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Date: [ca 1868-1870]

By: Whitmore, George Stoddart (Sir), 1829-1903

Reference: MS-2392

Description: Letters written by Whitmore from the field while campaigning in Taranaki, Poverty Bay and the Bay of Plenty; mainly concern military operations, but also includes observations on the countryside and Maori. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (163 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27cm, illustrated, ¼ blue morocco, blue cloth) Includes sketch maps

Date: 1879-1889

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-065

Description: Contains letters from Maori to White with regard to the administration of Government business (payment of salaries etc), and the collection of ethnographic information; also contains an account of proceedings in Parliament with regard to sittings on Sundays Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of the contents of this folder.

Date: 1886-1898

By: Pontifex, (Mr), active 1886-1898

Reference: MSX-8078

Description: Travel journal kept by a Mr Pontifex, apparently a lawyer in Brisbane. Records his travels to the Australian outback, New Zealand, Europe and Britain. Describes travel from Brisbane to St George Qld (1886); Christchurch to Blenheim (Oct-Nov 1889), involving a tour of sheep stations on horseback with a friend, recording names of stations and owners, notes on scenery and state of roads; Christchurch to Hanmer via Kaikoura (Dec 1889) on foot or by coach, with similar descriptions; North Island Jan-Feb 1890, with visits to Maori villages, including Parihaka, where he met Te Whiti. Described in some detail. Other passages record trips to Europe. At the end of the book is a resume of his extensive travels. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Ken Spelman Booksellers, York, UK, 2007

Date: [1980s]

From: New Zealand Council for Educational Research : Educational reminiscences

Reference: 88-005-12

Description: Ethel Neal, pupil at Glen Eden School and Pio Pio School, 1915-1923; Florence C Newman re teaching at Panmure School in 1920s; Mary Meads (nee Stokes) re school days at Ohakea School, ca 1905; Eva E Maddox (nee Duthie) re teaching at Matauri Bay School (then Whakarara Native School), 1905-1915; Sister Mary Mella (Gladys E Thompson) re schooling at Tongaporutu & Okau, 1914-1920; K Joan Mirrielees re teaching at Omokoroa Primary School, 1923. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph; typescript

Date: 1857-1860

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-081

Description: See MS-Papers-1187-079 for details. This volume contains draft copies of notices, articles and advertisements subsequently published in Te Karere Maori. The copies address the following; the construction of an Anglican Church at Rangitukia, the Governor's visit to the Bay of Islands, the declaration of martial law in Taranaki, notes on agriculture and market prices, notes on animal husbandry, a statement about intertribal hostilities between Ngati Awa and Te Arawa in the Bay of Plenty, and boat racing at Auckland Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 29 Dec 1926-13 Feb 1927

From: Tyndale-Biscoe family: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11956-03

Description: Outward correspondence from Eric Tyndale-Biscoe to his parents Cecil Earl and Blanche Violet chiefly on the topic of a motoring and camping trip he made around the North Island of New Zealand. Letters include description of train travel, camping, trout fishing, driving and road conditions (including other traffic, punctures, getting bogged down, and pot holes), huts "swaggers whare", Waitomo Caves and glow worms, Maori history, manuka, tui birds, and swimming in lakes and rivers. Places he visits include Mokoia, Awakino, Te Kuiti, Waitomo, Hamilton, Tauranga, Whakatane, Opotiki, Gisborne, Lake Waikaremoana, Wairoa, Lake Tutira, and Napier. Also talks about staying in with the Reeves family [Hastings? Havelock North?], teaching, and preparation for his departure from New Zealand. Names mentioned are the Mellish family in Tauranga and the [Gordon?] family (farmers in rural Waikato). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Pen drawn maps show the route taken on the first leg of the journey from Mokoia to Awakino and the second leg from Awakino to Tauranga. Also includes pen illustrations of Mount Taranaki and bush, a tent, and a fishing fly.

Date: 1880-1880

From: Simpson, Ralph Annand, 1908-1994 : Papers relating to New Zealand ports and harbours

Reference: MS-Papers-11505-16

Description: Printed matter from Appendices to the Journal of House of Representatives, 1880 and sketches of plans of various harbours Other - original file - NZCS ARC AG01 S01 F16 T01 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1901-1929

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0072-17A

Description: Manuscript and typescript notes of tribal histories and mythologies Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [1919-1920]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MSX-9076

Description: Notebook relating to the New Zealand Wars focussing on the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty region. Also includes notes about Taranaki and drawings of Mount Taranaki. The first main entry in the notebook says 'Rotorua: Te Kapenga fight 1870' and inside front cover includes Cowan's itinerary from November 18, 1918 to January 6, 1919, the various places he visited and sometimes who he interviewed there. Language - Contains some Maori content, particularly place names. Arrangement: 53 in original listing Quantity: 1 volume(s). Sketches drawn in pencil including several of Mount Taranaki from various angles, drawn from different towns.

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)

Date: nd

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0039-10J

Description: Contains notes about fighting and redoubts in the Taranaki theatre and the Bay of Plenty theatre of the New Zealand Wars; contains waiata; geographical descriptions of Taranaki Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Processing information: Record updated 2 August 2023 to remove link to name record Wallace, William Ellerslie, 1814-1882. Information from a researcher shows mention of "Wm Wallace" is likely to be Wallace, William, active 1865.

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).

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0072-17B

Description: Manuscript and typescript notes around Maori histories and mythologies Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.