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Memoranda of leases and other legal documents

Date: [1888-1923]

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Further papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-6831-1

Description: Memoranda of leases and transfers, many in the Wanganui region. They are for land at Paranuiamata Putiki Native Reserve, Rakautaua no 6, Ohanga 4D in the Waitara Survey District, Waimarino, Hauturu West no 2, Rangiwaea, Ngaurukehu B no 2C, Tuketuke D and Kai Iwi. Not all the lessors have been entered under Name. Language - Part of the documents is in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Kawhia Harbo...

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

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/7/8-Acc.37229

Description: Identifies Kawhia Harbour place names. See Percy Smith's Maori history of the Taranaki Coast Chapter XIII. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on grey waxed linen paper. Scale indeterminable. 34 x 21.8 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

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Looking over Kawhia Pa toward Kawhia harbour

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Walker, A (Mr), fl 1968 :Postcards of New Zealand towns

By: Pegler, Enos Silvanus Abijah, 1869-1938

Reference: PAColl-6639-005

Description: Overlooking Kawhia Pa towards Kawhia harbour, ca 1910. Several whare can be seen. Photograph taken by Pegler. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - No. 8. Maori life series - Kawhia native settlement. Copyright Photo.; Verso - top left - E. S. Pegler, Protected Photo. Palmerston North, N.Z., Jan. 08. Relationship complexity - Another negative of this image is at 1/2-019363. It is not cropped, as this image is, and its quality is superior. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photo-mechanical print

Manuscript

W L Williams - "He Korero mo Te Rauparaha", by Atanatiu Te Kairangi

Date: 1913

From: Williams family : Miscellaneous papers, particularly of William, William Leonard and Herbert William Williams

Reference: MS-Papers-0190-19

Description: A comprehensive narrative by Atanatiu Te Kairangi about the migration of Ngati Toa to Kapiti and their subsequent raids into the South Island during the late 1820s and 1830s. Although unsigned this account later appears in the Maori newspaper Te Pipiwharauroa, No. 176, 1913, verbatim. Williams was the Editor for the newspaper at the time. Also includes a second, different, account of the story given in the first person; probably also by Atanatiu. The account contains two paragraphs about Te Rauparaha fighting with the original iwi of the northern South Island around 1830 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See detailed list with inventory.

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Burial places of Tainui, and Kawhia Harbour

Date: 28 August 1984

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6564

Description: Whenuapo, burial place of Tainui viewed from Toi Road. Pukenui Bluff, the southern limit of the natural occurance of kauri trees. View of Kawhia Harbour looking west from Whenuapo. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard mounts.

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Burgess, Miss: Photographs

Date: ca 1863-1910

By: Burgess, (Miss), active 1961; Pegler, Enos Silvanus Abijah, 1869-1938

Reference: PAColl-6638

Description: Two images taken from original prints: the Cargill Monument with St Paul's Church behind and the Octagon Coach Factory on the left; and looking over Kawhia Pa towards the harbour. The photographer of the first image is unidentified but E S Pegler was the photographer of the second. 1/2-019367 has a duplicate at 1/4-021137 Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-019363 and 019367 Quantity: 2 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

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Papers - Ngāti Toa

Date: 1847-1928

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-20

Description: Folder made up of copies of material held in Sir George Grey Collection at Auckland City Library. Contains: - Photocopy of manuscript and typescript letter by Himiona Te Hopu, about the conquest of the Middle Island (Te Waipounamu) by Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Koata, 1847. From Richard Taylor papers. - Photocopy of English translation of Wi Neera Te Kanae's 1888 manuscript about the history of Ngāti Toa, with whakapapa. Translated by George Graham, 1928. - Photocopy of a letter to Governor Grey from Ngāti Toa rangatira, 1851,Takapūwāhia (Auckland City Library reference: GNZMA 103). - Photocopy of manuscript by Hoani Wiremu Hipango titled 'Tawaki Nui A Hema'. From Richard Taylor papers. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Description enhanced September 2022.

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Angas, George French 1822-1886 :To Ngaporutu, and his wife Rihe, at Wakatumutu. Ngawhea...

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: PUBL-0014-37

Description: A seated Maori couple with a background of a carved whare. The man, To Ngaporutu has a moko and is wearing a greenstone earring and a flax leaf rain cloak. His wife, seated on his right, is in a woven flax korowai cloak and has an albatross feather ear adornment. She has a chin moko and crosses marked on her cheek and forehead. The pair were residents of the Waitomo area, with Rihe coming from the Wanganui area. Both were recent converts to Christianity. On the right side, another seated man and woman, of Waikato, ther man "Ngawhea" from the Kawhia area had not been converted to Christianity; the woman, Nga Miho was a 'celebrated priestess, and wife of Rangitautaea, the old chief of Ahuahu, who was wounded at Taranaki'. The woman is wearing a blanket, the man a flax rain cloak. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844. According to Angas's text, Nga Miho means 'the teeth'. However the usual Maori word for teeth is niho. Other Titles - Ngati Maniapoto Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm

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Looking over Kawhia Pa toward Kawhia harbour

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Burgess, Miss: Photographs

By: Pegler, Enos Silvanus Abijah, 1869-1938

Reference: 1/2-019363-F

Description: Overlooking Kawhia Pa towards Kawhia harbour, ca 1910. Several whare can be seen. Photograph taken by Enos Silvanus Pegler. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Native Settlement Kawhia NZ Pegler Onehunga NZ 28 Another negative showing this image is at 1/2-122568. It is cropped and of inferior quality. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Kawhia Harbour

Date: 1900-1930

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Jonathan Ltd

Reference: 1/2-000417-G

Description: View of Kawhia Harbour, showing two whare. Photograph taken by Jonathan Limited (Firm) between 1900-1930. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Very historical corner Kawhia Harbour 2007; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Jon Ltd. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Kawhia Harbo...

Date: 1941

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

By: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/4/5-Acc.36920

Description: Identifies names of pas etc on Kawhia Harbour. Also gives Maori stories and maxims. Includes Te Arawi Pa, Te Kawau Pa, Te Iringa Pa, Ngatoka-kai-riri Island and Pa, Tokakaroro Pa, Matakokoromiko Pa etc. ... Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) photocopy. Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper. 45.3 x 44 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

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