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[Creator unknown] :Sketch map of Poverty Bay District [copy of ms map]. [1872].
Date: 1872
From: Statutory Branch. Head Office. Department of Lands and Survey :[Aperture cards of] maps and plans
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-L&S-A30
Description: Shows approximate areas of confiscation land blocks, total area of district, confiscation land proposed being handed back to Maori and portions of land with the following tribal areas marked: 'Ngaitahupo Tribe', 'Rongawhakaatu Tribe, 'Whanauakai Tribe', 'Itangaa Mahaki Tribe', 'Itanga Hauti Tribe'. Map also gives some place names and topographic features. 'Frasers march' is marked. Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s) on 1 aperture card. Physical Description: 35mm microfilm inserted into card, scale not given, copy at same size as original Provenance: Donated by Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, November 1982
Series 3 - Papers relating to Maori culture and history
Date: 1877-1972
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers
Reference: Series-3334
Description: The papers in this series include material such as volumes, papers, research notes, lecture notes, printed matter, letterbooks, partial diaries and letters relating to research in the areas of Maori dance, language and literature, tribal and family genealogy, Christianity, architecture, carving, tukutuku and education. Some materials in this series are from beyond the date range of Ngata's life but came into the library with the collection. Quantity: 49 volume(s) 47 folder(s). Processing information: Series description was updated in January 2020 following query from a researcher.
Paratene Ngata - Papers
Date: 1896, 1914
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-068
Description: Contains whakapapa from Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Porou, Rongowhakaata and Ngati Ira, notes about East Coast placenames associated with Pawa and his dog; there is also a narrative about conflicts on the East Coast, involving Mahaki and others There is a letter about the management of a reserve on the East Coast in order to encourage the development of bird life thereon, waiata, a copy of a speech associated with the opening of (the Kingitanga ?) Parliament in 1896, and miscellaneous whakapapa and notes relating to Maori Land Court cases on the East Coast Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1861 - 1877
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B013
Description: Contains cosmological whakapapa with notes about the divine origin of various items and practices, including birds and trees; there are also narratives about Rata and the origin of canoe building and the revenge he took for the death of his father, conflicts between Uenuku and Whena, and the migrations and settlement of Paikea on the East Coast There is also narrative text about the Horouta canoe, and the migrations and conflicts of Ngati Ira; there are also karakia, waiata and whakapapa There is also narrative text about Ruawharo, Tupai and Timuwhakairia before their departure from Hawaiki, their training as tohunga, their fetching of atua and the voyage of Takitimu, narrative text about Niwareka and Mataora and the development of tattooing, and narrative about the adventures of Maui Other - The contents of this book, I presume, has been copied into another book because each page has been `crossed' with the words `done' written over it. On some pages are the words `done in copy'. The contents of book is still readable Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Vellum, 25 cm., vol numbered 8
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1865-1909
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B006
Description: Contains whakapapa from Wairarapa, cosmological whakapapa and notes about Io, the whare wananga, the creation of women, details about the twelve heavens; also contains a narrative about Tamatea, and the impregnation of his wife by a supernatural being Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ calf, blue boards, 33 cm., vol numbered A1
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook
Date: 1896
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B091
Description: Contains diary entries with a particular focus on land dealings, whakapapa, waiata and karakia, cosmological notes including names of Io and names of heavens and the inhabitants thereof, accounts, notes about Maori medicines, notes about migration canoes and related items, lists of names connected with particular land blocks, and a narrative account of a historical conflict involving Te Whakatohea and East Coast tribes Also contains information about the arrival of (Kingi ?) Mahuta to Otaki, and some Kai Tahu whakapapa. Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Miscellaneous
Date: [1960s-1970s]
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-5/15
Description: Papers include stories, clippings, whakapapa, research notes and photographs. Includes `Head money: a story of the Maori Wars'; `The soaring war bird and the lonely sparrow' ; (Gorst and the Maori newspapers published during the 1860s); `Po-ranga-hua and the great bird of Puakapanga'; `Place names of the East Coast ; several photographs. Language - Some whakapapa and place names in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Three photographic prints
Te Hata Taumata? - Notebook in various hands
Date: 1872-1891
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-103
Description: Contains a description of lands occupied by various Ngati Porou hapu, and historical notes about the successive occupants, including whakapapa; there is also an unfinished letter about a girl involved in an underage relationship Quantity: 1 folder(s).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: ca 1897-1909
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-123
Description: Contains whakapapa from Whanganui, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngai Tara and Kai Tahu in particular; also contains detailed information about the Takitimu canoe, lists of Whanganui hapu, notes about the birth dates of Hemi Taitea's children; there are also notes about conflicts between Kai Tahu hapu, and a letter to Hare Hongi from Huru Moana about Maori cosmology Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Holograph (Black exercise book)
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).
Ngati Porou cosmology and whakapapa
Date: 1890 - 1910 (?)
From: Summersby, Reginald Francis Hinga, 1936-2014 : Papers re Ngati Porou
Reference: MSX-4872
Description: Contains Ngati Porou cosmology with information about the creation of the world and various atua, and Ngati Porou whakapapa; also contains information about the discovery and settlement of New Zealand by Kupe, notes about the origin and voyage of the Takitimu canoe, the migration of Kahungunu, and the migration of Paikea; also contains a maramataka Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (in grey phase box)
Maori Land Court evidence - Mangatu
Date: 1881-1892
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-093
Description: Notes about the hearing of the Mangatu Block before the Maori Land Court, with information about traditional occupation and use of the land, related hapu, whakapapa and so on Also contains extracts from various journal articles in the Journal of the Polynesian Society and the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute about the Maori occupation of the East Coast area, including the Horouta and Takitimu migrations from Hawaiki Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Mackay, Joseph Angus, 1882-1952 : Notes on early settlers in Poverty Bay
Date: 1840-1940
By: Mackay, Joseph Angus, 1882-1952
Reference: MS-Papers-1006
Description: Material collected for his work `Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast' published in 1949. Source of title - Supplied title Other Titles - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast Quantity: 51 folder(s). 0.51 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook and diary
Date: 1889
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B036
Description: Contains a draft presentation about land at Ohotu near Wanganui, notes and diary entries about Te Whatahoro's employment at the office of `Te Wananga' in Napier, notes about Te Whatahoro's role as co-ordinator of land claims and cases for Ngati Ira, and minutes of the proceedings of the Ngati Ira Land Management Committee Also contains a draft deed of land transfer from land owners to the Maori Land Company Ltd, cosmological whakapapa and notes about the divine origins of various items and practices Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 21
Te Kani Te Ua
Date: [1954-1973]
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-6/04
Description: Correspondence, whakapapa, articles, research notes and photographs. Most of the letters are from Te Kani Te Ua to Leo Fowler between 1958 to 1966, plus some undated material. There is also a detailed whakapapa book relating to East Coast whakapapa and histories. Articles relating to Maori history and culture and Maoritanga. Also correspondence from A H & A W Reed. Language - whakapapa in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Two black and white photographic prints of a kapa haka group - possibly Waihirere Maori club