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Date: [1950-1960?]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/04

Description: Papers relating to Maori history, waka history, names and place names, particularly focussing on East Coast tribes, the crew of the Horouta waka and the Maori history of Titirangi [Gisborne region]. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: A chart titled "Maoritanga" was included in this folder, but the chart was flattened by conservation in 2013 and taken out of this folder as it no longer fitted. The chart's new reference number is MSO-Papers-11554..

Date: 1957-1976

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-2/01E

Description: Loose papers relating to The Road to Whangara [book] includes notes relating to East Coast Maori history, place names and whakapapa. Includes correspondence from H Te Kani Te Ua relating to Ngati Kanohi whakapapa [typewritten copy of letter] and an incomplete draft of a letter by Fowler written on The Remuera Book Exchange letterhead, which names Fowler as the proprietor and is dated 1976. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Two black and white photographic prints one of a group of Maori sitting on a shady bank by a car with an unidentified Maori woman in the foreground, and the photograph is of three Maori men inside a carved meeting house iwth microphones, so possibly being recorded for a broadcast.

Date: 1904

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MSX-5157

Description: Whakapapa book written by Te Iriwhiro, from the Urewera district, for Te Whatahoro Jury; the whakapapa seems to relate to Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Ruapani, Te Aitanga a Mahaki and Tuhoe

Date: 1940

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-146

Description: Contains notes compiled by Ngata from published sources and manuscripts about Maori placenames in the East Coast district, and derivations of the names

Date: 1877-1972

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

Reference: Series-3334

Description: The papers in this series include material such as volumes, papers, research notes, lecture notes, printed matter, letterbooks, partial diaries and letters relating to research in the areas of Maori dance, language and literature, tribal and family genealogy, Christianity, architecture, carving, tukutuku and education. Some materials in this series are from beyond the date range of Ngata's life but came into the library with the collection. Quantity: 49 volume(s) 47 folder(s). Processing information: Series description was updated in January 2020 following query from a researcher.

Date: 1932

From: Grace, John Te Herekiekie (Sir), 1905-1985 : Grace family papers

Reference: 85-173-4/3

Description: Contains newspapers clippings of a series of articles titled `East Coast (NZ) Historical Records'; these records were compiled by Bishop W L Williams and published in the Poverty Bay Herald Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1896, 1914

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-068

Description: Contains whakapapa from Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Porou, Rongowhakaata and Ngati Ira, notes about East Coast placenames associated with Pawa and his dog; there is also a narrative about conflicts on the East Coast, involving Mahaki and others There is a letter about the management of a reserve on the East Coast in order to encourage the development of bird life thereon, waiata, a copy of a speech associated with the opening of (the Kingitanga ?) Parliament in 1896, and miscellaneous whakapapa and notes relating to Maori Land Court cases on the East Coast Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1956-1961

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/02D

Description: Correspondence, Maori waiata and research papers relating to Maori performing arts, song lists and photographic prints. Includes a copy of a letter from Leo Fowler to the publisher Collins relating to the manuscript for his novel "Brown Conflict" which was published in 1959, also a copy of a letter to P Panapa in Tokoroa from Fowler, and a copy of a letter from H Te Kani Te Ua relating to an upcoming hui and the marae committee giving Fowler special rights in regards to recording the event [details unknown as to which event]. Also includes a copy of a poem "He Maoritanga" and the lyrics and research notes relating to the patere "Whangaramai-i-Tawhiti" and the dust jacket for "Ancient voyagers in the Pacific" by Andrew Sharp. Photographic prints include one of an unidentified baby and unidentified woman outside a suburban house ca. 1950s, and one of Leo Fowler sitting on a couch with two unidentified women and an unidentified man ca. 1960s, a small colour print of a group [possibly military] lined up on an unidentified field with a crowd present, and a black and white print of two boys in swimming costumes and sunhats bathing outside a suburban house in Beatty Bros metal washtubs [possibly Fowler's children?]. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Photographic prints (3 black and white, 1 colour)

Date: 1865-1909

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B006

Description: Contains whakapapa from Wairarapa, cosmological whakapapa and notes about Io, the whare wananga, the creation of women, details about the twelve heavens; also contains a narrative about Tamatea, and the impregnation of his wife by a supernatural being Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ calf, blue boards, 33 cm., vol numbered A1

Date: 1930

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-069

Description: `Nga korero mo nga waka mo Horouta, Takitimu me Te Ikaroa a Rauru' by Henare Ruru and Rongowhakaata Halbert - another copy of manuscript at Folder 54

Date: 1900-1920

From: Summersby, Reginald Francis Hinga, 1936-2014 : Papers re Ngati Porou

Reference: MSX-4874

Description: Contains extensive Ngati Porou whakapapa, from a number of hapu Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1938

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-3/06

Description: Manuscript of "Kawhia during the Maori War" and a letter from Apirana Ngata to Mrs Williams [probably Phyllis Constance Williams, aka Kirimamae] relating to the history and translation of an oriori [lullaby] by Enoka Te Pakaru of Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1960s-1970s]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-5/15

Description: Papers include stories, clippings, whakapapa, research notes and photographs. Includes `Head money: a story of the Maori Wars'; `The soaring war bird and the lonely sparrow' ; (Gorst and the Maori newspapers published during the 1860s); `Po-ranga-hua and the great bird of Puakapanga'; `Place names of the East Coast ; several photographs. Language - Some whakapapa and place names in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Three photographic prints

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)

Date: [188-?]

By: Gudgeon, Walter Edward, 1841-1920

Reference: Micro-MS-0179

Description: Genealogies of Hawkes Bay, Poverty Bay and Northland tribes; index and some vocabulary included Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 100 frames).

Date: 1890 - 1910 (?)

From: Summersby, Reginald Francis Hinga, 1936-2014 : Papers re Ngati Porou

Reference: MSX-4872

Description: Contains Ngati Porou cosmology with information about the creation of the world and various atua, and Ngati Porou whakapapa; also contains information about the discovery and settlement of New Zealand by Kupe, notes about the origin and voyage of the Takitimu canoe, the migration of Kahungunu, and the migration of Paikea; also contains a maramataka Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (in grey phase box)

Date: 1942-1956

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-001

Description: Includes whakapapa from the Tairawhiti, Tainui and Te Arawa, essays on Maori poetry, the valedictory speech of Rangi Royal, the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the railway's main trunk line, 'Ngata, the Maori Statesmen', the creation of a Maori dictionary, news reports of Kingi Tawhiao drunk in Masterton, organising the play 'Pong and Puhihuia', honours list recommendations, the building of Mahinarangi at Turangawaewae and also Maori waiata, pao, ruri, patere and karakia, also includes personal correspondence, including from Michael Jones. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1928-1957

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-021

Description: Includes correspondence, telegrams, demographic surveys and electoral pamphlets supporting P Jones electoral candidacy for the Western Maori seat in the National Party from people and organisations like the Kingitanga: also includes pamphlets and flyers for other political groups for seats like the Eastern Maori Seat; the demographic surveys contain the number of voters from almost all of the Tainui - Waikato iwi; also contains the minutes of the National Party Western Maori Seat meetings Other Titles - Constitution and Rules of the National Party 1951 Pei a Western Maori candidate Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1840-1940

By: Mackay, Joseph Angus, 1882-1952

Reference: MS-Papers-1006

Description: Material collected for his work `Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast' published in 1949. Source of title - Supplied title Other Titles - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast Quantity: 51 folder(s). 0.51 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 12 July 1940

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

Reference: MSY-5500

Description: Contains whakapapa written by Ngata from literary and orally transmitted sources Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph