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Administration of native affairs
Date: 1864-1869
From: Mantell family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0083-223
Description: Notes on the disposition of the Government towards the Paimarire-Hauhau religion. Includes handwritten Government Proclamation, December 17, 1864 dividing the Taranaki coastal strip from Paraninihi to Waitotara, and confirmation that all Maori rebels including those in Tauranga and Waikato will be punished through the loss of their lands. Includes Maori translation of proclamation. Also notes Tamihana Te Rauparaha's concerns over the Rangitikei-Manawatu Block. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Police and Native Land Purchase Departments - Letter books
Date: 1846-1852
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: qMS-1206-1212
Description: These volumes contain copies of correspondence recieved and despatched. Includes reports from McLean to Governor Eyre about the return migration of sections of the Te Ati Awa from Waikanae and Arapaoa (South Island) to Taranaki and the Crown's desire to completely extinguish native title; various reports and correspondence about the Rangitikei Block and includes notes by McLean made at one of the land meetings in 1849; list of names of rangatira [24] who have a claim to the 40,000 acre Whanganui land block of the NZ Company. Also includes a report by McLean about the activities (and some agressions) of Te Rangihaeata and his desire to fight continued European encroachment and a copy of a letter by Te Rangihaeata to chiefs in Kawhia seeking their assistance to revenge the capture of Te Rauparaha and their reply refusing to assist him Language - Some in Maori Arrangement: qMS-1206-1212 are boxed together Quantity: 7 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (35 cm; marbled paper, marbled edges, ¼ blue morocco tie case) Finding Aids: Calendar of contents pasted inside front cover of some volumes; indexes.
Maori letters
Date: 1867-1872
From: Mantell family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0083-199
Description: Contains correspondence (Matiaha Tiramorehu) about various issues including Maori political participation in central government and admission to the Upper House, the Governments complaints of the high price of Maori land for Native schooling and other purposes and the excessive costs imposed on Maori for their childrens attendence. Also includes letters by Tamihana Te Rauparaha about an ongoing dispute between Ngati Raukawa and Muaupoko and Ngati Apa incursions into the Horowhenua burning houses (21/4/1870) and challenging Ngati Raukawa occupation in the district. Tamihana requests the government to confiscate the arms that were formerly issued to these tribes during the wars. Also mentions a curse by Te Peeti (?) threatening to exhume the bones of Te Whatanui and throw them into lake Horowhenua. Also contains a copy of the petition by Hohepa Tamaihengia requesting the return of Whitireia. Contains good examples of 19th century Kai Tahu dialect by Matiaha Tiramorehu ! Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Maori letters (translated)
Date: 1862-1866
From: Mantell family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0083-192A
Description: Contains Maori letters, some translated by Michael Rotohiko Jones. Mentions the recent death of the Ngati Raukawa chief Nepia Taratoa and inquiry by Tamihana Te Rauparaha about the question of Mana Island. Also includes a series of letters about a Ngati Raukawa (Otaki) person named Hapeta who has been requested to appear before the magistrate in Wellington for an unmentioned crime, with assurances by Buller that he won't be imprisoned. Correspondence to Mantell about meetings to discuss the sale of the Rangitikei Block and discussion about price per acre and total payment for the block, particularly by the Ngati Raukawa. Includes correspondence between Hohepa Tamaihengia and Matene Te Whiwhi regarding Maori reserved lands in the Wellington district. Language - With translations by M R Jones Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.