Places

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

Date: [ca 1858-1870]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-010

Description: The drafts of outward letters are from 1862-1864. The Maori letters include information about the meanings of various Maori words, intelligence about the Waikato and Taranaki campaigns in the New Zealand Wars and the establishment of the Kingitanga, ethnographic information, and a call for a review of Maori educational spending The printed Maori material includes a proclamation from the Governor calling for the end to intertribal hostilities, and an open letter from Wi Tako decrying Maori resistance to the Government in Taranaki and calling for peace. Includes traditional Maori narrative concerning the Tainui Waka and Ngati Toa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: More detailed listing of printed material available in inventory.

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.

Date: [1893?]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-022

Description: Informants and contents listed at the front. Mainly the manuscript of Hori Ropiha of Waipawa, dealing with whakapapa of various East Coast iwi and hapu down to Ropiha, and with information about various events in Maori history including the migration from Hawaiki and subsequent settlement, and with notes about certain customary concepts and practices. Other informants include Te Karehana Whakataki relating the traditional Ngati Toa story of Te Ataiorongo, Tamarere Ahu, and Te Aro of Ngati Awa Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1881-1907

From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records

Reference: MSX-3924

Description: This notebook appears to have been written by Haimona Patete. It contains autobiographical details of his birth, relationships and interaction with the Kingitanga. It also contains accounts of various Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah hui, church records and draft prayers, and notes about the Kotahitanga movement and the Aropaoa Maori Council Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss

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

Date: 1967-1970

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-026

Description: Includes minutes of the Waikato Regional Committee of the Historic Places Trust, correspondence and information regarding the Tainui anchor, Pa, Marae, rivers and other historic Maori sites in the Tainui - Waikato region. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: nd

By: Aoterangi, Wirihana, -1907

Reference: MS-Papers-1287

Description: Incidents in Maori tribal lore from the Kawhia district, described by Wirihana Aoterangi, chief of the Ngati-Tahinga tribe of Raglan. Includes the story of the Tainui canoe. English translation made by G Graham Language - With English translation Quantity: 1 folder(s) (32 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts (photocopies)

Date: 1800-1900

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MSI-Papers-6717-007

Description: Contains a whakapapa chart of Ngati Uenuku, Ngati Hineuru and Ngati Tahinga and also reveals which descendants were 'rebels' during the New Zealand Wars. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript