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Whakapapa tables,correspondence, notes, schedule of rents and Royal Commission material
Date: 1881-1901
From: Mackay, Alexander, 1833-1909 : Maori land papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2089-1
Description: Contains detailed whakapapa tables of the Ngati Toa tribe, with cross links into Te Ati Awa, relating to the purchase of the top of the South Island by the Crown; a copy of the Royal Commission relating to Ngati Toa (published in the AJHR 1881); correspondence dated 1901 regarding McKay's retirement; notes and a schedule of Maori rents in Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Maori notebook
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)
Wallingford School : Log book
Date: 1887-1953
By: Wallingford School
Reference: qMS-2112
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (442 pages). Physical Description: Ms (34 cm; ½ red morooco)
Maori Land Court - Assessor's book
Date: 1888-1904
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MSY-4815
Description: Records from the sitting of the Maori Land Court in Wairarapa, including ver batim evidence in Maori of questions and answers in the court and related whakapapa information; also contains some records of the Rongokako Maori Council between 1900-1904; also contains a draft letter from A H Kumeroa (?) to Iraia Te Whaiti about the wedding of Hiu Te Miha, and a list of people associated with the management of Te Puke Ki Hikurangi in 1904
Sedon, Joan, 1914- : This was my life
Date: 1990
By: Brown, Joan, 1914-2006
Reference: MS-Papers-10575
Description: Life story of Joan Sedon written to inform her descendants about her generation of the Sedon family of Wanganui Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (10 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter (completed in typescript)
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook with cosmological information
Date: 1889 - 1906
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B023
Description: Contains notes about the occupation of land near Greytown by the Ngati Muretu hapu, and a draft letter complaining about land sold by someone that does not own it; contains cosmological information, including whakapapa of various deities and a detailed account of the life of Maui Tikitiki; also contains notes about practices and traditions associated with childbirth and the instruction of children in martial and practical arts; there are also notes about practices within whare wananga and the conditions placed on students There is a narrative about Ngatoroirangi of the Te Arawa canoe, and a warning about incorrect whakapapa and the use of repetitive names to inflate a whakapapa; there is also a discussion of the relevance of traditional knowledge in contemporary society There is a narrative dictated by Te Wera Hauraki and Tarahau in 1837 about Ngati Awa, recited by Te Matorohanga to Te Whatahoro at a later date; the narrative describes the arrival of Ngati Awa at Whakatane and their conflicts with the resident tangata whenua, which includes a detailed physical description of these people; there is a narrative about the migration of Toi and Whatonga to New Zealand and their subsequent settlement There is a narrative of 19th century conflicts involving Waikato and Taranaki tribes and subsequent events, whakapapa (including some taken from the Journal of the Polynesian Society), karakia associated with various practices and activities (including notes about the performance of karakia by tohunga), and waiata (including notes from Sir George Grey's `Nga Moteatea' There is a narrative about the birth of Tuteremoana of the Ngai Tara tribe, with related waiata; a list of place-names and pa sites in the Wellington area and some notes about conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu; there are also notes about the proceedings of a whakapapa hui held at Papawai in 1906, including an address by H P Tunuiarangi Other - 5 loose pages are inserted in the beginning. One page is titled `Te Ngakiatotara', another 2 pages are titled `Kereitaone' and the other is a list of names from Ngati Awa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (32 cm; maroon boards)
Otamatea County and Kaipara matters - prior to 1911 (1/10 - 1/12)
Date: [ca 1970-1975]
From: Sutch, William Ball (Dr), 1907-1975 : Research notes on Joseph Gordon Coates
Reference: MS-Papers-7170-006
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Land records and diary notes
Date: 1888-1964
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-016
Description: Contains lists of owners, relative shares and other information for Maori land blocks along the South Wairarapa Coast; also contains diary notes by Iraia Te Whaiti between 1890 and 1904 about personal affairs, hui and farming
Historical documents (1-10)
Date: 1881-1901
From: Gear Meat Company Ltd : Further records
Reference: 81-295-38
Description: Correspondence, cadastral maps, share certificates, legal documents, etc., Includes Memorandum of transfer - Tariwha Te Wheoki and Maaka Pukehi as trustee of Hare Wirikake Te Whare as sucessors to Hare Wirikake deceased re land at Otaki (Ngakaroro No 2F Section 60) to James Gear, butcher and Isabella Ling, widow, 1885 Quantity: 1 box(es) hollinger (10 folders).
Whakapapa
Date: 1888-1910
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MSY-4821
Description: Whakapapa book for Te Rauhina Mohi of Hawke's Bay; also contains other Ngati Kahungunu whakapapa written by Tanguru Tuhua and others, and whakapapa by Hamiora Mangakahia; also contains loose correspondence from various people including Te Koreneho (possibly William Colenso) and a map of sites visited by T W Ratana in the far north Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Christensen family : Papers
Date: 1882-1958
Reference: MS-Papers-2243
Description: Papers include letters to Denmark, a history of the Scandinavian church in New Zealand 1865 - ca 1900 by Mads with a translation and history from 1928 by Ansgar, sermons and diaries of Ansgar Christensen, 1928-1957. Also includes Clem Koch's history of the Lutheran Church in New Zealand Source of title - Supplied Mads Christensen was sent to New Zealand by the Inner Mission Board of Denmark in 1886. He was ordained and inducted to the Mauriceville Parish in 1886; from 1893 he served in Palmerston North. From 1928 to 1958 his son, Ansgar, served in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Palmerston North. In 1928 his son Ansgar took up his father's responsibilities for the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Palmerston North which he served for the next thirty years Quantity: 56 folder(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.
FL2B 2/1, 3/1-2 United British Women's Emigration Association records
Date: 1888-1915
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2291
Description: Comprises annual reports 1888-1898 and cuttings 1882-1915 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Landon-Lane, Tim, fl 1981 : Family papers
Date: 1888-1922
By: Landon-Lane, Gladstone, 1908-1982
Reference: MS-Papers-10858
Description: Inspector's report for Sarah Ann Melhuish (later Mrs Walter Landon-Lane), 1917, who attended Ngamuka School (Private), on D'Urville Island; title page of New Zealand school journal, Jun 1919; notice of annual meeting of Waimea Collie Dog Trial Club, 7 Aug 1922; memo from T G Richardson (sheep, cattle and rabbit inspector), Blenheim, 1 Nov 1888, to George Landon-Lane re scabby sheep Accompanying material - Letter from donor Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter (with ms annotations)
Letters from D C H Florance and other papers
Date: 1884-1972
From: Greenaway, Richard Lawrence Norman, 1948- : Papers relating to historical research
Reference: MS-Papers-10073
Description: Letters from Florance to Greenaway concerning family history, schooldays at Burwood, Christchurch, James Speight, headmaster and other local identities; also Mr Greenaway's notes on Augustus Florance (born 1812) and his son, obituary and notes for James Speight Quantity: 1 folder(s) (8 items). Physical Description: Holograph, typescript and printed matter (some photocopies)
Jackson family : Papers
Date: [1882]-1884, 1922-1932
By: Jackson family
Reference: MS-Papers-1299
Description: Diary kept by Thomas Jackson of Jacksons, Westland, ca 1882-1884, recording farming activities, weather, local visitors, swaggers and travellers. Three letters, 1922-1932, contain genealogical information and reminiscences Jacksons was a staging post for coaches travelling to and from the West Coast Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)
Central School (New Plymouth) file (1C)
Date: [1958, 1995-1998]
From: Ogilvie, Gordon Bryant, 1934- : Papers relating to Denis Glover
Reference: MS-Papers-7252-003
Description: Comprises photocopies of part of history of the school, a history of the compiled by W L Wagstaff and J T Linehan (1958), map of New Plymouth and booklet (see below) Other Titles - Central School, New Plymouth, Learn by doing (1995) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Papers relating to case of Philip George Smith
Date: [1903-1907]
From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Reference: 73-128-140
Description: Papers relating to case of Philip George Smith and his land at Raetihi Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Convention of New Zealand : Papers
Date: 1888-1957
By: Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Convention of New Zealand
Reference: MS-Papers-2202
Description: Contains miscellaneous material removed from Lutheran Church records (see MS-Papers-2200) held by the Library. Includes essays and papers of Pastor Christopher Gaustad, correspondence of the Convention, minute book for the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Dannevirke, newspaper cutting and pamphlets on religious topics Relationship complexity - For main collection of Convention records see Ries family papers (MS-Papers-2272). See 84-237 for translations from Danish to English of items in these papers Convention formed in 1890 as a result of expansion of Danish Lutheran Church in Hawkes Bay area Quantity: 9 folder(s). 0.09 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter
Coates family - prior to 1911 (1/7)
Date: [ca 1970-1975]
From: Sutch, William Ball (Dr), 1907-1975 : Research notes on Joseph Gordon Coates
Reference: MS-Papers-7170-004
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Murphy, Edward Charles, 1911- : In the beginning, November 13, 1881-November 14, 1981; ...
Date: 1981
By: Murphy, Edward Charles, 1911-1990
Reference: MS-Papers-2463
Description: History of the church, including account of Roman Catholic Mission in New Zealand with emphasis on Foxton area Holograph annotations made by the author in 1983 Publication - Abridged version published (at P Box 282 MUR 1982). Catholic church located at Foxton Quantity: 1 folder(s) (123 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)