List of Workers.

• Carvers:
  • Tama-te-kapua Te Raihi, of Te Arawa, Rotorua.
  • Pineamine Taiapa, of Ngati-Porou, Tikitiki, East Coast.
  • Hone Taiapa, of Ngati-Porou, Tikitiki, East Coast.
  • Charlie Tuarau, of Raratonga.
  • Tame Te Naera, of Te Arawa, Rotorua.
  • Willie Iotua, of Raratonga, and other assistants.
• Tukutuku Stitching:
  • Mrs. Ririhira Heketa, of Ngati-Kahungunu, Wellington.
  • Miss Mirriam Heketa, of Ngati-Kahungunu, Wellington.
  • Mrs. Raiha Wickham, of Ngati-Raukawa, Otaki.
  • Miss Peggy Pitt, of Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki, Gisborne.
  • Miss Roa Tuhou, of Ngati-Porou, Ruatoria.
  • With the exception of the above-named, who acted as instructors, the whole of this work was done by the local women, free of cost.
• Builders, etc.:
  • Mr. R. J. Wills, of Tikitiki—Plans and building.
  • Mr. Ballantyne—Building.
  • Mr. Wright, of Gisborne—Paintwork and scroll-patterns.
  • Mr. Tawhai Takoko, of Tikitiki, East Coast—Kakaho roof lining.
  • Mr. Willie Bevan, of Otaki—Tukutuku panels and general.
• Carvings:
  • Under the direction of Mr. H. Hamilton, Director of the Rotorua School of Maori Arts and Crafts.

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  • General design and architecture, and the supervision of Tukutuku work, Hon. Sir A. T. Ngata.