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H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook / dictated by Te Matorohanga
Date: 1865 - 1900
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B007
Description: Contains cosmological notes about Io, the twelve heavens, the children of Rangi and Papa, the separation of Rangi and Papa, the ascent of Tane to fetch the baskets of knowledge, the divine origin of various items and practices, and notes about Maui and Tawhaki Also contains notes about practices and concepts associated with the whare wananga, whakapapa (cosmological and human), and notes about the migration to, and settlement of, New Zealand There are autobiographical notes about Te Whatahoro as well as waiata, haka and karakia There is an extensive index at the start of the volume Publication - 3 copies of pages 1 to 379 have been typed for the Maori Ethnological Research Board by Oka Heketa, 20 September 1929 Publication - 3 copies of pages 380 to 444 of this volume have been typed for the Maori Ethnological Research Board by Oka Heketa, 19 October 1929 Other - [One of 4 volumes lent to L D S] Variations in title - Spine - Ancient Maori history Contents: There is a note regarding the compilation of this volume and a statement of ownership pasted in the beginning pages. Also leaves are stamped with the `Komiti seal' - seal of approval as being passed and correct Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: ½ brown calf, blue bindings, 33cm., vol numbered 4 - Spine title "Ancient Maori History" Finding Aids: For a very detailed description of what this particular volume contains see `Offprint from the Journal of the Polynesian Society, June 1994 vol.103 no.2, pages 118-120' in inventory folder.
Whakapapa and narratives dictated by Apiata Te Aohau, Nepia Pohuhu and Paratene Te Okaw...
Date: 1862-1918
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B054
Description: This volume contains information dictated by three tohunga, Apiata Te Aohau, Nepia Pohuhu and Paratene Te Okawhare, to Te Whatahoro; the narratives cover some common themes, including; Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay whakapapa, accounts of the creation of the universe, and the subsequent activities and conflicts of various deities; accounts and genealogies that set out the origin of various animate and inanimate things in the world; accounts of the migration of the Takitimu canoe, lead by Tamatea, from Hawaiki to New Zealand; information about the provenance of the material dictated by the tohunga Paratene Te Okawhare also discusses the influence of Christianity on the recital of traditional Maori accounts of cosmology, and provides instructions about who should be allowed access to the material and how whakapapa debates should be managed; he identifies some common errors made by non-experts in reciting genealogies; he also warns Te Whatahoro not to confuse the work of different tohunga, and points out that each school of learning will have their own version of events Physical Description: ¼ maroon, dark green boards 33 cm Provenance: This was one of four books loaned by Te Whatahoro to the Church of the Latter Day Saints
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa and note book about Ngati Porou
Date: 1869-1888
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B015
Description: Contains Ngati Porou whakapapa, a narrative about the naming of Aotearoa by Kupe, a narrative about the history of Ngati Porou from the time of Porou Mataa, and a list of Ngati Porou pa, mahinga kai, urupa and details of land rentals to Pakeha Other - 3 loose leaf pages are folded and inserted in the beginning of the book containing whakapapa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ brown calf, black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 5
Printed Parliamentary papers re Rangitikei purchase and other papers re Maori land
Date: 1866-1921
From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0048-10
Description: Notes of a meeting at Parewanui, Rangitikei: December, 1886 to resolve the Rangitikei land dispute and the effects of the Ngāti Toa-Raukawa incursions into the Manawatu-Horowhenua region on the Ngāti Apa and its allies concerning the occupation of their lands. Includes printed notes on the Kemp Deed 1848 and unsettled land claims before the Kooti Whenua Maori 1894. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa notebook
Date: 1861-1892
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B062
Description: Contains whakapapa collected from various authorities Physical Description: Black boards, 33 cm Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Inward correspondence - William Fox
Date: 1863
From: Mantell family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0083-281
Description: Correspondence about the New Zealand wars in Taranaki and concern about escalating tension among the Horowhenua - Manawatu tribes particularly Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Apa/ Muaupoko/ Rangitane. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (22 letters).
Stephenson Percy Smith - Notes for the Lore of the whare wananga
Date: [ca 1910-1911]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-159
Description: Comprises (i) notes copied by Smith (and overwritten, orignally by T W Downes) from Whatahoro Jury (38p), (ii) Sundry notes from Te Matorohanga (6 leaf note by Best on Te Matorohanga's book), (iii) 69 leaves copied from `Te Whatahoro's second book' (begins with contents list) (iv) Te Whare-wananga 1868 (copy) - 36 leaves copied from `Te Whatahoro's third volume' with two pages attached headed `questions on whare-wananga and J M Jury papers, Sept 25 1911'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook
Date: 1903-1913
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B088
Description: Contains diary entries with a particular focus on horses including breeding, rearing, pedigrees, and farming; whakapapa; karakia; cosmological notes about Io, the twelve heavens, the occupants of the various heavens, a list of the children of Rangi and Papa, lists of `po' and `ao' and the names of Tane, cosmological narratives and notes and narratives about Rata and Tawhaki; notes about stones used to signify learning in traditional whare wananga, and circumstances of the presentation of some stones to Te Whatahoro by Topia Turoa of Wanganui; notes re various land issues, including the agenda of meetings to address land issues; resolutions of Nireaha Tamaki at a whakapapa hui; Christian prayers; notes about the history of some greenstone patu; and a list of Taare Turi's assets Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Maori letters (photocopies) : from Bagnall collection
Date: 1847-1867
From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes
Reference: MS-Papers-6373-05
Description: Photocopies and transcripts of correpondence to Colenso concerning social and religious matters including marenatanga, hoko kakahu, tono pukapuka (kawenata hou), matakite-kupu whakaari. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :[Plain of the Ruamahanga opening into Palliser Bay n...
Date: 1863 - 1842 - 1845
By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865
Reference: A-259-004
Description: Shows three Maori men and a European hunting a boar with dogs; the Maori men are dressed in traditional clothes and have moko. Three of the party are carrying firearms, while one Maori man is spearing the boar from the back with a taiaha. The area shown as plains in Brees' original engraving is shown as a lake or broad river behind the group. An Italian adaptation of plate IX (after a drawing by Brees made in the early 1840s) in Wakefield, E J Illustrations to Adventures in New Zealand. London 1845 (f919.31) This version of Brees' lithograph was first published in Das Buch der Welt (Stuttgart, Hoffmann, 1842-) a long-running illustrated German encyclopaedia. This print was published as plate 15 in the issue for 1863. It appears to be from an Italian edition of Das Buch der Welt and bears the same imprint (the date and numbers below) as the original German impression. There is no visible text in Italian on the print, apart from the very faint remains of offprinting of text from the page opposite, from the volume in which this engraving was originally published Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - 1863, lower left; 15 lower right Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand coloured engraving 157 x 238 mm
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
H T Whatahoro Jury - Note book of traditions dictated by Te Matorohanga
Date: 1860
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B001
Description: Contains notes about the circumstances in which Te Matorohanga dictated the material, which includes cosmological notes about Maui, Mataaho and the divine origins of various items and practices; there are also notes about Kupe, Toi and Whatonga and the discovery and settlement of New Zealand The text also discusses the interaction between the original inhabitants and the Maori settlers; there are also discussions about the activities of the canoe commanders in discovering and naming places around the North Island; there are also extensive whakapapa, waiata and karakia There are notes about the settlement of Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa and Wellington which were subsequently used by Best for journal articles, there are also annotations in Ngata's hand that refer to another publication Publication - Material has been used in `The Lore of the Whare Wananga' according to annotations thoroughout the book Relationship complexity - Some of the material was also published in 'The Land of Tara' , an article written by Elsdon Best for the Journal of the Polynesian Society between 1917-1919 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Map of North...
Date: 1860 - 1870
From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas
Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/7/6-Acc.37227
Description: Identifies tribal districts in the North Island. Note under title reads: Contd Rushden vol II (1895) and note beside title reads: Redrawn (reduced scale) in Grace's sketch of the Maori War p 50. also Ngaitahu written across lower Marlborough. Shows also loyal & rebel districts (1860-70). Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on cream paper. Scale indeterminable. 54 x 39.4 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Rev William Ronaldson - Letters
Date: 1855
From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers
Reference: 88-103-3/12
Description: Typescript copy of letters held at qMS-1720
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1865-1909
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B006
Description: Contains whakapapa from Wairarapa, cosmological whakapapa and notes about Io, the whare wananga, the creation of women, details about the twelve heavens; also contains a narrative about Tamatea, and the impregnation of his wife by a supernatural being Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ calf, blue boards, 33 cm., vol numbered A1
Wairarapa - Weld, Wardell, Bidwill, Fox, and Chapman; Correspondence & journals
Date: [ca 1843-1865]
From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers
Reference: 88-103-4/08
Description: Contains copies and typescripts of semi-official correspondence dealing with the activities of Wairarapa Maori involved with the Hauhau movement in the 1860s; also contains biographical notes about Bidwill and Weld
Inward letters in Maori
Date: 1851-1862
From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0151-01
Description: Letters from Maori to various colonial officials (mainly Sir George Grey and John White) about various issues, including land issues on the West Coast of the North Island, from Wellington to Wanganui (rent disputes, intertribal disputes, outstanding payments etc); there are also letters about the New Zealand wars, with rumours about Kingitanga activities, a request for compensation because land had been taken by Kingitanga followers, and a request for a war pension for an injury sustained while fighting Hone Heke There are also letters about the erection of a Maori House at Wellington, about arranging meetings, and letters with requests for agricultural implements. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (57 leaves). Physical Description: Mss
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).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa
Date: 1864-1881
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-116
Description: Contains whakapapa contributed by different people Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph
Official papers re administration of native affairs
Date: 1862-1863
From: Mantell family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0083-217
Description: Contains correspondence and memoranda regarding Maori Affairs, including information about the administration of the Native Affairs Department and other related government agencies in Taranaki and the lower North Island, the disposition of Maori in Taranaki and elsewhere towards the Government and the Kingitanga, and information about Maori land transactions and related matters, especially in Wairarapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s).