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Notebook containing research notes including Potatau's waiata
Date: [1901-1918]
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers
Reference: MSX-9069
Description: Notebook containing research notes and clippings entitled 'Potatau's waiata' [with other MS annotations on front cover]. Mainly relating various areas in the North Island particularly Rotorua, Urewera, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and East Coast regions. Includes waiata relating to waka, tangi, aroha, and some Maori vocabulary relating to rain [from Tuhoe], and names of stars etc 'Te Paki o Matariki'. Language - Contains some Maori content, particularly waiata and place names. Arrangement: 53 in original listing Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Maori hapu and other traditions
Date: n d
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
By: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931
Reference: MS-0180
Description: Contains - whakapapa, whakatauki, language notes, legends and stories from many tribes including an account of the Ngati Ira occupation of Wairarapa. Includes lists of hapu from Taranaki, Ngati Ruanui, Te Ati Awa, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Awa and Tuhoe; much of the information has been copied from the contributions of Maori scholars affiliated with the Polynesian Society. Includes index Also contains Rangitane whakapapa contributed by Tuiti McDonald (see also MS-Papers-1187-100) Source of title - Spine title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (190 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (23 cm; ¼ red morocco, red cloth)
Hamiora Pio - Notebook 6
Date: [ca 1885-1901]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-116
Description: Contains cosmological notes and whakapapa, notes about the settlement of the Bay of Plenty area from Hawaiki and about the interaction between the `tangata whenua' and the Hawaiki migrants, notes about the introduction of the kumara to New Zealand, notes about various prominent mountains in the North Island, and information about various Maori customary practices Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Te Tuhi Pihopa - Legends and genealogies
Date: 1895-1896
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-113A
Description: Notebook containing karakia, waiata and whakatauki; Tuhoe whakapapa and notes about Tuhoe hapu and about conflicts between Tuhoe and Ngati Kahungunu in the 19th century; notes about the respective events that preceded the migrations of the Aotea and the Mataatua canoes from Hawaiki to New Zealand and information about the migrations per se; narrative about the introduction of the kumara to New Zealand from Hawaiki, and notes about conflicts involving Ngati Kahungunu ancestors Rakaihikuroa, Tupurupuru, Tuatamure and Kahutapere in the Gisborne area; there is also a narrative about the Tuhoe ancestor Rangiteaorere Notebook has "from Te Tuhi Pihopa" in Best's hand and "H T Pio Maori notes no.11" crossed out. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
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).
Maori matters
Date: [ca 1937-1950]
From: Heenan, Joseph William Allan (Sir), 1888-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1132-312
Description: Includes Prime Minister's message headed Native Affairs (ca 1937). Carved meetinghouse at Whakarewarewa and Maggie Papakura's carvings, 5 Sep 1949. Rona and the Moon Maiden. A legend of the Ngapuhi by Mrs E M Dunlop from the Dominion, 21 Dec 1921. Memorandum - Mayor Island, 5 September 1949. Invitation to Centennial Celebrations of the Church of Rangiatea, Otaki, 18 March 1950 Quantity: 1 folder(s).