Maori History, Society & Culture | Secondhand

This publication was produced on the occasion of the exhibition highlights Presbyterian missionaries and Tūhoe histories. Hihita & Hoani: Missionaries in Tuhoeland, celebrates the lives of two well-known Presbyterian missionaries to Tūhoe, Sister Annie Henry (Hihita) and Reverend John George Laughton (Hoani). Both missionaries were gifted many valuable and ancient taonga by Ngāi Tūhoe in appreciation for their many years of service in the Urewera. Some of the taonga that are featured in the exhibition include a gourd, which is thought to have arrived aboard the Mataatua waka from Hawaiki in 1350; a Kiwi feather cloak belonging to Te Kooti, a beautifully carved clock originally intended for King George V and a muka cloak belonging to Rua Kenanas son Toko, who was shot and killed in the police raid on Maungapohatu in 1916. The exhibition also features a flag called Rua Tupua which was created by the people of Gisborne in anticipation of Rua Kenanas arrival in the early 1900s. The publication features two essays by Rev. Wayne Te Kaawa, a timeline of events covered by the exhibition and numerous images from the collections of the Whakatāne District Museum & Gallery.

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