Ethnological manuscripts collection

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-154

Description: Includes various notes relating to Maori, Pacific and Asian history, including some whakapapa notes for the Hokianga area iwi and for Kupe. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed list of folder contents available in inventory.

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: 1931

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: 80-115-15/03

Description: Mainly photographs. Published in Journal of Polynesian Society, vol 40, pp 217-246 (Memoir Supplement) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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: 1846, nd

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-180

Description: 2 letters to Pittman, 9 Feb 1846, from Nengone (New Caledonia)(16 pages), 18 Jan, [?], from Titikarveka (Rarotonga)(43 pages). These comprise a mss concerning the establishment of the mission on the New Caledonian islands of Mare and Lifou and customs and beliefs of the people there. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-073

Description: This 314-page manuscript spans folders 073 and 074. It is a duplicate typescript with mss notes and corrections. The text was published in 1952. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1842-1866, n d

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-207

Description: Comprises a whakapapa of Warea area people, April 1862, in Maori (10 pages); a 19-page text of 43 waiata, dated 4 Feb 1866 (by Ropata Ngarongomate?); a further transcription of 50 waiata in Maori hand, possibly from Taranaki area; a 7-page account in Maori of the stories of Kae and Maui; an account of the activities of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea; and a document titled 'Maori house' which lists names of the figures depicted in the pou of 'Te Hau ki Tūranga', a whare built by the Ngāti Kaipoho tribe "to the memory of Tamata Waaka Tuangere [Tamati Waaka Mangere], the elder brother of Raharuhi Rukupo who designed it". This whare was built in Turanga (Gisborne) in 1842-1843. In addition to the above Maori writing the folder contains a large empty envelope with a pasted on note in Smith's hand listing previous contents, some of which are now to be found in other folders; a Taranaki whakapapa with a note by Smith saying it was given to him by Mr Jackson, Native interpreter at New Plymouth, Jun 1910; a drawing of a sailing canoe and miscellaneous photographs and other documents. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-196

Description: Volume by Pango Te Whareauahi on the story of the migration of Kahuhunu (ie Kahungunu, ancestor of Ngati Kahungunu) from Tauranga to the East Coast, Kahungunu's courtship of Rongomaiwahine, notes about Tupurupuru's death and the subsequent migration of Rakaihikuroa; also includes other traditional history and genealogical notes relating to Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Raukawa. See JPS v14 p 67-95. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-069

Description: See MS-Papers-1187-064 for details. Consists of waiata; moteatea; ngeri; oriori; haka; tau; patere; pepeha; tangi; matakite; apakura; hahunga; pure; pohane; karakia and hari comprising traditional Maori oral history forms collected and transcribed by Sir George Grey. May contain unprinted waiata. Arrangement: Manuscript spans folders 064-069 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1895

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-023

Description: Contains notes on various Māori-related subjects. There is a full contents list at the front. Includes transcript of notes by G H Davies on Māori-Pākehā children. Also comprises notes on death ceremonies - cremation; Kāi Tahu death ceremonies, as well as karakia, waiata and whakataukī including tapu lifting practices. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Processing information: Description updated 19 September 2023 following information provided by a staff member.