Too Taatou Haerenga
Dan Te Kanawa, Rangi Te Kanawa, and Dr. John Hetet will share some family history of their tuupuna Rongo Paomamao.
Rongo's children and mokopuna include the weavers featured in our Ripoi Anemata, Ripoi Inamata exhibition.
This free public talk will look at the past, present and future of Aotearoa through this extraordinary woman's life.
What is He Raa Maumahara?
On October 28 we commemorate Te Puutake o te Riri, He Raa Maumahara, our National Day of Remembrance of the New Zealand Wars.
The New Zealand Wars took place in the 1840s-1870s when there were disagreements over the interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The invasion of the Waikato was a crucial part of this history, including the Battle of Rangiriri and the tragedy at Rangiaowhia, which Te Rongo Paomamao survived.
The 28th of October commemorates the date when He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni was signed in 1835.
free entry