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Elsdon Best - Urewera notes
Date: [ca 1889-1902]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-035
Description: Notes in Maori and shorthand, correspondence, printed waiata. There are two letters; one is from Kerehoma Tuwhawhakia of Wanganui dealing with the settlement of the Wanganui area, and the process for collecting traditional information; the other letter is from Tutakangahau of Maungapohatu and includes a karakia. There are also notes dictated by Tamarau Waiari of Ruatoki, dealing with Tuhoe history, whakapapa and land tenure (possibly associated with the Urewera Commission), notes about various Maori vocabulary items, notes about customary concepts and practices, waiata and karakia (from Tuhoe?), there are also notes in shorthand that are headed `Te Amiowhenua' and may discuss that military excursion by Ngapuhi and their allies. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed listing available in inventory.
Miscellaneous manuscripts - Correspondence
Date: [ca 1893-1919]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-209
Description: Includes English and Maori correspondence between a variety of people. The Maori correspondence comprises: a letter from Te Awe of Te Kauri to Elsdon Best, 8 May 1895 (3 pages) discussing battles in the Whanganui district, the naming of the Wanganui river and a whakapapa; letter from Tapiha H Te Wanikau to Te Tina, Amuri Bluff, Kaikoura, 3 June 1895 (4 pages) with notes on place names at Kaikoura and other traditional matters; and a letter from Hauraki Paora to the Polynesian Society secretary, 17 May 1893 (2 pages) giving a traditional history of Ihenga, early ancestor in the Kaipara district. See also Ropata Ngarongomate paper in following paragraph. The English correspondence comprises: C W Adams to S P Smith, 1 May 1900 (1 page) concerning payments to Archdeacon Grace for obtaining various Maori names and legends, and suggests a `double vowel' method for indicating long vowels in Maori; Geo R Crummer, Rarotonga to S P Smith, 6 and 31 Mar 1898, from Henry Nicholas, 6 Mar 1898 (4 leaves); Mackay to Atkinson, Greytown, 15 May 1888 (3 pages) about land tenure and enclosing an Evening Post, 12 May 1888 cutting by Thos McDonnell `The Power of the old New Zealand chiefs or Maori law"; attached to the above is a 7-page account in Maori addressed to Atkinson by Ropata Ngarongomate, He Ture Maori (Maori law) giving accounts of laws mainly relating to the transference of land and property; Alfred K Newman to S P Smith, undated headed `The Maori god Ha' (3 leaves) giving his views on the connections of Indian-Asiatic deities with Maori and Polynesian gods; Edward Tregear to S P Smith, Wellington, 4 Jan 1919 (2 pages) dicussing karakia-iri. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of contents of this folder.