Tatiana Materoa (Morunga) Thompson, 80. Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Hiku, Ngāpuhi, was raised in Panguru with her 12 brothers and one younger sister by their widowed father. As a married woman she was part of the huge fund-raising efforts to establish Te Ūnga Waka marae in Newmarket and later in her life undertook academic studies to gain her Bachelor of Teaching in Kura Kaupapa Māori.
Kuia will take us back to their younger days, they will tell of a time when electricity was a rarity, there will be tales of transition, from candlelight to electric light, from horseback to horsepower, they will talk of dark times, and reflect on things that impacted greatly on them like Christianity, Pākehā Law, the Great Depression and other issues of the time.