• Tū te Whaihanga Showcase 12

Hinematioro

Rākau Wood

Te Pou o Hinematioro

He taonga nui whakaharahara tēnei pou o Hinematioro ki te iwi o Te Aitanga a Hauiti, nā te mea nā Hinematioro te taonga nei. Kua whakairohia tēnei taonga ki te momo tārai o Iwirākau, i takea mai i Te Whare Wānanga o Te Rāwheoro.

I te tau 1769, i kohaina e Hinematioro te taonga nei ki ngā tāngata o te Endeavour, i tō rātou haeretanga atu ki tōna whare i te motu o Pourewa.

I tū ake tēnei pou hei tauira mō te momo tārai o Te Aitanga a Hauiti, ā, koia tētahi o nga whakaaturanga matua i te Whakakitenganui o Banks i Bonn. He taonga taurewa tēnei nā Te Whare Taonga o Tubingen University, i Tiamani.

Te Pou o Hinematioro

The Hinematioro Pou is significant to Te Aitanga a Hauiti because it is associated with the ancestress Hinematioro and is carved in the Iwirākau tradition known to have emerged from Te Whare Wānanga o Te Rāwheoro.

In 1769, as members of the Endeavour visited Pourewa Island, they were gifted a pou from the house of Te Aitanga a Hauiti Ariki, Hinematioro.

The pou was recognised as an example of the Hauiti carving style and was a centre piece in the Banks Exhibition in Bonn. The pou IS here on loan from Tubingen University Museum, Germany.

Hinematioro – He Ariki

Ko Hinematioro te ariki tapaiuru o tōna iwi. Kua rongonui a ia mō te tiaki i ngā rawa, me te manaaki i tōna iwi. Hōrapa tōna mana i te tai whakarunga, i te tai whakararo. Ko tōna mana i tuku iho mai i tōna pāpā a Tānetokorangi, he mokopuna nā Konohi te rangatira o Whāngārā, rāua tahi ko tōna kōka a Ngunguruterangi, he mokopuna tuarua nā Rerekohu.

I mōhiotia whānuitia e ngā Pākehā tuatahi ki Aotearoa ko Hinematioro te “Kuini o te Tairāwhiti ”. He kōtiro whai mana a ia i te taenga mai o Kuki.

Hinematioro – He Ariki

Hinematioro was without peer in her lifetime. She was known for her fair management of resources and administered kindly to her people. Her influence went beyond Tairawhiti and her stature of Ariki was recognised throughout the land. Her mana and tapu descended from her father Tānetokorangi, a grandchild of Konohi, the principle rangatira of the Whāngārā area, and her mother Ngunguruterangi, the great-granddaughter of Rerekohu.

She was considered by the early European settlers to be the “Queen of the coast” and evidently was a young woman of great power and influence when Cook arrived.

On loan from Tubingen Museum

 


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