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Date: 1884

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11750-09

Description: Bound handwritten speech in three parts by Mr Hammond of the Native Land Court. Part 1, Native Traditions; Part 2, Native customs and etiquette; Part 3, Maori legends. Written in pencil before the beginning of part 1 is as follows `A lecture delivered in Auckland New Zealand in September 1884 at St [Sepulders] School rooms by Mr [Hammond] the Registrar or Chief Clerk of the Native Law Court one of the best authorities in Native Customs etc in New Zealand as in that Court all Native titles are adjudicated upon & the natives all own their land by descent & tradition.' Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.

Date: 1902

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers

Reference: MSY-5701

Description: Contains whakapapa and purakau relating to the Ohinepoutea block Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: Between 1871 and 1881 - 1870

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

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbe/1871/Acc.27669-70

Description: Copy of an 1870 cadastral map of land blocks within the Manawatū-Wairarapa Block, from the Tararua Ranges eastwards to the Puketoi Range and Castle Point Block. Blocks indicate name, number and acreage, and include Kaihinu, Pahiatua, Te Pukahu, Mongorongo, Eketāhuna, Ngatapu, Ihuraua, Manawatū, Mangahauo, Puketoi, Tautane, Makure. Two blocks include note 'not passed the [Native Land] Court' (Kaihanga, Mangahao no. 3; 7,000 acres and Puketoi no. 6; 3,200 acres). Includes annotations such as the addition of Mangakao no. 2 block in 1881. Includes names of rivers, streams. Note on map reads: 'Produced before the N[ative] L[and] Court at Masterton Wairarapa September 7th 1871'. [Signed] J Rogan'. Note on map reads 'This ? does not conflict with Crown Lands' Judge (signature indeciferable) 'Oct 23 '[18]71' Written on map, bottom left: '897', '2387' Written under map 'This plan is now numbered 88B'. Some annotated text and signatures difficult to decipher (such as map compiler and surveyor). Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 map(s) on two sheets. Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 61 x 50 cm. Provenance: Copied from map W49 part of Head Office Collection of maps and plans. Dept. of Lands and Survey. Processing information: Separated in 1999, combined with ATL-Group-00693 in August 2023.

Date: 1881-1888

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers

Reference: MSY-5703

Description: Contains whakapapa and and information relating to lands in the Wellington region Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1807 - 1867

By: McDonnell, J A, active 1807; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-832.15gbbd/1807/Acc.4503

Description: Copy of a hand-drawn map of two adjointing sections of farm land adjacent to the Harataunga Harbour, now known as Kennedy Bay, and bordered by the Whareroa and Ohinau Streams, Puketutu and Kaotara Hills and Rangitahi. One section has the names of Nathan Kennedy & Brothers, while the second has McGregor & Atkinson's names, together with acreages. The McGregor & Atkinson property includes the location of a sawmill and wharf, buildings are indicated and one is named 'Mr. Atkinson's'. A handwritten note on the original, written within this section states 'Grant to J. Cruikshank, Nov. 26th., 1867. 12.15a Sol 155'. Within the section of Nathan Kennedy & brothers, the note states 'Grant to Mr. J. Kennedy, Nov 26th, 1867. 12.15a Sol 155'. Includes references to Native land and Mr. D. Lowe's land. On the opposite side of the harbour, a settlement is marked and the site of a Maori church. A handwritten note on the top left states: 'The copy of a map deposited in this office. ... [difficult to decipher] and ... [difficult to decipher] by us. N... Heal. Native Land Office, March 19th. 1807. Surveyed by J.A. McDonnell. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 44.5 x 42 cm.

Date: [19--]

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7575-059

Description: Content of these notes was taken from the Native Land Court hearings in the Tairawhiti area. Contains whakapapa and the relationships of people to the land. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1883

By: Frasi, Percy Castar, 1849?-1932

Reference: MapColl-832.45bj/1883/Acc.3675

Description: Survey map of the Umukereru Block in the Wainuioru Survey District, from Te Waiwhakaata southwards to the Wainuioru Stream. Shows boundaries, streams, and shared boundaries with neighbouring Maori land blocks, Tikiwhakairo and Weraawhaitiri (associated with Angapaua). The Umukereru Block has been surveyed into four sections with 500 acres as government land, 100 acres (beside Kahaparera), 632 and 541 acres. Note on map states boundaries were pointed out by Ngāti Pareru hapū and claimed by them. Annotations added to map before copying, now faint include the settler names: James Cooper on the 541 acres and ?Oroui ?Kauo on the government land. Drawn on a Lands and Surveys template map. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - Boundaries pointed out by Ngati Parera, Claimed by ---d, Wairarapa-Meridional Circuit; Recto - bottom centre - I hereby certify that this survey has been made under my own inspection, that it is correct and that all the rules and regulations with respect to the survey of Native lands have been strictly compiled with. Forwarded to the Chief Surveyor at Wellington on the --- day of --- 1883, Percy C. Frasi, Authorised Surveyor See Maori Land Court minutes for Umukereru land block - 11 Sept 1882 Crown claim to 500 acres. Hapu: Ngāti Parera, Judge: Brookfield, Carterton. Kaikorero: Keremenata. Ref Wairarapa MB no. 3, p 368-370. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 44.5 x 40 cm.

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-4/0/4-Acc.37592

Description: Identifies Maori Electorates, Meeting houses, village school, colleges and Mission school. Index to names etc included on file. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colour drawing on greaseproof paper. Scale indeterminable. 94.2 x 76.3 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1881

By: Marchant, John William Allman, 1841-1920; Barton, Phillip Lionel, 1925-2010

Reference: MapColl-832.4cba/1881/Acc.26509

Description: Shows Manawatu Block; Papawakarau & Kaiaho block; Makakahi River; Waipoua river; Whakamockau Stream; Ririwakapapa Stream; Te Mara Stream; Ruamahanga River; Pukehou; Kahinu and part of the Tararua Ranges. Lands alienated from the Crown are tinted brown on the original map. Handwritten on original: Cost of survey £1431-5/- [initials indecipherable] Handwritten on original: Produced on Native Land ... at Masterton ... [... signifies that photocopying is patchy in places and writing indecipherable] No. on map 510 (all six parts) Produced by the Native Land Court District of Wellington Quantity: 1 map(s) on six sheets. Physical Description: Photocopies, scale not given, sheets 61 x 45.4 cm.

Date: [1930-1950]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-039

Description: Diagram of spur pa at Pahaoa, south of the Cameron homestead; note from Paneta Otene re Orongorongo (1945); transcripts from Maori Land Court minute books, including Wanganui (1938 and 1939); `The Maori and the forest' by Elsdon Best; page of galley proof, `The Arawa' by W J Phillips; page of tattooed heads by Robley; `The Development of Maori culture since the advent of the pakeha' by McEwen, a paper read at the Sixth Science Congress of the Royal Society of New Zealand; `Carved stone figure from North Auckland' and `Carved stone head from North Auckland' (same account); `Grotesque figures' (with illustrations); statement of account, probably relating to carving (1933-1935) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs Printed matter Typescripts A sketch of a Maori Pa site, four tattooed Maori heads, carved prow and stern waka carvings.

Date: 1871

By: Mackay, James, 1831-1912

Reference: MapColl-832.1gbbd/1871/Acc.1741

Description: This map covers the area from Maungatautari Mountain and the upper reaches of River Waikato to the mouth of the River Waihou entering the Firth of Thames, and including Tauranga Harbour. Settlements, pa, mountain ranges, rivers, streams and lakes are marked, as are numerous sites of fights accompanied by a record of numbers killed. The Te Aroha block is prominently shaded as are adjacent areas which appear to be jointly claimed by Ngatihaua and Ngaiterangi. Boundaries of other Maori land are marked by dotted lines, some of which are named as follows:- Ngatiraukawa lands, Ngatihaua lands, Ngaiterangi lands, Hauraki lands, Waikato lands. Limits of the scale of this map have been marked with red pencil to allow for changes in size during photocopying. The orientation of this map faces south. A similar copy of this map is located at the same classification and a cataloguing record can be found under the same title. Inscriptions: Recto - Produced before the Court, Auckland 21 January 1871. A.H. Munro, Judge, N.L.C. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative photostatic copy, 60.2 x 43.1 cm.

Date: 1890

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers

Reference: MSY-5702

Description: Contains whakapapa and information relating to the Waipiro block Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1884

By: Graphic (London, England)

Reference: A-434-045

Description: Shows two images. The top one shows scenes of the interior of a London theatre, and is engraved by I R Bronn (or Brown) and C.R.S. The lower image shows an inset of four men soaking up to their necks in a rectangular hot pool at Ohinemutu, inset into the top left of a larger scene of the interior of the Native Land Court at Ohinemutu. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engravings on page, 403 x 296 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, in 2010.

Date: 1940

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department; Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/1940/Acc.10251

Description: Survey map with cadastral information of elongated subdivisions of section 42, Block ten, Belmont Survey District, off Naenae Road and totalling over 45 acres. Land owners are named as His Majesty the King (for housing purposes), and four Native land subdivisions are owned by 'Native owners'. Adjacent sections are owned by the Crown, G Hall, E Anderson, GE Chapman, AM Lewis and CS Brandon, HB Robb, JJ & LE Toomer, JM Reid, J Reilly, EE Jones, FJ Hickman, W Russell, A Lerwill, R Munger, G Purvis. Note: Boundaries adopted from N[ative] L[and] Plans 1203, 2387, 4319 - see report. Signed by chief surveyor and others. PWD 109023. Accompanied by covering letter which explains the land has been taken by the Public Works Department for housing purposes. It provides a government valuation of the land and requests Thomson and East to value the land for Native Land Court purposes, and is signed by the Chief Land Purchase Officer, GD Brosnan.; PW 24/1258/47/13. Accompanied by a copy of the latest government land valuation which lists the owners of the properties in question as Eparaima Takarangi; Hohua, Hoani and Atareta Warena; Te Manumatake and Ranera Herema and others. Parent plan: NL 2387 RP323. Quantity: 1 map(s). 2 accompanying letters. Physical Description: Negative photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 37 x 36 cm. Provenance: Gordon Harcourt collection.

Date: 1886-1893

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers

Reference: MSY-5698

Description: Contains Native Land Court records relating to Waiapu Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1876-1889

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers

Reference: MSY-5697

Description: Contains Native Land Court records relating to Waiapu and Tologa bay lands Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1871

By: Mackay, James, 1831-1912

Reference: MapColl-832.1gbbd/1871/Acc.4840

Description: This map covers the area from the un-named Maungatautari Mountain and the upper reaches of the River Waikato to the River Waiho [sic] entering the Firth of Thames. Tauranga Harbour is included but Rangiwhara Island at the entrance is not drawn. Settlements, pa, mountain ranges, rivers, streams and lakes are marked, as are numerous sites of fights accompanied by numbers killed. The Te Aroha block is prominently shaded as are adjacent areas which appear to be jointly claimed by Ngatihaua and Ngaiterangi. Boundaries of other Maori land are marked by dotted lines, some of which are named as follows:- Ngatiraukawa lands, Ngatihaua lands, Ngaiterangi lands, Hauraki lands, Waikato lands. A typewritten sheet of explanatory notes is affixed to the map. These state that this map was used in the Maori Land Court held at Fort Britomart, Auckland, in January 1871. The action concerned ownership of the Te Aroha block and was drawn on behalf of the successful claimants. The orientation of this map faces south. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) photocopy. Physical Description: Photocopy, 45.5 x 29 cm.

Date: 1902

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7575-065

Description: Contains whakapapa and purakau relating to the Ohinepoutea block Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Reference: 1/2-026780-F

Description: A crowd gathered at Ahipara on Maori Land Court day. On the right is J W [James Work] Reid house. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1720

By: Dick, Russell Gladstone, 1898-1966; Dick, D R, active 1967

Reference: MapColl-832.12hkcmf/[ca.1720]/Acc.19407

Description: Map from the Waitemata Harbour to Manukau Harbour showing all major Maori pa sites, villages and land. Shows battle sites and military engagements (unknown origin). Some English names of areas included for example 'One Tree Hill' and 'M[t] Albert, Owhairaka'. Several of the Maori pa sites include names associated with the pa, for example, Moeatoa pa of N. Titiata; Karaka te Aua and N. Tipare; Onehunga pa, Karangahape pa, Te Whau pa, Puketapapa pa and Onewa pa all of Uringutu and Ngaoho; Awhitu, pa of N. Titiata, N. Tamaoho and N. Timahuta; N. Tamaoho's other pa include Pehiakura, Te Toro and Ihumatao. This is a copy of map from the book: New Zealand Native Land Court. 'Important judgements delivered in the Compensation Court and Native Land Court, 1866-1879' Published under the direction of the Chief Judge, Native Land Court, 1879, facing p.96 and the Alexander Turnbull Library version is bound with a cover entitled A. Mackay. 'Judgements Native Land Court and papers re native land tenure, etc. Reference: P 347.9 NZ Nat. See book for relevant whakapapa charts. Second copy, in copy negative format, 832.12hkcmf/[ca.1720]/Acc.36854, donated by Don Dick from the personal records of his father, Russell Gladstone Dick, Surveyor General of New Zealand 1946-1960, donated 5.8.1967. Quantity: 2 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, 41 x 59 cm.