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Samuel Locke - Te Putake o nga tupuna Maori (and other traditions)
Date: [18--]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-098
Description: Contains waiata and haka from Ngati Porou and Ngati Kahungunu; contains cosmological notes about the creation of the universe; also contains narrative accounts about various demi-gods including Maui, Tawhaki and Pourangahua (this last account includes details of the fetching of the kumara to New Zealand); also contains an account of the Ngati Kahungunu migration to Heretaunga following conflicts involving Rakaihikuroa Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Ropata Wahawaha - The Story of Taoputaputa and the effect of the iri spell, or [?] tele...
Date: [18--]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-192
Description: A translation in S P Smith's hand, with explanatory notes, of a story supplied by Wahawaha. Also includes Maori texts of iri spell given by Wahawaha and a variant version. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). Physical Description: Mss
Samuel Locke - East Coast traditions
Date: [18--]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-094
Description: Contains many myths and legends, probably written by Ihaka Whaanga, starting with Rangi and Papa and including information about the creation of the universe and the establishment of various customary practices; notes about the activities of Maui; also includes information about conflicts at Hawaiki; also includes an account of the introduction of the kumara to New Zealand by Pourangahua and a related whakapapa; includes information about the Takitimu migration from Hawaiki led by Tamatea, conflicts at Turanga involving Rakaihikuroa and others, and traditions about the Ngati Te Whatuiapiti hapu. The apparent contents list at the front does not correspond with contents. In Maori. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Samuel Locke - East Coast whakapapa and traditions
Date: [18--]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-097
Description: Includes cosmological whakapapa and notes about the creation of women; also includes Ngati Kahungunu whakapapa; notes about the migration of the Horouta canoe to New Zealand, with information about Ruatapu, Paikea and others; notes about the migration of Rakaihikuroa to Heretaunga following fighting in the Gisborne area Quantity: 1 volume(s) (23 foolscap pages).
Harris, Francis Robert, 1858-1931 : Maori genealogies East Coast / annotated by Elsdon ...
Date: [19--]
By: Harris, Francis Robert, 1858-1931
Reference: qMS-0920
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (531 pages). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms (31 cm; ½ red roan, dark green boards) Provenance: Bequeathed through the Public Trustee, Gisborne to Polynesian Society, 1931
Maori personalities, history, concepts
Date: [19-?]-1945
From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0062-41
Description: Includes a description of a Ngapuhi tangi `Puhipi Te Riri Dies, Nga Kuku'; letter to Tamaho Maika in 1929; brief note on cannibalism and the practice of preserving the bodies for food; various letters to the editor of the Dominion regarding the Maori New Year and Haka performances; includes a compilation of letters and transcripts from various people eg Percy Smith to and from the Polynesian Society about Toi or Whiro Toi, waiata, karakia, purakau or stories, myths, grammar, whakapapa and Moriori; includes an essay `Bryce's raid on Parihaka'; `The Priest Pakeha settler'; Maori grammar and possible evolvement from Egypt; a waiata tangi regarding suicide; a purakau on `Tane and Hine Ao'; an essay on whether `Karihi and Tawhaki' were real brothers; an essay on `Early Maori history'; the proceedings from the `Otamatea Hui - Easter 1941' where there were descriptions of the powhiri or welcoming ceremony and of the issues which were addressed, the Maori war effort, the Treaty of Waitangi and land; also includes a query from the Native Department about the naming of Maori children with the same names as their parents Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss and typescripts (some with ms annotations)
Pita Kapiti - Book of East Coast legends, waiata, and whakapapa
Date: [18--]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-076
Description: Contents of the volume include; information about the Maori method of bird snaring and preservation, together with related karakia; a narrative about the events leading up to the Paikea's migration to New Zealand and subsequent events with information about relevant karakia, whakapapa and about places associated with Paikea; a narrative about Maia, a Hawaiki ancestor; information about the building and migration of the Takitimu canoe and of the Horouta canoe, including karakia, ngeri and details about the introduction of the kumara to New Zealand; and an account of the rituals associated with kumara growing. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (86 leaves). Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Notes inside the cover: "Trans.: To Locke, this book written by me Mohi Turei Tangaroapeau of Waiapu ... written at the dictation of an old tohunga, Pita Kapiti".
Maori language, songs, place names and poetry
Date: [19-?]-1930
From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0062-40
Description: Includes a poem from Pat Lawlor,`The Ould bog hole' and a poem, with explanation, `Freya'. Also includes a waiata tangi (funeral dirge) written by Te Ika Here Ngutu regarding his children who were either killed in conflict or died of disease later on. Includes a school haka for `Victoria College' and an index with Maori headings; lists of Maori place names for various regions (Wellington, Napier, Gisborne) and provides linguistic rules and grammar for appropriate pronunciation. Also includes whakapapa, an essay on comparative language between Maori and the Pacific Islands. Includes the song `Pokarekare ana', and list of names with ages and gender [perhaps a shareholders list] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (some with ms annotations), mss and typescripts
Samuel Locke - Ko nga wawata a nga Tangata Maori... [legends and waiata]
Date: [18--]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
By: Turei, Mohi (Rev), 1830?-1914
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-095
Description: Contains a detailed account of the migration from Hawaiki to New Zealand of the Takitimu canoe, and the subsequent exploration of New Zealand by Tamatea; also contains an account of the courting of Rongomaiwahine by Kahungunu Contains some karakia written at Tuparoa, in September 1868, at the request of the Ngati Porou runanga . One page (XIV) says "the above is copied from the journal kept by Wi Te Haua of the Ngati expedition to the assistance of the Maori King in 1863". The volume also contains waiata from Mohi Turei and Anaru Taruke. Also contain accounts of the activities of various demi-gods including Tawhaki, Maui, Wahieroa and Tinirau, and accounts of early iwi ancestors in New Zealand including Tara, Manaia and Pourangahua (this includes details of the fetching of the kumara from Hawaiki) Also contains an account of the death of Te Wakaunua of Ngati Hineuru (?) in the middle of the 19th century Quantity: 1 volume(s).