Places

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

Date: [ca 1880]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-124

Description: Contains a narrative dictated by Wi Pokuku, with additional notes by Herries Beattie, about the settlement of the South Island, and about traditions associated with the Waitaha people Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-030

Description: Shows remains of carved stockade and what could be a canoe prow on the ground. Cabbage trees to the right and hills in the background The pa at Te Wai a te Rua Ti, near Temuka had been a Waitaha Pa until the raids of Te Rauparaha in the 1820s, when it was rebuilt at some distance as a Ngai Tahu Pa. Part of this earlier pa can be seen in the background in other drawings by Mantell of the pa by 1848. Other Titles - Te Wai a te Rua Ti Pa Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 177 x 134 mm

Date: 1948

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/03

Description: "Record list. Otago tour" written on folder. Contents includes a comprehensive list of the interviews that Leo Fowler conducted during his tour of Otago in 1948. Topics include early settler history, including Maori, Pakeha and Chinese history. Some of the interviews were conducted in Maori, so will be a good resource for Kai Tahu language research [full transcripts are not present here but does include a summary of topics spoken about in the recordings]. Includes information about mahinga kai or food gathering practices, rock art, early farming history, sheep rustling and bushrangers. Language - References to Maori language recordings Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1823-1935]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-139

Description: Research papers from envelope titled Warbricks Adventures in Maoriland, containing handwritten and typewritten research notes and drafts relating mainly to the Rotorua region. Includes waiata and whakapapa. Also includes two photographs, one is hand tinted and has MS on the back saying 'Puraku trenches Tarukenga' the other is a photograph [postcard] titled 'Hongis Track. Rotorua. F. G. R. 2615' produced by Frank Duncan & co, Auckland. Language - Some waiata and whakapapa in Maori Arrangement: From 46 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s). Two photographs [one is also a postcard] of Puraku trenches Tarukenga and Hongi's Track.

Date: 1883

By: Leahy, James Eugene, active 1883-1901

Reference: MapColl-832.1ecd/[1883?]/Acc.1797

Description: Map indicating boundaries of Maori lands and territories in the Hauraki Plains area extending to Thames and as far south as Tauranga Harbour. Includes the following Iwi references:- Uruopou lands now belonging to Ngatipaoa, Waitaha lands, Te Hakaipuku or Ngatikea land, Ngaiwi lands, Ngati Te Rauhea lands, Ngatihuarere territory, Lands of Ngatirotawa, Ngati Paeko, Ngati Tutea, Ngati Hotu, Ngatihako territory, Ngamarama lands. Some Maori placenames are hand-written on a printed, commercial map of what was then the Auckland district. Title supplied by cataloguer. Jas. E.L. believed to be James E. Leahy, fl. 1883-1896 Base map: Auckland, sheet 3. Wellington, N.Z.: General Survey Office, 1883. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 47.9 x 58.3 cm.

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-334-049

Description: Elevated whata (food storage platforms) with low fences, two dwellings, and, in the left distance, the remains of an earlier pa, including the two Ti (cabbage) trees referred to in the name of the pa. People seated and standing around the pa. Shows Te Wai te Rua Ti pa, near Temuka Other Titles - Te Wai a te rua ti Pa, near Temuka Inscriptions: Recto - title and date in the artist's hand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 127 x 200 mm (page size)

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-334-068

Description: In the upper sketch, four European men alongside a small tent, with two Maori, gathering sticks (possibly flax stalks) to make a small reed boat or mokihi. They are close to the mouth of the Waihao River, with the sea and coastline visible beyond them. In the lower view, low hills and coastling. The text 'Ye historie of ye moki by W. M. Right merrily ...' has been crossed out, lower right. Wainono Lagoon is on the coastal plain between the Hook and Waihao Rivers, Waimate District, South Canterbury Other Titles - Waihao mokihi Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil, 127 x 200 mm (page size)

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-334-050

Description: Elevated whata (food storage platforms) with low fences, four dwellings, including one close to the ground in the foreground and one showing a European influence with a chimney slightly right of centre in the background. A flag may be flying from the building in the left background. People seated and standing around the pa. Other Titles - Te Wai a te rua ti Pa, near Temuka Inscriptions: Recto - title and date in the artist's hand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 127 x 200 mm (page size)

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-334-056

Description: A panoramic view of Te Wai a te Rua Ti Pa (near Temuka, South Canterbury) running along the top half of the page, with Mantell's tent to the right. A smaller view of a large storage platform titled 'Taraputikitiki' with a ladder leading up the platform and a palisade below it. In the bottom right, a profile head and shoulders portrait of Te Rehe, the Waiteruati chief, a member of the Kati Huirapa iwi, a sub-tribe of Ngai Tahu. Behind him is another view of the storage platform in the distance and there is a frontal view of facial features, possibly those of Te Rehe, a separate drawing of a mouth, and of chin moko, probably also those of Te Rehe Other Titles - Te Wai a te rua ti Pa, near Temuka. Mahatinui. Tanetiki. Urekura. Tanaputakitaki. Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 127 x 200 mm (page size)

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-334-055

Description: A panoramic view of Arowhenua (near Temuka, South Canterbury) running along half of the page, with Arowhenua Bush in the distance and the Opihi River. On the other half of the page is Mantell's diary for 8 and 9 October 1848, interrupted with a drawing of a utensil similar to an abbreviated watering can, with part of a pa in the background (Waiteruati or Te Wai a te Rua Ti Pa). Mantell jokingly suggests that the utensil is a portable toilet. Other Titles - Te Wai a te rua ti Pa, near Temuka. Arowhenua. Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 127 x 200 mm (page size)

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-334-066

Description: Rough sketch of Lake Wainono looking across to distant hills, marked, on the left 'To Morokura', and on the right [two illegible words, possibly Taramea and Tikurua] then 'Waihau' [i. e. Waihao River]. Along the edge of the page is a series of 5 comic views of Malmanche, Wills and Mantell or Hughes, attempting to cross a river in a mokihi or reed canoe, which sinks with the weight of the three men. A makeshift paddle is also shown, along with the axe lost in the failed attempt to use the canoe. Wainono Lagoon is on the coastal plain between the Hook and Waihao Rivers, Waimate District, South Canterbury Other Titles - Mokihi crossing the river Quantity: 6 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 127 x 200 mm (page size)