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H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook
Date: 1883
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B032
Description: Contains whakapapa from Wanganui and Wairarapa, whakatauki, waiata and narratives of conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu Enclosures - 1 portrait at beginning of book as well as 3 loose leaf pages with the letterhead `Fairbairn's New Occidental Hotel, Wellington' which contains whakapapa `na Paora Poihipi' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (23 cm; marbled boards)
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notes about land management and ownership in Wanganui
Date: 1876-1905
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B047
Description: Contains proceedings of the Maori Land Court and the Tribal Committee of Wanganui with regard to land in the Wanganui district, including whakapapa, block boundaries, lists of hapu members; also contains Ngati Tuwharetoa whakapapa, and the proceedings of committees formed to manage land blocks in the Wanganui area including urupa Physical Description: Black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 30 Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
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
Stephenson Percy Smith - Polynesian notes Volume 2
Date: [ca 1895-1898]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-163
Description: Notes on many topics, including: whakapapa, tribal notes, whakatauki (proverbs), fights, etc. Also includes waiata from Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa, Taranaki and Ngati Kuia (many of the waiata and karakia of Ngati Kuia were contributed by Eruera Pakauwera), and tribal stories and notes by Te Karehana Whakataki about Ngati Toa and Tainui. Also contains an accompanying letter from W Mair, Nov 8, 1898. Language - (and English) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (414 pages). Physical Description: Holograph, ms and typescript
Williams, William Leonard, 1829-1916 : East Coast historical records
Date: 1803-1865
By: Williams, William Leonard, 1829-1916
Reference: MS-2452
Description: History of the East Coast people and district as seen from a missionary's view point. Many topics including hauhauism; land confiscation, Te Kooti; the murder of Rev C S Volkner; the work of the missionaries etc. Source of title - Transcribed from spine Quantity: 1 volume(s) (95 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with holograph corrections (26cm, blue buckram)
Elsdon Best - Aotea notebook no 5
Date: [ca 1895]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-026
Description: Begins with a contents list and comprises notes in English and Maori on many aspects of iwi history and battles in the Whanganui, Taranaki and Waikato areas, whakapapa and newspaper clippings about West Coast Maori history. Some notes copied from other sources eg John White manuscripts. Other Titles - West coast notes Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume, 43 pages).
Correspondence - Kahui Kararehe, H H Lawry, A Leverd
Date: 1886, 1893-1907, 1910-1915
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-264
Description: Contains inwards letters from Kahui Kaharehe 1893-1907 (40); a letter from H H Lawry, and correspondence with A Leverd 1910-1915 (8). The extensive correspondence between Smith and Te Kahui Kararehe of Taranaki deals with Taranaki whakapapa, information about the migration to New Zealand from Hawaiki of the Aotea and Kurahaupo canoes, whakatauki, information about the Maori language, waiata, karakaia, information about 19th century conflicts and about tthe activities of Te Whiti and Tohu at Parihaka Relationship complexity - Refer to `Ko nga tuhituhi a Te Kahui Kararehe ki a Te Mete 1893-1906', editted by Ruka Broughton (1984), and published by the Maori Studies Dept, Victoria University of Wellington - this contains transcripts of the originals in the manuscript, with a good name-iwi index Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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
Whaling, sealing and early settlement - Part 3
Date: 1943-1944
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material
Reference: MS-Papers-0230-008
Description: Correspondence and letters concerning the history and activities of whalers in New Zealand during the early and mid 18th century. Mostly concerns activities in Northland, Kawhia and Tauranga. Also includes extracts of verbatim evidence from various Maori from these districts. Also includes whakapapa for the Kennedy family from Ngati Porou, and biographical information for the Kennedy, Mair, Clendon, Tapsell & other families. Includes census of Europeans residing in Northern District, 1846 (from Clendon mss in Auckland Public Library) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Karere Maori papers
Date: 1857-1860
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-081
Description: See MS-Papers-1187-079 for details. This volume contains draft copies of notices, articles and advertisements subsequently published in Te Karere Maori. The copies address the following; the construction of an Anglican Church at Rangitukia, the Governor's visit to the Bay of Islands, the declaration of martial law in Taranaki, notes on agriculture and market prices, notes on animal husbandry, a statement about intertribal hostilities between Ngati Awa and Te Arawa in the Bay of Plenty, and boat racing at Auckland Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa notebook
Date: 1862-1906
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B039
Description: Contains detailed whakapapa, waiata with explanatory notes, and an account of the travels and deeds of the ancestor Rongokako; also contains various loose papers This book was loaned by Te Whatahoro to S Percy Smith, and it seems that Te Whatahoro may have written at least part of the book at Smith's request Physical Description: ¼ maroon black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 25
Maori myth and purakau
Date: [18-]-1860
From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0062-31
Description: Includes: Koro and Hina-uri; Hinauri Tinirau and the Whale-King and Tragedy of romance. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (some with holograph annotations)
Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 :Tainui area as in 1840 [map with ms annotations]. 1840
Date: 1800 - 1840
By: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976; Roydhouse, Judith Beverley, 1921-1999; Roydhouse, Garth Sutherland, 1912-1981
Reference: MapColl-832ecde/1840/Acc.26084
Description: Shows Tainui tribal area in 1840 with location of battles, and dates where known. Also shows main North Island tribal areas. Drawn by Pei Te Hurinui possibly for proposed Centennial Historical Atlas. Probably drawn between 1937 and 1945. Probably originally intended to form part of the Centennial Historical Atlas collection. Language - Iwi areas and battle locations in Maori Other Titles - shown Extended Title - Principal tribal battle fields are shewn [sic] and dates of battles, where known, are given See also Centennial Historical Atlas collection held Cartographic Collection. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink sketch on base map (No.5). 59 x 46 cm.
Te Tuhi Pihopa - Legends and genealogies
Date: 1895-1896
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-113A
Description: Notebook containing karakia, waiata and whakatauki; Tuhoe whakapapa and notes about Tuhoe hapu and about conflicts between Tuhoe and Ngati Kahungunu in the 19th century; notes about the respective events that preceded the migrations of the Aotea and the Mataatua canoes from Hawaiki to New Zealand and information about the migrations per se; narrative about the introduction of the kumara to New Zealand from Hawaiki, and notes about conflicts involving Ngati Kahungunu ancestors Rakaihikuroa, Tupurupuru, Tuatamure and Kahutapere in the Gisborne area; there is also a narrative about the Tuhoe ancestor Rangiteaorere Notebook has "from Te Tuhi Pihopa" in Best's hand and "H T Pio Maori notes no.11" crossed out. Quantity: 1 volume(s).