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Date: 1909

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B080

Description: Contains diary entries with information about farming, land issues, financial and business affairs, the publication of a Maori newspaper, the proceedings of whakapapa hui convened by the Tanenuiarangi Committee; also contains address lists, recipes for Maori medicines, whakapapa, narratives about historical conflicts involving Wairarapa people and hapu, lists of chiefs along the East Coast, North Island, notes about the Wairarapa Moana (Pouakani) Management Committee, and notes about publications in the Journal of the Polynesian Society Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: [ca 1895-1898]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-163

Description: Notes on many topics, including: whakapapa, tribal notes, whakatauki (proverbs), fights, etc. Also includes waiata from Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa, Taranaki and Ngati Kuia (many of the waiata and karakia of Ngati Kuia were contributed by Eruera Pakauwera), and tribal stories and notes by Te Karehana Whakataki about Ngati Toa and Tainui. Also contains an accompanying letter from W Mair, Nov 8, 1898. Language - (and English) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (414 pages). Physical Description: Holograph, ms and typescript

Date: 1803-1865

By: Williams, William Leonard, 1829-1916

Reference: MS-2452

Description: History of the East Coast people and district as seen from a missionary's view point. Many topics including hauhauism; land confiscation, Te Kooti; the murder of Rev C S Volkner; the work of the missionaries etc. Source of title - Transcribed from spine Quantity: 1 volume(s) (95 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with holograph corrections (26cm, blue buckram)

Date: 1900-1904

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-124

Description: Contains whakapapa, with particular reference to Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Toa and shows relationship to the Kingitanga, waiata, and notes about the migration of Ngati Apa from the Whakatane area to Rangitikei, and notes about the Kurahaupo canoe (passengers etc) Also contains notes about conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0072-17B

Description: Manuscript and typescript notes around Maori histories and mythologies Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-B17

Description: These folders are White's manuscript versions of Ancient History of the Maori and include volumes which were prepared but not published before his death Includes Maori history and traditions of Southern Taranaki and Whanganui iwi particularly relating to Ngati Ruanui; Nga Ruahinerangi; Nga Rauru-Kitahi; Pakakohi; Ngati Hau (Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi ?). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1886, 1893-1907, 1910-1915

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-264

Description: Contains inwards letters from Kahui Kaharehe 1893-1907 (40); a letter from H H Lawry, and correspondence with A Leverd 1910-1915 (8). The extensive correspondence between Smith and Te Kahui Kararehe of Taranaki deals with Taranaki whakapapa, information about the migration to New Zealand from Hawaiki of the Aotea and Kurahaupo canoes, whakatauki, information about the Maori language, waiata, karakaia, information about 19th century conflicts and about tthe activities of Te Whiti and Tohu at Parihaka Relationship complexity - Refer to `Ko nga tuhituhi a Te Kahui Kararehe ki a Te Mete 1893-1906', editted by Ruka Broughton (1984), and published by the Maori Studies Dept, Victoria University of Wellington - this contains transcripts of the originals in the manuscript, with a good name-iwi index Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1940-1986]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-132

Description: Corrected typescript of George Graham's `Ngatoro-I-Rangi; his ascent of Tongariro and the neighbouring mountains' translated from the manuscript account of Wiremu Te Rangikeheke'; note from Grant Corbishley with his account, `The History of the Matamau and Tataramoa district prior to European settlement' (1986) with note from S Locke (1877); copy of letter, J H Mitchell to Native Minister with history of Te Rama-Apakura jade (1939); part of letter from Ngata, Ruatoria to C R H Taylor (1948); and letter from A J Park & Son to the president of the Polynesian Society re copyright in the society's publications (1976) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph typed manuscript

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Cooper, Heni, active 1980

Reference: MS-Papers-11084

Description: Possibly copied from Maori Land Court minute books Quantity: 1 folder(s) (23 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: ca 14 January 1991

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-

Reference: EP/1991/0099

Description: The Kurahaupo waka being paddled on Lake Horowhenua as part of the Kurahaupo Waka Festival. Photographed on the weekend before 14th January 1991 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1860

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B001

Description: Contains notes about the circumstances in which Te Matorohanga dictated the material, which includes cosmological notes about Maui, Mataaho and the divine origins of various items and practices; there are also notes about Kupe, Toi and Whatonga and the discovery and settlement of New Zealand The text also discusses the interaction between the original inhabitants and the Maori settlers; there are also discussions about the activities of the canoe commanders in discovering and naming places around the North Island; there are also extensive whakapapa, waiata and karakia There are notes about the settlement of Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa and Wellington which were subsequently used by Best for journal articles, there are also annotations in Ngata's hand that refer to another publication Publication - Material has been used in `The Lore of the Whare Wananga' according to annotations thoroughout the book Relationship complexity - Some of the material was also published in 'The Land of Tara' , an article written by Elsdon Best for the Journal of the Polynesian Society between 1917-1919 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1898-1904

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-117

Description: Contains notes from the sitting of the Maori Land Court at Greytown with regard to land in the Greytown district; also contains a biographical note about Hori Te Huki, whakapapa relating to various Wairarapa hapu, miscellaneous herbal remedies, and several waiata Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1910

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B010

Description: Contains autobiographical notes about Te Whatahoro and his training as a tohunga, and his presentation of information to the Tanenuiarangi Committee; there are also cosmological notes about Rangi and Papa, their children, their separation, Tane's ascent to the highest heaven, the creation of women, notes about the twelve heavens and their inhabitants; there is also a discussion of the points of agreement and digression among various tohunga There are notes about the Maori division of time, whakapapa (cosmological and mortal), notes about astrology and navigation, karakia, waiata, and notes about the changing nature of traditional lore in the modern world There are narratives about various ancestors and their actions; these narratives cover such topics as the origin of tattooing, the migration from Hawaiki and the settlement of New Zealand, and the interaction between Maori and pre-Maori inhabitants of New Zealand There is also narrative text about 18th and 19th century conflicts between hapu of Ngati Kahungunu and Rangitane, and between Waikato and Ngati Kahungunu Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ¼ maroon, blue boards, 33 cm., vol numberedf 6

Date: [188-?]

By: Gudgeon, Walter Edward, 1841-1920

Reference: Micro-MS-0179

Description: Genealogies of Hawkes Bay, Poverty Bay and Northland tribes; index and some vocabulary included Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 100 frames).

Date: 1890 - 1899

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-104

Description: Contains whakapapa from Ngati Awa, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Porou and Wairarapa; also contains detailed information about the Takitimu canoe and its crew; waiata , karakia; notes about the settlement of the South Island by various iwi with extensive information about Kai Tahu; notes about native dogs, and narratives about the Ngati Kahungunu ancestor Maahu as well as nineteenth century tribal conflicts. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Mss Black exercise book

Date: [ca 1974]

By: Arapata, Te Maari, active 1970s

Reference: Micro-MS-0494

Description: Contains whakapapa of Maori waka, whakapapa of Maui, whakapapa of Ngati Toa and Ngati Koata, information on Maori Land court hearings, information on nga kete o nga wananaga and other miscellaneous material Contains Whakapapa of Ngati Toa with special emphasis on Nohorua, an elder half brother Te Rauparaha and tohunga of the Ngati Toa tribe, and the Rei family of Manaia. History of Wairarapa, and evidence for Wairarapa land blocks; a memorial for monies donated to the upkeep of the Marae at Waiokura, Manaia; and stories about 28 Maori waka (canoes) from ancient Maori mythology. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 150 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: [ca 1961]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/17

Description: Papers relating mainly to East Coast Maori history, place names, waiata [songs] and whakatauki. Includes a poem which begins "Ask of us. What is our Maoritanga?..." and a waiata which mentions Koroki, Tainui and Waikato. Research notes and articles about Te Kaha and waka history and place names for the East Coast and Eastern Bay of Plenty. A letter [carbon copy] from Te Kani Te Ua relating to the meeting house at Whakato Marae. A document relating to the propietors of Mangatu, nos 1,3 & 4 blocks. Some wartime waiata from World War One and World War Two including one composed by Apirana Ngata in 1916 titled Te Wiwi Nati, and an impromptu tangi chanted by a father who had lost a son in 1945. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1940

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-150

Description: Contains notes compiled by Ngata from published sources about Maori place names in the Manawatu area, with information about the derivations of the names

Date: 1892-1894

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-021

Description: Informants and contents listed at the front. Mainly concerns Maori subjects of the Wellington district and provincial area, as well as some notes on Asian languages. Included are notes by S P Smith, and letters to Smith from Gudgeon. Also contains information on Maori circumcision practices as well as Maori customary concepts and whakapapa specific to the Kurahaupo and Takitimu Waka traditions. Includes comprehensive account of the Ngati Toa - Ati Awa including Puketapu and Ngati Maru - migration to the Kapiti Coast. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1901-1929

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0072-17A

Description: Manuscript and typescript notes of tribal histories and mythologies Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.