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Date: 1997 - 01 Jan 1997

By: Hooker, Garry, 1939-2022

Reference: OHColl-0568

Description: Life history interviews with seven members of Te Iwi o Te Roroa Interviewer(s) - Garry Hooker Quantity: 20 C60 cassette(s). 2 C120 cassette(s). 7 printed abstract(s). 7 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 1940

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0028

Description: Contains lsit of Ngapuhi, Ngati Whatua, Ngati Kahu and Te Rarawa Pa Maori. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1903-1939

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-62

Description: Includes articles, pictures and other material on Maori history, health, and religion as well as geography, language, science and volcanology Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: [1956-1957]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-35

Description: Comprises notes on sites and artifacts of Waikanae-Paekakariki area (with map); map, Manawatu River from Longburn Bridge to Oroua confluence; genealogies, no 1, relationaship of Muaupoko to Rangitane, no 2, the branching out of sub-tribes from Rangitane, supplied by Wiremu K Te Awe Awe per G Allwright; map, visit to old Maori site on dune belt, Rangitikei River; artifacts from Papaitonga-Hokio sector of dune-belt (with map); on the archaeology of Kaitaia-Ahipara, North Auckland (with maps); small stone bowling disc, Makara Arrangement: Notebook no 34 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1997

From: Park, Geoffrey Nicholls, 1946-2009 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9392-006

Description: Survey undertaken by Dr Charles Johnston for the James Henare Research Centre on various communities in the North Hokianga Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 3 Nov 1989

From: Maori Women's Welfare League: Interviews

By: Toia, Te Arani a Mate, 1913-1998; Szaszy, Mira, 1921-2001

Reference: OHInt-0602-19

Description: Mate Toia born 1913 in Te Taheke, Hokianga. Refers to father, Taia Toia and mother Hariata Ngani Werekake, from Waima, Ngati Mahurehure hapu. Mentions grandmother Ripeka Timoko, Ngai Tawake. Recalls living with grandparents in Te Kauri, Waimate North. Talks about attending St Josephs College in Napier on a scholarship. Mentions getting tuberculosis. Refers to death of mother in 1936, father working as a sharemilker, helping father to raise the family. Describes fun activities of her youth, particularly dancing. Talks about becoming a Welfare Officer in 1951. Describes the change from the Health League to the Maori Women's Welfare League. Mentions Mrs Maihi. Refers to the formation of League branches in the Bay of Islands and Hokianga, and sending delegates Ruiha Heperi and Vivian Barnes to the first League conference. Talks in detail about the achievements of the League in her district: supporting education, raising funds, setting up and financing playcentres in many Maori communities. Refers to health camps, the Education Foundation, building a rest home in the Hokianga for pregnant women. Gives thoughts about the issues facing Maori at the time of the interview - mentions education, young offenders, issues for families, the need for a sound economic base. Describes own philosophy of life. Talks about the influence of the church and missionaries on her parents and grandparents, and mentions the role of missionaries during the flu epidemic. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Search dates: 1989

Date: [1980s-1990]

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11750-52

Description: Drafts, correspondence and other papers. Includes ET/AT 014, a draft article relating to Hongi Hika, ET/AT 015 a draft article relating to toki poutangata adzes, and ET/AT 016 a letter dated 1990 from Garth Cartright relating to Taylor's book `Maori folk art' which also discusses the artist Tony Fomison. Also includes some papers relating to Abe Wharekawa, the Black Power gang, a building project and papers seeking funding for a 1990 project relating to the writing of Maori biographies. Also includes a copy of Maori Rock Drawing: The Theo Schoon Interpretations published by the Robert McDougall Art Gallery (annotated - probably by Alan Taylor) with three black and white prints of the Takiroa Rock Shelter on a piece of cardboard. Also includes two pages of handwritten drafts for an article titled `Nga Atua Maori: Maori Gods' which includes a drawing of a godstick and a picture of rainbow labelled Kahukura, and a draft article relating to Oceanic canoes and Maori waka, including pencil drawings of tauihu and rapa (taurapa). These draft articles were in a hand printed envelope which has `Ms., karakia and whakapapa' written on it. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.

Date: [1954-1955]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-28

Description: Contents comprise notes on adzes found at Ohau Bay (Wellington); Waikanae, McCrae's Flat (Central Otago), Dargaville and Horowhenua; a greenstone spike 12" in length found at Arapawa Island (with map and genealogy of the Heberley family); map showing geographical features and the position of Maori Pa sites and kainga of central Wellington; map showing distribution of type IV adzes (Waitaha culture) of western Wellington from Palliser Bay to Foxton; adze found at McCrae's flat Otago. Arrangement: Notebook no 27 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1955-1956]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-32

Description: Comprises reports on limestone adze from Kapowairua Stream, Hooper Point, Spirits Bay; adze, Whangape; skull, L Horowhenua; stone disc, nr Castlepoint and notes and map on others; Maori place-names of Heretaunga and vicinity, Hawke's Bay with map (1860); slab of rhyolite, Poor Knights; sketch plan of Taylor's Hill, Tamaki River; disc form stone net sinker, Bethune's sale; and banded and spotted stones Arrangement: Notebook no 32 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1950s - 01 Jan 1950 - 31 Dec 1959

From: Kapunga Te Matemoana (Koro) Dewes collection of sound recordings

Reference: OHT7-0883

Description: Contents: Oral Tradition (Part 3) (a) He waiata tangi na to Kouru Ratana 'Taku turanga he ake i te takutai moe ana te hikuoe' (Nika Anihana, Maraeroa, Hokianga) (b) He waiata 'E rere te ao e kukume i runga' (Ngati Hine, Ngati Maru group) (c) He waiata tangi mo te rite heihei 'E pa moe roa maranga mai ke runga' (Kare Te Ahi Irimana) (d) Te waita o te kapatai o Ngati Pai 'E taka ki te raro' (Te Hikuai) (e) He Waiata 'Kaore te aroha mohukihuki ana' (f) He waiata tangi 'Tera te kakau e whakangaro atu ana' (g) He waiata 'Kaore te aroha kia poi purukawea' (h) Whaikorero kia Wiremu Ngata me tetahi pao 'He rakau inana rakau tu hiwi' (Koroua no Kaikohe) (i) He waiata 'Kai noaiho ana te kaiheke rawaho te mohiotia' (j) He waiata tangi mo Wihikau 'Toia mai ra e te atai nga rau' (Nika Anihana) (k) Te waiata s muriwai 'Takoto mai e hine i roto i te wharekino' (l) Te waiata tangi a Kuiawai, t wahine a manaia 'Tapu mai te huna nui' also on Tape 46 (RM 48, OHT7-0882) (m) Te waiata a Karihi mo Tawhaki tan tuakana 'Te kiri o Tawhaki ka ngaro koe' also on Tape 46 (RM 48, OHT7-0882). Taitokerau, 1950s. Quantity: 1 7" reel(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other Catalogue of Recordings from the Koro Dewes Collection.

Date: 1910-1914

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0191

Description: Tuhoe notes contributed by various kaumatua, and notes from Te Whatahoro Jury with information about Ngati Kahungunu traditions about the creation of the universe and the settlement in New Zealand, waiata and whakapapa, and information about traditional childbirth practices; there are further notes on various topics collected when Best was living in Wellington 1910-1914, including whakapapa, myths, fights, lizards, Maori calendar, navigation rites, stars, Takitimu Canoe, wairua, eels, forest lore, personifications, etc. (Index included) An explanation of Best's shorthand is included at the end of the Index Source of title - Spine title Variations in title - Spine title is - Maori Notebook no 11, 1905, but the material in the volume is dated 1910-1914. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: [1880-1983]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-124

Description: Translation of extract from the history of the migration of Tainui by Hoani Nahe (AJHR, 1880, v2, G-L); copy, Whenuakura (1882); Nga Korero mo nga waka mo Horouta, Takitimu me te Ikaroa a Rauru (1930); Tuwharetoa Trust Board proposed education grant; piece on Bellingshausen from Glyn Barrett; `The Tangi and the tangihanga' by Ralph Love (1983); `Maori memories; Rau Pararaha' by J H Stevens; discussion on Maori tribes A comprehensive collection of pakiwaitara, whakapapa on iwi and waka in New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript Holograph