Tipene O'Regan lectures on the origins of the tribes of Te Wai Pounamu.
00.00 - 00.51: Announcer. "E nga iwi o te motu, tena ra koutou katoa. Tipene Steve O'Regan of Te Waipounamu's Ngai Tahu tribe is a man of many parts. He's a historian and raconteur - a tribal consultant and member of the Board of the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand - Chairman of the Ngai Tahu Trust Board, and soon to be presenting TVNZ's definitive series about the Māori - The Natural World of the Māori. When Te Māori opened in Christchurch recently, Tipene O'Regan presented a series of lectures about the tangata whenua of Te Waipounamu. In an earlier edition of Te Puna Wai Kōrero, you may have heard me speaking with Tipene about this subject when he spoke during Te Māori's stay in Dunedin. However, in Te Puna Wai Kōrero this and next week, you'll be able to hear the full text of Tipene O'Regan's address in Christchurch."
00.51 - 20.50: Tipene O'Regan: Outlines Kai Tahu boundaries - Te Parinui-o-Whiti (the Vernon Bluffs, east of Blenheim), Te Karaka (Cape Campbell), Waipapa, Kaikoura, Te Ara-a-Kiwa (Foveaux Strait), Te Tai Poutini, Tawhiti-tarere (Puysegur Point), Whakapoai (Heaphy River). A number of hapu present within Te Wai Pounamu for about 1500 years. However, iwi can only whakapapa back to about 20 generations (equivalent to 700 years). Outlines his thoughts on the Moriori myth (Puruhete). Waitaha tupuna traced to Rakaihautu of the Uruao waka which landed at Whakatu (near Nelson). Rokohuia was his son and it is said that it was he who invented the use of poha (kelp bags) for the storage and preservation of food from his time spent in Kaikoura gathering food. Lake Rotoiti and Rotoroa, and other lakes said to have been created by Rakaihautu, sticking his ko in the ground. Both father and son settled eventually at Akaroa. "Ka Pakihi whakatekateka o Waitaha" name for the Canterbury Plains, as they were said to be the seed baskets of the Waitaha (or sustained them in their food needs). Rakaihautu appears in whakapapa of Rarotonga, Mauke and Manaia. Name of Aorangi also found in Samoa. Koukourarata - name for Port Levy. Process described by Tipene of transferral of geographical and whakapapa names etc. Burial style of Waitaha said to be that of placing bodies in a small hole in a sitting position, with limbs bound together.
20.50 - 21.14: Announcer, concluding remarks.