Ngāti Tama

Date: 1881-1901

From: Mackay, Alexander, 1833-1909 : Maori land papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2089-1

Description: Contains detailed whakapapa tables of the Ngati Toa tribe, with cross links into Te Ati Awa, relating to the purchase of the top of the South Island by the Crown; a copy of the Royal Commission relating to Ngati Toa (published in the AJHR 1881); correspondence dated 1901 regarding McKay's retirement; notes and a schedule of Maori rents in Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1867-1900]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MSX-9031

Description: Notebook containing research notes relating to Maori history (particularly food-gathering practices) from around the Taupo area. It seems that Cowan has used Maori Land Court minute books for his information as he attributes the information to land block names and case names, informant names and dates. Some of the people he mentions are: H Tumatara Pio of Te Teko (aged 77 in 1900), Te Waaka Tamaira (Rangatira block, 1884), Hitiri Te Paerata (mentioned several times), Tini Waata, Wineti Paranihi, Aperahama Werewere, Te Heueheu Tukino, and Te Rangitahau. The book also contains information given to him from Hare Hongi about Maori astronomy, makutu, and the moari [swing]. Contains whakapapa, karakia and waiata. Language - Some parts of the notebook are written in Maori. Arrangement: Item 11 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1895

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B016

Description: Contains notes about places associated with Kupe in Wellington and Wairarapa, whakapapa, financial records by Tuta Nihoniho and miscellaneous notes about land management There is a lengthy account of the destruction of the Te Arawa canoe by Raumati, and subsequent events, and a related narrative about Raumati's son, Ngarue and his activites and family There are haka and waiata, a list of pa in Taranaki and related iwi, notes about the origins and settlements of various iwi, notes about greenstone, and a narrative about conflicts between Te Ati Awa and Waikato, and the subsequent migration of Te Ati Awa along with Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Toa to the Wellington area There are notes about the arrival of Pakeha in New Zealand before Captain Cook, and a note in Elsdon Best's hand that states that much of the information in the manuscript was extracted from the Journal of the Polynesian Society and other published sources Also contains the names of several muskets belonging to the Ngati Toa which were named in a waiata composed by the wife of Te Pukoro, a Ngati Tama/ Ati Awa chief killed in the Wairarapa in the late 1820s. This lament was composed and sung at Waikanae to rouse the Ngati Toa to seek revenge for the deaths of the Ngati Tama and Ati Awa in the Wairarapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ maroon, black boards, 24 cm., vol. numbered 9

Date: 1884-1897

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B017

Description: Contains whakapapa, and boundaries of land blocks in Whangaehu and related notes about ownership, whakapapa, related hapu, mahinga kai, and occupation issues (this appears to have been an extract from the sitting of the Maori Land Court or a Native Committee) Contains information about conflicts involving tribes in the Wanganui district, and karakia Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Maroon paper covers, 20 cm., vol numbered 10

Date: 1810 - 1838

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/3/22-Acc.36535

Description: Key reference shows: Te Niho (Ngati Tama & Ati Awa) 1828; Te Rauparaha (Ngati Toa) 1828-1829; Te Puoho (Ngati Tama) 1836-1837; Ngai Tahu (Ngati Tuaturiri) and Poutini Ngai Tahu under Tuhuru, 1810 an Ngai Tahu, 1835-1838. Pencilled note intended for insertion in key Reference but unreadable apart from date 1830 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card backed greaseproof paper. Scale indeterminable. 97 x 69 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1879

From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0048-04

Description: Original Maori signatures agreeing to the sale of the Otamakapua Block with accompanying whakapapa identifying the sellers and their hapu. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B157

Description: Duplicate typescripts and original papers: census of Maori and their associated hapu living in Queen Charlotte Sound 1889-1894; Kaikoura 1896; list of Maori living in the Wairau and Broader Marlborough Region to Motueka and lists land set aside for `Landless Natives' in the Marlborough Region, including the people who were granted land 1894. These lists contain names from all the hapu contesting Land Claims in the Kaikoura-Marlborough-Nelson Bays region. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: [19--]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MSI-Papers-0261-10/18A

Description: Maps and tracings of land features and various archaeological finds, including numerous Maori artefacts (usually made from either bone or wood, but includes some human remains), from around NZ but mostly from the Horowhenua district. Examples are a whale club (patu paraoa) found at Horowhenua, and a whale bone comb (heru paraoa) found at Waikanae.

Date: 1800

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/3/19-Acc.36532

Description: Identifies tribal districts in the South Island: Ngai Tahu; Ngati Mamoe; Ngati Tama & Ngati Rarua; Ngati Koata; Ati Awa; Ngati Toa; Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper. Scale indeterminable. 79.7 x 46.7 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [ca 1889]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-163A

Description: Contains information on Maori and Polynesian history. Consists of notes on various iwi including waiata, whakapapa, iwi history and comments on specific events and people from each iwi covered. Also contains a section headed ` Manners and customs' and sections on Hawaii, Tahiti, Cook group, Samoa, Tonga and others. Spine title says `Elsdon Best Maori notebook'. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1810 - 1838

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/3/18-Acc.36531

Description: Key reference shows: Te Niho (Ngati Tama & Ati Awa) 1825; Te Rauparaha (Ngati Toa) 1828-1829; Te Puoho (Ngati Tama) 1836-1837; Ngai Tahu (Ngati Tuaturiri) and Poutini Ngai Tahu under Tuhuru, 1810 an Ngai Tahu, 1835-1838. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on black paper. Scale indeterminable. 59.7 x 45.3 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1909-1910

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-14

Description: Consists of manuscripts forwarded to Keys by Wiremu Kiriwehi; the manuscripts deal with events from the traditional history of the Ngati Raukawa and Te Arawa tribes Also contains a typescript copy of a document entitled 'Proceedings and resolutions of the Maori Assembly held at Waihi, Tokaanu, Taupo on the 14th day of April 1990'; also contains a whakapapa from Te Whanau a Apanui supplied by Koopu Erueti Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: n d

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-101

Description: In English. This account was used by S P Smith in his "History and traditions of the Taranaki Coast" (p 544-). Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 leaves).

Date: 1800 - 1900

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922; Mackay, John, 1851-1937; Barron, Alexander, 1839-1919; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-832.2edf/[ca.1800]/Acc.1735

Description: A base map of the Nelson Region and the bottom half of the North Island has been used to show ancient footpaths, approximate Iwi boundaries and modern towns and villages which are referred to in a key. Names of Iwi are handwritten within their boundaries. Some placenames are crossed through and others are added, including some written in coloured pencil in the margins with appropriate lines indicating their locations. A vertical line has been drawn through the centre of the map and the annotations are found to the left of this line, although the greater detail is found in the Taranaki Region. Reproduced in 'History and traditions of the Taranaki coast'. Wellington, N.Z. :Polynesian Society, 1973. Base map originally published by Department of Lands and Survey. Other Titles - Map number one, the Taranaki coast in the beginning of the nineteenth century Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on card, linen backed, scale not given, 73 x 72 cm.

Date: Apr 1887

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-128

Description: Contains an account of the various heke of Ngati Toa and Te Ati Awa to the Kapiti district between 1820 and 1833, with reference to inter-tribal wars and disputes during this period. Rangipito use's the term "Uruuru-purumu" to describe the 19th century musket used by Maori. Other - Hardcopy inventory says "Compare mss version in S P Smith papers 21 (d)" Quantity: 1 folder(s) (40 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript and 2 pages of mss

Date: 7 May 1901

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B061

Description: Contains notes from the sitting of the Maori Land Court at Kaiapoi and Nelson to hear succession and subdivision cases. Includes significant verbatim evidence on the Whakatu, Whakapuaka, Whangarae, and D'Urville Island Land Blocks. Comprises evidence by Hemi Matenga, Huria Matenga-Katene and others. Physical Description: Marbled boards, 33 cm

Date: 1880-1912, n d

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-206

Description: Includes various papers for whom authorship is generally unknown: An address to the Polynesian Society (16 leaves); a paper on Ngati Whiti history and traditions, Omahu, 26 and 27 Oct 1880, in Maori (possibly by Paramena Te Naonao)(a translation is in JPS v 21 p 83, and there is a note on the back in Elsdon Best's hand dated 5 Apr 1912); A typescript copy of comments on Easter Island by James Cook (with a note in S P Smith's hand "from Mr Kenworthy"); a waiata in Best's hand titled Waiata tangi by Tukua-te-rangi Tutakangahau for his daughter Marewa-i-te-rangi, who died 13 Sep 1897, of Tamakamoana hapu, Tuhoe; a waiata (Kimikimi noa ana ahau, i to kunenga mai i Hawaiki...) by Rangitokoru for his child, and proverbs, supplied by Hetaraka Wakanua and Numia Kereru, 25 Nov 1897; waiata tangi for Tukorehu (Tahuna mai te ahi ki runga i a te Poa...), with translation and a note by Smith saying see Ngamoteatea p 33; waiata aroha (Kaore te aroha e awhea mai nei kei to ngohi pawhara) and other notes (typescript with translation and explanations of waiata, with a note saying "translations verified by Mr George Wilson); a partial index for the early volumes of the JPS; a typescript of the Rarotongan legend No Angene teia tuatua; and a genealogical chart showing the connection of various prominent families of the Waikato and Hauraki districts, including a genealogy of Ngati-Pou (or Uri-o-pou). Also includes information about the Maori division of time and related astronomical knowledge Language - Also material in Cook Island Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of content of this folder.

Date: 1836, 17 Jan 1908

By: Chapman, Frederick Revans (Sir), 1849-1936

Reference: MS-Papers-8468

Description: A typescript of `The story of Puoho' which details the raids of Te Puoho-o-te-rangi in the South Island of New Zealand. The account was copied by Chapman from the visitor's book in an hotel in Pembroke, Taranaki. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Copied from the visitor's book in Mrs Russell's hotel at Pembroke, Taranaki in 1908 by Chapman. Copy was originally donated to the Palmerston North Library. The original book was later lost in a fire.

Date: 01 Jan 2002

From: Sound recordings about Ngati Poneke

By: Katene-Horvath, Dovey, 1912-1987

Reference: OHInt-0600-08

Description: Dovey Katene, known as 'Aunty', was born in Wellington in 1912, and was a key member of the Ngati Poneke Young Maori Club. Mentions being a Young Maori Party member in Wellington, prior to Ngati Poneke. Mentions learning the poi and haka from Apirana Ngata, noting his strictness and love for his work. Talks about composing, moko and te reo. Also includes conversation with Wiki (full identity unknown) about wartime Palestine. Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 8 Minutes Duration. Search dates: 1937 - 1948

Date: 1843-1845

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

Reference: MSZ-0085

Description: Contains a census of Anglican Maori females in the Nelson area, with occasional notes about various individuals Arrangement: Boxed together with MSZ-0080, MSZ-0081, MSZ-0082, MSZ-0083, MSZ-0084, and MSZ-0085A-C (folders) Quantity: 1 volume(s).