Te Reo o te Pipiwharauroa 1981

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Year
1981
Reference
49245
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1981
Reference
49245
Media type
Audio
Duration
00:17:40
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Higgins, Tom

PAKIPAKI MARAE:

- Waiata tawhito: Pine pine te kura.

- kaikōrero : Tame Higgins / Ngāti Manawa no Murupara, i kuraraina ki
Rangatahi Kareti me Te Aute, muri mai tena ka haere ki Ardmore Training
College, ka haere ki Te Waipounama, ka hoki mai ka haere ki roto o Ngāti
Kahungunu.
Tame became the Principal of Pakipaki School and has been there for a number
years and is dtill there when this recording was done in 1981.
He talks about how the elders wanted their children to return home and learn
their tikanga so they would be able to look after their marae and be able to stand
and welcome visitors, to look after their elders and learn from them.