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Te Kahui Wiremu Kararehe - Life of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea and other notes
Date: 1835-1893
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-077
Description: Includes a preface and translation in S P Smith's hand with a note: `A large part of this has been embodied in "Hist. and Trad. of Taranaki Coast"'. There is also a covering note signed by W H S (W H Skinner) on the provenance of the ms with a genealogy of Teira Whatakore attached. Also includes letter from T M Hocken to Smith, Dunedin 1 Jun 1893, forwarding books and precis of copies or extracts of Colonial Office material, Sep 1835, on the `Alligator' and J Guard affair. The manuscript gives a biographical account of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea, with whakapapa, with much information about his role in conflicts between Taranaki and other iwi, and between Taranaki and the Government in the first Taranaki campaign (1860) in the New Zealand wars; the document also discusses the shipwreck `Harriet' and the treatment received by the survivors; there are also translations of the material. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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.
Tainui, volume 6 (Maori) - Fragment
Date: n d
From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0075-B11A
Description: These folders are White's manuscript versions of Ancient History of the Maori and include volumes which were prepared but not published before his death and this folder provides an account of the Ngati Toa migration and war with other Tainui iwi. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook
Date: 1873-1876
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B040
Description: Contains a list of owners of blocks of land in the Wanganui district, and a number of narratives about; significant events in the history of Ngati Kahungunu, Moriori settlement on the Chatham Islands, events in Hawaiki and subsequent migrations and settlements, the burning of the Te Arawa canoe, and conflicts in the 1820s and 1830s involving Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Porou, Ngapuhi, Rangitane, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa Physical Description: ¼ maroon black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 26
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).
Maori references
Date: [19--]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-35/2
Description: Notes taken from published and manuscript sources mainly concerning pre-history, Horowhenua, Waikaremoana, Kapiti (Otaki), and Wairoa districts. Includes extracts from Otaki Land Court minute books, Old Wairoa, Horowhenua Commission, and the Polynesian Society Journal. Also includes whakapapa copied from Mitchell's "Takitimu", with some notes; and extracts from the report of Charles H Kettle (assistant surveyor to the New Zealand Co.) regarding the Manawatu, Wairarapa and Hutt Vally districts. Kettle was guided by the Ngati Raukawa chief Te Ahukaramu. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 vol).
Elsdon Best - Miscellaneous notes
Date: [ca 1893-1895]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-037
Description: Includes correspondence and notes to S P Smith; lists of Maori informants; copies of questions sent to various informants; notes on incidents involving Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa and Te Ati Awa, including their migrations to Wellington, and on place names in the greater Wellington area; rough indexes to notes; waiata and haka; whakapapa of Ngati Raukawa, Mahu and Taewa and Ngati Ira and Whanganui notes from his 1895 field trip. Includes a long letter from Kerehoma Tuwhawhakia of Kaiwhaiki to 1895 with waiata by Naapea Nganawheuru. Contains waiata from the Ngati Toa-Raukawa tribes from the middle and late 19th century periods including the haka of Upokoiti, the patere of Manomano and the story of Kaihamu, great grandfather of Toa Rangatira. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed listing available in inventory.
Ngati Porou whakapapa and waiata
Date: 1896-1899
From: Summersby, Reginald Francis Hinga, 1936-2014 : Papers re Ngati Porou
Reference: MSY-4563
Description: Contains comprehensive Ngati porou whakapapa, and includes an account of the migration of the Ngati Ira people to New Zealand with related traditional information; also contains a listing of the crew of the Horouta canoe, Ngati Porou months of the year, Ngati Porou waiata and karakia, notes about Tuwhakairiora and Ruataupare, and notes about the administration of a farming collective and sheep flocks Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (in grey phase box)
Samuel Locke - East Coast whakapapa and traditions
Date: [18--]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-097
Description: Includes cosmological whakapapa and notes about the creation of women; also includes Ngati Kahungunu whakapapa; notes about the migration of the Horouta canoe to New Zealand, with information about Ruatapu, Paikea and others; notes about the migration of Rakaihikuroa to Heretaunga following fighting in the Gisborne area Quantity: 1 volume(s) (23 foolscap pages).
Elsdon Best - Notebook vol 2
Date: [1893?]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-022
Description: Informants and contents listed at the front. Mainly the manuscript of Hori Ropiha of Waipawa, dealing with whakapapa of various East Coast iwi and hapu down to Ropiha, and with information about various events in Maori history including the migration from Hawaiki and subsequent settlement, and with notes about certain customary concepts and practices. Other informants include Te Karehana Whakataki relating the traditional Ngati Toa story of Te Ataiorongo, Tamarere Ahu, and Te Aro of Ngati Awa Quantity: 1 volume(s).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1888-1896
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B043
Description: Contains whakapapa, boundaries of land blocks around Lake Wairarapa and statements of ownership, notes about the aftermath of the transfer of Lake Wairarapa to the Government and the distribution of the proceeds, a copy of a letter to Judge Butler of the Maori Land Court with regard to the transfer of Lake Wairarapa Also contains narrative accounts of conflicts between Wairarapa people and Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa in the 1820s and 1830s (including a reference to the Journal of the Polynesian Society), narrative accounts of conflicts between Waikato and Te Ati Awa, and narrative accounts about conflicts in the 1820s involving Ngati Kahungunu, Ngapuhi, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Rangitane, Waikato and Ngati Porou Also contains information about traditional whare wananga and the migration from Hawaiki and subsequent settlements in New Zealand, a narrative about Ira, the ancestor of Ngati Ira, and a history of that hapu; also contains information about early contacts between Te Ati Awa and Pakeha whalers and traders Includes an account of the capture of Metapere Te Waipunahau (Ngati Toa), mother of Wi Parata MHR, by Wairarapa Maori and the peacemaking between these tribes, and the later capture of Te Uamairangi and Te Kakapi-o-te-rangi of Te Ati Awa (Poneke) and their subsequent safe return to Te Wharepouri and Te Ati Awa. Also includes details of the invasion of Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Tuwharetoa of Te Roto-a-Tara, Heretaunga (Hawkes Bay) under the chiefs Te Momo-a-Irawaru and Te Heuheu. Includes mention of conflict between Te Ati Awa, Ngati Tama and Waikato culminating in the siege of Pukerangiora Pa, Taranaki. Physical Description: Maroon boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 28
Maori references
Date: [19--]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-35/1
Description: Contains extracts and references from various published works (contents table at front) about Maori history, with particularly reference to the tribes of the Kapiti-Horowhenua districts. Some whakapapa, mostly incorrect. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 vol).
Waikato University, Kingitanga, Maori people
Date: 1967-1967
From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5220-005
Description: Includes correspondence, legislation, newspaper articles and essays on the establishment of a Maori studies department and a halls of residence at Waikato University, Tokanganui a noho land reserves, the presentation of a honourary doctorate to P.Jones, essays on the Maori King Movement and the Maori people in the 1960's Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Elsdon Best - Notebook vol 1
Date: 1892-1894
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-021
Description: Informants and contents listed at the front. Mainly concerns Maori subjects of the Wellington district and provincial area, as well as some notes on Asian languages. Included are notes by S P Smith, and letters to Smith from Gudgeon. Also contains information on Maori circumcision practices as well as Maori customary concepts and whakapapa specific to the Kurahaupo and Takitimu Waka traditions. Includes comprehensive account of the Ngati Toa - Ati Awa including Puketapu and Ngati Maru - migration to the Kapiti Coast. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Account of migrations to the Wellington area recorded by H T Whatahoro
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B055
Description: Contains an account of a war party led by Tuwhare to the greater Wellington area, with details of their conflicts; also contains an account of the migration of Te Rauparaha, Ngati Toa and their allies to the Wellington area, including details of their conflicts with the original tangata whenua of the area and details of internal conflicts within the migrating tribes; includes some relevant whakapapa Also contains various waiata, karakia and whakatauki Physical Description: no cover, 20 cm Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Maori notebook No 23
Date: [1928]
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: qMS-0202
Description: Continued from Maori notebook No 16 (qMS-0195). Contains information about the history of the Wellington district, including the Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa, Te Ati Awa heke to the south - recorded from Wi Tako [compare with version written in the hand of Te Whatahoro Jury, see MS-Papers-0189-b025]; also contains whare wananga information about the creation and nature of the universe, migration from Hawaiki and related myths and stories about Maui, Tawhaki, and others; Also includes letter from H Fildes and miscellaneous notes. Also includes notes on the construction of canoes in Borneo. Source of title - Title from spine Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph Finding Aids: Indexed in - Index to Maori Notebook no 23 (spine title) qMS-0203.
Maori notebook No 13
Date: [ca 1911]
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: qMS-0193
Description: Contains information extracted from published works and manuscripts; Best has copied Maori land court records from `Te Wakataunga mo Nga Waka a Kupe me era atu poraka' (1891 - see printed collection catalogue for further details) and Wairarapa whakapapa and traditional information about the settlement of the East Coast from manuscripts by Te Matorohanga, Te Whatahoro, Hori Ropiha and others Includes index There are also notes about whakapapa, land claims, Maori customary practices, and the Maori occupation of the Wellington region This material may be the basis for Best's articles about `The Great Harbour of Tara' that appeared in the Journal of the Polynesian Society between 1917 and 1919 Source of title - Spine title Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph Processing information: Digitisation details - Some digitised pages include fold-out pages and loose leaves
Maori notebook No 15
Date: 1911-1913
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: qMS-0194
Description: Contains notes copied by Best from the MSS of Te Whatahoro Jury about the discovery and settlement of New Zealand by Maori, together with various whakapapa; also includes notes copied from Shand's MSS about Wellington and the Chatham Islands; also includes some Ngati Porou whakapapa contributed by Ropata Wahawaha, and notes about Wellington Maori placenames contributed by Mrs Te Puni; contains further notes about Ngati Kahungunu and Rangitane at Wairarapa, early settlers in Porirua-Johnsonville areas (1840), vessels arriving and departing Wellington 1854-1856. Includes an extract from the surgeon's journal (Francis L Vickerman) of the `Kelso', 1849. Also material relating to the Treaty of Waitangi. Includes index Part of SBDD project Source of title - Spine title Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph
Hamiora Pio - Notebooks 4-5
Date: [ca 1885-1901]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-115
Description: There are notes in these volumes about whakapapa (both cosmological and human), accounts of migration frrom Hawaiki to New Zealand, whakatauki, karakia and waiata, notes about various customary practices, information about the relationship between the `tangata whenua' and the Hawaiki migrants and the introduction of the kumara to New Zealand; there is also information about various prominent mountains in the North Island, and narratives about Maui and about Te Tahi-o-te-rangi Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 volumes).