Places

Date: 1889 - 1906

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B023

Description: Contains notes about the occupation of land near Greytown by the Ngati Muretu hapu, and a draft letter complaining about land sold by someone that does not own it; contains cosmological information, including whakapapa of various deities and a detailed account of the life of Maui Tikitiki; also contains notes about practices and traditions associated with childbirth and the instruction of children in martial and practical arts; there are also notes about practices within whare wananga and the conditions placed on students There is a narrative about Ngatoroirangi of the Te Arawa canoe, and a warning about incorrect whakapapa and the use of repetitive names to inflate a whakapapa; there is also a discussion of the relevance of traditional knowledge in contemporary society There is a narrative dictated by Te Wera Hauraki and Tarahau in 1837 about Ngati Awa, recited by Te Matorohanga to Te Whatahoro at a later date; the narrative describes the arrival of Ngati Awa at Whakatane and their conflicts with the resident tangata whenua, which includes a detailed physical description of these people; there is a narrative about the migration of Toi and Whatonga to New Zealand and their subsequent settlement There is a narrative of 19th century conflicts involving Waikato and Taranaki tribes and subsequent events, whakapapa (including some taken from the Journal of the Polynesian Society), karakia associated with various practices and activities (including notes about the performance of karakia by tohunga), and waiata (including notes from Sir George Grey's `Nga Moteatea' There is a narrative about the birth of Tuteremoana of the Ngai Tara tribe, with related waiata; a list of place-names and pa sites in the Wellington area and some notes about conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu; there are also notes about the proceedings of a whakapapa hui held at Papawai in 1906, including an address by H P Tunuiarangi Other - 5 loose pages are inserted in the beginning. One page is titled `Te Ngakiatotara', another 2 pages are titled `Kereitaone' and the other is a list of names from Ngati Awa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (32 cm; maroon boards)

Date: 1844 - 1890

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927; Keesing, G S (Mr), active 1960s

Reference: D-001-009-a

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. A lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. This copy lacks a printed inscription on the recto of copy D-001-009 "Presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890" Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph in two tints 220 x 840 mm on sheet 285 x 890 mm Provenance: Donation: G S Keesing

Date: 1840-1981

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-06

Description: Contains 3 photocopies of an essay about the Maori occupation of Otahuhu and the Auckland district up to 1840. Also contains an essay in Maori about the Maori perspective of the Treaty of Waitangi Working notes compiled by librarians working with Maori materials in the Manuscripts Section of the Library during the late 1970s and 1980s. Most of the work was done by Sharon Dell. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1859

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-002

Description: Contents include corrspondence, mostly from the Native Land Purchase Dept Auckland, relating to Maori land claims and purchases from Auckland to Northland.

Date: 1844 - 1890 - 1969

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927; Heritage Fine Prints; Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: D-001-023

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. A 1969 photomechanical reproduction, taken from a lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. Print no 142 of an edition of 1000 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph of tinted lithograph in two colours 205 x 794 mm (image) on sheet 293 x 876 mm

Date: 1858

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: MapColl-832.2at/1858/Acc.377

Description: Map of Taranaki district depicting Maori geographical placenames around the coastline from Ngati Maniapoto, Ngati Maru, Taranaki and Ngati Whatua. Similar to but not identical with ms map held by Alexander Turnbull Library (see Acc.376). Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 22 x 18 cm.

Date: 1845, n d

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-089

Description: Includes hand written explanation by Matiaha Tiramorehu (Ngai Tahu) why his wife, Pirihira Pi, committed suicide, with note by Elsdon Best attached. Includes waiata tangi for Pirihira on last page. Also includes an early version [1845] of the waiata `Tera ia nga tai o Honipaka', sung by the Ngati Toa in 1821 on their departure from Kawhia - with some small differences. Includes a manuscript written in Maori titled `He pukapuka whakapapa tupuna no Ngati Whatua'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1873-1876

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B040

Description: Contains a list of owners of blocks of land in the Wanganui district, and a number of narratives about; significant events in the history of Ngati Kahungunu, Moriori settlement on the Chatham Islands, events in Hawaiki and subsequent migrations and settlements, the burning of the Te Arawa canoe, and conflicts in the 1820s and 1830s involving Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Porou, Ngapuhi, Rangitane, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa Physical Description: ¼ maroon black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 26

Date: 1857 - 1858

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: MapColl-832.2at/1858/Acc.376

Description: Map of Taranaki district depicting Maori geographical placenames around the coastline from Ngati Maniapoto, Ngati Maru, Taranaki and Ngati Whatua. Enlargement of original. `Diary of a journey to Taupo, Rotorua, Rangitikei from Taranaki' by S. Percy Smith, (New Plymouth, 1858) was republished as 'An 1858 journey into the interior' by S. Percy Smith (New Plymouth: Taranaki Herald, 1953). Similar to but not identical with a ms map (see copy Acc. 377) held by New Plymouth Public Library. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 40 x 32 cm.

Date: 1943-1944

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material

Reference: MS-Papers-0230-008

Description: Correspondence and letters concerning the history and activities of whalers in New Zealand during the early and mid 18th century. Mostly concerns activities in Northland, Kawhia and Tauranga. Also includes extracts of verbatim evidence from various Maori from these districts. Also includes whakapapa for the Kennedy family from Ngati Porou, and biographical information for the Kennedy, Mair, Clendon, Tapsell & other families. Includes census of Europeans residing in Northern District, 1846 (from Clendon mss in Auckland Public Library) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [1977-1979]

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

By: Walker, Ranginui Joseph Isaac, 1932-2016

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-50

Description: Contains minutes 'Iwi meeting held at Orakei Marae, June 1978' re Bastion Point; also contains photocopies of protest flyers and an historical over view of the claim. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and photocopies of pamphlets

Date: 1819-1932

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-30

Description: Includes karakia concerning women who are tapu; the haka `Ka mate' from Ngati Toa; Ngapuhi whakapapa; the Poutiriao; `A modest Maori girl captive' Maori weddings, marriage, divorce and remarriage; `Christ and Tawhaki' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts (with some ms annotations) and printed matter

Date: 1873 - 1925

Reference: MapColl-832.11gbbd/1873- (1971)/Acc.35845

Description: Map of Kaipara Harbour from Ruawai, Tokatoka and east to the Otematea County boundary and State Highway 1, Hakaru, south to Topuni and Port Albert. Shows original purchases of Edward and Thomas Coates, subsequent purchases and sales and owners, Maori settlements and pa pites, a 3,300 acre pine forest, state highways, railways, historical battle sites, churches, missions, and pioneer historical information. Rivers, creeks and forests are also identified. Traced over New Zealand Cadastral maps one inch to one mile. NZMS Ruawai Sheet N27 survey office records and Maungaturoto Sheet N28. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Felt tip pen on paper, part coloured, scale indeterminable, 43 x 80.5 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Sutch, William Ball, 1907-1975. Papers (Exact reference unknown).

Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material

Reference: MS-Papers-0230-010

Description: Information re Peter Grant, Bluff whaling station, Weller Brothers station at Timaru, Molyneaux Station, Wybrow Station, abstarct from Joseph Price diary; Hokianga history; summary of information on early settlement map; brief notes on Mercury Island, Kennedy Bay, Great Barrier Island, Oahura, etc; list of sources for Hokianga; further notes on specific places in Auckland and north Auckland area; list of sources for area Waikato to Ngamotu; revised summary of Moku and Ngamotu including sources; list for sources for area Whanganui to Port Nicolson; notes on Pipitea-Port Nicolson; list of sources for area Ahuriri to Wharekahia; on - Wairoa, Nuhaka, Te Mahia, Waikokopu, Opou, Whangawehi, Wherowhero, Poverty Bay, Turanganui, Papawhariki, Makaraka, Tologa Bay, Tokomaru Bay, Waipiro, Tuparoa, Whareponga, Te Aramoa, Omewa, Rangitukia, East Cape, Te Araroa, Wharekahika; sources for Optiki to Tairua; notes on Ohiwa, Opotiki, Uretata, Whakatane, Whale Island; Matata, Maketu, Mokoia Island, Urewera, Tauranga, Matamata; notes and sources on Mercury Bay. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1850s-1930s

By: Seed family; Canadian Photo Company; Greenway, S H, active 1890; Gilchrist, William, active 1890; Herrmann, Richard, -1892; Connolly & Herrmann (Firm); Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Wright, W Edward, active 1890; Colborne, Arthur Francis, active 1889-1903; Sawyer, W A, active 1890; Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886; Berry, William, active 1877-1926

Reference: PAColl-3307

Description: Quantity: 54 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1875 - 1972

Reference: MapColl-832.11gbbd/1867-1973 (1975)/Acc.35848

Description: Four maps of the Coates brothers' land between the Kaipara Harbour and the Arapaoa River, from Ruawai and east to Pahi, over different timeframes. First map; 'Original holdings - c. 1875'. Shows the Coates brothers' land blocks; the Unuwhao (2500 acres), the Hukatere block (10,410 acres leased from Maori owners) and the Ruawai; also shows Ruatuna House, Thomas Coates' House 'Te Kawau', the horse trek from Tinopai at Komiti Bay to Paparoa. Land ownership notes on map quote sources. Second map; 'The Three Estates - landholding at greatest extent c.1921'. Shows the three Coates estates Ruawai, The Swamp and Unuwhao, as well as small area owned by the Education Department. Land ownership notes on the map quote sources. As per Cadastral Maungaturoto Sheet 7128. Third map; 'Private sales, crown sales for soldier settlement by 1948'. Map shows land transferance and sales to returned soldiers via the Crown. Reference notes beside map. Fourth map: 'The Remnant - 1972'. Shows remaining Ruatuna property, Coates Memorial CHurch, State Highway No. 12, Post Office Matakohe, what was the horse track to Tinopai in 1875 as tar sealed road. D.R. Coates had sold farm. Areas and survey plans taken from New Zealand Cadastral maps one inch to one mile. NZMS Ruawai Sheet NZ7 survey office records 1.10.1963 and Maungaturoto Sheet NZ8 survey office records 1.2.1964. Signed A.P.B.W. Aug 1975 Quantity: 4 manuscript map(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Felt tip pen on paper, part coloured, scale indeterminable, 56 x 76 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Sutch, William Ball, 1907-1975. Papers (Exact reference unknown).

Date: 1890 - 1899

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-104

Description: Contains whakapapa from Ngati Awa, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Porou and Wairarapa; also contains detailed information about the Takitimu canoe and its crew; waiata , karakia; notes about the settlement of the South Island by various iwi with extensive information about Kai Tahu; notes about native dogs, and narratives about the Ngati Kahungunu ancestor Maahu as well as nineteenth century tribal conflicts. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Mss Black exercise book

Date: 1800 - 1840

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/3/2-Acc.36515

Description: Published map used by New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch in their Historical Atlas Collection. Shows tribal boundaries in the North Island 1800 and boundaries 1840 (shown in red). Base map - New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colour map on cream linen. Scale indeterminable. 150 x 99 cm Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [1996-2001]

From: Bassett, Michael Edward Rainton (Dr), 1938- : Further papers

Reference: 2012-028-06

Description: Box contains papers relating to the many claims from the Kaipara including Dr Bassett's notes made during submission hearings, research papers and historical background. Dr Bassett was a member of the Tribunal from 1994 to 2004. He expressed a minority opinion in the final report for this claim. Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: 1899-1911

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-118

Description: Contains songs and genealogies from various sources including Ngapuhi and Ngati Whatua. Also includes karakia, nga waiata tangi and nga purakau. The end page is stamped with the seal `Komiti Otane Nuiarangi hiiri' (sealed Tanenuiarangi Committee) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph