IDNO

P.154957.RPT

Description

An audience made up of men, women, and children watching Māori children dancing. An older woman in the audience is sitting at the front with her leg outstretched with a woven kete (bag) in front of her. They are watching the performance at Tūrangawaewae Marae during the anniversary celebrations of the appointment of Te Atairangikaahu as Māori Queen, the leader of the Kīngitanga (Māori King Movement). [KK 28/10/2022]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; New Zealand; North Island; Waikato; Ngāruawāhia; Tūrangawaewae Marae [Aotearoa]

Cultural Affliation

Māori

Named Person

Te Atairangikaahu Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero; Roslyn Poignant

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

1969

Collection Name

Poignant Collection

Source

Poignant, Roslyn

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.154684.RPT - P.155353.RPT were located in the drawer file of prints, numbered C1025/1.

Bibliographical reference: Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31996, 24 May 1969, p.2. "Anniversary Of Maori Queen
(N.Z. Press Association) Hamilton, May 23. Over 6000 people are expected to gather on the Turangawaewae marae at Ngaruawahia during the week - end for celebration to mark the second anniversary of the coronation of the Maori Queen, O Te Atirangikaahu. Tonight, many of the estimated 6000 people will arrive from as far away as the South Island. They will be accommodated in permanent sleeping houses at the Turangawaewae Pa and in seven large marquees. The week - end programme began this morning when a session marking the recognition of the anniversary was held on the marae." [source: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19690524.2.15.8 KK 28/10/2022]

Biographical reference: "Te Arikinui, Dame Te Atairangikaahu [1931 - 2006] was the first woman chosen to lead the Kīngitanga (the Māori king movement). She served as Māori queen for over 40 years, the longest reign of any Māori monarch. Te Atairangikaahu came to enjoy a national profile, embodying Māori identity and symbolising Māori mana at a time when Māori were increasingly asserting their language, culture and rights under the Treaty of Waitangi." [source: Rāhui Papa and Paul Meredith. 'Te Atairangikaahu Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2018. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/6t4/te-atairangikaahu-koroki-te-rata-mahuta-tawhiao-potatau-te-wherowhero KK 28/10/2022]

Context: "The seat of the King movement is Tūrangawaewae, a marae located at Ngāruawāhia. [...] The establishment of Tūrangawaewae marae during the 1920s and 1930s was guided by the influential Waikato – and indeed New Zealand – leader, Te Puea Hērangi, a granddaughter of King Tāwhiao." [source: Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, 'Waikato tribes - Tūrangawaewae', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/waikato-tribes/page-5 KK 28/10/2022]

Publication: Image published in Te Koroneihana | Coronation
Celebrating Te Atairangikaahu, Māori Queen. 2023. MAA Digital Lab Online Exhibition with the following caption: "A crowd watching the kapa haka performances. The woman sitting at the front has a kete (woven bag) with her. Roslyn Poignant is standing with her arms folded close to the centre." [source: https://museums.cam.ac.uk/story/te-koroneihana-coronation/ KK 14/08/2023]