Parata, Taare Rakatauhake, 1865-1918

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.

Date: [1889-1923]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-6904-07

Description: Mortgage, lease, transfer and other legal agreements; some in draft form. Includes rates agreement, Field with the Public Trustee (1913); agreement between William George Browne, Tasmania, with Field re his purchase of a section at Evans Bay (1890); leases for land at Koangaumu, Ngarara West A and Ngarara West C Blocks, Wanganui and Normandale Language - Several of the documents which relate to Maori leases, transfers etc have been translated into Maori Quantity: 1 box(es) (flat folio box). Transfers: Previously in 73-128-016.

Date: 19 Feb 1900

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B068

Description: Contains minutes of several meetings held at Papawai, Greytown, in preparation for a large hui to raise funds for the New Zealand forces fighting in the South African War; also contains a schedule of correspondence related to the hui; also contains waiata, haka, whakapapa and historical narratives about Ngati Kahungunu occupation in Wairarapa, the origin of various place names, conflicts involving Ngati Kahungunu, and notes about the migration from Hawaiki Also includes whakapapa from the Tainui ancestor Mango to Raiha Puaha (Ngati Toa), and stories about Mango, Kaihamu, Uetapu, all ancestors of the Ngati Toa; and Whatihua, also of the Tainui confederation. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: no covers, 20 cm

Date: 1904-1962

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-163

Description: Contains records and correspondence about the land holdings of Kaihau Te Whaiti in the South Island, and related material about Kai Tahu

Date: 1895-1918

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-124

Description: Contains correspondence to Iraia Te Whaiti about a variety of topics, including; whakapapa, Maori land administration, the death of Iraia's son, hui, the affairs of the Rongokako Maori Council, and the visit of Te Puea to Wairarapa in 1917

Date: 1907

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B037

Description: Contains minutes from the sitting of the Native Land Court at Wellington, with details of successions, subdivisions, leases, removal of restrictions, whakapapa - much of which relates to the Ngati Raukawa tribe and the Ngati Toa occupation of Porirua with special reference to Pikauterangi; also contains biographical notes about Taitoko Te Rangihiwinui Weraroa Kingi, and a list of pa, mahinga kai, and urupa belonging to Ngati Hautumoana Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 22

Date: 1895-1918

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-126

Description: Contains correspondence to Iraia Te Whaiti about the administration of various Maori land blocks in the South Island and in the South Wairarapa district Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1907-1963

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-165

Description: Contains records and correspondence about the Ngai Tahu claims, and the Ngai Tahu Maori Trust Board, including a copy of `Te Kereeme o Ngai Tahu raua ko Ngati Mamoe' Also contains Te Whaiti family whakapapa showing links to Kai Tahu

Date: [1900-1908]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-200

Description: Correspondence, notes, legal material, accounts and other papers relating to business between Field and members of the Parata family; identified persons entered under Name Language - Some material in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1890-1907

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-6904-11

Description: Deeds, agreements, conveyances, lease, transfers and mortgage arrangements; some documents in Maori; includes one memorandum of transfer by Hare Parata offering `natural love and affection for Enoka Hohepa of Lower Hutt and on account of it being a burial ground of Ngati Kahungunu' Language - Some documents in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1904-1920]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-6904-09

Description: Deeds, agreements, transfers and mortgage arrangements. Includes copy of petition without signatories relating to Ngatitera hapu and the sale of land to the Governor in Porirua in 1847 (1909). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1898-1963

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-246

Description: Contains a pocket diary that belonged to Iraia Te Whaiti, with diary type entries and other notes for 1898-1899; also contains Iraia Te Whaiti letter books for 1903 and 1906-1907 (the letters address a range of subjects including whakapapa, farming and Maori Council business) Also contains draft letters by George Te Whaiti from the 1950s and 1960s about Masonry and land management

Date: [1909-1912]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-201

Description: Correspondence, notes, legal material, accounts and other papers relating to business between Field and members of the Parata family Language - Some material in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1903

By: Bowring, Walter Armiger, 1874-1931; Weekly press (Newspaper); Selig, Phineas, 1856-1941

Reference: B-094-017

Description: Shows Premier Richard John Seddon in the centre, surrounded by smaller portraits of D Reid Jnr, E M Smith, C E Major, T Parata. Press portraits no. 68 Published as supplement to the Weekly Press July 15, 1903 Other Titles - Weekly Press Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 445 x 288 mm

Date: 1902-1987

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-236

Description: Contains miscellaneous material from the Te Whaiti papers including; a signed statement by Te Here Te Atiu Ropoama, school report and certificates for Te Whaiti children, a letter to Te Heke Hokotoki about land interests, notes by Te Koneke (Aperahama?) about the Potangaroa hui in 1881, a maramataka, a minute from a meeting about the establishment of a memorial to mark the centennial of Christianity in New Zealand, minutes from the Papawai Kaikokirikiri Trust Board meeting in 1962, various correspondence and telegrams, election results for a marae committee at Papawai in 1903,