Hori's Page

From left: The late Charlie Chesley of Hicks Bay, who played for the college First and Second Fifteens in 1920. He, and a younger brother, Moses (Mohi), were members of the Te Aute First Fifteen which won the Moascar Cup for the first time in 1925, beating New Plymouth Boys' High by three to nil. The side was led by the late Hata Ruru of Te Karaka. On leaving college Charlie entered Canterbury University where he played for the 1st XV, and also the Canterbury reps in the same year, 1927. Peina Tautuhi (Kingi), deceased, was a member of the Te Aute seven-a-side which won the Hawkes Bay Rugby Union competition in 1917 at Hastings, and played for the First Fifteen at the age of 16 years. He also played for Hawkes Bay while still at school in 1917-18-19-20. In 1921 he played for the N.Z. Maori side against South Africa at Napier which they lost to the Boks by one point. People still talk about the game. He was a Wanganul rep. in 1921-22-23, played for the All Blacks against New South Wales at Dunedin in 1923, and was in the Maori All Black team which went to N.S.W. in 1922. He won both the 100 and 200 yards at the college sports in 1920. Paul Bennett of Taihape was in the Te Aute Second Fifteen in 1919, played for Hawkes Bay in 1920, and was a Western Maori and Taihape rep in 1921. William (Bill) Sparks of Nelson played in the Te Aute Second and First Fifteens in 1920, and was a South Island Maoris and Nelson rep. in 1921. He is one of the current three selectors of the Maori All Blacks. Bill taught at the old Tolaga Bay Public School and is now living at Upper Hutt.

If you think the roads are bad on the Coast then take a look at some of the "highways" on Chatham Island. Hori has included these pictures sent to him by Mr and Mrs Ernie Algie who lived on the island for some years They were former residents of Gisborne. With his late brother, Jack, Ernie was a cyclist of note in the 1930s. They both rode from scratch in the Palmerston North to Wellington road race. Mrs Algie was the former Miss Gladys Newey, a Poverty Bay hockey rep.

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Four past football players of note who learnt to play the game at the "cradle of Maori Rugby", Te Aute College.

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"This shows the trailer stuck on the swamp road. This bit of road is our only means of going to Waitangi. It floats in logs and the depth of the swamp is 19 feet. The road shakes like a jelly when you go over it. We often have to walk home in the winter if we get stuck", says Mr Algie.

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Mr Algie says about this picture. "Our bulldozer stuck by the swamp road. This is the type of road we go over."