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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).
Rusden, George William, 1819-1903 : Papers
Date: 1877-1886
By: Rusden, George William, 1819-1903
Reference: MS-Papers-0722/4
Description: Contains copy of shorthand notes of summing up of High Court of Justice, Queens Bench Division, Bryce v Rusden (12 March 1886); correspondence between F A Weld and Rusden about material for Rusden's history, chiefly concerning Maori and the Waitara land dispute(1877-1880). Included is a statement by C W Richmond on Waitara, and a photograph of Rusden with Rewi Maniapoto. Other - NB: Black and white negative (C 16368) of photograph of Rusden with Rewi Maniapoto contained in this folder available through the Pictorial Reference Section Other - For a summary of other material relating to Rusden held at the Royal Victorian Historical Society see AT 10/11 15 December 1992 (W L Renwick) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (157 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)
Coulthard, John, fl 1880 : Diary
Date: 1879-1881
By: Coulthard, John, active 1880
Reference: MS-Papers-0539
Description: Account of a voyage from Plymouth to Nelson in the "Opawa", 1879-1880. Followed by some description of Nelson, and of work in the Brunner Mine. John Coulthard, his wife and daughter were government assisted immigrants Quantity: 1 folder(s) (34 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)
Correspondence
Date: 13-21 Oct 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-05/2
Description: Mainly telegrams. Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Apr-Aug 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-04/1
Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Minute book
Date: 1879-1888
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B038
Description: Contains the proceedings of Native committees and the Maori Land Court with regard to land in the South Wairarapa with details of land ownership, mahinga kai, history of the blocks and the related hapu, rentals and land use Also contains cosmological notes, with an account of Tangaroa and Rua-te-pupuke and the origins of carving, an account of Maui, an account of Uenuku and Ruawharo at Hawaiki which includes karakia associated with the Takitimu canoe; notes about the boundaries of land blocks in the Wairarapa with notes about occupant hapu and mahinga kai; waiata, whakapapa and a list of conflicts involving Wairarapa people over a number of generations Physical Description: Marbled boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 23
Correspondence
Date: 24 Oct-17 Nov 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-05/3
Description: Mainly telegrams. Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 8-12 Oct 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-05/1
Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name field below; also includes typescript of report of meeting between W Rolleston, Native Minister and Te Whiti, 8 Oct 1881. Most are telegrams with some in code. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Fox, William (Sir) 1812-1893 : Letters
Date: 1875, 1881
By: Fox, William, 1812-1893
Reference: MS-Papers-5804
Description: 2 letters from Fox dated 1875 and 1881. The first to renew a subscription to the Hawkes Bay Times, the second to his sister and brother commenting on the state of native affairs in the country and in particular on Parihaka. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Provenance: Letters found in `The War in New Zealand' by William Fox, signed by W S Baxter, Napier, January 1867.
Mortensen, Hans Peter, 1862-1946: Reminiscences of the early pioneers in Norsewood
Date: 1872-[ca 1887]
By: Mortensen, Hans Peter, 1862-1946
Reference: MS-Papers-3595
Description: Reminiscences describe the conditions on the voyage to New Zealand on the `Hovding' and conditions that confronted the Scandinavian settlers and their settlement of the Norsewood area. Source of title - title page Mortensen came from Oslo on the ship 'Hovding' in 1872 and settled in the Norsewood district Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)
Correspondence
Date: 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-03/2
Description: Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Mar-May 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-03/3
Description: Identified correspondents entered in Name field below; also includes coded telegram from Sir John Hall re Parihaka, interview with Te Whiti Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes printed map of Mikonui Water Race near the settlement of Ross [Totara District]
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1883-1890
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-125
Description: Contains whakapapa and notes about conflicts involving various Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay hapu in the early 19th century Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Correspondence
Date: Sep 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-04/2
Description: Mainly telegrams (some with coded words). Identifiable correspondents entered in name field 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)
Mark and Barbara Mulholland - Churchlea and Ladybank, Darfield
Date: 2010
From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications
Reference: MS-Papers-11226-20
Description: Folder contains application form, copies of legal papers relating to land ownership, notes on members of the Mulholland family and the history of their farms, and copies of photographs. Original owner was Daniel Mulholland, from 1886. Current owners are Mark (great grandson of Daniel) and Barbara Mulholland. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed material, with some mss annotations
Handwritten speech by Mr Hammond (ET/MISC 035)
Date: 1884
From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11750-09
Description: Bound handwritten speech in three parts by Mr Hammond of the Native Land Court. Part 1, Native Traditions; Part 2, Native customs and etiquette; Part 3, Maori legends. Written in pencil before the beginning of part 1 is as follows `A lecture delivered in Auckland New Zealand in September 1884 at St [Sepulders] School rooms by Mr [Hammond] the Registrar or Chief Clerk of the Native Law Court one of the best authorities in Native Customs etc in New Zealand as in that Court all Native titles are adjudicated upon & the natives all own their land by descent & tradition.' Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.
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)