Taonga collected by the late Pā Henare Tate, including many relating to the history of the Catholic Church in Aotearoa and the Pacific, have gone on permanent display at a remote north Hokianga marae. Museum trust chair Geremy Hema says the two-story Raiatea Resource Centre at Motuti Marae near Panguru was a 30-year dream for Read more
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Mana and mullet — remembering Pā Tate
Monday, May 15th, 2017
When I met Pā Henare Tate in 1990 at his home marae, Motuti, on the north side of Hokianga Harbour, he told me a story about mullet. I was editor of New Zealand Geographic magazine, then only a year old. The 150th anniversary of the signing of Te Tiriti was coming up, and I decided to Read more