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Jacqueline Pearl Harrison - Harrison farm (Matapu, South Taranaki)
Date: 2007
From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications
Reference: MSDL-0409
Description: The papers consist of: Application form and supporting land deeds submitted by R M & J P Harrison; history of the family, farm ownership and improvements; cadastral and topographical maps; photographs of the farm and family. Original owner was William Edmund James Bullock who received a Crown Grant in 1883 of 97 acres (now Lot 1 DP 18732 Ngaere Survey District). The land has passed down through the female line of the family to the present owner Jackie Harrison and her husband Rod who purchased the dairy farm in Skeet Road, Matapu in 2003. In 2007 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 34 Electronic document(s).
Report on Hauhau
Date: 8 May 1865
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0689D-08
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).
Inward letters - Francis Dillon Bell
Date: 1847-1853
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0158
Description: Contains correspondence between McLean and F D Bell, and Bell and William Fox; the correspondence covers the purchase of Maori land (especially at Wairarapa), fighting in the New Zealand Wars, politics (including information about the formation of Governments in the 1870s), and personal matters. 47 letters written from Taranaki, Wellington, London, Shag Valley, Wanganui, Dunedin, Melbourne, 1847-1853 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Includes a piece-level inventory.
Native Minister - Native schools
Date: 1850-1876
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0040
Description: Includes letters from Maori informing McLean of the establishment of schools Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and other papers in Maori
Date: [1840s]
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1016
Description: Lists of hapu and rangatira (and occasionally all members of the hapu) from the Taranaki and Wanganui districts Language - All material is in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).
A sketch of the town and encampments in Taranaki taken by a Private 65th Regiment
Date: [186-]
From: Stack, James West (Rev), 1835-1919 : Papers and pictures
Reference: fMS-231-41
Description: Sketch in naive style showing the township of New Plymouth encircled by an "embankment" and other camps and buildings. The notes on the original document that has been photographed seem to indicate it was written by Hoovr, Haines or Horne (unclear),described as a private in the 65th Regiment of Foot, presumably stationed in New Plymouth. Quantity: 1 sketch. Physical Description: Sepia-toned photographic print
Letter from Hoera Rautu to McLean
Date: 15 Nov 1866
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0690G-06
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 1 leaf).
Letter from Paremata Te Wahapiro, Te Puoho to McLean
Date: 29 May 1852
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0676C-14
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).
Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 8)
Date: [1930-1940]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
Reference: MS-Papers-6061-09
Description: Contents comprise Turakina-Rangitikei (1858); Rangitikei area (Whangaehu to Manawatu) showing blocks purchased from natives; data of lower Rangitikei River (Maramahoe pa etc) and old pa and kainga on modern map; disposition of Maori tribes (1840); south Taranaki coast; Patea town and river mouth; details of carving, south Taranaki kainga; locality map of Turuturumokai old pa; sketch plan of southern outworks of Turuturumokai pa; Waverley-Wanganui Coast; the Waverley Cave carvings after L S M Contents also include details of the locations of early pa of the Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Apa and Muaupoko tribes with some accompanying historical data; information about a stone mauri found near Kakariki bridge on the Rangitikei river; identification of a Maori mausoleum (tohu whakamaharatanga) made from adzed timber with the name Tauroto; and two (2) greenstone pendants found at Bulls with some information. Arrangement: Notebook no 8 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).
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
Maraku, Kehu : The Petition of Kehu Maraku and others of Te Awamutu
Date: 18 August 1954
Reference: MS-Papers-4224
Description: A petition submitted to parliament by members of the Taranaki tribes Source of title - Title from first page Accompanying material - Accompanied by two printed blank petition forms from 1954 Petition is dated 18 August 1954 and is accompanied by typescript copy of the first deed of purchase 24 October 1839 of Port Nicholson by Maori to the New Zealand Land Company of London. Petition calls for tribunal to be established to investigate compensation question. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (29 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript with mss annotations Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Te Awamutu District Museum, 1987
Secretary, Native Department - War in Taranaki and Waikato and King Movement
Date: Mar-Sep 1860
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0012
Description: Includes papers on Maori intelligence gathering for the Crown and a letter in between Maori discussing preparation for conflict Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Extracts from a journal kept during a visit to the tribes of the interior of the northe...
Date: 1845-1846
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: fMS-140
Description: A contemporary copy of a portion of Donald McLean's diary describing his journey from New Plymouth to Wanganui, Taupo, Rotorua, Waikato, with the Rev Richard Taylor. His original account is in MS-1196. The copy is accompanied by a letter from McLean to his aunt, dated 1 September 1846, saying that he has had the copy done for her, but that if he had done it himself he would have included some things missed out. Quantity: 1 box(es) (11 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (and photocopy)
Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers
Date: 1851-1857
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0004
Description: Contains letters to and from McLean with regard to the business of purchasing of Maori land in Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa and elsewhere; also contains details of various purchases and related business Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters in Maori
Date: 1868-1870
From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0075-011B
Description: Maori letters regarding land claims and disputes. Arrangement: Previously from 1/1 Official Correspondence series Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece level inventory available.
A S Atkinson - Inward letters, Maori and English
Date: 1859-1899
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-009
Description: In addition to inward correspondence the folder contains some letters between other people associated with Atkinson The Maori letters contain information about Maori customary practices, news about goldfields in New Zealand and about the affairs of the Native Affairs Department, news about activities at Parihaka and about the opening of a meeting house at Rahotu, intelligence from Hetaraka Nera about the King Movement and the war preparations being made; there is also a letter seeking money for land pledged by Teira to the Government, despite the protests of Wi Kingi The Maori letters also contain social gossip, waiata, a letter from a wife to her imprisoned husband, a note about debt repayment, and a letter from Riwai Te Ahu about the place of the Anglican church within the Kingitanga Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and other papers in Maori
Date: [1850s-1870s]
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1013
Description: Contains several lists of hapu and rangatira from Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Wanganui, Rangitikei and Horowhenua, including a list of casualties and survivors from fighting at Taranaki. There is also a waiata by Wereta Te Kawekairangi, notes on boundaries of lands in southern Hawke's Bay, and a draft of a printed letter about the Franco-Prussian war Also contains a draft sale deed for the island Pakihi ki Waiheke (Waiheke Island?) Language - All material is in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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
Diary and notebook
Date: Aug 1844-Jan 1845
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-1194
Description: Includes rough diary entries describing his activities in Taranaki and Wanganui areas, with lists of names and various notes relating to land transactions and disputes. Much of this work related to his instructions to investigate the award by Land Claims Commissioner William Spain of 60,000 acres of land in this area to the New Zealand Company, and the areas that were disputed by tribal groups. In the middle of the volume is a schedule listing the numbers of Maori residing in the Wanganui area, indicating how many were baptised and unbaptised. Midway through the diary is a short, three-page, journal entry by the Reverend Richard Taylor, who accompanied McLean on an inland visit in January. Other - Transcriptions of many of the diary passages are included in MS-1284 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss Pencil and pen Green cover
Letter from Wiremu Haningamu to Piri Kawau
Date: 7 May 1860
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0684D-03
Description: Written from Akarana Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).