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H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa and note book
Date: 1895
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B016
Description: Contains notes about places associated with Kupe in Wellington and Wairarapa, whakapapa, financial records by Tuta Nihoniho and miscellaneous notes about land management There is a lengthy account of the destruction of the Te Arawa canoe by Raumati, and subsequent events, and a related narrative about Raumati's son, Ngarue and his activites and family There are haka and waiata, a list of pa in Taranaki and related iwi, notes about the origins and settlements of various iwi, notes about greenstone, and a narrative about conflicts between Te Ati Awa and Waikato, and the subsequent migration of Te Ati Awa along with Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Toa to the Wellington area There are notes about the arrival of Pakeha in New Zealand before Captain Cook, and a note in Elsdon Best's hand that states that much of the information in the manuscript was extracted from the Journal of the Polynesian Society and other published sources Also contains the names of several muskets belonging to the Ngati Toa which were named in a waiata composed by the wife of Te Pukoro, a Ngati Tama/ Ati Awa chief killed in the Wairarapa in the late 1820s. This lament was composed and sung at Waikanae to rouse the Ngati Toa to seek revenge for the deaths of the Ngati Tama and Ati Awa in the Wairarapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ maroon, black boards, 24 cm., vol. numbered 9
Carter, Samuel Mita, 1913-1998 : Essays on Maori chiefs of the Wairarapa
Date: [1980-1988]
By: Carter, Samuel Mita Hami Tuhokairangi, 1913-1998
Reference: MS-Papers-5661
Description: Contains essays on prominent Wairarapa chiefs, Kahungunu, Tamahau Mahupuku, Hika Piata, Piripi Te Maari, Karaitiana Te-tua-o-te-rangi Te Korou, Te Whatahoro Jury, Pikopiko and Ngairo Rakaihikuro (nb, much of the material is taken from other sources without acknowledgement), with brief bibliographies Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (40 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts with annotations (photocopies)
William Ronaldson - Diary
Date: 1854-1857
From: Ronaldson, William, 1823-1917: Diaries
Reference: MS-1829
Description: Contains diary entries by Ronaldson that deal principally with his missionary activities among Wairarapa Maori, and among Pakeha squatters in Wairarapa; the entries deal with Ronaldson's daily round of activities, including baptisms, sermons, lectures, marriages and funerals; there is also some incidental information about the social life and customs of Wairarapa Maori at the time Arrangement: MS-1828-1829 are boxed together
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1890
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B035
Description: Contains whakapapa, boundaries of tuku whenua in Wairarapa, notes about various conflicts and conquests of land in Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay over a number of generations; also contains biographical notes about some important Ngati Kahungunu ancestors, including Te Whatuiapiti, Tupurupuru and Taraia Also contains notes about the occupation of part of the Nga-Waka-a-Kupe block in Wairarapa, including block boundariees, whakapapa, history of the block, rentals of the block and the court history of the block (this appears to be verbatim evidence from the Maori Land Court) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled paper covers, 20 cm., vol numbered 21
Vallance correspondence
Date: 1844-1848
From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers
Reference: 88-103-4/06
Description: Contains photocopies of letters to and from Vallance with regard to land tenure and leasing, farming activities and business dealings
Allom, Albert James 1825-1909 : The bloody cutlass
Date: 1843-1846, 1899
By: Allom, Albert James, 1825-1909
Reference: qMS-0060
Description: Describes the personal experiences of the author, who had settled at Tauanui Station, near Huangarua, in the Wairarapa in the early 1840s; describes other Wairarapa settlers, their pioneering way of life, and contact with the Maori (Ngati Kahungunu), particularly Ngairo Source of title - Transcribed Originally read to the New Zealand Literary and Historical Association on 14 Sep 1899 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (13 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (35cm, blue buckram boards)
Administration of native affairs
Date: Aug 1863
From: Mantell family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0083-221
Description: Contains correspondence with news and rumours about the activities and plans of Wairarapa, Wellington and Horowhenua Maori affilliated to the Kingitanga, during a period of general tension in the New Zealand Wars Also contains some correspondence about the administration of the Native Reserves Act. Includes Maori letters from Waikanae regarding desire of the Kingitanga to escalate the Maori land wars. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Charles Augustus Vallance - Letters in Maori
Date: 1844-1865
From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1347-5/17/4
Description: Contains 4 Maori letters and a receipt relating to the purchase of items from Maori to Pakeha such as John Wallace and and Charles Vallance. Some letters are addressed to `Warihi'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss