E oho! Tāngata Ngāi Tahu: Wāhine Ngāi Tahu

The life stories of Ngāi Tahu taua, hākui and tuāhine are a major focus of the recently published second volume of Tāngata Ngāi Tahu (2022). Join co-editor and project lead Helen Brown, and others from the team as they talk about the creation of the book and traverse some of the life stories of the inspirational wāhine whose biographies are featured.

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Biographies of Ngāi Tahu wāhine
Produced by the Ngāi Tahu Archive under the guidance of Te Pae Kōrako (the Ngāi Tahu Archive advisory committee), the second volume of Tāngata Ngāi Tahu: People of Ngāi Tahu (2022) builds on the success of the award-winning first volume.

Join members of the Tāngata Ngāi Tahu team, including co-editor and project lead Helen Brown, contributing author and Chair of Te Pae Kōrako Tā Tipene O’Regan, and member of Te Pae Kōrako Puamiria Parata-Goodall as they reflect on the centrality of wāhine to Ngāi Tahu culture and identity.

Insights into the creation of the book
They will share insights into the creation of the book and traverse some of the life stories of the inspirational wāhine whose biographies are featured. Among these women are marae stalwarts, activists, trailblazers, staunch kaitiaki of places of tribal significance, and those who dedicated the greater part of their lives to social service. Many were first and foremost mothers, caregivers and taua who are remembered as matriarchs of their whānau. While most are well known within Ngāi Tahu circles, others have been rescued from relative obscurity and brought into the light.

Published by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and Bridget Williams Books, the Tāngata Ngāi Tahu series remembers and celebrates the rich and diverse lives of the people of Ngāi Tahu. Copies of both volumes will be available for purchase at the event.

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About the speakers
Helen Brown (Ngāi Tahu) is a senior researcher in the Ngāi Tahu Archive at Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. She works with Ngāi Tahu communities on history and memory projects. Helen leads Tāngata Ngāi Tahu, the biographies project which explores tribal history through the lens of biography.

Tā Tipene O’Regan (Ngāi Tahu) is a former long-serving chairman of the Ngāi Tahu Māori Trust Board. In 1994 he was made a Knights Bachelor. He led the Iwi’s successful land and sea fisheries claims before the Waitangi Tribunal, culminating in the Ngāi Tahu Treaty Settlement of 1998. In addition to his many other roles, he is the Upoko of Te Rūnaka o Awarua and chairman of Te Pae Kōrako. In 2022 he received the national accolade as New Zealander of the Year Award – Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa, and in the Queen’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours 2022, he was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand for services to New Zealand.

Puamiria Parata-Goodall (Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha, Ngāti Kahungunu) is a self-confessed haka freak, and servant of the tribe. She loves nothing more than working with her iwi and communities to nurture kaupapa that strengthen cultural identity, practices and legacy. Puamiria is a member of Te Pae Kōrako, the Ngāi Tahu Fund, Ngākahu National Repatriation Network, Canterbury Museum trust board, and a council member for Lincoln University and the Arts Council of New Zealand. She is constantly inspired by those she considers her pou — her leaders and mentors, aunties and taua who have fed her soul and challenged her to use her gifts to serve her people.