Places

Date: 1895

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B016

Description: Contains notes about places associated with Kupe in Wellington and Wairarapa, whakapapa, financial records by Tuta Nihoniho and miscellaneous notes about land management There is a lengthy account of the destruction of the Te Arawa canoe by Raumati, and subsequent events, and a related narrative about Raumati's son, Ngarue and his activites and family There are haka and waiata, a list of pa in Taranaki and related iwi, notes about the origins and settlements of various iwi, notes about greenstone, and a narrative about conflicts between Te Ati Awa and Waikato, and the subsequent migration of Te Ati Awa along with Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Toa to the Wellington area There are notes about the arrival of Pakeha in New Zealand before Captain Cook, and a note in Elsdon Best's hand that states that much of the information in the manuscript was extracted from the Journal of the Polynesian Society and other published sources Also contains the names of several muskets belonging to the Ngati Toa which were named in a waiata composed by the wife of Te Pukoro, a Ngati Tama/ Ati Awa chief killed in the Wairarapa in the late 1820s. This lament was composed and sung at Waikanae to rouse the Ngati Toa to seek revenge for the deaths of the Ngati Tama and Ati Awa in the Wairarapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ maroon, black boards, 24 cm., vol. numbered 9

Date: 1913, 1920-1932

By: Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd

Reference: MS-Papers-5041

Description: Prospecti, draft annual reports, mining and geological survey reports, and newspaper cuttings relevant to a number of gold and coal mining companies Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres.

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.

Date: 1840, nd

From: Whiteley, John, 1806-1869 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0484-4

Description: Translation of `He tangi mo Te Rangihiroa' by the ancestors of Te Wharepouri on the occasion of the Ngati Toa tribe leaving Taranaki & anticipating an attack from the Waikato. Also items in Maori relating to the selling of all of Taranaki by the several Ngati Maniapoto chiefs from Kawhia to the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1940-1948

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0176

Description: Contains a BBC interview, a Mokau land claim and a letter regarding a fundraiser for the building of the Uepohatu hall Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter

Date: [1910-1916]

From: Edwards-Sextus, Patricia, active 1999-2019: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6605-7

Description: Includes cheques prepared for Motatau 2 Block; correspondence and papers re Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board; letters by Pepene Eketone with translations re Mokau lands; memos re departmental organization; memo re Rangi Kerehoma (Europeanised); cost of preparing whitau; clipping re C A Wilkinson's address at Manaia (1914); papers re Kuini wi Rangipupu; Native Land and Appellate Court sittings (1916); Maori Land Boards, summary (1916); and related papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1899

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-181

Description: Volume of history of Te Ati Awa in the 19th century written in 1899 by Te Watene Taungatara of Matarikoriko, Waitara at the request of W H Skinner and S Percy Smith, and copy in Smith's hand. Includes account of wars with Waikato and Ngapuhi at Taranaki, battle of Te Kuititanga, introduction of Christianity, migration of Te Rauparaha to Kapiti. A note says `All of this has been incorporated into [S P Smith's] "The Maori history of the Taranaki coast". Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [1955-1956]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-34

Description: Comprises notes on and possible implications of, a Dolichocephalic human skull, Kaingaroa, including carvings (with maps); notes on Maori lore and sites made on a tour to Hamilton, Tirau, Raglan, Thames and the New Plymouth-Rahotu area, western Taranaki (Dec 1955-Jan 1956) (with map); compilation of old pa and kainga and of remaining occupied kainga, Waitara-Rahotu area, Taranaki (with map); Awakino-Mokau-Mohakatino area, with map showing old pa, kainga, middens etc; former pa of the coastal district, Onaero-Mimi area, north Taranaki; plan of Te Tiki-o-te-Ihingarangi positions; notes on Lake Taupo (with map); plan of part of central Waikato showing Maori sites and data of Maori war; letter, Wally N re Coromandel workshop find Arrangement: Notebook no 33 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1857-1858 1919-1920

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: MS-2012-2015

Description: Collection is made up of `Diary of journey to Taupo Rotorua Rangitikei from Taranaki, 1858' with photocopies of maps and plans removed from back of diary, and sketch map of Taranaki, 1857; also a published version `Notes of a journey from Taranaki to Mokau, Taupo, Rotomahana, Tarawera and Rangitikei' (New Plymouth, Printed at the Taranaki News [1858]), a presentation copy to M A Compton, and two small collections, one of photoprints of maps from MS-2015, the other of loose maps from MS-2015. Source of title - Supplied Variations in title - Binder's title: Notes of a journey from Taranaki to Taupo, 1858 Other Titles - Record title formerly: Diary of journey to Taupo, Rotorua, Rangitikei, from Taranaki, 1858 Quantity: 4 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and printed matter (19 cm, ¼ red morocco, red linen tie case) Additional illustrations to the printed volume, illustrations in the original diary, negative photstats of maps and plans from the back of the diary and sketch maps of areas travelled through

Date: 1911, 1940

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

Reference: MS-Papers-7575-061

Description: Contains two copies of Ngata's speech in the House of Representatives and a copy of Henry Te Raumoa Huatahi Balneavis memorial Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: [ca 1915-1938]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-162

Description: Assorted research papers including a story written by Eileen Cowan 'Dinny's Fiddle: A Waikato memory' the source of the story is attributed to Maweu in one of the two drafts. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1920?-1940?]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-190

Description: Drafts relating to Maori place names mainly around Rotorua, the South Island and Taranaki. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1966, 1980

From: Dickson, Decima, 1906-1995: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5562-16

Description: Comprises account by Bill Hughson of the Mokau colleries, 29 Sep 1932, SS `Maharangi'; Hughsons centennial booklet, 1880-1980; Hughsons golden jubilee booklet, Opunake drapery (1969), `History of the Hughson family' by Geoffrey Hughson, (2 editions) (1966) with added notes and insertions; `Shetland to New Zealand' by T P Hughson (nd); and `Kahui Hut' comp by Neil Higgins & Susan Hodson Other Titles - Shetland-New Zealand, the history of the Hughson family by Geoffrey Hughson Other Titles - Shetland to New Zealand by T P Hughson Other Titles - Kahui Hut compiled by Neil Higgins and Susan Hodson Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1905-1975]

By: Mowat, Alexander Gard, 1888-1975; Hocking, Violet June, 1916-2010

Reference: 77-155

Description: Mowat made regular entries in his diaries, sometimes very full and sometimes very meagre. He noted the weather, the main farming activity of the day, visitors and other matters. Diaries for 1915 and 1916 cover the period Mowat was at Te Awaiti Station Source of title - Supplied title Mowat worked first as farm hand at Molesworth Station where he became head shepherd and then managed properties at Mokau, Te Awaiti in the Wairarapa, Mangaoti at Mokau, the Wrekin at Blenheim, Tikokino and Bulls Quantity: 2 box(es). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs

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: 1954-1957

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Diaries

Reference: Micro-MS-0600-10

Description: Notes on Adkin's archeology expeditions in the Horowhenua, Wairarapa, Kapiti Coast, Marlborough, Kaikoura and Canterbury regions. Comprehensive list of Marlborough's Maori place-names and pre-historic sites. Includes commentary on Adkin's 1963 visit to Taupo and Hongoeka. Adkin gives the name of the Ngati Toa kainga at Taupo Pa as Turi-Kawera. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1900-1904, 1929-1930

From: MacDonald family : Papers

Reference: MSY-6382

Description: Journal kept by John Leonard MacDonald. Records daily activities, crops planted, weather conditions and includes diagrams of areas planted with names of neighbouring properties. At back list of [poems?] sent to ChCh Sun Dec 1929; list of photo negatives (Mokau) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1855-1858, nd

By: Pratt family

Reference: MS-Papers-0229

Description: Letters written to relatives in England from Edward and Sarah Pratt, New Plymouth, giving detailed description of the social conditions in that settlement, and economic difficulties and native unrest. Particular reference to the native mill at Mokau, which Edward Pratt was engaged to erect Includes six letters from Sarah Pratt to relatives. She was a school teacher and describes her life in New Plymouth, the schools, the religious composition of society, social life, domestic chores, the physical hardships of life in the colony and the cost of living Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs Finding Aids: Piece level inventory available.

Date: 1867-1980

By: Macdonald family

Reference: MS-Group-1462

Description: Papers of John Leonard MacDonald, a farmer at Halcombe and Mokau, his wife Charlotte Elizabeth MacDonald, Charles L G MacDonald and Flora Christina Johnson (sister-in-law). Includes letters, letter books, land transfer deeds covering Wellington, Halcombe and Mokau. Reminiscences of John L MacDonald. Also the journal of Jessica Pharazyn and letter book of MacDonald Bros, Halcombe, 1903-1907. Family trees and certificates. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 113 folder(s). 6 volume(s). 2.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mr B N Lindsay, Wellington, 1984 Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred to other sections from here. - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Drawings, sketches and prints, some by F C Johnson. [A-355-020/026] - To Ephemera Collection - Three certificates awarded to John R Johnson, 1901, 1906-1907 [PR-03-0296] - To Ephemera Collection - Influenza flyer [Eph-B-HEALTH-1918-01] and Clement L Wragge broadsheet [Eph-B-LECTURE-1904-01] - To Book Collections - 5 monographs (PR-06-0096) - To Photographic Archive - Assorted photographs and negatives [PAColl-8906] - To Serials Collection - The Message of Life (Nos 196 & 207), 1919, 1920 [PR-06-0097].

Date: [1859-1925]

From: Mowat family : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-7496-1

Description: Sketch of Mokau history, an extract from S Percy Smith (1859); article by James Cowan on the opening of the Mokau Bridge; article, `The twice flowing tide'; extracts from various articles on Mokau; detailed map of the Mokau River; extracts from the minutes of the Mokau Harbour Baord, 1900-1921 Copy of `Manawatu times' (13 Oct 1880) with note relating to affadavit of Charles William Maclean Other Titles - Manawatu times, 13 Oct 1880 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Photocopy of maps of the Mokau River from the A-Js