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Native accounts
Date: 1862-1863, 1845
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MSX-8788
Description: Comprises Union Bank of Australia cheque book half-used, belonging to the Land Purchase Department. The used counterfoils give names and dates of persons paid. With the book are endorsements in ink for Te Pakeru (or Te Pakaui), chief at Kawhia and described as friendly to Europeans. It is dated 14 May 1845, the place given as Manaia, Taranaki and is signed by McLean. It also contains faint pencil, mainly illegible. Also, large sheet of paper with pencilled notes, apparently of a meeting held at Taupo during May (1862?)
Native Minister - Native schools
Date: 1850-1876
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0040
Description: Includes letters from Maori informing McLean of the establishment of schools Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers
Date: 1860-1864
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0006
Description: Contains correspondence with regard to the purchase of Maori land in Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa in particular, and in Porirua to a lesser extent; some of the correspondence relates to the addressing of Maori grievances arising from the sales; also contains some correspondence about the conditions of McLean's employment and his role as a provincial politician Includes minutes of meeting held at Takapuwahia (26 Sep 1861) concerning charges brought against W N Searancke by Te Kakakura Wi Parata over a Ngati Toa land dispute. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Protector of Aborigines - Papers
Date: Apr-Oct 1844
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0001
Description: Memos and correspondence with George Clarke, the Chief Protector of Aborigines, including draft reports by McLean on his meetings with Maori relating to disputes and negotiations over land. Also includes translation of a letter (1844) from Te Wherowhero to the Taranaki chiefs urging them not to follow Te Rauparaha's example of confrontation refering to the Wairau conflict (1839) and notes of a meeting between Ngamotu Maori and McLean, 27 Sep 1844. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Secretary, Native Department - Administration of native affairs
Date: 1856-1859
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0009
Description: Included in this folder is a paper by McLean that his biographer, Ray Fargher, describes as McLean's 'only comprehensive statement on land purchase policy'. The folder also includes information about the battle of Te Kuititanga, 1839. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Secretary, Native Department - War in Taranaki and Waikato and King Movement
Date: Mar-Sep 1860
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0012
Description: Includes papers on Maori intelligence gathering for the Crown and a letter in between Maori discussing preparation for conflict Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers
Date: 1857-1859
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0005
Description: Includes handwritten receipts relating to land blocks in Wairarapa, Heretaunga and Taranaki and also includes a Maori letter from Te Hapuku to McLean and the Governor regarding a disagreement between himself, Renata Kawepo and Karaitiana Takamoana. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Hawke's Bay. McLean and J D Ormond, Superintendents - Whaling at Mahia
Date: 1851
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0130A
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers
Date: 1851-1857
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0004
Description: Contains letters to and from McLean with regard to the business of purchasing of Maori land in Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa and elsewhere; also contains details of various purchases and related business Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Miscellaneous native affairs
Date: 1846-1862
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0016
Description: Includes a letter in Maori regarding the sale of land in the Manawatu Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Superintendent, Hawkes Bay and Government Agent, East Coast - Papers
Date: Jan-Oct 1868
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0020
Description: Comprise correspondence, memoranda and reports mainly relating to McLean's work as Government Agent in charge of the campaign against Te Kooti Also includes letters in Maori from Maori such as Mokena Te Kohere and Mohi Turei regarding ammunitions and provisions Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Minister of Colonial Defence - East Coast hostilities
Date: 1869-1872
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0048
Description: Includes correspondence between iwi advising each other of their planned intentions and strategies for dealing with warring iwi and from Lucy Grey regarding events in Taranaki Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Hawke's Bay. McLean and J D Ormond, Superintendents - Letters to Superintendent
Date: 1861-1875
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0128
Description: Includes letters from Maori advising of events and activities occuring in the area Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Secretary, Native Department - Administration of native affairs
Date: 1860
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0010
Description: Includes papers relating to the activites of Ngati Toa and its allies along the Kapiti Coast at Wainui, Whareroa, Te Uruhi, Waikanae, Otaki, Ohau, and Porouatawhao ca 1860. This was a period when the colonial settlers at Wellington thought themselves to be under imminent attack by Ngati Toa and others. Wi Tako Ngatata's activities were under suspicion as well (ie Wi Tako left the Hutt Valley with a mounted escort of sixty seven well-armed men from Waikanae and Whareroa). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers
Date: 1842-1849
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0003
Description: Contains papers dealing with the purchase of Maori land; in particular, there are official papers about `Old Land Claims' (ie pre Treaty of Waitangi); there is also extensive correspondence about the purchase of land in the Rangitikei area from Ngati Apa, and a related dispute about ownership between Ngati Apa and Ngati Raukawa; there is also a letter from Henry Tiffin outlining the concerns of Wairarapa Maori about an invasion by Ngati Toa Also includes translation of a letter by the Ngati Toa outlining the boundaries of land ceded to the Crown in 1847. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Native Minister and Minister of Colonial Defence - Inward telegrams
Date: Jul-Sep 1875
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0097
Description: Includes telegrams in Maori to McLean from Maori such as Wiremu Te Wheoro about sundry matters, meetings and activities occuring in the area Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Superintendent, Hawkes Bay and Government Agent, East Coast - Papers
Date: Dec 1868
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0022
Description: Comprises correspondence, memoranda and reports from December 1868, relating to the military campaign against Te Kooti. Includes letters from Maori such as Rapata Wahawaha regarding ammunitions Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Superintendent, Hawkes Bay and Government Agent, East Coast - Papers
Date: Jun 1863-Aug 1865
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0018
Description: Paper about McLean taking several notable Maori including Wi Taki Ngatata and Matene Te Whiwhi to Turanga (1865), to determine the Maori attitude towards the Paimarire religion. Quantity: 1 folder(s).