:I: Mouru Pasco Maaka, who told him he was the last Maaka. In reply ::I: William told Aritaku that he had an unmerried sister Ani, m (nee Haberfield, also Metzger) in Murihiku. Ani and Aritaku met and went on to marry. m They established themselves in the area of Waimarama -0 and went on to have many children. -a o Mouru attended Greenhills Primary School and o ::D then moved on to Southland Girls' High School. She ::D showed academic ability and wanted to be a journalist, o but eventually ended up developing photographs. The o -a advantage of that was that today we have heaps of -a beautiful photos of our tlpuna which we regard as o priceless taolsa. o ::D Mouru went on to marry Nicholas James Metzger ::D in 1932. Nick's grandfather was German but was o educated in England before coming to New Zealand. o » Their first son, Nicholas Graham "Tiny" was born the year » they were married. Another child did not follow until 1943. -I , around home and relished the responsibility. She Mouru had had her hopes pinned on a dainty little girl 2S attended Raetihi School and later was a boarder at but instead she gave birth to a 13lb 40z boy called Gary " James. Turakina Maori Girls' College in Marton. She learnt the teachings of both the Ratana and Methodist churches. Mouru went to her family's tlU island Pikomamaku­ In 1944 Ruruhira took up a position at Te Rahui nui almost every season of her life. She excelled at Wahine Methodist Hostel for Maori girls in Hamilton cooking - the priest at her funeral remarked that "she founded by Princess Te Puea Herangi. The work entailed made the best oyster soup this side of Jordan". The only administrative and household duties as well as making thing she enjoyed more than preparing food was eating the girls comfortable in their new surroundings. One of it. She was known to get quite demanding in later years the girls was Princess Piki, now the Maori Queen, Dame for a poha of UU, a jar of oysters, a bag of codheads or Te Atairangikaahu. some paua. She moved to Auckland where she worked as a After Mouru's husband Nick died of multiple doctor's receptionist and it was here that she met her For most southern Kai Tahu, early April means the hTkoi sclerosis at a reasonably young age, she went on to husband who was a returned serviceman. They married to Ka Moutere 0 TIU. However for the Metzger whanau remarry long time oysterman Joseph Pasco. Despite in 1949. and greater whanaulsa of Motupohue and the wider making her last visit to the tnT islands in 1982, she and They soon moved to Taumutu (near Leeston), Murihiku, early April this year meant a hTkoi of another Joe had many happy times together. They lived out their where her mother had returned three years earlier. kind also. On April 12th this year one of our taua went on retirement years in Bluff tending their massive garden, Ruruhira was plagued with chest problems for most of her last hTkoi, a hTkoi that will have led her to those she Mouru the flowers and Nick the vegetables, to a her life and before her first child was born she spent a loved and who have gone before her. continually impressive standard.Unfortunately Mouru year in the Christchurch Sanatorium with tuberculosis. Mouru Caroline "Bubba" Haberfield was born to and Joe had to move to Calvary Rest Home in 1996 when Ruruhira and her husband had two sons whilst living William Isaac Haberfield Jnr and Frances Mercy their home in Bluff became too hard for them to manage. at Taumutu and had another two sons and a daughter Haberfield(nee Bailey) on the 7th of December 1911. It was a move neither they nor the family wanted but one after they moved to Christchurch. Mouru was the first child in this marriage, but both of her which had become necessary. Mouru hated living in Ruruhira became very involved in a large number parents had been married previously. William's first wife lnvercargill and called her flat "the dark hole of Calcutta". of organisations, including the Maori Women's Welfare Ritea (nee Rehu) died in a fire, along with their two She loved coming back to Te Rau Aroha Marae for League, the Women's Institute, and various health children, at a hotel in Port Chalmers in 1907. Frances's kaumatua dinners and hui and it was hard taking her first husband George Spencer, died leaving her with two back to Invercargill when her heart was so obviously thirty Photo: Courtesy of Terry Ryan, Rehua Marae. organisations. She was a member of the tribal committee at Taumutu marae, and was kuia for many schools and sons, George and Stuart. William and Frances went on kilometres south of there. Mouru eventually got her wish Ruruhira Williams organisations around Christchurch. She was a respected to have another daughter, Koa Gladys, and a son, John and on April the13th we brought her home, back to the wahine rangatira on Rehua Marae, and had a strong Kerle Tipaho "Boy". Frances's two sons from her previous marae for her talsiaue! - and gave everyone the chance (nee Tuatini) involvement with the Durham Street Methodist Church. marriage, the addition of another three and the whangai to say their poroporoakT to her. Ruruhira Williams' karanga has welcomed thousands Ruruhira and her husband were a driving force in of Buku and Taura Hemara made for a large family who Mouru was a very thoughtful and god-loving person of visitors on to Rehua Marae. the early kohanga reo movement, helping establish the grew up in the small settlement of Greenhills, not far from and was actively involved with many religions throughout On July the 27th Ruruhira Williams (Auntie Lu) died, first kohanga in the South Island at Rehua Marae. The the ancestral kaik of Omaui and Owi and the shadow of her life, most notably Catholicism. aged seventy-six. Described by one of her fellow marae kohanga became one of her favourite places, and she Motupohue. She was laid to rest at the Greenpoint Cemetery trustees as "a real gracious lady". visited each morning at 9.00 am to say prayers with the Mouru had her name gifted to her by her Uncle with her first husband Nick. She overlooks the whenua Born at Raetihi, she was the eldest of nine children toddlers. Aritaku Maaka whose favourite aunty had carried the and moana that provided the mahilsa kai that sustained of a farming family. Her father, Te Reimana Tuatini, was She was awarded a Suffrage Centennial Medal in same name. Aritaku came from the Waimarama in Te her body and mind, the people she loved and the of Te Ati Haunui a Paparangi of the Whanganui River 1993, and was presented with a Senior Achievers Award Ika a Maui and had Ngai Tahu lineage from the iwi that combination of the said, and more the unsaid, that she and her mother was the daughter of Rakapa Potaka of by the Governor-General in Wellington in 1995. were left behind after the migration to Te Waipounamu. held so dear in her heart. the Ngati Hauiti hapO of Ngati TOwharetoa and Teone Ruruhira was buried beside her husband at the Mouru's father William was amongst other things a Mouru is survived by her husband Joe, two children, Wi wi Taiaroa of Otakou. Taumutu Marae cemetery. She is survived by two sisters, shearer. He worked anywhere between Hawke's Bay and six grandchildren,six great-grandchildren and many other As the eldest child she became her mother's helper four brothers and her five children. Ruapuke. Whilst in the north he came across Aritaku whanau and friends, all of whom cherish her memory. contents 4 Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu -Z News and reviews from members ofNgai Tahu Whanui TE KARAKA - Raumati I Summer 1999 6 From the Kaiwhakahaere -I THE NGAI TAHU MAGAZINE Nurturing our Language ::J: Raumati I Summer 1999 7 Building Partnerships EDITOR Gabrielle Huria Ngai Tahu Fisheries and Te ROnanga 0 Awarua join forces en- CONTRIBUTORS Trudie Allan 8 The Answers Lie Within Adrienne Anderson Traditional disputes resolution practices as the way forward - Ross Caiman en Linda Constable 12 Jane Davis -A Taua with a Passion Donald Couch editorial Ngai Tahu Taua Jane Davis shares her passions for en Jackie Curtis Murihiku and the Crown ITtT Islands c Matapura Ellison GABRIELLE HURIA 13 News from the Whakapapa Unit m Suzanne Ellison The latest from the Whakapapa Unit Jane Kitson Thelma Manaena 14 Kia Mau ki Te TIn Mo Ake Tonu Atu Rakiura Maori and scientists team up to keep the Janyne Morrison TIfT Forever Matiu Payne Welcome to issue 12 of te Karaka. I'm sure that you will find it an interesting Riria Pirika and enjoyable read. te Karaka always appreciates receiving material from 18 Moeraki Taonga Returns Hana Potiki our Ngai Tahu whanui from around the globe for publication in the A collection ofphotos returns home to Moeraki Tahu Potiki magazine - thank you for your contributions, please keep them coming. 20 Whose Fish Are They Anyway? Eruera Prendergast As Ngai Tahu we can never underestimate the importance of te reo A beginner's guide to the Maori Fisheries Debate Tarlin Prendergast Te Maire Tau in helping us to understand who we are as a people. It connects us on a 22 Caring for our Taonga Ariana Tikao fundamental spiritual level. The use of the Kai Tahu dialect has aroused Ariana Tikao offers advice MoanaTipa much discussion amongst us.