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Miringa Te Kakara

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Year
1980
Reference
43610
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1980
Reference
43610
Media type
Audio
Duration
00:18:00
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Barton, William, Interviewee
Ngata, Whai

An interview with Bill Barton of Auckland, kaumātua of Ngāti Maniapoto, who returned to the whare Miringa Te Kakara after fifty years. His previous visit had been in 1928, during a visit by the King Te Rata Mahuta. This whare stands between Benneydale and the Pureora forest in the King Country. It was built for Te Kooti; in the shape of a cross it is made of tōtara thatch, with bark walls and roof, dovetailed with no nails.