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Maori printed matter
Date: 1893-1922
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-16
Description: Contains various printed papers relating to religious and political matters; these papers include information about the spread and prevention of small-pox and other diseases, information about Arbour Day (in English), copies of political correspondence from Taranaki Te Uamairangi, Tau Henare, Maui Pomare and Apirana Ngata; a copy of the Kahiti o Niu Tiremi dealing with the enlistment of Maori soldier in World War One, and a notice with regard to the establishment of a railway company at Taupo; there is also an invitation from Te Arawa rangatira for Te Arawa people to attend a hui at Maketu to discuss negotiations with the Government Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Letter book
Date: Dec 1906-May 1907
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-23
Description: Letters from Keys to family and friends providing detailed information about his travels through the lower North Island on Maori Land Court business; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside and townships which Keys travels through, and discussions of people that he meets; there are also discussions of Maori practices and customs that he experiences and his impressions of them; there is also information about Keys' work in the Maori Land Court Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Note book describing daily activities, weather and growth of daughter
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.
Letterbook containing copies of letters written to members of family and friends
Date: May-Nov 1907
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-24
Description: Contains numerous letters from Keys to friends and family members that provide detailed information about his travels through the lower North Island, and through the Far North; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside which Keys travels through, and discussions of people that he meets; there are also discussions of Maori customs and practicees that he experiences and his impressions of them; there are also some comments about the work that Keys undertakes in the Maori Land Courts Page 86 has been removed from the letterbook Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Maori manuscripts and korero notes
Date: 1909-1910
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-14
Description: Consists of manuscripts forwarded to Keys by Wiremu Kiriwehi; the manuscripts deal with events from the traditional history of the Ngati Raukawa and Te Arawa tribes Also contains a typescript copy of a document entitled 'Proceedings and resolutions of the Maori Assembly held at Waihi, Tokaanu, Taupo on the 14th day of April 1990'; also contains a whakapapa from Te Whanau a Apanui supplied by Koopu Erueti Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Journal - Tramps and walking tours made around Wellington
Date: 1898-1901
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-21
Description: Contains detailed accounts of various tramps undertaken by Keys and other people around the greater Wellington region; the accounts also include descriptions of the scenery, the places where the trampers slept and ate, and the things which they experienced and encountered Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Notebook
Date: 1907-1909
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-19
Description: Contains miscellaneous notes and whakapapa compiled by Keys from a variety of sources about Maori society and culture; significant entries include the fishing up of the North Island by Maui, rituals and customs associated with food collection, information about various place names, and information about native flora and fauna; the manuscript also includes accounts of the introduction of kumara to New Zealand, and about the tohunga, Te Tahi o te Rangi; there are also a number of epitaphs copied in the book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Maori correspondence and mss
Date: 1921-1922
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-15
Description: Contains correspondence to and from Keys about questions re Maori history, including the naming of Putauaki; also contains manuscripts about ancestors named `Manaia', and about other ancestors including Tamainupo and Te Whitipatoto; in these manuscripts there is information about historical conflicts involving Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Maniapoto and other related iwi; there is also information about the meaning and derivation of the name `Ngaruawahia' Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Records - Native Land Court, Wanganui
Date: 1909
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-20
Description: The manuscript contains extracts from evidence given by various people in the Maori Land Court with regard to the ownership of a block of land in the Wanganui district; the extracts deal principally with conflicts involving Whanganui and other iwi, including Ngati Raukawa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Maori correspondence
Date: 1900-1906
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-11
Description: Contains correspondence and copies of correspondence about various issues, including the raising of funds to engage a lawyer to review early Maori land deals, the reservation of land at Okoura in Wairarapa and the related development of a marae, a personal letter to Keys from R Tahiwi Rikihana of Otaki, and an extract from the minutes of a meeting to discuss the revitalisation of the Kotahitanga movement with King Mahuta as its leader Quantity: 1 folder(s) 5 items. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Maori correspondence
Date: 1907
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-12
Description: Contains a copy of an account by Hemi Matenga about the rescue of seamen from the shipwreck Delaware in Cable Bay, Whakapuaka (Marlborough region) with a related news clipping from the New Zealand Times, an original account by Te Whatahoro about the recording of cosmological and other information from Te Matorohanga and other tohunga, and about the production of books based on the material, which is reproduced by the New Zealand Times (translation by Keys), and where Te Whatahoro names Keys as his agent for sales of the books There is also an account by Te Whatahoro about the incestuous relationship between the Ngati Kahungunu ancestor Rakaihikuroa and his granddaughter There are letters to Keys from Maori about personal affairs, Maori vocabulary and whakatauki (in answer to questions by Keys), notes about the Kuaka (Godwit) and its place in Maori tradition, ethnographic notes (again in answer to questions by Keys), and notes about a potato blight and a measles epidemic at Omaio There are also copies of letters from Maori to James Carroll; one of the letters contains a report on a major Kingitanga gathering at Waahi in 1907, and the other letters are from Nireaha Tamaki seeking government assistance with food to supply a four month whakapapa hui at Dannevirke, and noting that Tamaki's potato crops were blighted Quantity: 1 folder(s) 16 pieces. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Maori correspondence
Date: 1908
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-13
Description: Contains correspondence to Keys concerning Maori land administration, and answers to various ethnographic and genealogical questions asked by Keys to Maori informants; also contains whakapapa, and a copy of a letter from Tawhiao to Gilbert Mair in 1881 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Jubilee souvenir of Battle of Orakau
Date: 1914
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-18
Description: Contains a copy of the booklet `Jubilee souvenir of Battle of Orakau', with a handdrawn map of the Orakau battleground in the front of the book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Diary
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.
Letterbook containing copies of letters written to members of family and friends
Date: Sep-Nov 1907
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-25
Description: Contains letters from Keys to friends and family members that provide detailed information about his travels through the lower North Island on the business of the Maori Land Court; there are detaileed descriptions of the countryside and townships which Keys travels through, and discussions about the people that he meets; there are also discussions of Maori customs that he experiences and his impressions of them Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.