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Maori notebook
Date: 1883-1924
By: Houston, John, 1891-1962
Reference: MS-Papers-5673
Description: Includes whakapapa from Taranaki and Waikato and also on Ruaputahanga; also contains waiata, karakia and tauparapara from Taranaki; also includes diary entries, court expenses and the names of people involved in voting for Runanga members; these accounts are handwritten by Tinirau Ariki and Marereira Wiremu; also contains an account of a meeting between Tuatahi and Titokowaru; also contains a story entitled 'Te Kainga o Uenuku Ko Ratamaru' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol, ca 90 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (32 cm; ¼ red cloth, marbled boards)
Notebook relating to Maori history of Taupo area
Date: [1867-1900]
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers
Reference: MSX-9031
Description: Notebook containing research notes relating to Maori history (particularly food-gathering practices) from around the Taupo area. It seems that Cowan has used Maori Land Court minute books for his information as he attributes the information to land block names and case names, informant names and dates. Some of the people he mentions are: H Tumatara Pio of Te Teko (aged 77 in 1900), Te Waaka Tamaira (Rangatira block, 1884), Hitiri Te Paerata (mentioned several times), Tini Waata, Wineti Paranihi, Aperahama Werewere, Te Heueheu Tukino, and Te Rangitahau. The book also contains information given to him from Hare Hongi about Maori astronomy, makutu, and the moari [swing]. Contains whakapapa, karakia and waiata. Language - Some parts of the notebook are written in Maori. Arrangement: Item 11 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Album of photographs of Maori
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
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook with cosmological information
Date: 1889 - 1906
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B023
Description: Contains notes about the occupation of land near Greytown by the Ngati Muretu hapu, and a draft letter complaining about land sold by someone that does not own it; contains cosmological information, including whakapapa of various deities and a detailed account of the life of Maui Tikitiki; also contains notes about practices and traditions associated with childbirth and the instruction of children in martial and practical arts; there are also notes about practices within whare wananga and the conditions placed on students There is a narrative about Ngatoroirangi of the Te Arawa canoe, and a warning about incorrect whakapapa and the use of repetitive names to inflate a whakapapa; there is also a discussion of the relevance of traditional knowledge in contemporary society There is a narrative dictated by Te Wera Hauraki and Tarahau in 1837 about Ngati Awa, recited by Te Matorohanga to Te Whatahoro at a later date; the narrative describes the arrival of Ngati Awa at Whakatane and their conflicts with the resident tangata whenua, which includes a detailed physical description of these people; there is a narrative about the migration of Toi and Whatonga to New Zealand and their subsequent settlement There is a narrative of 19th century conflicts involving Waikato and Taranaki tribes and subsequent events, whakapapa (including some taken from the Journal of the Polynesian Society), karakia associated with various practices and activities (including notes about the performance of karakia by tohunga), and waiata (including notes from Sir George Grey's `Nga Moteatea' There is a narrative about the birth of Tuteremoana of the Ngai Tara tribe, with related waiata; a list of place-names and pa sites in the Wellington area and some notes about conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu; there are also notes about the proceedings of a whakapapa hui held at Papawai in 1906, including an address by H P Tunuiarangi Other - 5 loose pages are inserted in the beginning. One page is titled `Te Ngakiatotara', another 2 pages are titled `Kereitaone' and the other is a list of names from Ngati Awa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (32 cm; maroon boards)
Correspondence and notes for papers
Date: 1915-1921
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-04A/04B
Description: Papers, some of which were published in the Society's journal, with related correspondence. Includes Ancient drains, Pukepoto, Kaitaia, by D M Wilson, with related map and letter by Iehu T Puhipi about the Ditch of Kauri; Some place names of the islands of the Society group, by Elsdon Best; Notes on Pilini key words, by F W Christian; list of Ontong Java keywords by H A Markham of Leueneuwa (Liungiua) Islands; Quelques illustres marins Paumotu des temps passes, by P Herve Audran, missionary at Tuamotu; Te Taringa roa, a Mortlock Islands custom, by F W Christian; Mangaian - English vocabulary, by F W Christian; France and New Zealand, by T S Bassett; waiata of Te Kooti, with translation; comparative philology of Pacific Islands phrases, and of Eastern Carolines language, by F W Christian Quantity: 1 folder(s).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Minute book
Date: 1888
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-134
Description: Contains Wairarapa whakapapa and notes about conflicts involving various Wairarapa hapu; also contains evidence from the Maori Land Court with regard to land in south Wairarapa, with information about the historical occupation and use of the land, related whakapapa, pa and kainga and contemporary owners Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Whakapapa
Date: 1898-1933
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-072
Description: Contains Ngati Kahungunu and other whakapapa for Mere Mohi and related hapu written in an unknown hand, together with some waiata in the same hand; also contains whakapapa for the Te Whaiti family from Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Toa, written by Henare Te Whaiti; also contains whakapapa contributred by Poihaere Hue; also contains information about Ngati Kahungunu, including the conflict and subsequent peacemaking between Wairarapa Maori and Te Ati Awa in the 1830s and the death of Nga-oko-i-te-rangi at an earlier time Also contains notes in Maori about the signs of the Zodiac
Miscellaneous manuscripts
Date: 1842-1866, n d
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-207
Description: Comprises a whakapapa of Warea area people, April 1862, in Maori (10 pages); a 19-page text of 43 waiata, dated 4 Feb 1866 (by Ropata Ngarongomate?); a further transcription of 50 waiata in Maori hand, possibly from Taranaki area; a 7-page account in Maori of the stories of Kae and Maui; an account of the activities of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea; and a document titled 'Maori house' which lists names of the figures depicted in the pou of 'Te Hau ki Tūranga', a whare built by the Ngāti Kaipoho tribe "to the memory of Tamata Waaka Tuangere [Tamati Waaka Mangere], the elder brother of Raharuhi Rukupo who designed it". This whare was built in Turanga (Gisborne) in 1842-1843. In addition to the above Maori writing the folder contains a large empty envelope with a pasted on note in Smith's hand listing previous contents, some of which are now to be found in other folders; a Taranaki whakapapa with a note by Smith saying it was given to him by Mr Jackson, Native interpreter at New Plymouth, Jun 1910; a drawing of a sailing canoe and miscellaneous photographs and other documents. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript
Maori architecture, history, language and whakapapa
Date: 1942-1971
From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers
By: Bracken, Thomas, 1841-1898
Reference: MS-Papers-5220-002
Description: Includes correspondence about critiques to book drafts such as 'Nga Moteatea' and 'Tamihana, the king maker', also includes Tainui whakapapa and history, an article on Samuel Marsden, dedication of Maori, church and historic buildings, patere from Tuhoe, research correspondence, poor pronounciation of Maori placenames, prestigious visits to New Zealand and places like Taumarunui and also the history of Te Miringa Te Kakara. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Elsdon Best - Notebook vol 4
Date: 1895
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-023
Description: Contains notes on various Māori-related subjects. There is a full contents list at the front. Includes transcript of notes by G H Davies on Māori-Pākehā children. Also comprises notes on death ceremonies - cremation; Kāi Tahu death ceremonies, as well as karakia, waiata and whakataukī including tapu lifting practices. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Processing information: Description updated 19 September 2023 following information provided by a staff member.
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.
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).
[Waiata] / Te Uremutu (Hakaraia Kiharoa)
Date: 1852
From: Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898: Maori manuscripts
Reference: MSY-2093
Description: Contains a facsimile copy of a hand written manuscript by Te Uremutu Hakaraia Kiharoa at the dictation of aged chiefs of the Ngati Raukawa, Otaki district. Contains numerous waiata later published by Sir George Grey in "Nga Moteatea me nga Hakirara o nga Maori" including waiata for Te Heuheu Mananui, Papaka Te Naeroa all of Ngati Tuwharetoa; Werawera of Ngati Toa; one waiata "whakawai moko"; numerous waiata whakaoriori tamaiti. One waiata [p.95] which contains referecnes to Tuhoe, Ngati Kahungunu and the Wairarapa, and mentions the mere pounamu "Heketua" which originally travelled through these tribes before being acquired by Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
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)
Stephenson Percy Smith - Polynesian notes Volume 2
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
Maori background - Historical items, glossaries, radio scripts
Date: 1958-1960
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-1/15
Description: Various papers relating to Maori history and culture. Includes Maori concert programmes, papers on Maori land ownership of Mangatu (blocks 1, 3 and 4), pounamu or greenstone manufacture and types of stone, a pamphlet about Te Porere battle site, a letter to Bruce Mason [editor of Te Ao Hou] about an article Fowler was planning about the Hui Topu and notes from recordings from "Takipu and Mangatu huis" 1958, and various waiata including some by Arnold Reedy from 1935. Also some papers relating to Maori plant names and a letter from Bernard Teague of Wairoa. Also includes a photograph of a Maori carving and a satirical poem "Let's cook the Maori". Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Maori history of Heretaunga
Date: [1877-1950]
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: MSX-5350
Description: Holograph notes on the history of Heretaunga including excerpts from Wairoa Maori Land Court Minute book and other printed items; general notes; waiata; and receipt for L36-8-0 signed Na [?] pi tau (1877). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters concerning Ngati Tuwharetoa history
Date: 1937-1939
From: Grace, John Te Herekiekie (Sir), 1905-1985 : Grace family papers
Reference: 85-173-4/1
Description: Contains correspondence to and from Grace with regard to historical information and research about Ngāti Tūwharetoa Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Hoani Nahe - Waikato papers
Date: 1893-1894, nd
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-106
Description: Contains (a) letters to S P Smith and Edward Tregear, Omahu Puriri, 1893-1894 (b) Manuscript of Maori, Tangata Maori, the first 11 pages of which appear to have been published in the JPS with additional waiata and translation by S P Smith (JPS v3 p27). The rest seems to remain unpublished. Contains much traditional history. The letters contain information about attempts to date the settlement of New Zealand from Hawaiki using whakapapa and discrepancies between the whakapapa of various iwi, the transfer of Hawaiki placenames to New Zealand, and information associated with the arrival of the Tainui canoe; there are also whakapapa, waiata and proverbs and explanations of the proverbs, and notes about the Maori division of time; there are also notes about 19th century conflicts between Ngapuhi and Ngati Maru, and about Ngapuhi claims to the Kingitanga and associated titles Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Miscellaneous Maori papers
Date: 1852-1991
From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes
Reference: MS-Papers-6373-22
Description: Contains the directions of the Waitangi Tribunal regarding the Wairoa ki Wairarapa claims (1991), and copies of Turnbull Maori letters and correspondence to Apirana Ngata with information about waiata for Nga Moteatea. Also contains typescript copy of "The Porourangi Maori Cultural School", by Apirana Ngata and preprared by Koro Dewes for Victoria University of Wellington (1971). Includes a transcript of a recording of Arnold Reedy (Ngati Porou) giving an address at Waiwhetu meeting house in August 1967. Quantity: 1 folder(s).