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Isabelle Davis nee McGregor
Name |
Isabelle Davis nee McGregor |
Hapu Iwi |
Ngati Porou, Ngati Maru |
Date of Birth |
21 January 1929 |
Date of Interview |
2003 |
Interviewer |
Jim Nicholls |
Where born |
Paritu
Opoutere |
Whanau Places lived Schools attended Work history Spouses name Community service Interest |
7 brothers and 6 sisters Paritu, Opotiki, Waihi, Waiuku Opoutere Primary, Mataora Primary, Opotiki College Teacher Mackie Davis Hauraki Maori District Council, Waihi Community marae chairperson, Kaumatua Kaunihera Education of our children, the marae |
Abstract |
Whaea Isabel talks of being born in Paritu, (Opoutere) on the wooden floor of a tent. She talks of the family (the third of 13 children)
and how they moved around the country because her father was a forestry
worker and a farmer. She talks of her
parents being fluent Maori speakers but she was not taught Maori as a child. She talks of her life as a child learning
from her father: bush craft and food gathering, growing their own gardens and
the different ways of cooking seafood and mutton birds. She refers to Pauanui
and how they lost their land there and the bulldozing of their gravesites for
a subdivision. She refers to her teachers
wanting her to go teaching and of her father’s initial disapproval. At Matata her
first teaching position she met her husband to be Mackie Davis. They moved between Waihi
and Opotiki to stay in touch with both sets of
parents. |
Comments |
A comprehensive story about her life. An articulate speaker with clarity of thinking. An easy and pleasant tape to listen to. |
Introduction
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Family
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Early Childhood
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Weather Reading
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Breaking in Horses
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Gathering Food
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Getting Provisions
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Christmas & Birthdays
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Pa Site
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Tangi
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Traditonal Healing
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Ringatuu & Te Reo
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Pauanui in the 1930’s
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Customs - Tikanga
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Married Life
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A Fish Story
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Entertainment - Parties
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Returning to Hauraki
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Childhood Pastimes
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Hunting
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Being Maaori
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Eeling with Grandmother
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Going to School
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Career Path
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