Topic: The Hot Lakes Guides 1853-1910
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A list of guides with known dates that they worked in this region. From "The Hot Lakes Guides" by John C. M. Cresswell c2008.
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| Guide Name | Year/s | Notes |
| Warbrick, Abraham | 1853 | White Terraces only |
| Warbrick, Alfred Patchett | post 1886 Tarawera eruption | son of Abraham, official guide at Te Wairoa |
| Edwards, Ben | 1878 | |
| Mair, Gilbert | Ohinemutu & Whakarewarewa only | |
| Rihari, Julia | post 1886 Tarawera eruption | Whakarewarewa |
| Fraser, John Leith (nephew of Mair) | 1879 | Te Wairoa |
| Middlemass, Kate (Keita) Maggie | up to 1886, then 1890s Whaka | Te Wairoa, witness of ghost canoe |
| Lofley, 'Lofty' Edward | 1870s | Wairakei |
| Wikiriwhi, Mabel | c1885 | Te Wairoa |
| Marileha | c1892 | Tarawera |
| McDonald, Herbert R | c1892-1896 | Rotomahana |
| Miriata | c1888-c1895 | Waiotapu, Waimangu -- also refered to as Ngareta & Ngarita |
| de Faugeraud, Pietre 'Pierre' | c1870-1886 | Te Wairoa, lived Rotorua after eruption |
| Grey, 'Sophia' Te Paea Hinerangi | c1870- | Te Wairoa, witness of ghost canoe |
| Watene | c1895-1903 | Orakei-Korako |
| Tare, Beatrice | c1900-1944 | Guide Sophia's niece |
| Papakura, Bella (Ihapera Thom) | c1920 | Half-sister to Guide Maggie. Head Guide 1920- |
| Balzer, Ellen (nee Hunt) | Longest Serving Guide | Daughter of Guide Susan, sister of Guides Kathleen, Tina, Kaa and Edith |
| Hikurangi, Emma | Guided until 1938 | A 'noted' character |
| Warbrick, Joseph | pre 1903 | Waimangu (son of Abraham & Ngakarauna) |
| Ingle, Robert | c1905-1914 | Waimangu |
| Papakura, Maggie (Makeriti Patterson Thom) | 1894-1910 | Whakarewarewa |
| Kanea, Mere (Mary) | c1908 | Whakarewarewa? |
| Miriam (Miriama) | 1905-1927 | Guided Duke of York 1927, mother of Guides Theresa, Ngana and Tangirau |
| Wikiriwhi, Ngana (Tangingana) | 1905 | died young |
| Ngata | 1909 | Ohinemutu (married Zealand Mitchell) |
| Poata, Pipi (nee Rihari) | c1905-1920s | Mother of Guides Ani, Hara and Kiri |
| Henare, Rameka | 1903 | Ferryman and Guide Orakei- Korako |
| Te Awakotuku, Ruihi | c1900 | Guided on launch tours of Rotorua and Rotoiti |
| Shepherd | 1902 | Wairakei and Waimangu |
| Hunt, Susan (Huhana) | 1910-1945 | |
| Hemana, Arihia Rangione (Guide Alice) | 1907 | Okere Falls |
| Kimioranga, Edie | c1918 | Guided the Prince of Battenberg in 1918 |
| Rickett, Emily (nee Waretini) | Famed Singer c1910- | Sister of Guides Watu, Hepine and Moana |
| Strew, Te Raoriwa (Georgina) | c1910-1952? | Called 'The Sunset Guide', twin sister of Guide Eileen |
| Brodigan, Hara (Hariata) nee Poata | c1910 | Member of the 1910 Coronation Tour, sister of Guides Ana (Ani) and Kiri |
| Maniapoto, Kiri (Kito) Kiriwaitangi nee Poata | c1910- | Had her own concert party which performed regularly for two decades. Sister of Guides Annie (Ani) and Hara. Joint Senior Guide 1943. |
| Corbett, Minnie nee Eparaima | c1910-1920 | After retiring as a guide she became a ticket seller in 1970, Guided the King of Thailand in 1967. Mother of Guide Pipo |
| Polly | c1910- | Okere Falls |
| Puha | c1910- | Guided briefly. Sister of Guides Rakapa and Noho |
| Haupapa, Rangihonohono | c1916 | Ohinemutu, poss the last licence issued. |
| Whakarato, Rato (Googoo) Manak | c1910- | Guided for nearly half a century |
| Haira, Timu | c1910 |
Excerpt from pg 85
"Many guides became renowned as 'characters', either because of their sense of humour or for their eccentricity. The greatest of these was undoubtedly Minnie Waitohi Eparaima. For more than half a century she was engaged in guiding, souvenir selling and tickets. Her particular forte was the organisation of concerts and in this she was Rangi's chief aide. Before World War II she had her own concert party which performed not only for tourists in Rotorua, but also in the competitions at the Ngaruawahia Regatta. ...Minnie was completely without dress sense, a state of affairs which produced light intervals at solemn occasions and sometimes disasters when they were least expected."
Excert from pg 161
"Remarkably, a single family produced a large percentage of all the guides and concert performers. This family is known as Te Whanau-o-Te Rangi. In the 19th century, Tamati Paora married Iriaka and they had 3 children. The first Te Keepa was grandfather of Guide Mary Royal, of Ida Stewart and Ray Keepa (Maori All Black). The second, Nari was mother of Guide Iripu and ancestress of a family that included Guides Irihapeti, Nini, Makea, Laurel and the Institute (Maori Arts and Crafts, now known as Te Puia) The third, child Hurihia was ancestress of Guides Emily, Watu, Huhana (Bubbles), Hepine, Moana, Mere, Tuihuia, Miria, Dorothea, Minnie, Pipo, Ana and Niki among others. Iriaka survived her husband Tamati and married again, this side of the family produced Guides Rangi Hemopo, Kura, Millie and Caroline. The list goes on so that nearly all the guides could claim a connection.
The early years of guiding (up to 1900) are not particularly well-recorded and overseas visitors tended to remember two famous guides, Sophia and Kate, at the expense of others."
