Places

Date: 1881-1901

From: Mackay, Alexander, 1833-1909 : Maori land papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2089-1

Description: Contains detailed whakapapa tables of the Ngati Toa tribe, with cross links into Te Ati Awa, relating to the purchase of the top of the South Island by the Crown; a copy of the Royal Commission relating to Ngati Toa (published in the AJHR 1881); correspondence dated 1901 regarding McKay's retirement; notes and a schedule of Maori rents in Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 9 Jun 1851

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

Reference: MSY-2094

Description: Written at Wainui, north of Paekakariki, near Wellington at the dicatation of elder chiefs of that area. This volume captures a variety of waiata, haka, whakatauaki, karakia and moteatea from the Tainui tribes with particular emphasis on the Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa tribes. Quantity: 1 volume(s) 90 pages.. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

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: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-020-028-1

Description: Full length squatting stylised portrait of Te Rangihaeata holding a pipe or other object and carved by himself. It formed the lower portion of the central pillar supporting the roof of Rangihaeata's house on Mana Island, the house being known as Kaitangata. The image was about 4 feet high and had eyes of inlaid paua shell. Original sketch for lithograph In: Angas G F "New Zealanders Illustrated", Plate XLVI, no. 1 p.105 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 134 x 228 mm

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: 23 Feb 1839

From: Treadwells : Legal documents

Reference: MS-Papers-2634-1/03

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for description of contents of this folder.

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-020-031-1

Description: Two women seated and weaving, their work stretched on on sticks on the ground. Kete hanging from the walls of the whare and food parcels hanging down from the ceiling, along with a large bundle of dried flax. A small fire burns outside the whare. The pa is almost certainly Taupo Pa at Plimmerton, visited by the artist in September 1844 and drawn on the other side of this sheet of paper. Original sketch for a lithograph reproduced in G. F. Angas' The New Zealanders illustrated, (Plate 59) under the title Domestic economy - women making mats etc. Interior of a house at Rangihireta's Pah. Other Titles - Te Rangihaeata, Taupo Pa. Rangihireta's Pah Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 348 x 249 mm

Date: [189-?]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-020

Description: Comprises notes in Best's hand, notes by S P Smith and letters to Smith. Among the variety of material are notes on Hau, a West Coast ancestor and his journey to Paekakariki; traditional history of early ancestor Tutahanga and fighting between Ngati Maru and Ngapuhi; whakapapa from Karepa Te Uira to Tamarere Ahu II; queries and notes about Ngati Ira and early Wellington; brief notes and whakapapa of Ngati Maru; a waiata from Whanake; many items relating to Wellington Maori place names, iwi, chiefs and history and other fragments of North Island Maori history. Includes two letters from W H Skinner to S P Smith, 1894. Also contains notes about the Ngati Toa and Taranaki chiefs leading the migrations to the Horowhenua and Wellington regions, and their conflicts with the Muaupoko; Ngati Apa; Rangitane and Ngati Kahungunu. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed listing of folder contents available in inventory.

Date: 1832-1840

By: Knocks, John Anthony, 1827-1889

Reference: MS-Papers-4385

Description: Describes life as a young boy on Mana Island, with its first settlers (the Bell family) and later on Kapiti Island. The deeds of Te Rauparaha and Rangihaeata figure prominently. Source of title - First page Quantity: 1 folder(s) (13 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1846-1869

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: MS-Papers-1038

Description: Comprises 31 letters from Collinson to members of his family, written from Wellington, Wanganui, and Auckland with impressions of the Maori, particularly Te Rauparaha and Rangihaeata, account of 1848 earthquake, and references to Thomas Arnold (1846-1850). Also 6 letters from others, including Thomas Arnold to Collinson and other documents and letters in Maori (1847-1869). Language - Some letters in Maori Relationship complexity - See also Collinson's 'Seven years service...' at fMS-050-051, and his sketches held in the Drawings and Prints Collection. Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss (some photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available. Some letters include sketches

Date: 1843 - 1939 - 1847 - 1945

Reference: MapColl-832.47p/[197-?]/Acc.23130

Description: Map showing old military installations from the New Zealand Wars, 1843-7 and the home guard sites of New Zealand Army in World War II. Sites from the New Zealand War include Te Rangihaeata's stronghold (1846), the site of a chapel and the colonial cemetery at Pauatahanui, military trenches (one named McKillops), the barracks of the 65th regiment, the officer's quarters, the Boulton's Hotel of 1847, Troopers Hill, isolated Maori grave along Paekakariki Hill Road, the landing stage of the 58th and 65th regiments, Tandy's constablulary's post and the Waitaha Maori at Ration Point. Sites during World War II include the home guard headquarters of 1941 at Jones Deviation, the 1939 New Zealand Army Unit and United States Marines 2nd division near Kakaho Stream, as well as the Duck Creek saw mill at Bradey's Bay. Shows J Walker's homestead. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 34.2 x 36.6 cm.

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.

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-020-032

Description: An upper drawing showing a low wharenui, seen from the front. A lower drawing showing a passageway or entrance through palisades, with buildings and hills beyond. Both drawings are probably scenes at Rangihaeata's Taupo Pa, Plimmerton The drawing on the verso of this sheet (A-020-033-1) is of Taupo Pa, Plimmerton Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 333 x 231 mm

Date: 1899

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-181

Description: Volume of history of Te Ati Awa in the 19th century written in 1899 by Te Watene Taungatara of Matarikoriko, Waitara at the request of W H Skinner and S Percy Smith, and copy in Smith's hand. Includes account of wars with Waikato and Ngapuhi at Taranaki, battle of Te Kuititanga, introduction of Christianity, migration of Te Rauparaha to Kapiti. A note says `All of this has been incorporated into [S P Smith's] "The Maori history of the Taranaki coast". Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: Apr 1887

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-128

Description: Contains an account of the various heke of Ngati Toa and Te Ati Awa to the Kapiti district between 1820 and 1833, with reference to inter-tribal wars and disputes during this period. Rangipito use's the term "Uruuru-purumu" to describe the 19th century musket used by Maori. Other - Hardcopy inventory says "Compare mss version in S P Smith papers 21 (d)" Quantity: 1 folder(s) (40 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript and 2 pages of mss

Date: 1851 - 1852

By: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889; Dickinson & Company

Reference: C-054-004

Description: Meeting of Governor Grey with Rangihaeata and other Maori at Waikanae in 1851 From: Oliver, R A A series of lithographic drawings from sketches in New Zealand [1852] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph (two-tone) 264 x 293 mm

Date: Sep-Dec 1839

By: Hadfield, Octavius, 1814-1904

Reference: qMS-0896

Description: Hadfield describes his journey down the East Coast with the Rev Henry Williams and others in the `Columbine', their arrival at Port Nicholson, visit to Cloudy Bay, the return to Port Nicholson, their walk from Wellington to Porirua and thence to Mana Island where Hadfield first met with Te Rangihaeata. He describes meeting Te Rauparaha at Kapiti, and records his impressions of Waikanae and his first visit to the villages near Otaki. Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 1 volume(s) (23 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (26 cm, pamphlet)

Date: 1889

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930

Reference: B-110-022-3

Description: A view from the shore at Plimmerton, looking out past Rangihaeata's Taupo Pa towards Mana Island Based on a lithograph by G. F. Angas 'Rangihaeata's Pah', plate 57 in his 'The New Zealanders illustrated' (London, 1847) One of three lithographs on the same sheet, all probably the work of J. S. Allan, whose signature appears on the first of the three. Other Titles - Porirua, Rangihaeata's pah, pa Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, on sheet 183 x 252 mm

Date: 1851-1862

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0151-01

Description: Letters from Maori to various colonial officials (mainly Sir George Grey and John White) about various issues, including land issues on the West Coast of the North Island, from Wellington to Wanganui (rent disputes, intertribal disputes, outstanding payments etc); there are also letters about the New Zealand wars, with rumours about Kingitanga activities, a request for compensation because land had been taken by Kingitanga followers, and a request for a war pension for an injury sustained while fighting Hone Heke There are also letters about the erection of a Maori House at Wellington, about arranging meetings, and letters with requests for agricultural implements. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (57 leaves). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1881

By: Te Kairangi, Atanatiu, active 1870-1913

Reference: Micro-MS-0949

Description: Arranged in four parts this journal explores the history and whakapapa of the Ngati Toa people. It includes detailed whakapapa from Marangaiparoa, son of Toa Rangatira, with a special emphasis on the relationships between Ngati Toa and other closely related Kawhia tribes. The manuscript also details the migration of the Tainui and Te Arawa canoes to Aotearoa, with accompanying karakia; Purakau, or short historical narratives, about numerous Ngati Toa tupuna (ancestors); The migrations of the Ngati Toa tribes from Kawhia to the Kapiti district; And an examination of Maori theological concepts, and includes a discussion about the descent of the Maori people from Adam and Eve. Also records the baptism of various people into the Mormon church at Takapuwahia pa, Porirua, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Publication - This manuscript may be the original source material used by Sir Maui Pomare for the book "Legends of the Maori", 2 volumes [1930]. Other - Microfilmed in 2001 from original in private hands Manuscript journal by Atanatiu Te Kairangi, later acquired by Sir Maui Pomare. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. 0.01 Linear Metres.