Rotorua Daily Post
  • Rotorua Daily Post home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Residential property listings
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Rural
  • Sport

Locations

  • Tauranga
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō & Tūrangi

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales

Weather

  • Rotorua
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Rotorua Daily Post

Te Maori: Book keeps marae memories alive

By Dana Kinita
Rotorua Daily Post·
17 Jun, 2014 02:30 AM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Cyrus Hingston with his new book Pou o Whakaue which takes an in depth look of eight Ngati Whakaue marae. Photo/Ben Fraser

Cyrus Hingston with his new book Pou o Whakaue which takes an in depth look of eight Ngati Whakaue marae. Photo/Ben Fraser

The history of Ngati Whakaue marae has been released in a new book Pou o Whakaue.

Compiled and written by Rotorua resident Cyrus Hingston, of Ngati Whakaue and Ngati Tarawhai, the book documents the history and the memories it has to its people of eight of the iwi marae.

Mr Hingston said the motivation behind Pou o Whakaue was to keep knowledge of the elders alive for future generations.

"My father passed away and there was less and less older people who had the knowledge so I thought perhaps I can do something about that by interviewing kaumatua and kuia," Mr Hingston said.

"Initially it was supposed to be 80 pages but after my first meeting with koeke [elders] at Owhata they asked me, 'Who's story is it?' and I said, 'Your story.'

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"They said write about the land, tupuna, don't just give the name of the marae and the wharenui. So basically what was supposed to be 80 pages turned into 220 pages and what was supposed to have taken a year, has taken 17 months to finally get it to print."

The book has 31 contributors and delves into the whenua, whare, tupuna, whakapapa, korero, hapu and whanau associated to each of those marae. It was made possible with the help of Ngati Whakaue - Te Arawa Writer's grant. Pou o Whakaue is bilingual with an introductory summary in te reo Maori for each chapter.

"Some koeke said they didn't know much about the history but then spoke about growing up next to the marae and the changes over the years but you also found they had these nuggets of information when they talked about the marae and insight into the life and tikanga," Mr Hingston said.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"I was very lucky with the contributions of the kaikorereo, they were generous of what they spoke about, it was humbling."

Pou o Whakaue is available at McLeods Booksellers or by emailing Mr Hingston on chingston1@gmail.com.

Discover more

Rotorua kids help Dora the Explorer say 'Kia ora!' (+video)

09 Jul 09:30 PM
Save

    Share this article

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

Rotorua Daily Post

Heating or eating a tough call for some after rates rise, says councillor

02 Jul 06:00 PM
live
Rotorua Daily Post

Large fibre outage top of South Island, some Tasman residents evacuating, Auck Harbour Bridge hit by high winds

02 Jul 06:00 PM
Rotorua Daily Post

Bike racks back for Rotorua buses, Tauranga's a month away

02 Jul 11:55 AM

There’s more to Hawai‘i than beaches and buffets – here’s how to see it differently

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

Heating or eating a tough call for some after rates rise, says councillor

Heating or eating a tough call for some after rates rise, says councillor

02 Jul 06:00 PM

Another councillor said his stance was 'disingenuous' after he backed additional funding.

Large fibre outage top of South Island, some Tasman residents evacuating, Auck Harbour Bridge hit by high winds
live

Large fibre outage top of South Island, some Tasman residents evacuating, Auck Harbour Bridge hit by high winds

02 Jul 06:00 PM
Bike racks back for Rotorua buses, Tauranga's a month away

Bike racks back for Rotorua buses, Tauranga's a month away

02 Jul 11:55 AM
Popular Waikato walkway fully reopens after major upgrade

Popular Waikato walkway fully reopens after major upgrade

02 Jul 05:00 AM
From early mornings to easy living
sponsored

From early mornings to easy living

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Rotorua Daily Post e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Rotorua Daily Post
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP