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Manuscript

Te Watene Taungatara - History of Ati Awa tribe

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).

Manuscript

Anthony Patete - Haimona Patete

Date: 1995

From: Patete family : Diaries and other papers relating to Haimona Patete

Reference: MS-Papers-5689-013

Description: Biography of Haimona Patete, written for DNZB III; contains footnotes that are not included in the published version. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Te Kairangi, Atanatiu, fl 1870-1913 : Ngati Toa history and whakapapa

Date: 1881

By: Te Kairangi, Atanatiu, active 1870-1913

Reference: Micro-MS-0949

Description: Arranged in four parts this journal explores the history and whakapapa of the Ngati Toa people. It includes detailed whakapapa from Marangaiparoa, son of Toa Rangatira, with a special emphasis on the relationships between Ngati Toa and other closely related Kawhia tribes. The manuscript also details the migration of the Tainui and Te Arawa canoes to Aotearoa, with accompanying karakia; Purakau, or short historical narratives, about numerous Ngati Toa tupuna (ancestors); The migrations of the Ngati Toa tribes from Kawhia to the Kapiti district; And an examination of Maori theological concepts, and includes a discussion about the descent of the Maori people from Adam and Eve. Also records the baptism of various people into the Mormon church at Takapuwahia pa, Porirua, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Publication - This manuscript may be the original source material used by Sir Maui Pomare for the book "Legends of the Maori", 2 volumes [1930]. Other - Microfilmed in 2001 from original in private hands Manuscript journal by Atanatiu Te Kairangi, later acquired by Sir Maui Pomare. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. 0.01 Linear Metres.

Manuscript

Gudgeon, Walter Edward, 1841-1920 : Maori genealogies

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).

Manuscript

Te Rauparaha's Kaiapoi raid

Date: n d

From: McNab, Robert, 1864-1917 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0047-09

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Te Watene Taungatara - History of Ati Awa tribe

Date: 1899

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-181A

Description: Copy of document dictated by Te Watene Taungatara of Waitara to Te Rangi, relating to history of Te Ati Awa in 19th century, in Smith's hand. Note in English: `2 Sep 1899. The first page recites what the history is to relate - from the wars of Atiawa and Waikato, Nga Puhi etc down to the battle of Te Kuititanga and Christianity, then goes on' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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