Places

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.

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-109

Description: Whakapapa relating to land claims.Mentions chiefs of the areas being discussed. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: Jul 1830-Dec 1847 (1946-1948)

By: Williams, Henry, 1792-1867

Reference: qMS-2236-2238

Description: Letters to and from Williams, the CMS, Colonial Secretary's Office, Selwyn, Fitzroy, and others; papers relative to the missionaries' land claims; letters to newspapers, reports of war at Bay of Islands Quantity: 3 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (34 cm; ¼ brown morocco, brown linen)

Date: [19-]-1940

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-42

Description: Includes an exercise book `Whangai Makariri' which contains information on land sales, whakapapa, purchases and prices; typescript on land claim of the Ngati Tama people `Whakapuaka Block'; use of macrons in Maori language; and the "Kaiuku Pa Affair" at Mahia where a tribal war or pakanga took place between some Waikato and Ngati Kahungunu iwi; papers relating to the Whanganui iwi; historiography related to Toi, Tawhaki, Kupe and Hone Heke; whakapapa and land dealings of Ngapuhi; translation of the Treaty of Waitangi and contemporary view of the Treaty; essay on the origin of the Moriori and a transcript pertaining to a carefully constructed scene of an `authentic' Maori village Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss and typescripts (some with ms annotations) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1900-1910

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0189

Description: Notes on various topics, including: hapu, pa, birth, death, cultivation, flora, fights, wars and land claims in Ruatoki Block, Paraoanui Block, Rangatira Block. The index to this is Index to Maori notebook No 10 (spine title) qMS-0190 Source of title - Spine title Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: Jan 1809-Jun 1843

By: Heberley, James, 1809-1899; Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962

Reference: MS-0971

Description: The early section of the diary recounts Heberley's experiences as a captain's apprentice and cabin boy on vessels sailing out of London to many destinations including Hamburg, Sydney and the West Indies. Much of the later narrative describes whaling and the life of a whaler in Cook Strait and the Marlborough Sounds. Also describes life with local Maori which includes comments on Maori tribal wars, his experiences with Te Rauparaha, the taking of slaves and conflict with Europeans. In 1831 Heberley took as his wife a Maori woman at Port Underwood (later married by Samuel Ironside in 1840). Heberley purchased land in Port Nicholson before the arrival of the New Zealand Company. He piloted the Tory into Port Nicholson, and round the coast to Wanganui and Taranaki. While she was at Kaipara he climbed Mount Egmont with Dieffenbach (Dec 1839). Diary ends in June 1843 as Heberley gives up his role as a pilot operating in Worser Bay and moves into Port Nicholson to start fishing and returns to whaling. Diary probably transcribed by an unknown hand, with further annotations added, giving proper Māori spellings for words used in the original manuscript. Heberley was a whaler who became a pilot in Wellington. He was also known as `Worser' and Worser Bay is named after him. His brother's name, 'John Hebley', appears at the top of the first page. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (77 pages). Physical Description: MS (20cm; blue binding case)