Te Kani-a-Takirau, -1856

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0067

Description: Contains editorial extracts of Nepia Pohuhu's writings. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter some with ms annotations

Date: [1769-1958]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-5/12

Description: Papers relating to Maori history including whakapapa, waiata and correspondence relating to Fowler's novel 'Brown Conflict'. Also includes a copy of typescript `The Storehouse of Hine-mati-oro' also known as 'Te Rakau Tamatea Reke' (p.1 & 4 only); several East Coast genealogies or whakapapa relating to Te Kooti Riki Rangi, Ngati Ira and Ngati Porou. Also an article: `On some Maori place names'; and an outline for `The Road to Whangara'. Also includes a 5 page manuscript [written in an unknown hand] of various versions of the Ngati Kahungunu oriori 'Pinepine te kura', one version is attributed to Te Kooti Rikirangi. Language - Some material in Maori including whakapapa and waiata Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1873-1876

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B040

Description: Contains a list of owners of blocks of land in the Wanganui district, and a number of narratives about; significant events in the history of Ngati Kahungunu, Moriori settlement on the Chatham Islands, events in Hawaiki and subsequent migrations and settlements, the burning of the Te Arawa canoe, and conflicts in the 1820s and 1830s involving Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Porou, Ngapuhi, Rangitane, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa Physical Description: ¼ maroon black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 26

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: 1946-1976

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-2/01A

Description: Includes photographs and loose papers of drafts of `The Road to Whangara'. Also includes an article about the carved whare at the Canterbury Museum by James W Stack, and another article about the whare 'Hau te ana nui o Tangaroa' built in Tokomaru Bay by Henare Potae [for the Canterbury Museum] which includes information about a request for this whare to be purchased by the East Coast Museum so it can be returned to the East Coast. Includes a photograph of Te Kani-a-Takirau and East Coast whakapapa, including that of Ruataupare. Also includes two issues of "Gisborne on sea" published by Gisborne 30,000 Club in 1946 and 1948, and a programme for the Aki Cakobau School's tour of New Zealand 1961-2. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1873-1885]

By: Williams, William Leonard, 1829-1916

Reference: MS-2474

Description: Includes meteorological summary of Gisborne, including rainfall, temperature statistics etc. Also whakapapa of Te Hapuka, Te Kani a Takirau by Hemi Wahine and a Maori legend related by Henare Te Kotiti. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (18cm, ¼ brown morocco slip case)

Date: 1888-1896

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B043

Description: Contains whakapapa, boundaries of land blocks around Lake Wairarapa and statements of ownership, notes about the aftermath of the transfer of Lake Wairarapa to the Government and the distribution of the proceeds, a copy of a letter to Judge Butler of the Maori Land Court with regard to the transfer of Lake Wairarapa Also contains narrative accounts of conflicts between Wairarapa people and Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa in the 1820s and 1830s (including a reference to the Journal of the Polynesian Society), narrative accounts of conflicts between Waikato and Te Ati Awa, and narrative accounts about conflicts in the 1820s involving Ngati Kahungunu, Ngapuhi, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Rangitane, Waikato and Ngati Porou Also contains information about traditional whare wananga and the migration from Hawaiki and subsequent settlements in New Zealand, a narrative about Ira, the ancestor of Ngati Ira, and a history of that hapu; also contains information about early contacts between Te Ati Awa and Pakeha whalers and traders Includes an account of the capture of Metapere Te Waipunahau (Ngati Toa), mother of Wi Parata MHR, by Wairarapa Maori and the peacemaking between these tribes, and the later capture of Te Uamairangi and Te Kakapi-o-te-rangi of Te Ati Awa (Poneke) and their subsequent safe return to Te Wharepouri and Te Ati Awa. Also includes details of the invasion of Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Tuwharetoa of Te Roto-a-Tara, Heretaunga (Hawkes Bay) under the chiefs Te Momo-a-Irawaru and Te Heuheu. Includes mention of conflict between Te Ati Awa, Ngati Tama and Waikato culminating in the siege of Pukerangiora Pa, Taranaki. Physical Description: Maroon boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 28

Date: 1880-1883

By: Davis, James, 1833?-1875

Reference: MS-Papers-3436

Description: Language - (with English translations) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (9 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms and typescripts

Date: [19--]

From: Mackay, Joseph Angus, 1882-1952 : Notes on early settlers in Poverty Bay

Reference: MS-Papers-1006-35

Description: Includes notes on: Life in early Tolaga Bay; Uawa Mission Station in the 1840s; Pioneer Christian native and his wife; Mr C Baker's trouble; Some Pakeha neighbours; te Kani-a-Takirau proves a good friend Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1846]

From: Hutton, Thomas Biddulph (Rev), 1824-1886: [Three sketchbooks of New Zealand scenes and people. 1844-1847]

By: Hutton, Thomas Biddulph, 1824-1886

Reference: E-111-2-029

Description: A frontal half-length portait of a young Maori man. His hair is cut short and he wears a long ribbon with a tooth as an earring. His shirt is European, blue-and-white striped. He wears a korowai around his shoulders and carries a taiaha. Possibly a depiction of Te Rewai, who was a son of Te Kani-a-Takirau, a notable tribal leader. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) page. Physical Description: Watercolour on page of sketchbook, 260 x 180 mm

Date: 1905-1930

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-066

Description: Contains manuscripts prepared by Reweti Tuhorouta Kohere for publication; the manuscripts cover various topics including biographies and obituaries, and religious subjects, and some were written by other people Relationship complexity - These manuscripts were published by Te Ohorere Kaa and Wiremu Kaa (eds) in 1994 in Nga Korero a Reweti Kohere ma; the relevent pages are 83-108 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1944

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-071

Description: Contains quotes taken from various sources; notes regarding the Whare Wananga in Tainui; whakapapa of Te Kani-a-Takirau; a Maori account of Pomare's death 1826; notes on Maori battles pertaining to Waikato; notes about Te Tuhi, a brother of Te Tuata; whakapapa again beginning from Io; a paper titled `A Maori cosmogony' with translation; curriculum of the Whare Wananga; Nga ao o nga Rangi-tu-haha and a paper titled `Mystic inscriptions' Publication - Some extracts are taken from the Journal of the Polynesian Society Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1933

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-47

Description: Shows an exhaustive amount of whakapapa on Ngapuhi, Te Rarawa, Toi te Huatahi, Te tini o Toi, Taranaki iwi, Ngati Porou, Ngati Kahungunu, Turi, Tuhoe and Ngati Awa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss and typescripts (some with holograph annotations)

Date: [ca 1850-1856]

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0702F-10

Description: Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).