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Maori letters
Date: 1867-1872
From: Mantell family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0083-199
Description: Contains correspondence (Matiaha Tiramorehu) about various issues including Maori political participation in central government and admission to the Upper House, the Governments complaints of the high price of Maori land for Native schooling and other purposes and the excessive costs imposed on Maori for their childrens attendence. Also includes letters by Tamihana Te Rauparaha about an ongoing dispute between Ngati Raukawa and Muaupoko and Ngati Apa incursions into the Horowhenua burning houses (21/4/1870) and challenging Ngati Raukawa occupation in the district. Tamihana requests the government to confiscate the arms that were formerly issued to these tribes during the wars. Also mentions a curse by Te Peeti (?) threatening to exhume the bones of Te Whatanui and throw them into lake Horowhenua. Also contains a copy of the petition by Hohepa Tamaihengia requesting the return of Whitireia. Contains good examples of 19th century Kai Tahu dialect by Matiaha Tiramorehu ! Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers
Date: 1860-1864
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0006
Description: Contains correspondence with regard to the purchase of Maori land in Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa in particular, and in Porirua to a lesser extent; some of the correspondence relates to the addressing of Maori grievances arising from the sales; also contains some correspondence about the conditions of McLean's employment and his role as a provincial politician Includes minutes of meeting held at Takapuwahia (26 Sep 1861) concerning charges brought against W N Searancke by Te Kakakura Wi Parata over a Ngati Toa land dispute. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Miscellaneous correspondence
Date: 1884-1936
From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0151-27
Description: Contains correspondence about McDonnell's business as a book trader, letters about land tenure, politics, and letters about the printing of various items (including the establishment of a Maori newspaper for the Labour Party) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (22 leaves). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Correspondence, accounts, reports etc re the Ratana movement and Ratana, and the Kotahi...
Date: 1919-1933
From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0151-38
Description: Contains material about the Ratana Church and the related organisation, the United Maori Welfare League (Te Kotahitanga); there are letters and receipts relating to the purchase of rare books and the printing of various items for the Church and the League, information about the operation of `Te Whetu Marama' (the Ratana newspaper), newspaper clippings from Pakeha media (mostly derogatory) about the Church and printed invitations to various Ratana gatherings; there are also letters about land shares and an electoral petition Quantity: 1 folder(s) (ca 177 leaves). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Notes on the King Movement
Date: 1925-1936
From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0151-32
Description: Contains newspaper clippings about the Kingitanga and Maori land issues in the Wanganui area; Includes notes in McDonnell's hand, extracted from various published sources, about the Taranaki Campaign in the New Zealand Wars and about the Kingitanga Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 60 pages). Physical Description: Ms and printed matter
Kingitanga papers
Date: 1886-1893
From: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0196-387/8
Description: Contains statements of submission of land etc to the mana of King Tawhiao by various hapu, with lists of names of hapu members (including some signatures), with boundaries of land Also contains correspondence regarding land issues, surveying and road making between Kingitanga and Government representatives; copies of addresses by Tawhiao to the Kauhanganui (the parliament of the Kingitanga); notes about the Treaty of Waitangi and the 1852 Constitution Act including interpretations and opinions, and information of Government reaction to a Kingitanga petition to the British Government There are also letters from Pakeeha settlers to Te Wahanui and Tawhiao seeking their protection Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Panuitanga mo te pooti Mema
Date: [1901?]
From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0151-17-02
Description: Electioneering pamphlet, urging voters in Eastern Maori to vote for Tame Poata and setting out the planks of his campaign Quantity: 1 leaf (1 page). Physical Description: Printed matter
Political material and correspondence, petitions, etc
Date: 1860-1935
From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0151-19
Description: Contains holograph copies, made by McDonnell, of various 19th century documents including various letters and petitions, and the `opinion of the Attorney General as to the legal status of the Maori now in arms' There are also original documents from the 1920s and 1930s about Maori politics and political representation, and raupatu petitions from the Taranaki area Relationship complexity - Also see the Ngata family papers, MS-Group-0941 and MS-group-1140. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (61 leaves). Physical Description: Manuscripts and typescripts
Kingitanga papers
Date: 1881-1882
From: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0196-406
Description: Also contains copies of letters from King Tawhiao to various politicians warning them not to heed the land claims of various people with regard to the Poutama block near Mokau, because he controlled the land and also mss of a waiata. Relationship complexity - A4 items formely from folder, fMS-Papers-0196-341B. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss
Kingitanga papers
Date: 1860-1895
From: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962 : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-0196-341B
Description: Contains copies of speeches by King Tawhiao and others, on the occasion of the laying down of arms in 1881, together with a narrative account of this and related events. Also a listing of Kingitanga supporters in the Hauraki and Bay of Plenty, where hapu have signed over their land to the mana of King Tawhiao; the list is of the hapu affiliated to the Kingitanga, the names of members of the hapu and the rohe of the hapu. Contains copies of letters from King Tawhiao to various politicians warning them not to heed the land claims of various people with regard to the Poutama block near Mokau, because he controlled the land . The item also contains a `doomsday book' of Kingitanga supporters in the Hauraki and Bay of Plenty, where hapu have signed over their land to the mana of King Tawhiao; the book contains a list of hapu that affiliated to the Kingitanga, the names of members of the hapu and the rohe of the hapu. Also contains addresses by various local body authorities in Waikato to King Tawhiao, to mark the occasion of his visit to them; there is a printed item about `Ko te korero o te haerenga mai o Kiingi Tawhiao ki Akarana', information about land sales at Horahora and Maungatautari (with lists of vendors), and notes about the relationship of the Kingitanga and the Kotahitanga in the 1890s. Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Mss Grey phase box
Kingitanga papers
Date: 1860-1929
From: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0196-387/7
Description: Contains papers about the Kingitanga and the Tariao cult, explaining the origin, theology and activities of the cult, and the place of King Tawhiao in the belief system; also contains correspondence to and from the Kingitanga in the 1880s with regard to Maori political representation, Maori sovereignty, land issues, pardons for Te Kooti Arikirangi and others and the relationship between the Kingitanga and the Government. Also contains minutes from the proceedings of a court case before one of Tawhiao's courts, brought by Tiahuia Reone against Mamae Te Hapi regarding a stolen horse; translation (into Maori) of press reports in the New Zealand Herald and the Weekly News about the 'coming in ' of Tawhiao, and the negotiations that surrounded this; there is also a timeline showing when iwi affiliated to the Kingitanga. There is a copy of a letter from Tawhiao to the Privy Council, petitioning for an investigation into Maori land rights, Maori sovreignty and Maori political representation; the letter is accompanied by a lengthy preamble that sets out the basis for the grievances. There are copies of telegrams sent to and from Te Puea and Maui Pomare with regard to Maori conscription in World War I; there is also a typed copy of a report by Pei Te Hurinui Jones about the opening of Mahinaarangi Meeting House, and an annual report (with accounts) from an East Coast farming co-operative, signed by Apirana Ngata Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Outward drafts and fragments
Date: 1851, 1855-1860
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0723
Description: Names of identified correspondents entered in Name Field. Includes draft reply to letter regarding the Hawke's Bay Province superintendancy, 12 Jan 1859; misfiled letters written in 1851 to his aunt Annabella McLean; letter re Mr Schnackenberg (Resident missionary) and settlers at Kawhia, Apr 1860; list of Maori names, ca 1860 (written in pencil); also includes letter from McLean taking no responsibility for Maori going to Taranaki. Quantity: 1 folder(s).