Places

Date: 1933

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0018C

Description: Correspondence regarding the construction of the Tokomaru Bay and Otaki meeting houses Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1883-1890

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-125

Description: Contains whakapapa and notes about conflicts involving various Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay hapu in the early 19th century Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1864-1896

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-055

Description: Notebook containing handwritten research notes, photographs, and newspaper clippings tipped in. Contains notes and clippings relating to the Ōrākau battle of 1864 and King Tawhiao, waiata, karakia, and a poem by Thomas Bracken about Ōrākau. Also includes notes from an interview with Tamati Hapimana, of Mokoia Island, which includes a karakia for planting kumara. The photographs include images of Ōrākau (one dated 1870 located at page 52 of the notebook, and one undated), and one of Ngāti Raukawa chief Hitiri Te Paerata located at page 39 of the notebook. Language - Some material in Maori including waiata and karakia. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Notebook containing holographs, photographs, printed material Three photographic prints included in this volume (two tipped in, and one laid in (loose).

Date: 1903

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B030

Description: Mostly songs, some whakapapa. Other - 1 loose leaf page inserted at the beginning of book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Black paper covers, 22 cm., vol numbered 18

Date: [193-?]

By: Taiapa, Pineamine Wahapeka, 1901-1972

Reference: MS-Papers-2234

Description: Diagram with identification of carvings, and explanations of tukutuku, by Pine Taiapa, Ngati Porou carver Raukawa, at Otaki, is principal meeting house of Ngati Raukawa people of Horowhenua, rebuilt in 1930s Quantity: 1 folder(s) (10 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1855-1909

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B014

Description: Contains cosmological notes about Rangi and Papa, the children of Rangi and Papa, the separation of Rangi and Papa, the creation of women, the flight of Hine-nui-te-po and the death of Maui, notes about the divine origins of various items and practices, and the various activities of the children of Rangi and Papa Also contains notes about conflicts involving Manaia at Hawaiki, and a subsequent flight to New Zealand and further fighting in New Zealand There are notes about 18th and 19th century conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu, including waiata, and subsequent peace-making in the face of external invasion; there is also a `genealogy' of whare wananga Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ brown calf, black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 4

Date: 1820-1855

From: Roach, Rewi Richard Thomas (Dick), fl 2005: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8545

Description: An essay written by Rewi Roach on his paternal great grandfather, Francis Robert Estoteville Skipwith. Skipwith immigrated to New Zealand aboard the `Prince of Wales in 1842 and married Hinenui Te Po, daughter of the Ngati Raukawa chief, Matenga Te Matia and his wife Paramihia Whawha. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1800-1922

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-04

Description: Contains a lament by Te Whakarato of Ngati Whakaue. Also a moteatea by Matangi Hauora of Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Toa `Takoto rawa iho ki te po'. This folder includes a lament from Tamarahi Tomairangi of Ngati Pikiao, composed by Rangi-Mamao of Rotoiti. Cowan writes that Tamarahi recited it to him when they were in camp at Rotoiti in 1896. Also includes a translation of Takitaki-hoe-waka, which Cowan describes as an `Arawa canoe song'. Also `Tangi - song for the Maori warriors killed in the battle of Orakau... from Hurae Puketapu, 1907'. A handwritten letter from Gilbert Mair which explains the meaning of `He waiata mo Te Mea' by Te Riutoto, also includes a copy of this waiata. Arrangement: Contents in this folder were in lot 172 in the auction where purchased Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.

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: Dec 1906-May 1907

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-23

Description: Letters from Keys to family and friends providing detailed information about his travels through the lower North Island on Maori Land Court business; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside and townships which Keys travels through, and discussions of people that he meets; there are also discussions of Maori practices and customs that he experiences and his impressions of them; there is also information about Keys' work in the Maori Land Court Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1835-1846

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSZ-0081

Description: Folder of loose material removed from volume stored with it in phase box Contains a census of the Anglican Maori female population of the Kapiti and Horowhenua areas, with occasional notes about various individuals Arrangement: Boxed together with MSZ-0080, MSZ-0082, MSZ-0083, MSZ-0084, MSZ-0085, and MSZ-0085A-C (folders) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: ca 1920s

From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives

Reference: 1/2-43370-F

Description: Kingi Te Ahoaho Tahiwi OBE of the Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Whakaue. He was son of Rawiri Tahiwi. He became the interpreter with the Department of Maori Affairs and a sports administrator including manager of the New Zealand Maori rugby team. He was also a leader of Ngati Poneke Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1911

From: Ormsby family : Papers

By: Wahanui, Hari H, active 1917

Reference: MSY-5005

Description: Contains manuscript minutes notes of the Maori development hui (1911) which was hosted by Ngati Maniapoto in Te Kuiti and which was attended by people like Sir Apirana Ngata and Peter Buck and which addressed issues such as the future development of the Maori people and Maori culture and the impact of law and religion. Accompanying material - Partial transcription contained in folder MS-Papers-6889-1 but excludes pages 45-52 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: nd

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0151-15B

Description: Contains letters from Maori with regard to land tenure (offers to sell land, and attempts to repudiate sales by others); the letters also contain requests for various items; Includes two sheets in Samoan Quantity: 1 folder(s) (26 leaves). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1976-1979

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-222

Description: Contains accounts, correspondence and minutes of meetings of the Papawai Kaikokirikiri Trust Board (collected during the tenure of Iraia Te Rima Te Whaiti on the Board). Also contains related material about the Otaki-Porirua Trust Board. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-07

Description: Contains whakapapa from a number of iwi, an account of the discovery and settlement of the Rotorua area by Te Arawa people, and a list of passengers on the Te Arawa canoe Also contains Ngati Raukawa whakapapa and an account of conflicts between Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Maru involving the ancestor Wairangi Also contains the last page (of two) of a letter from Ihaia Hutana Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1848

By: Whitehead, Arthur, active 1840s

Reference: MapColl-832.45cba/[ca.1848]/Acc.4900

Description: Topographic map of the southern half of the North Island, with especial emphasis on the Wairarapa valley, showing natural features and stands of timber; the Maori names for some of these features are given, together with names and locations of some pa . Includes the surveyors' route which began on 1st. June, ca. 1848, from a site along the Manawatu River to the Ruamahanga River, Lake Wairarapa, ending at the Hutt River on 20 June. Notes describe some topographic features. See also "A treatise on practical surveying" by Arthur Whitehead, 1848 (Exeter: A. Whitehead, ca.1848). Held NZ&P Collection, P 526.9 WHI 1848. Other Titles - Photocopy from "A treatise on practical surveying", by Arthur Whitehead, C.E. & surv., 1848 Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - Notes. The red line shews [sic] the track of the exploring party with the termination of each days march defined by the end view of a tent and the day of the month. The points at which observations for Latitude and Longitude were made are also shown Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative photostat., linen backed, scale not given, 67.9 x 49.9 cm.

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: 1927-1942

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-07

Description: Includes many letters to a variety of people and institutions about the whakapapa of Matene Te Whiwhi, Kahungunu, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Raukawa and Waikato - Tainui; also includes letters about Maori place names like Ngaruawahia; letters about Stowell's journey through places like Whakaki, Nuhaka and Lake Waikaremoana; includes letters on Maori language and also includes a condolence letter to the Pomare family on the death of their son, T Pomare; also includes a letter on haka to the Wellington Camera Club Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (with some ms annotations) and printed matter Processing information: Not all names have been indexed.

Date: 1957

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: fMS-Papers-6571-13

Description: Contains reports about the schoolwork and characters of scholarship applicants