Places

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

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)

Date: 1895

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B016

Description: Contains notes about places associated with Kupe in Wellington and Wairarapa, whakapapa, financial records by Tuta Nihoniho and miscellaneous notes about land management There is a lengthy account of the destruction of the Te Arawa canoe by Raumati, and subsequent events, and a related narrative about Raumati's son, Ngarue and his activites and family There are haka and waiata, a list of pa in Taranaki and related iwi, notes about the origins and settlements of various iwi, notes about greenstone, and a narrative about conflicts between Te Ati Awa and Waikato, and the subsequent migration of Te Ati Awa along with Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Toa to the Wellington area There are notes about the arrival of Pakeha in New Zealand before Captain Cook, and a note in Elsdon Best's hand that states that much of the information in the manuscript was extracted from the Journal of the Polynesian Society and other published sources Also contains the names of several muskets belonging to the Ngati Toa which were named in a waiata composed by the wife of Te Pukoro, a Ngati Tama/ Ati Awa chief killed in the Wairarapa in the late 1820s. This lament was composed and sung at Waikanae to rouse the Ngati Toa to seek revenge for the deaths of the Ngati Tama and Ati Awa in the Wairarapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ maroon, black boards, 24 cm., vol. numbered 9

Date: Dec 1906-May 1907

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-23

Description: Letters from Keys to family and friends providing detailed information about his travels through the lower North Island on Maori Land Court business; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside and townships which Keys travels through, and discussions of people that he meets; there are also discussions of Maori practices and customs that he experiences and his impressions of them; there is also information about Keys' work in the Maori Land Court Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1896-1915

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: 80-115-04A/04C

Description: Includes Notes on Maori origins, by Mr Ferguson of Hokianga; Time and a generation, by Hare Hongi; Ruatapu, Whiro and Toi, by Hare Hongi; He korero mo Wairangi raua ko tana wahine ko Parawhete, by Matenga Hori; He karakia patu ngarara, ana kai i te maara kumara, and other notes, by Hare Hongi; On the survivals of ancient customs in Oceania; Ngati Kahungunu materials from T W Downes; Maori kitchen middens, by Taylor White; Ko te korero mo nga pa e toru i te puke, by Tarakawa Also contains a brief essay about Te Rauparaha of the Ngati Toa. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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.

Date: 1925

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Diaries

Reference: Micro-MS-0600-04

Description: Chronological account of Adkin's farming activities and his interests in local Human History and Natural History as well as Ethnology. Includes information on Kapiti Island (ie. Waiorua Bay, Motungangara, and Wharekohu where Te Rauparaha was said to have signed the Treaty). Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

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).

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).

Date: n d

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-B11A

Description: These folders are White's manuscript versions of Ancient History of the Maori and include volumes which were prepared but not published before his death and this folder provides an account of the Ngati Toa migration and war with other Tainui iwi. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter

Date: [1959-1990]

From: Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection

Reference: 91-046-2/02

Description: Articles, speeches and scripts: `Te Rauparaha', `Maori village', `Poetry programme', `An Island of spirits' (script), `Influence of childhood on my writing', `Speech for launching of Island to Island', `Influence and independence', notes on personal poetry, 5th ACLALS conference introduction, `Island of spirits' notes and extracts, address to Glendining Homes Old Boys and Girls association, copies of letters to Simon, Frances, Mr Singh, Bill, Margaret and Marjorie, report on `Puha Western' script, `NZ poetry since WWII', `All that blue can be, poems by Brian Turner', NZBC talks on poetry, `Where are the NZ children's authors?', `The Dark lord of Savaiki', `On the road' with Pat Wilson, letter re family benefit capitalisation; flyer, Pacific Writers Series Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1963

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-64

Description: Comprises historical notes and early sketch maps of Mana Island (with map); place-names of the Takapu-Porirua town area (includes genealogical chart of Paeroa Wineera from the Tainui and Aotea waka), map of Takapuwahia Porirua area; unexpected evidence of the western Polynesian-Melanesian boundary area origin of the proto-Ngatimamoe...handgrips of weapons and artefacts Arrangement: Notebook no 63 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1903-1930s

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-63

Description: Includes material on Maori history, geography, science, health, language, placenames, prose, poetry, waiata, New Zealand flora and fauna, the transpacific migration of the Maori, personalities, `Problems of the Maori', `Should Maori have equal rights like Europeans?', religion, Maori artifactual preservation, land claims and Maori art Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (some with holograph annotations)

Date: [19--]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-35/3

Description: Notes and references copied from various published sources with particular reference to the Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa and Muaupoko tribes, with accompanying whakapapa - some of which is incorrect. also includes notes about Maori weaponary, Wellington place names etc. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 vols).

Date: [ca 1893-1895]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-037

Description: Includes correspondence and notes to S P Smith; lists of Maori informants; copies of questions sent to various informants; notes on incidents involving Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa and Te Ati Awa, including their migrations to Wellington, and on place names in the greater Wellington area; rough indexes to notes; waiata and haka; whakapapa of Ngati Raukawa, Mahu and Taewa and Ngati Ira and Whanganui notes from his 1895 field trip. Includes a long letter from Kerehoma Tuwhawhakia of Kaiwhaiki to 1895 with waiata by Naapea Nganawheuru. Contains waiata from the Ngati Toa-Raukawa tribes from the middle and late 19th century periods including the haka of Upokoiti, the patere of Manomano and the story of Kaihamu, great grandfather of Toa Rangatira. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed listing available in inventory.

Date: ?-1854

From: Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898: Maori manuscripts

Reference: MSY-2086

Description: Mss in Grey's, Te Rangikahehe's and others' writing. Mainly poems. Includes an oreore (kaioraora) or chant to incite, probably by Topeora, to induce Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata to seek revenge for some transgression - relates to events in the Horowhenua. Also includes a slightly different version of the haka "Ka Mate" from "Ki ki ki, Ka ka ka". Quantity: 1 volume(s) (40 leaves, numbered 239-329). Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records

Reference: MSX-3916

Description: Contains quotes from speeches by King Tawhiao in 1873; Pai Marire prayers; cosmological accounts, including lists of heavens, lists of gods, narratives about Tane and Maui, names of Io; whakapapa linking Ngati Kahungunu to the Kingitanga; lists of crew members on various migration waka and notes about Te Puea's visit to Masterton in 1917 Includes various tribal whakapapa. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1876

Reference: MS-1101

Description: Notes taken by an unidentified person on a visit in April 1876 and based on the notes of John O'Meara, a whaler who leased part of the Waiorua block, Kapiti Island in the 1840s. This supplements a fuller account of the flora and fauna by J Buchanan apparently made on the same visit (NZ Times 5 May 1876) Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (12 leaves). Physical Description: Ms (22 cm; ¼ brown morocco, brown buckram)

Date: 1948-1960

From: Wellington Regional Planning Authority : Records

Reference: 75-156-065

Description: Includes papers relating to Ngatitoa Domain, Paremata; realignment of main highway (Paremata-Plimmerton); Paremata deviation; Te Rauparaha's house at Plimmerton; etc Other - See also 54/43 (Pauatahanui Inlet) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1900-1911]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-044

Description: Contains a 6-page notebook of songs and chants with a note at the beginning by S P Smith saying `sent to me by G H Davies, Karore April, 1911'. In Maori the notebook includes notes on Kaioraora (cursing songs) by Topeora, and a waiata `E pa to hau ke Te Wairau e'. Inside the back cover is a copy of a letter in Maori from S P Smith to Whatahoro, New Plymouth 29 August 1911. Several pages relating to legend, waiata and other matters in several hands. Legends include Mataora, Tumatauenga and Kongomaraeroa; Tura and Whiro; Tamatea and the moa; Mataoho; Maui; Tane and others. Some of this material may be from a Ngati Porou source; One section is headed `Waiata a Te Whatu', and there are various waiata among the text which Davies claims have been sung before the Maori Land Court in the Hawkes Bay area. There is also an explanation in Maori and English of the expression `Ariki tapairu' signed by Rawiri Te Rangi Rangikauri. A covering letter from Davies to S P Smith, dated 18 Jul 1902, offering them to the Polynesian Society for publication. There is also an undated note from Elsdon Best to Smith forwarding a letter from Tamahau (Mahupuku?), sent by Davies for publication. An unsigned paper in Maori is probably the letter referred to. Quantity: 1 folder(s).