The aotea waka celebrates the settling of the patea area by turi and his hapu after they voyaged from hawaiiki to aotearoa in the 15th century. This is the first known research in canada that privileges the use of indigenous knowledge in the design process by indigenous. Takitimu was a waka canoe with whakapapa throughout the pacific particularly with samoa. This page features extracts from a recorded interview with dr.
Also mentions kurahaupo, mataatua, takitimu and te. Selected bibliography of material on the waka waka wakka wakka. Waka, japanese poetry, specifically the court poetry of the 6th to the 14th century, including such forms as the choka and sedoka, in contrast to such later forms as renga, haikai, and haiku. Shortly after the takitimu waka landed on the peninsula, the tohunga ruawharo established a whare wananga on the island and for centuries it was the hub of advanced learning for ngati kahungunu. Aug 18, 2019 in maori traditions, the tainui waka was commanded by the chief hoturoa. The history of the ngati kahungunu of wairoa takitimu was one of the ancestral waka, which hawaikinui, hawaikiroa, and hawaikipamamoa sailed in to the land of aotearoa. It was captained on its journey from hawaiki by tamateaarikinui, high chief and priest, and carried a number of tohunga or priests. Tainui continued on to tauranga, the coromandel peninsula and waitemata harbour. Here tamatea, the commander, decided to remain and he handed over the vessel to the command of tahu, the younger brother of porourangi.
The name of the book, a carved cloak for tahu, originated from discussion of iwitea kaumatua in the 1980s about carvings for the meeting house te poho o tahu. An encyclopaedia of new zealand was a critical and publishing success at the time, and has been used as a basic reference work about the country since then. The purpose of this research was to find out how the culture of an indigenous architect informs their practice of architecture. As this whakapapa genealogical table shows, ranginui, the founding ancestor of ngati ranginui, was the greatgrandson of tamateaarikinui, the captain of the canoe whakapapa from information provided by te awanuiarangi black. In taranaki tribal tradition, kurahaupo is known as te waka pakaru ki te moana or the canoe broken at sea, and was reputed to have arrived in aotearoa in the same generation as the other great migration vessels of the maori although unlikely to have arrived at the same time like aotea, mataatua, takitimu, tainui, arawa etc. Indigenous architecture through indigenous knowledge. Special edition raumati 2007 the year that was2006 inside this issue. Nga hapu o taihoa marae april 18, 20 takitimu book by t. In several maori traditions, the takitimu was one of the great maori migration ships that brought polynesian migrants to new zealand from hawaiki. The mythological origins of maori society are laid out in three major myth cycles, beginning with the creation myth of ranginui, the sky father, and papatuanuku, the earth mother. Still, the majority of the company was aboard when tainui cleared the manuka heads and sailed along the boisterous west coast of the island, which is still referred to today as the tai tamatane. The students may want to do a study of the kingitanga the king movement, of aotearoa new zealand. She was of extremely noble lineage being descended from both ruawharo, the tohunga of the waka takitimu, and popoto, commander of the kurahaupo.
I arahina te waka takitimu e to matou tupuna ko tamatea arikinui. Mitchell reed wellington wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. An unusual feature of this history of ngati kahungunu is that the book was not published for monetary reward, but was distributed gratis to libraries. The mv takitimu offers a relaxed encounter with our history, on what is believed to be the oldest pilot vessel in new zealand still in operation. The tupuna ruawharo, chief ancestor of the takitimu waka stands proudly at the entrance of our tupuna whare, ranginui. To tell what i knew and felt about it would mean telling something about our family before the war, and the years that followed the war. A second important canoe for tauranga moana is takitimu known to tauranga moana tribes as takitimu. Ko toku marae tenei english translation pdf, 298 kb. The students will write the speech in their wehi books. Part i of ii i want to talk to you about one of the holy grails of nz and cook islands maori whakapapa, the belief in the so called great fleet from polynesia through the cook islands and landfall in aotearoa. To lead our people we must understand and be conversant with our history, and our language. Ships coming into tauranga moana have to steer close to the rocks of maunganui, close to te toka a tirikawa, north rock, to avoid grounding on this sandbank which stretches out into the open sea. Using the stars and ocean currents as his navigational guides, he ventured across the pacific on his waka hourua voyaging canoe from his ancestral polynesian homeland of hawaiki. Our history and legends tell us many stories of the journey to aotearoa, for each waka and each tribe has its own history.
Tradition holds that nukutaimemeha, the waka that maui used to haul up the north island, rests petrified on hikurangi mountain. The takitimu waka is one of the famous and wellknown migration waka that came to tauranga. This book became one of the most popular textbooks for data mining and machine learning, and is very frequently cited in scientific publications. The beginning of the takitimu story in aotearoa is with the first landfall in muriwhenua at a place known as te. The waka has become a symbol of maori unity and pride in this year of remembrance. Registration report for a wahi tapu northland regional council. Other ways to help include digitizing, proofreading and formatting, recording audio books, or reporting errors. Jeff evans is a wellknown writer and photographer who works for leading clients in new zealand and overseas.
The final story in the book is not based on a previously. Feb 15th 2022 aue te mama tells of a maori lad leaving to fight hitler in ww2. The takitimu mountains extend in a northsouth direction southeast of te anau and manapouri. Genealogy free fulltext a brief history of whakapapa. Sir tom davis, pa tuterangi ariki, kfe, wrote in the form of a novel, an account of 300 years of voyaging of the takitumu sic by his own. Arrival of the tainui waka canoe kawhia maori history.
Next page origin of taranaki tribes back to main fleet canoes chart 2. The turanganui river a brief history department of conservation. Adventure tourism mv takitimu historic boat ride gisborne harbour. Maori mythology and history origin myths and folklore of. Apr 16, 2014 the people that cook saw were descended from the occupants of two wakas. Aotea waka memorial 1933 heritage sites and features. Takitimu, which was originally published in 1944, tells the story of the takitimu canoes migration from the pacific islands to aotearoa, and of the descendants born in new zealand who became ngati kahungunu the peoples centred around the hawkes bay and wairarapa who now make up new zealands thirdlargest iwi. It has been described by some as the skeletal structure of maori epistemology because all things have their own genealogies. To do otherwise would be to cut our pito umbilical cord.
Tuia 250 ki turanga is about people and place, what brought us together, what challenges us still, and how we are weaving our differing cultures and values into a future we will be proud to leave for our grandchildren. Tradition holds that nukutaimemeha, the waka that maui used to haul up the north island, rests petrified on hikurangi mountain paikea travelled to aotearoa from hawaiki on the back of a whale and landed at whangara. The singular narrative that arose from this approach was promoted by stephenson percy smith via his theory of a great fleet which he calculated arrived in 50 ad smith 1898, 1910. Early nonmaori recorders of these many histories wrongly tried to. The commander tamatea decided to go ashore and give thanks for a safe landfall after a long sea journey. Some say it is the vehicle which will carry the mana. Ko enei iwi e whitu ko kai tahu, ko ngati haua, ko ngati kahungunu, ko ngati porou, ko ngati ranginui, ko rongowhakaata, ko te ikaroaarauru. A love story introduction to the units ka mau te wehi. We have shared this link previously and here it is again. The first voyaging canoes and maori weapons in preeuropean new zealand, and editor of elsdon bests notes on the art of war.
Ko takitimu te waka tupuna o etahi iwi rongonui o te tairawhiti, o waikato, o te waipounamu. Takitimu lower east coast christchurch city libraries. Also mentions kurahaupo, mataatua, takitimu and te arawa. The following story or saga of the building and launching of the takitimu, with the attendant ceremonies, in the central pacific, and her voyage to new zealand, is told by the chief, tuta nihoniho, the principal rangatira of the the ngatiporou tribe, of the east coast. Ko takitimu te waka ko ngati hauiti te iwi ko ngati tamatereka te hapu.
For some, in averaging generations back to waka migration, this method could help align maori history with standard western conceptions of time. This story of the takitimu waka is according to the traditions and research from rarotonga and is transcribed from an interview with tama huata, executive. Nihoniho, gave cowan an account of the takitimu canoe that was. These are the names of the waka we have come to associate with the great fleet. The mountain range is about 30 kilometres 19 mi long and contains several peaks of around 1,600 metres 5,200 ft height, with the brunel peaks reaching 1,650 metres 5,410 ft. An introduction to the weka data mining system zdravko markov central connecticut state university. The tohu shown on the tablet was designed and created by two of our rangatahi as an. The kaumatua te hore epanaia whaanga stated that it was time the old chief had a cloak. Being the story of the people of the east coast to whom belongs the ancestral canoe known as takitimu. The second sequence of myths deals with the adventures of the demigod maui, who fished up the land and brought many benefits into the world for humankind. Showing results 16 of 6 for takitimu waka advanced search. Key books on maori literature university of auckland. In his book, the guilt of nations, barkan 2001 examines the growing.
We meet outside the gisborne tatapouri sports fishing club. Ask the students to search online for more about turongo and mahinaarangi, and look for the tribal areas of tainui waka and takitimu waka. The students will learn about the farewell protocol on a marae. There is a sandbank called ruahine off matakana, on the ocean side of the entrance, which is now called the matakana bank. Takitimu was a waka canoe made from totara wood with whakapapa ancestors throughout the pacific with the cook islands and aotearoa new zealand in ancient times. Waka landings, places of significance and tribes east coast. Notes for volumes 7 were never published, but are on microfilm. Shortly after the takitimu waka landed on the peninsula, the tohunga. Topic event the canoe takitimu arrived off tirikawa, north rock, at the base of the mountain mauao, which we now call maunganui, at the entrance to tauranga moana. Waka landings, places of significance and tribes east.
On its voyage the tainui stopped at many pacific islands, eventually arriving in new zealand. Includes cosmology, myths, legends and more recent history. Maori tradition with its history of ancestral canoes generally opposes the theory of accidental settlement. This is a classic boat ride in the poverty bay harbour, runing over summer every sunday at 2pm from the portmarina. In several maori traditions, the takitimu was one of the great maori immigration ships brining migrants to new zealand aotearoa from hawaiki and cook islands. Whaangas book will help to maintain the tribal traditions that are represented in that. The journey to aotearoa maori people of aotearoa new. Its first landfall was at whangaparaoa on the east coast of the northern north island. Wherever their starting point, some of the ancestral canoes are said to have travelled in pairs for the greater part of the journey, and may have been singlehulled canoes lashed together. The term waka also is used, however, as a synonym for tanka short poem, which is the basic form of japanese poetry.
Weka is a landmark system in the history of the data mining and machine learning research. The story of te waharoa and sketches of ancient maori life and history christchurch, whitcombe and thombs, 1906. About nukutawhiti, captain of ngatokimatawhaorua waka on arrival of kupe back in hawaiki, there was a great war raging and nukutawhiti asked his grandfather kupe for the great waka matawhaorua to take his people away to the new land of aotearoa. The takitimu waka is known as te waka tapu o takitimu, the sacred canoe takitimu. E nga whanau, e nga hapu o ngati hauiti, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.
In 1966 the first encyclopedia of new zealand was published in three thick volumes. At first, the tainui waka sailed north into the kaipara harbour and then beyond it, but then turned south and explored the coast to the south of manuka. The canoe takitimu arrived off tirikawa, north rock, at the base of the mountain mauao, which we now call maunganui, at the entrance to tauranga moana. There are six volumes divided into takitimu and tainui canoe areas. According to maori, the first explorer to reach new zealand was kupe. Throughout tamatis korero, a kekeno sunned itself on tirikawa and then entertained us with graceful manoeuvres in the water. Takitimu was one of the ancestral waka, which hawaikinui, hawaikiroa, and hawaikipamamoa sailed in to the land of aotearoa. He was a dairy farmer and maori interpreter, and in his later years he devoted all his energy and influence to the erection of the takitimu carroll meetinghouse and the writing of takitimu.
Te manuwhakahoro 24 nga peke e maha 25 te ika hui rua a hikapa. The sight and sound of a score of waka taua, war canoes, and their sweating, chanting crews will forever remain etched on the memories of those who attended the 1990 treaty of waitangi commemoration. This book traces the history of the rangitane tribe, now based around the manawatu but with whakapapa links extending throughout central new zealand. I am the author of four books and numerous articles on the history of policing and social control in new. This waka canoe was very tapu sacred as it carried the maori gods, kahukura, tamaiwaho, tuniateika, hine korako, ronomai and ruawharo. Time to savor and reread the 100 star waka poems by robert sullivan. If you find project gutenberg useful, please consider a small donation, to help project gutenberg digitize more books, maintain our online presence, and improve project gutenberg programs and offerings. On reaching tauranga or kawhainui as it was called, his first act was to plant a sacred flax, called wharawharanui.
Jan 10th 2022 tiaho mai ra has been corrected and updated. Wairoa taiwhenua is continually looking at opportunities to host an array of activities, hui and events ranging from history, research, whakapapa, land issues and social service issues to enhance the wellbeing of kahungunu ki te wairoa whanau and hapu. Books in association with reed publishing and academy book company, auckland. The local tribe is te rongomaiwahine, and have the common female ancestor of that name. An account of the waka takitimu, photographs of the ancestors depicted in the carvings of the takitimu marae lower east coast. Selected bibliography of material on the waka waka wakka. It was here matua tamati tata, told us of the history of the waka and its crew. This canoe, the takitimu, came here from distant hawaiki, and the honoiwairua. The research for this dissertation was motivated by indigenous elders responses to my architectural design work as an indigenous architect. In 2004 he marked 30 years as the kawai kaitiaki of ngai tahu whakapapa an acknowledged authority on the contemporary whakapapa of the ngai tahu people. Kupe agreed and nukutawhiti asked that the waka be refitted to take more people. An authority on maori canoes, jeff is also the author of polynesian navigation and the discovery of new zealand, nga waka o nehera.
Stories of tauranga moana compiled by evelyn stokes. Tamatea, was careful to acknowledge the great tree that tane provided to build the waka takitimu. After its arrival in aotearoa it made many travels. This map shows waka canoe landing sites, tribal areas and places of significance for maori in the east coast region. Other visible landmarks were identified and their stories also told. Whakapapa from the takitimu canoe tauranga moana te.
New zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 1985, vol. The mv takitimu is believed to be the oldest pilot vessel in new zealand still able to be operated. In research, whakapapa has been presented in tribal histories, maori land court records, and consistently as a framework for matauranga maori maori knowledge and maori research methodologies. Also known as takitumu, this waka is remembered as being perhaps the most tapu of all waka to voyage to aotearoa. It was sung in both maori and english during the war. A report for the waitangi tribunal richard shill, litt.
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