Places

Date: 1860 - 1900

By: Mair, Gilbert, 1843-1923; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-081-001/006

Description: Sketches depicting incidents arising out of a taua or raiding party visiting Parawera settlement to exact revenge after a case of adultery. The marae, various groupings of iwi, dances, fights, haka, horseriding, and competitions are depicted, along with a visit from the police. The Parawera group were Ngati Apakura, Te Wherowhero's iwi, and the visitors in search of payment were Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Hourua and Ngati Koroki. Ngati Haua are also mentioned in one sketch. Quantity: 6 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper ca 230 x 320 mm Provenance: Given to Alexander Turnbull in 1913 by Gilbert Mair. See covering letter of 17 November 1913 in MS 57, Folder 64. A typescript copy is held with the drawings in Box A-081. Mair ironically compares the artist to the French portraitist of Napoleon, Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier

Date: 1844

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Donne, Thomas Edward, 1860-1945

Reference: C-114-003

Description: Shows Te Waru, seated, on the left, dressed in a kaitaka cloak, with a fine woven taniko border. On the right is Te Pakaru Copy by artist on paper (watermarked 1851) of Plate 44 of his drawing for The New Zealanders Illustrated, London 1847 Plate 44 Other Titles - Ngai Apakura Ngai Maniapoto Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title (in pencil in the hand of Angas. Not signed) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour Provenance: T E Donne Collection

Date: 1841

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Whitby, M A S, active 1841

Reference: B-038-001

Description: Shows Ensign Best (or Ernst Dieffenbach) on left with cap, Captain Symonds in cape. Te Waru's daughter is being denounced for murder. Te Waru is standing against a background of a carved memorial, holding his daughter by her arm. Other Maori men and women are seated in a group around Te Waru and his daughter. There is a pataka (storehouse) to the left and a gourd is being emptied onto a fire on the far right. Derived from a sketch by J.J. Merrett, made on a trip with Best, Symonds & Dieffenbach, 1841. See also: Journal of Ensign Best, Wellington, 1966, p. 298-299; Dieffenbach, Ernst, Travels in New Zealand, vol. II, (frontispiece), E-143-041. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - M A S Whitby Engraving by Whitby, after a sketch by J.J. Merrett. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Zinc engraving, on sheet 14.4 x 21.6 inches

Date: 06 Apr 1993

From: Maniapoto Archives Oral History Project: He Taonga Tuku Iho

By: Tauariki, Mīria, active 1993; Te Kanawa, Diggeress Rangituatahi, 1920-2009

Reference: OHInt-0085-29

Description: Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa outlines her genealogy naming Louie, Tuheka and Rangimaria Hetet and Wirihana Hursthouse. Talks about fathers return from World War I, origins of her name and family's move to Ratana Pa. Touches on ill health which interrupted her education. Outlines effects of the Depression on her family. Remembers local rugby games and after match social functions. Talks about Taupotiki Wiremu Ratana as a faith healer, their travels around New Zealand and the completion of the Ratana temple. Describes teenage years, marriage aged twenty and the birth of her twelve children. Provides history of the Waipatoto marae and its features. Discusses married life in Otorohanga, working as a dress maker, sickness due to rheumatic fever and tuberculosis, local dances and availability of local seafood and medicinal plants. Outlines association with the Maori Women's Welfare League. Discusses Ohaki Village near Waitomo Caves, the miniature sized fortified pa site opened by her son in 1982. Interviewer(s) - Miria Tauariki Accompanying material - Abstract contains fascimile photographs of Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa, the Ohaki Village, Waipatoto and the Oparure Marae. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004892, OHV-0990 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 videocassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 50 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0939.

Date: [ca 1924-1929]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: 80-115-04A/03A

Description: Papers submitted for consideration for publication, with related correspondence. Includes notes by R D McCully on Ngati Kahu of Doubtless Bay giving details of Ngati Kahu's history, the story of the chief Parata and the canoe Mamaru, and waiata & haka; ; by J H L Waterhouse on Luangiua language, Lord Howe (Ontong Java) Atoll; by David Teviotdale on Maori relics found near Otago Heads; by R Firth on Maori fencing methods and a Maori ladder; a biography by T W Downes on incidents in the life of Te Kere Nga-tai-e-Rua (includes whakapapa of Ngataierua & Ratana), a prophet & tohunga of the upper Whanganui district; by George Graham on battle of Hingakaka and ancient Waikato wars, as narrated by Noka Hukanui of Ngati Apakura; and a tale of revenge by Korekore (of Te-Uri-o-Hau; lived with Ngapuhi), written by John White. Also includes a copy of a written ohaki (dying speech) of a chief (?) leaving his dying instructions for the management of his lands after his death. Written in 1843 for Te Hemara Tauhia & others. Quantity: 1 folder(s).