Takitimu
List of Workers
List of Workers.
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Carvers:
- Tama-te-kapua Te Raihi, of Te Arawa, Rotorua.
- Pineamine Taiapa, of Ngati-Porou, Tikitiki, East Coast.
- Hone Taiapa, of Ngati-Porou, Tikitiki, East Coast.
- Charlie Tuarau, of Raratonga.
- Tame Te Naera, of Te Arawa, Rotorua.
- Willie Iotua, of Raratonga, and other assistants.
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Tukutuku Stitching:
- Mrs. Ririhira Heketa, of Ngati-Kahungunu, Wellington.
- Miss Mirriam Heketa, of Ngati-Kahungunu, Wellington.
- Mrs. Raiha Wickham, of Ngati-Raukawa, Otaki.
- Miss Peggy Pitt, of Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki, Gisborne.
- Miss Roa Tuhou, of Ngati-Porou, Ruatoria.
- With the exception of the above-named, who acted as instructors, the whole of this work was done by the local women, free of cost.
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Builders, etc.:
- Mr. R. J. Wills, of Tikitiki—Plans and building.
- Mr. Ballantyne—Building.
- Mr. Wright, of Gisborne—Paintwork and scroll-patterns.
- Mr. Tawhai Takoko, of Tikitiki, East Coast—Kakaho roof lining.
- Mr. Willie Bevan, of Otaki—Tukutuku panels and general.
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Carvings:
- Under the direction of Mr. H. Hamilton, Director of the Rotorua School of Maori Arts and Crafts.page 203
- General design and architecture, and the supervision of Tukutuku work, Hon. Sir A. T. Ngata.