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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: 1875-1893

By: Dierks, Anna Margareta Dorothea Henrietta, 1856-1932

Reference: MS-Papers-6083

Description: The diary is a detailed account of Anna Dierks' life as an elder daughter in a household of fourteen children, and then as the wife of a missionary in Upper Moutere, Waitotara, near Wanganui, and Woodville. Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Covering letter from the Ev.-luth. Missionswerk in Niedersachsen, Hermannsburg, Germany Accompanying material - Excerpts from Evangelisch-lutherische Hermannsburger Freikirche. Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.40 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1847-1867

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-05

Description: Photocopies and transcripts of correpondence to Colenso concerning social and religious matters including marenatanga, hoko kakahu, tono pukapuka (kawenata hou), matakite-kupu whakaari. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1863-1994

By: Strauch, Dorothy Ida, 1917-2011

Reference: MS-Group-0714

Description: The papers collected by Dorothy Strauch are in two parts. The first relates to the mission of Christoph Dierks at Waitotara and includes copies of letters he and other Lutheran missionaries wrote back to Missionsanstalt Hermannsburg in Germany. This correspondence is in German. The second part of the collection comprises printed material, mainly serials, gathered by Dorothy Strauch in her capacity as archivist for St Martin's Lutheran Church, Marton. Missionsanstalt Hermannsburg dispached Christoph Dierks, Hartwig Dierks, Heinrich Loose and Wilhelm Kowert to New Zealand to serve as missionaries. Christoph Dierks, Dorothy Strauch's grandfather, conducted a mission to the Maori at Waitotara, 1878-1898. Quantity: 20 folder(s). 7 volume(s). 0.53 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - Map showing layout of proposed township of Waitotara and map of Palestine published in Berlin (in German) - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Pencil sketch of manse, St Paul's Lutheran Church, Waitotara - To Photographic Archive - Framed photograph of wedding of Prof Winkler, Waitotara, ca 1904 and loose photos of Dierks family and others associated with the Waitotara mission and St Martin's Church, Marton - To Book Collections - Martin Luther `Ko te Katikihama poto' 1896.

Date: 1901-1904

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MS-Papers-1925-84/2

Description: Contents include marriage certificates, 1901-1904; Registration of Births and Death Act, 1875; Notice of `Surplice fees payable in the Diocese of Wellington', 1885; map of Nukumaru Survey District, 1886; partial plan (tracing) of Waitotara area, n d Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1868-1873

By: Hunter, Moore, -1897

Reference: MS-1051

Description: Day to day accounts of the life of a pioneer farmer who arrived in Auckland 1860 on the Young America and lived in Waitotara and Hawera; records shearing, ploughing, prices of land and cattle; also describes incidents during the New Zealand wars Accompanying material - Includes copy of newspaper obituary of Moore Hunter Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (140 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (15 cm, ¼ blue calf, blue buckram)

Date: 1896-1910

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSY-1299

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1891, 1998

By: Harding, Rechab, 1844-1897

Reference: MS-Papers-7625

Description: Transcription by Nicki and Robert Harding from notes made by Rechab Harding of a journey he and his family took in 1891. He describes their departure from Waipukurau, going through the Manawatu Gorge, reaching Palmerston North, Otaki and going through Rangihaeata's and Te Rauparaha's territory, Wellington, Paekakariki, Wanganui, Nukumaru, Waitotara, New Plymouth, he gives his views on the Taranaki wars, taking a steamer to Auckland and travelling to the Waikato River where he also discusses the New Zealand wars, then going to Okoroire for bathing and where they spent eight days, then moving on to Kaipara where they sailed on the harbour. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 2 Dec 1870

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0694G-01

Description: Contemporary translation only offering to sell land Quantity: 1 piece (1 page on 1 leaf).

Date: 5 Aug 1844-30 Jun 1846

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: qMS-1193

Description: Contains correspondence, probably draft letters, by McLean in his capacity as the Chief Protector of Aboriginal Affairs about the state of native affairs in the districts of Taranaki (Waitara & Mokau), Whanganui and Taupo. Concerns mainly the question of Maori occupation in the Taranaki region with some brief historical background reports relating to the above areas. McLean makes observations on the changing nature of rangatiratanga among the Maori of the Taranaki region due to the after effects of the wars with the Waikato tribes Quantity: 1 volume(s) (92 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (37 cm; in case folder) Finding Aids: Calendar of contents inside front cover.

Date: 18 Jan 1862

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0686A-10

Description: Letter regarding dispute over the sale of Waitotara Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 30 Sep 1850

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0674D-14

Description: Letter written from Waiheke (Taranaki?) informing McLean of hostilities suffered by Pakeha from Maori at Patea Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 1875-1893, 1997

By: Dierks, Anna Margareta Dorothea Henrietta, 1856-1932

Reference: MS-Papers-6180

Description: Translation by Joachim Mattner of Anna Dierks' diary from the old German spelling to the new German. Includes notes in English by translator and tables on the New Zealand climate for 1879, published by the Inspector of Meteorological Stations. Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - A copy of the untranslated original is at MS-Papers-6083, a translation into English by Theo Dierks located at MS-Papers-2326 and a copy of Theo Dierk's English translation annotated by Joachim Mattner located at MSX-5085 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts, printed matter (Photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Joachim Mattner, 1998

Date: 1875-1893, [1998]

By: Heine family

Reference: MSX-5085

Description: Anna Dierk's diary is a detailed account of her life as an elder daughter in a household of fourteen children and as a missionary's wife. Written in German Gothic text the diary was translated into English by her son, Theo Dierks. Joachim Mattner compared this English translation with the original German text and noted alterations which he felt were accurate translations of the original. The text which appears here is a typescript copy of Theo Dierk's English translation with Mattner's annotation inserted into the text in square brackets. It is accompanied by a note by the donor explaining the background to, and providing a summary of, Mattner's annotations. Pastor Heine's recollections were written in 1884 at the request of his family and contain an account of his ancestory and childhood. The narrative ceases in 1828 while he was still a boy in living in Germany. The typescript contains minor corrections by Mattner inserted in the text and indicated by square brackets. Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original diary of Anna Dierks located at MS-Papers-6083; modern German translation located at MS-Papers-6180 and English translation by Theo Dierks located at MS-Papers-2326 Rev Johannes Wilhelm Christoph Heine was a Lutheran pastor to the German congregation at Upper Moutere. In 1882 his daughter, Anna Heine, married Hartwig Dierks, a Lutheran missionary, and went to live at Waitotara and later Woodville near Wanganui. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr E W Heine, Wellington, 1999

Date: 1858-1862

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-005

Description: Maori letters (most with translations) to Crown agents re: land purchases and various miscellaneous matters. Also includes lists for Native Assessors, Wardens and Police from the Whanganui district for 1862. Quantity: 1 folder(s).