Tarakawa, Takaanui Hohaia, 1852-1919

Date: 1896-1915

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: 80-115-04A/04C

Description: Includes Notes on Maori origins, by Mr Ferguson of Hokianga; Time and a generation, by Hare Hongi; Ruatapu, Whiro and Toi, by Hare Hongi; He korero mo Wairangi raua ko tana wahine ko Parawhete, by Matenga Hori; He karakia patu ngarara, ana kai i te maara kumara, and other notes, by Hare Hongi; On the survivals of ancient customs in Oceania; Ngati Kahungunu materials from T W Downes; Maori kitchen middens, by Taylor White; Ko te korero mo nga pa e toru i te puke, by Tarakawa Also contains a brief essay about Te Rauparaha of the Ngati Toa. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-175

Description: Copy of some of Takaanui Tarakawa's papers in S P Smith's hand including many whakapapa for Te Arawa, Tainui, Tokomaru, Horouta, Takitimu, Tuamatua and others. The papers also include information about the arrival of the Te Arawa canoe and the Kurahaupo canoe, the legend of Hatupatu, details of Rongomaiwahine's relationship with Kahungunu, and discussions of Maori customary concepts including hau, hoa, mana, kura, whatukura and kawa; Some of this material is in JPS V 2 p168-171, 199-207. Also includes letter and notes to Smith from Walter Gudgeon severely critical of Tarakawa's whakapapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1904, 1909, nd

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-176

Description: Comprises a 19-leaf ms by S P Smith on the Tainui canoe, based mainly on the work of Tarakawa and Hone Nahe. Also comrprises letters to Smith from Tarakawa (12 Aug, 12 Oct 1904, 5 Apr, 30 Jul, 16 Aug 1909) and copies of letters to Peter Buck and Tarakawa from Smith (14 Oct 1909) concerning the Tainui anchor stone. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1893-1894]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-178

Description: Comprises letters from Tarakawa to S P Smith discussing traditional matters (27 Nov 1893, 14, 29 August, 12, 17 Oct 1894); and a paper titled `Whakamarama-tanga o te pepa puru na'. The latter has a note by Smith describing this paper as an explanation of some matters referred to in his paper `The Coming of Te Arawa and Tainui canoes'. The traditional matter discussed in the letters includes Te Arawa whakapapa, information about the migration, arrival and settlement of Te Arawa and Tainui and related karakia, and notes about 19th century conflicts in the Bay of Plenty district; there are also discussions about the derivation of various Maori placenames, and about Maori attitudes to the use of traditional information. Most of the paper by Tarakawa is published in the `Journal of the Polynesian Society'v 3, 168-175, 199-207. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1895-1899

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-173

Description: Includes letters to S P Smith 11 Jan-4 May 1895, from Te Puke, and Jun-Jul 1899, from Takapau, Hawkes Bay The letters include a discussion of Tarakawa's role in the Polynesian Society as an authority on tribal history, a report on a meeting at Tauranga to discuss Ngai Te Rangi history, an invitation to Smith to come on a guided tour of the Bay of Plenty, information about Ngati Kahungunu founding ancestors and notes about Tarakawa's residence in the Hawkes Bay area The letters also contain notes about Ngapuhi conflicts with iwi in the southern North Island in the 1820s, and commentary (and some whakapapa) on papers submitted by Gudgeon about the Takitimu and Te Arawa canoes Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 30 Jan-14 Feb 1917

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department

Reference: MS-Papers-8812

Description: Manuscript petition in Maori, from T H Tarakawa of Te Puke, requesting that a railway station be erected at Pukaingataru where the roads from Te Tumu and Maketu meet. With typed translation and rough sketch map. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, typescript

Date: 1897

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-033

Description: Contains notes in Maori and shorthand on pages numbered 23-49 with an enclosed letter from T H Tarakawa, 24 Sep 1897; galley sheets of `Sketches from Tuhoe land', with cover sheet postmarked Galatea 13 Oct 1897. The Tarakawa letter includes answers to various questions posed by Best to Tarakawa, especially about the ancestors of the Te Arawa people; the other material includes Maori vocabulary notes, (Tuhoe?) waiata and explanatory notes, and notes about some Maori customary concepts Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1893-1894

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-177

Description: Notes, with covering letters from Tarakawa to S P Smith, dated 18 Dec 1893, 17 Feb 1894. Most published under this title in the JPS, v 3, pp 59-71. The notes deal with the migration of the Mataatua and Kurahaupo canoes to New Zealand from Hawaiki; in the letters, Tarakawa discusses the various landing places of the canoes, and personal and Polynesian Society affairs Published under this title in the `Journal of the Polynesian Society' v 3, 59-71. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1899, n d

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-174

Description: Manuscripts of above articles published in the JPS (v 8 p 179, 235, v 9 p 47, 65, 135). With covering letter, Jul 1899. The narrative deals with various conflicts involving Te Arawa and Ngapuhi in the 18th and 19th century, together with information about other related events (for example Hongi Hika accessing firearms), biographical notes and anecdotes about participants in these conflicts, related whakapapa, and notes about Te Wera Hauraki's residence at Nukutaurua and his alliance with Te Pareihe of Ngati Kahungunu Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1895

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-027

Description: Most pages unused. Contains material from Hori Ropiha and Tarakawa about Tamatea, the ancestor of Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Ira whakapapa, copies of text from `Karere Maori' about the occupation of the South Island Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume, 21 pages).

Date: 1893

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-219

Description: Comprises manuscripts of the following papers (in publication order): Te Kahui Kararehe `Teh Kurahaupo canoe'; `Notes and querie's; `Transactions and proceedings'; W E Gudgeon `The Tangata whenua'; Te Whetu `Te Patunga o Ngarara-Huarau'; Takaanui Tarakawa `Ko Te Hoenga mai o Te Arawa, raua ko Tainui i Hawaiki' [two copies], `The Coming of the Arawa and Tainui canoes from Hawaiki to New Zealand'; A Marques `The Population of the Hawaiian Islands'; `Notes and queries'; `Proceedings of the Society'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1899

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-228

Description: Comprises manuscripts of the following papers (in publication order): Tutaka Ngahua, Tamarau and Elsdon Best `Ko Hape-tu-ma-ke-Te-Rangi'; Rev T G Hammond `Atua Maori'; Elsdon Best `Notes on Maori mythology'; Takaanui Tarakawa, Paora Ropiha and S Percy Smith `Mahu raua ko Taewa'; Rev Samuel Ella `Polynesian native clothing', `The war on Tonga and Samoa and origin of the name Malietoa'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1897

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MSI-Papers-1187-179

Description: Notes and waiata about Te Arawa in Tarakawa's hand, possibly some by Paora Ropiha, Waipawa. One sheet dated 11 Nov 1897. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (19 leaves).

Date: 1879-1899

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-145

Description: In English and Maori, with pages 150-199 in Cook Islands Maori The Maori letters are addressed to Hone Mohi Tawhai, Rev Hauraki Paora, Kahui Kararehe, Timi Waata Rimini and Takaanui Tarakawa; they deal with Polynesian Society business, and the collection of traditional information from the various informants Quantity: 1 volume(s) (250 leaves).

Date: 1909

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-236

Description: Comprises manuscripts of the following papers (in publication order): Hare Hongi `On ariki and, incidently, tohunga'; H T Whatahoro `Ko Te tikanga o tenei Kupu, o ariki'; A G Yarborough `A Hokianga incident'; `Transactions and proceedings'; Dr E Schultz `The Samoan version of the story of Apakura'; W E Gudgeon `On Matakite'; `Notes and queries'; Takaanui Tarakawa `Te Korero mo katore'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1911-1912

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-239

Description: Comprises manuscripts of the following papers (in publication order): Volume 20: Matiu Te Aranui `The Story of Rongo'; Hemi Parata Raukatauri `The Story of Meke and Hau-Pae-Whenua'; Pewa `About Taoho'; Josiah Martin `The Origin of the name Tonga Island'; Aipi `The Paumotuan version of Tafa'i'; Takaanui Tarakawa `The Story of Tara-Whata'; Volume 21: `Annual meeting'; Elsdon Best `Index'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1852, 1911-1930

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0072-07

Description: Contains letters to Best from a number of Maori scholars; the letters contain ethnographic information about the history of various iwi (including whakapapa and karakia) and about various Maori traditional tools and practices; the letters also contain some information and commentary about contemporary events and the collection of this type of material; there are individual letters about the Ringatu Church and about the Mormon Church; there is also an account of a meeting between King Tawhiao and John Ballance in the early 1880s There is also a number of mid 19th century Maori letters that have been collected from a number of sources; these letters cover a wide range of topics including land tenure and disputes with Pakeha Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece level inventory available.