Henare Everitt

Te Aupouri

1940 - 2010

Henare Everitt was born in Te Kao, north of Kaitaia, and was educated at Te Kao District High School and St Stephen’s School. From 1959-1960 he attended Wellington Teachers’ College and then worked as a teacher at Ratana School from 1964-1971, and was principal of Mohaka School from Everitt subsequently left teaching and began free-lance work producing teaching material for Māori language study. From 1984-1985 he was a Public Relations Officer in Māori Affairs in Wellington and in 1986 he worked as an Editor with the School Publications Branch which is now called Learning Media Limited. In 1987-88 he undertook Tohu Māori and B.A. studies at Victoria University. He also held the position of Senior Editor of the Māori Productions Unit, Group Learning Media. He has published non-fiction articles in the Listener, Airways Media Magazines and has written a large number of Māori readers for Price Milburn and Learning Media. His work has been translated into Samoan, Cook Islands Māori and Tokelauan. Everitt edited the He Purapura series, Nga Kōrero, Nga Tamariki Iti i Aotearoa series and He Kohikohinga. He was part of the Māori contingent which attended the first International Indigenous Writers’ Conference in Ottawa, Canada in 1993. He was a member of Nga Puna Waihanga and the Wellington Children’s Book Association.

In 1998, two years before his retirement, Everitt married Wairarapa- based schoolteacher Susie Creech.

In the last 10 years of his life Mr Everitt kept himself busy supporting Susie in her teaching endeavours. He took up wood turning and there was always a vegetable garden in the yard of his homes in Otonui, Waihi and Masterton.

Everitt passed away on October 9, 2010, aged 70.



Biographical sources

  • Interview and phone conversation with Henare Everitt, 1992 and Sept. 14, 1998.
  • 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. 334.
  • http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/obituaries/4266986/Commitment-to-learning-opportunities-for-Maori 8 November 2016

    Children's literature

  • Te Tautoko 10: Te Ika-a-Māui. Nā Henare Everitt i tuhi ngā kōrero ngā pikitia hoki. Wellington, N.Z.: School Publications Branch, Department of Education, 1977.
  • Te Ika-a-Māui. 1977. No details.
  • "He Kōrero Taniwha." School Journal 2.1 (1982): 46-48. 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. 321.
  • Pictures by Jim Gorman. Everitt describes the strategy of Chief Heitama in getting rid of a troublesome taniwha which was threatening his people.
  • He āporo Mā Hōiho. Ko ngā kōrero nā Henare Everitt. Ko ngā pikitia nā Deidre Gardiner. Whanganui-a-Tara: Te Rōpu Mahipukapukakura, Te Tari Mātauranga, 1982. Rpt. 1986.
  • Māori language text with glossary.
  • Pipiwharauroa. Ko nga kōrero nā Henare Everitt. Ko ngā pikitia nā Bill Jenks. Whanganui a Tara: Te Pou Taki Kōrero, Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga, 1982. Wellington, N.Z.: School Publications Branch, Department of Education, 1982. Rpt. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, Ministry of Education, 1991.
  • Māori language text for children with short glossary published in the He Purapura series.
  • He Kai Mā Te Ika. Ko nga kōrero na Henare Everitt. Ko nga pikitia na Penny Martin. Whanganui-a-Tara: Te Ropu Mahipukapukakura, Te Tari Matauranga, 1982.
  • Māori language text for children with short glossary published in the He Purapura series.
  • Nanekoti. Ko nga kōrero na Henare Everitt. Ko nga pikitia na Nina Price. Whanganui-a-Tara: Te Ropu Mahipukapukakura, Te Tari Matauranga, 1982.
  • Māori language text with glossary published in the He Purapura series.
  • Nō te mea... Ko ngā kōrero nā Henare Everitt. Ko ngā pikitia nā Nina Price. Whanganui-a-Tara: Te Rōpu Mahipukapukakura, Te Tari Mātauranga, 1983.
  • Māori language text with glossary published in the He Purapura series.
  • Ruku. Ko ngā kōrero nā Henare Everitt. Ko ngā pikitia nā Robyn Kahukiwa. Whanganui-a-Tara: Te Rōpu Mahipukapukakura, Te Tari Mātauranga, 1983. Rpt. 1985.
  • Māori language text published in the He Purapura series concerning underwater diving. The publication contains Ngā Kupu and Ngā Rārangi Kupu.
  • Tamaiti Tutu. Ko ngā kōrero nā Henare Everitt. Ko ngā pikitia nā Clare Bowes. Whanganui a Tara: Te Rōpu Mahipukapukakura, Te Tari Mātauranga, 1986.
  • Māori language text published in the He Purapura series with a Ngā Kupu/word list. This story describes the activities of a little girl waking in the night and dressing up in all her family’s clothes. The book contains a Nga Kupu - word list.
  • Tamaiti Tutu. Teachers’ Edition. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Education,1986.
  • Written by Henare Dewes. Illustrated by Clare Bowes.
  • Tamaiti Nohinohi. Ko ngā kōrero nā Henare Everitt. Ko ngā pikitia nā Lesley Moyes. Whanganui-a-Tara [Wellington, N.Z.]: Te Rōpu Mahipukapukakura, Te Tari Mātauranga, 1986.
  • This Māori language text in the He Purapura series tells of the adventures of a little boy in disrupting a whole household. The story contains a Ngā Kupu/word list and has been produced as a film strip.
  • Tamaiti Nohinohi. Teachers’ Edition, 1986.
  • Hangaia he Kanohi. [Story adaptation by Henare Everitt] Petone, N.Z.: Highgate/ Price Milburn, 1988.
  • Ki tōku whakaaro. [Story adaptation by Henare Everitt] Petone, N.Z.: Highgate/Price Milburn, 1988.
  • Pepi hukarere. [story adaptation by Henare Everitt] Petone, N.Z.: Highgate/Price Milburn, 1988.
  • Kōtiro kaha kōtiro mohio. Petone, N.Z.: Highgate/Price Milburn, 1988.
  • Story adaptation by Henare Everitt. Illus. by Jan van der Voo.
  • Poaka Kunekune. [Story adaptation by Henare Everitt] Petone, N.Z.: Highgate/ Price Milburn, 1988.
  • Taniwha. [Story adaptation] Petone, N.Z.: Highgate/ Price Milburn, 1988.
  • He Pai Ki Ahau. Petone, N.Z.: Highgate/Price Milburn, 1988.
  • Story adaptation by Henare Everitt. Illus. by Sally Rogers.
  • "Kiore Kimi Kai." School Journal 2.1 (1990): 47-48.
  • A waiata in Māori sung to the melody of "London Bridge is Falling Down."
  • Tōku rā Whānau. Ko nga kōrero na Henare Everitt. Ko nga pikitia na Penny Newman. Whanganui a Tara: Te Pou Taki Kōrero, Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga, 1991. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, Ministry of Education, 1991.
  • This Māori language text published in the He Purapura series is accompanied by Teachers’ notes with the Māori text and an English translation, and Nga Kupu/ a word list. The story concerns Hemi’s fifth birthday and his longing for a birthday cake.
  • "Kānga Wai." School Journal 3.2 (1992): 18-24. 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. 37-40.
  • The young narrator tells of gathering kānga with his Karani Mā in preparation for kānga wai.
  • I Te Taha Moana. Na Henare Everitt. Na Denise Durkin nga pikita. Te Whanganui ā Tara: Te Pou Taki Kōrero, 1995. Wellington, N.Z.: Published for the Ministry of Education by Learning Media, 1995.
  • Māori language text with Nga Kupu.
  • Mā Wai Ahau E āwhina? 1997. No further details.
  • Tohora. Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa: Te Pou Taki Korero, c.1999.
  • Written by Henare Everitt.
  • Te Pangarau a Mari. Stokes Valley, N.Z.: Totika Publications, 2000.
  • Written by Henare Everitt. Illus. Trace Hodgson.
  • Hemi Henare Mangopare. Stokes Valley, N.Z.: Totika Publications, 2000.
  • Written by Henare Everitt. Illus. Bob Kerr.
  • Mama. Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa: Te Pou Taki Korero, 2000.
  • Written by Henare Everitt. Illus. Deirdre Gardiner. First published in 1986 in smaller format.
  • "Mama." Nga Pukapuka Rahi: Hei Awhina I Te Kaiwhakaako. Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa: Te Pou Taki Korero Whaiti, 2000.
  • Short story by Henare Everitt.Illus. by Deirdre Gardiner.
  • E Moko. Na Henare Everitt. Na Samuel Sakaria nga pikitia. Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa: Te Pou Taki Korero, 2001.
  • Dear Moko. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, 2001.
  • Written by Henare Everitt. Illus. Samuel Sakaria.
  • Te Wawata Tino Nui. Na Henare Everitt. Na Darcy Solia nga pikitia. Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa: Te Pou Taki Korero, 2001.
  • Te Whare Noho I Te Taone Nui. Na Henare Everitt. Na Barry O’Donnell nga pikitia. Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa: Crescent Pub., 2001.
  • Te Kuri i te Taha o Te Rori. Na Henare Everitt. Na Ali Teo nga pikitia. [Wellington, N.Z.]: Crescent Pub., 2001.
  • Tutakihia te Iwi. Na Patricia Glensor. Na Henare Everitt I whakamaori. Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa: Te Pou Taki Korero, 2001.
  • Tuia Te Hunga Koiora. Nā Henare Everitt. Nā Ross Mills I whakahoahoa. [Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa]: Crescent Pub., 2005.
  • Tuia te hunga koiora. Wellington, N.Z.: Crescent Pub., 2005.
  • Co-author Ross Mills.
  • Matiu Rata. Wellington, N.Z.: Crescent Pub., 2006.

  • Films/Video

  • Te Houtaeura. No details.
  • Te Kura. No details.
  • Maui The Half-God. 1970s. No further details.
  • Hubert Fieben and Henare Everitt produced three films.
  • Hinemoa and Tutanekai. Henare Everitt. 1976. No further details.
  • One filmstrip (28 fr.)
  • He Kōrero Whaiaipo mo Hinemoa raua ko Tutaneka. 1976. No further details.
  • One filmstrip (25 double fr.)
  • He Kōrero Tipuna Mō Māui; Te Ika A Māui. 1976. No further details.
  • One filmstrip (36 doubld fr.)
  • He Kōrero Tipuna Mō Te Houtaewa. 1976. No further details.
  • One filmstrip (22 double fr.)
  • Maui, The Half-God. 1977. No further details.
  • One video cassette, 8 min.
  • Kahukura and the fairy-fishermen. 1979. No further details.
  • One filmstrip (35 fr.)
  • Kahukura And The Fairy-Fishermen. 1981. No further details.
  • One video cassette, 9 min.

    • Non-fiction

  • "Ngā moemoeā a Hēmi." Te huinga raukura. Kahukura. Wellington, N.Z.: Te Pou Taki Kōrero, 2004.
  • "He aha te mea nui?" Te huinga raukura. Kahukura. Wellington, N.Z.: Te Pou Taki Kōrero, 2004.
  • "Commitment to learning opportunities for Maori." Dominion Post, (23 Oct 2010): A25.

  • Other

  • Te Manu Aute A Hemi [Hemi’s Kite]. Written by Bea Hamer. Trans. Henare Everitt. Whanganui-a-Tara: Te Ropu Mahupukapukakura, Te Tari Matauranga, 1988.
  • "Te Mahi Waru Riwai." He Kohikohinga: Tuatahi. Whanganui a Tara: Te Pou Taki Kōrero, Te Tahuhu o te Mātauranga, 1991. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, Ministry of Education, 1991. 4-8. 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. 294-295.
  • "E Pā, Ko Tangaroa Tērā?" He Kohikohinga: Tuatahi. Whanganui a Tara: Te Pou Taki Kōrero, Te Tahuhu o te Mātauranga, 1991. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, Ministry of Education, 1991. 4-8. 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. 16-21.
  • Pirihimana Tautiaki Motoka. Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa: Te Pou Taki Korero, 1999.
  • Written by Bill O’Brien. Illus. Dean Zillwood. Translation by Henare Everitt.
  • Rataka Kapa Haka. Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa: Te Pou Taki Korero, 2000.
  • Written by Shirley Cormack. Illus. Adrian Heke. Translation by Henare Everitt.
  • Te Kopere o Hine. Na Judith Bryers Holloway te Korero. Na Phillip Paea nga pikitia. Na Henare Everitt I whakamaori. Wellington, N.Z.: Mallinson Rendell, 2001.
  • Translation into Māori of Judith Bryers Holloway’s children’s book Hine’s Rainbow.

    • Sound recordings

  • "Wags Radio Programme for Pre-schoolers." No further details.
  • Seven programmes for David Somerset, Radio Broadcast Schools, which are adaptations of Māori stories in English and were broadcast in the late 1970s
  • He Kai Mā Te Ika. 1986. No further details.
  • One sound cassette, 6 min.
  • He āporo Mā Hōiho. 1987. No further details.
  • One sound cassette, 5 min.
  • Nō te mea... Na Henare Everitt, 1987. No further details.
  • One sound cassette, 5 min.
  • E Pa, ko Tangaroa tera? Na Henare Everitt, 1993. No further details.
  • One sound cassette, 8 min. With Mango pango, na Nga Manu o te Mahia.
  • Tōku rā whānau. Henare Everitt, 1993. No further details.
  • One sound cassette, 4 min.
  • Kanga wai. by Henare Everitt. Food for Thought, by Michael Pryor, 1993. No further details.
  • One sound cassette, 21 min.
  • Mā wai ahau e āwhina. Henare Everitt. Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa: Te Pou Taki Korero, c1998.
  • One sound cassette, 4 min. 52 sec.
  • E Hika me te Kuri Autaia. Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa: Te Pou Taki Korero, 2000.
  • Te kaikorero Henare Everitt; te kaiwaiata, Panikena; te kaipuoro Maaka McGregor. One sound cassette, 4 min., 36 sec.
  • Tupua Manatu. Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa: Te Pou Taki Korero, 2001.
  • One sound casette, 12 min. 7 sec.
  • Karengo. Henare Everitt. No lunch! Diana Noonan. Wellington, N.Z.: Learning Media, 2001.
  • One sound cassette, 10 min. 40 sec. The two stories are read by the authors with author interviews following.

    • Visual Arts

  • Māori Gods. 1978. No further details.
  • Six pictures.
  • Kaute, Kara Kōrero. 1988. No further details.
  • Ten pictures.

    Reviews

    Ruku
  • Jenkinson, Michael. Te Karanga: Canterbury Māori Studies Association 1.4 (1986): 32.
  • "He Purapura Series. Te Tereina, Te Tamaiti i Rere, He Kuri, Ruku." Tu Tangata 28 (1986): 30.