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Date: Sep-Dec 1863

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-222

Description: Notes about funding for the erection of a residence for Native Chiefs visiting Wellington, 1863. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1833-1846

By: Hadfield, Octavius, 1814-1904

Reference: MS-0922

Description: Letters written in England, Australia, the Bay of Islands, Kapiti and Otaki Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typed transcript (26 cm; red linen)

Date: 1835-1846

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSZ-0081

Description: Folder of loose material removed from volume stored with it in phase box Contains a census of the Anglican Maori female population of the Kapiti and Horowhenua areas, with occasional notes about various individuals Arrangement: Boxed together with MSZ-0080, MSZ-0082, MSZ-0083, MSZ-0084, MSZ-0085, and MSZ-0085A-C (folders) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

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.

Date: 1833-1902

By: Hadfield, Octavius, 1814-1904

Reference: MS-Group-1027

Description: Comprises Hadfield's missionary activities at Kapiti and Wellington and includes correspondence outwards (1833-1886) (238 items); inwards (1839-1902) (15 items); Henry Williams to Hadfield (1860-1865) (13 items); Catherine Hadfield's letters (1851), 1858-1859 (24 items); Hadfield's diary (Sep-Oct 1839, Jun 1846); sermons (ca1888-1891); Catherine Hadfield's diary (1853); and other minor items Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 7 volume(s). 0.14 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (35-37 cm, ¼ maroon morocco, red buckram) Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available (copy also at qMS-0902).

Date: 1859

By: Krull, Frederick Augustus, 1836-1914

Reference: MS-Papers-3945

Description: Collection comprises extracts taken from Krull's letters to his mother covering the period 15 January (just prior to arrival at Wellington on the `Equator') to 25 May 1859. They describe life in early Wellington, trips taken to the Wairarapa through the Hutt Valley and to Otaki, and Krull's impressions of the natives. Includes preface page written by Boll. Accompanying material - Accompanied by copy of article on Krull from Wanganui Historical Record, (November 1980), and copy of letter from donor re provenance of letters. Frederick Krull arrived in New Zealand in January 1859 on board the Swedish ship `Equator'. He established himself as a well-known merchant in Wellington, and was a member of the City Council and Harbour Board. In 1886 he moved with his family to Wanganui where he spent the remainder of his life. Krull was notable as the first German Consul in New Zealand . Quantity: 1 folder(s) (25 leaves). Physical Description: Typed transcript

Date: 1847-1867

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-05

Description: Photocopies and transcripts of correpondence to Colenso concerning social and religious matters including marenatanga, hoko kakahu, tono pukapuka (kawenata hou), matakite-kupu whakaari. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1849-1850

From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0031-05

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Colenso with information about community conflicts, shipwrecks, conflicts with Catholics, reports of adultery and runaways, illnesses and deaths, information about the erection and abandonment of chapels, confessions, discussions about land tenure and rentals, and requests for advice and material including religious texts, medicines and clothes Language - Letters in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [1890?]

By: Weston, Charles, 1865-

Reference: MS-Papers-3647

Description: An account of a two-week journey on horseback from Otaki to Auckland in 1889. Included are accounts of Foxton, Wanganui, Ruapehu and Taupo. The account stops at Taupo. Some description of local Maori is included. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (16 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1822-1907, 1929

By: Williams, William Temple, 1856-1928

Reference: MS-2496

Description: Proof copy with holograph annotations of a biography of Samuel Williams, missionary at Otaki and Hawkes Bay and founder of Te Aute College Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (8, 216 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, printed matter (22 cm, green buckram hinged lid box) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Academic Books, North Vancouver, Canada, 1972

Date: 1866-1873

By: Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873

Reference: MS-Papers-1864

Description: Letters by Taylor from the Wanganui Mission of the Church Missionary Society. Includes letters and minutes of an Otaki meeting 1866 and a letter from his wife Mary from Sandown Quantity: 1 folder(s) (78 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (microfilm printouts)

Date: 1862-1872

By: Hadfield, Octavius, 1814-1904

Reference: MS-Papers-10731

Description: These letters were written by Octavius Hadfield to his brother, Charles, and sister, Amelia, during the period 1862 to 1872, mainly from Otaki. They contain information on family and church matters and comment on the current political situation in New Zealand, particularly being concerned with the wars and the actions of Grey, Gore Browne and Fox. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - These letters were transcribed by Christopher Lethbridge from photocopies of the originals which are held at qMS-0899 and qMS-0900 (Vols 3 and 4) Octavius Hadfield was a missionary with the Church Mission Society and in 1839 was the first priest to be ordained in New Zealand. In November 1839 he began his work at Waikanae and Otaki which was to remain the base for much of his work establishing Maori missions. He held strong opinions on purchase of Maori land and the constitutional rights of Maori and gave much advice to Sir George Grey during his term of office. However these views led him into conflict with settlers and political leaders during the New Zealand Wars. In 1890 he was elected third Anglican primate of New Zealand. He died in Marton in 1904. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Handwritten transcripts (some photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr C Lethbridge and Maya Oxley, Pukeora, Waipukurau, Oct 1991

Date: [Aug 1939-Sep 1943)

By: Bothamley, Robert Westley, 1888-1967

Reference: MS-Papers-7011

Description: File of papers relating to Bothamley's service on the Porirua College Trust Board and the Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Board; includes memorandums, circular notices, reports, and correspondence relating to various leases and land transactions including the Herewini estate, Whitireia, A Emmett, urban farm list for Otaki, H Adsett,C G Aston, Ernest Hobbs, Monrad's farm, Otaki College and farm (with sketch maps), Te Aute College and M F Gaby. Also Maori education bills and war loans and summary of events relating to Whitireia. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr D Robinson, Paremata, Porirua City, Feb 2001

Date: 1845-1846

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSZ-0080

Description: Contains a census of the Anglican Māori male population of the Kapiti and Horowhenua areas, with occasional notes about various individuals. Also includes some Tainui whakapapa at the back. Ngāti Te Upokoiri is written as a hapū of Ngāti Raukawa. This is possibly an error and should be recorded as Ngāti Te Upokoiti. Title taken from item. Arrangement: Boxed together with MSZ-0081, MSZ-0082, MSZ-0083, MSZ-0084, MSZ-0085, and folders MSZ-0085A, MSZ-0085B and MSZ-0085C Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1881, 1900

By: Wright, Gwenyth, active 1993

Reference: fMS-Papers-4851

Description: Consists of a land lease deed dated 12 November 1881 between Ngapaki Te Puni and James Hector and a land conveyance deed dated 6 May 1900 between Eperaima Mahauariki and Mary Ann Bright. Source of title - supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Gwenyth Wright, Wellington, 1993

Date: [1901?]

By: Bevan, Thomas, 1836-1913

Reference: qMS-0221

Description: Bevan describes incidents in his life in the Otaki and Manawatu districts from 1840 to the 1860s. He was the son of a rope maker and followed his father's trade and farmed. He refers in particular to relationships between Maori and settlers and includes descriptions of Maori pa, legends, customs and the scenery, and a walk he made as a child in 1845 from Wellington to Waikawa, Otaki. Mss written in the hands of Bevan's daughters to whom dictated it, and signed by him Quantity: 1 folder(s) (71 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (33 cm, green tie case)

Date: 1853

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: A-434-035

Description: Page includes three illustrations. At top left is a head and shoulders portrait of a teacher in England. The image at top right shows the interior of the Rangiatea Church, and the image at the bottom of the page shows a view Christchurch based on a drawing by Dr Alfred Charles Barker. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engravings and letterpress on page, 404 x 280 mm Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, in 2010.

Date: 1876

By: Wyles & Buck (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-v832.43gbbd/[1876]/Acc.6345 - Caravan Drawer 7

Description: Survey map of Maori land blocks in the Otaki district, from the Waitohu Trig southwards to the Hinetua and Pahiku blocks, east to the Kaingaraki no. 1 & 3 and Kohatu a Humai blocks, and west to the Ferry Hotel. The major focus of the map is the identification of 42 named rural Maori land blocks in the vicinity of the township. Land within the township itself is depicted as sections. Dennan's peg is marked in the Urukaraka block. Two areas are labelled "surveyed by Swainson" and "surveyed by Hughes", and another area is marked "Crown grant to Matene". The main road, tracks, streams and the course of the Otaki riverbed (not named) are shown. Similar to map IRN 1148858, but slightly less detail. Scale probably 5 chains to the inch. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on linen, scale indeterminable, 144.5 x 109 cm.

Date: 1820-1976

By: Williams family

Reference: 75-001

Description: Comprise letters of Henry Williams, Jane Williams, Mary Williams, Samuel Williams and others; research notes on Samuel Williams and on the Williams family in general; papers relating to Te Aute College; diaries; records re property in Hawkes Bay, and an extensive collection of papers by and relating to William Gilbert Puckey. Includes papers in Maori. Source of title - Supplied title Other - C A Williams gave the papers in a number of separate donations in 1975; they have been combined under the present reference number. Quantity: 47 folder(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter

Date: 1839-1967

By: Wellington Anglican Māori Pastorate

Reference: Micro-MS-0883

Description: Comprises baptismal, marriage and burial entries for Te Rangiatea, Wellington Maori Pastorate and Wairarapa Maori Pastorate Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).