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Manuscript

Historical articles and notes pertaining to Maori history

Date: [1890-1965]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-075

Description: Typescripts and photocopies of articles, `Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill)' by M H Wynyard; `Maori geographical knowledge and mapping; a symposium' by P L Barton (Turnbull Library record, v13, n1, May 1980); `A Sketch of Maori church work on the East Coast in early times' by J G Baker; letter with notes on Buin stone implements (1965); manuscript of Eruera Te Uremutu from the Polynesian Society library Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript Typescript with ms annotations Photocopy of ms

Manuscript

Baker, Matenga, 1902-1988 : Waiata and whakapapa books

Date: [1900-1940]

By: Baker, Matenga, 1902-1988

Reference: MS-Group-1009

Description: The collection comprises seven volumes of waiata and whakapapa (1) Matenga Baker, waiata, whakapapa, personal records; (2) Haana Wineera (nee Cootes) for Matenga Baker, whakapapa of the Ngati Toa and related tribes; (3) Ropata Te Ao Maori notebook, Ngati Raukawa collection monies for land court and Rangiatea church, whakapapa; (4) Hema Ropata Te Ao Maori notebook, waiata, history; and (5) Maori notebook, Ngati Raukawa whakapapa; (6) Tiria Te Wiata - whakapapa and waiata notebook; (7) whakapapa book of Tiria Te Waiata Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 6 volume(s). 0.12 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: These books were entrusted to Matenga Baker by the original creators during his lifetime. Baker was closely related to Haana Wineera, Hema Te Ao and Tiria Te Wiata. After Baker's death in 1988 his children continued to care for the volumes. Processing information: Use Conditions updated 5 September 2022.

Manuscript

Notebook (vol 22)

Date: [1940-1950]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-23

Description: Contents comprise notes on adze types from Makorokio Stream, Ohau, and Poroporo Ridge; ancient rock paintings; map of Weka Pass; on Maerewhenua, a name with six variants; on the rediscovery of the kohakatakahea; data from P J Burstall; of a visit to Maketu; adzes from Westland, Moutapu Bay and Amuri Bluff (with maps); and other notes Arrangement: Notebook no 22 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Maori notebook (vol 24)

Date: [1950-1952]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-25

Description: Comprises notes on Maori place-names and sites of past and present kainga, Bay of Plenty (with map); of Tauranga Harbour, Mt Maunganui, Whakatane and Maketu and Waihi estuaries (with maps); section of whalebone object; letter, Bryce Wood to Adkin (1953); moa-bone with cuts, Roxburgh; Solomon Islands adzes; adzes from Auckland and Poroutawhao; data from Moawhango by R A L Batley (with map) Arrangement: Notebook no 24 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Papers re Rangitane

Date: [1940-1980]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-014

Description: Rangitane pa, Dannevirke area; letter with whakapapa from M N Paewai; historical notes and songs from the Dannevirke district collected from Ranginui Rautahi and Nireaha Paewai of the Ngati-Pakapaka hapu of Rangitane with index to whakapapa Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Maori notebook (vol 53)

Date: [1961-1962]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-54

Description: Comprises reports and notes on old Maori burial ground at Paretoa; the site of the outrigger canoe hull, nr Te Horo (with map); unusual adze form pendant, nr Waikanae; Maori net floats; preliminary tour of Horowhenua by Palmerston North Polynesian group, with map showing pa; circular letter to Wairarapa and Manawatu; problematical contents of a Wairarapa Maori cache; cloak-pin or fish-threader bodkin from Castlepoint; memoranda of a Maori skull from the Waikanae dune-belt; identification of a large wooden artefact, nr Waikanae; from Keith Cairns re Maori sites; photographs, L Horowhenua and eastern end of L Papaitonga Arrangement: Notebook no 53 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Traill family history

Date: [1983-1985]

From: Natusch, Sheila Ellen, 1926-2017: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4090

Description: Photocopies of four unpublished manuscripts: 1. Ringaringa 2. Ulva's Isle 3. Next of kin 4. J T H Wohlers (text in German) History of Traill family in Orkney Islands and New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pieces). Physical Description: Typescripts (photocopy)

Manuscript

Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 16)

Date: [1944]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-17

Description: Contents comprise notes re adze types; type VII, VB from Turakina district; Waitaha adze from Porirua Harbour; from Mangaroa; type IIA from Patea; greenstone adze from Levin-Foxton highway area; map of sites of Horowhenua adzes found by Henry J Kilsby; grey stone adze from Heatherlea-Koputaroa area, Horowhenua; blackstone adzes from Onukuwaiata, Waimakaira, Horowhenua and Wallace Road, Levin; location maps of adzes found by A Seifert, A Gillespie, Louis Noara and on Clifford's farm, Tokomaru area (1941-1944); adzes from Makurerua Swamp, Horowhenua Arrangement: Notebook no 16 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Maori notebook (vol 60)

Date: [1962]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-61

Description: Comprises report on the Karere Ford patu onewa found near the Manawatu River, near Longburn. Also includes sketches of two toki (adzes). Arrangement: Notebook no 60 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Maori notebook (vol 51)

Date: [1960-1961]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-52

Description: Comprises report of visit to Paremata for further colour slides, with notes re these and map showing Maori sites, place-names and European development and slide viewpoints; pannoramic photograph of Porirua Harbour showing geographical features, Maori sites and place-names; map, Motukaraka; sketch plan, earthworks, Fort Strode. Arrangement: Notebook no 51 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Maori notebook (vol 52)

Date: [1960-1961]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-53

Description: Comprises report on quadrilateral adze with tang reduction; discovery of canoe hull (waka ama) of form requiring an outrigger attachment, Te Horo; timetable and background notes to tour of Hawke's Bay; notes; sketch of Napier harbour from 1870 map; drawing of small pataka and trig station profile; street map of Napier, with route noted; photgraphs of group (identified); extended genealogy, Tainui and Takitimu canoes to David Winterburn; the magnificent Winterburn adze; squat mere-like patu from Makurerua-Linton area; map, Horowhenua-Manawatu area showing localities of recent archaeological and Maori lore finds, the Makurerua-Linton adze and the Paretoa old burial place Also photographs of Adkin, map showing Maori sites and place-names of the Heretaunga Plains, ca 1850 (from Colenso); and photographs of the Makurerua-Linton patu Arrangement: Notebook no 52 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Contemporary Maori society - The hui

Date: [1971]

From: Salmond, Anne (Dame), 1945- : Contemporary Maori society - The hui

Reference: MS-Papers-9920-1

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Maori notebook (vol 55)

Date: [1962]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-56

Description: Contents comprise report on the Ngatimamoe adze, north Wairarapa, from K R Cairns; tanged adze from Pukeatua ridge, Lower Hutt, with map; memoranda of tape recordings and other matters with J Brydon Speedy; excavations of a promontory pa site on south head of Owhariu Bay, Wellington, with profile and maps; notes on the archaeology of Waikaretu River, Raglan-Port Waikato coast, with maps; calva (skull cap), Waikaretu; lower mandible, Waikaretu; revered hogback adze, north Waikanae Arrangement: Notebook no 55 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Maori notebook (vol 62)

Date: [1962-1963]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-63

Description: Comprises discussion on Maori place-names of Porirua Harbour and environs, northern area from Paekakariki to Wairaka with maps; memoranda of illustrations for Porirua Harbour area with map showing viewpoints and directions; former Maori lines of communciataion and travel (paths, tracks, trails, canoe passage) in the south-western Wellington district, a compilation; Paremata Flat, a cartographic adjustment of early cultural and vocational sites (all with maps) Arrangement: Notebook no 62 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Maori notebook (vol 63)

Date: 1963

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-64

Description: Comprises historical notes and early sketch maps of Mana Island (with map); place-names of the Takapu-Porirua town area (includes genealogical chart of Paeroa Wineera from the Tainui and Aotea waka), map of Takapuwahia Porirua area; unexpected evidence of the western Polynesian-Melanesian boundary area origin of the proto-Ngatimamoe...handgrips of weapons and artefacts Arrangement: Notebook no 63 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Maori place-names and lore (vol 37)

Date: [1958]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-38

Description: Comprises notes on large stone agricultural tool from Rangiauria (Pitt Island), Chathams; Chatham Islands bibliography; map, Chatham Islands; map, route of Field excursion, Wanganui district; Maori sites and place-names, Wanganui River (with map); adzes, melanesoid, owned by A C Robertson, Papaiti; and two adzes from San Cristobal Island, Solomon Islands Arrangement: Notebook no 37 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Road to Whangara (galley proofs)

Date: [1976]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: MSI-Papers-5785

Description: Comprises 24 pages of galley proofs, without annotations; Fowler describes the settlement of the area along the road to Whangara from Gisborne covering early Maori migration, and settlement to the present day (ie ca 1976). Chapters include pre-European settlement, settlement by Europeans, changes, whakapapa and appendices by Arnold Reedy on the origins of Ngati Porou and by Kapa Potae Paikea on Kennedy Bay (1947). Does not include illustrative material. Relationship complexity - Cyclostyled copy, with illustrations but last lines on some pages missing, at 77-014-2/01D Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Te Takoto o te whenua of Hauraki (draft)

Date: 2000

From: Royal family : Papers (Te Whanau a Roera Hukiki Te Ahukaramu)

Reference: MSX-5882

Description: Spiral bound draft copy of `Nga Tohu o te whenua o Hauraki landmarks', edited and additional material by Te Ahukaramu Charles Royal. This was prepared for a presentation of the manuscript to the unveiling of a headstone to the memory of Taimoana Turoa, 3 Apr 1999. Other Titles - Nga Tohu o te Whenua of Hauraki landmarks Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Maori notebook (vol 36)

Date: [1957-1958]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-37

Description: Comprises notes on the earliest ethnographic map of part of the Wellington area (with map); maps, Maori pa sites, Te Awamutu area; map, Heathcote-Sumner area, showing location of Moa-bone Point Cave; anomalous adze; note and drawing by A Formison; map, Maori sites, Owhariu Bay; paper by Adkin, date and culture of the earliest people of the North Island; Maori place-names of Te Korokoro-Te Tuara-whati-o-Te mana area, Hutt Valley (with map); massve adze, from Te Kaha Point, Bay of Plenty; Arrangement: Notebook no 36 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 18)

Date: [1940-1945]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-19

Description: Contents comprise notes on adze types for Mairua area, Lake Horowhenua; adzes type VIC, VIB and IIC from Wairoa, Hawke's Bay; Waipukurau-Te-Aute to coast area of Hawke's Bay showing site of Patangata skull and Maori place-names; diagrams of Patangata skull per J M Wright; Waikaremoana with Maori place names (after Best); environs of Waikaremoana with Maori place names and site of adzes, pounders, etc per J M Wright; and Puketoi Range and vicinity with sites of Maori material, per J M Wright, and Maori place names Arrangement: Notebook no 18 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

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