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Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers
Date: 1860-1864
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0006
Description: Contains correspondence with regard to the purchase of Maori land in Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa in particular, and in Porirua to a lesser extent; some of the correspondence relates to the addressing of Maori grievances arising from the sales; also contains some correspondence about the conditions of McLean's employment and his role as a provincial politician Includes minutes of meeting held at Takapuwahia (26 Sep 1861) concerning charges brought against W N Searancke by Te Kakakura Wi Parata over a Ngati Toa land dispute. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
List of men who do not have guns
Date: 29 Jan 1866
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0690A-05
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).
Correspondence and other papers in Maori
Date: [1850-1870]
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1015
Description: Contains letters with waiata and haka from various districts, and includes some related whakapapa. (Some of the waiata and haka relate to the fighting between Kingitanga supporters and other Maori) Also includes a traditional mnaramataka, dated 1845 Language - All material is in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Notes re administering business and newspaper clippings covering many topics
Date: 1867-1873
From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0151-37A
Description: Contains newspaper clippings about various Maori topics (mainly the New Zealand wars and contact with early whalers); also contains several administrative calendars and charts, and detailed notes about the administration of farms on Maori reserve land at Aohanga in north Wairarapa Quantity: 1 folder(s) (ca 40 leaves). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter
Letter from Te Herewini, Aperahama, Henare, Paora & Te Ropiha to McLean
Date: 12 Nov 1859
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0683C-14
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).
Documents in Maori
Date: [ca 1868-1883]
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1018
Description: Letters and documents from Maori on a variety of topics. There is a panui about a Kingitanga Land Court in 1870, letters about the illness of Rora Poneke, a letter about troop location during the New Zealand wars, a letter about threats to expel Ngati Mahuta from Kawhia, and other letters with requests for money for various reasons. Language - All documents are in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Former identifier, MS-Papers 32B:151
Correspondence and other papers in Maori
Date: 1840-1880
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1010
Description: Contains letters from Maori about a wide range of topics; there are letters about land issues in Taranaki, Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay (the letters include information about boundaries of various blocks together with some sketch maps, lists of the land holdings of individuals, sale and lease agreements, price negotiations, receipts for payments, lands claimed by Ngati Tama and Ngati Mutunga in north Taranaki, and the return of certain lands to Maori) There are also letters about the provision of goods and services by Maori (including payment for work as police, ship-berthing rights at Gisborne, charges for firewood, and labour costs), receipts for goods and cash received, and a copy of the will of Rora Poneke. Language - All material is in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Copy of a letter from Te Mano to Paerau, Piripi, Henare and Paora Toki
Date: 15 Aug 1863
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0687D-05
Description: Letter describing battles being lost by Waikato Quantity: 1 piece (1 page on 1 leaf).
Diary
Date: 1862
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-1253
Description: A small diary with space for one-line daily entries, many of which are unused. Entries include reference to a visit to Coromandel, but mainly concern Hawkes Bay activities relating to land purchase and farming. Included are two pages of notes about disputes between Maori and European over property and land issues in the Thames-Coromandel area. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph
Correspondence and other papers in Maori
Date: [1840s-1870s]
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1014
Description: Contains incomplete letters in Maori about a variety of topics, including letters about land tenure (list of recipients of rent from an unidentified block, debates between sellers and non-sellers, and a letter designed to alleviate Maori concerns about land loss by stating that all land belongs to God), letters about the Hauhau movement (report on a meeting with Hauhau, calls for the abandonment of the Hauhau faith), and letters about farming issues. Language - All material is in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward letters - George Sisson Cooper
Date: 1862-1876
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0228
Description: 105 letters written from Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington. Contains correspondence between McLean and Cooper with regard to the purchase of Maori land in Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa in particular, and various complaints and issues that arose from the purchases; also contains information and discussions about the spread of the Pai Marire and Ringatu religions (again, with a particular focus on Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa), and about general Maori affairs. Includes draft letters from McLean to Cooper; letters from George's wife Ellen C Cooper, 1863-1872, and from Sarah Cooper (undated). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory in folder.
Letter from Hone Hiini to Ngati Whatua
Date: 11 Jan 1876
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0700A-03
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).
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).
Legal and semi-legal papers
Date: 1895-1935
From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0151-24
Description: Contains correspondence and other papers about land transactions, money lending and other business matters Quantity: 1 folder(s) (26 leaves). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Diary
Date: 1859
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-1247
Description: A diary with printed entries for 1859. Although erratically kept there are daily entries for a visit to Marlborough in April, and descriptions of negotiations there, and a long sojourn in Hawkes Bay from May with details of his farming activities and land negotiations, travel through Waipukurau, Porangahau and Wairarapa for further land negotiations, and an end-of-year visit to Christchurch. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Letter from Tamihana Huata, Paora Rerepu and the runanga to McLean
Date: 15 Dec 1866
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0690G-17
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 1 leaf).
Inward letters - Michael Fitzgerald
Date: 1854-1864
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0273
Description: 57 letters written from Napier (Melford Cottage), Wairoa, Mahia, 1854-1864. Includes Fitzgerald's diary entries, 27 Sep-30 Nov 1859 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
Inward letters - Alex Campbell
Date: 1849-1876
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0198
Description: 26 letters written from Taranaki, Wanganui, Hawke's Bay, Papakura, Thames, Onehunga, Napier (at the cottage) and Aorangi, 1849-1876. The 1849 letter contains a geological report on the Wanganui district. The letters written from Aorangi discuss the planting and gardening Campbell had undertaken for McLean. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward letters - Surnames, Car
Date: 1854-1875
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0211
Description: Correspondents include: Joseph Carroll, Te Hoe, 1851 (1 letter); Gilbert Carson, Wellington, 1874 (1 letter); Alfred Carter, Napier & Gisborne, 1874-1875 (4 letters); C R Carter, Wellington, 1862 (1 letter). Contains personal letters from family friends to McLean, and two other letters about a summons to appear before the resident magistrate (ie McLean) and about difficulties with Maori land tenure at Gladstone, Wairarapa Quantity: 1 folder(s).