In 1973 I was 8 years old and would go to Taharoa from our home in Te Awamutu and stay with my oldest sister Mere Katipa and her husband Sam Katipa at their home which was a company house ( the first house on the left as you enter the village) and I loved going there on an adventure , we'd ride on horses and eat maori kai ( eels,and watercress and brisket ,and fish ) it was wonderful to meet some of the elders in this video and now I still return to the people of Taharoa and attended tangihanga at Aruka and Te Kōraha marae to pay respect to the wonderful people whom I have met there through the years,they have beautiful hearts as is the true way of all of our Maori people. I am 60 years old now and will always hold dear to the memories of some of the kaumatua and wahine now all passed in this documentary video . Kia tukua atu ki a koutou nga iwi taketake ko te aroha me nga roimata mo nga tini mate o riera kie tua o te arae na wehewehe e haere kua ngaro ki te mata o te whenua , ka tangihia ka pouri te ngakau , aue taukuri e ! ... ❤.. Na .. Charles Te Huia tenei
it took me back to days long gone and $50 or $70 was more than enough to provide for the family yeah I enjoyed the fact that a pakeha child was blessed on the local marae and welcomed into the community. Gave a sense that we generally got on with each other, I at the time did not have an opinion based on ethnic religious beliefs or creed, you were either a mate and friend or not.
I'm from Kainangā just out from Ruatorea. At that time, '73, we had no electricity; so used coal range for cooking and gas lamps. Can't beat those coal ranges for baking in! I hated them back in the day but now that I'm 64 and haven't used a coal range for 50 years, I sure love them, so reliable!😂
Is that tekohara marae? I remember going for a school camp there with ngaruawahia high school and we also camped at albatross point we had to walk to the point from the marae, was beautiful out there, we even went to check out the mine that exports the sand.. good memories class of 95
The last time I went there was 98 7th form school camp and the mine was just action then. We had a tour of the sand mine. Forgot the name of it was a long time ago. I remember the marae. It was still like that in 98
@@richardmatatahi4563 E kare this idiot obviously did not know her because of his dry sarcasm towards her progress bet this wahine Maori wouldn't care she's laughing all the way to the bank after there returns lol now thats Progress. 🤣🤣🙌🙌
@@lukehakaraia791 Have you been on that land? Its weather beaten and bleached out by the rain. The soil is poor and needs lots of fert to keep it going. Theres no way the locals could have made a good living out of farming. Having the chance to get a decent job, and getting royalties must have been a bonus. You come across as someone who is jealous of those who have wealth. Everyone i know thats well off has worked for it hard. Do you have a job?
It’s all goods. The mines are continually going. The village is fitted with your internet and power. All whanau still so there isn’t no outsiders coming in except for the workers. But other than that for my whanau and extended whanau. It’s an awesome whenua to visit In the summer and reconnect to our land and tupuna
Lived in kinohaku for 20 yrs 25 yrs ago city person related to no one there great people in taharoa can say nothing but praise for there friendship and kindness one of the great memories in my life
Hi there, I'm interested in tracing any connections with the makers and/or subjects of this film, for an art project i am working on. If anyone has any info they can share with me please could you leave me a message here?
They don't want outsiders there. Outsiders may expose the insiders abuse of children. This place is known as a place full of child molestors and woman abusers
@@Lyricistnz yeah it is also the location of Maori deprivation carried out on behalf of the crown when they confiscated Maori land to pay British troops for aiding during the New Zealand Wars. The land owners reduced to refugees and second class citizens in poverty on there land. THIS IS NOTHING BUT RACIST bs LIKE YOU BRO :)
@@mb68nz35 Yes, I totally agree. Colonisation creates trauma which is then re-enacted on the traumatised. I was also wanting to make an artwork that gave a voice to the whenua and its sorrow over the 40+ years of trauma from the seabed mining. In the end I found that Getty now have the rights to use this documentary, so i had to pay them to play it in the same gallery as my experimental film. #decoloniseart
Responsible for the destruction of CENTRIES old sand dunes.. In the last ten years the new super dredges (more than one) have devastated the central north island west coast. And those Maori's call themselves "kaitiaki".. Sorry Whanau, no Whakaute from me..
gee I feel a theory come on here, if only people learnt the meaning of socialism and not get it mixed up with Communism, their ignorance wouldn't show.
The narrator was either english or trying to sound english. That was demanded for TV back then. BBC english you might say. We no longer pretend to be from somewhere else.
I spent my boyhood in different rural regions, of New Zealand's North island. This how I remember the people speaking. I last went back in 2015. They still sounded like this. Hardly spent any time in the cities, though. In the last 30 years, migrant influence has apparently influenced, accents in the largest NZ cities. There's a TH-cam video describing that process: th-cam.com/video/trCiA9DPBEo/w-d-xo.html I suspect what you see in the video, is how most New Zealanders spoke until the mid 1980's. From my experience 5 years ago, I can say that this accent is still alive, in the countryside of the north island. It's a beautiful thing and easy to understand.
@@charlie-cartelrewha-tumaki215 he's my grand father my mothers Dad, Polly,,Maki or Parehuingauru depending how you knew her, we're cousins that's Awesome.
@@cascade3769 and when did you invent it? what have you contributed to the advancement of human civilisation? nothing! just a drain on our resources having to keep you alive,you don't even understand the difference between pidgin and pigeon you are the very definition of idiot!
And did the Maori fella get his woolshed? 1973 about the time wool prices started to drop and $70 wages started going up but buying less, I wonder what these shareholders ended up doing with the dividends they received.
In 1973 I was 8 years old and would go to Taharoa from our home in Te Awamutu and stay with my oldest sister Mere Katipa and her husband Sam Katipa at their home which was a company house ( the first house on the left as you enter the village) and I loved going there on an adventure , we'd ride on horses and eat maori kai ( eels,and watercress and brisket ,and fish ) it was wonderful to meet some of the elders in this video and now I still return to the people of Taharoa and attended tangihanga at Aruka and Te Kōraha marae to pay respect to the wonderful people whom I have met there through the years,they have beautiful hearts as is the true way of all of our Maori people.
I am 60 years old now and will always hold dear to the memories of some of the kaumatua and wahine now all passed in this documentary video .
Kia tukua atu ki a koutou nga iwi taketake ko te aroha me nga roimata mo nga tini mate o riera kie tua o te arae na wehewehe e haere kua ngaro ki te mata o te whenua , ka tangihia ka pouri te ngakau , aue taukuri e ! ... ❤.. Na .. Charles Te Huia tenei
OMGosh! How journalism has shifted a #GreatDeal!!! Thank goodness!!!
it took me back to days long gone and $50 or $70 was more than enough to provide for the family yeah I enjoyed the fact that a pakeha child was blessed on the local marae and welcomed into the community. Gave a sense that we generally got on with each other, I at the time did not have an opinion based on ethnic religious beliefs or creed, you were either a mate and friend or not.
That was an interesting doco. Thankyou👍
Amazing life...love history..its shaped the future.....😊
Nice video thanks for upload
I'm from Kainangā just out from Ruatorea.
At that time, '73, we had no electricity; so used coal range for cooking and gas lamps.
Can't beat those coal ranges for baking in!
I hated them back in the day but now that I'm 64 and haven't used a coal range for 50 years, I sure love them, so reliable!😂
Is that tekohara marae? I remember going for a school camp there with ngaruawahia high school and we also camped at albatross point we had to walk to the point from the marae, was beautiful out there, we even went to check out the mine that exports the sand.. good memories class of 95
Do they still mine there?
The last time I went there was 98 7th form school camp and the mine was just action then. We had a tour of the sand mine. Forgot the name of it was a long time ago. I remember the marae. It was still like that in 98
No .. the marae shown is Aruka I believe
I use to share And now I have this I can keep it all to ourselves. Now that's progress.
Says a lot right there.
Welcome to white man's world
I miss home (mum's lands) ❤
Loved it... thank you...
Unbelievable that Keith Bracey would utter upon departing the ship, "no Geisha girls"?
How times have thankfully, changed.
@Willie Peter Whoop dee doo. Get over YOURSELF!!
Thankyou to Taharoa .
Kia ora whanau cool 💗🙏 West Coast hard out ..💞🌈
What! They didn’t have power until1973!!??
Keith Bracey, reporting.
Keith Bracey what a legend! Gorgeous little baby girl, I wonder where she is now.
that's it Keith Bracey yeah he was a legend, I couldn't remember his name.
@@richardmatatahi4563 lol.....he or she..??
She use to give fish away now with a new fridge can keep it for herself - man thats progress
what the fuck would you know about her individual circumstances you stupid judgemental fucking idiot
@@FonkaZoid Chill dude.
@@FonkaZoid what you're problem e hoa, he obviously knew her, stand down obviously before your time.
@@richardmatatahi4563 E kare this idiot obviously did not know her because of his dry sarcasm towards her progress bet this wahine Maori wouldn't care she's laughing all the way to the bank after there returns lol now thats Progress. 🤣🤣🙌🙌
Great video, thankyou..I was 13 then....lol
Wow !!! Kool
Another classic story of Maori being extorted of their resources on their own Whenua .
Blame your white family!
Not really. As the farmer said. It was a pain in the arse
@@cascade3769 Nah the filth that's Controlling this world its not about race!!! This extortion has no boundaries
Tautoko. Both a Blessing and a curse at the same time.
@@lukehakaraia791 Have you been on that land? Its weather beaten and bleached out by the rain. The soil is poor and needs lots of fert to keep it going. Theres no way the locals could have made a good living out of farming. Having the chance to get a decent job, and getting royalties must have been a bonus.
You come across as someone who is jealous of those who have wealth. Everyone i know thats well off has worked for it hard. Do you have a job?
I know of a few CCNZ friends who came from here...
What happened to Taharoa looked like they had it susd any Te Uira whanau in this film my aunty married one
It’s all goods. The mines are continually going. The village is fitted with your internet and power. All whanau still so there isn’t no outsiders coming in except for the workers. But other than that for my whanau and extended whanau. It’s an awesome whenua to visit In the summer and reconnect to our land and tupuna
Lived in kinohaku for 20 yrs 25 yrs ago city person related to no one there great people in taharoa can say nothing but praise for there friendship and kindness one of the great memories in my life
To think that little baby is the same age as me now.
me too
Keith Bracy. Journalist. Town & Around. 1960s NZ.... Good for some.
Hi there, I'm interested in tracing any connections with the makers and/or subjects of this film, for an art project i am working on. If anyone has any info they can share with me please could you leave me a message here?
They don't want outsiders there. Outsiders may expose the insiders abuse of children. This place is known as a place full of child molestors and woman abusers
@@Lyricistnz yeah it is also the location of Maori deprivation carried out on behalf of the crown when they confiscated Maori land to pay British troops for aiding during the New Zealand Wars. The land owners reduced to refugees and second class citizens in poverty on there land. THIS IS NOTHING BUT RACIST bs LIKE YOU BRO :)
@@mb68nz35 Yes, I totally agree. Colonisation creates trauma which is then re-enacted on the traumatised. I was also wanting to make an artwork that gave a voice to the whenua and its sorrow over the 40+ years of trauma from the seabed mining. In the end I found that Getty now have the rights to use this documentary, so i had to pay them to play it in the same gallery as my experimental film. #decoloniseart
Responsible for the destruction of CENTRIES old sand dunes.. In the last ten years the new super dredges (more than one) have devastated the central north island west coast. And those Maori's call themselves "kaitiaki".. Sorry Whanau, no Whakaute from me..
What an awesome wahine getting her bub christened at the Pa. Mostly people get on well if Socialists stay clear.
gee I feel a theory come on here, if only people learnt the meaning of socialism and not get it mixed up with Communism, their ignorance wouldn't show.
it's an tough thing . . the basis of religion
Wow, Kiwis spoke so much better back then. Now when they speak it sounds like pidgin English.
The narrator was either english or trying to sound english. That was demanded for TV back then. BBC english you might say. We no longer pretend to be from somewhere else.
I was referring to the Kiwi lady and the Maori gentleman that were interviewed.
@@thomaswilding8818 so true.
I spent my boyhood in different rural regions, of New Zealand's North island. This how I remember the people speaking. I last went back in 2015. They still sounded like this.
Hardly spent any time in the cities, though. In the last 30 years, migrant influence has apparently influenced, accents in the largest NZ cities. There's a TH-cam video describing that process: th-cam.com/video/trCiA9DPBEo/w-d-xo.html
I suspect what you see in the video, is how most New Zealanders spoke until the mid 1980's. From my experience 5 years ago, I can say that this accent is still alive, in the countryside of the north island.
It's a beautiful thing and easy to understand.
@@mombaassa Great story.
I see that not a lot has changed since, 73
Yeah that's right the locals don't turn up at work so they gotta hire subbies
Good to see where my money is coming from being a share holder 🙏
Peanuts
@@russelltuapiki1665 Better than your skins and shells
Fuuu coast the most!!
Seabed mining
I recognise Charlie Rewha as being my great grand uncle I'm a Rewha-Matatahi.
@@richardmatatahi4563 charlie is my neices name her grandmother is a rewha great-grandfather is henry rewha
@@charlie-cartelrewha-tumaki215 he's my grand father my mothers Dad, Polly,,Maki or Parehuingauru depending how you knew her, we're cousins that's Awesome.
lol.Jock with his dad
CAUCASIAN. SOLD. OUT. MAORI. WHATS. NEW. 👎
Maori sold out each other, what's new.
@@funtimesatbeaverfalls the crown oppress everyone with over taxation rules & regulations what's new.
@@nicktorea4017 Maori had centuries to come up with a wheel and FAILED.
@@cascade3769 hahaha priceless
@@cascade3769 and when did you invent it? what have you contributed to the advancement of human civilisation? nothing! just a drain on our resources having to keep you alive,you don't even understand the difference between pidgin and pigeon you are the very definition of idiot!
And did the Maori fella get his woolshed? 1973 about the time wool prices started to drop and $70 wages started going up but buying less, I wonder what these shareholders ended up doing with the dividends they received.