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Williams, William Leonard, 1829-1916 : East Coast historical records
Date: 1803-1865
By: Williams, William Leonard, 1829-1916
Reference: MS-2452
Description: History of the East Coast people and district as seen from a missionary's view point. Many topics including hauhauism; land confiscation, Te Kooti; the murder of Rev C S Volkner; the work of the missionaries etc. Source of title - Transcribed from spine Quantity: 1 volume(s) (95 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with holograph corrections (26cm, blue buckram)
A S Atkinson - Maori account of the campaign against the Hauhaus on the East Coast 1865...
Date: 1865 - 1894, 1920
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-006a
Description: Contains a Ngati Porou account of the campaign against the Hauhau on the East Coast, and the campaign against Te Kooti around Gisborne and the Urewera district; also contains notes about Maori customs surrounding the transfer of land, various waiata and information about the arrival of Christianity on the East Coast; also contains a biographical note and whakapapa about Te Kani-a-Takirau; there is also a letter dated 11 December 1920 from S P Smith to James Cowan with details of the provenance of the manuscript Relationship complexity - MS-Papers-1187-006b contains a complete translation of this text by Jane McRae Quantity: 1 volume(s) (150 pages).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1861 - 1877
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B013
Description: Contains cosmological whakapapa with notes about the divine origin of various items and practices, including birds and trees; there are also narratives about Rata and the origin of canoe building and the revenge he took for the death of his father, conflicts between Uenuku and Whena, and the migrations and settlement of Paikea on the East Coast There is also narrative text about the Horouta canoe, and the migrations and conflicts of Ngati Ira; there are also karakia, waiata and whakapapa There is also narrative text about Ruawharo, Tupai and Timuwhakairia before their departure from Hawaiki, their training as tohunga, their fetching of atua and the voyage of Takitimu, narrative text about Niwareka and Mataora and the development of tattooing, and narrative about the adventures of Maui Other - The contents of this book, I presume, has been copied into another book because each page has been `crossed' with the words `done' written over it. On some pages are the words `done in copy'. The contents of book is still readable Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Vellum, 25 cm., vol numbered 8
Karere Maori papers
Date: 1857-1860
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-081
Description: See MS-Papers-1187-079 for details. This volume contains draft copies of notices, articles and advertisements subsequently published in Te Karere Maori. The copies address the following; the construction of an Anglican Church at Rangitukia, the Governor's visit to the Bay of Islands, the declaration of martial law in Taranaki, notes on agriculture and market prices, notes on animal husbandry, a statement about intertribal hostilities between Ngati Awa and Te Arawa in the Bay of Plenty, and boat racing at Auckland Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss