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Miscellaneous papers
Date: 1908-1949
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0488
Description: Contains personal and professional correspondence regarding visits, marae, historical research; newspaper clippings and a report, `Wanganui Maori Conference as a Parliamentary paper'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Ngati Porou whakapapa
Date: 1900-1920
From: Summersby, Reginald Francis Hinga, 1936-2014 : Papers re Ngati Porou
Reference: MSX-4873
Description: Contains extensive Ngati Porou whakapapal with some other whakapapa from the Bay of Plenty included Quantity: 1 volume(s).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook / dictated by Te Matorohanga
Date: 1865 - 1900
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B007
Description: Contains cosmological notes about Io, the twelve heavens, the children of Rangi and Papa, the separation of Rangi and Papa, the ascent of Tane to fetch the baskets of knowledge, the divine origin of various items and practices, and notes about Maui and Tawhaki Also contains notes about practices and concepts associated with the whare wananga, whakapapa (cosmological and human), and notes about the migration to, and settlement of, New Zealand There are autobiographical notes about Te Whatahoro as well as waiata, haka and karakia There is an extensive index at the start of the volume Publication - 3 copies of pages 1 to 379 have been typed for the Maori Ethnological Research Board by Oka Heketa, 20 September 1929 Publication - 3 copies of pages 380 to 444 of this volume have been typed for the Maori Ethnological Research Board by Oka Heketa, 19 October 1929 Other - [One of 4 volumes lent to L D S] Variations in title - Spine - Ancient Maori history Contents: There is a note regarding the compilation of this volume and a statement of ownership pasted in the beginning pages. Also leaves are stamped with the `Komiti seal' - seal of approval as being passed and correct Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: ½ brown calf, blue bindings, 33cm., vol numbered 4 - Spine title "Ancient Maori History" Finding Aids: For a very detailed description of what this particular volume contains see `Offprint from the Journal of the Polynesian Society, June 1994 vol.103 no.2, pages 118-120' in inventory folder.
Wilson, Henry George, 1833-1905 : Dithyrambic lament on the passing of Ropata Wahawaha,...
Date: 1905
By: Wilson, George Henry, 1832-1905
Reference: MS-Papers-2738
Description: Tokomaru pa Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms
H T Whatahoro Jury - Papers
Date: 1909-1910
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B040A
Description: Papers extracted from MS-Papers-0189-B040 Includes whakapapa, waiata, an extract from the Journal of the Polynesian Society, notes about Ngati Porou, the Takitimu canoe and its migration to New Zealand, the establishment of chiefly authority along the East Coast from Wairoa to Wairarapa
George H Davies - Papers relating to Maori legends, waiata and other matters
Date: [ca 1900-1911]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-044
Description: Contains a 6-page notebook of songs and chants with a note at the beginning by S P Smith saying `sent to me by G H Davies, Karore April, 1911'. In Maori the notebook includes notes on Kaioraora (cursing songs) by Topeora, and a waiata `E pa to hau ke Te Wairau e'. Inside the back cover is a copy of a letter in Maori from S P Smith to Whatahoro, New Plymouth 29 August 1911. Several pages relating to legend, waiata and other matters in several hands. Legends include Mataora, Tumatauenga and Kongomaraeroa; Tura and Whiro; Tamatea and the moa; Mataoho; Maui; Tane and others. Some of this material may be from a Ngati Porou source; One section is headed `Waiata a Te Whatu', and there are various waiata among the text which Davies claims have been sung before the Maori Land Court in the Hawkes Bay area. There is also an explanation in Maori and English of the expression `Ariki tapairu' signed by Rawiri Te Rangi Rangikauri. A covering letter from Davies to S P Smith, dated 18 Jul 1902, offering them to the Polynesian Society for publication. There is also an undated note from Elsdon Best to Smith forwarding a letter from Tamahau (Mahupuku?), sent by Davies for publication. An unsigned paper in Maori is probably the letter referred to. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook
Date: 1903
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B081
Description: Contains diary entries that cover farming, business and land dealings in particular; also contains whakapapa, waiata, karakia, address lists, shopping lists, a list of the assets of Taare Turi, a narrative account of historical conflicts involving Wairarapa people and hapu, and copies of letters to Maori people asking for information about the genealogies and activities of their ancestors Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1865-1909
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B006
Description: Contains whakapapa from Wairarapa, cosmological whakapapa and notes about Io, the whare wananga, the creation of women, details about the twelve heavens; also contains a narrative about Tamatea, and the impregnation of his wife by a supernatural being Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ calf, blue boards, 33 cm., vol numbered A1
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa and notes about Lake Wairarapa
Date: 1872-1904
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B051
Description: Contains detailed whakapapa of south Wairarapa hapu, Ngati Porou, Ngati Tuwharetoa and Whanganui, lists of battles involving Wairarapa people with details of deaths, lists of owners of the Wharepu land blocks and minutes of a hui held to discuss the sale of Lake Wairarapa; in these minutes, there is a list of the kaumatua in attendance, verbatim comments of participants, notes about how the Ngati Hamua hapu acquired rights in the lake, and discussions of the rights and uses of various hapu of certain sections of the lake Physical Description: Black boards, 33 cm. Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Miscellaneous historical articles relating to Gisborne Museum and broadcasting papers
Date: [1951-1952]
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-2/10D
Description: Miscellaneous papers including some chapters of a book on tangihanga and Maori-Pakeha relations, and some papers relating to the Gisborne Museum "Maori wing" and others relating to Fowler's time as Director of Broadcasting in Samoa. Includes a plan of Raukawa "whare wananga" in Otaki which includes the names of the poupou, drawn by Te Matenga Baker in 1936. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Ngati Porou whakapapa
Date: 1900-1920
From: Summersby, Reginald Francis Hinga, 1936-2014 : Papers re Ngati Porou
Reference: MSX-4874
Description: Contains extensive Ngati Porou whakapapa, from a number of hapu Quantity: 1 volume(s).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1907, 1911
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-135
Description: Contains whakapapa from Wairarapa and the East Coast; also contains waiata and Te Whatahoro's opinions about the administration and management of the Pouakani block, near Taupo Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa and minute book
Date: 1886,1892,1895,1902,1904,1905
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-129
Description: Contains whakapapa from Wairarapa, Ngati Porou and Tuhoe; also contains notes from the sitting of the Maori Land Court at Wanganui with information about historical occupation and use of land, related whakapapa, the sites of pa and kainga and lists of contemporary owners Also contains notes about the Te Arawa canoe, waiata, a copy of instructions regarding the administration of land in the Wanganui area, and cosmological whakapapa Contains notes about the boundaries of land owned by hapu living around Lake Wairarapa, and the pa and kainga that they lived in; also contains a copy of a letter to Sir James Carroll about the administration and management of reserves near the Lake Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
A T Ngata Papers - Some Rakaitemania genealogies
Date: 1905
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-100
Description: Contains Ngati Porou and other whakapapa, and a list of owners of land in the East Coast area Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume).
Smith, William : Album of photographs of Motu River taken by W F Crawford
Date: 1903
By: Smith, William, active 1995; Crawford, William Fitzgerald, 1844-1915
Reference: PA1-o-741
Description: Record of a trip taken By Crawford and friends along the Motu River in 1903 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Gudgeon, Walter Edward, 1841-1920 : Maori genealogies
Date: [188-?]
By: Gudgeon, Walter Edward, 1841-1920
Reference: Micro-MS-0179
Description: Genealogies of Hawkes Bay, Poverty Bay and Northland tribes; index and some vocabulary included Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 100 frames).
Fledge me a Kiwi, an adventure in autobiography
Date: 1970s
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-2/10C
Description: An incomplete manuscript of Leo Fowler's autobiography "Fledge me a Kiwi: An adventure in autobiography". This was later published by F Fowler in ca 1991. It contains stories about his life during the Depression. pp73-190 and title page included but the first section is missing. This autobiography was later published in ca 1991. Publication - This manuscript was later published ca 1991 as "Fledge me a Kiwi". Quantity: 1 folder(s).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook
Date: 1903-1906
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B086
Description: Contains diary entries with particular focus on travel, the Maori Council's Conference at Ruatoki, and powhiri by various tribes to Te Whatahoro; also contains whakapapa, recipes for Maori medicines, address lists, notes about the relationship between the ancestors Rongomaiwahine and Kahungunu, notes about Biblical characters and scriptual texts and references; also contains a lament for Tamahau Mahupuku and lists of Wairarapa people Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Ngati Porou whakapapa
Date: 1905-1906
From: Summersby, Reginald Francis Hinga, 1936-2014 : Papers re Ngati Porou
Reference: MSY-4562
Description: Contains Ngati Porou whakapapa, and notes from a Maori Land Court case with regard to shares in the Waiapu district Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (in grey phase box)
Wharekahika case
Date: 1908
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers
Reference: MSY-6577
Description: Contains claimant accounts around Wharekahika Quantity: 1 volume(s).