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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).

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)

Date: 1841-1854, 1935-1936 - [1Ca 1950s]

By: Webb, George Hannam, 1929-2007

Reference: MS-Group-1490

Description: Papers relating to Samuel Stephens, a surveyor for the New Zealand Company in Nelson. Includes journals and diaries kept by him, letters to his family back in England which describe his life in New Zealand, research material collected about Stephens' life including copies of his death notice, survey maps and pages from the `Nelson Examiner', transcripts of diaries and journals, and photographs of his grave. The journals have details of his voyage to New Zealand from England on the `Whitby' in 1841, of his daily life as a settler in Nelson, on the weather, agriculture and horticulture. He includes sketches of plants and listings of the plants and weather conditions. Quantity: 9 volume(s). 8 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts and Archives March 2006; material transferred to the Published Collection, Ephemera Collection and the Cartographic Collection..

Date: 1841-1844, 1844-1852, 1852-1854, 1935-1936

By: Stephens, Samuel, 1803-1855

Reference: MS-2053-2055

Description: Journals kept by Stephens which include a biographical sketch by his nephew, J Edmund Clark (ppi-ii of v1, 1935), a note to an extract of 1842 (v3, 1936), and a letter to him from Robert Pattie (1935) re the excerpts (pp846-850, v3), letters from Stephens and Sarah Stephens to his mother and sisters, Anne and Ellen and extracts from his journals. Stephens describes his daily life as a surveyor and settler, events in New Zealand, people he met and other aspects of his working and private life. Each volume has a list of contents and v3 has an index. The pages are numbered chronologically through the three volumes. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (850 leaves, 35 leaves)

Date: 1863-1913

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2024

Description: Includes the log of Captain Jenkins (HMS Miranda), while serving in the New Zealand Wars Dec12863-Jun 1865. Describes the seige of Gate Pa, the battle at Te Ranga and themeeting between Sir George Grey, Sir Cuncan Cameron and the Tauranga Maori in Aug 1864, as well as copies of despatches, letters and a sketch map of the auckland and Waikato districts. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-037

Description: The essay details the McDonald family story around the life of the youngest daughter Frances Harwood McDonald. She was born on Kawau Island in 1848 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: [1900-1951]

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Further papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7445-06

Description: Translation from the voyage of the Austrian frigate `Novara' (pages 369-372); piece relating to Stowell and Maori myths and legends; Blake Palmer's `Tohungism and makutu' (1951); Aborigines Protection Society (1848); transcript re Grey and his thoughts on Maori; extract `New Zealand' (Colonial intelligencer, May, Jun 1848); `The Maori, past and present' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1845-1990

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-21

Description: Contains copies of papers from the Grey collection manuscripts, mostly from Te Rangikaheke's material. Also contains copy of published work by Samuel Locke about the history and traditions of Taupo and the East Coast. Includes various indexes and inventories to the collection with some holographic notes by Piripi Walker. also contains papers and correspondence between Keith Cairns, the Alexander Turnbull Library, the Masterton Borough Council and the Wairarapa Tribal Committee about Maori records contain within the Monument of Peace erected in Masterton in 1921. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-085

Description: The essay covers the period 1780-1950, and details the Thomson family origins in Scotland; the lives of five of William Thomson's children who emigrated to Australia between 1852-1861, their lives there, especially that of James Cochrane Thomson of Melbourne, his marriage to Eliza Rutherford Duncan and details of the Duncan family. James Thomson purchased Kawau Island from Sir george Grey in 1888 and lived there with his family for several years, moving from there to Rocklands in Epsom, Auckland, and also purchasing land on Waiheke Island Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes photographs of James Cochran Thomson ca 1890s, Eliza Rutherford Thomson ca 1890s, `Hillcrest', Richmond, Nelson

Date: 1855, [ca 1899-1931]

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0072-04

Description: Identifiable correspondents entered in Name Field. Includes Preface to Second Edition of `Memorandum' by Sir George Grey, 1855 with newspaper cutting relating to Maori manuscripts in the Cape Museum (Cape of Good Hope, South Africa). Letter from Gilbert Mair to Augustus Hamilton re Maori musical instruments, 1900. Letter to A Hamilton from J H Menzies (1899) regarding the trapping of birds including weka. Language - Some of these pieces are in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1865-1919

By: Anderson, Philip Cuthbert, 1848-1932

Reference: qMS-0068-0069

Description: Anglican clergyman's reminiscences of voyage to New Zealand on board the `Ulcoats' in 1865 and life in New Zealand country districts, particularly Taradale and Akaroa; includes (l 258-290) a copy of his The Chatham Islands, Christchurch 1882, marked for republication with appendix to 2nd edition; also (l 606-664), reminiscences of Sir George Grey, Whitmore, William Russell and Donald McLean Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - The Chatham Islands Quantity: 2 volume(s) (644 leaves). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, printed matter (photocopy, 37cm, brown buckram)

Date: 1771-1950

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2290

Description: Selected records of Bisley, Dursley and Dymock Parishes, and selections of private records. relevant to Australia and New Zealand Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1990

Date: [ca 1959]

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

Reference: 77-014-4/01H

Description: Includes article "Spectacular Shipwrecks" by E H S of Kawhia; 'Your Homeland and mine' series, article 55 'General Pratt and his merry men'-General TS Pratt's efforts to end the conflict with Maori in Taranaki, article 56 'The End of the first Taranaki war' - about Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipi te Waharoa and Governor George Grey's attempts to end the war in Taranaki peacefully; miscellaneous papers on Whaling, Starting a museum, John Houston author of 'Maori life in old Taranaki'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).