From Teen Parent To Graduate

WAIRARAPA M OANA
ISSUE NINE: TUAIWA
MARCH 2008
From Teen Parent To Graduate
IN THIS ISSUE:
Wairarapa Moana Trust
Looks To The Future p2
Nau Mai Taku Kura
Mokopuna
Megan, Dan
and Kaylin on
New Year’s Eve
p3
Scholarship Recipient
Traceyanne Herewini p4
Maori Land Court
Clinics, Workshops
And Courts
p5
New Office For
Wairarapa Moana
p6
Johnston Lawrence
Scholarship In Law
p7
Tennis Is In The Blood p8
Shareholder/
Beneficiary Search
Wairarapa Moana
Farms Update
Tiki Tour
p8
p9
p10
Wairarapa Moana
Trust Marae
Development Grants p11
Shareholder Bank
Account Details
p12
50 Unclaimed
Dividends
p12
He uri ahau no te iwi o Ngati
Kahungunu ki Wairarapa
Ko Parekauiti te maunga
Ko Ruamahanga te awa
Ko Takitimu te waka
Ko Ngai Taneroa te hapu
Ko Hurunui-o-rangi te marae
Ko Megan Reiri toku ingoa
Tena koutou
Two weeks before her sixteenth birthday
Megan Reiri gave birth to her daughter
Kaylin. Six years on she has graduated with
a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Te Reo Maori
and Maori Studies, is studying a Diploma in
Teaching and is also being encouraged to do
some Masters papers in Maori; and that’s not
all ... Megan and Dan, amongst friends and
family, recently married in Masterton.
Megan is the first student to graduate from the
Wairarapa Teen Parent Unit with a university
degree after spending two years at the unit in
2002 and 2003. The unit began operating in
2002 and continues to support teen parents.
Megan says she has no regrets about her
decisions over the past six years and in many
ways Kaylin’s birth has been a “really positive
thing for my education”.
“The only thing I ever thought about doing
was becoming a photographer and I may
still do that. Having a child probably pushed
me towards primary teaching because I
love reading to Kaylin and helping with her
development.”
December 2007
Megan says she knows she wouldn’t have
graduated if she had not been part of the
Teen Parent Unit. “They gave me back my
education and if I hadn’t found out about it I
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“For the first couple of months Kaylin stayed with me while
I did work and then she went into the crèche.”
would have just sat at home and
done nothing.”
Megan completed Levels 1 and 2 NCEA through the unit
and received a scholarship to go to Wellington College
of Education to complete a bridging course, which would
allow her to enrol at university.
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“I made some really good friends
there that I have kept because
we all went through the same
challenges, pain, happiness and
glory.”
“My husband, who manages a courier company in
Wellington, moved over first to Johnsonville and Kaylin and
I followed soon after.”
Megan did a course, Parents As
First Teachers (PAFT), when she
first had Kaylin and through a
woman there she heard about
the Teen Parent Unit.
Both Megan and her husband Dan are from Masterton and
were married at Rathkeale College on New Year’s Eve.
Megan had been attending
Wairarapa College before she
left in her fifth form year to
prepare for the birth of Kaylin in
October 2001.
Now twenty-two, Megan has graduated with her BA and
has lined up a note-taking job for summer helping Maori
students with disabilities who are studying over the summer
semester.
“I decided to go along to the
unit for a visit one day and a girl
I went to school with was there
and she was really welcoming.”
At eighteen years old Megan was full-time studying at
Victoria University for her BA and Kaylin spent her days at
the Teachers College crèche in Karori.
The Diploma of Teaching course is one-year, full-time study
and will qualify Megan to teach at primary school level.
The lecturers at university were really supportive of Megan
studying and made allowances around Kaylin, she said.
Wairarapa Moana Trust Looks To The Future
Ma te tokomaha ka ka te ahi
By the many the fire will be kept burning
Each year the Wairarapa Moana trustees spend a
day together to discuss and plan their initiatives
for the year.
“The end of 2007 was a time of significant change for the
Wairarapa Moana Trust, so it was important for trustees to
spend some time together to discuss and agree our future
initiatives,” said Anne Carter, Chairman.
“At the beginning of 2008 we went through a process of
transferring our responsibilities for servicing Kahungunu
ki Wairarapa, Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts and the
Wairarapa Moana Trust office to the management of the
Wairarapa Moana Incorporation.
“Trustees will now focus their efforts exclusively on delivering
initiatives that will benefit shareholders and descendants of
Wairarapa Moana.”
The Planning Day in February reconfirmed that the priorities
for the next three years for the Trust will be:
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Left to Right – Trustees Nelson Rangi, Anne Carter,
Tame Matiaha and Sonya Rimene
“When your kid’s sick you have to take them with you and
as long as I told my lecturers what was going on they were
really good about it. “Once everyone found out that I had
a young child they were really comfortable about it and
would even offer to babysit.”
Megan says university life is often oriented around looking
out for yourself “but that’s a little bit difficult when you have
a baby in your life as well”.
With older twin sisters, and her mother, who recently
moved to Wellington, she said her family support network
is huge “You hear a lot about young mothers who don’t
have family support and really struggle but that’s just not
true in my case.
“Masterton is known for having a lot of young mothers and
it’s good to know there are some accomplishments being
made out there and the Teen Parent Unit is still going
strong,” she said.
“I love that I’m doing well for myself because it proves
people wrong about what they thought I would become.”
Megan says she often used to say ‘this is so hard I can’t
do it anymore” but now she has been back to school, got
a degree and “every day I get to go home to my beautiful
girl”.
Kaylin and her mother have a very close relationship and
sometimes she is more like a little sister but with the added
responsibility of being her mother as well, she said.
“My husband and I are planning to have more children once
I’ve got the academic stuff out of the way. Maybe at the end
of 2008 we will think about it and at least by then I will have
had six years with Kaylin and giving her all my attention.”
Megan hasn’t been back to the Teen Parent Unit recently
but has spoken with the co-ordinator Rae McKenzie and is
planning to talk to the girls about her success and try and
inspire them to be whatever they want to be.
“Rae has done so much for me and I always said to her if I
ever graduate you will be at the ceremony.”
Looking back Megan said she has no regrets about life
whatsoever. “I can look at myself and what I’ve achieved
and compare that to what some people my age have done
without a child to bring up and in some cases I’ve done
better for myself”.
“That’s really satisfying.”
....Te awa Tauweru, te awa Makahakaha
Rere atu ki roto i a Ruamahanga
Haere atu ra ki Wairarapa Moana ....
The Mailer acknowledges Wairarapa Times-Age for information used in this article.
• Wairarapa Moanatanga – supporting initiatives that assist
whanau to know who we are, where we come from and
what it means to be a descendant of Wairarapa Moana.
Wananga will be one way in which we will achieve this
goal.
The CD of
customary
Wairarapa waiata,
tauparapara and
karakia is a vital
cultural resource
for all Wairarapa
tangata whenua.
• Supporting the development of Wairarapa marae.
• Supporting the development of our future leaders through
the provision of scholarships.
“Our over-riding goal is to support our whanau to be capable,
confident and strong within their own identity, culture and
heritage as descendants of the original rangatira of the hapu
and whanau of the Wairarapa Moana.
“This means we need to do more to strengthen our whakapapa
connections and revive our waiata and tikanga. This is what
makes us who we are as a people. This will be an important
focus for the Wairarapa Moana Trust going forward.”
If you have queries about the services of the Wairarapa
Moana Trust please contact the Wairarapa Moana office on
06 370 2608 or 0800 662 624 or visit the Wairarapa Moana
website on www.wairarapamoana.org.nz
Available for
purchase at $10
each (courier
extra).
NAU MAI
TAKU KURA
MOKOPUNA
Contact the office
on 06 370 2608 or
0800 662 624.
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Scholarship Recipient
Traceyanne Herewini
Meanwhile, after thirteen years of part-time study I finally
completed my BA, double major in Psychology and Maori in
November 2006 and graduated in April 2007, no mean feat
given some of the barriers along the way of feeling ‘dumb
and stupid’; changing papers on a whim; other work-related
study along the way; work and location changes and finally
the mortgage and bills!
Some of the highlights along the way have been the whanau
support and scholarships. Yes, frozen meals and convenient
excuses of not doing lawns and gardens have helped too.
Traceyanne Herewini
Bachelor of Arts – Maori & Psychology
2007 Massey University Albany graduation
Ko Ohautieke, Rangitumau nga maunga
Ko Towai me Ruamahanga nga awa
Ko Karangahape me Nga Tau E Waru nga marae
Ko Kaitangata me Ngati Hamua nga hapu
Ko Ngati Kahu ki Whangaroa, Rangitane me Ngati Kahungunu nga iwi
Ko Mataatua, Ngatokimatawharoa, Kurahaupo, Takitimu nga waka
Ko Tupe raua ko Potangaroa oku rangatira
Ko Kevin Herewini raua ko Helen Herewini (nee Thorby) oku matua
Ko Traceyanne Herewini ahau
My working career has been as a primary teacher for ten
years both mainstream and Maori education. Then I decided
I wanted a less stressful job and ‘stumbled’ into working in
mental health since 1998. No, it is not less stressful, however,
it has moments of being exceedingly rewarding. I have
worked culturally, clinically and both in mainstream Child
and Adolescent Mental Health, Psychosis Early Intervention
and an adult Maori Mental Health Service known as Moko
Services. I am currently working as a Keyworker in a Maori
Mental Health Service, Auckland District Health Board
(ADHB) in Point Chevalier, Auckland.
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I am fortunate to have been a recipient of various scholarships
within the Trust since college and at different times while
doing my undergraduate study and hope to again when I
become a full-time student in the future. I am proud to say I
have learned and grown so much. Over the last three years
I gained some mastery of changing C’s into A’s, completed
my undergraduate degree, did some co-author work in a
MOH guideline and currently have a chapter contribution
that is being published into a psychotherapies textbook in
Melbourne. I did find my voice and gained confidence in the
land of academia.
I can recommend attending graduation, the highlight was
my nieces and listening to them planning their academic
pathways and which hat they wanted to earn (not just for the
fashion, also what they meant)!!!
My future plan is typically the long way of Postgraduate
Diploma in Psychology, Masters and Doctorate. While I
contemplate whether Clinical Psychology is me or not I am
certainly looking forward to earning an eclectic Doctorate.
Last year was filled with lots of highs and lows, all goals were
achieved but not necessarily to the extent I had become
accustomed to. Ultimately, one of the many things that
makes my heart sing is working with people, especially in
the areas of education and health.
This year I am doing two university papers closer to my heart,
Maori mental health and neuropsychology. So, here’s putting
it out there – hard work and determination will reap rewards.
I am also aiming for a balanced life of work, home and study
and all of the domains of te whare tapa wha (Durie, 2000).
I am sure this will not be the last time I will be in touch and
look forward to future partnerships with the Trust. Ka tika
hoki mou tou awhina, tautoko ki ahau. Tenei te mihi ki oku
tipuna, whanau, hapu, iwi – kia kaha, kia toa, kia maia, kia
manawanui. No reira,
Ki mai ki ahau e aha te mea nui o tenei ao
If you asked me what is the greatest thing of this world
Maku e ki atu – He tangata, he tangata, he tangata
I reply it is people, it is people, it is people
Dates, Venues And Times For
Maori Land Court Clinics, Workshops And Courts
For The Wairarapa Region For 2008
DAY:
DATE:
VENUE:
TIME:
Tuesday
25 March
Wednesday
26th March
Thursday
27th March
Friday
28th March
Wednesday
9th April
Monday
21st April
Tuesday
22nd April
Wednesday
23rd April
Thursday
24th April
Wednesday
14th May Tuesday
27th May
Wednesday
28th May
Thursday
29th May
Friday
30th May
Wednesday
11th June
Thursday
19th June
Tuesday
24th June
Wednesday
25th June
Thursday
26th June
Friday
27th June
Wednesday
9th July
Wednesday
23rd July
Thursday
24th July
Friday
25th July
Wednesday
13th August
Thursday
21st August
Wednesday
27th August
Thursday
28th August
Friday
29th August
Wednesday
10th September
Wednesday
24th September
Thursday
25th September
Friday
26th September
Wednesday
15th October
Tuesday
28th October
Wednesday
29th October
Thursday
30th October
Friday
31st October
Wednesday
12th November
Wednesday
26th November
Thursday
27th November
Frank Cody Lounge Workshop – Trusts
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Featherston Community Centre Clinic
Heartlands Building Pahiatua Clinic
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Featherston Community Centre Clinic
Heartlands Building Pahiatua Clinic
Frank Cody Lounge Court
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Committee Room M.D.C. Workshop – Trusts
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Featherston Community Centre Clinic
Heartlands Building Pahiatua – Clinic
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Frank Cody Lounge Court
Frank Cody Lounge Work Shop – Trusts
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Featherston Community Centre Clinic
Heartland Building Pahiatua – Clinic
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Featherston Community Centre Clinic
Heartlands Building Pahiatua – Clinic
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Committee Room Court
(Venue subject to change)
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Featherston Community Centre Clinic
Heartlands Building Pahiatua – Clinic
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Featherston Community Centre Clinic
Heartlands Building Pahiatua – Clinic
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Frank Cody Lounge
Featherston Community Centre Clinic
Committee Room Court: M.D.C
11.00 – 4.00
10.30 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
10.30 – 2.30
10.30 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
10.00 – 4.00
10.30 – 2.30
11.00 – 4pm
10.30 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
10.30 – 2.30
10.00 – 4.00
11.00 – 4.00
10.30 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
10.30 – 2.30
10.30 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
10.30 – 2.30
(Venue subject to change)
Heartlands Building Pahiatua – Clinic
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
Featherston Community Centre Clinic
10.00 – 4.00
10.00 – 2.30
10.30 – 2.30
10.30 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
Friday
28th November
Heartlands Building Pahiatua – Clinic
10.00 – 2.30
Tuesday
9 December
Frank Cody Lounge Court
10.00 – 4.00
Wednesday
10 December
Frank Cody Lounge Clinic
10.30 – 2.30
Thursday
11 December
Featherston Community Centre Clinic
10.00 – 2.30
Friday
12th December
Heartlands Building Pahiatua – Clinic
10.00 – 2.30
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th
th
th
Huia Harrison
District Advisory
Services Officer
Takitimu District Office
10.00 – 4.00
10.30 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
10.30 – 2.30
10.30 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
10.30 – 2.30
10.30 – 2.30
10.00 – 2.30
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JOHNSTON LAWRENCE
WAIRARAPA MOANA
SCHOLARSHIP IN LAW
The partners of Johnston Lawrence, Barristers and
Solicitors, of Wellington, have established a Scholarship
in Law for students from whanau associated with the
Mangakino/Pouakani land.
Johnston Lawrence has a long association with the
Wairarapa Moana ki Pouakani Incorporation and
previously the Mangakino Township Incorporation
and Pouakani 2 Trust.
The Scholarship in Law was established in 1997.
Holders of the Scholarship, both past and present, may
be given priority in consideration for summer clerk
positions in the Johnston Lawrence law offices.
1. The Scholarship will be known as the Johnston
Lawrence Wairarapa Moana Scholarship in Law.
2. The value of the Scholarship is $1,000 per annum.
3. The Scholarship is generally awarded to a thirdyear student of law studying at Victoria University
of Wellington. Both academic ability and financial
need will be taken into account when awarding the
Scholarship.
We Have Moved
After relocating from 245 Queen Street
to Arden House in Bannister Street, the
Wairarapa Moana office has now moved
to Wairarapa Moana House in Park Avenue
Masterton.
The office, under the management of
Wairarapa Moana Incorporation, continues
to provide administration and management
services to Papawai & Kaikokirikiri Trusts,
Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Whaiora Whanui
Trust, as well as servicing our own Trust and
Incorporation.
4. Applicants must be descended from an original Ngati
Kahungunu ki Wairarapa owner of the Mangakino/
Pouakani lands and certification must be obtained
of that descent from the Wairarapa Moana Trust.
5. If, for any reason, the Scholarship is not awarded in
any one year, the funding may be available for an
additional award the following year.
6. Application forms are available from the office of
the Dean of Law. Award of the Scholarship will be
decided by a committee of three, being a nominee
of the Dean of Law, a representative from Johnston
Lawrence and a representative from the Wairarapa
Moana ki Pouakani Incorporation Committee of
Management.
7. Applications for the Scholarship close on 31 May
each year.
If you would like more information about this
Scholarship, please contact the Dean of the Law
Faculty, Victoria University, Wellington.
The pictorial coverage says it all ...
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Young Sade Atkinson is a tennis champion in the making. In 2007
at the grand old age of eleven she won the year six Wellington
Championship held in Wellington’s Renouf Tennis Centre. She also
won the Under 12’s Trev’s Wairarapa tournament and went on to
further success in Wanganui beating the Hawke’s Bay and Hutt Valley
contestants in the Wairarapa reps under 12’s tournament.
Sade (of Ngati Kahungunu descent on her mother’s side), has the strong support of her
parents, Helen and Luke Atkinson, who accompany her to the various tournaments. Sade’s mum suggests that her daughter’s tennis ability may well have come from
her husband who is a strong tennis player and is ranked number four in Wairarapa. She insists that the tennis genes do not come from her. Little sister, Georgia, who is
only seven, also shows promise and is always keen to hit a ball around in the back
yard with her sister. However, Helen says their enthusiasm has resulted in a couple
of broken windows!
Sade, who for her age is physically strong, says she first picked up a tennis racquet
just over a year ago and her skill was quickly noted by her dad. Her interest was
further sparked by her success in last year’s under 12’s tournament in Wairarapa. “I’m sure my success is largely due to my dad’s encouragement,” Sade suggests. “This is backed up by my attending a development course held by a professional
coach in Masterton. I attend once a week so I have ongoing tuition.” Sade is modest
when she says her coach thinks she is a good tennis player for her age.
She is currently looking forward to the “Trev’s”, a local tournament supported by
the Masterton sports retailer, Trev’s Sports, to be held, at the time of writing, at the
end of February. Tennis Is In
The Blood
Story/pictures Philippa Novak
Sade attends Gladstone Primary school. A year seven pupil, she says she enjoys all
sports offered by the school and particularly enjoys English, writing in particular. However, her favourite subject may not have a strong enough pull for a possible
future in, for example, journalism or other forms of writing. It therefore comes as
no surprise to learn that her chief desire is to be a professional tennis player when
she grows up. This young lady certainly knows her mind – so watch this space!
Shareholder/Beneficiary Search
The Incorporation has had mail returned to the office for the following shareholders or trustees.
If you are able to provide any relevant information or contact details, please call Ngaere Webb on
06 3702608 or 0800 662 624.
Adrian Gillies
Ashley Karaitiana Ruru Otene
Barcello Whanau Trust
Betty Elizabeth Olive Winitana
Camelia Rimene
Caroline Elizabeth Mita
Colin Phillip Jessup
Donald Te Whaiwhaia Matiaha
Elaine Harawira
Ernest Ninihi K L Naera
Frederica Panapa
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Gail Annette Tuari
Genevieve Ann Wright
Gloria Josephine Namana
Graham Nahona
Graham Ngatuere
Hine R Verran
James Karauria
James Teowai Karaitiana
Janine Teo Aroha O’Brien
Jennifer Ruth Karaitiana
John Te Rupe
John Thoms
Josephine Georgina Tiapa Raston
Josephine Renata
Justin Raymond Te Miha
Kapua Oterangi Pitama
Kathleen Mihiata Tapusoa
Leon Lane Otene
Madge Thorby
Maehe Wills
Maikara McArdell
Marianne Bernice Papanui
Matthew Edward Chase
Wairarapa Moana Farms Update
In the December update I reported the dairy farms had got off
to a very good start to the 2007/08 season and at that stage also
noted that due to the cooler spring period, pasture growth rates
were below budget meaning less pasture silage was able to be
harvested.
Since mid December through to the end of February there has been virtually no
rain which has created a drought situation throughout the Waikato, the first for
one hundred years. All farms including the sheep and beef but excluding Farm
1 which has the irrigation are critically short of feed and strategies for managing
the position have been under way since the beginning of January.
These have included:
• Regular monitoring
• Conference calls with managers and sharemilkers of each farm
• Strategic drying off of some cows, an action that has been delayed for as
long as practical
• Evaluating the early selling of stock on the sheep farm
• The purchase of a large quantity of maize
• Seeking out grazing opportunities in the Hawke’s Bay
In managing a drought consideration must be given to the current season and
the next season so stock health and condition is paramount to this.
Our forecast is that milk production will be down approximately 25%, this
similar to all farms throughout central Waikato. The small positive since the last
update is that milk payout has increased further to $6.90/kgms.
The additional increase in the milk payout will be a small saviour for the dairy
business. However budget predictions are still significantly revised downwards.
Some of our herds have been dried off already with many of the others very
close to decision day. Similarly, as the sheep and beef farm moves to support
the dairy business their returns have also been eroded and expected to be well
down on budget.
Maura Matenga
Memory Arihia Artermisia Hamon
Mereana Te Maari Whanau Trust
Micheal Denton Tuari
Ngarangi Topetopea E E Murphy
Orleans Pohatu
Pamela Tania Tanerau-Love
Pamela Te Purei
Patricia Hemi
Patricia Puanani Edwards
Patricia Rose Blair
Rangi Akuira Te Rangi Rehu
Rangituhia Poutu
Ranui Ricardo Parahi
Riarna Marees Tuari
Ruth Anamia Pike Trust
Ruth Renata
Samantha Alicia Nepe
Stephen Henry Toki
Tanara Areta Mangai Whanau Trust
Te Reo Hanita
Tekiato Fitzgerald
Terrance Thomas Tuari
Theresa Nellie Panapa
Thomas Hutana
Tikao Taungaroa Emile
Toatokawaru MacDonald
Trudy Helen Timi Ahipene
Vaine Taungaroa Emile
Violet Priscilla Waata
Waverney Stephens
Drought conditions 2008
Grass under irrigator Farm 1
Grass from non-irrigated area Farm 1
From the Top:
Fortunately the development of the
new block from forestry has progressed
well and is growing new grass which is
available for young calves from the dairy
business.
The other projects on farm include the
developments of the new dairy farms
12 and 14 and the installation of a new
underpass on Farm 1. The continued fine
weather has been ideal for building the
new sheds, developing the tracks and races
and installation of the water systems.
The continuation of this 2008 drought
is involving all those directly associated
with the management of the farms. We are
fortunate to have good strategies in place
and I am pleased to report the impact on
stock is minimal at this stage.
We are ever hopeful that the rains will
come soon which I am sure will happen
and pasture growth rates return to normal
levels.
John Hall
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Tiki Tour
by Kelly Haeata
(Continued from Mailer Issue 7, September 2007)
Europe – England 1967
We boarded the P & O shipping liner, Southern Cross, in
Wellington, during August, 1967, having formed a new
Maori Hi-Liners group.
The line-up was Barry Erickson from Taupo, on drums; Ben
Moeva, on xylophone and saxophone; Pinky Paa, Auckland,
lead guitar; Dennis Taiaroa, Wanganui, bass and Kelly
Haeata, Masterton, on rhythm guitar.
We completely revised a new musical cabaret and dance
show. We would practice often to perfect it for passengers
and crew on the ship, doing morning matinee and evening
dance music. The cruise took approximately five weeks
calling at Sydney, Perth, Durban and Cape Town, our
destination, Southampton, England.
The passengers really enjoyed our music. Captain Moulder
was to give us a ‘very high recommend’.
Derek Rawdon, whom we had met on our previous visit to
England and who was to become our manager, met us off the
ship. He had arranged accommodation in London, not too
far away from the OVC (Overseas Visitors Club). The club
was happy to see us back and put on a ‘welcome back’ party
for us. We thought that was really neat. We stayed in London
for a week and did our normal ‘gig’ for extra pocket money.
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Derek had also arranged a new drummer. His name was
Tony Blackburn. He was part-Ceylonese and part-English.
Tony was to become a major asset to our team, not only
for his drumming skills but for the five languages he could
speak. Tony joined us on our last performance at the OVC
with all his baggage of drum kits set up on the stage and did
a two-minute solo. ‘Wow!’ he blew us all away and received
a standing ovation. We thought ‘jeez, that’s our man’.
We boarded the train at Waterloo Station the following
morning for Manchester where Derek met us and ferried
us by taxi to the Musicians Hotel. That was to become our
home for the next six months.
There were other ‘musso’s’ there, an American negro group
called The Platters, whom we got to know very well. They
were on the third floor, a great bunch of guys who were
to become the ‘Fabulous Platters’ and a household name in
the years to come. We learned a lot from them, especially
harmonising and stage presentation. We went on to become
a very professional show group.
All the entertainers at the hotel had their own times for
practice in the lounge so there would be no clash and it was
during the second week that Derek came to tell us of our ‘big
break’. It was a thirty-minute spot at a bingo hall. The theme
was ‘Searching for Talent’.
We were about to go on stage. The first two groups were
young guys, just starting out. This was to be our big break
and we certainly made the most of it. We were called for an
encore and would you believe it, the club manager let us go
for a further twenty minutes. Felt sorry for the three remaining
groups but from that night it was the start of something big
for the Maori Hi-Liners.
Derek’s phone was running red-hot the next day and people
were asking for the ‘Meeoowry’
to perform in a range of clubs
around Manchester. By the
way, we got ten pounds each
for our performance that night
and it was off to the local steak
shop for a fat juicy steak and
chips and ciggies.
We were to have a crash course
on promotional photos and
then it was our first big break
at working in nightclubs. We
worked our butts off the first
night and received a standing
ovation. The Maori Hi-Liners
had finally arrived and all the
Kelly, Tony, Pinky
Ben, Judy, Barry
Marilyn, Dennis
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Front Row L–R:
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venues we worked were packed out. Sometimes, we would
do two shows a night within a two-mile radius and the people
just followed us around which was very common. We had a
very strong support base.
The Maori Volcanics arrived on the scene and started doing
‘gigs’ on the same circuit. They were also a very polished
group. The line-up comprised Nuki Waaka on bass and sax; his
wife, Mahora, vocalist; John Nelson, lead guitar; Gilly Gilbert
on drums; Tui Teka, vocalist, comedian, sax and trumpet and
Hector Epae, vocalist, comedian and sax player. They were
also to become popular with the locals around Manchester.
It was July – August, 1967, that Derek booked us in to the
Blackpool Opera House with the ‘Bachelor Boys’, Dame
Margot, the operatic singer and our very own John Rowles. It
was great to catch up with John again, since back in the Tiki
Village, Australia days. He was promoting his number one hit
song ‘Hush Not A Word To Mary’ and ‘If I Only Had Time’
and, as we know, John went on to become a recording star
and a very ‘kiwi’ household name.
Glasgow, Scotland, was our next stop and it was here we
auditioned a female singer. She was a young eighteen-yearold Scottish lass, Marilyn, with a jazzy voice. We put her on
show to the public in the last week. There was standing room
only, the place was bursting at the seams. The Scots wanted a
piece of their Scottish bonnie lassie. Marilyn was very talented
and became a big part of our line-up.
We were booked back in Manchester and Derek was very
happy with our Scots girl and he asked Barry, who had his
Australian girlfriend, Judy, travelling with us to England, if
she could join the show also. There was a bit of ‘humming
and haaaring’ because Judy didn’t have a singing voice but
she was quite attractive and with both girls dressed up and
looking good on stage they certainly created good vibes and
gave the band a huge lift. It was my job to work on their
stage presentation and dance routines and they became very
professional.
It was also in Manchester that another Maori group called
‘The Maori Castaways’ arrived and it was then that I met up
with my old mate, ‘Hap’ Tenana, with lots of drinks after their
show and catch-up.
The English fans just loved the Maori groups and it was in
Birmingham that this shy little ‘pommie’ girl was on the same
‘billing’ as us. Her name was Cilla Black and with a very heavy
‘pommie’ accent she belted out a song that was to become a
number one hit ‘Step Inside Love’ and as we all know she also
became a very popular recording artist and hosted her own
television shows in the 80s.
As we only had a six-month working visa, Derek would book
us in Europe, Germany, working the American military bases
and we made a big impression on the ‘Yanks’. Money was
no problem to them. They were certainly not frightened to
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spend big-time, especially across the bar and hand out ‘fat’
cigars.
We would be in Europe for two months, then it was back to
the United Kingdom working in Wales – Cardiff and Newport
– where the ‘hip swinging’ Tom Jones came from (never got
to meet him). He was entertaining the girls at the London
Palladium where he was mainly based.
Shirley Bassey was also from Wales and was a number one
hit star in England. Unfortunately, we never crossed paths
or met her. She was too busy ‘raunching’ out her hit songs
‘Hey Big Spender’ etc. and we were just trying to hit the ‘big
time’.
We performed on stage with the English comedian, Bruce
Forsythe, Dusty Springfield and Petula Clark for three weeks
and that was very full-on and because we were unique with
our comedy show, Polynesian and Maori show, we just blew
the crowds away. In between all this I did my impersonation
of Nat King Cole, Billy Enstine, Dean Martin and Sammy
Davis Junior, with the song titled ‘What Kind Of Fool Am I’.
Our show would usually go on for two hours and then we
would pack up our gear and move on to another club if we
were doing two shows a night. ‘Jeez it was blooming hard
work!’ but on pay-day it was worth it!
It was when back in Wiesbaden, Germany, back on the
American army circuit and the Maori Volcanics were
working other parts of Germany, that I had a talk with the
incomparable Tui Teka. I wanted to buy a saxophone so off
we went to Frankfurt, about one hundred kilometers away
and we bought my first sax. He taught me ‘scales’ and taught
me how to play. I practiced at every opportunity until I
became competent enough to play on-stage. I would go off
to see Tui to get more tuition and within a week he would
say, ‘Hey boy, I’d better not teach you too much, you’ll be
better than me! Ha ha!’. That was just typical of Tui. He was
a master teacher. This instrument was to become a major
part of my life.
I pay tribute to the incomparable Prince Tui Teka in the
next issue of the Mailer…
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IHIPERA WHANA WHANA
LUCY RIWAI
NGAHINA TE IHI
UTUHANGAITERANGI TE MAARI
TE AORURU RANGITAUIRA
REUPANA PAWHARA KOPU
ERUERA RANGITIKAIWAHO TUREI
WHANAU TRUST
TAMAIHOTUA KINGI
RAHERA TE IRIHINAHINA
RUMATIKI KINGI
PAHERO H MAAKA
PUINGA JURY
TAINA KOHAI RENATA ESTATE
IRAIPA HEHE
JANICE TUI ROSS
TIRIA HADFIELD
TAIRUA TUREI
EDWARD RUSSELL S ROSS ROSS
TAMARAUKURA MATENGA ESTATE
HURIA JEANETTE MILLER
ROBERT CONRAD MATENGA
HUIA HIMONA
MAY AGNES FLUTEY
NINIWA KINGI
EMILY LAURA OWEN
JOYCE OPIE
OHORERE TUREI
RETA CARLSON
IRENE MARIA TUTAKI
ARIKI MANIHERA
HENARE HARE
GEORGE MANIHERA ESTATE
MANGA RENATA BROWN
FRED SMITH
PAREHUIA KOHAI WHITE
HORI OHORERE TUREI
MEIHANA HEKENUI NGATUERE
HARIATA MARIA TAHAU
GEORGE WHETU KARAITIANA
BeVERLEY MARGARET OHIA
JAMES HIMONA ESTATE
WIREMU MAAKA ESTATE
GEORGE TAIPIHA
RIPEKA VAIOULU
RIHIPETI BESSIE ENOKA
RAKAI WHAKAIRI FRANCIS MANIHERA
MIHI TE MIHA WHANAU TRUST
JOHN PHILLIP NEVILLE
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