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Whakapapa
Date: 1898-1933
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-072
Description: Contains Ngati Kahungunu and other whakapapa for Mere Mohi and related hapu written in an unknown hand, together with some waiata in the same hand; also contains whakapapa for the Te Whaiti family from Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Toa, written by Henare Te Whaiti; also contains whakapapa contributred by Poihaere Hue; also contains information about Ngati Kahungunu, including the conflict and subsequent peacemaking between Wairarapa Maori and Te Ati Awa in the 1830s and the death of Nga-oko-i-te-rangi at an earlier time Also contains notes in Maori about the signs of the Zodiac
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook
Date: 1873-1876
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B040
Description: Contains a list of owners of blocks of land in the Wanganui district, and a number of narratives about; significant events in the history of Ngati Kahungunu, Moriori settlement on the Chatham Islands, events in Hawaiki and subsequent migrations and settlements, the burning of the Te Arawa canoe, and conflicts in the 1820s and 1830s involving Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Porou, Ngapuhi, Rangitane, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa Physical Description: ¼ maroon black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 26
H T Whatahoro Jury - Note book of traditions dictated by Te Matorohanga
Date: 1860
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B001
Description: Contains notes about the circumstances in which Te Matorohanga dictated the material, which includes cosmological notes about Maui, Mataaho and the divine origins of various items and practices; there are also notes about Kupe, Toi and Whatonga and the discovery and settlement of New Zealand The text also discusses the interaction between the original inhabitants and the Maori settlers; there are also discussions about the activities of the canoe commanders in discovering and naming places around the North Island; there are also extensive whakapapa, waiata and karakia There are notes about the settlement of Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa and Wellington which were subsequently used by Best for journal articles, there are also annotations in Ngata's hand that refer to another publication Publication - Material has been used in `The Lore of the Whare Wananga' according to annotations thoroughout the book Relationship complexity - Some of the material was also published in 'The Land of Tara' , an article written by Elsdon Best for the Journal of the Polynesian Society between 1917-1919 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Maori letters mainly dealing with land claims
Date: 1877
From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0048-13
Description: Contains letters from Maori to Buller, in his role as a lawyer, with regard to land tenure, finances and other related issues; there are also letters about the operations of a timber mill at Manawatu, information about Te Aute College, a copy of a petition to the Governor calling for a rehearing of the Maori Land Court with regard to land at Horowhenua, a record of the changing of a girl's name following a death in the family, two lists of members of the Ngati Parewahawaha hapu There are also letters requesting compensation for livestock and crops taken by troops during a land dispute at Poutu Finding Aids: See inventory for index to writers of the letters held in this folder.
Elsdon Best - Notebook vol 2
Date: [1893?]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-022
Description: Informants and contents listed at the front. Mainly the manuscript of Hori Ropiha of Waipawa, dealing with whakapapa of various East Coast iwi and hapu down to Ropiha, and with information about various events in Maori history including the migration from Hawaiki and subsequent settlement, and with notes about certain customary concepts and practices. Other informants include Te Karehana Whakataki relating the traditional Ngati Toa story of Te Ataiorongo, Tamarere Ahu, and Te Aro of Ngati Awa Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Gudgeon, Walter Edward, 1841-1920 : Maori genealogies
Date: [188-?]
By: Gudgeon, Walter Edward, 1841-1920
Reference: Micro-MS-0179
Description: Genealogies of Hawkes Bay, Poverty Bay and Northland tribes; index and some vocabulary included Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 100 frames).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1888-1896
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B043
Description: Contains whakapapa, boundaries of land blocks around Lake Wairarapa and statements of ownership, notes about the aftermath of the transfer of Lake Wairarapa to the Government and the distribution of the proceeds, a copy of a letter to Judge Butler of the Maori Land Court with regard to the transfer of Lake Wairarapa Also contains narrative accounts of conflicts between Wairarapa people and Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa in the 1820s and 1830s (including a reference to the Journal of the Polynesian Society), narrative accounts of conflicts between Waikato and Te Ati Awa, and narrative accounts about conflicts in the 1820s involving Ngati Kahungunu, Ngapuhi, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Rangitane, Waikato and Ngati Porou Also contains information about traditional whare wananga and the migration from Hawaiki and subsequent settlements in New Zealand, a narrative about Ira, the ancestor of Ngati Ira, and a history of that hapu; also contains information about early contacts between Te Ati Awa and Pakeha whalers and traders Includes an account of the capture of Metapere Te Waipunahau (Ngati Toa), mother of Wi Parata MHR, by Wairarapa Maori and the peacemaking between these tribes, and the later capture of Te Uamairangi and Te Kakapi-o-te-rangi of Te Ati Awa (Poneke) and their subsequent safe return to Te Wharepouri and Te Ati Awa. Also includes details of the invasion of Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Tuwharetoa of Te Roto-a-Tara, Heretaunga (Hawkes Bay) under the chiefs Te Momo-a-Irawaru and Te Heuheu. Includes mention of conflict between Te Ati Awa, Ngati Tama and Waikato culminating in the siege of Pukerangiora Pa, Taranaki. Physical Description: Maroon boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 28
Inward letters in Maori
Date: Oct-Dec 1861
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0685F
Description: Contains letters from Maori to McLean with regard to land tenure, including sales, disputes with Europeans, payments and reserves; conveys Maori opinion about the Kingitanga. Includes a farewell letter to Governor Gore Brown from Te Runanga o Ngati Toa on his return to England in 1861. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available on microfilm. See MS-Copy-Micro-0535-102.
Grindell, James, 1823-1900 : Journal
Date: 8 Jul 1857-31 Jul 1858
By: Grindell, James Stephen, 1823-1900
Reference: qMS-0891
Description: Journal includes details of negotiations with Maori over land purchases and methods used by purchasers, including McLean, in southern Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa and Manawatu. Grindell's associates included Cooper, Kempthorne and William N Searancke. There is also information about surveying work undertaken by Grindell in north Wairarapa Source of title - Supplied Grindell was a licensed interpreter working under Donald McLean Quantity: 1 volume(s) (59 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (27 cm, green buckram)
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).
Diary
Date: 1859
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-1247
Description: A diary with printed entries for 1859. Although erratically kept there are daily entries for a visit to Marlborough in April, and descriptions of negotiations there, and a long sojourn in Hawkes Bay from May with details of his farming activities and land negotiations, travel through Waipukurau, Porangahau and Wairarapa for further land negotiations, and an end-of-year visit to Christchurch. Quantity: 1 volume(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).
Correspondence and other papers in Maori
Date: [1840s-1860s]
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1012
Description: Letters from Maori on a variety of subjects; there is a letter from Wiremu Kingi Whiti Wiremu Kingi Te Rangitake?) explaining his position in the period prior to the fighting at Taranaki in 1860-61, and asking Hadfield to intercede on his behalf; there are also letters about people that are in jail, receipts for monies and other items received and requests for further payments (for lands and services), and there are also letters about other land issues Language - All material is in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).