An outline of daffodils

Blackie lived on Maungakawa Hill for 15 years with his wife Pam and planted many Rewarewa which attract tuis. He planted hundreds of daffodil bulbs there to identify the outline of the historic TB sanitorium that used to be there.

Emma Bettle13 April 2018

Tracey Tawhiao

An interpretation of found poetry by New Zealand artist Tracey Tawhiao.

Teaching ResourceKylie Power13 April 2018contemporary

Te Kāhui Māngai

“Te Kāhui Māngai gives information on those iwi/hapū that have begun the process of negotiating settlement of their historical Treaty of Waitangi claims.

Teaching ResourceKylie Power13 April 2018archive, contemporary

1974, No 144

“Since the 1975 act there have been many other official references to treaty principles, all attempting to define the meaning of the Treaty of Waitangi in contemporary New Zealand society.”

Teaching ResourceKylie Power13 April 2018contemporary, archive

Taking bread up and bodies back down.

He was really old and he said he could remember the old postman telling him stories about what it was like when the Te Waikato Sanitorium was here. He said that he would bring the mail and the bread up and take the bodies back down the hill.

In Between StoryEmma Bettle13 April 2018photo, oral, contemporary, historic

The "Grim Fight on the Hill"

"We ask you to believe that your deeds have been recorded deep in the hearts of your well wishers".

In Between StoryEmma Bettle13 April 2018archive, historic

Te Wai o Turongo meeting house

Ngati Haua group at Te Wai o Turongo meeting house at Waharoa, near Matamata

Iwi StoriesKylie Power13 April 2018photo, archive, historic

Look at the top of the hill

We had to be quiet and look round to see what we could find.

ClassworkKylie Power13 April 2018oral, contemporary, rm19reflection

Mrs Thornton's Garden

We found lots of trees that weren’t natives. They were introduced by Mrs Thornton who used to live in the big house here

In Between StoryEmma Bettle13 April 2018photo, site visit

Selecting our words

I liked thinking about how it was a play on words.

ClassworkKylie Power13 April 2018oral, contemporary, artwork reflections

Te Waikato Sanitorium

View of the main building at Te Waikato Sanatorium at Maungakawa. The building was originally owned by the Thornton family.

Emma Bettle13 April 2018

Selecting symbols

We had to think about what the different symbols mean.

ClassworkKylie Power13 April 2018oral, contemporary, artwork reflections

Room 19 walks up Maungakawa Hill

To start off with our teacher took us to Maungakawa Scenic Reserve - we walked from the bottom to the top. It was very very steep.

In Between Story, ClassworkEmma Bettle13 April 2018photo, classwork, site visit

Wahi Tapu

Some of our people are buried there.

Iwi StoriesKylie Power13 April 2018oral, contemporary

Wiremu Tamihana

His vision is still valid: that of a Maori society in control of its own destiny, under a system of Maori law, working in partnership with Pakeha law, and participating in the benefits of Pakeha settlement.

Iwi StoriesKylie Power13 April 2018photo, historic