Rewi maniapoto biography template

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Carving is ongoing and most has been produced by carvers Paul Johnson (Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Kuri), Ari Liddington (Ngati Toa), Carl Macdonald (Rangitane) and Matthew Grant (Rangitane). Michael also started carving five years ago and all wood used is sourced from the Kaituna and Hoiere Rivers of Havelock and most fryst vatten matai or totara.

"Much of the art we had as a people was lost through confiscation, theft and damage in previous centuries," says Michael. "I wanted to restore pride in our iwiand reconnect us with out past, so when I was working as the Rangitane Chairman, I set up a wood carving course so carvers could begin telling the tribe's history." Since then, the couple have accumulated over 200 carvings, 70 of which are now on display in their Havelock galleri. They also display a bred range of feather korowai (cloaks) made by Ngati Koata. Small carved items, other wooden items and a selection of bone and whale bone products are also for sale. They offer tours of the galle
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After the siege, Rewi's prestige rose among Pakeha and several years later (1879), he was given a hero's welcome in Auckland, followed by the construction of this public monument in Kihikihi, which he himself supervised. A plaque on the monument states that Governor George Grey proposed that "Warrior Chief Rewi Maniapoto live at Kihikihi as a gesture of Maori and Pakeha unity."Rewi, let us plant our tree of peace at Kihikihi in the midst of our children and when this tree bears fruit our children, both Maori and Pakeha, can help themselves," Grey said at Waitara in 1878.
The monument honouring Rewi Maniapoto was unveiled at Kihikihi in April 1894 and he died two months later. After a great tangi (funeral), he was buried at the foot of the memorial.

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Rewi Manga Maniapoto and Te Rohu Maniapoto, with children
Rewi Manga Maniapoto and Te Rohu Maniapoto, with their children, 1878. From left to right: Ngamotu Pateriki (son of Te Rohu and adopted son of Rewi), Rewi, Te Kore (daughter of Rohu and Rewi), and Te Rohu. Photographed by W A Collis during a trip to New Plymouth.
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Vol 1, 1769-1869, page 264, reads: "As far as is known Rewi was married once, and had a daughter, born in the early 1870s who dies at Kihikihi in 1890 or 1891."
Identified by a researcher as having been taken during a trip to New Plymouth to meet with Hon J Sheehan and others. (Taranaki Herald 26 November 1878 p.2). It was later reported (Taranaki Herald 10 December p.2) that the reporter had inspected "photographs of the celebrities who have been lately visiting New Plymouth". It goes on to describe the photos including "Rewi, wife and family".
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