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Date: 1880-1882

From: New Zealand Parliamentary Library : Various papers found in library

Reference: MS-Papers-10617-1

Description: Includes diary entries and correspondence. One letter relates to a double ministerial crisis involing Te Whiti at Parihaka. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1832-1869

By: Whiteley, John, 1806-1869

Reference: qMS-2212-2213

Description: The journal records Whiteley's journey to NZ; his work as a Wesleyan missionary at Hokianga, Pakanae and Kawhia; a quarrel with Rev W White; an attempt at mediation in an intertribal war; his attitude to the Maori uprising; the Waitara problem, and the Taranaki war; his discussions with G Grey, D McLean and R Parris on Maori-Pakeha relations. Journal lacks entries for 1837, Jul 1843-1860 Quantity: 2 volume(s) (217 pages). Physical Description: Typescripts (34 cm; ½ Royal blue calf; 2nd copy, ¼ green leather)

Date: [1941?] (1947)

By: Kennedy, William McLaughlin, 1857-1949

Reference: MS-1110-1111

Description: Account includes brief description of voyage to Otago on the `Napier', sawmilling activities chiefly in Taranaki and participation in local public life and community services with some reference to Maori affairs Kennedy came to New Zealand in 1879 in the `Napier' Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (28 cm; navy buckram)

Date: 1915-1931

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0208

Description: Polynesian/Maori Voyages, the story of Takitimu Waka, Maori Customary Concepts and Tribal Narratives. Includes information on the messianic cults that flourished in the 19C; the battle of Waiorua (Whakapaetai) at Kapiti; Te Rangihaeata's stockade at Paremata; the death of Von Tempsky at Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu, and expropriated taonga in the British Museum, including Te Rauparaha's mere-pounamu `Papatahi' and Te Hiko-o-te-Rangi's mere-pounamu `Tuhiwai'. Comprises information on Nga Puhi `Atamira', and generic Maori tohunga practices.

Date: 1844-1863

By: Wesleyan Missionary Society

Reference: qMS-2178

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (16 pages). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1853-1854, 1995

By: Head, Lyndsay F, active 1995

Reference: MS-Papers-5223

Description: Translations of selected Maori letters from the Donald McLean papers (MS-Papers-0032) by Ms Head's students under her supervision, made as part of the Te Tipuna Reo Project Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (13 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1841, 1871

By: Chilman, Richard, 1816-1877

Reference: qMS-0444

Description: Journal covers New Plymouth, 1841, and Auckland to London, 1871 on the `Nevada', then overland from San Francisco to New York, in connection with ironsand development on behalf of the Taranaki Provincial Council Source of title - Transcribed title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (189 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; blue linen)

Date: 1876

By: Cooke, John George, 1819?-1880

Reference: qMS-0542

Description: Family and personal history in England until the settlement in New Plymouth, 1841, with references to Jane Austen and her family (pp. 20,21,34,35). Account of voyage to New Zealand on Amelia Thompson, 1841. General account of the colonisation of the North Island, especially Taranaki, and history of relations with Maori there; also of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Taupo, Otaki, Manawatu, Wanganui, Waikato, Lakes Tarawera and Rotoaira, 1841-1850 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (90 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (¼ blue morocco, blue buckram; 30 cm)

Date: 1854-1856 (translated 1986)

By: Narbey, Francois Eleonore, 1829-1913

Reference: MS-Papers-4381

Description: The diary covers the period 15 Apr 1854-15 Apr 1855 and May 1855. It describes Narbey's visit to Australia and his activities in Taranaki on his return. Original holograph diary at MSX-2850. Source of title - Title page Narbey, a French colonist arrived in Akaroa in 1849. In May 1854 he went to Australia to look for gold. He returned to New Zealand in Dec and after a period as a sawyer in Taranaki he returned to Akaroa in Apr 1855. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (9 leaves). Physical Description: Typed transcript (photocopy) with mss annotations Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs Mavis Donnelly-Crequer, Christchurch, Mar 1990 (90-079)

Date: 1834, 1838 [ca 1920]

From: McArthur & Company Ltd: Smoke and water damaged manuscripts and printed items

Reference: 84-251-2/04

Description: Accounts of the wreck of the ship Harriet off Taranaki coast, and the Jean Bart off the Chatham Islands 1838. Includes newspaper extracts recalling the Harriet wreck. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Possibly George Conrad Petersen collection.

Date: 1911-1913

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0210

Description: Maori Customary Concepts, Religion and tribal narratives including Hauhauism, Karakia, Makutu, and mara-kumara. Includes the capture and illegal imprisonment without trial of Te Rauparaha onboard HMS Driver. Also information on Ta Moko practices, Natural History and the Christchurch Exhibition 1906. Finding Aids: Index at qMS-0217.

Date: 1994

By: Davies, George Neville, 1921-2010

Reference: MSY-3842

Description: `Not beyond Redemption' by George Davies is a biography of Captain John Guard describing his early life in London, time in Newgate prison, work as a convict transportee, sealer, sea-captain and whaler based at Kakapo Bay in Port Underwood working between New Zealand and Sydney. John and Betty Guard and their two children were onboard the Harriet when it was wrecked off the Taranaki coast in 1834 and the biography details the subsequent experiences of the Guard family and the role the Alligator played in this incident, finishing with the subsequent farming career of John Guard at Kakapo Bay. The biography contains photographs and copies of illustrations of people and places mentioned. Source of title - title page Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and photographs (some photocopies)

Date: 1916-1919

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0212

Description: Polynesian/Maori Voyages; Aotea Waka; Maori Customary Concepts; Maori Cosmology; Tribal Narratives; Paimarire Religion, and Hauhauism. Includes information on Rua Kenana's Rebellion and the Taranaki Wars as well as the Battle of Waiorua (ie. Whakapaetai) 1824 on Kapiti Island and the Battle of Kuititanga 1839 adjacent on the mainland which were the last inter-tribal sea and land battles fought in Aotearoa. Also information on Maori whaling activities at Kapiti; building Rangiatea Church in Otaki 1847; Te Rauparaha's release from HMS Caliope 1848, and Te Rangihaeata's Stockade at Paremata. Includes information on the Maori Pioneer Battalion 1914-18. Finding Aids: Index at qMS-0217.

Date: 1861-1881

From: Putnam, Philip 1847-1890 : Scrapbooks 1 & 3

By: Putnam, Philip, 1847-1890

Reference: MS-1797

Description: Includes clippings of deaths, Maori wars, recipes; a topographical report of Tauranga; clippings on the hauhau and concert programmes of the Wellington Choral Society Source of title - From front cover Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph & printed matter (23 cm; ¼ brown morocco, brown boards, in grey phase box with Scrapbook No 1)

Date: 1820-1896

By: Hirst family

Reference: MS-0994-1006

Description: Letters exchanged between members of the Bracken family in England and the Hirst family, mainly Grace Hirst. Discuss business affairs, day-to-day life in Taranaki, Maori wars in the 1860s, voyages to New Zealand, etc Source of title - Supplied In Dec 1851 Grace, Thomas and five of their children left England in the `Gwalior', arriving in Auckland in Jun 1852. They settled in New Plymouth and traded as general merchants. In Feb 1860, with the outbreak of war in Taranaki, the family retreated from Bell Block to the safety of New Plymouth. In 1861 Thomas & Grace returned to England where Grace remained for a year before returning to NZ on the `Silver Eagle' in 1863. Thomas returned on the Ravenscraig in 1861 Grace frequently assisted neighbouring families as a midwife and nurse, attended at the birth of many of her own grandchildren, and helped lay out the dead. She was also active in fundraising for the Anglican Church Quantity: 13 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts (27 cm; red buckram)

Date: 1840-1916

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: qMS-1835

Description: Includes family history, early life in England and experiences as a surveyor in the North Island, and the Chathams, visit to Kermadec Islands and retirement in New Plymouth Quantity: 1 volume(s) (242 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) with mss additions, printed matter (29 cm; red buckram) Includes illustrations, portraits and maps

Date: 1921-1922

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0214

Description: Polynesian/Maori Voyages & Mythologies; Tawhaki/Christian parallels; the New Zealand Wars and Hauhauism. Includes information on Maori Divinatory Rites, Maori Fishing Methods, Maori Games and the Moko-Mokai Collection of Major General Robley. Finding Aids: Index at qMS-0215.

Date: 1862, 1935

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-077

Description: Published by James Nisbet and Co., 1862. Also includes a letter that was tipped in to the volume, from A. S. Wilkinson to James Cowan, written from Kapiti, 22 December 1935. The letter wishes Cowan a 'Merry Xmas' and talks about the abundant native bird life, and the flowering harakeke. There is also a personal message written to Cowan in the book from A. S. Wilkinson 'Ki taku hoa Jas Cowan, na A S Wilkinson, Kapiti, Xmas 1935'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed volume, with loose papers

Date: 1892

By: Carrington, Frederic Alonzo, 1808?-1901

Reference: qMS-0399

Description: Statement is about problems arising from white settlement of Māori lands, particularly Waitara. In the statement, Carrington notes an "oversight had been committed" in the ballot process for allocating land. Relates to this map by Frederic Carrington at Library reference MapColl-832.299gmbd/[184-]/Acc.22904. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (5 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; blue pam case) Processing information: Link to map added in January 2024 following information from a researcher.

Date: n d

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-04/8

Description: Mainly concerning Maori artifacts. Includes catalogues, newspaper clippings, ms letters and price lists, ms of Maori war cries of 4 contingents Mar 1900, and photographs of curios Includes in catalogues Maori taonga (artifacts and curios) belonging to specific chiefs of the Taranaki and Waikato tribes. See below for names. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Photographs of Maori archefacts