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Date: [1900-1940]

By: Baker, Matenga, 1902-1988

Reference: MS-Group-1009

Description: The collection comprises seven volumes of waiata and whakapapa (1) Matenga Baker, waiata, whakapapa, personal records; (2) Haana Wineera (nee Cootes) for Matenga Baker, whakapapa of the Ngati Toa and related tribes; (3) Ropata Te Ao Maori notebook, Ngati Raukawa collection monies for land court and Rangiatea church, whakapapa; (4) Hema Ropata Te Ao Maori notebook, waiata, history; and (5) Maori notebook, Ngati Raukawa whakapapa; (6) Tiria Te Wiata - whakapapa and waiata notebook; (7) whakapapa book of Tiria Te Waiata Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 6 volume(s). 0.12 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: These books were entrusted to Matenga Baker by the original creators during his lifetime. Baker was closely related to Haana Wineera, Hema Te Ao and Tiria Te Wiata. After Baker's death in 1988 his children continued to care for the volumes. Processing information: Use Conditions updated 5 September 2022.

Date: [1944]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-17

Description: Contents comprise notes re adze types; type VII, VB from Turakina district; Waitaha adze from Porirua Harbour; from Mangaroa; type IIA from Patea; greenstone adze from Levin-Foxton highway area; map of sites of Horowhenua adzes found by Henry J Kilsby; grey stone adze from Heatherlea-Koputaroa area, Horowhenua; blackstone adzes from Onukuwaiata, Waimakaira, Horowhenua and Wallace Road, Levin; location maps of adzes found by A Seifert, A Gillespie, Louis Noara and on Clifford's farm, Tokomaru area (1941-1944); adzes from Makurerua Swamp, Horowhenua Arrangement: Notebook no 16 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1940-1945]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-19

Description: Contents comprise notes on adze types for Mairua area, Lake Horowhenua; adzes type VIC, VIB and IIC from Wairoa, Hawke's Bay; Waipukurau-Te-Aute to coast area of Hawke's Bay showing site of Patangata skull and Maori place-names; diagrams of Patangata skull per J M Wright; Waikaremoana with Maori place names (after Best); environs of Waikaremoana with Maori place names and site of adzes, pounders, etc per J M Wright; and Puketoi Range and vicinity with sites of Maori material, per J M Wright, and Maori place names Arrangement: Notebook no 18 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1930-1940]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-13

Description: Contents comprise sketch plan of Waipatu Island pa, Lake Horowhenua; ponds (?) and umu sites near State Farm Road, sth of Lake Horowhenua; eel storage tank at Matukutuku Lagoon, Horowhenua; Otaki area, corrections and additional data, rafter patterns, Raukawa whare-runanga; Tikorangi Stream-Waikawa area, Horowhenua'; canoe baler from Pipinui, Western Wellington, south-western Wellington area; patu washed ashore at Waitarere Beach, Horowhenua; patuki from shore of L Horowhenua; Kuku-Poroporo headwaters, Horowhenua; part Horowhenua county; Waikanae-Akatarawa area with place-names etc; middens on northern shore of Lake Horowhenua; Waikawa River mouth, Horowhenua (May 1944); marine mollusca and pumice implements from Waikawa middens Contents also include the identification of Maori archaealogical finds in the Kapiti-Horowhenua districts, including a greenstone hei matau from Waikawa Arrangement: Notebook no 12 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1940-1944]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-18

Description: Contents comprise scheme of classification of Horowhenua and other adzes; examples of types and varieties of this classification; adze types VIB, IIA, IIIA, IA or IIIA, IIB all found in the Horowhenua area; locality plan of Muhunoa East adzes and other data; adze, type VB, from Kingstone Rd, Shannon and locality plan; adze, type IB, from gravel plain east of Levin and locality plan; type VA, from Queens Street East, Levin and type IIA from dunes north of Lake Papaitonga and locality plan; adzes, type VIB from sandstone upland north of Papaitonga, type IIIA from Muhunoa East, Ohau, and VA from Tahapu Rd, Manakau Arrangement: Notebook no 1 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1944]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-16

Description: Contents comprise lower course of Hokio Stream and vicinity; site of Kohitane clearing and of adze finds, Heatherlea, Levin; Waitaha adzes, types IVC, IVB, Heatherlea, Levin and IVB from Pakakutu pa site, Otaki; adzes, types IIA, IIIB, from Lindsay Road and Roslyn roads areas, Levin; data of skull from NB1, Otororoa dune-ridge, Horowhenua; adze-like chisel, type IIB, Pakatutu pa site, Otaki; adze, type IVB with pecularity, from Plimmerton (R A Prouse); canoe paddle with Manaia-head terminal, Porotawhao; Waitaha adze, type IVA from eastern edge Weraroa Cl, Levin and type IVB, Raumatangi Block, Horowhenua; data of problematical stone from northern Hawke's Bay. Note by Adkin: adze types are according to present writer's scheme of classification (see vol 17 of present series). Cover also has note, `adze types'. Arrangement: Notebook no 13 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1930-1944]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-15

Description: Contents comprise North, South and Stewart islands of New Zealand with general Maori geographical names and their European and/or corrupted equivalents Arrangement: Notebook no 14 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1943

By: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944

Reference: qMS-1929

Description: Contains notes dictated to G.C. Heron in 1943 shortly before Stowell's death about Maori history, tribal migrations and demography, prominent iwi figures, whakapapa, New Zealand flora and fauna and also Maori science Quantity: 1 volume(s) (11 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; ¼ grey cloth)

Date: [1930-1940]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-11

Description: Contents comprise sketch map of part Waikawa River and Autaha Swamp, Manakau, Horowhenua (1875); Otaki-Mangaone coastal area, Horowhenua; south-western part of Banks Peninsula, inland and coast; Akaroa Harbour; lower course of Manawatu River, Stewart's survey (1858), Brees's survey (1842) Arrangement: Notebook no 10 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1945-1949]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-21

Description: Contents comprise notes on adze types for Te Hapu and Westhaven, western Nelson, collected by H S Prouse; Maori place names of north-west Nelson and map; map, Stewart Island; map, Northland region; Maori names of the hills and craters of the Auckland volcano field, with map; Waitaha fishhooks from Paremata Bridge (Porirua) collected by C H Hyde with map; additional Maori place- names, Wanganui, with map Arrangement: Notebook no 20 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1940

By: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944

Reference: fMS-Papers-7250

Description: A descriptive account of the travels of Kahuhunuhunu, son of Tamatea and Te Kura across both the North and the South islands of New Zealand, by Stowell (published Wairoa Star) Source of title - Transcribed Other - Formerly at qMS-1914 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (one leaf folded in two). Physical Description: Printed matter with holograph note

Date: [1930-1940]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-12

Description: Contents comprise lower course of Manawatu River (with former and present-day channels) with Maori place-names and sites, from all available sources, 3 strip maps), also list of riverbank settlements; area adjacent to Wirokino Bridge, Manawatu River, with additions and corrections; Wirikino-Wairarawa area (with record of artefacts etc); facsimile of old map of lower course of Manawatu River (in possession of late John Kebbell of Levin, formerly of Haumiaroa and Ohau); map of southern part of North Island from `Te Ika-a-Maui'; Masterton-Mt Bruce area, Wairarapa; Kopua-ranga (Bruce's lagoons); Manawatu-Rangitikei-Woodville area (3 strip maps) Arrangement: Notebook no 11 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1930-1945]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-14

Description: Contents comprise distribution of certain archaeological objects of NZ, `reel' pendant, harpoon point, `side hafted' adze, `whale-tooth' pendant; `Mangaroa' pa-site (Lake Horowhenua), showing results of excavation by R T Rolston (1943); roads to Horowhenua, official names with memoranda; part of old course of Otaki River, above railway bridge (1888); the Tokomaru River at entry to Makurerua Swamp; blackstone core, Horowhenua dune belt, antique finger-ring, west of Lake Horowhenua; small nephrite chisel, nephrite gouge; diagrams of skull from Waitohi, Otaki; a taumata-atua stone from Lindsay Road area, Levin; diagrams of skull from native burial no 1, Horowhenua dune belt; Horowhenua dune belt adjacent to Waiwiri Stream, sites of old kumara pits; plan of largest group of old kumara pits near Waiwiri Stream; Horowhenua dune belt adjacent to Oturoa settlement, plan of Mangawhati Lagoon; mouth and lower course of Hokio Stream showing past and present topography, culture, Maori place-names etc Arrangement: Notebook no 13 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1940]

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-57

Description: Includes 2 copies of `Ancient Maori history - Recollections of a rambler' which details the journeys of the tupuna Kahungunu travelling around the East Coast; `The Movements of Kahungunu from Tauranga to Nukutaura'; a notice regarding a pension application; `Confessions of a journalist' by Pat Lawlor; `New Zealand's first war' by T Lindsay Buick; `The Story of the old Wairoa syndicate'; `Early history of Victoria Valley 1876-1939' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.