Maramataka

Date: 1959-1976

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

Reference: 77-014-1/19A

Description: Papers relating to Maoritanga including research papers, articles, correspondence and stories. Includes whakatauki (proverbs), a poem/song called "The Song of Maoritanga," an article about Maori education and educators' attitudes to the cultural heritage of Maori youth, a Maori Land Court interim decision on Raharuhi Rukupo delivered at Gisborne 19 Sep 1975, some notes about moemoea (dreams) and their interpretation within the Maori culture, an article by Fowler titled "The teaching of Maori in schools," papers relating to the significance of tukutuku patterns for Ngati Porou and other articles relating to various topics including Wharepuni [sleeping houses], a Maori almanac (re: fishing and planting), a draft story of "The taniwha of Tuparoa" and some loose papers relating to Fowler's autobiography. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1969-1970

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

Reference: 77-014-6/15

Description: Research papers including radio scripts for series `Your homeland and mine` including several on Te Kooti; biographical details about Caroline Perrett; letters from Ormond Wilson (1960); notes on Maori seasons and months (1950s) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1920

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-45

Description: Waiata from Ngapuhi eg waiata aroha and waiata putorino or flute song; also several waiata tangi describing the loss of a daughter from the Rangitikei / Manawatu area and waiata tangi from Maru iwi; waiata poroporoaki or farewell songs from people such as Tawhiao and several hymns covering a wide range of topics from Christianity to the `Mt Egmont Hotel' in Hawera; several war songs about the Orakau battle, Maori soldiers overseas during World War One, a waiata hari or `Triumph Song' and many other war songs from iwi on the East Coast; also songs about birds and Maori welcomes. Essays and articles on Maori food preparation and preservation about birds, body embalming and preserving heads, Maori lunar calendar, Ohaewai land claim, pataka, archaeology, Taranaki Maori history, Maori creation and Maori evolution, stories with an essentially New Zealand theme, the meeting proceedings between the Premier and Maori at Patea, on William Cowper, Maori taonga and artifacts found in a Ohaewai Cave in the Bay of Islands, a swimming pool with the skeletal remains of Frenchmen in a settlement in England, an account of the `Death of Hauraki, a Hokianga Chief' during the New Zealand Wars in 1845-1846, on Maori and Polynesian origins, protest to the Treaty of Waitangi in 1913. Photographs of landscape such as the Whangarei Heads and Mt Manaia, photograph of a Chief, Pokai Tete, letter to Sir James Carroll and another to Sir Maui Pomare, includes card play tactics in cribbage and also whakapapa of Hongi Hika of Ngapuhi and Kapewhiti of Taranaki also includes 92 whakatauaki and material on Ngapuhi grammar or Maori phrases. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts (some with ms annotations) and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [1910-1921]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-134

Description: Letters [mostly to Cowan] about his writing from Gilbert Mair, G A Preece and Colonel Porter. Also a letter from Rawiri to Paora in Maori expressing condolences at Paora's loss, and also a list of numbers and names which gives names for each night of the moon's cycle and highlights the best nights for fishing and 'mahi kumara'. Language - Letter and maramataka [lunar chart] from Rawiri to Paora is in Maori. Other contents of folder in English. Arrangement: From 41 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2022

From: Ephemera donated to and collected by the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2020

By: Mannering-Tawera, Sheena Frances, 1968-

Reference: Eph-D-SEPTEMBER-2022/1

Description: Comprises two ephemera items: - One A2, bilingual perpetual wall calendar with Gregorian and maramataka Māori details. The maramataka is entitled "TŪ WHAKAUTE - STAND AND PROTECT" with the maramataka months running from "HUNE/JUNE" to "MEI/MAY". The maramataka includes a COVID-19 whānau plan, a pre-self isolation checklist, community help contact numbers, ngā mata o te marama/phases of the moon, and he whakamārama - an explanation relating to the moon's lunar calendar. - One bilingual confectionary wrapper for Whittaker's release of 'Miraka Kirīmi' (a 250g creamy milk chocolate bar), in advance of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, September 2022. Words, blurbs and paragraphs in te reo Māori that appear on the wrapper have also been translated into English. Title provided by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: One blue and gold rectangular wrapper, 120 x 190 mm One A2 wall calendar, 425 x 595 mm

Date: 1998

From: [Posters and other ephemera of A3 size relating to Maori issues. 1997-1999]

By: Chrisp, Steven Mark, 1968-

Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-1997/1999-01

Description: Calendar with each page showing a photograph of a kapa haka group in action: Front cover: Te Rōpu Manutaki Kohitātea - January: Waihīrere. Hui Tanguru - February: Tū Tawake Poutū-Te-Rangi - March: Taniwharau Paenga Whāwhā - April: Whāngārā-Mai-Tawhiti Haratua - May: Tamatea-Ariki-Nui Pipiri - June: Ngā Tai e Rua Hōngongoi - July: Te Matārae i Ōrehu Here-Turi-Kōkā - August: Ngā Pūmanawa e Waru o Te Arawa Mahuru - September: Rautahi Whiringa-Ā-Nuku - October: Tūhourangi-Ngāti Wāhiao Whiringa-Ā-Rangi - November: Tū Tawake Hakihea - December: Te Whare Wananga o Waikato Quantity: 1 album(s) calendar. Physical Description: Offset prints on spiral-bound calendar of 12 openings, 450 x 345 mm. Processing information: Description updated 11 December 2023. Previous reference: Eph-C-MAORI-1998-01.

Date: June 2022

By: Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: EPHDL-0497

Description: Digital copy of a page from an unidentified journal captioned "Mānawatia a matariki" about the three Matariki stars, Waipuna-ā-rangi, Waitī, and Waitā, which are connected to water. Refers to Matariki between 21-29 June 2022. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).

Date: 2023 - 1998, 2001, [2000s]

From: Ephemera donated to and collected by the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2020

By: Arts Access Aotearoa Trust; Wellington Prison Printshop; Hutt Valley District Health Board; New Zealand Family Planning Association; Alternatives to Violence Project Aotearoa; Māori Postal Aotearoa

Reference: Eph-B-0007

Description: Folder contains five pieces of ephemera donated by National Library Legal Deposit in April 2023: - Alternatives to Violence Project flyer, 1998 - Family Planning Association "What it feels like for a boy" pamphlet, 2001 - Hutt Valley DHB "Mental Health Promotion in Schools" pamphlet, 2001 - Arts Access Aotearoa booklet, circa 2000s - Māori Postal calendar, 2023. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) comprising five pieces of ephemera.

Date: [Between ca 1878-1897]

By: Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: fMS-247

Description: Comprises one scrapbook compiled by Alexander Turnbull between circa 1878 and 1896, possibly not completed. Material collected by Turnbull dates from 1846 to 1897 and largely relates to te ao Māori, some is written in reo Māori with English translations. Letters, notes, envelopes and also bank cheques have been pasted into the volume, some also attached by pins. Includes: - various letters and waiata transcribed by G H Davies. - Māori to English word lists as well as whakatauki, waiata and karakia, some with English interpretations. - whakapapa relating to Ngāpuhi (p001 and p009) and Te Arawa hapū (p068) - manuscript titled 'Ko nga whakapapa o Nga Tupuna on Nga Ture of Niu Tireni' and translation 'The Genealogy of the Ancestors of the Law of New Zealand' (p003). - information and illustrations recorded by Timi Waata Rimini, about the Maketū-Ōpōtiki area, in particular the pā at Pukuhina, Oreiwhata and Poutuia (p016). - letter from a Mr Walsh dated 1896 to Mr Smith with a large splinter of wood attached. Text in the letter reads: "fragment from the remains of the flagstaff cut down by Hone Heke at Kororareka" (p078). - Māori divisions of time and naming of planets and stars (p086-p089). - manuscript relating to the death of Tukino Te Marae, a tohunga accused of causing deaths by mākutu, shot by Himiona Te Rua, near Te Teko in 1875 (p095-p112). - a list titled 'Scale of Rations' detailing food issued to prisoners, including those serving hard labour (p116). - typescript translation of a campaign speech given by Tamati Tangihia (p114). Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s) approximately 120 leaves. Physical Description: Volume containing letters, manuscripts and typescripts (46 cm; ¼ red calf, purple boards) Processing information: Description updated March 2024 following digitisation. Kāore i tāruatia ngā whārangi puare | Blank pages not copied.

Date: 1875, 1893-1907

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-266

Description: Comprises letters from F E Maning (1) 1875, to and from C E Maxwell (7) 1895-1901, Edward E Morris (1) 1896, Charles Murray (2) 1892, and nine Maori letters from Hoani Nahe, Eruera Hohepa, Taurua Minarapa, Heni Te Rau o te Rangi, Hone Wetere 1893-1909. The Maori letters concern Polynesian Society business and activities, information about the origins of Ngati Maru and Ngati Paoa, the collection of whakapapa, the inspection of old pa sites, the Maori division of time, the activities of Te Whiti and Tohu at Parihaka, and accounts of the migration to the Wellington area by Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa. Also contains 3 letters written in the hand of Heni Te Rau about her mothers famous swim from Kapiti Island (during the battle of Waiorua, 1824), and other family information; and information by Minarapa about the birth of the prophet Te Whiti o Rongomai. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 pieces).