Tape 3 of 3. [see 41615 for Part 1. 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 - 02.00: Pei Jones discusses the similarities between Māori and American Indians, and those of South America.
02.00 - 02.43: Question from audience, re cross-navigation between Aotearoa and Hawaiki.
02.43 - 04.13: Pei Jones - believes the reasons for migration from the islands were because of population pressures.
04.13 - 05.09: Question from Mr Pickett of the Historical Society re the lack of definitive history of Tainui.
05.09 - 09.33: Pei Jones - mentions the confiscation of Tainui lands and this is the reason that much of the history has been forgotten as those lands were not constantly settled. Talks of the Māori Land Court record of evidence for the Maungatautari Block (Cambridge), the Moerangi block (Whatawhata), the Whatawhata Block, the Okauia Block (in the vicinity of the Kaimai Ranges) etc.
09.33 - 10.05: Question re the origin of the Korotangi.
10.05 - 12.15: Pei Jones states that it was the wife of Judge Wilson who had possession of the Korotangi. It was found by two members of the Armed Forces and handed over to their commanding officer, who in turn handed it on to Judge Wilson's wife. States that the same sort of bird can be found in the south of China.
12.15 - 12.33: Question re the number of people who came in the so-called migration.
12.33 - 17.34: Pei Jones - 32 persons were named as coming aboard the Tainui waka, 22 men and 10 women, especially Hoturoa, the commander, Rakataura, Hia etc. Gives an outline of the voyage through the Tamaki area down to Kawhia. In between the mouth of the Waikato River and the Raglan Harbour, Hoturoa went ashore and the 'arai-ngaru', a canoe, which was an outrigger for warding off the waves, was detached and left here. Before leaving Manukau, one woman, Hinepuanganuiarangi, the maiden who is like a blossom from the heavens above, a sister of the leader of a group of ten people who came up the Waikato River along the forest ranges, dedicating various places for bird-snaring purposes, and formed what Pei Jones terms the 'Bird-Cult' which persisted right up to the time of the arrival of Europeans. One of the last places where this belief was extant was at Hurakia. It was a place famed for the numerous birds, and the abundance is remembered in the name Ketemaringi, which refers to the overflowing of kits to hold the catch, so numerous were they. There were certain ceremonies attached to this particular 'cult' to ensure the fruitfulness of the area was maintained.
17.34 - 19.21: Trevor Reid - mihi to Pei Jones.
19.47 - 21.12: Maurice Raureti - Chairman of the Festival of Māori Arts addresses the audience.
21.48 - 27.20: Professor Ritchie addresses the audience and pays tribute to the organisers fo the Māori Festival of the Arts.