Ereti Collier

Ereti Collier was born at Te Horo and later moved to Rangitukia

Biographical sources

  • Collier, Ereti. “Our Pet Eel.” Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing for Children. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 4: Te Ara o Te Hau: The Path of the Wind. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1994. 40.

    Children's literature

  • "The Time to Go." In "Four Eeling Tales." School Journal 3.3 (1993): 60.
  • The School Journal notes state that "[t]hese stories are from the Waiapu River area on the East Coast. They are from material collected from kaumātua of the Manuel José family of Ngāti Porou, by Bob McConnell." Collier recounts Old Hori Waikari’s method for successful eel bobbing.
  • "Our Pet Eel." School Journal 3.3 (1993): 61. Rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing for Children. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 4: Te Ara o Te Hau: The Path of the Wind. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1994. 40.
  • Collier writes of a pet tuna which lived in the family puna or well, and notes that "[i]t is a Māori belief that so long as there is an eel in a puna, it will never go dry."

    • Fiction

  • "Te Taniwha o Waiapu." Na Ereti Collier nga tuhi Pākehā. Na Miranda Witford te pikitia. Te Tautoko 21. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, 1994. 4-6.
  • "He Kōrero mo Toddy." Na Wiremu Kaa i whakamāori nga tuhi Pākehā a Ereti Collier. Na Gus Hunter nga pikitia. Te Tautoko 21. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, 1994. 6-11.
  • "Te Ana a Mataura." Na Wiremu Kaa i whakaMāori nga tuhi Pakeha a Ereti Collier. Na Kerry Gemmill nga pikitia. Te Tautoko 21. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, 1994. 12-15.
  • "Alf Banks te Tino Taniwha o Waiapu." Na Wiremu Kaa i whakaMāori nga tuhi Pakeha a Ereti Collier. Na David Burke nga pikitia. Te Tautoko 21. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, 1994. 16-21.
  • "I kite Mārika a Pāpā i te Taniwha." Na Wiremu Kaa i whakamāori nga tuhi Pakeha a Ereti Collier. Na Gus Hunter te pikitia. Te Tautoko 21. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, 1994. 22-23.
  • "Ka Tutaki a Jim Clews ki te Taniwha." Na Wiremu Kaa i whakamāori nga tuhi Pakeha a Ereti Collier. Na Kerry Gemmill te pikitia. Te Tautoko 21. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, 1994. 25.
  • "Ke Kai Anō te Taniwha." Na Wiremu Kaa i whakamāori nga tuhi Pakeha a Ereti Collier. Na Miranda Witford nga pikitia. Te Tautoko 21. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, 1994. 26-29.
  • "Mo te Rohe o Waiapu: He Kōrero Tuturu mo te Turehu." Na Ereti Collier, na Wiremu Kaa i whakamāori. Na Miranda Whitford nga pikitia. Te Tautoko 22. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, 1994. 2-5.
  • "He Kōrero mo te Mahi Tuna." Na Ereti Collier, na Wiremu Kaa i whakamāori. Na Gus Hunter nga pikitia. Te Tautoko 22. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, 1994. 6-7.
  • "Te Mātau Tuna Mōkai." Na Ereti Collier, na Wiremu Kaa i whakamāori. Na Gus Hunter nga pikitia. Te Tautoko 22. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, 1994. 8-9.