Titokowaru, Riwha, 1823?-1888

Date: 1883-1924

By: Houston, John, 1891-1962

Reference: MS-Papers-5673

Description: Includes whakapapa from Taranaki and Waikato and also on Ruaputahanga; also contains waiata, karakia and tauparapara from Taranaki; also includes diary entries, court expenses and the names of people involved in voting for Runanga members; these accounts are handwritten by Tinirau Ariki and Marereira Wiremu; also contains an account of a meeting between Tuatahi and Titokowaru; also contains a story entitled 'Te Kainga o Uenuku Ko Ratamaru' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol, ca 90 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (32 cm; ¼ red cloth, marbled boards)

Date: 1905-1936

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: fMS-Papers-11946-010

Description: Research material mainly relating to Kimble Bent, including correspondence, drafts, notes, clippings, publications and photographs. Includes a letter from Charles Finnerty of Stratford, dated 2 November 1936, in which he mentions that his father knew Kimble Bent; also an extract of a letter from Reverend T G Hammond dated 10 October 1905, relating to Titokowaru; drafts and clippings relating to 'the canoe-builders' story. The publications comprise 'New Plymouth: The holiday centre of New Zealand' and 'West Coast War South Taranaki, 1866-69' by 'Lt Col T McDonnell'. Also includes a clipping with photographic images of Mokoia Island, including Patera Te Ngungukai and tapu stones and objects. Photographs comprise images of F E Maning, Dr Hochstetter (with signature), Wi Tako Ngatata (1880, and ca 1870s), John Webster, Ngamako (taken by Pulman), an unknown Māori man, and a carte de visite with the imprint "W. H. Reed, Photographic Artiste, Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand", in an envelope annotated: "Rare photograph of the Revd. Mr. Volkners Widow [Emma] Wepiha Apanui and family sitting in front of house near the willow". The willow tree near the church of the German-born missionary Carl Sylvius Völkner at Opotiki was significant as this is where he was hanged on 2 March 1865. Also includes a juvenile illustrated story, relating to the shipwreck of a ship called the "Fort" (drawn in pencil on paper), probably created by John or Roy Cowan. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) Total. 10 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Manuscripts, photographs, and drawing in pencil on paper.

Date: 1835-1893

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-077

Description: Includes a preface and translation in S P Smith's hand with a note: `A large part of this has been embodied in "Hist. and Trad. of Taranaki Coast"'. There is also a covering note signed by W H S (W H Skinner) on the provenance of the ms with a genealogy of Teira Whatakore attached. Also includes letter from T M Hocken to Smith, Dunedin 1 Jun 1893, forwarding books and precis of copies or extracts of Colonial Office material, Sep 1835, on the `Alligator' and J Guard affair. The manuscript gives a biographical account of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea, with whakapapa, with much information about his role in conflicts between Taranaki and other iwi, and between Taranaki and the Government in the first Taranaki campaign (1860) in the New Zealand wars; the document also discusses the shipwreck `Harriet' and the treatment received by the survivors; there are also translations of the material. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1869

By: Buchanan, John, 1819-1898

Reference: Plans-80-1250

Description: Shows and names features of pa. A plan view showing a diamond-shaped pa, with surrounding bush and cultivations, viewing platforms on trees Later published in: Cowan J The New Zealand Wars. Vol 2 Wellington 1923 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 355 x 457 mm

By: Preston, G M (Miss), active 1982; Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Gordon, William Francis Robert, 1846-1936

Reference: PA1-o-423

Description: Carte-de-visite sized Maori portraits. A number of the portraits have been identified. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with black card cover, embossed with flower pattern; 23.5 x 30.5 cm

Date: [189-?]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-020

Description: Comprises notes in Best's hand, notes by S P Smith and letters to Smith. Among the variety of material are notes on Hau, a West Coast ancestor and his journey to Paekakariki; traditional history of early ancestor Tutahanga and fighting between Ngati Maru and Ngapuhi; whakapapa from Karepa Te Uira to Tamarere Ahu II; queries and notes about Ngati Ira and early Wellington; brief notes and whakapapa of Ngati Maru; a waiata from Whanake; many items relating to Wellington Maori place names, iwi, chiefs and history and other fragments of North Island Maori history. Includes two letters from W H Skinner to S P Smith, 1894. Also contains notes about the Ngati Toa and Taranaki chiefs leading the migrations to the Horowhenua and Wellington regions, and their conflicts with the Muaupoko; Ngati Apa; Rangitane and Ngati Kahungunu. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed listing of folder contents available in inventory.

Date: 1873, n d

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/03

Description: Typescript paper, in preparation for publication in the Polynesian Society Journal, titled "The Great Muru", as an example of the Maori practice of "Muru". Also includes a typescript paper by the Hon. Mr Moffat, prepared for the Palmerston North Polynesian Discussion Group, about the Rangitaane tribe. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1915-1931

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0208

Description: Polynesian/Maori Voyages, the story of Takitimu Waka, Maori Customary Concepts and Tribal Narratives. Includes information on the messianic cults that flourished in the 19C; the battle of Waiorua (Whakapaetai) at Kapiti; Te Rangihaeata's stockade at Paremata; the death of Von Tempsky at Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu, and expropriated taonga in the British Museum, including Te Rauparaha's mere-pounamu `Papatahi' and Te Hiko-o-te-Rangi's mere-pounamu `Tuhiwai'. Comprises information on Nga Puhi `Atamira', and generic Maori tohunga practices.

Date: [ca 1896]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-194

Description: Contains waiata composed by Maruera Whakarewataua and Tutange Waionui (mostly laments for people, including Titokowaru), copied from manuscript books, sent with letters to S P Smith, Sep 1896; also contains information about the days of the month Quantity: 1 folder(s) (8 leaves).

Date: 1845-1882

By: Colenso, William, 1811-1899

Reference: MS-Papers-0792/2

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Colenso about the erection of chapels, reports about the activities and plans of Maori teachers, parishioners and others, reports of illnesses and deaths, requests for religious texts, medicines and other items, and the loss of faith among Kai Tahu people because of the misdeeds of their Maori teachers; also contains letters that relate to the New Zealand Wars (Taranaki theatre) and the Pai Marire religion, including a letter from Titokowaru asking for reinforcements; also includes a letter written by Pomare V, king of Tahiti Quantity: 1 folder(s) (33 pieces). Physical Description: Mss (Photocopy)

Date: Jan-Mar 1872

Reference: MS-1354

Description: Duplicates of telegrams sent from Wanganui, Marton and Christchurch Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (duplicates) (22 cm; brown buckram) Provenance: Found 1960 in a case at Seaview

Date: 1869

By: Buchanan, John, 1819-1898

Reference: Plans-80-1251

Description: Two cross sections of Titokowaru's Taurangaika Pa, Taranaki, with detail of the trenches and palisades, showing two Maori men firing through rifle slots. 45 copies held at Plans-80-1251. Quantity: 45 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 355 x 457 mm

Date: [1823-1940]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-48

Description: Drafts on various topics including Canterbury pastoral lands, Maori history, native forests and birds, Maori tribal warfare, Te Ngutu-o-te-manu battle, a story of a canoe voyage on the Mokau river, whaling and Maori legends. Also biographical stories about Barracouta Jack from `old Whangarei' and Wi Te Manewha of Ngati Raukawa, and a typewritten sheet of whakapapa from Tama-te-kapua to the Warbrick family. Arrangement: From box 58 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1868-1870]

From: Ward, John Patrick, 1847?-1914 : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-11815

Description: Further manuscript accounts of the New Zealand Wars by Private John P Ward. Handwritten accounts on the New Zealand Wars 1860s and 1870s. Includes accounts of Whitmore's Taranaki campaign, Titokowaru, and the search for Te Kooti in the Gisborne area after his escape from the Chatham Islands in 1868. Also a comic ballad written by John P Ward called `Paddy Doyle's Lamint' which is set during the Taranaki War, and is written in an Irish `dialect'. Some of the drafts may be typescript copies or annotated copies of previous acquisitions. Also includes `The battle of the double crossing: A blood curdling, yet true account of an incident in the Taupo Campaign of 1870' written by John P Ward. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 71 pages..

Date: 1868

From: Ward, John Patrick, 1847?-1914 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11616-4

Description: A draft article [with annotations] by J P Ward relating to Sir G S Whitmore and the New Zealand Wars in the period following "Motoroa" [Moturoa] in 1868. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1906-1907

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-145

Description: Three letters from Thomas William Porter to James Cowan, dated 30 November 1906, 4 December 1906, and 5 January 1907, relating to the Taranaki War. Also, a thirteen page handwritten account in Porter's hand, which is annotated by Cowan saying "The West Coast War, 1869. Pursuing the Hauhaus. The Government Head-hunters". Also includes some clippings relating to Kimble Bent, dated 1906. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Folder of holograph letters and drafts, and two newspaper clippings.

Date: 1845-1873

By: Ngatata, Wiremu Tako, -1887

Reference: MS-2204

Description: Includes a transcription of the 1845 printing of the Treaty, and correspondence between Wi Tako and Fitzroy, Grey, Featherston, and Parliament, in English and Maori. Language - Some material in Maori Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (43 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photographic copy) (21 cm, blue linen folder)

Date: 25 Jun 1868

By: Titokowaru, Riwha, 1823?-1888

Reference: MS-Papers-3006

Description: To his tribe, telling them not to travel along the road to Mangamanga and that he has eaten the Englishman (Trooper Smith). Contains the phrase "I shall not die, I shall not die, when death itself is dead I shall be alive" (from the translation). Includes contemporary English translation. Accompanying material - Photograph of first page included in folder Ngati Ruanui leader Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: [ca 1863-1898]

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1033

Description: Most of the papers in the folder relate to R D D Maclean; includes accounts and receipts, schedule or wool guarantors, invitations, advertising matter for farming supplies, clippings re NZ matters, copy of report, `In reference to excitement at Wanganui' to the Colonial secretary; letter re Trans-Tasman fares; memberships, correspondence re wool and farming matters, finance, shipping, political circulars, memberships, stocks and shares, card for `Le Pilote' protection agency and other papers (identified persons entered under Name) Includes invitation from Karaitiana Wirihana to unveiling of monument to his late father Wirihana Kaimokopuna at Tahoraite Valuation certificate for property owned by Archibald John McLean at Glenorchy in the district of Kereru & Aorangi, Hawke's Bay, Jan 1879 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Sotheby's in 1969

Date: 1916-1919

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0212

Description: Polynesian/Maori Voyages; Aotea Waka; Maori Customary Concepts; Maori Cosmology; Tribal Narratives; Paimarire Religion, and Hauhauism. Includes information on Rua Kenana's Rebellion and the Taranaki Wars as well as the Battle of Waiorua (ie. Whakapaetai) 1824 on Kapiti Island and the Battle of Kuititanga 1839 adjacent on the mainland which were the last inter-tribal sea and land battles fought in Aotearoa. Also information on Maori whaling activities at Kapiti; building Rangiatea Church in Otaki 1847; Te Rauparaha's release from HMS Caliope 1848, and Te Rangihaeata's Stockade at Paremata. Includes information on the Maori Pioneer Battalion 1914-18. Finding Aids: Index at qMS-0217.