expired.
Tonga - during Te Rata's time, Tonga was the main Kingitanga administrator.