Lots of research sources

ClassworkEmma Bettle13 April 2018oral, contemporary, rm19reflection

Kai te Mata Marae

Kai te Mata Marae is located close to the intersection of Morrinsville-Walton Road and Kereone Road, just 2 km southeast of Morrinsville town centre.

Iwi StoriesKylie Power13 April 2018photo, contemporary

Classification - More than one?

ClassworkEmma Bettle13 April 2018oral, contemporary, rm19reflection

Where is Maungakawa Reserve?

We went to the information centre and got some maps to help us work out exactly where the Maungakawa Reserve is compared to Cambridge

Iwi StoriesKylie Power13 April 2018map, contemporary

Te Kauhanganui

This is the flag used during the reign of Potatau Te Wherowhero.

Iwi StoriesKylie Power13 April 2018archive

Native species on Maungakawa

On Room 19's walk up Maungakawa Hill we documented the native species that we found. Lots of Ngati Haua's plans for the area are about restoring natives to the area.

In Between StoryEmma Bettle13 April 2018contemporary, photo, site visit

Who are our Iwi?

Our teacher helped us to identify our local iwi. We are going to look at the Ngāti Hauā Treaty Settlement.

Iwi StoriesKylie Power13 April 2018contemporary, map

Maungakawa Hill by Rodney Hamel

Rodney's paintings of Maungakawa Hill often feature the Gudex Memorial and the Sanitorium Hut as motifs.

In Between StoryEmma Bettle13 April 2018contemporary, artwork

Rodney Hamel paints Maungakawa

This landscape is seen from a birds eye view, looking down Maungakawa Hill to the distant mountain range on the horizon. Maungakawa Hill is a favourite subject of Hamel, who has produced a number of variations of this scene.

In Between StoryEmma Bettle13 April 2018contemporary, artwork

Classifying Research

ClassworkEmma Bettle13 April 2018oral, rm19reflection

Native Meeting at Maungakawa

WAIKATO TIMES, 25 FEBRUARY 1886

Iwi StoriesKylie Power13 April 2018historic, archive

Takere-piripiri

Takere-piripiri looked like a giant tuatara with a spiky tail. He acted as guardian at Ōtautahanga pā, a stronghold of the Ngāti Raukawa tribe.

Iwi StoriesKylie Power13 April 2018oral, historic

Google Satellite View

Google Satellite was a great way for us to start viewing the site we were talking about - it was interesting to see what names google used.

In Between StoryEmma Bettle13 April 2018map, contemporary

Kīngitanga Parliament, Maungakawa

At Maungakawa, north of present-day Cambridge in the Waikato, King Tāwhiao established the Kauhanganui in 1890

Iwi StoriesKylie Power13 April 2018photo, historic, archive

Printing press

“In June 1958 members of the Cambridge Historical Society led by Bob Muirhead, retrieved an old printing press from a gully on the Muirhead farm.

Iwi StoriesKylie Power13 April 2018oral

Using NZ Topo Maps

Gudex and Sanitorium instead of Maungakawa Reserve

In Between StoryEmma Bettle13 April 2018map, contemporary

Te Paki-o-Matariki

Te Paki-o-Matariki (the fine weather of Matariki) was the name given to the Kīngitanga (King movement) newspaper, and also to its coat of arms.

Iwi StoriesKylie Power13 April 2018archive, historic

Where is Rewehetiki?

In the 1860s some of Tamihana’s followers established a new village near the pa; the settlement was called Rewehetiki, and its centerpiece was a large flour mill.

Iwi StoriesKylie Power13 April 2018contemporary

Maungakawa Survey District 1925

Geological Map of the Maungakawa Survey District.

In Between StoryEmma Bettle13 April 2018map, historic

Follow the corner until you get to the top.

We follow Te Miro Road around a corner and up a hill covered in scores of basalt boulders. Rocks like these are said to mark an ancient urupa of Ngati Haua, a Tainui people who have made parts of the Maungakawas their base for centuries.

Iwi StoriesKylie Power13 April 2018contemporary, site visit

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