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Research papers relating to Ngai Tahu history
Date: [1830-1923]
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11310-94
Description: Research papers relating to Ngai Tahu history, particularly from around the Port Hills and Banks Peninsula and two photographic prints. Includes handwritten notes from an interview with Tare Tikao [Teone Taare Tikao] entitled 'Evening at Rapaki' and some hand-drawn sketches of the hills and landscape of Banks Peninsula. Also includes some typewritten drafts for a book about Christchurch and Canterbury including chapters about Akaroa which includes some laments for Onawe composed by Puwai [also spelt Puai] a survivor of the 1832 raid on Onawe pa. Photographic prints are of a family group including a boy on a rocking horse and a photo of a drawing of a Maori village entitled 'Wataputa. Canterbury Plains 1848. Drawn by W Fox Esq.' Arrangement: From bundle 17 in original listing. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence from envelope titled Warbricks Adventures in Maoriland
Date: 1937-1941
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11310-138
Description: Letter to Cowan from Alf Warbrick [Alfred Patchett Warbrick], the Ngati Rangitihi boatbuilder, rugby player and tourist guide, written in 1937 from King George Hospital in Rotorua. A letter from K Pihama dated 1937/38 about some songs or waiata that Cowan had sent her including 'Whakapukepuke'. Also mentions Kehu [aka Chadwick] and his children Wenerata Kehu and Waikura Bell, and grand-daughter Reremoana Bell. A letter from C H Crawford written in 1939 from Papatoetoe, mentions that he grew up in Sumner and would visit Rapaki often to attend church and remembers Hone Taare Tikao and Paora Taki. A letter from I Warbrick and D Sewell written in 1941 mentioning their gratitude at Cowan's financial contribution towards a memorial for a memorial [possibly for Alfred Warbrick]. Arrangement: From 46 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Papers relating to Maori involvement in World War One and World War Two
Date: 1907-1941
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-11310-144
Description: Papers relating to Maori involvement in World War One and World War Two including correspondence, photographs, a postcard, clippings and a printer's proof of 'Maori War Book' [just one page] with some sketches of war boats on the back. Letter from H W Bird [Maori Battalion] with whakapapa of the descendants of commanders at Te Tapiri in 1865, and lists Ngati Manawa men who fought in World War One. Includes a photograph of Lieutenant J C Tikao of Rapaki, Lyttelton [wounded] and a postcard with a Christmas message on the back and an original drawing of a Maori soldier on the front with 'It's a long way to Tipperary' written in Maori which begins 'He roa te wa ki Tipirere...'. Four photographs from a small envelope titled Chailak Dere, Anzac 1915, also inscribed with Buck's photos for Batt history'. Three of the photos are inscribed on the back saying 'Chailak Dere, Anzac,' 'Terraces on Cheshire Ridge, Anzac,' and 'Clearing Station. No. 2 and No. 3 Outposts, Anzac. Sat morning Aug 7th'. Clippings from 1933 to 1941. Language - Waiata and whakapapa in Maori Arrangement: 40 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s). Drawing on postcard, four black & white photographs, drawings on the back of a printer's proof.
Research papers relating to Ngai Tahu history
Date: [1915-1941]
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11310-146
Description: Research papers including correspondence, drafts, research notes, photographs and some clippings based around Cowan's book 'Maori folk tales of the Port Hills' published in 1923. They were in an envelope which was annotated with 'Port Hills. Clippings from book on Canterbury, Tikao etc'. Includes correspondence from William A Taylor from 1935 about the Maori history of Canterbury and Otago, also a letter from H Fildes entitled 'Cannibal Gorge' relating to the Ngai Tahu history from the West Coast. There is also a handwritten account [in an unknown hand] about Hinepoupou from Rangitoto Island [D'Urville Island], and a handwritten list of Maori place names from Banks Peninsula, written by Ngai Tahu leader Hone Taare Tikao in 1915. Other research notes and drafts including one about Pelorus Jack, the famous dolphin. Two photographs of Tuawera [Cave Rock, Sumner] and Rapanui [Shag Rock, Sumner] and a photograph of 'Cocksfooters at work, Banks Peninsula...'. Language - Some place names etc in Maori Arrangement: 32 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s). Two photographs of Tuawera/Cave Rock, Sumner and Rapanui/Shag Rock, also a photograph of cocksfooters at work, Banks Peninsula, annotated on the back and signed by Buckland. Also a card with an image on the front of Rapanui/Shag Rock.