Muhunoa

Date: 1835-1846

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSZ-0081

Description: Folder of loose material removed from volume stored with it in phase box Contains a census of the Anglican Maori female population of the Kapiti and Horowhenua areas, with occasional notes about various individuals Arrangement: Boxed together with MSZ-0080, MSZ-0082, MSZ-0083, MSZ-0084, MSZ-0085, and MSZ-0085A-C (folders) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1849 - 1851

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-015-3

Description: A night scene with a fire burning near a pataka. A lake and hills are to the right. Muhunoa is alongside the 38 m high knoll Ohau and this is likely to be the hill formation shown in the background Other Titles - Muhunoa Inscriptions: 'Waiwiri from Muhunea' inscribed on the album page, now discarded. The inscription can be seen in the photographic copy of the watercolour Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 130 x 85 mm

Date: [1940-1944]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-18

Description: Contents comprise scheme of classification of Horowhenua and other adzes; examples of types and varieties of this classification; adze types VIB, IIA, IIIA, IA or IIIA, IIB all found in the Horowhenua area; locality plan of Muhunoa East adzes and other data; adze, type VB, from Kingstone Rd, Shannon and locality plan; adze, type IB, from gravel plain east of Levin and locality plan; type VA, from Queens Street East, Levin and type IIA from dunes north of Lake Papaitonga and locality plan; adzes, type VIB from sandstone upland north of Papaitonga, type IIIA from Muhunoa East, Ohau, and VA from Tahapu Rd, Manakau Arrangement: Notebook no 1 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1845-1846

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSZ-0080

Description: Contains a census of the Anglican Māori male population of the Kapiti and Horowhenua areas, with occasional notes about various individuals. Also includes some Tainui whakapapa at the back. Ngāti Te Upokoiri is written as a hapū of Ngāti Raukawa. This is possibly an error and should be recorded as Ngāti Te Upokoiti. Title taken from item. Arrangement: Boxed together with MSZ-0081, MSZ-0082, MSZ-0083, MSZ-0084, MSZ-0085, and folders MSZ-0085A, MSZ-0085B and MSZ-0085C Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1913-1977

From: Royal family : Papers (Te Whanau a Roera Hukiki Te Ahukaramu)

Reference: MS-Papers-4563-2F/03

Description: Contains correspondence, clippings, minutes and the personal papers and documents of Lae Royal. These papers also contain whakapapa for the Royal family, Wineera family, Kawharu family and the Rowland family; all of which are related to the Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Koata tribes. There is also whakapapa which relates to other sections of these and other tribes. Also includes examples of the Kai Tahu dialect. Also contains typescript notes, in English, about some places around the northern South Island (meanings of names and brief histories), and some brief notes about Ngati Kuia Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [1905-1920]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MSX-9073

Description: Notebook containing research notes relating to the Maori history of the Horowhenua including 'the life of Mahutu Te Toko'. Includes moteatea and whakatauki. Also talks of flora and fauna, and material culture such as waka and carved whare. There is a small photograph of a carved whare, probably from the Horowhenua district. Language - Contains some Maori content, particularly moteatea and place names. Arrangement: 53 in original listing Quantity: 1 volume(s). Contains some sketches in pencil and ink. Also one small photograph of a carved whare, possibly in the Horowhenua district.

Date: 1886 - 1917

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 :Maps from collection

By: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: MapColl-832.43gbbd/[1886-1917?]/Acc.43722

Description: Cadastral map of Muhunoa and Ohau, between the Waiwiri Creek and Ohau River. The Ohau railway station and Wellington-Manawatu Railway line are marked, as are Roto Kara and Waitaha (small lakes). Coastal blocks are labelled Waiwiri, Kaingapipi, Muhunoa 3A, Ohau no. 1 and Tahahata (south of the Ohau River). The offshore area is labelled Cook Strait. Stamp at top left: Webster collection. Pencilled on bottom left: From Buller papers; bought from Mrs Leo Buller 22 Sep 51. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on tracing paper, scale not given, 26.6 x 35.3 cm.

Date: [1930-1950]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-01

Description: Twenty-eight tables of genealogy including Taikapurua, Watana Akitu, Te Ahu Karamu, Hone Makimereni, Kingi Puihi (Te Rangiotu), Wiremu Te Aweawe, Winiata and Nicholson families, Hori Wirihana, Ngati Raukawa, Te Hakeke (Ngati Apa), Utiku Hapeta, Major Kemp, Enoka Te Wano, Arapata te Hiwi, Manahi te Hiakai, Waretini Tuainuku, Emily Broughton, meeting houses, Riria Makirika (Sciascia), Kipa Roera, Ngati Tara and Rangitane, Te Ao family, Te Rau-o-te-rangi, Pomare, Te Rauparaha, Parata and Bevan families and loose notes Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: May 1860

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0684D-01

Description: Letter regarding a land disagreement and the surveying of land in question Accompanying material - Includes translation by Michael Rotohiko Jones Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).