Tapuwaekōrero: Iwi Talking Map

He rangahau i ngā kōrero mō Ngāti Ira o te Tairāwhiti. Nō te wā i tuhituhia e Apirana Ngata tana tuhinga e kīia nei ko ‘Raurunui a Toi Lectures’ (Ngata A.T., 1944) ka whakawhāiti ia i ngā kōrero me ngā whakapapa o te hītori o te Tairāwhiti me tana kī kāore anō i oti i a ia, tērā ētahi kōrero nui hei whakaoti ā te wā. Kāti ko tētahi o aua kōrero nui, mō Ngāti Ira, arā, mō ngā uri o Irakaipūtahi, he iwi nui i te Tairāwhiti i tōna wā. Nā reira e manako nui ana kia whāia tēnei kaupapa kia tutuki. Ko te mahi, he whakawhāiti i ngā momo kōrero mai i Hawaiki rā anō, tatū iho ki tēnei rā hei putunga kōrero hei wānanga mā te iwi.

Intern - Ngā Rauru-kii-Tahi, Ngā Ruahinerangi
Victoria University of Wellington
Supervisor - Dr Wayne Ngata
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi