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Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-154

Description: Includes various notes relating to Maori, Pacific and Asian history, including some whakapapa notes for the Hokianga area iwi and for Kupe. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed list of folder contents available in inventory.

Date: 1835-1893

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-077

Description: Includes a preface and translation in S P Smith's hand with a note: `A large part of this has been embodied in "Hist. and Trad. of Taranaki Coast"'. There is also a covering note signed by W H S (W H Skinner) on the provenance of the ms with a genealogy of Teira Whatakore attached. Also includes letter from T M Hocken to Smith, Dunedin 1 Jun 1893, forwarding books and precis of copies or extracts of Colonial Office material, Sep 1835, on the `Alligator' and J Guard affair. The manuscript gives a biographical account of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea, with whakapapa, with much information about his role in conflicts between Taranaki and other iwi, and between Taranaki and the Government in the first Taranaki campaign (1860) in the New Zealand wars; the document also discusses the shipwreck `Harriet' and the treatment received by the survivors; there are also translations of the material. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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).

Date: 1842-1866, n d

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-207

Description: Comprises a whakapapa of Warea area people, April 1862, in Maori (10 pages); a 19-page text of 43 waiata, dated 4 Feb 1866 (by Ropata Ngarongomate?); a further transcription of 50 waiata in Maori hand, possibly from Taranaki area; a 7-page account in Maori of the stories of Kae and Maui; an account of the activities of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea; and a document titled 'Maori house' which lists names of the figures depicted in the pou of 'Te Hau ki Tūranga', a whare built by the Ngāti Kaipoho tribe "to the memory of Tamata Waaka Tuangere [Tamati Waaka Mangere], the elder brother of Raharuhi Rukupo who designed it". This whare was built in Turanga (Gisborne) in 1842-1843. In addition to the above Maori writing the folder contains a large empty envelope with a pasted on note in Smith's hand listing previous contents, some of which are now to be found in other folders; a Taranaki whakapapa with a note by Smith saying it was given to him by Mr Jackson, Native interpreter at New Plymouth, Jun 1910; a drawing of a sailing canoe and miscellaneous photographs and other documents. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-196

Description: Volume by Pango Te Whareauahi on the story of the migration of Kahuhunu (ie Kahungunu, ancestor of Ngati Kahungunu) from Tauranga to the East Coast, Kahungunu's courtship of Rongomaiwahine, notes about Tupurupuru's death and the subsequent migration of Rakaihikuroa; also includes other traditional history and genealogical notes relating to Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Raukawa. See JPS v14 p 67-95. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1895

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-023

Description: Contains notes on various Māori-related subjects. There is a full contents list at the front. Includes transcript of notes by G H Davies on Māori-Pākehā children. Also comprises notes on death ceremonies - cremation; Kāi Tahu death ceremonies, as well as karakia, waiata and whakataukī including tapu lifting practices. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Processing information: Description updated 19 September 2023 following information provided by a staff member.

Date: [189-?]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-020

Description: Comprises notes in Best's hand, notes by S P Smith and letters to Smith. Among the variety of material are notes on Hau, a West Coast ancestor and his journey to Paekakariki; traditional history of early ancestor Tutahanga and fighting between Ngati Maru and Ngapuhi; whakapapa from Karepa Te Uira to Tamarere Ahu II; queries and notes about Ngati Ira and early Wellington; brief notes and whakapapa of Ngati Maru; a waiata from Whanake; many items relating to Wellington Maori place names, iwi, chiefs and history and other fragments of North Island Maori history. Includes two letters from W H Skinner to S P Smith, 1894. Also contains notes about the Ngati Toa and Taranaki chiefs leading the migrations to the Horowhenua and Wellington regions, and their conflicts with the Muaupoko; Ngati Apa; Rangitane and Ngati Kahungunu. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed listing of folder contents available in inventory.

Date: [ca 1895-1898]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-163

Description: Notes on many topics, including: whakapapa, tribal notes, whakatauki (proverbs), fights, etc. Also includes waiata from Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa, Taranaki and Ngati Kuia (many of the waiata and karakia of Ngati Kuia were contributed by Eruera Pakauwera), and tribal stories and notes by Te Karehana Whakataki about Ngati Toa and Tainui. Also contains an accompanying letter from W Mair, Nov 8, 1898. Language - (and English) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (414 pages). Physical Description: Holograph, ms and typescript

Date: [ca 1910-1911]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-159

Description: Comprises (i) notes copied by Smith (and overwritten, orignally by T W Downes) from Whatahoro Jury (38p), (ii) Sundry notes from Te Matorohanga (6 leaf note by Best on Te Matorohanga's book), (iii) 69 leaves copied from `Te Whatahoro's second book' (begins with contents list) (iv) Te Whare-wananga 1868 (copy) - 36 leaves copied from `Te Whatahoro's third volume' with two pages attached headed `questions on whare-wananga and J M Jury papers, Sept 25 1911'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1893-1895]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-037

Description: Includes correspondence and notes to S P Smith; lists of Maori informants; copies of questions sent to various informants; notes on incidents involving Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa and Te Ati Awa, including their migrations to Wellington, and on place names in the greater Wellington area; rough indexes to notes; waiata and haka; whakapapa of Ngati Raukawa, Mahu and Taewa and Ngati Ira and Whanganui notes from his 1895 field trip. Includes a long letter from Kerehoma Tuwhawhakia of Kaiwhaiki to 1895 with waiata by Naapea Nganawheuru. Contains waiata from the Ngati Toa-Raukawa tribes from the middle and late 19th century periods including the haka of Upokoiti, the patere of Manomano and the story of Kaihamu, great grandfather of Toa Rangatira. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed listing available in inventory.

Date: [ca 1892-1900]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-205

Description: Comprises paper on the extinct birds of the Chatham Islands (17 pages) with a letter to Polynesian Society about the above and the rahui custom; a collation of references relating to John Rutherford and James Mowry; a note about Maori stone implements found at the mouth of the Wai-nui River, Herbertsville, Hawkes Bay; a note on the Naruta whirlpool (3 pages); notes on Easter Island inscriptions and the pig in Samoa, Fiji and Babirusa, with an accompanying note Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1899

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-181

Description: Volume of history of Te Ati Awa in the 19th century written in 1899 by Te Watene Taungatara of Matarikoriko, Waitara at the request of W H Skinner and S Percy Smith, and copy in Smith's hand. Includes account of wars with Waikato and Ngapuhi at Taranaki, battle of Te Kuititanga, introduction of Christianity, migration of Te Rauparaha to Kapiti. A note says `All of this has been incorporated into [S P Smith's] "The Maori history of the Taranaki coast". Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [1882]-1884

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-126

Description: Includes a 11 Dec 1908 covering letter from T W Downes and an explanation in Maori by Potae, 2 Apr 1882, on the provenance of the mss. The text of the manuscript contains extensive whakapapa from Ngati Porou, with information about many people alive in the 19th century; there is also some whakapapa from Wairarapa, and an account of the creation of the universe and the seperation of Rangi and Papa by their children Quantity: 1 volume(s). Provenance: Title-page note by S P Smith says "Copy of ms in possession of H T Whatahoro (now of Whanganui) as dictated by Henare Potae of Tokomaru, East Coast, and by other tohungas of that coast. Copied by T W Downes of Whanganui and presented by him to the Polynesian Society, 1908".

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

Date: Apr 1887

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-128

Description: Contains an account of the various heke of Ngati Toa and Te Ati Awa to the Kapiti district between 1820 and 1833, with reference to inter-tribal wars and disputes during this period. Rangipito use's the term "Uruuru-purumu" to describe the 19th century musket used by Maori. Other - Hardcopy inventory says "Compare mss version in S P Smith papers 21 (d)" Quantity: 1 folder(s) (40 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript and 2 pages of mss

Date: [ca 1858-1870]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-010

Description: The drafts of outward letters are from 1862-1864. The Maori letters include information about the meanings of various Maori words, intelligence about the Waikato and Taranaki campaigns in the New Zealand Wars and the establishment of the Kingitanga, ethnographic information, and a call for a review of Maori educational spending The printed Maori material includes a proclamation from the Governor calling for the end to intertribal hostilities, and an open letter from Wi Tako decrying Maori resistance to the Government in Taranaki and calling for peace. Includes traditional Maori narrative concerning the Tainui Waka and Ngati Toa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: More detailed listing of printed material available in inventory.

Date: 1893-1894, nd

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-106

Description: Contains (a) letters to S P Smith and Edward Tregear, Omahu Puriri, 1893-1894 (b) Manuscript of Maori, Tangata Maori, the first 11 pages of which appear to have been published in the JPS with additional waiata and translation by S P Smith (JPS v3 p27). The rest seems to remain unpublished. Contains much traditional history. The letters contain information about attempts to date the settlement of New Zealand from Hawaiki using whakapapa and discrepancies between the whakapapa of various iwi, the transfer of Hawaiki placenames to New Zealand, and information associated with the arrival of the Tainui canoe; there are also whakapapa, waiata and proverbs and explanations of the proverbs, and notes about the Maori division of time; there are also notes about 19th century conflicts between Ngapuhi and Ngati Maru, and about Ngapuhi claims to the Kingitanga and associated titles Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1906

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-085

Description: In Maori. Includes story of Te Aomatarahi and Houmearoa; genealogies; the story of Ngaokoiterangi. Note by S P Smith says "the Ao-mata-rahi part of this ms has been prepared by Major H P Tunuiarangi in a much fuller form and has been prepared for the journal by me in April 1906. The Nga-Oko part is embodied in my paper sketch on History of Southern H.B. etc - 1906". This text contains information about Te Aomatarahi of Ngati Kahungunu and his relationship with his two wives and their children; there is related whakapapa tracing descent from Te Aomatarahi and from Ngaoko-i-te-rangi, and an account of the life of Ngaoko-i-te-rangi, an important south Wairarapa ancestor associated with the Ngati Ira people Quantity: 1 folder(s) (10 leaves). Provenance: Originally sent to Elsdon Best

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).

Date: 1912

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-151

Description: Page proofs of second and larger edition, p1-240. Papers on the Amiowhenua Expedition 1819-1820. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (240 pages).