Waikato leader of Tainui waka, prophet. Second Māori King from 1860 to 1894. Of Ngati Mahuta. Son of Pootatau Te Wherowhero, Kiingi Pootatau. Born at Ōrongokoekoeā, between Te Kuiti and Taumarunui, in 1822.
Kiingi Taawhiao, Kiingi o te Maungaarongo, 1822 -1894
Notebook relating to Orakau
Date: 1864-1896
From: Cowan family: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11946-055
Description: Notebook containing handwritten research notes, photographs, and newspaper clippings tipped in. Contains notes and clippings relating to the Ōrākau battle of 1864 and King Tawhiao, waiata, karakia, and a poem by Thomas Bracken about Ōrākau. Also includes notes from an interview with Tamati Hapimana, of Mokoia Island, which includes a karakia for planting kumara. The photographs include images of Ōrākau (one dated 1870 located at page 52 of the notebook, and one undated), and one of Ngāti Raukawa chief Hitiri Te Paerata located at page 39 of the notebook. Language - Some material in Maori including waiata and karakia. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Notebook containing holographs, photographs, printed material Three photographic prints included in this volume (two tipped in, and one laid in (loose).
Samoa & New Zealand album
Date: [Circa 1880s-1890s]
By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Davis, John, -1893; Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Valentine, James, -1880
Reference: PA1-q-210
Description: Photographs of Hawai'i, Samoa and New Zealand, taken by various photographers circa 1880s and 1890s, including John Richard Morris, John Davis, F Finch and Josiah Martin. Inserted in an envelope is a hand-written list of photos, but these seem to bear no relationship to the album. The list includes places in New Zealand (none of which are in this album), Sydney, New South Wales, Brisbane, New Caledonia and Fiji (again none of which are shown in this album). The photographs of Hawai'i include Iolani Palace in Honolulu, and Queen Lili'uokalani; Samoan images show children, a waterfall at Falefa near Apia, and a group of dancers in traditional dress. Images of New Zealand include landscapes, Maori children, a hongi with two women, and a collage taken by Josiah Martin of images of Maori chiefs, waka and meeting houses at Parihaka and Ohinemutu. One photograph taken in the Bounty Islands shows mollymawk and crested penguins. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, title "New Zealand and Samoa" hand-printed in white ink; 30 x 23 cm
Photograph of Te Hau Hau, outside King Tawhiao's whare puni at Te Kuiti
Date: 1885
From: New Zealand Department of Justice, Commissioner of Patents :Collection of Burton Brothers prints
By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Reference: PA7-36-26
Description: Photograph of Te Hau Hau wearing a headband with two huia feathers at the front and with a blanket over his shoulders. He is standing behind a fence which has been erected in front of the verandah (mahau) of King Tawhiao's whare puni at Te Kuiti. Photograph taken by Alfred Burton in Jun 1885. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3607. `Te Hauhau' at the Te Kuiti - King Country. Burton Bros, Dunedin; Mount recto - left of image - Registrar of Copyrights, New Zealand. 692 Another view of the same subject at PA7-36-25 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 20.2 x 14.8 cm on mount 29.2 x 22.8 cm
Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Maori flags at Tawhiao's tangi Taupiri. 1894].
Date: 1894
From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.
Reference: E-594-046
Description: Shows groups of figures seated amongst tents and flags. The flags carry the inscription TAKOTO, and Kingi Tawhiao, and Te Kingi o te Rangimarie (reversed). Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. Page 46. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on page, 182 x 270 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.
Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Mourners at Tawhiao's tangi at Taupiri. 1894].
Date: 1894
From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.
Reference: E-594-052
Description: Shows a group of mourners with bowed heads, wearing leaf headdresses. There is a statue at the left, behind a tent. Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. Page 52. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on page, 182 x 270 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.
Maori architecture, history, language and whakapapa
Date: 1942-1971
From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers
By: Bracken, Thomas, 1841-1898
Reference: MS-Papers-5220-002
Description: Includes correspondence about critiques to book drafts such as 'Nga Moteatea' and 'Tamihana, the king maker', also includes Tainui whakapapa and history, an article on Samuel Marsden, dedication of Maori, church and historic buildings, patere from Tuhoe, research correspondence, poor pronounciation of Maori placenames, prestigious visits to New Zealand and places like Taumarunui and also the history of Te Miringa Te Kakara. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Preston, G M :Album of Maori photographs
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
[Artist unknown] :[Sketches of a Maori muru at Parawera, Waikato, by an unknown Maori a...
Date: 1860 - 1900
By: Mair, Gilbert, 1843-1923; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
Reference: A-081-001/006
Description: Sketches depicting incidents arising out of a taua or raiding party visiting Parawera settlement to exact revenge after a case of adultery. The marae, various groupings of iwi, dances, fights, haka, horseriding, and competitions are depicted, along with a visit from the police. The Parawera group were Ngati Apakura, Te Wherowhero's iwi, and the visitors in search of payment were Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Hourua and Ngati Koroki. Ngati Haua are also mentioned in one sketch. Quantity: 6 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper ca 230 x 320 mm Provenance: Given to Alexander Turnbull in 1913 by Gilbert Mair. See covering letter of 17 November 1913 in MS 57, Folder 64. A typescript copy is held with the drawings in Box A-081. Mair ironically compares the artist to the French portraitist of Napoleon, Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
Dossier (volume 1)
Date: 1979-1982
From: Dossier on Te Kooti Rikirangi Te Turuki
Reference: MS-Papers-9587-01
Description: This volume explains the outline of the collection and gives the reasoning of why the dossier was put together . This volume gives a brief background on the project. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (77 pages). Physical Description: Typescript and photocopies
Wellington debentures and other paper money
Date: 1840-1874
Reference: qMS-2136
Description: Extract from reminiscences of J J Taine concerning Wellington debentures in 1845; includes samples of unissued Bank of Otago notes and Maori banknote for one pound: Ko te Peeke o Aotearoa, kotahi pauna, issued by King Tawhiao, possibly in the 1880s. Language - Some items Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (4 leaves, 25 items in pocket). Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter (35 cm; blue linen)
Whakapapa
From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records
Reference: MSX-3916
Description: Contains quotes from speeches by King Tawhiao in 1873; Pai Marire prayers; cosmological accounts, including lists of heavens, lists of gods, narratives about Tane and Maui, names of Io; whakapapa linking Ngati Kahungunu to the Kingitanga; lists of crew members on various migration waka and notes about Te Puea's visit to Masterton in 1917 Includes various tribal whakapapa. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
Maori chants, songs, poetry, whakapapa
Date: 1920
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0039-08A
Description: Contains waiata and karakia, and accompanying narratives Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Rendell, Emily, fl 1881-1900 : Letters from Frank Coulthard
Date: [1880-1898]
By: Rendell, Emily, active 1880-1900
Reference: MS-Papers-6107
Description: Comprises two letters from Frank Coulthard to Emily Rendell from Ohaupo describing events when he accompanied Major W G Mair to a meeting with the Maori King, probably to begin negotiations for permission to allow construction of the main trunk railway line through the King Country; a typescript of part of the first letter; and a programme for the Mount Eden Shakespearean Society's production of Oscar Wilde's play, `An Ideal husband' Source of title - Supplied Coulthard was Emily Rendell's suitor Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescript and printed matter
Ryan, Thomas Aldworth, 1864-1927 :[King Tawhiao lying in state. 1894].
Date: 1894
From: Ryan, Thomas Aldworth, 1864-1927 :[1. King Tawhiao lying in state. 1894; and, 2. sketch of a woman's head. ca 1901].
Reference: A-176-046-1
Description: Shows detailed view of the lying in state of Tawhiao, with attendants and surrounding carvings. A similar view, but from the other side, was published in the New Zealand graphic 'The tangi over King Tawhiao', along with an account of Ryan's presence at the tangi. 8 Sept 1894, p. 228 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet, 258 x 350 mm Provenance: Purchased from Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in 2001.
Te Wherowhero, Tawhiao Matutaera Potatau, 1825-1894 : Material relating to visit to Gre...
Date: 1884-1885
By: Kiingi Taawhiao, Kiingi o te Maungaarongo, 1822 -1894
Reference: MS-Papers-2965
Description: Includes visiting card, envelopes, letters Accompanying material - Photocopied list of letters in folder Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms
Payton, Edward William 1859-1944 :Whatiwhatihoe, residence of the Maori King. [188-?]
Date: 1880 - 1889
By: Payton, Edward William, 1859-1944
Reference: A-045-015-a
Description: Shows a Maori pa with two figures walking past a hut. Whatiwhatihoe was once a royal village, the home of the Maori King, Tawhiao. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Whatiwhatihoe / residence of the Maori King; Recto - bottom right - P. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching 90 x 127 mm
Whakapapa, graduation, books and biographies
Date: 1968-1969
From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5220-008
Description: Includes personal invitations, whakapapa about Te Arawa, Tainui and Aotea, also includes Tainui whakapapa along with the wives names, includes a biography on Hoani Wiremu Hipango, letters from Tawhiao, Waikato University graduation details, the whakapapa of Richard Bennett, the marriage details of Potatau Te Wherowhero to Kauaeroa, book critiques and other correspondence from people and organisations like Koro Dewes and the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Ko te Ruuri Tuawhitu o Ihowa
Date: 1866 - 1910
From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records
Reference: MSX-3903
Description: Comprises 2 small volumes, containing whakapapa; theology of the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah and prayers, with scriptual references; prayers and theology of the Pai Marire church; quotes attributed to Tawhiao; scattered diary entries and notes and lists of native flora and fauna Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
Administration of native affairs
Date: May 1863
From: Mantell family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0083-218
Description: Contains correspondence, circulars, and related material about the Taranaki campaign in the New Zealand Wars, including copies of letters to Tawhiao and others from various tribes, expressing their opinions about the fighting; there are also some papers about the administration of Maori Affairs in the province of Wellington, including Wairarapa. Also conveys intelligence and alarm at an incident in Whanganui (?) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Bailey album 1
Date: [ca 1880s]
From: Bailey, Conrad, fl 1980 : Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes, one including pressed ferns
By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919
Reference: PA1-q-021
Description: Album of pressed ferns, most of which are used to frame images of New Zealand, but some pages consist solely of pressed ferns. The photographs show New Zealand scenes, and include two postcards of collages. One has the legend "Maoridom" and at the base "The old order changeth" with a photograph of Maori king Tawhiao, and various artifacts including taiaha, cloaks, and two preserved heads of Maori. The other shows portraits of a number of Maori men and women, and views of Parihaka and Ohinemutu. Among the views of new Zealand scenery are images of the White Terraces in eruption, the Pink Terraces, Manawatu Gorge, Dunedin, Queen Street (Auckland), Lake Ada, and Tois Tois [sic] Island on the Clinton River, Lake Te Anau. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red cloth-bound album, with gold lettering "New Zealand ferns and scenery"