Te Tai Rāwhiti (East Coast Tribes)

Date: 1942

By: Phillipps, William John, 1893-1967

Reference: qMS-1588

Description: To W J Phillipps of the Dominion Museum, giving a list of carved houses on the East Coast Quantity: 1 volume(s) (5 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (35cm, grey covers) Processing information: Transferred from main collection, Oct 1978

Date: 1883

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B032

Description: Contains whakapapa from Wanganui and Wairarapa, whakatauki, waiata and narratives of conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu Enclosures - 1 portrait at beginning of book as well as 3 loose leaf pages with the letterhead `Fairbairn's New Occidental Hotel, Wellington' which contains whakapapa `na Paora Poihipi' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (23 cm; marbled boards)

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-098

Description: Contains waiata and haka from Ngati Porou and Ngati Kahungunu; contains cosmological notes about the creation of the universe; also contains narrative accounts about various demi-gods including Maui, Tawhaki and Pourangahua (this last account includes details of the fetching of the kumara to New Zealand); also contains an account of the Ngati Kahungunu migration to Heretaunga following conflicts involving Rakaihikuroa Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1905

By: Wilson, George Henry, 1832-1905

Reference: MS-Papers-2738

Description: Tokomaru pa Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms

Date: [ca 1895-1898]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-163

Description: Notes on many topics, including: whakapapa, tribal notes, whakatauki (proverbs), fights, etc. Also includes waiata from Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa, Taranaki and Ngati Kuia (many of the waiata and karakia of Ngati Kuia were contributed by Eruera Pakauwera), and tribal stories and notes by Te Karehana Whakataki about Ngati Toa and Tainui. Also contains an accompanying letter from W Mair, Nov 8, 1898. Language - (and English) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (414 pages). Physical Description: Holograph, ms and typescript

Date: 1803-1865

By: Williams, William Leonard, 1829-1916

Reference: MS-2452

Description: History of the East Coast people and district as seen from a missionary's view point. Many topics including hauhauism; land confiscation, Te Kooti; the murder of Rev C S Volkner; the work of the missionaries etc. Source of title - Transcribed from spine Quantity: 1 volume(s) (95 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with holograph corrections (26cm, blue buckram)

Date: 1865 - 1894, 1920

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-006a

Description: Contains a Ngati Porou account of the campaign against the Hauhau on the East Coast, and the campaign against Te Kooti around Gisborne and the Urewera district; also contains notes about Maori customs surrounding the transfer of land, various waiata and information about the arrival of Christianity on the East Coast; also contains a biographical note and whakapapa about Te Kani-a-Takirau; there is also a letter dated 11 December 1920 from S P Smith to James Cowan with details of the provenance of the manuscript Relationship complexity - MS-Papers-1187-006b contains a complete translation of this text by Jane McRae Quantity: 1 volume(s) (150 pages).

Date: 1861 - 1877

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B013

Description: Contains cosmological whakapapa with notes about the divine origin of various items and practices, including birds and trees; there are also narratives about Rata and the origin of canoe building and the revenge he took for the death of his father, conflicts between Uenuku and Whena, and the migrations and settlement of Paikea on the East Coast There is also narrative text about the Horouta canoe, and the migrations and conflicts of Ngati Ira; there are also karakia, waiata and whakapapa There is also narrative text about Ruawharo, Tupai and Timuwhakairia before their departure from Hawaiki, their training as tohunga, their fetching of atua and the voyage of Takitimu, narrative text about Niwareka and Mataora and the development of tattooing, and narrative about the adventures of Maui Other - The contents of this book, I presume, has been copied into another book because each page has been `crossed' with the words `done' written over it. On some pages are the words `done in copy'. The contents of book is still readable Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Vellum, 25 cm., vol numbered 8

Date: 1952

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-073

Description: Four lectures (typescript with holograph annotations) of a series of six delivered at the University of Otago by H D Skinner on research work at the Otago Museum; the introduction includes discussion of the taniwha, lectures two and three of the water symbol in Maori art, and lecture four on carving and related topics Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript with mss annotations

Date: [ca 1900-1911]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-044

Description: Contains a 6-page notebook of songs and chants with a note at the beginning by S P Smith saying `sent to me by G H Davies, Karore April, 1911'. In Maori the notebook includes notes on Kaioraora (cursing songs) by Topeora, and a waiata `E pa to hau ke Te Wairau e'. Inside the back cover is a copy of a letter in Maori from S P Smith to Whatahoro, New Plymouth 29 August 1911. Several pages relating to legend, waiata and other matters in several hands. Legends include Mataora, Tumatauenga and Kongomaraeroa; Tura and Whiro; Tamatea and the moa; Mataoho; Maui; Tane and others. Some of this material may be from a Ngati Porou source; One section is headed `Waiata a Te Whatu', and there are various waiata among the text which Davies claims have been sung before the Maori Land Court in the Hawkes Bay area. There is also an explanation in Maori and English of the expression `Ariki tapairu' signed by Rawiri Te Rangi Rangikauri. A covering letter from Davies to S P Smith, dated 18 Jul 1902, offering them to the Polynesian Society for publication. There is also an undated note from Elsdon Best to Smith forwarding a letter from Tamahau (Mahupuku?), sent by Davies for publication. An unsigned paper in Maori is probably the letter referred to. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1882]-1884

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-126

Description: Includes a 11 Dec 1908 covering letter from T W Downes and an explanation in Maori by Potae, 2 Apr 1882, on the provenance of the mss. The text of the manuscript contains extensive whakapapa from Ngati Porou, with information about many people alive in the 19th century; there is also some whakapapa from Wairarapa, and an account of the creation of the universe and the seperation of Rangi and Papa by their children Quantity: 1 volume(s). Provenance: Title-page note by S P Smith says "Copy of ms in possession of H T Whatahoro (now of Whanganui) as dictated by Henare Potae of Tokomaru, East Coast, and by other tohungas of that coast. Copied by T W Downes of Whanganui and presented by him to the Polynesian Society, 1908".

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-192

Description: A translation in S P Smith's hand, with explanatory notes, of a story supplied by Wahawaha. Also includes Maori texts of iri spell given by Wahawaha and a variant version. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). Physical Description: Mss

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Huka, Ngari, -1915

Reference: MS-Papers-11040

Description: Ngari Huka of Ngati Porou, won the `New Zealand war medal'. He lived and is buried in Mohaka Quantity: 1 folder(s) (77 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs J Niblett (greatgrandaughter), Wellington, 1987

Date: 1860

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B001

Description: Contains notes about the circumstances in which Te Matorohanga dictated the material, which includes cosmological notes about Maui, Mataaho and the divine origins of various items and practices; there are also notes about Kupe, Toi and Whatonga and the discovery and settlement of New Zealand The text also discusses the interaction between the original inhabitants and the Maori settlers; there are also discussions about the activities of the canoe commanders in discovering and naming places around the North Island; there are also extensive whakapapa, waiata and karakia There are notes about the settlement of Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa and Wellington which were subsequently used by Best for journal articles, there are also annotations in Ngata's hand that refer to another publication Publication - Material has been used in `The Lore of the Whare Wananga' according to annotations thoroughout the book Relationship complexity - Some of the material was also published in 'The Land of Tara' , an article written by Elsdon Best for the Journal of the Polynesian Society between 1917-1919 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1943-1944

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material

Reference: MS-Papers-0230-008

Description: Correspondence and letters concerning the history and activities of whalers in New Zealand during the early and mid 18th century. Mostly concerns activities in Northland, Kawhia and Tauranga. Also includes extracts of verbatim evidence from various Maori from these districts. Also includes whakapapa for the Kennedy family from Ngati Porou, and biographical information for the Kennedy, Mair, Clendon, Tapsell & other families. Includes census of Europeans residing in Northern District, 1846 (from Clendon mss in Auckland Public Library) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [18-?]-1945

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-38

Description: Contains an extensive amount of material on Maori waiata and poetry, also poems on Pakeha and Maori genre; includes waiata - poroporoaki, putorino, tangi, aroha, tawhiti, mate tane, ngahau; includes themes such as pakanga, pipiwharauroa, Maori astrology; people eg Tangaroa, Toi te Huatahi and Rata Mahuta Potatahu Te Wherowhero; also Maori waiata which have English tunes Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, typescripts (some with ms annotations) and printed matter

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-094

Description: Contains many myths and legends, probably written by Ihaka Whaanga, starting with Rangi and Papa and including information about the creation of the universe and the establishment of various customary practices; notes about the activities of Maui; also includes information about conflicts at Hawaiki; also includes an account of the introduction of the kumara to New Zealand by Pourangahua and a related whakapapa; includes information about the Takitimu migration from Hawaiki led by Tamatea, conflicts at Turanga involving Rakaihikuroa and others, and traditions about the Ngati Te Whatuiapiti hapu. The apparent contents list at the front does not correspond with contents. In Maori. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1857-1860

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-081

Description: See MS-Papers-1187-079 for details. This volume contains draft copies of notices, articles and advertisements subsequently published in Te Karere Maori. The copies address the following; the construction of an Anglican Church at Rangitukia, the Governor's visit to the Bay of Islands, the declaration of martial law in Taranaki, notes on agriculture and market prices, notes on animal husbandry, a statement about intertribal hostilities between Ngati Awa and Te Arawa in the Bay of Plenty, and boat racing at Auckland Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-097

Description: Includes cosmological whakapapa and notes about the creation of women; also includes Ngati Kahungunu whakapapa; notes about the migration of the Horouta canoe to New Zealand, with information about Ruatapu, Paikea and others; notes about the migration of Rakaihikuroa to Heretaunga following fighting in the Gisborne area Quantity: 1 volume(s) (23 foolscap pages).

Date: 1898-1906

By: Kahui, Raihania, active 1860-1890s?; Southon, Gloria K, active 1900s?

Reference: MSY-6849

Description: Contains detailed whakapapa relating to the tribes of the East Coast, Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa, and some inland tribes such as those situated around Taupo and Rotorua, and also the Bay of Plenty. These whakapapa have been extracted from Maori language newspapers, most notably `Te Puke ki Hikurangi' and the `Matuhi press'. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (143 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (34 cm; green buckram; phase box)