Correspondence with Office of Tokelau Affairs (OTA) and Institute of Pacific Studies (IPS). , ca 1981-1990
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the production of Matagi Tokelau: history and traditions of Tokelau: a collection of Tokelau language texts facilitated, translated and edited by Antony Hooper, Judith Huntsman and Ropati Simona.
The project was proposed by Ron Crocombe at the Institute of Pacific Studies (IPS) at the University of the South Pacific (UPS) as part of his ongoing enterprise of initiating and facilitating Pacific Peoples' accounts of their own history and traditions. Funding was provided by a grant via IPS at UPS via the Office of Tokelau Affairs. The project was approved by the Tokelau General Fono in May 1981and a Book Committee of three representatives from each atoll chaired by Dr Iona Tinielu with Hooper and Huntsman as advisors was formed.
The Committee first met at the end of 1991 to decide what would be written and who would write what. The Committee decided that all texts would be written in Tokelauan and no authorship would be attributed.
The Tokelauan version of the book was published in 1990 followed by an English translation in 1991.
This sub-series contains copies of the Tokelau texts, English translations (Red books 1 and 2), key historical texts compiled for the project by Hooper and Huntsman (Blue book), and copies of the maps and illustrations used in the final publication.
Dates
- ca 1981-1990
Creator
- From the Collection: Simona, Ropati (Person)
- From the Collection: Poasa, Toloa (Person)
- From the Collection: Molloy, Maureen (Person)
- From the Collection: Tuia, Ineleo (Person)
- From the Collection: Perez, Peato Tutu (Person)
- From the Collection: Tinielu, Iona (Person)
- From the Collection: Kirifi, Hosea (Person)
- From the Collection: Prior, Ian (Person)
- From the Collection: Hooper, Antony (Person)
- From the Collection: Wessen, Albert F. (Person)
- From the Collection: Salmond, C. E. (Person)
- From the Collection: Green, Valerie Joyce (Person)
- From the Collection: Thomas, Allan (Person)
- From the Collection: Hooper, Robin (Person)
- From the Collection: Kalolo, Kelihiano (Person)
- From the Collection: Tuia, Pio (Person)
- From the Collection: Huntsman, Judith (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
PARTLY RESTRICTED. Access to items marked 'Restricted' requires the permission of the Special Collections Manager.
Extent
From the Collection: 18 metres (40 cartons + outsize material)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, University of Auckland Repository
5 Alfred Street
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142 New Zealand
specialcollections@auckland.ac.nz