Tekau mā ono tau a Te Paea Hinerangi e ārahi nei i a ngāi manene hei kaiārahi matua o Ōtūkapuarangi me Te Tarata i Rotomahana i mua i te hū o Tarawera i te tau 1886. Kua roa nei tōna ingoa e whakaarohia ana i te rongotanga atu o ngā kupu ‘Te Whakamīharotanga Tuawaru o te Ao’ inā rā nāna tonu ngā manuhiri i ārahi i ngā tau o te 1870. Koia rā pū te ōrokotīmatanga o te pakihi ahumahi tāpoi i Aotearoa.
Nā te mihingare a Te Paea i ako ki te kōrero Pākehā e matatau ai ia ki ngā reo e rua. He wahine pai ia, ka mutu, ko tētehi āhuatanga ōna ko tana pukuhohe. Nāna kē tana mahere ārahi i whakarite, ā, e ai ki te tini manuhiri i tūtaki atu ai ki a ia, he ‘kaiārahi, he kura huna, he mātau, he hoa hoki’.
Tekau mā tahi rā i mua i te hū o Tarawera, i kitea e Te Paea tētehi waka wairua i runga i te moana o Rotomahana i a rātau ko tētehi tira manuhiri me ngā kaihoe e rere ana i te wai. Ko te tohu tuatahi ko te hekenga o te wai, kātahi tētehi waka rerekē ka kitea i te tirohanga. Nāwai, nāwai ka whakatata haere te waka ki tō Te Paea e kitea ai te huringa o ngā upoko o ngā kaihoe 13 o taua waka rā ki te upoko kurī ka nunumi atu ai e mārama ai a Te Paea he waka wairua kē. E ai ki te kōrero, he tohu kino, he mahi kino te haere ake nei. I te pō o te 10 o Hune, i te tau 1886 ka pahū a Tarawera. He parekura nui i mate ai ngā tāngata 120 nuku atu, ā, ko te nuinga he Māori. Nā reira hoki i ngaro ai a Ōtūkapuarangi me Te Tarata.
Ko Te Paea tētehi o te 62 i ora ai i te haumarutanga o tōna whare. I muri mai i te pahūnga, ka hūnuku atu ia ki Whakarewarewa ki te ārahi tonu i a ngāi manene.
Ko Te Paea te kaitiaki o te riu o Whakarewarewa i te wā i a ia nāna tonu nei ngā tini kāhui ariki i ārahi i te wāhi rā.
Ka mate ia i te 4 o Tīhema, i te tau 1911 ka tanumia ai i runga i te puke o te riu ngāwhāriki rā.
Qualities: innovation, relationships, wellbeing
Did you know?
You can see a famous portrait of Guide Sophia by C F Goldie at the Auckland Museum.
More to watch:
See Guide Sophia’s hei tiki:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDIEHLSvdpo
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/hunt-for-pink-and-white-terraces-2011
More to read:
https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2h37/hinerangi-sophia
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/guide-sophia
https://www.whakarewarewa.com/About+Us/Guides_of_Whakarewarewa.html
This entry is related to these other entries:
Makereti Papakura; Tūhoto Ariki
Sources:
Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/hunt-for-pink-and-white-terraces-2011