Places

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: 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: 1888-1922

By: Landon-Lane, Gladstone, 1908-1982

Reference: MS-Papers-10858

Description: Inspector's report for Sarah Ann Melhuish (later Mrs Walter Landon-Lane), 1917, who attended Ngamuka School (Private), on D'Urville Island; title page of New Zealand school journal, Jun 1919; notice of annual meeting of Waimea Collie Dog Trial Club, 7 Aug 1922; memo from T G Richardson (sheep, cattle and rabbit inspector), Blenheim, 1 Nov 1888, to George Landon-Lane re scabby sheep Accompanying material - Letter from donor Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter (with ms annotations)

Date: 1884-1972

From: Greenaway, Richard Lawrence Norman, 1948- : Papers relating to historical research

Reference: MS-Papers-10073

Description: Letters from Florance to Greenaway concerning family history, schooldays at Burwood, Christchurch, James Speight, headmaster and other local identities; also Mr Greenaway's notes on Augustus Florance (born 1812) and his son, obituary and notes for James Speight Quantity: 1 folder(s) (8 items). Physical Description: Holograph, typescript and printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 1890 [ie 1958]

By: Caldwell, Elizabeth Pringle, 1819-1907

Reference: qMS-0361

Description: Title continues:`...Colonial experiences in the province of Nelson, and in particular, the early settlement of the Golden Bay district, commencing in the year 1851. Written in 1890 from her diaries covering a ten year period by Elizabeth Pringle Caldwell' The reminiscences include copies of newspaper extracts, a petition to Provincial Council and a letter from T P Caldwell is appended Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - See also Washbourn family papers (MS-Papers-1771) Elizabeth, husband Thomas and their five children came to New Zealand on the `Eden' in Nov 1850. They settled in Nelson where Elizabeth opened a girl's boarding school and took part in musical activities. They later moved to a property at Onekaka, Golden Bay, and then to Tukurua. A lengthy land dispute with local Maori at Tukurua left the family homeless, with Elizabeth and the children living in a disused whare. Copied with permissiosn of Caldwell's grandson, R H O Caldwell, on the occasion of the Nelson City Centennial, 1958 (note by S Northcote Bade) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (31 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; blue pam case)

Date: 1868-1949

By: Rolleston family

Reference: 79-287

Description: Family and other personal correspondence. Includes some of William Rolleston, his wife Mary, but mainly their son Francis Joseph; also including other family members. There are some letters of political, social and community significance relating to the careers of William Rolleston, and his son F J Rolleston. Writers include Professor J B Condliffe, Sir Francis Bell, Sir James Parr. Added in 1980 to this accession were 11 letters 1891-1893 from J D Ormond, Harold Kemp, E J Watts etc; 15 letters of family to F Rolleston at school, 1881-1889; various records of F Rolleston's life at school; his `Parodies on Gilbert and Sullivan' etc. Later in same year further Rolleston letters, 1868-1949 were added, including letters relating to the political career of John Christopher Rolleston. Source of title - Supplied title Other - Rosamond Rolleston was the author of `William and Mary Rolleston; an informal biography' which was published in 1971 Relationship complexity - See also MS-Group-0377 (1971 accession) Arrangement: The bulk of the letters had been arranged chronologically before they were deposited. Quantity: 3 box(es). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Finding Aids: When the papers were still with Rosamond Wilson, Steven Eldrid-Grigg listed those letters that seemed to him of chief interest, and this list is in a back file. These letters have been merged into the chronological sequence. Loose photographs

Date: 1873-1989

From: Chisholm, Jocelyn Bell, 1928-2010 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4205

Description: The booklet contains a brief biography of Brind, compiled by Jocelyn Chisholm and dated 1989 together with copies of Brind's outward correspondence to Miss Lewin of the Female Middle Class Emigration Society written between 1873 and 1875. Includes reproduction of photo of Kate Brind. Source of title - Transcribed from cover Relationship complexity - MS-Papers-4209 (Chisholm, J : Maori Land Court - Opito Claim) Brind was born in New Zealand in 1850 and returned to England with her family the same year following the death of her father. In 1872 she applied to the Female Middle Class Emigration Society for assistance to return to New Zealand as a governess. She arrived in Wellington on the `Glenlora' in 1873 and took a position in Nelson. She later married William Chisholm of Nelson. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: [1941?] (1947)

By: Kennedy, William McLaughlin, 1857-1949

Reference: MS-1110-1111

Description: Account includes brief description of voyage to Otago on the `Napier', sawmilling activities chiefly in Taranaki and participation in local public life and community services with some reference to Maori affairs Kennedy came to New Zealand in 1879 in the `Napier' Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (28 cm; navy buckram)

Date: [ca 1920]

By: Lee, Robert, 1837?-1922

Reference: MS-Group-0736

Description: Corrected holograph draft of `Lee's log' by Lee describing his life, especially in education and as a school inspector; also includes notes on family history Relationship complexity - See similar draft of `Lee's log' at MS-Papers-5618, `Memoirs of an educator' Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 21 Mar 1835-10 Apr 1850

By: Brown, Alfred Nesbit (Archdeacon), 1803-1884

Reference: qMS-0277-0278a

Description: Comprises typescript copy of Brown's diary (1835-1846); and microfilm printout (1847-1850). A journal kept while Brown was a missionary for the Church Missionary Society at Matamata, Tauranga and the Bay of Islands. He describes conversion and education of Maori, inter-tribal war while at Matamata and his journey on HMS `Rattlesnake' with James Busby and Samuel Marsden from the Bay of Islands to Queen Charlotte Sound (1837). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and microfilm printout (35 cm; red buckram & phase box)

Date: 1843-1896

By: Nelson School Society

Reference: Micro-MS-0782

Description: Specification for school and building accounts 1844-48, teachers' minute book 1843-1849, Frederick Tuckett's presentation deed 1846, memorial to Nelson Provincial Council 1855, reports 1884-1896. Some correspondence and photographs re closing of Campbell's School 1896, printed reports and papers. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (ca 107 frames).

Date: 1873-1876

From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA1-f-174

Description: Photographs, mainly of Auckland, but including some good views of Tauranga and one of Oamaru, taken between 1873 and 1876 by Herbert Deveril of Wellington. Also includes major bridges in Canturbury and Otago, government buildings and one native school. Deveril came to New Zealand in 1873. These photographs were displayed at the Philadelphia Centenary Exhibition in 1876. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1899 - 1912

By: Brown, John Henry, active 1899-1906; Ellerbeck, Laurence Anderson, -1963; Parkerson, C P, active 1911-1912; Watson, Alexander James, -1920; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940

Reference: PAColl-3405

Description: Includes school groups in Te Aroha and Gisborne, NZ forces on Queens Wharf, Wellington, prior to departure for South Africa in 1899, and groups of tourists in the Thermal District Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 19 Jun 1852

By: Jacobs, Henry (Rev), 1824-1901

Reference: MS-Papers-3363

Description: Refers to a list Godley instructed him to send, naming boys attending Christchurch Grammar School Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1892

By: Hicks, Eva, 1879-1893

Reference: MS-Papers-5693

Description: Contains entries from 1 Aug to 18 Oct 1892, covering history, drawing, geography, spelling, commercial and arithmetic. Napier Street School label on cover, 16 pages completed. Source of title - Supplied title Accompanying material - Transcriptions of birth and death registrations from Registar-General's Office. Eva Hicks was a pupil at Napier Street School, Auckland. She died at age 14 from heart disease and acute rheumatism. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 piece). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor is Eva Hicks' niece.

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-064

Description: The story of Robert and Marie Francis who arrived in Otago in 1876 on the `Sir Lancelot' as cabin passengers. Both were well-educated and wealthy by many standards. Robert was described as a gentleman, Marie could read the Greek testament and play the piano. On arrival Robert worked as a clerk, commercial traveller, land and estate agent and finally music shop owner. The Francis family moved often, living first in Otago, then Nelson and finally Christchurch. They had a family of nine children. The essay details Robert's family background, arrival in the `Sir Lancelot', Dunedin of the 1870s-1890s, brief details about each of his children, education of daughter Caroline in Nelson, family memories of Robert and Marie, family heirlooms. Includes a five generation family tree of the Francis family Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes photos of Robert and Marie and their nine children, 1896; the six Francis sisters, 1948; `Sheridan', Grafton Street, Linwood with members of the family in front

Date: [1900-1996]

By: Coughlan, Richard William, 1914-2010

Reference: MS-Group-1109

Description: Comprises papers relating to Coughlan's research into his parents' lives as teachers at the Maori school of Omaio, Bay of Plenty, and the Methodist church at the settlement of Waima, Hokianaga, and includes correspondence, clippings, copies of photographs and related material Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr R W Coughlan, Auckland, 1972, Jul 2002 Transfers: To Oral History Collection - Tape with history of Waima, Mahuri's farewell, and building of Waima church - To Photographic Archive - Four photographs.

Date: 1881-1898

By: Omaha School Committee

Reference: Micro-MS-0692

Description: Correspondence between committee of Little Omaha School and the Secretary of the Board of Education re school's teacher, building and grounds Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (ca 190 pages).

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: 17 Apr 1963

From: Coughlan, Richard William, fl 1972-2002 : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-1064

Description: Copy of `Opotiki news' (17 Apr 1963) with reports on the 92nd anniversary celebration sof Omaio School Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 piece).