Te Mana O Turanga (Whakato Marae, Gisborne) by Leo Fowler

This is a second-hand copy of the book Te Mana O Turanga (Whakato Marae, Gisborne) by Leo Fowler. 

Condition: This is a used book in good condition. The softcover is worn, with creasing and staining - see photos. Name on half-title page - see photos.

Publisher: New Zealand Historic Places Trust
Year: 1974
Format: Softback
Pages: 37 plus plates and fold-out ancestry tree
Condition: Used (Good)

Published in 1974 Te Mana o Turanga, is the story of the carved meeting house on Whakato marae in Manutuke, near Gisborne. Includes description and interpretation of the carvings in this meeting house of the Rongowhakaata tribe.

Contents

• Notes on the carved house (History, missionaries, topography, pakeha occupation ; Whakato, Prior carved houses, Name, Evaluation of carvings ; Declaration of mana ; Raharuhi Rukupo ; Mana of Turanga ; Carvers ; Whakapapa : the descent from Rongowhakaata -- The carvings & their stories (Rimata, Rongowhakaata : creation, or the separation of Rangi & Papa ; Ranginui, Rapatuanuku, Paiaterangi, Maui, Ruatapu, Tutekohe ; Rakaihikuroa, Tupurupuru, & the murder of the twins Tarakiuta & Tarakitai ; Pourangahua & the great bird of Ruakapanga ; Pourangahua, Mahakirau, Hinehakirirangi, Matuatonga & Matuaiti, Maia ; Pawa or Paoa ; Rongokako, Te Ratu ; Parua ; Tawhaki & Rata, Agnew Brown ; Maui & Hinenuitepo, the stone tool carvings ; Raharuhi Rukupo, Mokaiohungia ; The twins of Hineteariki, Tamanuhiri & Hinenuitepo ; Kahungunu, Hei Poria ; Paikea or Tinirau, Rafter painting of Hinetuwaiwai, Ko Ihu -- Pawa & Pouheni or Tutenekenga & Tuketenui, the Poutokomanawa.