Nihoniho, Matutaera, 1850-1914

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: [19--]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-7575-059

Description: Content of these notes was taken from the Native Land Court hearings in the Tairawhiti area. Contains whakapapa and the relationships of people to the land. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: [ca 1963]

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

Reference: 77-014-1/02A

Description: Papers relating to Maori music and waiata. Includes the script for a radio programme about Maori music by Phyllis Williams (Kirimamae), called "Maori Song Forms" on the scripts. Many of the waiata featured in the programme relate to Ngati Porou, and people mentioned in the programme include Sir Apirana Ngata, Ngaropi White, Materoa [Reedy], Hera Haereroa, Enoka Te Pakaru, Hiria Tamati, Matekino Brown, Alfred Hill and Tuta Nihoniho. Also mentioned is the story of Pou (Pourangahua) and the origins of the haka associated with Te Rauparaha "Ka mate, ka mate" are discussed saying it has connections to the story of Maui capturing the sun. Different kinds of waiata or song forms are discussed as well as titi torea, or Maori stick games. Also includes lyrics and translations of many Maori waiata, a booklet of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus, translated into Maori, with notation, and a programme for the 123rd Waitangi Day Celebration, at Waitangi on 6 Feb 1963. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1909-1910

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B040A

Description: Papers extracted from MS-Papers-0189-B040 Includes whakapapa, waiata, an extract from the Journal of the Polynesian Society, notes about Ngati Porou, the Takitimu canoe and its migration to New Zealand, the establishment of chiefly authority along the East Coast from Wairoa to Wairarapa

Date: 1898-1904

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-117

Description: Contains notes from the sitting of the Maori Land Court at Greytown with regard to land in the Greytown district; also contains a biographical note about Hori Te Huki, whakapapa relating to various Wairarapa hapu, miscellaneous herbal remedies, and several waiata Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1869, 1895

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B002

Description: Proceedings of Wairarapa Maori Committee investigation into the title of various land blocks in Wairarapa, near Greytown, with details of ownership and occupation, ancestral rights, whakapapa and mahinga kai; includes waiata and haka Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled paper covers, 33 cm, vol numbered 1

Date: [1860s?]-1903

From: Ngata family: Papers

Reference: Micro-MS-0232-1

Description: Microfilm containing volumes of whakapapa and history, with typescript and handwritten notes by Sir Apirana Ngata. Includes research notes and copies. Reel 1 comprisies folder 1/1 to folder 1/6. Contains Ngāti Porou whakapapa, also some relating to Rongowhakaata and Ngaī Tūhoe. Also includes: - Draft letters, and copies of waiata and karakia. - A book possibly belonging to Te Makarini Te Wharehuia - Extracts from Māori Land Court minute books - Sketch of Reverend Raniera Kawhia - Lists of kupu Māori (Māori words) primarily from the North Island's west coast, Taranaki to Wellington. Not all associated names are indexed. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1890 - 1914, 1949

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-081

Description: Whakapapa relating to land court issues, compiled by various people including Paratene Ngata, A T Ngata, Moihi Tapimaunga, Himiona Apanui, Manahi Parapara, concerning land in the following areas Wharekahika, Waiapu, Tangihanga, Waiorongomai, Waipiro and Manatu Also contain lists of owners of various land blocks

Date: 1895-1930

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MSY-4816

Description: Contains ver batim evidence in Maori from Maori Land Court sessions held in Masterton in the 1890s (including questions and answers, and whakapapa information); the evidence is stamped M K Ngatauewaru (M K possiblt stands for Marae Komiti) Also contains notes by Henare Te Whaiti about Maori cosmology and earthquakes, notes by Henare Te Whaiti about Ngaoko-i-te-rangi, Ngati Toa whakapapa, a draft letter to the Ratana Church, and a note by Iraia Te Whaiti about the kakahu and other taonga laid out for the funeral of Te Kooti Te Rato

Date: [1907-1915]

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Bates, Henry Stratton, 1836-1918; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935

Reference: PAColl-10460-18

Description: Photographic prints taken by various photographers including the Burton Brothers, circa 1907-1915. Comprises images relating to Māori subjects, and landscapes, photographs of artworks, and some manuscript material. Includes: - An article and photographs relating to Winiata who was accused of the murder of Edwin Packer in 1876, and executed in 1882 for the crime. The clipping has an annotation dating it to 1915 - Images of the Mōkau River and Whanganui River - A photograph of a drawing of Tuta Nihoniho by J. McDonald dated 1907 - Patara Te Tuhi wrapped in a blanket sitting on the ground by Manukau Harbour - Lieutenant H. S. Bates (later Colonel) of the 65th Regiment by the Burton Brothers circa 1860s - Wahanui [Huatare] 'chief of Ngati Maniapoto' - A wharenui (mostly uncarved) - Te Matua-a-Tonga (a stone carving on Mokoia Island), "the sacred totara tree 'Te Pare a Hatupatu' Mokoia Island" and another photograph of Mokoia Island - Two photographs of sketches by Lieutenant H. S. Bates of Fort Britomart in 1863, and Old Rotomahana circa 1860 - Landscapes of trees and streams (possibly near Pirongia) - A 'hauhau' warrior posing with a taiaha, dressed in a shirt and blanket, wearing pounamu ear pendants and huia feathers - Images of Tutange Waionui, and Te Araki Te Pohu - Matene Te Huaki's whare in Maketu 'Uenuku' photographed by the Burton Brothers - A photograph of a framed artwork of Tangi-te-roria, mission station in Northern Wairoa - An image of a man and a woman in a dug out waka fishing for koura (crayfish) Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 33 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 Other printed ephemera item(s) One clipping, one envelope, and one manuscript letter.. Transfers: Two glass plate negatives, 1/4-125715 and 1/2-237556-G..

Date: 1913

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-051

Description: Published by Dominion Museum, Wellington, 1913. Inscribed on front page with 'J. Cowan'. Last two pages missing. Also a photograph of a sketch by James McDonald of Tuta Nihoniho dressed in a kaitaka. The drawing is dated 1907. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed volume and photograph

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: 1891-1985

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-29

Description: Contains an off-print from the Polynesian Society about Samoan mythology and folk songs and some brief correspondence between the Turnbull Library and Te Rino Kara about the Pohio and Rickus families. Also contains typescripts, copies and clippings about the Rangiuia family, including whakapapa, land block information and biographies. Also includes various copies from the Eric Ramsden collection with whakapapa given by Mason Durie of Ngati Raukawa. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1910-1914

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0191

Description: Tuhoe notes contributed by various kaumatua, and notes from Te Whatahoro Jury with information about Ngati Kahungunu traditions about the creation of the universe and the settlement in New Zealand, waiata and whakapapa, and information about traditional childbirth practices; there are further notes on various topics collected when Best was living in Wellington 1910-1914, including whakapapa, myths, fights, lizards, Maori calendar, navigation rites, stars, Takitimu Canoe, wairua, eels, forest lore, personifications, etc. (Index included) An explanation of Best's shorthand is included at the end of the Index Source of title - Spine title Variations in title - Spine title is - Maori Notebook no 11, 1905, but the material in the volume is dated 1910-1914. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1890-1910

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0151-35

Description: Contains detailed whakapapa from Ngati Porou and Te Whanau a Apanui, together with lists of owners of various land blocks; also contains draft letters about the treatment of Maori veterans, land issues and farming matters, and the activities of Tuta Nihoniho; also contains a timeline of important events in New Zealand history Also contains loose leaf inserts with whakapapa information, extracts from `Te Kahiti o Niu Tireni', reports on farming activities, insurance receipts and other various accounts for payment This is possibly the whakapapa book of Henare Mahuika or Ropata Wahawaha Relationship complexity - Also see the Ngata family papers, MS-Group-0941 and MS-Group-1140. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 147 pages and 32 loose leaves). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter

Date: 1911

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

By: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931

Reference: MS-0187

Description: Dictionary - Maori words explained in English, some from Tuta Nihoniho, and Te Whatahoro. Includes words concerning waka and various other topics. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (78, 52 blank pages). Physical Description: Holograph (23 cm; ¼ red morocco, red cloth)