Onehou Phillis

Pū Kāea Magazine and Māori in Schools

Onehou Phillis was born in the Eastern Bay of Plenty settlement of Te Teko. She received her early education at Te Teko and Pāroa Native schools and her secondary schooling was at Queen Victoria Māori Girls School and Whakatāne High. After graduating with a teacher’s certificate she taught English and Māori at Edgecumbe College in the Bay of Plenty. She was instrumental in setting up and editing the Iwi Newspaper Pū Kāea in 1992.

In this excerpt Phillis talks about Pū Kāea and te reo Māori in schools.

Collection reference 50002
Year 1993
Credits Interviewer: Puhi Rangiaho

United Nations in Geneva

A community leader and advocate for indigenous rights, Phillis travelled with other kaumātua to Geneva to speak to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Mataatua Declaration on Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Onehou Phillis talks about the visit to the UN in Geneva and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Collection reference 50002
Year 1993
Credits Interviewer: Puhi Rangiaho

Elder Support for Younger Members

Onehou Phillis talks further about her visit to the UN in Geneva to support the submission of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Here she discusses the kaumātua support for the younger members of the travelling party.

Collection reference 50002
Year 1993
Credits Interviewer: Puhi Rangiaho

Women on Ngāti Awa Marae

Onehou Phillis was a writer and publisher, particularly of Ngāti Awa history.
In this excerpt she speaks of women’s role on Ngāti Awa marae.

Collection reference 50002
Year 1993
Credits Interviewer: Puhi Rangiaho