Kōrero: Ngā hāhi

Ngā pononga Mōmona a Hirini rāua ko Mere Whaanga

Ngā pononga Mōmona a Hirini rāua ko Mere Whaanga

Ka noho te rangatira a Hirini Te Rito Whaanga (Ngāti Rakaipaaka) rāua ko tana wahine tuatoru a Mere (te tamāhine a tētahi kaipatu wēra Pākehā) ki Nūhaka. I te tau 1884 ka tahuri katoa rātou ko ngā mihinare Māori o reira ki te whakapono Mōmona i te taenga atu o ngā Mōmona e toru nō Amerika. I te tau 1894 ka haere te tokorua nei me ō rāua whanaunga ki te temepara Mōmona ki Pātote ki Amerika. Nō muri mai ka hoki a Whaanga hei mihinare Mōmona ki ngā hapori Māori.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1982/4163 (left); EP/1982/4164 (right)

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Hirini Kaa, 'Ngā hāhi - Te Hāhi Momona', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/30642/nga-pononga-momona-a-hirini-raua-ko-mere-whaanga (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Hirini Kaa, i tāngia i te 5 May 2011, updated 1 Mar 2017