Whiria te muka tangata
Ko wai mā ngā ringarehe, ngā kairangahau o te whatu kākahu? Kei konei ērā kōrero me ētahi kōrero tuku iho i whiria ki ētahi o ngā kākahu rongonui.
Ka kōrerohia ngā ringarehe me ngā mahi i tutuki i a rātou. Me kī, kei te whai hua i ēnei rā tonu – Ko Rangimārie Hetet rātou ko Diggeress Te Kanawa ko Erenora Puketapu-Hetet ko Te Aue Davis. He kōrero anō ka puta.
Tūhuratia ngā mahi a ēnei kairangahau tokotoru e whatu ana ngā aho tikanga o te Māori ki ngā whenu tukanga o te Pūtaiao – ko Hokimate Harwood rātou ko Rangi Te Kanawa ko Dr Patricia Wallace.
He ringatoi rongorau ā-kiko, he ringarehe, he mātauranga a Maureen Lander. Kua whakaatuhia āna mahi puta noa i te motu, i te ao whānui tonu mai i te tau 1986, tae noa mai ki tēnei wā tonu, i Te Papa 2012, i te whakaaturanga o Kahu Ora | Living Cloaks.
He kākahu ēnei i whatua ki ngā kōrero tuku iho, he hononga mai i ngā tīpuna o mua ki ngā uri whakatipu i te rā nei. He hononga i waenganui i ngā tīpuna Māori me ngā tīpuna Pākehā. He rangatira, he aroha, he manaakitanga, he whakaute ngā kaupapa i kōrerohia.
Ko Kukupa Tirikātene rātou ko Whetū Tirikātene-Sullivan (1932--2011) ko Tamara Whetū Williams e kōrero ana mō te hītori me ngā hononga ā-wairua nei o tēnei kahu kiwi ki tō rātou whānau.
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Banner image: Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006) weaves on Te Papa’s marae, 2006. Photograph by Norm Heke. Te Papa