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Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 16)
Date: [1944]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
Reference: MS-Papers-6061-17
Description: Contents comprise notes re adze types; type VII, VB from Turakina district; Waitaha adze from Porirua Harbour; from Mangaroa; type IIA from Patea; greenstone adze from Levin-Foxton highway area; map of sites of Horowhenua adzes found by Henry J Kilsby; grey stone adze from Heatherlea-Koputaroa area, Horowhenua; blackstone adzes from Onukuwaiata, Waimakaira, Horowhenua and Wallace Road, Levin; location maps of adzes found by A Seifert, A Gillespie, Louis Noara and on Clifford's farm, Tokomaru area (1941-1944); adzes from Makurerua Swamp, Horowhenua Arrangement: Notebook no 16 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).
Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 12)
Date: [1930-1940]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
Reference: MS-Papers-6061-13
Description: Contents comprise sketch plan of Waipatu Island pa, Lake Horowhenua; ponds (?) and umu sites near State Farm Road, sth of Lake Horowhenua; eel storage tank at Matukutuku Lagoon, Horowhenua; Otaki area, corrections and additional data, rafter patterns, Raukawa whare-runanga; Tikorangi Stream-Waikawa area, Horowhenua'; canoe baler from Pipinui, Western Wellington, south-western Wellington area; patu washed ashore at Waitarere Beach, Horowhenua; patuki from shore of L Horowhenua; Kuku-Poroporo headwaters, Horowhenua; part Horowhenua county; Waikanae-Akatarawa area with place-names etc; middens on northern shore of Lake Horowhenua; Waikawa River mouth, Horowhenua (May 1944); marine mollusca and pumice implements from Waikawa middens Contents also include the identification of Maori archaealogical finds in the Kapiti-Horowhenua districts, including a greenstone hei matau from Waikawa Arrangement: Notebook no 12 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).
Rolston, Richard 1887-1961 : Archaeological journal
Date: [1950?]
By: Rolston, Richard, 1887-1961
Reference: MS-Papers-2092
Description: Fair-copied journal describes Maori and Pacific Island artifacts discovered or purchased, and field trips, chiefly in Horowhenua district, 1945-1950 Levin farmer and amateur archaeologist Quantity: 1 folder(s) (96 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)
Correspondence and drafts of correspondence
Date: 1906, 1950s-1960s
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/08
Description: Correspondence with Selwyn Simcox, 1952-1962; W H Secker, 1954; F R Callaghan, 1956; W & J Neill, 1953; E G Hunt, 1956; Susan Davis; Richard Rolston, 1952, 1962; R George?, 1956; Mrs J Kinsey, 1906. Also correspondence and papers re Journal of Polynesian Society, 1956-1959 Includes correspondence about the Korotangi (carved stone bird), the need to correctly pronounce Maori words, aspects of the erection of Rangiatea church, some mention of Maori artefacts (patu paraoa etc), and correspondence about the Polynesian Society. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 15)
Date: [1944]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
Reference: MS-Papers-6061-16
Description: Contents comprise lower course of Hokio Stream and vicinity; site of Kohitane clearing and of adze finds, Heatherlea, Levin; Waitaha adzes, types IVC, IVB, Heatherlea, Levin and IVB from Pakakutu pa site, Otaki; adzes, types IIA, IIIB, from Lindsay Road and Roslyn roads areas, Levin; data of skull from NB1, Otororoa dune-ridge, Horowhenua; adze-like chisel, type IIB, Pakatutu pa site, Otaki; adze, type IVB with pecularity, from Plimmerton (R A Prouse); canoe paddle with Manaia-head terminal, Porotawhao; Waitaha adze, type IVA from eastern edge Weraroa Cl, Levin and type IVB, Raumatangi Block, Horowhenua; data of problematical stone from northern Hawke's Bay. Note by Adkin: adze types are according to present writer's scheme of classification (see vol 17 of present series). Cover also has note, `adze types'. Arrangement: Notebook no 13 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).
Correspondence with various people
Date: 1949-1953
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/10
Description: Including Charles Brasch, 1950; Richard Rolston, 1950; Bernard Freyberg, 1950; and others, 1949-1953 Mentions the gifting of a carved whare whakairo by a Ngai Tahu chief to Hikawera and Mahupuku of the Wairarapa district; and human remains and a whale bone patu (patu paraoa) found near Foxton. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 13)
Date: [1930-1945]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
Reference: MS-Papers-6061-14
Description: Contents comprise distribution of certain archaeological objects of NZ, `reel' pendant, harpoon point, `side hafted' adze, `whale-tooth' pendant; `Mangaroa' pa-site (Lake Horowhenua), showing results of excavation by R T Rolston (1943); roads to Horowhenua, official names with memoranda; part of old course of Otaki River, above railway bridge (1888); the Tokomaru River at entry to Makurerua Swamp; blackstone core, Horowhenua dune belt, antique finger-ring, west of Lake Horowhenua; small nephrite chisel, nephrite gouge; diagrams of skull from Waitohi, Otaki; a taumata-atua stone from Lindsay Road area, Levin; diagrams of skull from native burial no 1, Horowhenua dune belt; Horowhenua dune belt adjacent to Waiwiri Stream, sites of old kumara pits; plan of largest group of old kumara pits near Waiwiri Stream; Horowhenua dune belt adjacent to Oturoa settlement, plan of Mangawhati Lagoon; mouth and lower course of Hokio Stream showing past and present topography, culture, Maori place-names etc Arrangement: Notebook no 13 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).
Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 19)
Date: [1945-1948]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
Reference: MS-Papers-6061-20
Description: Contents comprise notes on a stone and boulder pounders and other objects from Wairoa, per J M Wright; human skeletal remains, Manawatu River; map of part of the western coast of the North Island from Orongorongo to Wanganui; Maori artefacts, Tararua Range and map showing sites of finds, old trails and tracks, etc; adze, Mokau River; additional adzes from Heatherlea area (with map); Wairarawa adze; loose notes and map of sites of finds of flakes of obsidian on main divide, Tararua Range; and adze find by F W Vosseler Title taken from item. Hei whakamōhio: He whakaahua o ngā kōiwi tangata i roto i tēnei taonga. Please be aware this object contains images of human remains. Arrangement: Notebook no 19 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).