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H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook with cosmological information
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)
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1855-1909
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B014
Description: Contains cosmological notes about Rangi and Papa, the children of Rangi and Papa, the separation of Rangi and Papa, the creation of women, the flight of Hine-nui-te-po and the death of Maui, notes about the divine origins of various items and practices, and the various activities of the children of Rangi and Papa Also contains notes about conflicts involving Manaia at Hawaiki, and a subsequent flight to New Zealand and further fighting in New Zealand There are notes about 18th and 19th century conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu, including waiata, and subsequent peace-making in the face of external invasion; there is also a `genealogy' of whare wananga Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ brown calf, black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 4
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa note book
Date: 1896
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B018
Description: Contains whakapapa and cosmological notes about the creation of the universe, including the origin of all stones and winds and various other items and practices Also contains notes about the introduction of greenstone to New Zealand and notes about Ruaumoko and his marriage to a human woman Also contains notes about Wairarapa Moana, including a draft testimony about Wairarapa Moana and related geographical features, foods gathered, hapu that gathered food, pa and mahinga kai, politics associated with the ownership and sale of the lake, sale of adjacent land, minutes of a meeting about the lake and notes about the administration of lake-related issues Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (33 cm; marbled paper cover)
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook / dictated by Te Matorohanga
Date: 1865 - 1900
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B007
Description: Contains cosmological notes about Io, the twelve heavens, the children of Rangi and Papa, the separation of Rangi and Papa, the ascent of Tane to fetch the baskets of knowledge, the divine origin of various items and practices, and notes about Maui and Tawhaki Also contains notes about practices and concepts associated with the whare wananga, whakapapa (cosmological and human), and notes about the migration to, and settlement of, New Zealand There are autobiographical notes about Te Whatahoro as well as waiata, haka and karakia There is an extensive index at the start of the volume Publication - 3 copies of pages 1 to 379 have been typed for the Maori Ethnological Research Board by Oka Heketa, 20 September 1929 Publication - 3 copies of pages 380 to 444 of this volume have been typed for the Maori Ethnological Research Board by Oka Heketa, 19 October 1929 Other - [One of 4 volumes lent to L D S] Variations in title - Spine - Ancient Maori history Contents: There is a note regarding the compilation of this volume and a statement of ownership pasted in the beginning pages. Also leaves are stamped with the `Komiti seal' - seal of approval as being passed and correct Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: ½ brown calf, blue bindings, 33cm., vol numbered 4 - Spine title "Ancient Maori History" Finding Aids: For a very detailed description of what this particular volume contains see `Offprint from the Journal of the Polynesian Society, June 1994 vol.103 no.2, pages 118-120' in inventory folder.
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa and note book
Date: 1895
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B016
Description: Contains notes about places associated with Kupe in Wellington and Wairarapa, whakapapa, financial records by Tuta Nihoniho and miscellaneous notes about land management There is a lengthy account of the destruction of the Te Arawa canoe by Raumati, and subsequent events, and a related narrative about Raumati's son, Ngarue and his activites and family There are haka and waiata, a list of pa in Taranaki and related iwi, notes about the origins and settlements of various iwi, notes about greenstone, and a narrative about conflicts between Te Ati Awa and Waikato, and the subsequent migration of Te Ati Awa along with Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Toa to the Wellington area There are notes about the arrival of Pakeha in New Zealand before Captain Cook, and a note in Elsdon Best's hand that states that much of the information in the manuscript was extracted from the Journal of the Polynesian Society and other published sources Also contains the names of several muskets belonging to the Ngati Toa which were named in a waiata composed by the wife of Te Pukoro, a Ngati Tama/ Ati Awa chief killed in the Wairarapa in the late 1820s. This lament was composed and sung at Waikanae to rouse the Ngati Toa to seek revenge for the deaths of the Ngati Tama and Ati Awa in the Wairarapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ maroon, black boards, 24 cm., vol. numbered 9
Whakapapa and narratives dictated by Apiata Te Aohau, Nepia Pohuhu and Paratene Te Okaw...
Date: 1862-1918
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B054
Description: This volume contains information dictated by three tohunga, Apiata Te Aohau, Nepia Pohuhu and Paratene Te Okawhare, to Te Whatahoro; the narratives cover some common themes, including; Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay whakapapa, accounts of the creation of the universe, and the subsequent activities and conflicts of various deities; accounts and genealogies that set out the origin of various animate and inanimate things in the world; accounts of the migration of the Takitimu canoe, lead by Tamatea, from Hawaiki to New Zealand; information about the provenance of the material dictated by the tohunga Paratene Te Okawhare also discusses the influence of Christianity on the recital of traditional Maori accounts of cosmology, and provides instructions about who should be allowed access to the material and how whakapapa debates should be managed; he identifies some common errors made by non-experts in reciting genealogies; he also warns Te Whatahoro not to confuse the work of different tohunga, and points out that each school of learning will have their own version of events Physical Description: ¼ maroon, dark green boards 33 cm Provenance: This was one of four books loaned by Te Whatahoro to the Church of the Latter Day Saints
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa notebook
Date: 1861-1892
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B062
Description: Contains whakapapa collected from various authorities Physical Description: Black boards, 33 cm Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Ronaldson, William (Rev), 1823-1917 : Papers
Date: [ca 1892]-1960
By: Ronaldson, William (Rev), 1823-1917
Reference: MS-Papers-1367
Description: Personal letters to Mrs Joseph Oates and her daughter Annie with comment on Wairapapa settlers (1902-1913); other letter writers refer to Ronaldson's work as vicar in the Wairarapa (1949-1952). Photographs, notes and newspaper clippings. The newspaper clippings provide information about early missionary work by Ronaldson and others among Wairarapa Maori; there are photographs of St Thomas's college at Papawai, and a photo of Mrs Ann Oates (nee Jury) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs (some copies)
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa notebook
Date: 1871
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B063
Description: Contains whakapapa recited by various people, information about Maori cosmology in the form of genealogies, waiata and records of births in the Jury family Physical Description: Black boards, 18 cm Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook
Date: 1898
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B075
Description: Contains scriptual texts and references, Christian prayers, notes about the progression of a minister through the clerical ranks, a song by Te Kooti, whakapapa, financial records, notes about the ownership of Wairarapa Moana, with lists of owners and verbatim comments from hui to discuss the issue, and notes about the burial places of South Wairarapa rangatira and the residence of their descendants Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Accounts and correspondence
Date: 1888-1928
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MSY-4807
Description: Cashbook accounts (debits and credits) for various Wairarapa Maori (possibly for H.T. Mahupuku & MA, General Dealers); Te Whaiti family whakapapa; also contains whakapapa for Ngati Rakairangi and detailed information about a land block in the Hinana area (boundaries, mahinga kai and wahi tapu); also contains information about fundraising activities at Papawai Pa (raffles etc); drafts of correspondence about Maori land blocks from the late 1880s; also contains loose correspondence about fundraising for Papawai Pa, and the rental of a property at Greytown by Major H P Tunuiarangi
Whakapapa, waiata and land records
Date: 1878-1930
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-039
Description: Contains whakapapa and waiata from the South Wairarapa, written in a variety of hands (much of the whakapapa seems to focus on Hemi Te Miha and the Te Whaiti family); also contains land records including lists of owners of various blocks and respective shares, and records of the members of various hapu (Ngati Rakairangi, Ngati Moe, Ngati Tukaiora, Ngati Te Rangitawhanga); also contains a letter from Henare Te Whaiti to Maui Pomare about politics; also contains a letter from Paora Waitere of Papawai to Kaihau Te Whaiti enclosing some waiata There is a detailed account by Matina Ruta Tamaiwhakakiteaterangi of the Potangaroa hui, written in 1905; there is also a letter written by Matina about the succession to Paora Tihi; there is also a subscription form for the Maori Peace Memorial to be erected in Masterton Park, a copy of Te Kahiti o Niu Tireni from 1920, and some forms associated with the Rongokako Maori Council; there are some architectural plans for a house for J Te Whaiti at Pirinoa prepared in 1925 (J Te Whaiti is possibly Hohaia Te Whaiti aka Joe Te Whaiti)
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook
Date: 1885
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B093
Description: Contains proposed legislation regarding Maori land tenure, accounts and biils payed, diary entries with a particular focus on land tenure, museums and petitions; also contains narrative accounts about historical conflicts involving Rangitane and other conflicts involving Ngati Hikawera and Ngati Kahukuraawhitia Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: Hune 9 1904
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-120
Description: Contains Wairarapa waiata and whakapapa; also contains some cosmological whakapapa and notes about the separation of Rangi and Papa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
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 - Whakapapa, waiata and notes
Date: 1898-1904
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-117
Description: Contains notes from the sitting of the Maori Land Court at Greytown with regard to land in the Greytown district; also contains a biographical note about Hori Te Huki, whakapapa relating to various Wairarapa hapu, miscellaneous herbal remedies, and several waiata Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1888
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B024
Description: Contains waiata, haka, whakapapa, notes about various conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu over a number of generations Also contains boundaries of land blocks in the South Wairarapa and notes about related whakapapa and land interests, the history of occupation and mahinga kai; this information appears to have been extracted from Maori Land Court sources Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (20 cm; marbled paper covers)
H T Whatahoro Jury - Minute book of Wairarapa Maori Committee
Date: 1869, 1895
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B002
Description: Proceedings of Wairarapa Maori Committee investigation into the title of various land blocks in Wairarapa, near Greytown, with details of ownership and occupation, ancestral rights, whakapapa and mahinga kai; includes waiata and haka Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled paper covers, 33 cm, vol numbered 1
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook with information about Maori land tenure
Date: 1877-1888
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B052
Description: Contains; copies of letters dealing with land tenure, the Native Land Court and political matters; copies of evidence given in hearings of the Wairarapa Maori Committee with regard to land in the Papawai and Greytown areas, including whakapapa and detailed accounts of the history of the area and the resident hapu; detailed descriptions of the boundaries of land blocks in the Papawai and Greytown areas; waiata and whakapapa; copies of petitions with regard to land tenure; diary-type entries about the activities of the Wairarapa Maori Committee and Henare Matua; lists of the various hapu living around Lake Wairarapa, and the pa and kainga occupied by Ngati Muretu; narratives of historical incidents and conflicts involving various Wairarapa hapu; and copies of evidence given in hearings of the Native Land Court with regard to land in the Papawai and Greytown areas Relationship complexity - Kinds of Peace by Keith Sinclair (1991) has some useful information about the Maori Committee movement and the Repudiation movement Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ¼ maroon. dark green boards
Maori group, Papawai Pa, Greytown
Date: [ca 1890-1910]
From: Keedwell, Robyn :Photograph albums of Wellington and the Wairarapa of the 1880s to 1900
Reference: PAColl-1892-01
Description: Photograph of a Maori at the gateway of Papawai Pa, Greytown; the group are dressed in European clothes, and the detail of the carving is clearly visible Papawai was the seat of the Maori Parliament in the 1890s; it fell into disrepair following the First World War Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies.