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Leonard William Jury - Jury farm (Omata District, Taranaki)
Date: 2007
From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications
Reference: MS-Papers-9137-03
Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Leonard Willaim Jury, great-great-grandson of the original owner; history of the Jury family. This history was compiled by Len Jury, ca 1985 and includes a history of the farm as well as information about the William Bryan, the Battle of Waireka, reminiscences related to the family and local history. Copy of article by NZ Historic Places Trust entitled `Archaeological investigations: Jury and Autridge farmsteads, Omata' (2007) The original owner was Elizabeth (nee Hoskin) wife of Jesse (Justinian) Jury. She purchased 46 acres of the Omata Block from the Plymouth Company in 1847. The Jury family arrived in New Plymouth on the `William Bryan' in 1841. In 2007 Leonard William Jury and his wife Heather owned the property at Omata and were awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter, photographs (photocopies) Transfers: A digital version of some or all of these papers is available at MSDL-0414.
H T Whatahoro Jury - Waiata note book
Date: 1903
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B030
Description: Mostly songs, some whakapapa. Other - 1 loose leaf page inserted at the beginning of book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Black paper covers, 22 cm., vol numbered 18
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook with cosmological information
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)
Te Kahui Wiremu Kararehe - Life of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea and other notes
Date: 1835-1893
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-077
Description: Includes a preface and translation in S P Smith's hand with a note: `A large part of this has been embodied in "Hist. and Trad. of Taranaki Coast"'. There is also a covering note signed by W H S (W H Skinner) on the provenance of the ms with a genealogy of Teira Whatakore attached. Also includes letter from T M Hocken to Smith, Dunedin 1 Jun 1893, forwarding books and precis of copies or extracts of Colonial Office material, Sep 1835, on the `Alligator' and J Guard affair. The manuscript gives a biographical account of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea, with whakapapa, with much information about his role in conflicts between Taranaki and other iwi, and between Taranaki and the Government in the first Taranaki campaign (1860) in the New Zealand wars; the document also discusses the shipwreck `Harriet' and the treatment received by the survivors; there are also translations of the material. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Meri Te Whaiti - Correspondence
Date: 1924-1964
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-154
Description: Contains correspondence to Meri Te Whaiti about Maori land blocks
Mobile recording unit, Taranaki
Date: 1943-1973
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-2/04
Description: Mobile Recording Unit, Taranaki (1946); note inside folder states that it contains only pages 4-35 of the catalogue. Also includes manuscripts of radio talks re Te Kooti, the Wairau Affray (1843); and Maori historical articles by Fowler. Also includes some broadcast notes relating to what seems to be a broadcast covering Samoa's independence from New Zealand in 1962. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Brenchley, Julius Lucius : Papers
Date: 1840-1865
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1050
Description: Comprise Meade's journals on the Esk and Curacao, botanical, biological, meteorological and and scientific observations, sandal wood, and the journal of a tour from Auckland to Taranaki 1849-1850 by Governor Grey Source of title - Transcribed Brenchley first visited the Pacific in 1850 with the French traveller, Jules Remy, during his American tour. He later visited New Zealand in 1864 with Lt Herbert Meade RN, and involved himself in Maori affairs. From Sydney he visited Pacific islands in the Curacoa in 1865 and the Esk in 1866. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1993
Central School (New Plymouth) file (1C)
Date: [1958, 1995-1998]
From: Ogilvie, Gordon Bryant, 1934- : Papers relating to Denis Glover
Reference: MS-Papers-7252-003
Description: Comprises photocopies of part of history of the school, a history of the compiled by W L Wagstaff and J T Linehan (1958), map of New Plymouth and booklet (see below) Other Titles - Central School, New Plymouth, Learn by doing (1995) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Sub-centres - Correspondence
Date: 1941-1942
From: New Zealand Red Cross Society : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-0258-03C
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Waiata fragments of narrative and proverbs
Date: Before 1854
From: Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898: Maori manuscripts
Reference: MSY-2108
Description: Contains various waiata and moteatea etc. Many of these relate to the Ngati Toa, Te Ati Awa and Ngati Raukawa, with many others relating to Te Arawa and Waikato. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (photocopy) Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Research notes relating to St Mary's Church, New Plymouth
Date: 1852-1867, 1911, 1970, 1995-1996
From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8897-65
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, manuscripts, typescripts, printed matter
Material relating to Egmont National Park
Date: 1970-1985
From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers
Reference: 87-208-226
Description: Includes annual reports, National Parks Authority visit reports, management plans, a bibliography, handbooks, pamphlets, maps and other documents Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter
Miscellaneous manuscripts
Date: 1842-1866, n d
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-207
Description: Comprises a whakapapa of Warea area people, April 1862, in Maori (10 pages); a 19-page text of 43 waiata, dated 4 Feb 1866 (by Ropata Ngarongomate?); a further transcription of 50 waiata in Maori hand, possibly from Taranaki area; a 7-page account in Maori of the stories of Kae and Maui; an account of the activities of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea; and a document titled 'Maori house' which lists names of the figures depicted in the pou of 'Te Hau ki Tūranga', a whare built by the Ngāti Kaipoho tribe "to the memory of Tamata Waaka Tuangere [Tamati Waaka Mangere], the elder brother of Raharuhi Rukupo who designed it". This whare was built in Turanga (Gisborne) in 1842-1843. In addition to the above Maori writing the folder contains a large empty envelope with a pasted on note in Smith's hand listing previous contents, some of which are now to be found in other folders; a Taranaki whakapapa with a note by Smith saying it was given to him by Mr Jackson, Native interpreter at New Plymouth, Jun 1910; a drawing of a sailing canoe and miscellaneous photographs and other documents. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript
Notebook
Date: 1905-1906
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-283
Description: New Plymouth survey notes with some sketches. Also includes some waiata and ethnological notes. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Historical items taken from Taranaki newspapers
Date: 1935-1937
From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-7888-1
Description: The clippings are from the `Hawera Star' and `Taranaki Daily News', and refer to aspects of the Taranaki wars, and to Parihaka, especially with regard to forts and blockhouses. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
George Grey - Nga Moteatea (manuscript copy for printer) - Errata, index etc
Date: [18--]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-069
Description: See MS-Papers-1187-064 for details. Consists of waiata; moteatea; ngeri; oriori; haka; tau; patere; pepeha; tangi; matakite; apakura; hahunga; pure; pohane; karakia and hari comprising traditional Maori oral history forms collected and transcribed by Sir George Grey. May contain unprinted waiata. Arrangement: Manuscript spans folders 064-069 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Hughsons centennial supplement
Date: 1980
From: Dickson, Decima, 1906-1995: Papers
Reference: MSI-Papers-5562-1
Description: Comprises edition of `Daily news', 28 Apr 1980 with supplement for centenary of Hughsons business in Taranaki Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Work samples from Wanganui and Taranaki
Date: 1933
From: New Zealand Educational Institute : Collection
Reference: MSZ-0668
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Diaries
Date: 1960-1964
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Diaries
Reference: Micro-MS-0600-12
Description: Notes on Adkin's original Maori oral history research which focuses on tribal histories, settlements, and historic sites. Adkin's interviewed Paeroa Wineera and her son Tutuira Wineera (1963) who gave him information on Ngati Toa whakapapa as well as the original Maori place-names for Taupo Pa (ie. Turi-Karewa) and other landmarks around Takapuwahia Pa. Includes notes on Adkin's archeological expeditions in the Mana-Kapiti Coast, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and Wairarapa-Palliser Bay districts. Also comprises notes on the Whitireia and Mana Island archeological sites. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Elsdon Best - Notebook vol 4
Date: 1895
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-023
Description: Contains notes on various Māori-related subjects. There is a full contents list at the front. Includes transcript of notes by G H Davies on Māori-Pākehā children. Also comprises notes on death ceremonies - cremation; Kāi Tahu death ceremonies, as well as karakia, waiata and whakataukī including tapu lifting practices. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Processing information: Description updated 19 September 2023 following information provided by a staff member.