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Manuscript

Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 16)

Date: [1944]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-17

Description: Contents comprise notes re adze types; type VII, VB from Turakina district; Waitaha adze from Porirua Harbour; from Mangaroa; type IIA from Patea; greenstone adze from Levin-Foxton highway area; map of sites of Horowhenua adzes found by Henry J Kilsby; grey stone adze from Heatherlea-Koputaroa area, Horowhenua; blackstone adzes from Onukuwaiata, Waimakaira, Horowhenua and Wallace Road, Levin; location maps of adzes found by A Seifert, A Gillespie, Louis Noara and on Clifford's farm, Tokomaru area (1941-1944); adzes from Makurerua Swamp, Horowhenua Arrangement: Notebook no 16 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 18)

Date: [1940-1945]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-19

Description: Contents comprise notes on adze types for Mairua area, Lake Horowhenua; adzes type VIC, VIB and IIC from Wairoa, Hawke's Bay; Waipukurau-Te-Aute to coast area of Hawke's Bay showing site of Patangata skull and Maori place-names; diagrams of Patangata skull per J M Wright; Waikaremoana with Maori place names (after Best); environs of Waikaremoana with Maori place names and site of adzes, pounders, etc per J M Wright; and Puketoi Range and vicinity with sites of Maori material, per J M Wright, and Maori place names Arrangement: Notebook no 18 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Maori notebook (vol 59)

Date: 1962-1963

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-60

Description: Contents comprise note on a remarkable sequence of archaeological finds, Horowhenua; report on the Waitaha midden-cooking oven site at Paremata Flat, Porirua Harbour (with photograph of Brees' sketch); note on heavy thick quadrilateral oblique-tanged adze from Paremata flat; note on tangless form of hogbacked adze from Waitaha site, Paremata Flat; notes on large hogbacked adze, Paremata site; notes, oblique-tanged quadrilateral adze, Paremata site, Porirua Harbour; adze, nephrite with tang, Paremata-Waitaha site, Porirua Harbour; unique Polynesian-type necklace, Paremata site Arrangement: Notebook no 59 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Maori notebook (vol 31)

Date: [1955-1956]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-32

Description: Comprises reports on limestone adze from Kapowairua Stream, Hooper Point, Spirits Bay; adze, Whangape; skull, L Horowhenua; stone disc, nr Castlepoint and notes and map on others; Maori place-names of Heretaunga and vicinity, Hawke's Bay with map (1860); slab of rhyolite, Poor Knights; sketch plan of Taylor's Hill, Tamaki River; disc form stone net sinker, Bethune's sale; and banded and spotted stones Arrangement: Notebook no 32 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Online Manuscript

Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 2)

Date: [1930-1940]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-03

Description: Contents comprise Waikanae area (J D Climie's surveys of 1880 and 1884); Otaki River mouth (Carkeek's survey of 1887); New Zealand (showing Te Rauparaha's and Te Puoho's routes and raids); plan of Manukorihi pa, Waitara; Kaiapohia pa, locality and plan; Manawatu River and Gorge etc (NZ Company's survey of 1842); Lower Wairarapa and Port Nicholson (NZ Company's surveys of 1842); Tararua Range, including Rimutaka Range and southwestern hill system; Hutt Valley; southwestern hill system of Wellington; Oroua and Awahou blocks (J T Stewart's survey, 1860); Horowhenua Lake and vicinity (NZ Co's survey, 1842); list of English place names transliterated into Maori Arrangement: Notebook no 2 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Manuscript

Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 12)

Date: [1930-1940]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-13

Description: Contents comprise sketch plan of Waipatu Island pa, Lake Horowhenua; ponds (?) and umu sites near State Farm Road, sth of Lake Horowhenua; eel storage tank at Matukutuku Lagoon, Horowhenua; Ōtaki area, corrections and additional data, rafter patterns, Raukawa whare-runanga; Tikorangi Stream-Waikawa area, Horowhenua'; canoe baler from Pipinui, Western Wellington, south-western Wellington area; patu washed ashore at Waitarere Beach, Horowhenua; patuki from shore of Lake Horowhenua; Kuku-Poroporo headwaters, Horowhenua; part Horowhenua county; Waikanae-Akatarawa area with place-names etc; middens on northern shore of Lake Horowhenua; Waikawa River mouth, Horowhenua (May 1944); marine mollusca and pumice implements from Waikawa middens Contents also include the identification of Māori archaealogical finds in the Kapiti-Horowhenua districts, including a greenstone hei matau from Waikawa. Arrangement: Notebook no 12 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

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