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The Lindauer Art Gallery Māori Visitors' Book Cover

The Lindauer Art Gallery Māori Visitors' Book is a remarkable document. Spanning the years 1901 to 1918, it contains hundreds of heartfelt comments and provides an extraordinary account of Māori engagement with the Partridge Collection.

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Whakamāori whakapākehā ranei: 019-020| Translation of pages: 019-020

 
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    Nga kupu a nga tangata matakitaki, me tuhituhi kikonei|Te reo Māori and English - complete transcription
    Te Ra Date Ingoa Name Kainga Residence Whakaaro Comments
    SeptemberAkuhata, 3  Katerina Nikorima  Auckland  Kua kite ahau i nga whakaahua o te whare nei ko aua whakaahua e mohio ana ahau ki nga kaupapa i te wa e ora ana ratou, tino rite enei kia ratou, Tamati Waaka Tepuhi, Wharepapa Tamati Ngapora, Tawhiao, Rewi Maniapoto, Tukukino, Eru Patuone, Honi Ngakapa, Ana Rupene, Paora Tuhaere, Sophia, Me taku papa me Teretimana Te Mania ano e, ka korero mai kiau i whea ahau. 
    Hepetema 9/1901  Mere arihi Tinotahi  Whareponga Waipiro Bay.  Kua kite au ia Rapata wahawaha i rite tonu tona whakaahua kito na oranga. etino pai ana. 
    Hepetema 9/01  Mere Makarena Kereama    Kanui tomatou aroha tangi hoki i tomatou kitenga i omatou tupuna tuatahi kua ngaro atu i tenei ao rite tonu enanei ahua kitetaima e ora ana ratou. Kanuito matou koa ki te kitenga inei ahua omatou tupuna Kingi tawhiao, hori ngakapa heoi hepao nei etaku Wairua eii.  
      Hemi Montrose Kereama  Parnell   
      Heni Aporo Paora     
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    Ngā kupu a ngā tāngata mātakitaki, me tuhituhi ki konei |Te reo Māori - with modern punctuation and macrons
    Te Ra Date Ingoa Name Kainga Residence Whakaaro Comments
    SeptemberAkuhata, 3  Katerina Nikorima  Auckland  Kua kite ahau i ngā whakaahua o te whare nei ko aua whakaahua e mōhio ana ahau ki ngā kaupapa i te wā e ora ana rātou, tino rite ēnei ki a rātou, Tamati Waaka Te Puhi, Wharepapa Tamati Ngāpora, Tāwhiao, Rewi Maniapoto, Tukukino Eru Patuone, Honi Ngākapa, Ana Rūpene, Pāora Tūhaere, Sophia, me taku pāpā me Te Retimana Te Mania anō e, ka kōrero mai ki a au i whea ahau. 
    Hepetema 9/1901  Mere arihi Tinotahi  Whareponga Waipiro Bay.  Kua kite au i a Rāpata Wahawaha, i rite tonu tōna whakaahua ki tōna oranga. E tino pai ana. 
    Hepetema 9/01  Mere Makarena Kereama    Ka nui tō mātou aroha tangi hoki i tō mātou kitenga i ō mātou tūpuna tuatahi kua ngaro atu i tēnei ao. Rite tonu ēnei āhua ki te tāima e ora ana rātou. Ka nui tō mātou koa ki te kitenga i ēnei āhua o ō mātou tūpuna Kīngi Tāwhiao, Hori Ngākapa, heoi he pao aroha e ngā tūpuna i te pō, tēnā koutou e mihia nei e taku wairua eii. 
      Hemi Montrose Kereama  Parnell   
      Heni Aporo Paora     
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    Ngā kupu a ngā tāngata mātakitaki, me tuhituhi ki konei |English - complete transcription and translation
    Te Ra Date Ingoa Name Kainga Residence Whakaaro Comments
    SeptemberAkuhata, 3  Katerina Nikorima  Auckland  I have seen the pictures of this house in relation to those pictures I knew the originals in the time they were alive, these are very similar to them, Tamati Waaka Te Puhi, Wharepapa Tamati Ngapora, Tawhiao, Rewi Maniapoto, Tukukino, Eru Patuone, Honi Ngakapa, Ana Rupene, Paora Tuhaere, Sophia, and my father/uncle [?] Te Retimana and Te Mania, they said to me where have I been. 
    Hepetema 9/1901  Mere arihi Tinotahi  Whareponga Waipiro Bay.  I saw Rapata Wahawaha just like he was in life. Excellent. 
    Hepetema 9/01  Mere Makarena Kereama    Great is our love & weeping for our seeing our grandfathers lost to this life & world. Truly like to them are these portraits. Great was our joy on our seeing these portraits of our grand-fathers King Tawhiao Hori Ngakapa: That’s all! O grandfathers gone to darkness Salutations! Our fathers greeting us in spirit, E 
      Hemi Montrose Kereama  Parnell   
      Heni Aporo Paora     
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  • Petr Blazek

    At 8am on 23 August 2015

    Very interesting website. Thanks.

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    At 6am on 20 November 2014

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  • ngaire lea robinson kahotea - ngati puu, ngati maru

    At 4pm on 13 March 2014

    Kia ora im looking for a maori design that represents (McCaskill, ngati puu, ngati maru) my phone number is 0279078341 thanks. Xx

  • carol

    At 3pm on 4 March 2014

    very interesting portrait....I know my ancestors Paipa were Ngati Porou and I am related to the Wharepapa line...

  • Ngarangi Walker - Ngati Porou

    At 7pm on 17 February 2014

    Kia ora. I'd be interested to korero to anyone who has any info/whakapapa on Ruka Aratapu.

  • anissa ljanta

    At 9pm on 21 April 2013

    My kids great great grandmother signed this page, how great to actually see her very words! I would love to know what year these pages of the visitors book were from?

  • Charlotte Nikau

    At 12am on 13 June 2012

    Kia ora, thank you so much for the information that you have provided from my nana kene purua. I have been trying to put together my whakapapa, and it great to see that my nana's writing, as soon as I saw the writing I knew it was him. If only you knew how much this means to me. Please keep up the fantastic effort. Arohamai.

  • Caroline McBride

    At 10am on 21 May 2012

    Thanks to Nerolie for her positive comment about viewing whanau names. If you open the book on any page you are offered 3 choices in the box below: a faithful transcription of the words as they were written at the time; a transcription with modern punctuation and macrons and a transcription and translation into English. 'Hope you enjoy reading their korero and thanks to Te Taura Whiri i te reo Maori The Maori Language Commission for all of the transcription and translation work on the Visitors Book.

  • Nerolie Hemara - Ngati Maniapoto

    At 2pm on 30 April 2012

    How exciting,to go through these pages and view some familiar whanau names. How unfortunate that I am not able to understand their korero. Not finished looking but I will be back

  • Gail Young

    At 11am on 19 April 2012

    Remana Nutana (Mangere Bridge) and Wahanga Wetini (Raglan). These two people are mentioned in the above book. Does anyone have a portrait or pictures of these two people? They feature on entry number 152.

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