Mataatua Wharenui - Mead, Hirini Moko; Harvey, Layne; Ngaropo, Pouroto
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Mataatua wharenui is the most travelled Maori meeting house in the country. Built in 1875, it was taken to Australia, London and Otago before being returned to Whakatane after more than a century away. The story of Mataatua is part of the story of the desecration of Ngati Awa by the Crown and the fight of the people to regain their sovereignty.

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Mataatua wharenui is the most travelled Maori meeting house in the country. Built in 1875, it was taken to Australia, London and Otago before being returned to Whakatane after more than a century away. The story of Mataatua is part of the story of the desecration of Ngati Awa by the Crown and the fight of the people to regain their sovereignty.
Autorenporträt
Sir Hirini Moko Mead is a pre-eminent M¿?ori writer, commentator and scholar. In the course of a distinguished academic career he authored numerous books on M¿?ori art (including Te Toi Whakairo: The Art of Maori Carving, with Oratia Books) and developed the first Department of M¿?ori Studies in the country at Victoria University. He was knighted in 2009 for services to M¿?ori and education. A leader of his iwi (tribe) Ng¿?ti Awa, he lives in Wellington, New Zealand.