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Kōrero: Love and romance

Rarangi kaupapa

  1. Story summary

  2. Māori love stories

  3. Pākehā love stories

  4. Dances, love and courtship, 1840 to 1950

  5. Movies, milk bars and nightclubs

  6. Marriage arrangements and dating

  7. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Māori love stories

Hinemoa, 1914

Hinemoa, 1914

Māhinaarangi, Tūrongo and Raukawa

Māhinaarangi, Tūrongo and Raukawa

Tūrongo and Māhinaarangi carving

Tūrongo and Māhinaarangi carving

Roadside Stories: Island romance in Lake Rotorua

Roadside Stories: Island romance in Lake Rotorua

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Pākehā love stories

Valentine's Day, 1876

Valentine's Day, 1876

To love a Maori, 1972

To love a Maori, 1972

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Dances, love and courtship, 1840 to 1950

Dunedin Citizens' Ball, 1898

Dunedin Citizens' Ball, 1898

Rural dances: Spinsters' Ball, 1890

Rural dances: Spinsters' Ball, 1890 (1 o 2)

Rural dances: Middlemarch ball, 2005

Rural dances: Middlemarch ball, 2005 (2 o 2)

Majestic Cabaret, 1942

Majestic Cabaret, 1942

Ōtira social dance, 1948

Ōtira social dance, 1948

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Movies, milk bars and nightclubs

Hutt Valley Youth Club, 1958

Hutt Valley Youth Club, 1958

Alfie's Cabaret, 1989

Alfie's Cabaret, 1989

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Marriage arrangements and dating

Ranginui Walker and Deidre Dodson, 1952

Ranginui Walker and Deidre Dodson, 1952

Hannaford's Matrimonial Agency, 1890

Hannaford's Matrimonial Agency, 1890

Finding great happiness

Finding great happiness

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Rosemary Du Plessis, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/love-and-romance/media (accessed 23 May 2022)

He kōrero nā Rosemary Du Plessis, i tāngia i te 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 1 May 2017

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