Places

Date: 1915-1931

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0208

Description: Polynesian/Maori Voyages, the story of Takitimu Waka, Maori Customary Concepts and Tribal Narratives. Includes information on the messianic cults that flourished in the 19C; the battle of Waiorua (Whakapaetai) at Kapiti; Te Rangihaeata's stockade at Paremata; the death of Von Tempsky at Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu, and expropriated taonga in the British Museum, including Te Rauparaha's mere-pounamu `Papatahi' and Te Hiko-o-te-Rangi's mere-pounamu `Tuhiwai'. Comprises information on Nga Puhi `Atamira', and generic Maori tohunga practices.

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-045

Description: Contains whakapapa and notes on the migration, settlement and history of northern tribes written in Maori by Hapakuku Ruia of Whangape, with explanatory notes by Davies; notes on Maori vocabulary; extracts from `Te Waka Maori' with explanatory notes by Davies concerning waiata in the text, and annotated by Smith. The first page is headed `The discussion about the kumara'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 5 February 1998

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Burford, Melanie Jayne, 1970-

Reference: EP/1998/0365

Description: Hekenukumai Busby with the twin-hulled waka Te Aurere at Shelley Bay, Wellington. Photographs taken 5 February 1998 by Evening Post staff photographer Melanie Burford. The waka had to be rescued by the police launch Lady Elizabeth III off Barrett Reef as it arrived in Wellington for the opening of Te Papa. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

Date: 1989

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: Robertson, William Alexander, 1937-; New Zealand. Department of Survey and Land Information

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-1/3/27/Acc.54713

Description: Terrainmap of North Cape, including Three Kings Islands (Info map 262-1), in Far North District. Map features extensive numbered pencil annotations along coastline indicating Iwi affiliations with localities. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed in colour on paper, scale 1:250,000, 65.5 x 94.5 cm

Date: [Between ca 1878-1897]

By: Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: fMS-247

Description: Comprises one scrapbook compiled by Alexander Turnbull between circa 1878 and 1896, possibly not completed. Material collected by Turnbull dates from 1846 to 1897 and largely relates to te ao Māori, some is written in reo Māori with English translations. Letters, notes, envelopes and also bank cheques have been pasted into the volume, some also attached by pins. Includes: - various letters and waiata transcribed by G H Davies. - Māori to English word lists as well as whakatauki, waiata and karakia, some with English interpretations. - whakapapa relating to Ngāpuhi (p001 and p009) and Te Arawa hapū (p068) - manuscript titled 'Ko nga whakapapa o Nga Tupuna on Nga Ture of Niu Tireni' and translation 'The Genealogy of the Ancestors of the Law of New Zealand' (p003). - information and illustrations recorded by Timi Waata Rimini, about the Maketū-Ōpōtiki area, in particular the pā at Pukuhina, Oreiwhata and Poutuia (p016). - letter from a Mr Walsh dated 1896 to Mr Smith with a large splinter of wood attached. Text in the letter reads: "fragment from the remains of the flagstaff cut down by Hone Heke at Kororareka" (p078). - Māori divisions of time and naming of planets and stars (p086-p089). - manuscript relating to the death of Tukino Te Marae, a tohunga accused of causing deaths by mākutu, shot by Himiona Te Rua, near Te Teko in 1875 (p095-p112). - a list titled 'Scale of Rations' detailing food issued to prisoners, including those serving hard labour (p116). - typescript translation of a campaign speech given by Tamati Tangihia (p114). Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s) approximately 120 leaves. Physical Description: Volume containing letters, manuscripts and typescripts (46 cm; ¼ red calf, purple boards) Processing information: Description updated March 2024 following digitisation. Kāore i tāruatia ngā whārangi puare | Blank pages not copied.