Tanenuiarangi Committee
Whakapapa and narratives dictated by Apiata Te Aohau, Nepia Pohuhu and Paratene Te Okaw...
Date: 1862-1918
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B054
Description: This volume contains information dictated by three tohunga, Apiata Te Aohau, Nepia Pohuhu and Paratene Te Okawhare, to Te Whatahoro; the narratives cover some common themes, including; Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay whakapapa, accounts of the creation of the universe, and the subsequent activities and conflicts of various deities; accounts and genealogies that set out the origin of various animate and inanimate things in the world; accounts of the migration of the Takitimu canoe, lead by Tamatea, from Hawaiki to New Zealand; information about the provenance of the material dictated by the tohunga Paratene Te Okawhare also discusses the influence of Christianity on the recital of traditional Maori accounts of cosmology, and provides instructions about who should be allowed access to the material and how whakapapa debates should be managed; he identifies some common errors made by non-experts in reciting genealogies; he also warns Te Whatahoro not to confuse the work of different tohunga, and points out that each school of learning will have their own version of events Physical Description: ¼ maroon, dark green boards 33 cm Provenance: This was one of four books loaned by Te Whatahoro to the Church of the Latter Day Saints
Whakapapa and diary records
Date: 1906-1908
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-033
Description: Contains Te Whaiti family whakapapa and related whakapapa from the South Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay; also contains diary entries by Iraia Te Whaiti with especial focus on the hui whakapapa held in Wairarapa at this time, and the work of Hikapuhi in the district
Whakapapa and diary notes
Date: 1904-1905
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-044
Description: Contains Te Whaiti family whakapapa and related whakapapa from other hapu in the South Wairarapa; also contains diary entries by Iraia Te Whaiti about local events, hui and personal affairs in 1905, including a detailed account of the rules of the whakapapa hui held at Dannevirke under the title of `Tupai Whakarongo Wananga' (this was related to the Tane-nui-a-rangi Committee), and some notes about the Wairarapa Maori Mounted Rifles Also includes farm records for the Te Whaiti farms
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook
Date: 1909
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B080
Description: Contains diary entries with information about farming, land issues, financial and business affairs, the publication of a Maori newspaper, the proceedings of whakapapa hui convened by the Tanenuiarangi Committee; also contains address lists, recipes for Maori medicines, whakapapa, narratives about historical conflicts involving Wairarapa people and hapu, lists of chiefs along the East Coast, North Island, notes about the Wairarapa Moana (Pouakani) Management Committee, and notes about publications in the Journal of the Polynesian Society Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Te Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1903-1907
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-114
Description: Contains whakapapa recorded by Te Whatahoro at Dannevirke in 1907 (including some dictated from the whakapapa books of deceased tohunga), probably as part of the whakapapa hui convened by the Tane-nui-a-rangi Committee; also contains cosmological notes and whakapapa from deities to the commanders of the migration canoes Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa note book
Date: 1910
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B010
Description: Contains autobiographical notes about Te Whatahoro and his training as a tohunga, and his presentation of information to the Tanenuiarangi Committee; there are also cosmological notes about Rangi and Papa, their children, their separation, Tane's ascent to the highest heaven, the creation of women, notes about the twelve heavens and their inhabitants; there is also a discussion of the points of agreement and digression among various tohunga There are notes about the Maori division of time, whakapapa (cosmological and mortal), notes about astrology and navigation, karakia, waiata, and notes about the changing nature of traditional lore in the modern world There are narratives about various ancestors and their actions; these narratives cover such topics as the origin of tattooing, the migration from Hawaiki and the settlement of New Zealand, and the interaction between Maori and pre-Maori inhabitants of New Zealand There is also narrative text about 18th and 19th century conflicts between hapu of Ngati Kahungunu and Rangitane, and between Waikato and Ngati Kahungunu Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ¼ maroon, blue boards, 33 cm., vol numberedf 6
Whakapapa and records
Date: 1891-1916
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-040
Description: Contains whakapapa contributed by various people (Apirana Kaimoana, Te Hooro Hawea, Pou Turei, Urupeni Puhara, Mohi Te Atahikoia, Hoani Te Wanikau) about various iwi; there are also whakapapa by Atanatiu Te Kairangi that have been stamped with the seal of the Rongokako Maori Council (this may mean that the whakapapa was submitted to the Tane-nui-a-rangi whakapapa committee that sat about this time) There are also records of land and financial transactions undertaken by Iraia Te Whaiti, records about the marriages and births of his immediate family, and records about various hui in the South Wairarapa and related gift-giving
Maori correspondence
Date: 1907
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-12
Description: Contains a copy of an account by Hemi Matenga about the rescue of seamen from the shipwreck Delaware in Cable Bay, Whakapuaka (Marlborough region) with a related news clipping from the New Zealand Times, an original account by Te Whatahoro about the recording of cosmological and other information from Te Matorohanga and other tohunga, and about the production of books based on the material, which is reproduced by the New Zealand Times (translation by Keys), and where Te Whatahoro names Keys as his agent for sales of the books There is also an account by Te Whatahoro about the incestuous relationship between the Ngati Kahungunu ancestor Rakaihikuroa and his granddaughter There are letters to Keys from Maori about personal affairs, Maori vocabulary and whakatauki (in answer to questions by Keys), notes about the Kuaka (Godwit) and its place in Maori tradition, ethnographic notes (again in answer to questions by Keys), and notes about a potato blight and a measles epidemic at Omaio There are also copies of letters from Maori to James Carroll; one of the letters contains a report on a major Kingitanga gathering at Waahi in 1907, and the other letters are from Nireaha Tamaki seeking government assistance with food to supply a four month whakapapa hui at Dannevirke, and noting that Tamaki's potato crops were blighted Quantity: 1 folder(s) 16 pieces. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
H T Whatahoro Jury - Nama 1 Pukapuka whakapapa a Nepia Te Ika Pohuhu, Ngati Hine Pare
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
By: Pohuhu, Nepia, -1882
Reference: fMS-191
Description: Includes Komiti o Tane-nuiarangi seals. Other - One of the books lent to L D S Other Titles - Ancient Maori History [spine title] Relationship complexity - (Previously held at MS-Papers-0189-B096). A transcript by Kingi Tahiwi is held at MS-Papers-0189-B119 and B120 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Ms (39 cm; ½ brown calf, brown boards) Grey phase box
H T Whatahoro Jury - Minute book
Date: 1907
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-113
Description: Contains minutes of the meeting of the Tane-nui-a-Rangi Committee at Dannevirke in 1907, chaired by H P Tunuiarangi; the minutes cover membership and administrative details, and planning for a whakapapa hui Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Ko te kape tenei o te pukapuka a Moihi Te Matorohanga kua tukua ki a Tupai (Hamilton), ...
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: fMS-190
Description: Includes Komiti o Tane-nuiarangi seals. Other - Ancient Maori History [spine title] Other - One of the books lent to L D S Relationship complexity - Previously held at MS-Papers-0189-B097. A typescript of this manuscript is held at MS-Papers-0189-B115 and B116, and a duplicate typescript is held at MS-Papers-0189-B117. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Ms (39 cm; ½ brown calf, brown boards) Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.