Situated south of the Waikato river from Port Waikato along the river to Onepoto opposite Tuakau. (Reference Leslie Kelly, `Tainui'). Ngati Tipa marae include; Turanganui and Nga Tai e Rua in the Waikato region. (Reference, Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust, 2005).
Ngāti Tipa
Loose papers from iwi/hapu listing for Te Arawa and Tainui waka (MSX-5361) - whakapapa,...
Date: [1930-1950]
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6717-118
Description: Notes of iwi and hapu; also hand-drawn map showing disposition of tribes at the end of the 18th century Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph
Correspondence - Maori land claims
Date: 1860-1862
From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0075-003
Description: Correspondence relating to the purchase of Maori land by the Native Land Purchase Dept. Language - engl
Tainui, volume 5 (Maori) - Chapter I
From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0075-B09A
Description: These folders are White's manuscript versions of Ancient History of the Maori and include volumes which were prepared but not published before his death and contains a folder re waiata, purakau and tupapaku in the Kawhia caves. Physical Description: Mss Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Correspondence - Miscellaneous re Maori affairs
Date: 1858-1862
From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0075-005
Description: Maori letters (most with translations) to Crown agents re: land purchases and various miscellaneous matters. Also includes lists for Native Assessors, Wardens and Police from the Whanganui district for 1862. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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.
Historic places in Tainui - Waikato
Date: 1967-1970
From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5220-026
Description: Includes minutes of the Waikato Regional Committee of the Historic Places Trust, correspondence and information regarding the Tainui anchor, Pa, Marae, rivers and other historic Maori sites in the Tainui - Waikato region. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts
Observations on the state of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of New Zealand
Date: 1859
From: Grace, John Te Herekiekie (Sir), 1905-1985 : Grace family papers
Reference: 85-173-5/7
Description: Contains discussions about the growth/decrease of the Maori population, including detailed statistical information for some tribes Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Genealogical table of Waikato tribes
Date: nd
Reference: MS-Group-0622
Description: 13 genealogical tables of various Waikato and other iwi Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material, on paper with cloth backing, 80 x 54 cm Provenance: Unknown
Maori notebook, whakapapa of Ngati Toa written in a number of hands including Rakera
Date: [ca 1850-1870]
By: Houston, John, 1891-1962
Reference: MS-1547
Description: Includes historical notes about meetings, lists of hapu and their tupuna, extensive genealogies of Ngati Toa, an account of Te Rauparaha's actions and notes about Rakera's family. Also includes lists of hapu with their corresponding eponymous ancestor, and an account in Maori of the death of Marore, wife of Te Rauparaha, by the Ngati Pou, and the marriage of Nohorua, the eldest brother of Te Rauparaha, to Wharemawhai of the Ngati Rahiri. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 140 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (24 cm; vellum)
Letter from Te Atua to McLean
Date: 24 Apr 1861
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0685C-09
Description: Written from Tuakau Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).
Waata Kukutai and others to George Grey (with translation)
Date: 5 May 1857
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0681A-12
Description: Kukutai and those assembled with him do not agree with the Kingitanga movement. Includes contemporary translation done a few weeks later probably by McLean. Quantity: 1 piece (7 pages on 2 leaves).
Letter from Wiremu Maihi Katipa to McLean
Date: 3 Jun 1861
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0685D-07
Description: Written from Waiuku Quantity: 1 piece (1 page on 1 leaf).
Letter from Waata Kukutai to McLean
Date: 21 Feb 1859
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0683A-07
Description: Letter written from Taupari Quantity: 1 piece (1 page on 1 leaf).
Letter from Te Aho to McLean
Date: 10 May 1860
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0684D-05
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (1 page on 1 leaf).
Letter from Waata Kukutai to Herangi
Date: 5 Apr 1861
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0685C-02
Description: Written from Onehunga Quantity: 1 piece (1 page on 1 leaf).
Letter from Waata Kukutai to Hare
Date: 15 Jan 1861
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0685A-2
Description: Written from Taupari informing Charles of a win against Pakeha troops at Tongaporutu Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 1 leaf).
Letter from Nini P Kukutai to McLean
Date: 21 May 1870
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0694B-14
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 1 leaf).
Letter from Waata Kukutai to McLean
Date: 8 Mar 1861
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0685B-03
Description: Written from Waiuku from Kukutai asking McLean to quickly send the ship to pick me up Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 1 leaf).
Maori letters
Date: Jun-Sep 1863
From: Mantell family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0083-196
Description: Correspondence about the land wars in Taranaki with particular reference to Hapurona and Tikaokao. Mentions an engagement between Maori and European troops at Okoari (Sept 13, 1863). Also mentions the false dissemination of intelligence about a Maori King movement hui at Waikanae and Otaki in 1863. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letter from Heemi Torea to McLean
Date: 23 Sep 1861
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0685E-10
Description: Written from Paetai Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).