Description: Natanahira Waruwarutu was a child at the time of the capture of Kaiapoi Pa by Te Rauparaha's Ngati Toa warriors in 1832. The early years of his life, recounted here in the original Maori text and a parallel translation, were a turbulent time for the Maori communities of Waitaha (Canterbury) and Akaroa. Otakou leaders set aside Moeraki, further south, for Kaiapoi refugees and Waruwarutu moved between the two places until he died in 1895. Before his death, he passed on to scribe Thomas Green, himself a Ngai Tahu elder, a substantial body of material that now defines modern understanding of the traditional history of Ngai Tahu. This manuscript was part of that material and, as Te Maire Tau describes in his introduction, has a history of its own. The story in this book is not a Ngai Tahu 'grand narrative'. As Te Maire Tau says, Maori history simply does not work like that. Rather, it is one narrative by a survivor of the period that 'recollects the reality of what he saw as a child; on this basis, it is a superb example of an oral tradition'. The author has included a chapter on the historical context of the Waruwarutu manuscript and annotations for both Maori and English texts. A further chapter presents in Maori with English translation a text recorded by scribe Charles Creed that supplements Waruwarutu's account of his induction into the Kaiapoi whare pirakau (house of learning). It is one of the few manuscripts that provides a glimpse into a world that no longer exists.
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EAN: 9781877578120
UPC: 9781877578120
ISBN: 9781877578120
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Book Title: I Whanau au ki Kaiapoi: The Story of Natanahira Wa
Item Length: 22.9 cm
Number of Pages: 112 Pages
Publication Name: I Whanau Au Ki Kaiapoi: the Story of Natanahira Waruwarutu, As Recorded by Thomas Green
Language: English
Publisher: Otago University Press
Item Height: 228 mm
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 238 g
Author: Te Maire Tau
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
