Places

Date: 1926-1928

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0065

Description: Letters regarding concerns of Farming in the Tairawhiti area and concerns of Township Leases in Rotorua. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: [ca 1920s]

By: Evans, I, active 1920s

Reference: PA1-o-1519

Description: Photographs taken on holiday in New Zealand by woman identified as I Evans. Comprises photographs of men, women and children from Tuhourangi and Arawa iwi, many in traditional costume; Model Village at Whakarewarewa; Ohinemutu Pa; Lake Rotorua; Guide Ruth, Ana Hato; Guide Rangi; Wairakei geysers; Rotomahana; buried forest; Arapuni; Hongi's Track; Lake Taupo; Wellington Harbour from Ngaio; tobacco growing at Riwaka; apple packing shed at Redwood's Valley, Nelson; Devils Boots, Collingwood; Government Buildings, Wellington; Wainui House, Nelson; houseboat, Whanganui River; self-portraity of photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 151 x 202 mm Provenance: Purchase, 2009

Date: 1877-1972

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers

Reference: Series-3334

Description: The papers in this series include material such as volumes, papers, research notes, lecture notes, printed matter, letterbooks, partial diaries and letters relating to research in the areas of Maori dance, language and literature, tribal and family genealogy, Christianity, architecture, carving, tukutuku and education. Some materials in this series are from beyond the date range of Ngata's life but came into the library with the collection. Quantity: 49 volume(s) 47 folder(s). Processing information: Series description was updated in January 2020 following query from a researcher.

Date: 1944-1950

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0319

Description: File 120 - Contains letters and notes regarding the Society. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 192? - 195?

Reference: PAColl-4897

Description: Photographs of Ana Hato. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-177592 to 177609. Quantity: 18 b&w copy negative(s) (copies of original prints returned to owner). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives 100 x 125 mm

Date: [ca 1909]

By: Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940

Reference: PAColl-7992

Description: Negatives of Rotorua, Whakarewarewa, and Taranaki, taken ca 1909 by R G Marsh of Rotorua. Most of the images are of tourists and guides around the hot springs at Whakarewarewa, but there are also several school portraits taken at Okaiawa School and Convent School, Hawera. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-220000-G to 1/2-220068-G Quantity: 69 b&w original negative(s). Provenance: Purchased at auction, Dunbar Sloane, Wellington, 2003

Date: [ca 1915-1920s]

From: Lockett family: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10271

Description: Photographic prints relating to the Lockett family of Lower Hutt and Karori, Wellington, taken circa 1910s-circa 1920s by unidentified photographers. Some photographs possibly taken by Edith Constance Lockett. Most photographs are group portraits. The photographs also include images from travel to Rotorua, including images of geothermal activity and photographs of Edith Lockett and others standing in front of the carved Maori gateway at Whakarewarewa and in front of a pataka at Whakarewarewa pa. There is also a view of Lake Rotomahana. There are also images relating to horseback riding, and two images of Kenneth Ewart Lockett in uniform, during World War I. Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 14 July - 2 Oct 1993

Reference: OHColl-0619/1

Description: E korero ana a Bubbles mo nga ahuatanga noho i te wa i a ia e tipu ake ana i Whakarewarewa, te reo pakeha, mo tetahi pakiwaitara o Te Arawa me tetahi ano e pa ana ki te putake o nga wahi ngawha. E whakamarama ana ia mo tana mahi kaiarahi, mo te mana whakahaere o nga kaiarahi i tona wa me mua atu o te tau 1938, mo nga ture me nga tikanga raupapa mo nga kaiarahi, e korero ana hoki mo te 'hinengaro' Maori, mo o ratau kakaku mahi, te whakaingoatanga i nga ngawha me nga puna me te nehu tupapaku i nga wahi pera i a Whakarewarewa. E maumahara ake ana ki tetahi kohimuhimu 'not much of a guide is she', mo wetahi ahuatanga o te arahi turuhi, mo te rahuitanga i te rohe potae o nga ngawha o Whakarewarewa me te tuwheratanga i te kura whakairo. Nga korero mo Millie, Sophia, Bella, Maggie Papakura, Alf Warbrick, Dick Tom, me Mike Moore. Nga turuhi i haramai ma runga tima, te wa e nui ana te mahi, te whakatipu rakau, te tiaki tamariki, nga wahine ki te tiaki i nga kainga. Sophia me te wa i pahu ai a Tarawera, he whakamarama mo te hanga piupiu, ana whakatau kia ratau e ahei ana ki te arahi turuhi. Bubbles talks about life in Whakarewarewa, learning English, Te Arawa waka region and a legend about how the thermal regions came to be. Discusses how she became a guide, management of guiding 1938 and prior, 'native intelligence' from mentors, uniforms, male guides, naming of geysers and hot pools. Describes burials in the geothermal area. Recalls experiences with tourists, describes tour tracks and time it took to take a group, group numbers per guide. Talks about their uniforms and payment, rules, discipline and regulations, the government and private reserves, the Carving School. Mentions guides Millie and Bella, Guide Sophia, Maggie Papakura, Mike Moore, Alf Warbrick and Dick Tom and the tourists from cruise ships. Refers to time of no unemployment, forestry, childcare and women keeping the home fires burning. Talks about Guide Sophia and the Tarawera eruption, some of the processes for making piupiu and a message to those considering guiding as a vocation. Interviewer(s) - Dr Keith Dewar Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s).

Date: 1940

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Maori. 1940s].

By: Rotorua morning post (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1940-01

Description: Invitation card and programme, with handwritten name of addressee Hoani Te Heuheu. The front cover shows a photograph of the meeting house and an illustration of the Arawa canoe. Inside are illustrations of Tamatekapua the captain of the Arawa canoe entering the estuary of Maketu in the year 1340, and of Wahiao a celebrated chief of the Arawa people, with a whakapapa showing how he is descended from Tamatekapua. The back cover shows the programme, and a photograph of the late chief Mita Taupopoki. The invitation is issued by Te Aonui Dennan, H Tai Mitchell and the Tuhourangi and Wahiao tribes. Text is in English and Maori. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on pamphlet, folded to 228 x 147 mm.

Date: ca 1897-1909

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-123

Description: Contains whakapapa from Whanganui, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngai Tara and Kai Tahu in particular; also contains detailed information about the Takitimu canoe, lists of Whanganui hapu, notes about the birth dates of Hemi Taitea's children; there are also notes about conflicts between Kai Tahu hapu, and a letter to Hare Hongi from Huru Moana about Maori cosmology Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Holograph (Black exercise book)

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).

Date: ca 1939-1974

By: de Castro, Ian Douglas, 1923-1999

Reference: PAColl-6009

Description: Photograph of Maori concert party, J Force soldiers, Tourists at a war memorial Whakarewarewa (Tehokowhitu a Tu memorial erected by the Tuhourangi sub-tribe), unidentified group, and unidentified man photographed in front of the Parliament Buildings, Wellington. These are part of a larger collection comprising papers of Douglas de Castro including correspondence, minutes and other papers relating to 28th (Maori) Battalion, postcards relating to de Castro in J-Force, news clippings and other papers, including relating to Nikorima de Castro Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1857-1860

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-080

Description: See MS-Papers-1187-079 for details This volume contains draft copies of notices, articles and advertisements that featured in Te Karere Maori. The drafts deal with the following topics; messages from the Queen to Maori, information about agriculture and market prices, news about the mail service, farewells to departing politicians, the establishment of the Maori King movement, peace-making at Rotomahana following intertribal conflicts there, and a report about a Maori meeting at Banks Peninsula Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1891

From: Hitchcock family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11195-30

Description: Folder contains a transcription, signed by Alfred Ginders, of the statement of Patara Ngugnukai of Whakarewarewa, which discusses the eating of human flesh - by him, and by tribal custom. Relationship complexity - See also Papers Past website under Patara Ngungukai Relationship complexity - See also PAColl-5800-30 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1930 - 1935

From: [Programmes and other ephemera relating to Maori concerts, festivals and entertainment. 1930-1939].

By: Rotorua Press

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-CONCERT-1930s-01

Description: Programme booklet shows a head and shoulders photographic portrait of singer Ana Hato on the front cover, and photographs inside of the Tuhourangi Maori Entertainers, and of Ana Hato with Chief Mita Paupopoki. The programme lists items by Ana Hato, Dean[e Waretini], Niki, the girls and the whole company. Included was "Waiata Poi" composed by Alfred Hill. Inside the front cover is an advertisement for the Rotorua Motor Transport Company. Contains autographs of Ana Hato and Deane Waretini. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, 217 x 140 mm. Provenance: Purchased from New Zealand Book Auctions 28 March 2010, lot 94.

Date: [ca 1847-1860]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-079

Description: These papers span folders 079 to 081. A note dated Apr 1918 in S P Smith's hand describes the contents as "Original papers supplied to the Govt paper `Karere Maori' in the fifties of last century - mostly in the writing of H A H Monro, native interpreter, Thos H Smith Asst Under Sec Native Dept, and others". The papers include both Maori and English versions of papers for publication. This volume contains drafts of articles, notices and advertisements dealing with market information, opinions about land transactions, the boundaries of various land blocks, Biblical texts and proclamations from the Governor; there is also a letter from Hawkes Bay Maori about the conflict between Te Hapuku and Te Moananui, promising that Pakeha will not be interfered with, and an account of the British colonisation of India and concerns about the effects on the Hindu and Muslim religions. Arrangement: According to Smith's note these papers also originally included letters to Donald McLean from Henry and William Halse and from John Rogan. These letters are now separate, in folders 071 and 129. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: ca 1900s

By: Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: PAColl-7512

Description: Postcards of Mita Taupopoki of Rotorua seated in a doorway holding a taiaha and wearing a kakahu; Pera Tutoko in a feather cloak holding a carved stick; Hitiri Te Paerata; half-length portrait of Pirohi; three quarter length portrait of Petera Whataiwi holding a patu; head and shouldes portrait of Patara Te Tuhi showing his moko; half-length portrait of Tahi Tahi holding a patu; head and shoulders portrait of Taraia Ngakuti Te Tumuhuia; two of Ngakurapana, a Ngapuhi chief; head and shoulders portrait of Rangiriri of Rotorua (different from the other Rangiriri in this collection); head and shoulders portrait of Taurau Kukupa; three quarter portrait of Mohi Te Puatau with moko holding a carved wooden patu (also identified as Wetani Rore Tatangi); a head and shoulders portrait of Rangiriri; and an unnamed Maori chief with moko. They are all part of the Tanner Brothers Maoriland series of postcards. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-005198, 005199 and 005462 Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 26 Apr 1993

From: Women in Welfare Work Oral History Project.

By: Waaka, Kuru, 1924-

Reference: OHInt-0086/03

Description: Kuru Waaka talks about his mother, Ani Pareraututu Waaka, born 29 April 1874 and twelve years old at the time of the Tarawera eruption. Describes offers of help made to the survivors and their acceptance of an offer from the Ngati Maru people of Thames. Notes they lived in Thames for about ten years, making a living off kauri gum, before returning to Whakarewarewa and Tuhourangi who were a subtribe of Arawa. Ani married Te Rohu Waaka, also from Tarawera, who became a minister. Kuru Waaka talks about his twelve brothers and sisters, all born at the Whakarewarewa meeting house, between 1892 and 1924. Recalls the deaths of many from tuberculosis and describes himself as the youngest of the family. Describes Ani Waaka's role in starting off organisations in the village which saw to the welfare of the people. Describes how money paid by tourists into a trust fund was used to pay the rates and to improve housing. Talks about her awareness of the importance of the tourist industry economically, particularly during the Depression. Discusses her role in the Health League, later the Maori Women's Welfare League, of which she was the first President. Mentions Janet Fraser and Nurse Cameron. Recalls her involvement in the Women's Christian Temperance Union, the Komiti Wahine and the Arawa Maori Trust Board. Talks about his sister, Nini Naera, a mission worker attached to the mission house at Ruatoki who had also been a teacher at Te Wai Pounamu Maori Girls College. Describes her importance in the Maori Women's Welfare League. Mentions Rangi Royal, the first Maori welfare officer in the Arawa district. Venue - Rotorua : 1993 Interviewer(s) - Penny Ehrhardt Venue - Whakarewarewa Village Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006385; OHC-006386 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1482.

Date: [1857-1883]

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Papakura, Mākereti, 1873-1930; Kiingi Pootatau, Kiingi o te Tika, ca1780-1860

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-128

Description: Notebook containing "Waiata Maori" collected by James Cowan. Contains only two waiata, and the remaining pages of the notebook are blank. The first waiata is by Potatau Te Wherowhero "at the time the Kingitanga Maori was set up 1857-8". This waiata is written about in: Stokes, Evelyn. 'Wiremu Tamihana'. Wellington: Huia Publishers. 2002. Pages 153-156. Cowan has written "For notes, translation see Rotorua & Kawhia notebook". Also contains "He haka pao" by Makareti and Ataraiti. This waiata is described in Makareti's book: Makareti 'The Old-time Maori'. Auckland: New Women's Press. 1986. Pages 168-169. According to Makareti's book, it relates to a love affair between Repora and Taranaki and mentions the Puarenga stream, near Whakarewarewa. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: One partially filled notebook Three photographic prints included in this volume (two tipped in, and one laid in (loose).

Date: 1887-1938

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

By: Papakura, Mākereti, 1873-1930

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2415-2421

Description: Drafts, notes, genealogies, cuttings and ephemera compiled by Makereti Papakura for her book `The Old-time Maori' and other works Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 7 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1991