'The Building of Hotunui, Whare Whakairo, W. H. Taipari's Carved House at Thames, 1878'
Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 30, 1897, 1897, Page 41
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'Maori Gathering at the War Memorial Museum Yesterday', 1929 Rededication of Hotunui at Auckland Museum
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20426, 30 November 1929, Page 15
Rededication of Hotunui at Auckland Museum, 1929
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20426, 30 November 1929, Page 10
'Tomo' - Rededication of Hotunui meeting house, Auckland Museum, 1929
Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 281, 27 November 1929, Page 13
Recollections of Mereana Mokomoko of Ngāti Awa concerning the building of 'Hotunui', published 1925
Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 16439, 12 March 1925, Page 5
The Journey of Marutūahu to Hauraki: A Version by Tukumana Te Taniwha of Ngāti Whanaunga
This is a version of the story of Marutūahu's journey to Hauraki in search of his father Hotunui. This version is sourced in a manuscript written by Tukumana Te Taniwha of Ngāti Whanaunga. It was edited and translated by George Graham of Auckland Museum and published in the Journal of the Polynesian Society , Volume 50, No. 199, pp. 120-133. KA HEKE MAI A MARUTUAHU KI HAURAKI NEI. 1. Ka mahue atu a Kawhia i a Marutuahu. Ka haere mai ki Hauraki ki te kimi i tona matua. He hoa tona i to raua haerenga mai. 2. Ka haere mai i runga i nga maunga. I te haerenga mai, ta raua mahi he wero haere i te manu hei kai ma raua, huahua ake. 3. Ka tae mai ki Waikato, ara ki Tuakau, ka whiti i te awa o Waikato. Haeremai i runga i te maunga o Tirikohua, wero haere mai i te manu, kuku, tui, kaka. 4. A tae mai ki Otau, ka whiti mai i te awa o Te Wairoa, ka piki mai i te maunga i Kohukohunui ka eke mai i te tau, ka titiro ki Tikapa, ki te moana o Hauraki. Heke tonu i runga i te tau, ka...
Hotunui, an account in Māori extracted from 'The Ancient History of the Maori' by John White
The following account of the life of Hotunui, ancestor of the Marutūhu peoples, was extracted from The Ancient History of the Maori by John White, Vol IX, Tainui, pp. 187-196 . An English translation, which appears in the same book, can be read here: Hotunui, an account in English extracted from 'The Ancient History of the Maori' by John White Ko Hotu-nui anake tenei ka mahia i enei korero o tenei tatai korero whakapapa. Ka moe te tangata ra a Hotu-nui i te wahine, no Kawhia te wahine a te tangata ra no nga heke tawhito o mua atu ia Tai-nui. Ka hapu te wahine ra, ka tuahu te tangata ra i tana maara, hei maara kumara mana, kaore i oti te whakato i te kore purapura kumara, ka tahi a Hotu-nui ka haere ki te tahae i te hapoki kumara a Mahanga, hei whakato mo tana maara. Nei ra ko te koromatua o te waewae o Hotu i piko ki waho. Ka pau te tahae nga kumara o te hapoki (rua-kumara) ra, ka rapu a Mahanga i te tangata nana i tahae tana hapoki, ka kitea nga waewae ra ...
Death of Tukumana Te Taniwha of Ngāti Whānaunga
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXVIII, ISSUE 20521, 3 APRIL 1941 Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 76, 31 March 1941, Page 4 MAORI LEADER, TUKUMANA TE TANIWHA. The death has occurred at his home at Waimango of Tukumana Te Taniwha, head chief of the Ngati Whanaunga tribe, at the age of 82 years. He was a grandson of the famous chief, Te Te Horeta Te Taniwha. Tukumana Te Taniwha was one of the last surviving men versed in the ancient genealogy and history of his branch of the Hauraki Maoris. He always worked for the advancement of his people and was the Maori leader in the district. He was one of those instrumental in arranging the transporting of the great carved meeting house Hotunui to be deposited in trust for the Thames tribes in the Auckland War Memorial .Museum. Natives from all over the Waikato, Thames and Hauraki districts are gathering at Waimango for the tangi.