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Feature Articles 7<br />
HE KAIMAHI PĀRONGO, HE WAHINE KAHA O TŌ TĀTOU NEI HĪTORI O AOTEAROA<br />
KO REHUTAI MAIHI<br />
Nā Melissa Bryant<br />
Ko tētahi wahine aumangea te take o tāku kōrero<br />
- arā, ko tētahi o ngā wāhine Māori i whakaputa<br />
niupepa i te reo Māori i ngā wā kua hori. Ko ia<br />
te wahine Māori tuatahi i tū hei mēma kaitono i te<br />
Paremata, hei amokura mō ngā wāhine e whai ana. I<br />
mōhiotia tērā wahine ko Rehutai Maihi. Ko Rehutai<br />
Netana, ko Nellie Nathan hoki ētahi o ōna ingoa atu.<br />
Nō Ngā Puhi taua wahine toa. He uri ia nā te<br />
rangatira Patuone. Ko Te Paea Nehua rāua ko<br />
Netana/Nathan Maihi ōna mātua. Ka mate tōna<br />
matua, ka mārena tōna whaea ki a Wereta Arama/<br />
Adams. Nā tēnei hononga i ngaringari ai te whānau<br />
kia tokorima ngā tamariki. I mārena hoki ia ki a<br />
Stanley Gilberd. Kotahi tā rāua tamāhine.<br />
I ngā tau rua tekau, nā ngā iwi o Te Tai Tokerau i pānui<br />
āna tuhinga i ētahi o ngā niupepa reo Pākehā. Nā<br />
ēnei mea kua waia noa ngā tāngata ki tōna ingoa ko<br />
Nell Nathan. I mahi ia hei ētita, hei kaitā, hei kaituhi, i<br />
Whangarei, i Kaitaia hoki.<br />
Kātahi, i ngā tau toru tekau, ka riro te whakaaetanga<br />
o ngā kaumatua o te marae o Kaka Porowini, kei<br />
Whangarei, kia tīmata i tōna niupepa reo Māori, ko<br />
Aotearoa. I tērā mahi, i te whakamahia e ia ōna ingoa<br />
ake ko Rehutai Netana, me tōna ingoa mohiotia<br />
whānuitia ko Nell Rehutai Nathan. I puta te putanga<br />
tuatahi i te tau kotahi mano iwa rau toru tekau mā<br />
rua.<br />
I mua i taua wā, i te rautau tekau mā iwa me ngā<br />
tau tōmua o te rautau rua tekau, he maha tonu<br />
ngā niupepa reo Māori, i whakaputaina i tāngata<br />
Māori, tāngata Pākehā rānei. Nā ngā wāhine<br />
Māori i whakaputa ētahi o ērā niupepa. Hei tauira,<br />
nā Niniwa-i-te-Rangi (Kahungunu, Rangitāne) i<br />
whakaputa Te Puke ki Hikurangi. Tekau mā rima ngā<br />
wāhine i mahi takitahi ki te whiwhi, ki te whakahaere<br />
i tērā niupepa. I mua i tērā mahi, i te mahi tuhi<br />
a Niniwa-i-te-Rangi ki te niupepa Te Puke, ā, he<br />
kaitiaki moni ia ki ngā niupepa Te Puke me Te Tiupiri.<br />
Waihoki, ko Pani te Tau (Kai Tahu) tētahi kaimahi anō<br />
ki Te Puke; i mahi ētita hoki ia ki Te Matuhi.<br />
Engari, ka mimiti haere ngā niupepa reo Māori i te<br />
wāhanga tuatahi o tērā rautau. I ngā wā o tā Rehutai<br />
Maihi niupepa, nā ngā hāhi anake te mōrehurehu<br />
o ngā niupepa reo Māori. Nā tēnei āhuatanga, he<br />
whanokē taua niupepa i whakatāria e Rehutai Maihi. I<br />
te whakaaturia e tōna niupepa ngā pūrongo mō ngā<br />
āhuatanga o te wā - ngā mea o te ao Māori me te<br />
reo Māori, mea hākinakina, whakataetae hoiho, me<br />
ngā āhuatanga o te Wā o te Korekore me te Pakanga<br />
Tuarua o te Ao, i ērā tau.<br />
I te tau kotahi mano iwa rau toru tekau mā rima, ko<br />
te tauwhāinga pōtitanga Paremata te kaupapa i pau<br />
ai ōna kaha. I te whai ia i te nohoanga o te rohe<br />
Northern Māori. Ahakoa ehara māna te angitu, i tū<br />
rangatira ai ia i ngā wāhi ka tū ia ki te kōrerorero,<br />
kauhau rānei. I kōrerotia e ia ētahi take e pā ana<br />
ki te toiora o ngā wāhine me ngā rangatahi, ā, ki te<br />
kuranga me te whai mahi o ngā rangatahi. Kua riro<br />
i a Taurekareka (Tau) Henare te tāhuna pōtitanga. I<br />
neke atu i te rua tekau mā whā ngā tau o Henare i<br />
taua nohoanga rā; he hoa tautohe toa tērā tōrangapū.<br />
Ko Iriaka Ratana te wahine Māori tuatahi i noho hei<br />
mēma Paremata, i te tau kotahi mano iwa rau whā<br />
tekau mā iwa.<br />
I muri i tērā wā, i hoki mai a Rehutai ki tōna niupepa. I<br />
ērā wā, nā tā rāua tamāhine i awhina ki te mahi.<br />
I ngā tau whakamutunga o tōna koiora, i te mate a<br />
Rehutai Maihi i te mate huka, ahakoa kāore te pūtake<br />
o ōna raru hauora i te mōhiotia. I mate ia i te tau<br />
kotahi mano iwa rau ono tekau mā whitu, ruarua noa<br />
ngā marama mai i te matenga o tāna tāne.<br />
He wahine koi te hinengaro, he matatau ki tōna ao,<br />
he matatau hoki ki te reo Māori me te reo Pākehā, he<br />
ngana ki te mahi, he kaha. Kahora te katoa o ōna<br />
whāinga i riro i a ia, engari, kāore ōna koha ki te ao<br />
tuhituhinga o Aotearoa i warewaretia e tātou.<br />
Kaua mā te waewae tūtuki engari mā te upoko<br />
pakaru.<br />
Melissa Bryant<br />
He akonga o Te Wānanga o Aotearoa<br />
Issue 446 • Library Life • www.lianza.org.nz