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Kōrero: Māori and museums – ngā whare taonga

Te Whare Taonga o Aotearoa, he hopukanga kōrero nō te tau 1923

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Dominion Museum recording 1923

I te tekau tau 1920 ka whakatenatena a Āpirana Ngata rāua ko Te Rangi Hīroa i te Whare Taonga o Aotearoa kia hopu haeretia te ao tūturu a te Māori. Anei a Te Raumoa Balneavis (tuarua mai i te taha mauī) te hēkeretari a Ngata e āwhina ana i ngā kaimātai momo tangata i a Johannes Andersen (taha mauī) rāua ko Te Pēhi (tuatoru mai i te taha mauī) ki te hopu i ngā kōrero a tētahi tangata kāore i te mōhiotia. I hopukina ngā kōrero i runga i te mīhini Edison (Edison cyclinder). Ko James McDonald te kaitango whakaahua, ā, he nui ōna haerenga ki ngā kāinga Māori o Whanganui me te Tai Rāwhiti.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: MA_I173858

by James Ingram McDonald

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Paora Tapsell, Māori and museums – ngā whare taonga – Māori engage with museums, 1870s to 1970s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/44079/te-whare-taonga-o-aotearoa-he-hopukanga-korero-no-te-tau-1923 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paora Tapsell, i tāngia i te 28 January 2014.