THUR 04.07.13 - WED 10.07.13
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EVERYONE READS THE WANAKA SUN
FREE
Inspiring performance
Protection for West Matukituki PAGE 2
Library celebrations on Saturday
Mount Aspiring College’s four houses, Barker, Iron, Pisa and Roy took part in a mass Haka competition on PHOTO: CLAIRE O’CONNELL Friday, producing an amazing display. Story page 3.
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Te Wiki o te Reo Maori Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun
Juniors take on Aussies PAGE 12
sunviews PAGE 11
Local derby at Pembroke Park PAGE 16
A map drawn in 1898, which shows Māori place names in the Wānaka and Hāwea region, is being unveiled at the Wānaka Library on Saturday - to coincide with Māori language week (July 1-7). This year’s theme for the week is Nga Ingoa Māori (Māori names) which makes the map particularly significant. Wānaka Reference and Local History librarian Jude Terpstra said it is an important taonga (treasure) for the area. “It was found in the national archives in Wellington and we have permission to make digital reproductions for display in the Wānaka, Hāwea and Makarora libraries.” Jude said the focus of Nga Ingoa Māori is to pronounce place names correctly. (For example; any vowel with a macron over it has a longer emphasis eg Wānaka is pronounced Waanaka.) The place names on the 1898 map are those remembered by Rawiri Te Mairie, who was born at Lake Wānaka, and lived at Lake Hāwea as a child before escaping from Te PŪoho’s raid in 1836. He was a well-respected Ngāi
Tahu rangatira (leader) within both Pākehā and Māori communities. He gave the place names to surveyor Thomas Brodrick through his son Henare Te Mairie and granddaughter Mrs Tau. He was an old man at the time, but apparently his memory of the names and knowledge of the localities were very precise. He said the Clutha/Mataau River was called Tetawaha and the
Hāwea River was Paetarariki. Mount Iron’s name was Tewai atakaia and there was a pa called Takekararara located near where Edgewater is today. Another highlight of the week is a talk on local Māori history by Hāwea historian Richie Hewitt (pictured with Jude), also at the library (Saturday July 6, 2pm). He has been studying the subject for nearly 20 years and with
Jude’s help recently finished the first collection of published references to pre-European Māori in the region; “Māori in the Upper Clutha and beyond: a starting point for further research.” The collection includes evidence that Māori did live here (rather than just pass through) and information about six local pa sites. “Richie’s work is the foundation document for the library’s Tangata Whenua [people of the land] Collection,” Jude said. She has been putting the collection together over many years, with a particular focus on southern Māori . “What makes our area especially interesting is there are nine rununga [tribal groups] which have traditional rights to live and gather resources here,” she said. “That’s quite different from what happened in the North Island.” A second talk on Māori history is being given next week (Tuesday July 9, 6pm) as part of the Mountain Film Festival. Ngāi Tahu kaumatua Sir Tipene O’Regan is talking about Māori history associated with the South Island high country, focusing on the Central Otago Lakes region.