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Date: 1865

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B034

Description: Contains cosmological information including accounts of the fetching of the wananga from Io, the divine origin of various items and practices, a list of children of Rangi and Papa, the origins of the universe, the separation of Rangi and Papa, and the twelve heavens and their inhabitants; also contains information about the practices associated with the whare wananga and karakia Also contains a letter from S P Smith to Te Whatahoro stressing that Smith has not made any money from Polynesian ethnology, confirming receipt of material from Te Whatahoro, and inviting him to come and stay with Smith at New Plymouth Enclosures - A 3 page letter written Tihema 29 1910, addressed to H T Whatahoro from Te Mete [Percy Smith?] is inserted in the beginning of book Other - The book is stamped with the seal `Paremata o te iwi Maori o Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu = Parliament of the Maori tribes of the North and South Islands of New Zealand' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ brown calf, black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 20

Date: 1872-1914

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11750-27

Description: Eight parchment land documents relating to Waimate North. ET/LT 024 is a conveyance for land at Waimate, George Clarke to Samuel L Clarke, dated 5 Aug 1872. ET/LT 025 is a conveyance for land at Waimate, George Clarke to Hopkins Clarke, dated 5 Aug 1872. ET/LT 026 is a conveyance for land at Waimate, dated 8 Oct 1872. Maketu Ruhe Tutana, Hoana Ruhe and Ihaka Te Tai to Marsden Clarke and John Betts Clarke. Iritana has also signed the document along with the other signatories. Also attached is a signed statement by William Kemp, saying he is a registered interpreter for the Maori language. ET/LT 027 is a conveyance of land at Waimate dated 7 May 1884. Marsden Clarke to John Betts Clarke. ET/LT 028 is a conveyance of land at Waimate dated 20 Nov 1894. Henry Tacy Clarke [middle name is spelt Tacey the document] to William Henry Brownwell. ET/LT 029 is a conveyance of land at Waimate dated 5 Feb 1898. Edward Blomfield Clarke to James McIntyre. ET/LT 030 is a conveyance of land at Waimate dated 23 Dec 1903. Philip Walsh to John Betts Clarke. ET/LT 031 is a conveyance of land at Waimate dated 10 Aug 1914. John Betts Clarke to Edward Blomfield Clarke. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.

Date: 1864-1919

From: Stewart, Frances E V, fl 2005 : Histories of the Ranby, Withersgill, Burr and McKay families

Reference: MS-Papers-5229-3

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1903-1913

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B088

Description: Contains diary entries with a particular focus on horses including breeding, rearing, pedigrees, and farming; whakapapa; karakia; cosmological notes about Io, the twelve heavens, the occupants of the various heavens, a list of the children of Rangi and Papa, lists of `po' and `ao' and the names of Tane, cosmological narratives and notes and narratives about Rata and Tawhaki; notes about stones used to signify learning in traditional whare wananga, and circumstances of the presentation of some stones to Te Whatahoro by Topia Turoa of Wanganui; notes re various land issues, including the agenda of meetings to address land issues; resolutions of Nireaha Tamaki at a whakapapa hui; Christian prayers; notes about the history of some greenstone patu; and a list of Taare Turi's assets Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1912

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0072-14

Description: Consists of notes on Io by Te Whatahoro, The names of Io (manuscript), Maori religion, The beliefs of the Maori, The mission field, Maori religion and some moralizing. Also The concept of a supreme being as evolved by a Neolithic Folk (1912). Also includes mss written by Best on the Maori religious cult of Io (ca 1913) with letter from W H Skinner Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1845-1915

From: Williams family : Further papers

Reference: 75-001-1/08

Description: Diary of Jane Elizabeth Williams of Turanga, 1845; letter/diary of Mary Williams, 1899, and when she went to England (1856); papers relating to land at Patangata Block, Pukekura East and Pukekura West, Papaaruhe and Oero Block; ordaination certificate of Samuel Williams, 1853 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1880-1912, n d

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-206

Description: Includes various papers for whom authorship is generally unknown: An address to the Polynesian Society (16 leaves); a paper on Ngati Whiti history and traditions, Omahu, 26 and 27 Oct 1880, in Maori (possibly by Paramena Te Naonao)(a translation is in JPS v 21 p 83, and there is a note on the back in Elsdon Best's hand dated 5 Apr 1912); A typescript copy of comments on Easter Island by James Cook (with a note in S P Smith's hand "from Mr Kenworthy"); a waiata in Best's hand titled Waiata tangi by Tukua-te-rangi Tutakangahau for his daughter Marewa-i-te-rangi, who died 13 Sep 1897, of Tamakamoana hapu, Tuhoe; a waiata (Kimikimi noa ana ahau, i to kunenga mai i Hawaiki...) by Rangitokoru for his child, and proverbs, supplied by Hetaraka Wakanua and Numia Kereru, 25 Nov 1897; waiata tangi for Tukorehu (Tahuna mai te ahi ki runga i a te Poa...), with translation and a note by Smith saying see Ngamoteatea p 33; waiata aroha (Kaore te aroha e awhea mai nei kei to ngohi pawhara) and other notes (typescript with translation and explanations of waiata, with a note saying "translations verified by Mr George Wilson); a partial index for the early volumes of the JPS; a typescript of the Rarotongan legend No Angene teia tuatua; and a genealogical chart showing the connection of various prominent families of the Waikato and Hauraki districts, including a genealogy of Ngati-Pou (or Uri-o-pou). Also includes information about the Maori division of time and related astronomical knowledge Language - Also material in Cook Island Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of content of this folder.

Date: [ca. 1890-1910]

Reference: 1/2-C-10664

Description: Photograph of a group of women and children at Whangaimoana Beach, Palliser Bay; the children are playing in the surf and the woman appears to be collecting shellfish Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Wangaimoana Beach. Palliser Bay. Martinborough. 1. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1916

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-043

Description: Duplicated copy of Mokoia minute book no 2 (1916) which contains whakapapa and purakau of Mokoia's iwi and places. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: 1900-1910

From: Lightbourne, Ruth Elizabeth (Dr), 1949- : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10177-1

Description: Stereoscopic prints taken circa 1900 around New Zealand, by unidentified photographers. Includes images of a ferry coming into Auckland, an unidentified man photographed with Rangitoto Island in the background, various waterfalls and rivers, farmland, a thermal area [geyser?], mangroves, a monument with maori carving and a bust of Queen Victoria, an unidentified town, and a man on a kneeling horse. Quantity: 12 b&w stereoscopic cards. Physical Description: Stereoscopic cards

Date: [1851-1911]

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

Reference: fMS-Papers-7445

Description: Unbound scrapbook of articles, maps etc on a variety of Maori-related topics Language - Some material is in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1916

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-044

Description: Duplicated copy of Mokoia minute book no 2 (1916); lacks pages 1-2 and contains whakapapa and writtings about Mokoia's people and places. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1860s-1900s

Reference: PAColl-6239

Description: Photographs relating to the family of Rev Basil Kirk Taylor. These are part of a larger collection which includes correspondence to and from members of the Taylor family, mainly Rev Basil Kirke Taylor and his wife Edith. There is a typeset letter from Rev Richard Taylor to his daughter Laura, 1847. Diaries and notebooks, mainly kept by Rev Basil Kirke Taylor, although the earliest ones were kept by Rev Richard Taylor and his wife Caroline. The diaries of Basil Taylor record his time in England before ordination, and later when he joined his father at the Wanganui Mission, and up until his premature death in 1876. The privately printed reminiscences of Richard Basil Taylor, the grandson of Rev Basil Taylor, entitled `Family recollections'. These memoirs give details of his missionary forebears, as well as describing his diplomatic career and own family. Includes many photographs and family trees Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1898-1910]

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8670-114

Description: Includes account of legend of Tawhaki, letter from Bishop Williams on polygamy, and letters from Elsdon Best and Stephenson Percy Smith, including Best's genealogical table of the Urewera peoples, and from Richard Wilson, re Maori at Murihuku, near Riverton and Colac Bay. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1869-1910

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B012

Description: Letter book with copies of letters re land issues in the Wairarapa district, letters about the establishment of a school at Papawai, letters about the proceeds from wool sales, and the erection of memorials for rangatira; there are also copies of speeches by Sheehan and Grey that were made at a hui to discuss Maori land There are also letters about a land dispute in Horowhenua between Ngati Raukawa and Muaupoko Variations in title - Spine title - Letter Book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: 27 cm., vol letered 7

Date: Between 1860 and 1900

Reference: 1/4-002569-F

Description: This is similar but not identical to another image at 10X8-1076. It was taken by the photographer W A Collis. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-003087-G

Description: Portrait of a young Maori woman identified as Mere, wearing a piupiu, and holding a tewhatewha in her right hand which rests on her shoulder. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington in early 1900s, probably at Wanganui. Identified on back of file print as `Mere'. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1893-1919]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-209

Description: Includes English and Maori correspondence between a variety of people. The Maori correspondence comprises: a letter from Te Awe of Te Kauri to Elsdon Best, 8 May 1895 (3 pages) discussing battles in the Whanganui district, the naming of the Wanganui river and a whakapapa; letter from Tapiha H Te Wanikau to Te Tina, Amuri Bluff, Kaikoura, 3 June 1895 (4 pages) with notes on place names at Kaikoura and other traditional matters; and a letter from Hauraki Paora to the Polynesian Society secretary, 17 May 1893 (2 pages) giving a traditional history of Ihenga, early ancestor in the Kaipara district. See also Ropata Ngarongomate paper in following paragraph. The English correspondence comprises: C W Adams to S P Smith, 1 May 1900 (1 page) concerning payments to Archdeacon Grace for obtaining various Maori names and legends, and suggests a `double vowel' method for indicating long vowels in Maori; Geo R Crummer, Rarotonga to S P Smith, 6 and 31 Mar 1898, from Henry Nicholas, 6 Mar 1898 (4 leaves); Mackay to Atkinson, Greytown, 15 May 1888 (3 pages) about land tenure and enclosing an Evening Post, 12 May 1888 cutting by Thos McDonnell `The Power of the old New Zealand chiefs or Maori law"; attached to the above is a 7-page account in Maori addressed to Atkinson by Ropata Ngarongomate, He Ture Maori (Maori law) giving accounts of laws mainly relating to the transference of land and property; Alfred K Newman to S P Smith, undated headed `The Maori god Ha' (3 leaves) giving his views on the connections of Indian-Asiatic deities with Maori and Polynesian gods; Edward Tregear to S P Smith, Wellington, 4 Jan 1919 (2 pages) dicussing karakia-iri. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of contents of this folder.

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Chaytor, Isabel Clervaux, 1890-1976 :Chaytor family photographs

Reference: 1/2-049922-F

Description: Maori woman outside raupo dwelling (European style house with chimney) at Wairau Pa, circa 1880s. Taken by unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-003079-G

Description: Portrait of a woman identified as Pare Kauangare, wearing traditional Maori clothing, part of which is decoratedwith peacock feathers. The young woman has a moko and is wearing a huia tail feather behind each ear. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington in early 1900s, probably at Wanganui. Identified on back of file print as Pare Kauangare. See also 1/1-003078 (Tare Kauangaro [?]) for a family likeness Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches