Ngā tāonga a te Iwi
Nā Arnold Wilson
Nā Roland Stutz ngā whakaahua
Ko Arnold Manāki Wilson he uri nō Tūhoe, nō Te Arawa. I whānau ki Ruatoki, ā, i kuratia ki te kura tuatahi o reira. Nā ngā tumuaki o taua kura i āwhina tana hiahia ki ngā mahi-a-ringa a te Pākehā me a ōna tīpuna. Nā te Karahipi Māori ia i kawe ki te Kāreti o Wesley, ā, i reira anō ka āwhinatia e ngā māhita ōna hiahia. Ko Maharaia Winiata te māhita nā reira i whakatutuki i whakatau ōna whakaaro i tae ai ia ki te EIam School of Fine Arts. I roto i ngā tau 1953-1954 ka riro mai i a ia ngā hōnore o taua whare-wānanga. Heoi anō ka maumahara a Arnold ki aua hōnore ka kī, 'I ngā rima tau i a au i te kura o EIam, karekau ngā taonga a te iwi Māori i akona, i mahia ki reira. Ko te pepa i riro mai rā i a au i whakakaupapatia i roto i ngā āhuatanga o te ao Pākehā anake. Karekau he aha Māori nei.'
Ko tētahi atu anō i muri i a ia e awhina mai ana ko Matiu Te Hau. Nāna i whakahau kia haere ki te Kāreti Kura-Māhita o Ākarana, me te tohutohu atu anō, 'kaua rawa e wareware tō taha Māori'. Kātahi ka pakanga ngā whakaaro o te tāhae nei. Mai anō i te tuatahi ko ngā taonga e akona ana nō te ao Pākehā, nō ngā whakaaro Pākehā. Kei hea kē he huarahi mō ngā taonga a ngā mātua-tīpuna? I reira, ka tipu te whakaaro, kia puta ia, hei tauira tuatahi mō te iwi Māori i ngā mahi whakairohahau i te Kāreti Kura-Māhita o Ākarana.
Ko Arnold Manāki Wilson he uri nō Tūhoe, nō Te Arawa. I whānau ki Ruatoki, ā, i kuratia ki te kura tuatahi o reira. Nā ngā tumuaki o taua kura i āwhina tana hiahia ki ngā mahi-a-ringa a te Pākehā me a ōna tīpuna. Nā te Karahipi Māori ia i kawe ki te Kāreti o Wesley, ā, i reira anō ka āwhinatia e ngā māhita ōna hiahia. Ko Maharaia Winiata te māhita nā reira i whakatutuki i whakatau ōna whakaaro i tae ai ia ki te EIam School of Fine Arts. I roto i ngā tau 1953-1954 ka riro mai i a ia ngā hōnore o taua whare-wānanga. Heoi anō ka maumahara a Arnold ki aua hōnore ka kī, 'I ngā rima tau i a au i te kura o EIam, karekau ngā taonga a te iwi Māori i akona, i mahia ki reira. Ko te pepa i riro mai rā i a au i whakakaupapatia i roto i ngā āhuatanga o te ao Pākehā anake. Karekau he aha Māori nei.'
Ko tētahi atu anō i muri i a ia e awhina mai ana ko Matiu Te Hau. Nāna i whakahau kia haere ki te Kāreti Kura-Māhita o Ākarana, me te tohutohu atu anō, 'kaua rawa e wareware tō taha Māori'. Kātahi ka pakanga ngā whakaaro o te tāhae nei. Mai anō i te tuatahi ko ngā taonga e akona ana nō te ao Pākehā, nō ngā whakaaro Pākehā. Kei hea kē he huarahi mō ngā taonga a ngā mātua-tīpuna? I reira, ka tipu te whakaaro, kia puta ia, hei tauira tuatahi mō te iwi Māori i ngā mahi whakairohahau i te Kāreti Kura-Māhita o Ākarana.