Te Puke ki Hikurangi
The Mount at Hikurangi
Bibliographic Details Background Subject Matter Availability
Bibliographic Details
Published: December 21, 1897 - July, 1913.
450 x 240mm., the size changes in 1904 to 310 x 260mm., 4, 6 or 8 pages, 3 columns, all Maori, issued fortnightly, some portraits and a woodcut below the title on the masthead, coloured wrappers with advertisements on them, with a cost per issue of 6 pence or 10 shillings per year, which increased to 16 shillings per year in 1905. The imprint reads, "Kingi H. T. Rangitakaiwaho. Tumuaki, Kai-taa o 'TE PUKE KI HIKURANGI.' Papawai, Greytown North. Wairarapa District" (December 21, 1897: 4) [Kingi H. T. Rangitakaiwaho. President, Printer of 'TE PUKE KI HIKURANGI.' Papawai, Greytown North. Wairarapa]. In December 1898 the imprint changes to "Printed and published by T.[Tawhiro] Renata under the authority of H. T. Mahupuku at his Registered Office, Main Street, Greytown North, Wairarapa", and in 1911 "Printed and published by H. Tuhokairangi under the direction of Purakau Maika, at Rowse's Registered Office, High Street, CARTERTON, WAIRARAPA, N. Z. ".
The editor of Te Puke was Purakau Maika under the guidance of Hamuera Tamahau Mahupuku by the authority of the Paremata Maori o te Kotahitanga [Maori Parliament] and the Treaty of Waitangi. This newspaper replaces Huia Tangata Kotahi as the official newspaper of Te Kotahitanga (Te Tiupiri January 4, 1898: 5).
A committee of five at Papawai organised Te Puke while each Maori District had a co-ordinator to collect subscriptions and news. An independent Maori press also established Te Wananga, Te Korimako, and Huia Tangata Kotahi (ibid. : 1).
The last issue of Te-Puke-ki-Hikurangi seen by the bibliographer is July 1913.
This paper is written in Maori. Occasionally there is a notice in English.
Background
In the first issue the editor declared the intent of the paper:
- He panuitanga tenei i ta tatou Nupepa ia 'Te Puke Ki Hikurangi' ka tukua atu nei kia haere atu ki nga hau e wha o tatau motu e rua, o Aotearoa me te Waipounamu me o raua motu ririki, hei taringa, hei reo, mo tatou e noho nei tatou i roto i te pouritanga o nga mahi nunui a to tatou Kotahitanga, ara te oha a o tatou tipuna a o tatou matua, te Tiriti O Waitangi me nga mahi a to tatou Paremata e tu mai nei i Poneke, me nga rongo korero o te ao e whakarongo noa nei te taringa, e ui noa nei te ngakau, ki a ia ano, a, kowai hoki hei whakautu i te patai. E hoa ma tenei ahau ka tu ake ki runga hei whakautu i tenei patai (December 21, 1897: 1)
- This is a statement about our newspaper Te Puke Ki Hikurangi which is sent out to the four winds of our two islands - Aotearoa and Te Waipounamu [North and South Islands] with their small outlying islands. It will be ears and voice for us who remain in ignorance of the enormous tasks of Te Kotahitanga in dealing with the Treaty of Waitangi, the gift from our forebears, and matters before our Parliament in Wellington. Then there is the news of the world, which our ears listen forand our minds question in vain amongst ourselves, but who is there to answer our queries? - Friends, I am here to provide the answers.
Subject Matter
Contents of this newspaper include:
- correspondence containing news from both the North and South Island
- proceedings from the Maori Parliament
- foreign news from English newspapers
- news of Parliament in Wellington, particularly bills and laws affecting Maori people
- notices of births, deaths and marriages
- items on farming, health, the church, and schools
- reports of land boards, councils, and marae committees
- James Carroll addressing a meeting held in Wellington in 1896
- a meeting held at Waahi in March 1898
- letters from Taare Tikao, Te Teira Tiakitai, R. H. Te Manihera (sent from Vancouver), Tuta Nihoniho, Tama Whakakitea, Takaanini Tarakawa, Tutakangahau, and others
- schools
Availability
Copies of the paper are held at:
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington:
1897 Dec. 1898 March, May - Dec. 1899 Jan. - Dec. 1900 Jan. - Dec. 1901 Jan. - Nov. 1902 Feb. - Oct. 1903 Jan. - Dec. 1904 Jan. - Sept., Nov. 1905 Feb. , March - July, Sept. - Dec. 1906 Feb. - Sept. 1911 July - Oct., Nov. - Dec. 1912 Jan. - May, July - Dec. 1913 Jan. - July
Auckland Institute and Museum Library:
1903 June and Sept. 1911 July - Oct. 1913 Jan. - July
Auckland Public Library:
1904 Nov. - Dec.
Canterbury Museum Library, Christchurch:
1902 Feb. 1905 Feb.
The Parliamentary Library, Wellington:
1898 Nov. - Dec. lacks some issues 1899 Jan. - Dec. lacks some issues 1900 Jan. - Dec. lacks some issues 1901 Jan. - Dec. lacks some issues 1902 Jan. - Dec. lacks some issues 1903 Jan. - Dec. lacks some issues 1904 Jan. - Aug. lacks some issues 1913 Jan.
Victoria University Library, Wellington:
1897 Dec. 1899 Aug. - Sept.