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Date: 1896

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-042

Description: Contains Te Whaiti family whakapapa and related whakapapa from other hapu in the South Wairarapa; also contains diary entries by Iraia Te Whaiti about local events, hui and personal affairs in 1896

Date: 1860s-1949

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: PA1-o-1038

Description: Contains photographs of a Maori group at Wanganui, Te Rangitahau of Waitahanui, inscription at Wairaka meeting house (Whakatane), Pohaturoa Rock (Whakatane), Tainui anchor stone at Mokau, Matahourua anchor stone at Dominion Museum, Tokomaru anchor stone at New Plymouth Museum, hui at Rangitukua (March 1945), Ngarimu hui at Ruatoria (1943), hui at Hiruharama (1945), Tahi hohepa at Otukou (1947), reception to Field-Marshall Montgomery at Ohinemutu (1947), Sir Apirana Ngata speaking at erection of Porourangi meeting house (Waiomatatini), scenes in Parihaka, and Sir Peter Buck at Te Araroa (March 1949). The photographers represented are W J Harding, A P Godber, Burton Brothers, Owen Johnston, and the New Zealand Railways Publicity Department. A number of images were provided by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 cm

Date: 16 Nov 1895-5 Apr 1896

By: Davy, P, active 1895-1896

Reference: MS-Group-0708

Description: Comprises holograph diary kept by P Davy on the `Ruahine' and during his tour of New Zealand. After disembarking at Wellington where he visited relatives he toured to other parts of New Zealand. He describes a gathering of Maori following the settlement of fishing rights on Lake Wairarapa, a visit to a freezing works at Belfast, gold mining on the West Coast and Rotorua where he visited a pa, saw geysers and bathed in the hot pools. His journal ends on the return journey to England when staying at Sydney. Also includes transcript of part of the diary (16 Nov 1895-3 Jan 1896). Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Full transcript of diary at MS-Papers-4391 Davy and his Aunt Harriet boarded the `Ruahine' at Plymouth 16 Nov 1895 and disembarked 12 Jan 1896 at Wellington where they stayed with relatives. After travelling around New Zealand they left Auckland for Sydney, 18 Mar. The writer of the diary is presumed to be P Davy, a passenger on the `Ruahine'; he visited members of the Davy family while in Wellington. He was probably one of the Devonshire Davys, a nephew of George Boutflower Davy, an official of the Land Registration Court of NZ, and the son of Edward Davy (1806-1885), an experimental chemist who emigrated to Australia. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of the `Gaul' with unidentifed tender vessel.

Date: 1888-1964

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-016

Description: Contains lists of owners, relative shares and other information for Maori land blocks along the South Wairarapa Coast; also contains diary notes by Iraia Te Whaiti between 1890 and 1904 about personal affairs, hui and farming

Date: 1890s

By: Te Whaiti family

Reference: PAColl-5383

Description: Photographs of Maori men, presumably members of the Kotahitanga Maori Parliament; there is a large photo of Meiha Keepa Te Rangihiwinui in the middle of the portraits. Many of the names on the collective photograph of (presumably) Kotahitanga members have been lost. There is also an illustration of a tree with no leaves, showing the tenets of the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah. Arrangement: Negatives at F 179644 1/2 to F 179676 1/2 Quantity: 33 b&w copy negative(s). Provenance: The originals from which these copies were made belonged to Mr George Te Whaiti (d 1964) of Greytown. George Te Whaiti was a man of standing in the South Wairarapa community both Maori and Pakeha. He was also associated with the affairs of Papawai Pa as his father had been before him. The portraits are probably members of the Maori Parliament which met at Papawai. The Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah was a small sect supported by Maori mainly in the Wairarapa and Marlborough. When George Te Whaiti's house was demolished in the early 1970s the family stored items from the house, including the originals of these photographs, in another house at Pirinoa.

Date: 11-12 Dec 1874

Reference: MS-Papers-2520

Description: Account of a meeting held at Thames on 11 and 12 Dec to discuss payment for the Ohinemuri goldfield. The meeting was attended by Sir Donald McLean, James MacKay, Edward Walter Puckey and chiefs and members of the Ngati Maru, Ngati Tamatera, Ngati Whanaunga and Ngati Paoa tribes. Source of title - Transcribed Authorship of the document is unknown Quantity: 1 folder(s) (28 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: No details about the provenance of the document are available other than that it was found under a pile of newspapers in a cupboard in a house at Te Anau in about 1975. How it came to be there could not be established at that time.

Date: 1852 - 1979

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Avon Fine Prints

Reference: C-061-041

Description: Prospectus for Anthony Murray-Oliver's folio-sized volume of Charles Heaphy's paintings, including a full-sized reproduction of a watercolour from the collection of the British Library, 'Committee at Pata Pata [Coromandel], 1852, showing a large gathering of Maori and some Pakeha in the foreground, among houses and tents, with canoes pulled up at the fore, yachts in the harbour and two ranges of hills in the background, shortly after the discovery of gold in the Coromandel. The gathering was to finalise the sale of the Coromandel gold fields. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 260 x 333 mm, on one of four pages

Date: [1880-1898]

By: Rendell, Emily, active 1880-1900

Reference: MS-Papers-6107

Description: Comprises two letters from Frank Coulthard to Emily Rendell from Ohaupo describing events when he accompanied Major W G Mair to a meeting with the Maori King, probably to begin negotiations for permission to allow construction of the main trunk railway line through the King Country; a typescript of part of the first letter; and a programme for the Mount Eden Shakespearean Society's production of Oscar Wilde's play, `An Ideal husband' Source of title - Supplied Coulthard was Emily Rendell's suitor Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescript and printed matter

Date: 1881-1884, 1930

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-046

Description: Contains Te Whaiti family whakapapa and related whakapapa from other hapu in the South Wairarapa; also contains diary entries by Iraia Te Whaiti about local events, hui and personal affairs between 1881-1884, including his interpretation of the Potangaroa hui in 1881; also contains whakapapa and notes written by Henare Te Whaiti around 1930 about various topics, including the Ratana Church

Date: 1852 - 1853

From: Illustrated London news :Various scenes of early New Zealand published in the Illustrated London News. 1860s

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: B-070-007-2

Description: Looking down from above onto a bustling scene with huts, tents and other temporary shelters, canoes drawn up on the beach and many Maori and Pakeha, with both canoes and European boat and ships out in the harbour. The occasion is the opening of the Coromandel gold fields in October 1852. Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 23, no. 465. Dec. 3 1853, p. 465. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 150 x 230 mm

Date: [ca 1847-1851]

From: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits

Reference: B-178-011

Description: Pencil sketch of a landscape with a large gathering of people, some standing, some seated, and others looking on from elevated ground, including horses. Pencil sketch on verso depicts full length figure study portraying female subject wearing a headscarf and long dress. Preliminary sketch for ATL C-054-018, which was later developed for a lithographic plate in Oliver's 'A series of lithographic drawings from sketches in New Zealand' (London: Dickinson, 1852). The letterpress accompanying the published lithograph states: "A Korero. Eloquence is as much valued by these people as by more educated races. Upon this occasion the Governor-in-chief (Sir George Grey) was addressed by Te Rangihaeta, who if not eloquent was highly energetic; his forte lay more in the field than the council, while Te Ranperaha was famous for his oratory. This scene took place at Waikeni, near Cook's Strait, in 1851. [sic]" Other titles (file prints) - [A korero at Waikanae, near Wellington, 1851]; [Maori Girl. 1851]. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 280 x 385 mm.

Date: 1899-1902

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-005

Description: Wage book for employees on Te Whaiti farms; also contains other accounts, and diary entries by Iraia Te Whaiti about farm work and various hui; also contains some Te Whaiti whakapapa,

Date: 1886,1892,1895,1902,1904,1905

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-129

Description: Contains whakapapa from Wairarapa, Ngati Porou and Tuhoe; also contains notes from the sitting of the Maori Land Court at Wanganui with information about historical occupation and use of land, related whakapapa, the sites of pa and kainga and lists of contemporary owners Also contains notes about the Te Arawa canoe, waiata, a copy of instructions regarding the administration of land in the Wanganui area, and cosmological whakapapa Contains notes about the boundaries of land owned by hapu living around Lake Wairarapa, and the pa and kainga that they lived in; also contains a copy of a letter to Sir James Carroll about the administration and management of reserves near the Lake Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1876-1888

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-034

Description: Contains whakapapa from the Wairarapa region, and records of various hui held in the Wairarapa and Southern Hawke's Bay regions in 1881 to discuss political and religious issues (the discussions include several references to Paora Potangaroa) It appears that some of the manuscript was written by Aporo Kumeroa

Date: 1852 - 1853

From: Illustrated London News :[Scrapbook of clippings relating to New Zealand 1860s]

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: E-372-f-034-1

Description: Looking down from above onto a bustling scene with huts, tents and other temporary shelters, canoes drawn up on the beach and many Maori and Pakeha, with both canoes and European boat and ships out in the harbour. The occasion is the opening of the Coromandel gold fields in October 1852. Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 23, no. 465. Dec. 3 1853, p. 465. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 150 x 228 mm

Date: 1897-1900

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-72

Description: The top photograph (PA1-f-195-72-1) shows a crowd of people gathered around a wharenui on a marae. The centre photograph (PA1-f-195-72-2) shows Richard Seddon, Lord Ranfurly , Bishop Churchill Julius (to the left of the group) and a group of other people gathered together on the verandah of the newly opened Otaki Hospital. The lower photograph (PA1-f-195-72-3) shows the Countess of Ranfurly with a group of veterans in Wellington. These photos were taken by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Three photographic prints mounted on album page 416 x 286 mm (page size).

Date: 1857-1860

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-080

Description: See MS-Papers-1187-079 for details This volume contains draft copies of notices, articles and advertisements that featured in Te Karere Maori. The drafts deal with the following topics; messages from the Queen to Maori, information about agriculture and market prices, news about the mail service, farewells to departing politicians, the establishment of the Maori King movement, peace-making at Rotomahana following intertribal conflicts there, and a report about a Maori meeting at Banks Peninsula Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: [1898-1899]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-63

Description: Scenes in Picton and the North Island, taken ca 1899 by unknown photographers. The top photograph (PA1-f-195-63-1) shows Picton. The centre photograph (PA1-f-195-63-2) shows a meeting house in the North Island, with three people wearing cloaks in the foreground. The lower photograph (PA1-f-195-63-3) shows a speaker addressing a group which includes Lord Ranfurly (seated at centre, to right of monument) at a hui for the Governor at Waitangi, 1899. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Three photographic prints mounted on album page 416 x 286 mm (page size).

Date: 5 Jul 1864

By: Boyce, Raymond Stanley (Dr), 1928-2019

Reference: MS-Papers-7356

Description: Page headed `He Pukapuka [?] kohikohi, Manawatu Hurae 5 - 1864' and four pages of people listed with a sum of money alongside each name Language - Document is in Maori; all named are Maori Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (one piece). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Possibly collected by Professor John McCreary

Date: ca1866, 1992

By: Parker, Thora, active 1994; Connell, Nigel Douglas, -1951; Brisco, Mike, active 1994

Reference: PAColl-3669

Description: Photograph showing William Jenkins as native interpreter at Wanganui, ca 1866, and group photograph of descendents of William Jenkins and Catherine Jane Mewis, Hawera May 1992 Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s).