A look at kaumatua from Ngati Mihiroa at Mihiroa marae in Pakipaki, Hastings, talking about the history of their hapu.

Front view of Mihiroa meeting house at Ngati Mihiroa Marae, Pakipaki near Hastings, showing the unusual painted designs. A Maori man is seated in the entrance porch. For further information see "Maori meeting houses of the North Island" by John C M Cresswell, 1977 (p 120). Photograph

Pakipaki Young Maori Party hockey team on the verandah of Mihiroa meeting house at Ngati Mihiroa Marae, Pakipaki, Hawke's Bay. Two wear cloaks decorated with feathers. Flax mats decorate back and foreground. Photograph taken ca 1920s by Henry Norford Whitehead.
Standing at back, from left: May Ratima, Agnus Hape, Te Noti Kani, Hunuku Orikena, Wiki Neri
Seated at centre: Peti-ite-rangi Akanga, Pukepuke Tangiora
Seated at front: Mana Pohe Harrison, Mabel Te Whero