La Vita Spring 2020

SPRING 2020

Meet Shanan Murphy,
a man who wears
his art on his sleeve





Research uncovers
the story of Rua
Kēnana and the
last armed invasion
of the NZ Wars

Ngawaiata Turnbull was Ngawaiata Turnbull, 2015. First Class Honours & Te Reo Māori Thesis
nine months old when her Scholarship Award. Master of Indigenous Studies, Te Whare Wānanga o
grandparents came out from Awanuiārangi Special Awards Ceremony, Mātaatua Marae, Te Mānuka Tūtahi.
the Urewera ranges to claim Whakatāne
her. They carried the baby
from her parents in Ruātoki “I didn’t know the depth and detail of what happened at
to Maungapōhatu, the sacred Maungapōhatu, but I knew there was a history.”
Tūhoe mountain. It was 1979, That history includes the infamous police raid – the
and her grandfather was kaitiaki last armed invasion of the New Zealand Wars. Over
(caretaker) there. three days from 2 April 1916, Kēnana’s son and
another young man were shot and killed, 31 men were
Maungapōhatu in the heart of the Urewera is where imprisoned, women and children were separated from
prophetic leader Rua Kēnana built a peaceful their men, and Kēnana was arrested and handcuffed,
community in the early 1900s for 600 followers, the later convicted of “moral resistance” to arrest, and
Iharaira (Israelites), many of them from the Tūhoe imprisoned for 18 months. Details of what happened
hapū (sub-tribe) Tamakaimoana. Ngawaiata lived in the during those days went underground.
abandoned settlement with her grandparents, most “Much of what happened remains unspoken. Our great
of their food self-grown or from the forest – “checking grandparents stopped talking about it openly. The
traps, possum stew, pig’s head, terotero (entrails)” – community was devastated, irreparably damaged.”
until it was time to start school at Ruatāhuna. Last year, the Crown issued a statutory pardon to
“The marae was our home,” Ngawaiata says. “We “restore the character, mana and reputation” of the
slept in the wharenui. Our kitchen and lounge was the Tamakaimoana prophet and his people. The Rua
kāuta, where the fire was, my Kuia cooking potatoes in Kēnana Pardon Bill 2019 includes a Crown apology to
the embers.” his descendants and the Ngā Toenga o ngā Tamariki a
Ngawaiata remembers as a child being aware of Iharaira faith.
Kēnana. On holidays in Ruātoki with her parents, she
would gravitate to Judith Binney’s 1979 Rua Kēnana
biography Mihaia.
“It had a photo of my koro, dressed in a suit. There
were pictures of Hīona, Rua’s circular meeting house
decorated with diamond and club symbols. The colours
on the book cover were those of our marae, purple and
white. The photos were of the places I knew – our home.

The events and impacts of the 1916 incident are the Start your learning journey
impetus for a significant doctoral research project in Whakatāne
by Ngawaiata.
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“This research records and remembers the Iharaira, • Te Pou Hono
Maungapōhatu and Rua Kēnana story after 103 years • Wai Ora
of one-sided storytelling. It is the story of a minority
community that suffered what some say were the last Certificates
gunshots of the New Zealand Wars,” Ngawaiata says.
“I think about the whole story coming off the pages of • Te Pōkaitahi Reo
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Ngawaiata’s research outputs to date have included the • Master of Māori Studies
publication of three mōteatea (laments). One composed • Doctor of Philosophy
by Tamakaimoana ancestor, Mihikitekapua, and two • Professional Doctorates
composed by Kēnana, including a mōteatea written
during his imprisonment in Mt Eden, referring to his
arrest and the fate of his daughter during the invasion.
The publication is the first of the resources expected to
arise from E Au Ai Te Reo.
“These waiata weren’t being sung. The tunes were
little known, almost lost, and the stories that those
compositions contain were no longer spoken. This
year at the Mātaatua kapa haka regionals, Ruatāhuna
Kākahu Mauku took the pardon as their theme and
sang the mōteatea – the first time it had been sung
outside of Tūhoe.
“It is part of the process of healing and re-visioning our
own future. There is so much we can learn from our own
history to help us move forward and I look forward to our
young people being empowered by this process.”
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Ngā Toi Written by Alessia, Andrea, Mia & Shanika
Photography by James Street School Students
-an Art
Exhibition
James Street School have recently held a successful art exhibition at their kura. There
were a variety of art mediums used by James Street School students to showcase their
artistic abilities. Alessia, Andrea, Mia and Shanika interviewed the students at James
Street School about their art process.

The Year 5 and 6 students in Puriri were photographers. liked the use of bright, bold colours and they wanted to
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The artist - Sandra Silberzweig was an inspiration for the do this because they thought that it looked intriguing and
Year 2 and 3 students in Ti Kouka. They chose her artwork will be an enjoyable learning task. Their challenges were
because they thought that it was appealing to the eye, putting the bands on and trying to keep the tye dye in the

Written by Alessia, Andrea, Mia & Shanika
Photography by James Street School Students

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Wears His
“art on His sleeve”
- meet Shanan Murphy

33-year-old Shanan Murphy has always Shanan’s journey into the world of artistry and specifically
loved to draw. Even as a little kid, tattooing was not a smooth transition. After high
Shanan remembers drawing anything school, he decided to start a Bachelor of Arts degree at
and everything, using many different Awanuiarangi hoping this would assist him in honing his
canvasses, including his friends! His skills and guide him into a specific employment position to
passion for art and drawing is immediately utilise his creativity and craftsmanship. After a short time,
evident when you enter his small but cosy Shanan realised he would rather be working and decided
tattoo studio located on Rata Avenue in to go into painting with his father to earn some money
Edgecumbe, both in the colourful images instead. He ended up working as a painter in the building
scattered around the room and in his industry for 12 years.
emotiveness when talking about his work.
During this period, Shanan met his lovely wife and started
a family. He never lost his desire to draw and created many
beautiful artworks in his spare time which he eventually
intended to have exhibited to sell. This changed tragically

when the Edgecumbe floods destroyed all his creations. I kept on going and didn’t give up”. Shanan asserts. He is
All Shanan’s artwork was lost. “I was devastated” Shanan adamant that anyone that has an interest in the tattooing
speaks quietly when describing this time in his life. But industry should do the same. “Keep persevering” he says.
then his voice becomes stronger. “But that event led to “The payback is waking up every day to do something
my interest in tattooing. I had an intense desire to create you really love, that’s the ultimate.” Shanan Murphy does
something permanent and long-lasting, artwork that indeed wear his “art on his sleeve”.
couldn’t be so easily destroyed”. If you are interested in meeting with Shanan to create
your own expression of individuality and meaning, check
Shanan started to inquire into the tattoo industry out his Facebook page Gotham Ink NZ and send him a
researching on-line and talking to various tattoo artists in message.
the area. At first, he was discouraged. “Nobody seemed
willing to take me on or have any space available”, he GOTHAM INK NZ
describes. “I thought that maybe it was too late in my life
to start something so different and that maybe I wasn’t
good enough.” But Shanan persevered. With the help and
support of both his wife and parents who both recognised
and believed in Shanan’s talent, he finally found someone
who was willing to utilise him as an apprentice. The tattoo
artist who saw potential in Shanan’s ability was Terry
Dredge of Kawerau, also known as “Judge”.

“Judge has been instrumental in helping me to refine my
craft and understand the intricacies of tattooing” Shanan
is effusive in his praise of his mentor. “I’m truly grateful
to him for giving me a chance”. During the week, Shanan
works out of Terry’s tattoo studio JudgemyInk, located in
Kawerau, and each and everyday Judge and the studio
environment teaches him something new. “Meeting Judge
and being given that opportunity to learn and grow was all
I needed to get into the industry”.

And Shanan has never looked back. Once he had the
confidence to begin tattooing on his own, he created
his own casual studio, located at the back of the family
home in Edgecumbe. From this small but welcoming
space Shanan sees clients when he can, such as on the
weekends or after hours when he is not working out of the
Kawerau studio.

Shanan can pretty much “draw anything” but is especially
fond of dark gothic inspired styles and designs, a sample
of which can be found on his Facebook page Gotham Ink
NZ. With both Māori and European ancestry (of Ngāti Awa
descent) Shanan also specialises in Tā Moko or traditional
Māori tattooing though describes his style as leaning
towards the contemporary side. However, Shanan’s main
objective, when meeting with new clients, is to figure out
exactly what they want and to work with them to create
a design that is unique and tailored to a client’s specific
desires. “A tattoo is special; it stays with you for the rest of
your life” says Shanan. “It is a person’s unique expression
of their individuality and all I want is to help them create a
design that is right for them”.

Shanan’s two children, a 10-year-old son and 8-year-old
daughter are artistically talented and have both shown an
interest in Shanan’s new vocation, with his son especially
interested in tattooing. Shanan wants both of his children
to pursue their dreams, whatever they may be. “It took
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Spring is in the Air!
One of my favourite times of the year, it gets me thinking
about summer around the corner and bbq’s on the beach!

Watch all our foodie videos: www.lavitaonline.co.nz/videos

Make sure you catch us on Facebook and Instagram! Follow New World Whakatāne’s
Facebook page for La Vita updates as well! Or jump onto www.lavitaonline.co.nz to
see more yummy recipes! WE HAVE YOU COVERED!

Here are some of my favourites brought to you by: Pesto Sticks

Whakatāne INGREDIENTS:
New World • 1 x Packet of Short Savoury Pastry
• Pesto
51 Kakahoroa Drive, Whakatāne • Prosciutto
Phone 07 306 0400 • Parmesan Cheese
• Baking Paper
Smashed Potatoes
with Rosemary & Garlic FRESH PESTO INGREDIENTS:
• 1 cup of fresh basil
• Grab a bag of Potatoes which can be used for baking. • ¼ cup olive oil
• Peel or leave skins on, wash and boil with a little salt • ¼ cup parmesan cheese
• ¼ cup toasted pine nuts
until semi soft. METHOD:
• Once cooled, break them up with a fork • Place in blender until smooth, ad a little extra olive oil
• Pre-heat oven to 180oc
• Grab a handful of fresh rosemary and chop up approx. if needed.
• Place a sheet of Savoury pastry onto some baking
5 garlic cloves
• Sprinkle these over the potatoes, drizzle with a good paper
• Brush over some pesto, layer with some prosciutto,
dash of olive oil.
• Season with some salt and pepper and bake until place a lid of pastry on top and cut into strips, pinch
both ends of the strips and twist.
golden. • Place on the baking tray sprinkle with parmesan
cheese and bake until golden on 180oc.

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
I have had this recipe for years and just
cannot let it go!

INGREDIENTS
• 1 can of Pams condensed milk
• 300 mils Pams fresh cream
• 3 tablespoons vanilla bean paste
METHOD:
• Beat the cream until it starts to thicken ad

condensed milk and vanilla bean.
• Mix through.
• Place in the freezer over night
You can be creative with other flavours; I also like to
add fresh strawberries or blueberries.

S tuffed Rolled Roast Pork

Pop into New World Whakatane and go
to the butchery. There you will find the
most amazing cuts of pork, rolled and
deboned. I love to stuff mine.

STUFFING INGREDIENTS:
• 2 large apples cut into little squares or slices
• One onion diced
METHOD:
• Sautee apples and onions in a pan with some butter

until soft season with a little salt, remove from heat
and add the following until combined.
STEP TWO:
Add the following to the sauteed apples and onions:
• 2 cups of breadcrumbs
• 3 teaspoons dry sage
• 25 g of butter
• ¼ cup of oil
• ½ cup of water
• Make a cut through the middle of the pork.
• Place the stuffing in the middle.
• Season the pork with salt and oil.
• Bake on high heat until it starts to crackle and then
lower the heat down to 160 to finish cooking.

Stage Door Principal Trace Tidd, has long The choir is conducted by talented local
wanted to start up a ‘just for fun’ choir for locals professional musician, music tutor and vocal
to experience the social, emotional, physical, director, Adele Dixon who has experienced, first-
and mental health benefits of group singing. hand, the joy that comes from singing with others.
“Music has the marvelous ability to transcend Trace and Adele invite you to join VOICES and
barriers - actual and perceived,” says Tidd, “our stress that EVERYONE has a place in the choir -
VOICES vision is of a marvellous melting pot of the only prerequisite is a love of singing. No
all genders, ethnicities, backgrounds, voice sheet music.No homework. No performances -
types and abilities, connecting and having fun just turn up, relax and enjoy creating great
through the medium of music.” music with like-minded people!



NOTICE Kotahi Rau
Whakatāne High School
Centenary turns 100 years old.
Reunion
Easter 2021 Written by Lisa Badger

Friday April 2nd
and
Saturday April 3rd

An early photo of Whakatāne School and the Headmaster’s
residence. Commerce Street runs along the front of the
School grounds branching off up Mokoroa Gorge.

From its humble beginnings in February 1920, when there were just 21 pupils on the
roll, Whakatāne High School has witnessed and been part of some major historical
events, narrowly missing World War I, and being well-established by the time the
World War II began. The 1947 polio outbreak, devasting fires and floods, expansion
and change - the stories told by some of the original students and staff of the school
parallel and highlight some of the immense transformations we have gone through
as a town, and as a country, during these last 100 years.

A brief history…

It was a different way of life. Way back in 1920, the out-of-town (from Taneatua, Ōpōtiki and Awakeri) students of
what is now Whakatāne High School had to find board in Whakatāne, with some even staying in the Headmaster’s
house. The establishment of a School Bus was many years away yet.

By 1922, the school roll had reached 37 of which 18 were The year of 1945 brought with it the long-awaited news
boys and 19, girls, and it wasn’t until 1930, that there was that the war and the hardships and losses inherent with
a Form 6 (Year 12 for the younger contingent), albeit with it was over, and finally, after two cold years the School’s
only one student in it. The school House system was heating system was revived.
inaugurated in 1934, and during this decade there were
already several established school clubs including Stamps, The school roll hit the 1000 mark in 1967, and the following
Maori carving, Drama, Young Farmers and Natural History. year the school song ‘Kia Whakatāne Ahau’ was heard for
the first time.
In 1940, there was another ‘100’ event for the school – the
number of students enrolled surpassed, for the first time, From very early on in the school’s history WHS has
100. celebrated some major sporting successes in an array
of sporting endeavours: hockey, tennis, rugby, cricket,

athletics, swimming, basketball, rowing, gymnastics, The oldest School Group Photograph;
softball, yachting, golf - with success on both national Whakatāne District High School 1922
and international levels - and several previous students
have represented New Zealand at the Olympic games. Whakatāne High School 2020 prefects
Academically, the school celebrates high levels of
academic achievement, even boasting a couple of Proudly
Rhodes scholars, and there is a strong focus on culture supporting
and on the arts. our local

Into the next century… schools

Whakatāne High School celebrates its 100th birthday CELEBRATING
this year and enters its second century providing
education. There are 1057 students studying from a
selection of the 53 subjects being taught. The use of
digital technology in education is well-established.
Times have drastically changed, and will continue to
change at an accelerated pace, in the future. Leading
the school into its second century is recently appointed
Principal, Martyn Knapton:

E ngā reo, e ngā mana, rau rangatira
mā, ngā matā waka, tēnei te mihi nui atu ki ā
koutou katoa. Ko te wawata me te tumanako ka
noho ora mai koutou katoa.

So, 100 years gone, what about the next
100 years? I believe that the world is going
through change and facing unprecedented social,
economic and environmental challenges. My
job is to make sure the community can start
looking at and beyond the horizon and truly
position Whakatāne High School students with
the knowledge, skills and qualities to thrive in
the 21st century. We need to be courageous and
think big for our young people. We need to be
outward facing and set our sights on not just
being a great local school but being a great
New Zealand school in an area that is one
of New Zealand’s best kept secrets.

Ngā mihi nui
Martyn Knapton”

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