The meaning of canoe traditions remains a matter of debate. Chapter two the history of horouta and that of pawa her. The history of the horouta canoe, gisborne and east coast by rongowhakaata halbert. Arrival of the tainui waka canoe kawhia maori history. Its three parts respectively present a narrative history, whakapapa, and maps of lands settled, in a fine, jacketed hardback. Horouta ki poneke marae society inc, porirua, new zealand. The first known inhabitants of the district were probably members of the tini o toi people, who apparently derived from the takitimu waka which came to the whakatane area from taranaki. Horouta canoe, horouta waka, ngati porou the history of horouta canoe and the introduction of the kumara into new zealand, by mohi turei, p 152163 journal of the polynesian society. The first sign of a major land mass was a build up of white cloud in the distance.
The coming of kupe, toi, the tainui waka and the source of the people. It retells the discovery of the ancestral horouta waka by a group of schoolchildren in the 1940s. This is more than an account of women in new zealand, from those who arrived on the first waka to the grammy and man booker prizewinning young women of the current decade. Maori tradition with its history of ancestral canoes generally opposes the theory of accidental settlement. Discusses the waka and history of ngati awa and tuhoe. The poverty bay flats encompass gisborne city as well as surrounding areas makaraka, matawhero and ormond where vineyards and farms are prominent. Horouta, rongowhakaata halbert shop online for books in new. Hocken is a referenceonly research library, archive and gallery. The following is one of the papers that were collected by the late samuel locke some years ago, and no doubt intended by him for publication in continuation of others that appeared in the transactions of the. Young nicks head te kuriopaoa the dog of paoa, captain of the great waka horouta in the background is reputed to be the expeditions first sighting of land some recent histories argue for hikurangi, an inland peak further north by cooks surgeons boy 12 year old nicholas young, who was given a gallon of rum for his troubles. Ngati porou whakapapa page 8 iwi, hapu and marae owc. In maori tradition, the canoe horouta was one of the great oceangoing canoes in which polynesians migrated to new zealand approximately 800 years ago.
The story goes that kahukura, a man from hawaiki, introduced kumara sweet. Nga iwi o tainui is a classic work of new zealand and maori history, first published in 1995. New zealand maori cultural traits and historical background. Authors quality books, media, publishing oratia media. 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 suite of ebooks developed and made available on this site include a series of teacher notes to support and guide the. On reaching the east coast the canoe cruised along calling at different places. This map shows the traditional boundaries of the people of the horouta canoe. The term waka also is used, however, as a synonym for tanka short poem, which is the basic form of. Upon gathering the coveted vegetables, kahukura sent them back on the horouta, commanded by paoa or pawa. It differs from poetry in our own tradition both in form and in influence.
Jan 09, 2019 waka ama continues to grow in popularity with record numbers of paddlers signing up to compete at the 30th annual te wananga o aotearoa national waka ama sprint championships on lake karapiro. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Kupe agreed and nukutawhiti asked that the waka be refitted to take more people. Jan 25, 2016 horouta waka hoe club completed a hattrick at the waka ama sprint national championships at lake karapiro on saturday. Pukapukae e books we acknowledge the many iwi and hapu who have shared their stories with us and allowed us to bring them to life in a digital form. A history of the nanango shire in the south burnett, queensland, from indigenous history through the stages of development since european settlement in 1847 to the present day. Horouta waka resource ngai tamanuhiri has worked alongside the ministry of education to create an educational resource, targeted at 911yearold te reo maori learners, called he putanga no uki, which is a. It is arranged by tribal area, from the north to the south. Gives a brief account of the waka te aratauwhaiti, tuwhenua, oturereao. Waka will be paddled up the turanganui river to meet waka from waikanae beach at the point where the river meets the.
He was renown as a great trickster and thrilled the ancient maori world with his daring tamatekapua te arawa a young chief called tamatekapua. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. President walton walker club secretary kathy hayes treasurer raewyn chaffey safety officers gordon aston and keiha waikari. Its three parts respectively present a narrative history, whakapapa, and maps. J h mitchell has written that the horouta canoe reached new zealand around 100 years before the main body of canoes, which arrived around. He and his companion, ngahue, captained two seagoing waka canoes, matahorua and tawirirangi, and sailed south from hawaiki to see what lay beyond the horizon. Last years winner of the 2018 national waka ama club points trophy for overall performances throughout the regatta was horouta waka hoe from gisborne. It hasnt been incorporated in our history books, and thats sad generally for world history, but its particularly sad for new zealanders. The northern part of the takitimu canoe area is also marked. Ko horouta me takitimu nga waka ko ngati maru te hapu ko rongowhakaata te iwi ko te mana o turanga te wharenui ko rongowhakaata te tekoteko ko te aroha a te rangatahi a turahiri te wharekai ko hurimoana te urupa ko te ara o whakato ki manutuke te wahi noho ko rongowhakaata te kohanga reo the whakato marae commemorates the tipuna rongowhakaata.
Horouta looks back over a thousandyear period to tell the origins of iwi including ngati porou, rongowhakaata, te aitanga a mahaki, ngati kahungunu and ngai tahu. The books three parts respectively present a narrative history, whakapapa and maps of lands settled. He putanga no uki is a ngai tamanuhiri story that has been retold in an electronicbook, short film and hard copy resource. Horouta the history of the horouta canoe, gisborne and east.
Gisborne is flat towards the shoreline, but forested and hilly inland. Kia ora and welcome to maori myths, legends and contemporary stories. Waka taua in maori, waka means canoe and taua means army or war party are large canoes manned by up to 80 paddlers and are up to 40 metres ft in length. Assembled through painstaking historical and genealogical research over more than 70 years by rongowhakaata halbert and his family, this outstanding work. Bibliography of new zealand maori tribal and regional. Gisborne is a coastal city located on the east cape of new zealands north island. Maori books recommended by muirs bookshop and cafe on.
I am a proud ngati porou artist, evolving traditional toi maori artistry in my use of contemporary designs. According to kahungunu tradition it was pawa who captained the horouta while kiwa was the tohunga. A bilingual collection, in 67 chapters, of the histories, genealogies, songs and chants of the tainui people, it represents the culmination of a lifes work by the scholar and historian dr pei te hurinui jones. Horouta the history of the horouta canoe, gisborne and. Under influence from other genres such as kanshi, novels and stories such as tale of genji and even western poetry, it developed gradually, broadening its repertoire of expression and topics. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. The history of the horouta canoe, gisborne and east coast. Most people believe that horouta is our waka tipuna when actually it is a waka tipuna for the people of turanganui a kiwa. The club won the points trophy for the third year in a row, and for the fifth time in the six years it has been contested. Waka landings, places of significance and tribes east. Created as a temporary home away from home for whanau of horouta. The club will be back in 2019 seeking to defend its title, one they have won 7 times in the trophys 8 year history.
The history of the horouta canoe, gisborne and east coast read more. Compiled by pei te hurunui jones, translated and edited by bruce biggs. Waka waka wakka wakka people e28 qld sg5610 added author. Ancient origins articles related to waka in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and legends. One day kahukura, a visitor from hawaiki, arrived with some dried kumara sweet potato, which the locals had never eaten before.
Ngai tamanuhiri have launched a new book telling the story of horouta waka and how it came to be in the te wherowhero lagoon. The horouta canoe is believed to have reached new zealand around 100 years before the main fleet of canoes, which arrived around 50. 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. Kiwa who the bay was named after was a navigator on the waka horouta. Horouta and takitimu canoe territories ngati porou te. Maori mythology and history origin myths and folklore of. Nov 01, 2012 horouta looks back over a thousandyear period to tell the origins of iwi including ngati porou, rongowhakaata, te aitanga a mahaki, ngati kahungunu and ngai tahu. However, there are other waka that contribute to the knowledge of this area such as paikea and his tohora, tereanini, takitimu and so on. These stories have been either written or retold by wiremu grace. Oral history interviews with matahi whakatakabrightwell, te aturangi nepiaclamp, and representatives from ngati oneone, ngai tamanuhiri, rongowhakaata and te aitangaamahaki. Second place in the points race went to another club from tairawhiti, mareikura canoe club.
Full text of the ancient history of the maori, his. Ngati porou project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. It contains details of all the canoes that brought migrants from the pacific islands to aotearoa new zealand in centuries past, including lists of the waka canoes, names of crew members on the vessels, waiata songs and karakia prayers used, and maps. The history of the horouta canoe, gisborne and the east coast. Horouta looks back over a thousandyear period to tell the origins of iwi including ngati porou, rongowhakaata, te aitanga a mahaki. Nga waka o te whanau a apanui iwi, hapu and marae owc.
Maori myths, legends and contemporary stories te reo. Turanganuiakiwa tribes te ara encyclopedia of new zealand. Ngati porous homeland sits inside the horouta canoe territory and includes the overlapping territory in the south. According to ngati kahungunu traditions, the takitimu arrived in aotearoa from rarotonga around 11001200 ad as one of the waka canoes in the great migration. Waka ama continues to grow in popularity with record numbers of paddlers signing up to compete at the 30th annual te wananga o aotearoa national waka ama sprint championships on. This map shows waka canoe landing sites, tribal areas and places of significance for maori in the east coast region. Secondly, according to my pakeke, and it has been said elsewhere on this site, horouta is a gisborne waka with links along te tairawhiti and into the south. Throughout its history, the waka has had an importance in japanese society unparalleled in the west. In the area around modern gisborne the lands of the two canoes overlap. After retrieving the vegetables, kahukura sent them back on the horouta, which was commanded by paoa or pawa. It is a short poem, with specific structural requirements, written to express feelings. The meaning of canoe traditions te ara encyclopedia of.
There are two large islands north and south and a number of smaller islands in new zealand. Tradition holds that nukutaimemeha, the waka that maui used to haul up the north island, rests petrified on hikurangi mountain. 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. Nga waka o te whanau a apanui papa panui notice board. Assembled through painstaking historical and genealogical research over more than 70 years by rongowhakaata halbert and his family, the book includes. Genealogy free fulltext a brief history of whakapapa. 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. Selected bibliography of material on the waka waka wakka. Nga waka o nehera collects all the published information on the subject of maori voyaging canoes into one volume. Horouta is the definitive history of the descendants. 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.
Horouta is a history of the descendants of the horouta canoe, who peopled the lands from east cape to northern hawkes bay. Maori information resources, quest rapu ara, wellington, 1991. The suite of ebooks developed and made available on this site include a series of teacher notes to support and guide the implementation of these stories in the classroom. It sits at the south end of the gisborne district and also within poverty bay. That was the version published 1 by 19th century british ethnologist percy smith and he was wrong in several respects.
The collections celebrate the histories, cultures and natural environments of aotearoa new zealand, the pacific and antarctica with special emphasis on southern new zealand. Horouta is a history of the descendants of the horouta canoe and is the first complete tribal history of the area, and looks back over a thousandyear period to tell the origins of iwi who settled the east coast of aotearoa. It has been described by some as the skeletal structure of maori epistemology because all things have their own genealogies. 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. Premier men w1 500 1st millon, manutea akarana 1 2. Maui potiki nukutaimemeha nukutaimemeha was the waka of the famous demigod mauitikitikiataranga. Te whanau a apanui have many connections to many iwi waka as whangaparaoa was one of the main landing places of the waka which came from hawaiki. He must have been great in terms of navigation because the pacific ocean is called te moana nui a kiwa the big sea of kiwa.
The history of the horouta canoe, gisborne and east coast 1999, reed books, auckland. For some, in averaging generations back to waka migration, this method could help align maori history with standard western conceptions of time. Time to savor and reread the 100 star waka poems by robert sullivan. In maori tradition, the canoe horouta was one of the great oceangoing canoes in which polynesians migrated to new zealand approximately 800 years ago the story goes that kahukura, a man from hawaiki, introduced kumara sweet potato, to the locals who had never had anything like it before. In her groundbreaking history of new zealand women, barbara brookes provides just such a history.
If there was say an average of 50 people in each waka, times 40 that makes possibly about 2000 immigrants. Large waka, such as nga toki matawhaorua which are usually elaborately carved and decorated, consist of a main hull formed from a single hollowedout log, along with a carved upright head and tailboard. Full text of the ancient history of the maori, his mythology and traditions. Waka has a long history, first recorded in the early 8th century in the kojiki and manyoshu. 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 writers such as percy smith tended to treat them all as historical accounts, on the assumption that the word waka invariably referred to human canoe arrivals from foreign shores. As the first complete tribal history of the area, this book is of immense significance to students of maori history and society and to maori people in the region, including new zealands second largest tribal group, ngati porou, ngati kahungungu, rongowhakaata and ngai tahu. Ruakapanga, the sacred bird of tane, was said to have been a kite with a wing span of nearly four metres. Here, you are able to view a collection of myths and legends alongside contemporary stories reflecting themes relevant to todays world. Extracted from a published bibliography by ross himona, he waka eke noa. The ngati kahungunu trace their origins to the takitimu canoe. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. In both maori and english with whakapapa and waiata.
The history of the horouta canoe, gisborne and east. Horouta is the definitive history of the descendants of the voyaging canoes that brought the first settlers from polynesia to the lands that stretch from east cape to northern hawkes bay. Day 4 karapiro national sprint championships 2019 scoop news. History representing the interests of rongowhakaata, ngai. Waka landings, places of significance and tribes east coast. Other waka included tainui, te arawa, tokomaru, arai te uru, mataatua, kurahaupo, aotea, horouta and ngatokimatawhaorua. Canoe traditions te ara encyclopedia of new zealand. Horouta waka resource ngai tamanuhiri has worked alongside the ministry of education to create an educational resource, targeted at 911yearold te reo maori learners, called he putanga no uki, which is a story about. The first people of turanganuiakiwa came by waka more than 700 years ago. Horouta is the definitive history of the descendants of the voyaging canoes that brought. Gives a brief account of the waka te aratauwhaiti, tuwhenua, oturereao, nukutere, horouta, te paepaeki. According to one legend, he waited so long for the horouta canoe to arrive.
Horouta the history of the horouta canoe, gisborne and east coast. These wooden canoes were crafted with great skill to weather the long, rough journey across the pacific ocean. Full text of the ancient history of the maori, his mythology. In relating the history of horouta, it is necessary to couple it with that of pawa her. Horouta is the definitive history of the descendants of the voyaging canoes that brought the first settlers from polynesia to the lands that stretch from east cape to.
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