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Map

[Creator unknown] : Te Kooti's campaigns 1868-1871 [copy of ms map].

Date: 1868 - 1871

Reference: MapColl-832hkm/1868-71/Acc.5976

Description: Map showing the East Cape, Bay of Plenty, Tauranga, Northern Hawkes Bay and just south of Taupo. Shows Te Kooti's approximate route, and direction (arrows on line) and his engagements with the Hauhau people. Stops at certain pa are dated, some added text (before photocopy) e.g. "Final escape to King Country", "Visit to Takangamutu". Key stops included Opape, Tologa Bay, Turanga, Whakatane, Rotorua, Te Pourere, Puketapu. The linking areas for all these points was the Urewera country. Te Kooti was a Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder, pursued by colonial forces, eventually took refuge in the King Country where Te Kooti remained until pardoned in 1883. Language - Place names Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale [1:700,000], 26 x 34 cm

Manuscript

Jackson, Vernon Leonard, fl 1938-1946 : Manuscript relating to Te Rauparaha

Date: 1946

By: Jackson, Vernon Leonard, active 1938-1946

Reference: MS-Papers-2764

Description: Manuscript relating to Te Rauparaha with a photograph of Te Rauparaha's whare at Aotea taken by Jackson in 1910. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Ms, photograph

Manuscript

History of the East Coast

Date: 1897-1941

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0042

Description: Contains notes, records and research notes on the history of the East Coast and includes a critique of Horouta history, extensive whakapapa and correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Audio

Te Roroa Maori life stories project

Date: 1997 - 01 Jan 1997

By: Hooker, Garry, 1939-2022

Reference: OHColl-0568

Description: Life history interviews with seven members of Te Iwi o Te Roroa Interviewer(s) - Garry Hooker Quantity: 20 C60 cassette(s). 2 C120 cassette(s). 7 printed abstract(s). 7 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Audio

New Zealand Historical Atlas Seminar, 17 June 1989

Date: 17 Jun 1989

By: Phillips, John Oliver Crompton, 1947-

Reference: OHColl-0659/1

Description: A meeting organised by Jock Phillips, Chief Historian in the Historical Branch of Department of Internal Affairs, to discuss the proposed New Zealand Historical Atlas. A cross-section of historians, geographers, social scientists and Maori interested parties attended. Principal speakers at the meeting were: Dr. Jack Camm, Editor of The Australians; Jim Milroy and Dr. Sydney Melbourne of Maori Studies, University of Waikato; Mrs Te Aue Davis of Department of Survey and Land Information; Miria Simpson, Assistant Editor Dictionary of New Zealand Biography; Bill Buxton, Arts and Cultural Heritage, Department of Internal Affairs. Sponsored by - Preliminary funding by New Zealand Lottery Grants Board Venue - Stout Research Centre, Victoria University, Wellington Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 3 C90 cassette(s). 1 event(s). 3.45 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA 3856.

Manuscript

Unlabelled miscellaneous material re Maori tribes

Date: [1950-1960?]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/04

Description: Papers relating to Maori history, waka history, names and place names, particularly focussing on East Coast tribes, the crew of the Horouta waka and the Maori history of Titirangi [Gisborne region]. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: A chart titled "Maoritanga" was included in this folder, but the chart was flattened by conservation in 2013 and taken out of this folder as it no longer fitted. The chart's new reference number is MSO-Papers-11554..

Image

Adventures in Geyserland; life in New Zealand's thermal regions, including the story of...

Date: 1934

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-020

Description: Published by Reed, Dunedin, 1934. Also some loose material that was laid in to the volume, including photographs, clippings, and whakapapa (from Tamatekapua, to Patiti - Alfred Warbrick). Photographs include a carving of a Māori goddess Horoirangi, carved on a cliff of Tihi-o-Tonga, Rotorua; an image of Gilbert Mair; an image of a cave; and an image of a small island in a lake. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed volume, loose papers and photographs in a folder

Image

Scott, Richard George, 1923-2020: Papers

Date: [ca 1882-2003]

By: Scott, Richard George, 1923-2020

Reference: MS-Group-1499

Description: The collection comprises Scott's notes and drafts for `151 Days' and for `The Parihaka story' and `Ask that mountain'. Also included are a large amount of newspaper cuttings, publications from various sources, photographs and other resource material relating to the Waterfront Dispute of 1951 and to the Parihaka affair. Source of title - Supplied by Library Dick (Richard George) Scott is a radical author, known for his histories of the 1951 Waterfront Dispute and the Parihaka affair. Quantity: 100 folder(s). 1 Linear Metres. Transfers: Collection as a whole with Manuscripts and Archives Section. Extensive collection of photographs relating to both the Waterfron Dispute and Parihaka transferred to the Photographic Archive, where they are held as PA-Group-00444. Also, various pamphlets, digest and directories transferred to printed collection. - To Photographic Archive - Photographs - To Book Collections - Various books and leaflets.

Other

Scrapbook No 2 :Notes and clippings on New Zealand genre

Date: 1929-1941

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew 1859-1944 :Scrapbooks, nos 1 and 2

Reference: qMS-1931

Description: Contains clippings on prominent people, organisations and issues of the time in New Zealand Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph Printed matter

Manuscript

Correspondence and notes for papers

Date: 1915-1921

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: 80-115-04A/04B

Description: Papers, some of which were published in the Society's journal, with related correspondence. Includes Ancient drains, Pukepoto, Kaitaia, by D M Wilson, with related map and letter by Iehu T Puhipi about the Ditch of Kauri; Some place names of the islands of the Society group, by Elsdon Best; Notes on Pilini key words, by F W Christian; list of Ontong Java keywords by H A Markham of Leueneuwa (Liungiua) Islands; Quelques illustres marins Paumotu des temps passes, by P Herve Audran, missionary at Tuamotu; Te Taringa roa, a Mortlock Islands custom, by F W Christian; Mangaian - English vocabulary, by F W Christian; France and New Zealand, by T S Bassett; waiata of Te Kooti, with translation; comparative philology of Pacific Islands phrases, and of Eastern Carolines language, by F W Christian Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Papers relating to Maori history

Date: [1920-1954]

From: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0196-387/4

Description: Comprises souvenir of St Paul's (Anglican) Memorial Church, Putiki from Kingi Ihaka (1953); editorial, `The Maori as coloniser'; `A Maori carved house for Wellington and appeal leaflets; notes, some sidelights and happenings at Rotorua by H te Kani; `A Proposal to preserve racial harmony in NZ by the formation of an information division for the Dept of Maori Affairs' prepared by G K Koea and H D B Dansey (1953); letter from Tainui Maori Trust Board to the Prime Minister re securing visit from the Queen (1954); programme, Ngati Poneke Young Maori Club (1953); ANZ Bank ledger note (1953); invitation from the Queen and the Duke to King Koroki, the Tainui and all associated tribes to Turangawaewae Marae (1953); `He Pukapuka whakamaharatanga na te iwi Maori ki te Piriwa Kaunihera', a draft petition to the Privy Council, probably re land rights with Kingi Tawhiao stamps (?1930s); notes re Turangawaewae, King Koroki and the Queen's visit, and programme for the royal visit to Turangawaewae (1953) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

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

Map

Halse, Frederick James, 1863-1936: Kapiti Island

Date: [ca 1906]

By: Halse, Frederick James, 1863-1936

Reference: MapColl-832.47gbbd/[ca.1906]/Acc.347

Description: Copy of topographic manuscript map of Kapiti Island, with cadastral and Māori historical information. Shows several pā sites, including Wharekahu Bay Pa, Taepiro Stream Pa, 'Rangitira Point Pa'. Shows land subdivisions, such as Maraetakaroro Kapiti No. 2, subdn 2B and Waiorua Kapiti no. 5, subdn 1B. Identifies Māori place names, the residence of Te Rauparaha and 'Rangihaieta' (Te Rangihaeata), the residence of Mr A S Wilkinson, whaling stations on surrounding islands. Beside the map are notes on early HMS ship visits to the island. Total area for the island is given as over 4855 acres. Annotation on map before copying: Sale plan W 35. It was formerly assumed that this map is a photocopy from the manuscript reproduced in 'The stirring times of Te Rauparaha (Chief of the Ngatitoa) / by W.T.L. Travers. Also, The sacking of Kaiapohia / by J.W. Stack.Travera - the stirring times of Te Rauparaha'. Christchurch ; Melbourne : Whitcombe and Tombs, [1906]. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 30 x 26.7 cm.

Manuscript

Mobile recording unit, Taranaki

Date: 1943-1973

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-2/04

Description: Mobile Recording Unit, Taranaki (1946); note inside folder states that it contains only pages 4-35 of the catalogue. Also includes manuscripts of radio talks re Te Kooti, the Wairau Affray (1843); and Maori historical articles by Fowler. Also includes some broadcast notes relating to what seems to be a broadcast covering Samoa's independence from New Zealand in 1962. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Research notes

Date: [1960-1962]

From: Keyes, Ian Warwick, 1938-2004 : Papers relating to George Leslie Adkin

Reference: fMS-Papers-8010-1

Description: Notes, place name lists, Polynesian Society journal notes, diagrams of adzes etc and area map of Porirua area Quantity: 1 folder(s). Tracings of adzes and map of Porirua area

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Metzger, David Leslie, 1928-2000:[Five folders entitled 'The Great Caricaturists']. 165...

Date: 1650 - 2000

By: Metzger, David Leslie, 1928-2000

Reference: E-930-q-03

Description: Five folders named 'The Great Caricaturists' arranged by name in alphabetical order - Armstrong to Chic. Collected by David Metzger to illustrate the history of caricature. Folders and slides are with the 'E' sequence Quantity: 5 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 5 plastic folders of caricatures A4 size

Manuscript

Rough notes relating to The Road to Whangara

Date: 1957-1976

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-2/01E

Description: Loose papers relating to The Road to Whangara [book] includes notes relating to East Coast Maori history, place names and whakapapa. Includes correspondence from H Te Kani Te Ua relating to Ngati Kanohi whakapapa [typewritten copy of letter] and an incomplete draft of a letter by Fowler written on The Remuera Book Exchange letterhead, which names Fowler as the proprietor and is dated 1976. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Two black and white photographic prints one of a group of Maori sitting on a shady bank by a car with an unidentified Maori woman in the foreground, and the photograph is of three Maori men inside a carved meeting house iwth microphones, so possibly being recorded for a broadcast.

Manuscript

Notebook

Date: 1927

From: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0146-03

Description: Includes notes on climate, biology, pre-European history of Taupo, Te Kooti campaign, settlement in Taupo area. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Articles

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-02/3

Description: Articles - An ancient outrigger float from a Re Horo swamp, Western Wellington; and a patu type, attributable to the Ngatimamoe culture from the Horowhenua-Manawatu area, Western Wellington Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Whyte, Colin, 1932?- : Memories

Date: [2000]

By: Whyte, Colin David, 1932-

Reference: MSX-5935

Description: Reminiscences of Whyte describing his 21-year career in the army and later in the navy; he describes his time in school cadets (1946-1947), compulsory military training in the second intake (1950), his time in the medical corps of the Territorial Forces (1951-1953), in the Regular Force including ANZUK Hospital, Singapore, 2RNZIR Malaysia (1959-1961), 161 Battery RNZA in South Vietnam (1968) and most camps in New Zealand. He also writes of his four years at the RNZN hospital at Devonport. Source of title - Transcribed Other - Not to be published in its entirety during donor's lifetime Quantity: 1 volume(s) (91 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with reproduced photographs

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