Dorothy Huhana “Bubbles” Mihinui

Bubbles

Dorothy Huhana “Bubbles” Mihinui DNZM (1919 – 2006) - Tuhourangi, Ngāti Wāhiao, Te Arawa (Image: Waka Huia, Whakarewarewa, Bubbles Mihinui, TVNZ, 1987)

Te Mahi Arahi Tūrihi

I whānau mai a Dorothy Hūhana Mihinui, e mōhiotia ana ko “Guide Bubbles” i te tau 1919, ka ārahi tūruhi ia i Whakarewarewa mai i te tau 1938. Nā te rangatira o Tūhourangi, nā Mita Taupopoki ia i tohu, ka riro ko Bella Papakura hei kaiako mōna.

Ka kōrero a Bubbles i tana tīmatanga ki ēnei mahi me ngā kōrero i hunaia!

Tohutoro Kohinga 42786
Te tau 1994
Ngā hōnore Kaipatapatai: Puhi Rangiaho

Tikanga, Ngā Waiariki me te Whatu Raranga

He matatau anō a Bubbles ki ngā kōrero mō Whakarewarewa, me ōna tikanga, kawa, ngā kapa haka, te raranga hoki. Ka kōrero ia mō te whakamahi ake i ngā puna waiariki i Whakarewarewa hei painga mō te iwi.

Tohutoro Kohinga 42786
Te tau 1994
Ngā hōnore Kaipatapatai: Puhi Rangiaho

Ngā Puia

Ka whakahua kōrero haere a Bubbles mō Te Ao Māori, ka whakamārama i ngā kawa e pā ana ki te ngāwhā me te noho wehe a te tununga kai i ngā mahi horoi.

Collection reference 42786
Year 1994
Credits Interviewer: Puhi Rangiaho

Wāna Mahi Kaiarahi Tūruhi

Nāna ngā rangatira i ārahi i Whakarewarewa engari me kī, he rangatira katoa ana manuhiri ki a i ia. Ko tana tino kaupapa, kia kitea e ngā manuhiri te ao Māori mō rātou ake.

E hia kē ngā hōnore i utaina ki a i ia, pēnei i te Ōta Whakahōnore o Aotearoa i te tau 2004, me te tohu o Tā Kingi Ihaka mō ana mahi tūruhi.

I konei ka hoki ana mahara ki ana mahi ārahi.

Tohutoro Kohinga 42786
Te tau 1994
Ngā hōnore Kaipatapatai: Puhi Rangiaho

Te Puia

He pai ki a ia kia kitea e ngā tūruhi te ao Māori i ō rātou karu ake, kāore he aha ki a ia te roa o tā rātou haere i runga o Whakarewarewa, i te Whare Mahinga Toi rānei. Ehara i te mea i te katoa taua whakaaro, ka kōrero mai i te hiahia o ētahi kia tere haere ake te haere a ngā tūruhi.

Tohutoro Kohinga 42786
Te tau 1994
Ngā hōnore Kaipatapatai: Puhi Rangiaho

Ngā rangatira a Te Puia

Ka kōrero a Bubbles mō Pakeke Leonard me ngā kaiārahi o te Whare Mahinga Toi, me ana wawata mō ngā mahi ārahi ā ngā rā e tū mai ana.

Tohutoro Kohinga 42786
Te tau 1994
Ngā hōnore Kaipatapatai: Puhi Rangiaho