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Miscellaneous Land Court papers
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B157
Description: Duplicate typescripts and original papers: census of Maori and their associated hapu living in Queen Charlotte Sound 1889-1894; Kaikoura 1896; list of Maori living in the Wairau and Broader Marlborough Region to Motueka and lists land set aside for `Landless Natives' in the Marlborough Region, including the people who were granted land 1894. These lists contain names from all the hapu contesting Land Claims in the Kaikoura-Marlborough-Nelson Bays region. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Haimona Patete - Diary
Date: 1901-1913
From: Patete family : Diaries and other papers relating to Haimona Patete
Reference: MS-Papers-5689-01
Description: Diary of activities; accounts, details of lands owned by Patete and land rentals; whakapapa of Patete family and associates; Hoiere (Marae) Committee minutes Also contains local births and deaths records Includes fragments of Ngati Toa whakapapa from Tupahau to Te Maunu - Kimihia - Te Kanae - Te Uira and Wineera Te Kanae. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
George H Davies - Papers relating to Maori legends, waiata and other matters
Date: [ca 1900-1911]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-044
Description: Contains a 6-page notebook of songs and chants with a note at the beginning by S P Smith saying `sent to me by G H Davies, Karore April, 1911'. In Maori the notebook includes notes on Kaioraora (cursing songs) by Topeora, and a waiata `E pa to hau ke Te Wairau e'. Inside the back cover is a copy of a letter in Maori from S P Smith to Whatahoro, New Plymouth 29 August 1911. Several pages relating to legend, waiata and other matters in several hands. Legends include Mataora, Tumatauenga and Kongomaraeroa; Tura and Whiro; Tamatea and the moa; Mataoho; Maui; Tane and others. Some of this material may be from a Ngati Porou source; One section is headed `Waiata a Te Whatu', and there are various waiata among the text which Davies claims have been sung before the Maori Land Court in the Hawkes Bay area. There is also an explanation in Maori and English of the expression `Ariki tapairu' signed by Rawiri Te Rangi Rangikauri. A covering letter from Davies to S P Smith, dated 18 Jul 1902, offering them to the Polynesian Society for publication. There is also an undated note from Elsdon Best to Smith forwarding a letter from Tamahau (Mahupuku?), sent by Davies for publication. An unsigned paper in Maori is probably the letter referred to. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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).
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).
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.
Tainui, volume four (Maori) - Chapter II
Date: n d
From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0075-B07B
Description: These folders are White's manuscript versions of Ancient History of the Maori and include volumes which were prepared but not published before his death Includes story of the arrival of the Tainui waka (canoe) comamnded by Hoturoa; history and whakapapa of Ngati Tahinga and Waikato, and more extensive history of the Ngati Toa and Ngati Rarua tribes of Kawhia with supporting whakapapa. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
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).
Scrapbook No 3
Date: 1911-1913
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: qMS-0210
Description: Maori Customary Concepts, Religion and tribal narratives including Hauhauism, Karakia, Makutu, and mara-kumara. Includes the capture and illegal imprisonment without trial of Te Rauparaha onboard HMS Driver. Also information on Ta Moko practices, Natural History and the Christchurch Exhibition 1906. Finding Aids: Index at qMS-0217.
Scrapbook Vol 5
Date: 1916-1919
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: qMS-0212
Description: Polynesian/Maori Voyages; Aotea Waka; Maori Customary Concepts; Maori Cosmology; Tribal Narratives; Paimarire Religion, and Hauhauism. Includes information on Rua Kenana's Rebellion and the Taranaki Wars as well as the Battle of Waiorua (ie. Whakapaetai) 1824 on Kapiti Island and the Battle of Kuititanga 1839 adjacent on the mainland which were the last inter-tribal sea and land battles fought in Aotearoa. Also information on Maori whaling activities at Kapiti; building Rangiatea Church in Otaki 1847; Te Rauparaha's release from HMS Caliope 1848, and Te Rangihaeata's Stockade at Paremata. Includes information on the Maori Pioneer Battalion 1914-18. Finding Aids: Index at qMS-0217.
Te Rauparaha's Kaiapoi raid
Date: n d
From: McNab, Robert, 1864-1917 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0047-09
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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).