Pei Te Hurinui Jones - The Story of Tainui.

Tape 1 of 3. [see 41621 for Part 3. Part 2 is not held.]

This is a recording of a public lecture recorded in 1966 [It appears to be the closing address as part of the Māori Festival of the Arts held in Hamilton that year.]

00.00 - 03.30: Introduction of speakers by Mr Jenkins, they being Pei Te Hurinui Jones, Morris Raureti and Professor Ritchie. Mr Jenkins gives biographical details of Pei Te Hurinui Jones and his long career as a scholar translator and historian. He will be speaking on the history of the people of the Tainui canoe.

03.46 - 04.26: Pei Te Hurinui Jones addresses Mr Jenkins. Corrects his introduction in that it was his brother who was Private Secretary to Peter Fraser, Mr Langstone and Mr Mason.

04.26 - Outline on boundaries of the Tainui waka, extending from Mahurangi, half way through Great Barrier as far south as Taumarunui , and from Rangitikei to Porirua. From Great Barrier the boundary line runs over to the Coromandel Peninsula to Moehau, following the eastern coastline to Nga Kuri-a-Wharei, north of the Tauranga Harbour,through the Kaimai Ranges, through the two peaks of Te Aroha, one of which is Te Aroha-ki-uta, the other Te Aroha-ki-tai, to the Whakamaru Ranges to the Waikato River, up the Mangakino River to the top of Titiraupenga, just above Mangakino, to Pureiora, on to Lake Taupo and into the Whanaganui River, through the Hurakia Ranges, on to Tuhua, and towards Taumarunui, where the Ongarue River meets the Whanganui River, the boundary between the Tainui and Aotea people.
From here the boundary follows an irregular course to Parininihi (Mt Messenger) and back along the west coast to the point of commencement. Mentions te Rauparaha and the migration of the Ngāti Raukawa people south from Maungatautari, who settled in the Rangitikei and on to Porirua. Ngāti Raukawa sold much of the land in the Rangitikei region, the sale price being around 2000 pounds. This area includes the city of Palmerston North and Fielding. Those Ngāti Raukawa to the west of the Kaimai Ranges are known as Ngāti Raukawa of Te Kaokaoroa-o-Patetere, occupying the lands around Okauia to Waotu. Those Ngāti Raukawa around Te Awamutu are known as Ngāti Raukawa ki Wharepuhunga. Those around Cambridge are known as Ngāti Raukawa ki Panehakua. Ngāti te Ata occupy the lands around Waiuku, and the Manukau harbour, their territory extending towards Papakura. The Ngāti Whatua of Auckland and Tainui are closely related, especially those resident at Orakei, the common Tainui ancestor being Tamaoho. Mentions Dr Hugh Kawharu as a member of this tribe.
The Ngāti Taratikitiki and the Ngāti Tipa live alongside the Waikato River. At the mouth of the Waikato River are the Ngāti Naho and the Ngāti Whawhakia. The Ngāti Whawhakia are famous canoe people, their skill unable to be matched by any other tribe.
Further up the river are the Ngāti Mahuta at Taupiri and on to Ngaruawahia and on to tangirau. Tangirau was their headquaters in the days of old, a hamlet on the Waipa River Rd. Following Te Rauparaha's exodus to the south, some of the Ngāti Mahuta went to reside at Kawhia, settling at taharoa on the southern side of the harbour. Those tribes situated around about the Wiakato River are known generically as Pare Waikato.
Those around the Thames district are referred to as Pare Hauraki, including the Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Tamatera, Ngāti Maru and Ngāti Paoa. The Ngāti Maru people occupy the land around Ohinemuri, Waihi and Paeroa. They were renowned as fearsome opponents in warfare. The Ngāti Pao occupied the western side of the Hauraki Gulf. Paoa was a brother to Mahuta.One of the women on board the Tainui waka left the canoe at Torere and founded the Ngai Tai tribe there. They later migrated towards the Clevedon area, and became known as the Ngāti Tai.
A number of hapu are able to claim connection with two or more canoe areas, especially the Ngāti Hinerangi, who reside at Okauia, at Taupo the same, at Taumarunui are the Ngāti Haaua and the Ngāti Hekeawai, both related to the Tuwharetoa and Tainui peoples. At Taumarunui are the Ngāti Rangatahi, an Aotea and Tainui relationship existing between this tribe.