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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)

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-098

Description: Contains waiata and haka from Ngati Porou and Ngati Kahungunu; contains cosmological notes about the creation of the universe; also contains narrative accounts about various demi-gods including Maui, Tawhaki and Pourangahua (this last account includes details of the fetching of the kumara to New Zealand); also contains an account of the Ngati Kahungunu migration to Heretaunga following conflicts involving Rakaihikuroa Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1854

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B026

Description: Contains waiata and narratives about conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu over a number of generations; also contains notes about various deities including Tawhaki, Rata, Wahieroa, Maui, Kae and Tinirau, these notes contain whakapapa and karakia that are related to these deities and information about the origin of certain customary practices. There are also narratives about Tamatekapua and Ngatoroirangi; the migration of the Te Arawa canoe, as well as Turi and the migration of the Aotea canoe. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled paper covers, 20 cm., vol numbered 15

Date: 1881 - 1912

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B025

Description: Contains whakapapa, karakia, and cosmological notes about the separation of Rangi and Papa; also contains narratives about the lives and actions of other deities including Tawhakai, Tangaroa, Ruatepupuke, Maui, Rata, Rautapu and Uenuku; in these accounts there is information about the origins of various beliefs and practices. Also contains a seven page narrative about Te Ati Awa incursions into the Wairarapa following their migration to the Wellington area [compare with version by Best in qMS-0202] and the capture of Te Uamairangi and Te Kakapi o te rangi, niece of Te Wharepouri, and the subsequesnt peace making at Pito-one (Petone); there are also copies of a petition calling for increased Maori representation in Parliament, and a letter to Maui Pomare with regard to land at Pouakani. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 15

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

By: Turei, Mohi (Rev), 1830?-1914

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-095

Description: Contains a detailed account of the migration from Hawaiki to New Zealand of the Takitimu canoe, and the subsequent exploration of New Zealand by Tamatea; also contains an account of the courting of Rongomaiwahine by Kahungunu Contains some karakia written at Tuparoa, in September 1868, at the request of the Ngati Porou runanga . One page (XIV) says "the above is copied from the journal kept by Wi Te Haua of the Ngati expedition to the assistance of the Maori King in 1863". The volume also contains waiata from Mohi Turei and Anaru Taruke. Also contain accounts of the activities of various demi-gods including Tawhaki, Maui, Wahieroa and Tinirau, and accounts of early iwi ancestors in New Zealand including Tara, Manaia and Pourangahua (this includes details of the fetching of the kumara from Hawaiki) Also contains an account of the death of Te Wakaunua of Ngati Hineuru (?) in the middle of the 19th century Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [ca 1879]

By: Nairn, Francis Edward, 1819?-1910

Reference: MS-1697

Description: Ko nga whakatauki a te Maori = contains proverbs, waiata, notes on moko, food gathering, land transactions, mythology, including Tinirau, Maui and Tawhaki myths, the South Island and Easter Island Language - (mainly) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (126 pages). Physical Description: Ms (23 cm; maroon linen box) Provenance: Smith's Bookshop purchased the notebook from the estate of a Dr Moore of Hastings (part of a collection)