IDNO

T.111175.GTN

Description

Children in black uniform with red belts taking part in a dance outside a school building; Maori motto “ Kia u Ki Te Pai” and “Hatu Patu” written above entrance. [HE 10/14/2011]

'Kia u Ki Te Pai' is the motto of the Hukarere Maori Anglican Girls Boarding School, Napier, and translates as 'Cling to what is Good'. The girls and boys are wearing the black uniform of a Catholic school. The building is not at Hukarere School. [Information by Kahu Hotere, Director - Maori, Royal Society, Wellington, New Zealand. JD 20/11/2019]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; New Zealand; Rotorua; Whakarewarewa [Aotearoa]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Merensky, Jutta (later Gethen)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1960s

Collection Name

Gethen Collection

Source

Hofmeyr, Carol and Hofmeyr, Justus (Dr.s)

Format

Transparency Colour

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.111029.GTN - T.111323.GTN were found in a red shoe box, now numbered C618/.

T.111170.GTN - T.111181.GTN were found in red transparency box, now numbered C618/14.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being “Oceania Polynesia; New Zealand”, but the building has now been identified as being part of Whakarewarewa School (see https://www.facebook.com/Whakarewarewa.school.nz/photos/a.271909503308849/271909626642170/?type=1&theater). The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 20/11/2019]