Ngāti Kura
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notes about land management and ownership in Wanganui
Date: 1876-1905
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B047
Description: Contains proceedings of the Maori Land Court and the Tribal Committee of Wanganui with regard to land in the Wanganui district, including whakapapa, block boundaries, lists of hapu members; also contains Ngati Tuwharetoa whakapapa, and the proceedings of committees formed to manage land blocks in the Wanganui area including urupa Physical Description: Black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 30 Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Register of male and female population - He Tuhituhinga o nga tangata o te Hahi - Kapit...
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).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook about land tenure and ownership in Wanganui district
Date: 1897
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B048
Description: Contains notes about land tenure and ownership in the Wanganui district, including details of block boundaries, lists of owners and shares per owner, lists of hapu members and related whakapapa, extracts of verbatim evidence, and copies of petitions and a letter to Sir James Carroll Physical Description: Marbled paper covers, 33 cm., vol numbered 39 Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
New Zealand Native Land Commission - Proceedings
Date: Nov-Dec 1888
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-108
Description: Papers relating to claims in the Ikaroa district, specifically the Ngarara Block comprising a large part of Waikanae and the adjacent Kapiti Coast area. Consists of minutes of witnesses evidence from New Zealand Native Land Commission proceedings to determine customary Maori ownership of the Ngarara Block. Contains testimonies from witnesses and participants in the Kuititanga Battle 1839. Some papers from earlier hearing in 1873. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Printed papers re native affairs
Date: 1860-1863
From: Mantell family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0083-225
Description: Comprehensive printed list of Iwi and Hapu members including Taranaki iwi, condemning Ngati Ruanui's rebellious activities against the Crown at Tataraimaka and pledging their loyalty to the Govenor, May 25, 1863. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
New Zealand Native Land Commission - Proceedings
Date: Nov-Dec 1888
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-107
Description: Papers relating to claims in the Ikaroa district, specifically Waipiro, Porangahau, and the Waikanae - Ngarara Block. Includes list of claimants to the Ngarara Block who qualify through whakapapa and rights of occupation. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Francis Dart Fenton - Te Ati Awa whakapapa charts
Date: 1898
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MSI-Papers-0189
Description: Two large and extensive whakapapa charts prepared by Chief Judge Fenton from evidence given in the Maori Land Court by various informants relating to the many owners of the Waitara and Te Teira Blocks, Taranaki. Also identifies `rebels' who were anti-government. These charts show the relationship of a number of leading Te Ati Awa chiefs between Waitara, Waikanae and the top of the South Island. These charts have been removed from MS-Papers-0189-B037. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 charts). Physical Description: Mss
Scenes, probably at Pipiriki Pā
Date: 1978
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AW-1731
Description: All scenes probably taken at Pipiriki Pā on the Whanganui River. Skins are drying on a ledge outside a [shearing shed?] (frames 1 and 2). Two women, an older woman and a young woman, including Wehe Wallace (on left) and Annette Tamakehu [Annette Tamakehu Hawe], carrying her baby (she is wearing a United States t'shirt) are seen in frames 3 to 5 and 8 to 10. Te Otinga George Waretini is seated on the river bank (frame 6); and two others have possibly been identified as Dolly Wiari? (frame 7), and Tom Hawira, one of two men paddling in the river (with hands on hips, frames 11 & 12). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film
Scenes beside the Whanganui River, possibly below Pipiriki
Date: 1978
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AW-1733
Description: All scenes taken on the banks above the Whanganui River, or down by the river. There are closeup views of men and women, including a young man carrying a sleeping baby (frame 1, identified as Popeye Te Awa); tohunga Te Rangmotuhia Katene (frames 2, 3 & 9), and an older woman, identified as Wehi Wallace (frames 4 to 6). Frames 7 & 8 and 10 to 12 were taken down by the river, and show a boat being launched. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film
Scenes, at Te Ao Mārama, at Te Ao Hou Marae
Date: 1978
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AW-1726
Description: All scenes taken at Te Ao Mārama at te Ao Hou Marae on the Whanganui River. A young Māori is riding bareback on a horse in a field rising up hill in the background (frame 1). The marae is seen in the background (frames 2 to 3 & 7 to 8). Hanging on a line from the roof of the marae to a high pole are several large flags. They read "TANEWAOAR[A]NGI", "Ngatikura", and "Tupoho". A group of clergymen are walking towards the marae in frame 2, and are seen also in frames 7 to 12. They are possibly blessing the back of a building in frames 11 and 12. The Kaumatua being assisted is Rangimotuhia Katene. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film
Scenes, at Te Ao Mārama, at Te Ao Hou Marae
Date: 1978
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AW-1730
Description: All scenes taken at Te Ao Mārama at Te Ao Hou Marae on the Whanganui River. In frame one several young Māori are leaning over a fence looking down towards the Whanganui River (which is just visible in the background on the right). Most of the other images show closeup views of people at the marae, including a woman (identified as Alice Poutini) wearing a large sunhat (frames 7 to 10). Others who have been identified include Wayne Tamati in a white overall (frame 2); Sheila Te Patu in white (frame 3); Rumatiki Ruth Wright (frame 4); Turama Hawira (frame 6); Rua Keremeneta and Betty Rapana Wiari (frame 11); and Jack Gray (frame 12). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film
Scenes, at Te Ao Mārama, at Te Ao Hou Marae
Date: 1978
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AW-1728
Description: All scenes taken at Te Ao Mārama at Te Ao Hou Marae on the Whanganui River. Frames 1 to 3 show two clergymen wearing vestments, walking near the marae, and standing below a pole linked with the roof of the marae, from which four flags are flying (frame 4). A large group are standing in the doorway (frames 4 & 5); Rangimotuhia Katene is speaking (frame 5); another group is seated in the shade under a tree (frames 6 & 7). Turama Hawira who is now "Te Pou Tupua" o te Awa o Whanganui is seen in frame 11. Other scenes show men, women and children near another building at the Pā. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film
Scenes, at Te Ao Mārama, at Te Ao Hou Marae
Date: 1978
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AW-1729
Description: All scenes taken at Te Ao Mārama at Te Ao Hou Marae on the Whanganui River. In frame 7 the man in a white singlet has been identified as Alf Adlam, and in frame 8 on the left in a white shirt is John te Huia. Most frames show a queue of men and women being greeted with hongi at the entrance to the wharenui. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film
Maori notebook : Contains an account of Ngatimutunga's connection with Ngati-Kura, an a...
Date: 1909
By: Houston, John, 1891-1962
Reference: qMS-1320
Description: Contains 2 loose sheets (in hand of J H Damon?) of genealogy beginning Hine Ui Te Umu and recounts particular genealogies of prominent families related to the writer. Shows connections to Wi Kingi Te Rangitake, Hone Tuhata, Kahe Te Rauoterangi, Te Peehi and Te Rangihiiroa (Ngati Toa) and various chiefs of Kaitangata who settled at Waikanae and Arapaoa. Also shows genealogy for Pomare Ngatata (Ngati Mutunga). Quantity: 1 volume(s) ([92] pages). Physical Description: Holograph (32cm; maroon box)