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Date: 24 Sep 1908-24 Oct 1911

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-26

Description: Contains diary entries for the period between 1908 and 1911; the diary entries deal with Keys' family life, including his marriage and the birth and growth of his children, and his professional life, including his work in the Native Land Court and his relationship with Major Mair, James Carroll and other political figures The diary also contains photographs and a postcard from James Carroll, pasted in Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1880-1943

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

Reference: Series-3335

Description: The papers in this series are papers, files, correspondence, receipts, account books, bank books, ledgers, maps, reports, printed matter and diaries about Gisborne land and development schemes, the government development schemes, stations and land blocks and the Native Affairs Department. There is some overlap between this series and Series 1 - Family papers. Quantity: 102 folder(s). 45 volume(s). 3 map(s).

Date: 1890-1980

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: Series-1868

Date: 1865-1971

By: Nevill, Geoffrey, 1900-1971

Reference: MS-Papers-0619

Description: Ms drafts of Maori Land Court proceedings with related papers and land grants, 1870, 1885; land deeds; papers concerning appointments of Resident Magistrates and other officials to Chatham Islands, 1865-1891; wills of Rev J G Engst, 1876, Wiremu Naera Pomare, 1885 and other papers, with attached notes by Mr Rhys Richards. Copy of annual report on Chatham islands to Department of Island Territories, 1951-1952. Photocopy of recent correspondence between Mr Richards and German missionary organisations regarding missionary activity in the Chatham Islands, 1965-1971 Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Provenance: Formerly in the possession of Mr G Nevill.

Date: 1883-1947

By: Morrison, John M, active 1883-1951

Reference: MS-Papers-0128

Description: Correspondence relating to railways; typescript reminiscences of Takapuna by Allan O'Neill from NZ Observer; reminiscences of W G Tye, J W Williamson; Baldwin locomotive works by W W Stewart; reminiscence by C W Allison; notes on publicans' bush licences; biographies of W Berry, C W Cave, W J Napier, and T Maxwell; notes on Maori land purchases and records of deeds; plan showing the Takapuna tram route. Relationship complexity - See also qMS-1398 Quantity: 4 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1844-1988, 1988

By: New Zealand. Crown Law Office

Reference: 90-007

Description: Set of briefs of evidence presented by witnesses for the Crown relating to the Ngai Tahu land claim before the Waitangi Tribunal (WAI-27). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 7 box(es). 2 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. Processing information: Not all boxes yet described.

Date: 1840-1921

By: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906

Reference: MS-Papers-0048

Description: Correspondence and papers on Maori Land Court disputes (often in Maori); politics and politicians; ornithology; Maori genealogies and ethnology. Papers of the Blue Spur and Gabriel's Gully Consolidated Gold Mining Company 1866-1899. W Leo Buller's correspondence re the gift of Buller's Maori collection to the nation, 1911-1914. Family papers, land deed certificates, clippings. The Maori letters arise mainly from Buller's law practice and deal mainly with land court work. Some of the earlier letters are probably to his father, James Buller. A H Turnbull and Elsdon Best both appear to have worked on the letters. Best did not apparently find them useful to his research, but they will be useful to anyone interested in land matters in the Manawatu and Horowhenua areas. Quantity: 58 folder(s). 0.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available with an index to the Maori letters (folders 11-20) in the back.

Date: 1879-1904

By: Studholme, John, 1863-1934

Reference: MS-Papers-0272

Description: Correspondence, legal and personal; documents, accounts, notes, some maps on the Mangaohane, Owhaoko & Murimotu Blocks, Wellington Province. Two main groups: 1. Litigation on the ownership and rights to the land - includes material on Renata Kawepo's sale and Winiata's ejectment. 2. Financial affairs relating to these blocks (much correspondence between Studholme and Murray, Roberts & Co, also his father John Studholme senior) Quantity: 39 folder(s). 0.39 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1847-1901

By: Stafford, Edward William (Rt Hon Sir), 1819-1901

Reference: MS-Papers-0028

Description: Official papers relating chiefly to Maori affairs, Maori schools and military matters. Folder 59 contains notes on Stafford family genealogy with dates up to 1904. Quantity: 64 folder(s). 0.70 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss and printed matter Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1885-1928

By: Mountjoy, Brian Keith, 1928-2011

Reference: MS-Papers-4596

Description: Contains papers of John Newton relating to land leased and purchased by the Caledonian Soap Works at Kaiwharawhara and NZ Express Ltd papers including correspondence and leases. Source of title - supplied title These papers were collected by B K Mountjoy from Allied Freightways Ltd. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter

Date: 1838-1923

By: Mair, Gilbert, 1843-1923

Reference: MS-Papers-0092

Description: Includes official papers concerning Tarawera eruption, Maori land cases (1876-1907); personal papers concerning Mair's part in East Coast and Te Kooti campaigns with the Arawa Flying Column; correspondence with W Colenso, J Cowan, Earl of Glasgow and others; MS notes on the history of Tauranga, Gate Pa, Moriori, extinction of the moa and other Maori matters. Also 82 volumes of small notebooks and diaries (1861-1923), reflecting Mair's part on the Maori wars, his concern for Maori lands and culture etc. Some early papers are of Gilbert Mair senior. Language - Some mss written in Maori Quantity: 72 folder(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1884-1936

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0151-27

Description: Contains correspondence about McDonnell's business as a book trader, letters about land tenure, politics, and letters about the printing of various items (including the establishment of a Maori newspaper for the Labour Party) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (22 leaves). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1918-1919

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-31

Description: Contains diary entries by Keys about his travels through the North Island on business as a Native Land Agent; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside and towns through which Keys travels, and discussions about the people he meets; there are also discussions about Maori practices and customs that Keys experiences, and his impressions of them There are also notes about the end of World War One and the influenza epidemic, Maori gardening practices, native flora and fauna, and the liquor trade There are also a number of maps of the volcanic plateau, and a number of photographs of people, scenery and Te Arawa marae Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1905-1938

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0151-26

Description: Contains various items, including some poetry (there is a poem by Kipling, and other poetry about the Wanganui river), some information about Maori land (a schedule of rents owing, and a map showing `locked up' Maori land that hindered the progress of the North Island from 1905), and some receipts Quantity: 1 folder(s) (15 leaves). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1895-1935

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0151-24

Description: Contains correspondence and other papers about land transactions, money lending and other business matters Quantity: 1 folder(s) (26 leaves). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1860-1935

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0151-19

Description: Contains holograph copies, made by McDonnell, of various 19th century documents including various letters and petitions, and the `opinion of the Attorney General as to the legal status of the Maori now in arms' There are also original documents from the 1920s and 1930s about Maori politics and political representation, and raupatu petitions from the Taranaki area Relationship complexity - Also see the Ngata family papers, MS-Group-0941 and MS-group-1140. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (61 leaves). Physical Description: Manuscripts and typescripts

Date: Jan-Oct 1920

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-32

Description: Contains diary entries by Keys re his travels through the Bay of Plenty and Horowhenua districts on business as a Native Land Agent; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside and towns which Keys travelled through, and discussions about the people he met; there are also discussions about Maori practices and customs that he encountered and his impressions of them. There are also notes about native flora and fauna and the liquor trade, and a number of photographs of people (mainly from Te Arawa and Ngati Raukawa), scenery and marae, taken by Keys according to the text (each is dated). Also contains copies of various manuscripts (in Maori) submitted to Keys by Maori informants, and information about the history of Rangiatea at Otaki Also includes stories, written in Maori, from the Ngati Raukawa tribe; "The story of Uenuku-kopako and Kapu- Manawawhiti"; "The death of Tukemata"; and a copy of a letter from Riapo Puhipi (Leopold Busby) about an exchange of gifts between Te Rauparaha and Poroa, a chief of Ahipara. Includes photographs of the old Otaki school house; Kahurangi Taipua; Raukawa meeting house (all on p.73), and Tungia Te Ao (pp.74 & 100). Contains description of the Whakatane river in 1907 (p33 & 34) and the names of the rocks in the river. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1852-1935

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0151-20A

Description: Contains holograph copies, made by McDonnell, of various Maori language items including the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, Nga kupu mihi atu ki a Kingi Te Rata, Te Whare Paremete by Apirana Ngata, A defence of the Maori people, and a history of Haiti There are also orignial letters to McDonnell and others about land issues, book buying and selling and other topics; there is a whakapapa of Ngati Ira, some waiata and a Maori calendar Quantity: 1 folder(s) (56 leaves). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1840-1956

By: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962

Reference: MS-Group-2266

Description: Personal correspondence, including letters about Charles Armitage Brown, and also the many organizations with which Andersen was concerned; published & unpublished poems; mss and proofs for published works on Canterbury and Westland history and on New Zealand bird life. A large body of Mair material: (a) William Gilbert Mair - Diaries (transcripts), 1852-1854, 1862-1863, 1866-1878; ms correspondence and other papers, 1842-1909 (ca 70 items); Battle of Orakau - notes, letters, clippings (1879-1914), including Hitiri te Paerata's ms account. (b) Gilbert Mair - ms correspondence and other papers, 1864-1923 (ca 100 items). The battle of Gate Pa and Te Ranga (ms for published work). Other Titles - Battle of Orakau Other Titles - Battle of Gate Pa and Te Ranga Arrangement: Arranged into series. Quantity: 233 folder(s). 3 volume(s). 3 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.. Processing information: Bound transcripts of the W G Mair diaries (originally MS-Papers-0148-095 to -097) were placed in the MSX sequence as MSX-8750 to MSX-8752. There are no folders MS-Papers-0148-098 and MS-Papers-0148-099.

Date: 1854-1926

Reference: MS-Papers-0156

Description: Legal documents concerning the transfer of lands, maintenance of pounds, appointment of trustees, etc Quantity: 31 folder(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.