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Correspondence and notes
Date: 1896-1915
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-04A/04C
Description: Includes Notes on Maori origins, by Mr Ferguson of Hokianga; Time and a generation, by Hare Hongi; Ruatapu, Whiro and Toi, by Hare Hongi; He korero mo Wairangi raua ko tana wahine ko Parawhete, by Matenga Hori; He karakia patu ngarara, ana kai i te maara kumara, and other notes, by Hare Hongi; On the survivals of ancient customs in Oceania; Ngati Kahungunu materials from T W Downes; Maori kitchen middens, by Taylor White; Ko te korero mo nga pa e toru i te puke, by Tarakawa Also contains a brief essay about Te Rauparaha of the Ngati Toa. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Whakapapa
Date: 1898-1933
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-072
Description: Contains Ngati Kahungunu and other whakapapa for Mere Mohi and related hapu written in an unknown hand, together with some waiata in the same hand; also contains whakapapa for the Te Whaiti family from Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Toa, written by Henare Te Whaiti; also contains whakapapa contributred by Poihaere Hue; also contains information about Ngati Kahungunu, including the conflict and subsequent peacemaking between Wairarapa Maori and Te Ati Awa in the 1830s and the death of Nga-oko-i-te-rangi at an earlier time Also contains notes in Maori about the signs of the Zodiac
Whakapapa and land records
Date: 1890-1904
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-019
Description: Contains land records for various blocks of land in south Wairarapa (ie lists of owners and relative shares); also contains Te Whaiti family whakapapa and whakapapa from related hapu in Wairarapa, the South Island and Ngati Toa; also contains some brief diary entries by Iraia Te Whaiti
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)
Whakapapa and records
Date: 1891-1916
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-040
Description: Contains whakapapa contributed by various people (Apirana Kaimoana, Te Hooro Hawea, Pou Turei, Urupeni Puhara, Mohi Te Atahikoia, Hoani Te Wanikau) about various iwi; there are also whakapapa by Atanatiu Te Kairangi that have been stamped with the seal of the Rongokako Maori Council (this may mean that the whakapapa was submitted to the Tane-nui-a-rangi whakapapa committee that sat about this time) There are also records of land and financial transactions undertaken by Iraia Te Whaiti, records about the marriages and births of his immediate family, and records about various hui in the South Wairarapa and related gift-giving
Maori Land Court records
Date: 1895-1930
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MSY-4816
Description: Contains ver batim evidence in Maori from Maori Land Court sessions held in Masterton in the 1890s (including questions and answers, and whakapapa information); the evidence is stamped M K Ngatauewaru (M K possiblt stands for Marae Komiti) Also contains notes by Henare Te Whaiti about Maori cosmology and earthquakes, notes by Henare Te Whaiti about Ngaoko-i-te-rangi, Ngati Toa whakapapa, a draft letter to the Ratana Church, and a note by Iraia Te Whaiti about the kakahu and other taonga laid out for the funeral of Te Kooti Te Rato
Correspondence - F E Maning, C E Maxwell, Edward E Morris, Charles Murray, Hoani Nahe, ...
Date: 1875, 1893-1907
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-266
Description: Comprises letters from F E Maning (1) 1875, to and from C E Maxwell (7) 1895-1901, Edward E Morris (1) 1896, Charles Murray (2) 1892, and nine Maori letters from Hoani Nahe, Eruera Hohepa, Taurua Minarapa, Heni Te Rau o te Rangi, Hone Wetere 1893-1909. The Maori letters concern Polynesian Society business and activities, information about the origins of Ngati Maru and Ngati Paoa, the collection of whakapapa, the inspection of old pa sites, the Maori division of time, the activities of Te Whiti and Tohu at Parihaka, and accounts of the migration to the Wellington area by Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa. Also contains 3 letters written in the hand of Heni Te Rau about her mothers famous swim from Kapiti Island (during the battle of Waiorua, 1824), and other family information; and information by Minarapa about the birth of the prophet Te Whiti o Rongomai. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 pieces).
Correspondence - J Macmillan Brown, Peter Buck, Lindsay T Buick, R E M Campbell
Date: 1894, 1907-1917
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-251
Description: Comprises letters to and from J Macmillan Brown (7) 1910-1917, with typescript copies; Peter Buck (4) 1907-1908; Lindsay T Buick (10) 1910-1915, with typescript copies; and a letter from R E M Campbell 1894. The Buck letters include extensive Ngati Mutunga historical and whakapapa notes, with two waiata 1) about the Ngati Mutunga ancestor Rehetaia, and 2) a waiata by Oriwia Te Oka of Ngati Toa about their heke from Kawhia to Kapiti and the role that Te Ati Awa played. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (38 pieces).