Of Otorohanga
Wahanui, Hari H, active 1917
Maori Development Hui 1911 (Original) - Papers
Date: 1911
From: Ormsby family : Papers
By: Wahanui, Hari H, active 1917
Reference: MSY-5005
Description: Contains manuscript minutes notes of the Maori development hui (1911) which was hosted by Ngati Maniapoto in Te Kuiti and which was attended by people like Sir Apirana Ngata and Peter Buck and which addressed issues such as the future development of the Maori people and Maori culture and the impact of law and religion. Accompanying material - Partial transcription contained in folder MS-Papers-6889-1 but excludes pages 45-52 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph
Papers and photographs relating to various Māori topics
Date: 1970, 1980s
From: Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12157-101
Description: Papers relating to various Māori topics, including drafts (some annotated) of Orbell's research relating to mōteatea (Māori songs and poetry). Includes an annotated publication authored by Margaret Orbell 'Two letters from Hari Heemara Wahanui to Elsdon Best: June 1917'. Also two copy prints of a photograph of Kawana Hunia Te Hakeke (of Rangitikei). Articles and drafts include: - 'The song about the fireman' - 'The paddler and the canoe: A sexual image in Polynesian poetry' (published in the Journal of New Zealand Literature, 1: 55-66, 1983) - 'The origin of kava' - An extract from 'Polynesian literature: Maori poetry' relating to a ngeri from Ngā Puhi. - 'A visitor's waiata whaiāipo' - 'Taua's call for revenge: a waiata' - 'The flower of Te Rēinga' - 'Replies to gossip' - 'Tikawe's last song' - 'Sailing the Waitemata' - 'Two songs of reply' - 'The silent house-posts' (in 'Untold' 9/10, pp 28-32, 1988) - 'Parāone's horses: a letter from Hōhepa Tamamutu, 1875' - 'Uenuku in Ngāti Porou tradition' - Excerpts relating to tangihanga, and research papers and drafts relating King Tawhiao's funeral, including waiata composed at the time. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, holographs, printed matter and photographic prints Processing information: From box 25 in the donor's list.
Various papers
Date: [1842-1917]
From: Dominion Museum : Historical material
Reference: MS-Papers-9863-01
Description: Comprises six items from Dominion Museum list, (1) copy of marriage certificate for Daniel West and Caroline Hunt, Port Nicholson (Wellington) 1842, (2) miner's right for George Hatch, Westland (1876), (3) first prize certificate, Palmerston North Industrial Exhibition (1896), (4) application of George Beamish for license to sell liquors at Oeo hotel (1875), (5) appointment of Edward Hardcastle as barrister (1883), and (6), miner's right and elector's right of James Sloan, Ballarat, 1983 Also includes driver's license for Charles O'Gerady (1913), article, Tasman Bay, by J D Peart re D'Urville's visit, and copy of S Percy Smith's `Captain Dumont D'Urville's visit to Whangarei, Waitemata and the Thames in 1827' (TNZI, vol XLII, 1909) and `Captain Dumont D'Urville's visit to Tologa Bay' (TNZI, vol XLI, 1908) with letter from Smith to Miss Hunter-Brown (1911) Also includes typed letter in Maori from Hari H Wahanui of Otorohanga to director, Dominion Museum, re artefacts Language - Letter in Maori from Hari H Wahanui Quantity: 1 folder(s).