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[Creator unknown] : Te Kooti's campaigns 1868-1871 [copy of ms map].
Date: 1868 - 1871
Reference: MapColl-832hkm/1868-71/Acc.5976
Description: Map showing the East Cape, Bay of Plenty, Tauranga, Northern Hawkes Bay and just south of Taupo. Shows Te Kooti's approximate route, and direction (arrows on line) and his engagements with the Hauhau people. Stops at certain pa are dated, some added text (before photocopy) e.g. "Final escape to King Country", "Visit to Takangamutu". Key stops included Opape, Tologa Bay, Turanga, Whakatane, Rotorua, Te Pourere, Puketapu. The linking areas for all these points was the Urewera country. Te Kooti was a Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder, pursued by colonial forces, eventually took refuge in the King Country where Te Kooti remained until pardoned in 1883. Language - Place names Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale [1:700,000], 26 x 34 cm
Papers re Gisborne and Hawkes Bay
Date: 1949-1972
From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7888-065
Description: Includes newspaper cuttings of a memorial church at Kahukura and Gisborne promotional material from the 1960s, essay by Leo Fowler on the Dunlop family at Poverty Bay, and a talk by Pine Taiapa on Ngati Porou history. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1883-1890
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-125
Description: Contains whakapapa and notes about conflicts involving various Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay hapu in the early 19th century Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Whyte, David b 1865 : Forty years after, A tale of pioneer life in New Zealand / by Ben...
Date: 1928
By: Whyte, David, 1865-
Reference: MS-2393
Description: Reminiscences of farming and pioneer life on the East Coast and Hawkes Bay Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (260 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26cm, maroon buckram)
Objects collected by Parafed Wellington
Date: 1973-1981
From: Parafed Wellington Inc : Papers, photographs and objects
Reference: Series-6902
Description: Series made up of; - A metal bottle opener, resembling a patu and decorated with Māori-style patterns. - Two drinks coasters - A nylon banner, with fringing - Two identical blazer pocket emblems; and - A piece of fabric, possibly a place mat, with Māori decorative motif. Quantity: 7 curio(s). Physical Description: Various media, including metal, plastic, fabrics (nylon, wool, cotton) and cardboard Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts; other material transferred to Ephemera, Photo Archive and Published collections. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00802, December. Previous reference: Curios-044-009/015. Previous title: Various artists :[Bottle opener, coasters, banner, blazer pocket emblems, placemat, from Parafed Wellington Inc. 1973-1981].
Farm and marae records
Date: 1905-1908
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-067
Description: Contains farm records for Maori farms in Hawke's Bay and associated financial records; also contains minutes of meetings held at Waimarama marae in 1906 about various issues; also contains brief notes about Maori land blocks in Hawke's Bay and the respective shares of the owners
Williams, Jane (Nelson), 1801-1896 : Journals
Date: 1840-1870
By: Williams, Jane, 1801-1896
Reference: MS-Papers-1527
Description: Record kept at irregular intervals of mission work, domestic affairs and social activities of the wife of William Williams, Bishop of Waiapu, at Turanga, Poverty Bay, 1840-1865, Paihia 1866, and in Napier 1870. Includes visit to England in 1851. Quantity: 8 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 3 Dec 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..
Journals
Date: Jan-May 1846
From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Journals and correspondence
Reference: 91-169-1/1
Description: Contains loosely inserted pages of closely written notes regarding explorations and mission activity among Maori in the Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay; Colenso details his encounters at various villages, his religous activites, and his observations of the Maori people that he meets and their social and cultural condition. He also discusses the wreck of the United States ship `Falco'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
McLean, Donald (Sir) 1820-1877 : Miscellaneous papers
Date: 1858-1880
Reference: MS-Papers-3961
Description: Mainly inwards letters to and copies of outwards letters from Donald McLean re personal and family matters, Maori land purchases (Ngatarawa Blocks 4 & 5) and financial concerns, and his own purchase of Akitio Station 1874-1885; account for legal fees made out to R D D McLean of Napier, 1880; list of stores for Akitio Station for 1869; draft of a letter to Judge Johnston from an unknown writer, dated 11 May 1859; and a plan on linseed paper of surveyed blocks in the East Coast area. Language - (and English) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (30 items). Physical Description: Holographs and mss Provenance: Found in Manuscripts Section
Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Convention of New Zealand : Papers
Date: 1888-1957
By: Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Convention of New Zealand
Reference: MS-Papers-2202
Description: Contains miscellaneous material removed from Lutheran Church records (see MS-Papers-2200) held by the Library. Includes essays and papers of Pastor Christopher Gaustad, correspondence of the Convention, minute book for the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Dannevirke, newspaper cutting and pamphlets on religious topics Relationship complexity - For main collection of Convention records see Ries family papers (MS-Papers-2272). See 84-237 for translations from Danish to English of items in these papers Convention formed in 1890 as a result of expansion of Danish Lutheran Church in Hawkes Bay area Quantity: 9 folder(s). 0.09 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter
Williams, William 1800-1878 : Journal
Date: 1825-1855 (1964?)
By: Williams, William, 1800-1878
Reference: qMS-2248-2251
Description: This is a copy of the journal sent home to the CMS, and is a fuller account than that contained in the Private journal held in the ms collection Quantity: 4 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (34 cm; ¼ brown morocco, brown buckram)
Crawford, Airini M, fl 1989 : Personal reminiscences of life and history of New Zealand
Date: [ca 1989]
By: Crawford, Airini M, active 1989
Reference: MS-Papers-10351
Description: Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also 90-221 `Index to her reminiscences of NZ' which differs the index in this folder Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (with ms annotations) and printed matter
General Government Agency Public Meeting : Minutes of a public meeting, Oddfellows Hall...
Date: 1869
By: General Government Agency (N.Z.)
Reference: qMS-0832
Description: The meeting was called `the enable the inhabitants of Napier and its vicinity to express their opinion upon the withdrawal from Mr McLean of the powers heretofore exercised by him as General Government agent...' and discussed was McLean's record of service in Maori/Pakeha negotiations and politics by various residents Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (57 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (27 cm, red buckram)
Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948 : Notes on the history of New Zealand, particularly A...
Date: [ca 1941]
By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948
Reference: MS-0951
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (49 pages). Physical Description: Ms (26 cm; ¼ green cloth, grey boards)
Whakapapa
Date: 1898-1933
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-072
Description: Contains Ngati Kahungunu and other whakapapa for Mere Mohi and related hapu written in an unknown hand, together with some waiata in the same hand; also contains whakapapa for the Te Whaiti family from Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Toa, written by Henare Te Whaiti; also contains whakapapa contributred by Poihaere Hue; also contains information about Ngati Kahungunu, including the conflict and subsequent peacemaking between Wairarapa Maori and Te Ati Awa in the 1830s and the death of Nga-oko-i-te-rangi at an earlier time Also contains notes in Maori about the signs of the Zodiac
Bedingfield, Henry Derisley, 1898-1992: Reminiscences
Date: 1898-1921 (1982?)
By: Bedingfield, Henry Derisley, 1898-1992
Reference: MS-Papers-4352
Description: The reminiscences cover the period 1898-1921 and contain an account of Bedingfield's early life in southern Hawke's Bay. Bedingfield grew up on a farm at Matamau and attended school at nearby Makotuku. After leaving school in 1914 he worked briefly as a labourer before becoming a clerk at the Waipawa and Waipukurau branches of the Bank of New Zealand. He transferred to New Plymouth in 1921. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (23 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)
Joyce MacKenzie - Anne Humphries
Date: 1990
From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection
Reference: MS-Papers-4280-047
Description: Anne Humphries is the central figure of the essay but an account is also given of her parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters, husbands and children from the time they came to New Zealand until Anne's death Includes four generation family tree Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available.
Gambrill, Reginald Frank 1890?-1975 : The Russell saga
Date: 1964-1972
By: Gambrill, Reginald Frank, 1890-1975
Reference: qMS-0820-0824
Description: Comprises letters and extracts from personal diaries with notes from family records copied and extracted as a foundation for the preparation of a biography of Major General Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell. Divided into 1772-1895 (vol 1); `Land, 1859-1972 (vol 2); `World War I, 1914-1918 (vol 3); `Civil life, World War II, the declining years, 1919-1960 (vol 4); `Tributes and letters' (vol 5) Gambrill covers all four Andrew Hamilton Russells (though concentrating on the third and fourth) and their lives in NZ. Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - The Russell family saga Arrangement: Each volume has a contents index at the front Gambrill compiled the saga in preparation for a biography of the Russell family Quantity: 5 volume(s). 0.15 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts and photographs (35 cm, blue linen)
The Russell Saga Vol 2
Date: 1861 - 1895
From: Gambrill, Reginald Frank 1890?-1975 : The Russell saga
Reference: qMS-0821
Description: Deals with various land transactions in which the Russell family was concerned, especially the acquisition of Tunanui and Flaxmere (1961-1895); includes appendix of letters from William Russell Russell of England (1861-1895). The contents list is (1) `The family fortunes'; (2) `Land' with sections on Mangakuri, Redclyffe, Moorlands, The Curragh (Fairfield), Dunmore, Craigdean (Partnership), Mount View and speculations; and Tunanui (including freedholding), Flaxmere, Russell Bros partnership (1861-1895); Guy as manager of Tunanui and Twyford's (Ham's share) (1895-1909); the sale to Guy and Guy as owner (1909-1914); and (3) selected letters from William Russell in NZ to his brother and co-partner Andrew Hamilton Russell (Ham) in England and Europe (1875-1895) Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Williams, William 1800-1878 : Extracts from letters to Mrs Heathcote, England
Date: 1865-1881
By: Williams, William, 1800-1878
Reference: MS-2437-2438
Description: Includes letters from Jane Williams. Extracts copied by an unidentified compiler. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (25cm, brown morocco)