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Diamonds and gold - Ngati Kahungunu history of the Pou-a-Kani region oral history project
Date: Jul 1993-Apr 1996 - 10 Jul 1993 - 12 Apr 1996
By: Hemi, Murray, active 1996
Reference: OHColl-0584
Description: The project was recorded to provide some of the history behind the Kahungunu settlement of the Pou-a-Kani (Pouakani) area and the development of the Mangakino township. The project aimed to collect the experiences of those from Ngati Moe who were relocated by the government from the Wairarapa to the Pouakani block in the Waikato as compensation for the loss of the Wairarapa lakes. Access Contact - See oral history librarian Awards/funding - Project received an Award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Murray Hemi Quantity: 12 C90 cassette(s). 3 printed abstract(s). 3 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.
Te Kahui Wiremu Kararehe - Life of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea and other notes
Date: 1835-1893
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-077
Description: Includes a preface and translation in S P Smith's hand with a note: `A large part of this has been embodied in "Hist. and Trad. of Taranaki Coast"'. There is also a covering note signed by W H S (W H Skinner) on the provenance of the ms with a genealogy of Teira Whatakore attached. Also includes letter from T M Hocken to Smith, Dunedin 1 Jun 1893, forwarding books and precis of copies or extracts of Colonial Office material, Sep 1835, on the `Alligator' and J Guard affair. The manuscript gives a biographical account of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea, with whakapapa, with much information about his role in conflicts between Taranaki and other iwi, and between Taranaki and the Government in the first Taranaki campaign (1860) in the New Zealand wars; the document also discusses the shipwreck `Harriet' and the treatment received by the survivors; there are also translations of the material. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Fleming, Charles Colville 1837-1901 : Past New Zealand
Date: 1896
By: Fleming, Charles Colville, 1837-1901
Reference: MS-Papers-2059
Description: Lecture, probably to Methodist Church group in Auckland, expresses immigrant's view of Maori migration, and of New Zealand and some account of early Auckland especially Onehunga and Remuera Fleming settled in Onehunga ca 1857, later becoming Deputy Mayor Quantity: 1 folder(s) (13 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (and photocopy)
Samuel Locke - Te Putake o nga tupuna Maori (and other traditions)
Date: [18--]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-098
Description: Contains waiata and haka from Ngati Porou and Ngati Kahungunu; contains cosmological notes about the creation of the universe; also contains narrative accounts about various demi-gods including Maui, Tawhaki and Pourangahua (this last account includes details of the fetching of the kumara to New Zealand); also contains an account of the Ngati Kahungunu migration to Heretaunga following conflicts involving Rakaihikuroa Quantity: 1 volume(s).
New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Raids and mi...
Date: 1810 - 1838
From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas
Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/3/22-Acc.36535
Description: Key reference shows: Te Niho (Ngati Tama & Ati Awa) 1828; Te Rauparaha (Ngati Toa) 1828-1829; Te Puoho (Ngati Tama) 1836-1837; Ngai Tahu (Ngati Tuaturiri) and Poutini Ngai Tahu under Tuhuru, 1810 an Ngai Tahu, 1835-1838. Pencilled note intended for insertion in key Reference but unreadable apart from date 1830 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card backed greaseproof paper. Scale indeterminable. 97 x 69 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Raids and mi...
Date: 1800
From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas
Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/3/20-Acc.36533
Description: Shows raids and migrations, South Island Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on greaseproof paper. Scale indeterminable. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
A T Ngata Centennial Atlas papers - Notes for Hawke's Bay, Gisborne district, and Wairoa
Date: 1940
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-146
Description: Contains notes compiled by Ngata from published sources and manuscripts about Maori placenames in the East Coast district, and derivations of the names
Elsdon Best - Notes and correspondence on Maori matters
Date: [189-?]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-020
Description: Comprises notes in Best's hand, notes by S P Smith and letters to Smith. Among the variety of material are notes on Hau, a West Coast ancestor and his journey to Paekakariki; traditional history of early ancestor Tutahanga and fighting between Ngati Maru and Ngapuhi; whakapapa from Karepa Te Uira to Tamarere Ahu II; queries and notes about Ngati Ira and early Wellington; brief notes and whakapapa of Ngati Maru; a waiata from Whanake; many items relating to Wellington Maori place names, iwi, chiefs and history and other fragments of North Island Maori history. Includes two letters from W H Skinner to S P Smith, 1894. Also contains notes about the Ngati Toa and Taranaki chiefs leading the migrations to the Horowhenua and Wellington regions, and their conflicts with the Muaupoko; Ngati Apa; Rangitane and Ngati Kahungunu. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed listing of folder contents available in inventory.
Tainui, volume 6 (Maori) - Fragment
Date: n d
From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0075-B11A
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 and this folder provides an account of the Ngati Toa migration and war with other Tainui iwi. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook
Date: 1873-1876
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B040
Description: Contains a list of owners of blocks of land in the Wanganui district, and a number of narratives about; significant events in the history of Ngati Kahungunu, Moriori settlement on the Chatham Islands, events in Hawaiki and subsequent migrations and settlements, the burning of the Te Arawa canoe, and conflicts in the 1820s and 1830s involving Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Porou, Ngapuhi, Rangitane, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa Physical Description: ¼ maroon black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 26
Extract from Journal of Polynesian Society Vol XXVIII No 2 `The Great Muru'. Palmerston...
Date: 1873, n d
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/03
Description: Typescript paper, in preparation for publication in the Polynesian Society Journal, titled "The Great Muru", as an example of the Maori practice of "Muru". Also includes a typescript paper by the Hon. Mr Moffat, prepared for the Palmerston North Polynesian Discussion Group, about the Rangitaane tribe. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
George H Davies - Notes on northern tribes and extracts from Te Waka Maori
Date: [18--]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-045
Description: Contains whakapapa and notes on the migration, settlement and history of northern tribes written in Maori by Hapakuku Ruia of Whangape, with explanatory notes by Davies; notes on Maori vocabulary; extracts from `Te Waka Maori' with explanatory notes by Davies concerning waiata in the text, and annotated by Smith. The first page is headed `The discussion about the kumara'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Newspapers - Miscellaneous Maori topics
Date: 1903-1930s
From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0062-63
Description: Includes material on Maori history, geography, science, health, language, placenames, prose, poetry, waiata, New Zealand flora and fauna, the transpacific migration of the Maori, personalities, `Problems of the Maori', `Should Maori have equal rights like Europeans?', religion, Maori artifactual preservation, land claims and Maori art Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (some with holograph annotations)
A T Ngata Centennial Atlas papers - Notes for South Island
Date: 1940
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-152
Description: Contains draft notes about the proposed layout of the Centennial Atlas, and notes about Maori place names in the South Island, compiled by Ngata from published sources, with information about the derivation of the names; also contains lists of place names compiled by other people
New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Map of North...
Date: 1800 - 1840
From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas
Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/1/2-Acc.36432
Description: Identifies Maori raids, migration and pas in the North Island of New Zealand. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper. Scale 1:1 000 000. 42.3 x 32.5 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maori tribes...
Date: 1800 - 1840
From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/1/12-Acc.36443
Description: One map shows sites of battles and tribes and the other one shows exploring canoes and migration areas. Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Ink and colour drawing on cream paper encased in plastic. Scale indeterminable. 56 x 76 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Maori references
Date: [19--]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-35/2
Description: Notes taken from published and manuscript sources mainly concerning pre-history, Horowhenua, Waikaremoana, Kapiti (Otaki), and Wairoa districts. Includes extracts from Otaki Land Court minute books, Old Wairoa, Horowhenua Commission, and the Polynesian Society Journal. Also includes whakapapa copied from Mitchell's "Takitimu", with some notes; and extracts from the report of Charles H Kettle (assistant surveyor to the New Zealand Co.) regarding the Manawatu, Wairarapa and Hutt Vally districts. Kettle was guided by the Ngati Raukawa chief Te Ahukaramu. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 vol).
Elsdon Best - Miscellaneous notes
Date: [ca 1893-1895]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-037
Description: Includes correspondence and notes to S P Smith; lists of Maori informants; copies of questions sent to various informants; notes on incidents involving Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa and Te Ati Awa, including their migrations to Wellington, and on place names in the greater Wellington area; rough indexes to notes; waiata and haka; whakapapa of Ngati Raukawa, Mahu and Taewa and Ngati Ira and Whanganui notes from his 1895 field trip. Includes a long letter from Kerehoma Tuwhawhakia of Kaiwhaiki to 1895 with waiata by Naapea Nganawheuru. Contains waiata from the Ngati Toa-Raukawa tribes from the middle and late 19th century periods including the haka of Upokoiti, the patere of Manomano and the story of Kaihamu, great grandfather of Toa Rangatira. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed listing available in inventory.
New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Raids and mi...
Date: 1800
From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas
Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/3/21-Acc.36534
Description: Key Reference shows Nga Puhi raids: Hongi, Pomare, Te Morenga, Te Wera, Te Haramiti, Te Titore, Te Wera & Pomare, Te Amoiwhenua, Urewera, Nga Puhi - Ngati toa and Raukawa & Waikato. Also shows Migrations common route: Taranaki, Te Rauparaha (Ngati-Toa), Ngati Mutunga, Ngati Raukawa and Ati Awa. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card backed greaseproof paper. Scale indeterminable. 91 x 67 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :[Raids and m...
Date: 1810 - 1838
From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas
Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/3/18-Acc.36531
Description: Key reference shows: Te Niho (Ngati Tama & Ati Awa) 1825; Te Rauparaha (Ngati Toa) 1828-1829; Te Puoho (Ngati Tama) 1836-1837; Ngai Tahu (Ngati Tuaturiri) and Poutini Ngai Tahu under Tuhuru, 1810 an Ngai Tahu, 1835-1838. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on black paper. Scale indeterminable. 59.7 x 45.3 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.