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Date: 1897-1941

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0042

Description: Contains notes, records and research notes on the history of the East Coast and includes a critique of Horouta history, extensive whakapapa and correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: n d [ca 1880?]

By: Turau Kawa, active 1880?

Reference: MS-Papers-8686

Description: Handwritten and signed by Turau Kawa to a son or grandchild as both a lament and whakapapa with Northland connections. Refers to an incident which happened at sea when a large group of people were drowned in a waka. The seas were stormy, but it is unclear as to whether the deaths were due to weather or to some battle. This possibly occurred in the Kaipara Harbour (also known as Te Kai Whara). The name of the waka was Hakunerangi, the canoe of Rehua. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) 4 pages. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Signed holograph

Date: 1896-1899

From: Summersby, Reginald Francis Hinga, 1936-2014 : Papers re Ngati Porou

Reference: MSY-4563

Description: Contains comprehensive Ngati porou whakapapa, and includes an account of the migration of the Ngati Ira people to New Zealand with related traditional information; also contains a listing of the crew of the Horouta canoe, Ngati Porou months of the year, Ngati Porou waiata and karakia, notes about Tuwhakairiora and Ruataupare, and notes about the administration of a farming collective and sheep flocks Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (in grey phase box)

Date: 1961-1971

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-4/13

Description: Contains ephemera, correspondence, research notes and articles. Includes two Dominion Museum Education Service pamphlets relating to Maori clothing, housing, warfare and canoes [waka]. Also includes a programme of the Waihirere Maori Club which includes a description of 'The taiaha and the testament' written by Leo Fowler, a pamphlet relating to the Maori publications by Reed, and an article about the Maori rock carvings in the Kaingaroa Forest. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1867-1933

By: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933

Reference: ATL-Group-00435

Description: Notebooks, correspondence, and papers relating to the history, geology and geography of the Napier-Taupo-Kaingaroa region, notes on Maori canoes, art and history, the moa, education, hydro-electricity, the Shakespearean controversy, his political beliefs, and other subjects. There are also land deeds and papers of W Howard Hill and William Colenso. Notebooks, correspondence, and papers on the history, geology, and geography of the Napier-Taupo-Kaingaroa region, notes on moa, Captain St George's diary, Shakespearean controversy, and other topics. Papers include notes and papers on geology, history of the Kaingaroa-Taupo area, Te Kooti campaign, and early history of New Zealand; correspondence from W Colenso to Mrs E Hill. Also journal for 1897 which deals largely with school inspecting in Hawke's Bay. Henry Thomas Hill was the Inspector for Schools for Hawke's Bay and the East Coast. He joined the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute in 1884 and became President in 1891 and managed the Colenso Bequest for the Institute. Quantity: 159 folder(s). 1.16 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Inventory available - see backfile.. Transfers: MS-Papers-0153 (Series C) Inventory notes the transfer of 9 photographs to the Photo Section, 18 September 1960.. Processing information: ATL-Group-00435 formed in 2019, merged previously separated collections - MS-Papers-0004 (Series A), MS-Papers-0146 (Series B), MS-Papers-0153 (Series C) and MS-Papers-0172 (Series D) - of the same provenance. NOTE: Series numbering by staff, 18 June 1987.

Date: [1910-1938]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-39

Description: Newspaper clippings, correspondence and research papers relating to oil exploration in Taranaki and an article Cowan wrote for Enzed Junior `Told on Waimate Pa: A Taranaki rock of history' published November 26, 1938. Handwritten letter to Cowan from Katherine Mercer dated December 8, 1938 in response to the article `Told on Waimate Pa'. Handwritten notes on `Maori Songs' which is titled `A Lament' and also refers to the song as a waiata aroha composed and sung by Mere Rore of the Ngati Rarua Tribe, of Wairau (Marlborough) for her mother Ramari Harepeka Porea Herewini. Includes lyrics in Maori and translation. Also written in pencil on back of memo paper from the United Service Hotel in Christchurch are notes relating to Maori vocabulary about paddling waka. Also a typewritten waka paddling chant. Copy of article written by Cowan in Brett's Christmas Annual December 1, 1924 `The magic of Te-Tahi-o-te-Rangi' a tohunga who was marooned on White Island. Newspaper clippings relating to Lake Rotoiti and Lake Rotorua and North Cape, Te Reinga. Also includes a black & white silver gelatin print, mounted on cardboard of a Maori man and woman. The man is presumed to be Kipa Hemi Whiro, but the woman is unknown. The man is holding a pounamu mere and is dressed in a European suit with a korowai over the top. The unidentified woman is wearing a pounamu tiki and piupiu worn diagonally over the shoulder, over a black dress of the style in fashion in the 1890s. Was in an envelope labelled `Cook Strait' photos 1. Kipa Hemi Whiro (Pelorus) 2. `Endeavour' at The Brothers. This folder also contains an image of the ship HMS Endeavour. Language - Some content in Maori including waiata Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts section, selected drawings transferred to DPP. - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Transfer of two drawings by Marmaduke Matthews. The kauri - monarch of the forest, NZ, A-452-021. Also another drawing of a ship and waka in a bay, A-452-022..

Date: 1890 - 1910 (?)

From: Summersby, Reginald Francis Hinga, 1936-2014 : Papers re Ngati Porou

Reference: MSX-4872

Description: Contains Ngati Porou cosmology with information about the creation of the world and various atua, and Ngati Porou whakapapa; also contains information about the discovery and settlement of New Zealand by Kupe, notes about the origin and voyage of the Takitimu canoe, the migration of Kahungunu, and the migration of Paikea; also contains a maramataka Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (in grey phase box)

Date: 1890 - 1899

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-104

Description: Contains whakapapa from Ngati Awa, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Porou and Wairarapa; also contains detailed information about the Takitimu canoe and its crew; waiata , karakia; notes about the settlement of the South Island by various iwi with extensive information about Kai Tahu; notes about native dogs, and narratives about the Ngati Kahungunu ancestor Maahu as well as nineteenth century tribal conflicts. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Mss Black exercise book

Date: 1947

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/05

Description: Record list of the Thames Valley and Waikato tour of the Mobile Recording Unit of NZBC and other loose papers. Topics covered in the interviews include early settler and Maori history of Thames and Waikato, including Morrinsville, Te Aroha, Hauraki Gulf, Coromandel, Paeroa, Pirongia, Te Awamutu and Huntly. Includes some details about the interviews with Sir Stephan Allen and Missy Mary Ann Turnbull of Morrinsville, Toki Watene and R W Hammond of Thames, Kapa Potae of Kennedy Bay (Coromandel), C H Hovell [Charlie], Hoane Te Huia of Paeroa, Mr H A Swarbrick relating to the missionary period, and Raureti Te Huia and Te One Haereiti of Te Awamutu. Some of the interviews were conducted in Maori mostly relating to early Maori and Pakeha settler history of the Waikato and Thames area, also recordings of waiata, whakatauki, whakapapa etc. Also includes a biography of Mr George Shaw of Wilson & Shaw, Huntly, and a story about Te Rauparaha's lament, [relating to leaving Kawhia] and English translation. Language - Some notes about interviews recorded in Maori. Quantity: 1 folder(s). One photograph of a family. One young girl, one young boy and a teenage girl, possibly Fowler's family?

Date: 1850-1928

By: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah; Chamberlain, Len, active 1994

Reference: MS-Group-0324

Description: Contains material about the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah including prayerbooks, rules, theological letters, church activities (baptisms, marriages, burials etc) and administrative details. There is also material from other churches - mainly treatises, prayer books and magazines - including Pai Marire, Anglican, Catholic, Mormon and Ratana churches. There are various copies of Māori newspapers and legislation affecting Māori. There are whakapapa notebooks that relate to Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitane, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa and Waikato. There are also other papers including clippings and photos from newspapers, and bird feathers. Title supplied by Library. See also Patete papers (MS-Papers-5689) and Duffy papers (MS-Papers-4190) for further information about the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah. There is further material in the Turnbull printed collection, the photographic archive, and the newspaper collection (particularly in the Matuhi press). A Wairarapa-based Māori Church which eventually merged into the Ratana Church. For further information see MS-Papers-4190. Quantity: 5 folder(s). 25 volume(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Provenance: The donor was the last person baptised into the Church. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 1 framed photograph of an unknown group performing in front of a wharenui and 2 unidentified photographs. (photocopies of these remain with the manuscript collection)..

Date: 1864-1868

By: Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873

Reference: MS-2135

Description: A copy of the published item 'The past and present of New Zealand with its prospects for the future. With numerous illustrations'. The book has pencil annotations commenting on and marking parts of the text, it is not clear whose hand the annotations are in. Also inserted into the book are: a manuscript map, sketches, a watercolour, cartes-de-visite sized cards, and albumen photographs. Photographs have been glued into the book or sewn into inserted pages. They are mainly undated. Four images show army officers: Lieutenant Colville, Lieutenant Henry Bally, Major Lloyd, and Captain Close. Other photographs show: two images of Mechanics Bay in Auckland (one with waka), Auckland Harbour, "the Public Park Auckland", a horse and rider about to cross a bridge over a river somewhere near Auckland, and New Plymouth (1866). Also undated photographic portraits of Taranaki leader Te Ua Haumene and Ngati Haua leader Wiremu Te Waharoa. The image of Te Ua Haumene is similar to the one that has been digitised and is available to view at reference number PA2-2533. The image of Wiremu Te Waharoa is similar (but a wider view) than the one that has been digitised and is available to view at reference number 1/2-057295 A pencil sketch, dated 1864 and measuring 245 x 225 mm, shows Auckland Harbour with Rangitoto Island in the background. The Wynyard Pier, houses, trees, people, the ship 'H.M.S Curacoa', the prison hulk 'Marion', and other small vessels are visible. Text on the reverse of the sketch describes the transport of Maori prisoners, captured after the battle of Rangiriri, and their confinement on and escape from Kawau Island. Other sketches measuring 75 x 130 mm are sewn onto pages which have then been added into the book. They show [Maitataua?] redoubt (1866), Waitara river mouth (1865), 'Adam Clarke's village' near Opunake, Taranaki (1865), a view of a mountain [Mount Taranaki?] from Burtons Hill with a forest clearing and church in the foreground (1866), the redoubt at Te Arei (n.d), and [Popoko?] temporary camp of [Capt Corlets?] and of Bush Rangers] (1866). There is also a watercolour of Opunake Redoubt (1865) Attached inside the back cover is a manuscript map showing land between the Mimi River and the settlement of Pukearuhe in Taranaki (1866). A full description and digital copy of this map is available at library reference number MapColl-832.2gbbd/1866/Acc.54588 Variations in title - Cover title: New Zealand, past, present and future Other Titles - New Zealand, past, present and future Quantity: 1 volume(s) (viii, 331 pages). Physical Description: Printed matter (22 cm, purple linen)

Date: [1905-1920]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MSX-9073

Description: Notebook containing research notes relating to the Maori history of the Horowhenua including 'the life of Mahutu Te Toko'. Includes moteatea and whakatauki. Also talks of flora and fauna, and material culture such as waka and carved whare. There is a small photograph of a carved whare, probably from the Horowhenua district. Language - Contains some Maori content, particularly moteatea and place names. Arrangement: 53 in original listing Quantity: 1 volume(s). Contains some sketches in pencil and ink. Also one small photograph of a carved whare, possibly in the Horowhenua district.

Date: 13 Jul-10 Nov 1850

By: Vigors, Philip Doyne, 1825-1903

Reference: qMS-2081

Description: Vigors went to Australia with the 11th Regiment of Foot, in 1846. The diary records a voyage to Auckland, Whangaroa, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Fiji, with detailed descriptions of places and peoples visited. The manuscript includes illustrative work by Vigors in ink, pencil and watercolour, of land and geographical features, activities and artifacts of Maori life and culture, and of the culture of the various Pacific peoples he encountered and named portraits of persons encountered; annotated paper from New South Wales Parliament re the Botanic Gardens, Sydney; clippings; and letter in French. The `Havannah' was commanded by Captain Erskine A listing of the holdings of the Public Record Office of Ireland relating to Philip Vigors is located in the back file for this collection Source of title - Title page Relationship complexity - Glass plate negatives of illustrations within the volume are held in the Photographic Archve collection (PAColl-6719). These appear to have been taken for inclusion in the 1924 typescript transcript of the journal (qMS-2082-2084). Lieutenant Vigors was with the 11th Regiment of Foot, serving in New South Wales at the time he undertook this voyage. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (249 pages). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, printed matter with original illustrations (26 cm; ½ black leather) Finding Aids: A list of sketches is included. Includes illustrations; transparencies of many of these are held by Drawings and Prints Section Processing information: Digitisation details - The digitised copy also includes five inserted pages which comprises a printed copy of a letter, a handwriten letter, and two leaves of a newspaper cutting.

Date: 1842

From: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896 : Journals

Reference: MS-0104-071

Description: Journal illustrations by Edward Ashworth from early 1844, showing the entrance to the Whangarei Harbour, the Hen and Chickens Islands, a Maori waka, and a map of Bream Head. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Pencil, ink and sepia wash, 11 x 17.5 cm

Date: 1800-1922

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-04

Description: Contains a lament by Te Whakarato of Ngati Whakaue. Also a moteatea by Matangi Hauora of Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Toa `Takoto rawa iho ki te po'. This folder includes a lament from Tamarahi Tomairangi of Ngati Pikiao, composed by Rangi-Mamao of Rotoiti. Cowan writes that Tamarahi recited it to him when they were in camp at Rotoiti in 1896. Also includes a translation of Takitaki-hoe-waka, which Cowan describes as an `Arawa canoe song'. Also `Tangi - song for the Maori warriors killed in the battle of Orakau... from Hurae Puketapu, 1907'. A handwritten letter from Gilbert Mair which explains the meaning of `He waiata mo Te Mea' by Te Riutoto, also includes a copy of this waiata. Arrangement: Contents in this folder were in lot 172 in the auction where purchased Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.