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Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 10)
Date: [1930-1940]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
Reference: MS-Papers-6061-11
Description: Contents comprise sketch map of part Waikawa River and Autaha Swamp, Manakau, Horowhenua (1875); Otaki-Mangaone coastal area, Horowhenua; south-western part of Banks Peninsula, inland and coast; Akaroa Harbour; lower course of Manawatu River, Stewart's survey (1858), Brees's survey (1842) Arrangement: Notebook no 10 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).
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.
Maori notebook (vol 46)
Date: 1960
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
Reference: MS-Papers-6061-47
Description: Comprises map of Fitzroy Bay, Baring Head, showing topographic features and former Māori sites; sketch plan, Parangārehu kainga site, Fitzroy Bay; visit to Glendower Station, Ponatahi Rd, Carterton, to inspect J M Jury's ethnological collection, especially his Palliser Bay artefacts; map, excursion to Flat Point, eastern Wairarapa; map, Flat Point-Glenburn Coast and hinterland, east Wairarapa showing archaeological sites and other data, including profile of coastal plain; sketch plan of sites on the Arawhata Stream; sketch profiles of Pukehuiake pā, Whatipū Stream and debouchure of Huatokitoki Stream; sketch profile of Pawharetotara pā site, Waikekeno Stream; osteological features characteristic of and distinguishing between Polynesia and European peoples; Māori lore of the Ōtaki-Paraparaumu sector of the coastal area of western Wellington (a) Māori place-names, sites and geomorphic background of the Ōtaki-Te Horo portion of the coastal lowland; sections of same; map, Rangiuru Creek to Paraparaumu Beach; Arrangement: Notebook no 46 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).