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Date: 1864-1900

By: Rye, Peter Hugh Jekyll Lewes, active 1860-1911

Reference: MS-Papers-2177

Description: Central fragment of letter, describing arrival in Auckland on the Blue Jacket, Maori-pakeha relations, and his service during New Zealand Wars in Waikato Campaign and the siege of Orakau Quantity: 1 folder(s) (21 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (and photocopy)

Date: [1859-1902], 2003

By: Davis, William, 1879-1962

Reference: MS-Group-0184

Description: The papers mainly comprise whakapapa and census material relating to both Moriori and Maori residing in the Chatham Islands. They were bequeathed to Davis by various Moriori elders. In addition to these original documents Mr Davis helped facilitate translations of the documents and he donated a copy of these translations, which have been done by Lyndsay Head. Source of title - Supplied Bill Davis grew up in the Chatham Islands and was of Moriori descent Quantity: 7 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photocopies Provenance: Donor is the son of Bill Davis. The papers were bequeathed to Bill Davis by various Moriori elders.

Date: [1867-1900]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MSX-9031

Description: Notebook containing research notes relating to Maori history (particularly food-gathering practices) from around the Taupo area. It seems that Cowan has used Maori Land Court minute books for his information as he attributes the information to land block names and case names, informant names and dates. Some of the people he mentions are: H Tumatara Pio of Te Teko (aged 77 in 1900), Te Waaka Tamaira (Rangatira block, 1884), Hitiri Te Paerata (mentioned several times), Tini Waata, Wineti Paranihi, Aperahama Werewere, Te Heueheu Tukino, and Te Rangitahau. The book also contains information given to him from Hare Hongi about Maori astronomy, makutu, and the moari [swing]. Contains whakapapa, karakia and waiata. Language - Some parts of the notebook are written in Maori. Arrangement: Item 11 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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: 1855-1909

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B014

Description: Contains cosmological notes about Rangi and Papa, the children of Rangi and Papa, the separation of Rangi and Papa, the creation of women, the flight of Hine-nui-te-po and the death of Maui, notes about the divine origins of various items and practices, and the various activities of the children of Rangi and Papa Also contains notes about conflicts involving Manaia at Hawaiki, and a subsequent flight to New Zealand and further fighting in New Zealand There are notes about 18th and 19th century conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu, including waiata, and subsequent peace-making in the face of external invasion; there is also a `genealogy' of whare wananga Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ brown calf, black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 4

Date: 1904, 1999

By: McDonald, Alexander, 1829-1905

Reference: MS-Papers-6628

Description: Transcription of MacDonald's reminiscences of life and times in New Zealand from his arrival at Wellington in 1840 on the `Blenheim' until 1904 when he recorded `My story'. He focuses particularly on relations with Maori, Maori-European land dealings, the politics and politicians of the times and related matters. Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - Another typescript copy at MS-1167 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (one volume, spiral bound). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1840-1904, 1951

By: McDonald, Alexander, 1829-1905

Reference: MS-1167

Description: A summary of the history of NZ rather than a personal record Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (137 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (25 cm; blue buckram)

Date: 1877-1908

By: Mackay, Alexander, 1833-1909

Reference: MS-Papers-2089

Description: Letters concerning land purchases and court hearings at Thames, Paeora, Te Aroha, Feilding, Greytown, Wakapuaka and Nelson; schedules of Maori rents in Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland Source of title - Supplied title Commissioner of Native Reserves; judge of Native Land Court, 1884-1901 Quantity: 4 folder(s) (ca 36 pieces). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts

Date: 1834-1901

By: Tinline, John, 1821-1907

Reference: MS-Papers-0026

Description: Papers relating to Maori land claims at Riwaka, Nelson and miscellaneous correspondence Language - Some papers in Maori, including waiatas, deeds of sale, letters etc Quantity: 6 folder(s). 0.07 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1880 - 1900

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/7/5-Acc.37226

Description: Identifies tribes in New Zealand ca end of 18th century Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on cream paper. Scale indeterminable. 27.5 x 25 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: ca1880-1903

By: Sigvertsen, Jeffery R, active 1990s

Reference: PA1-q-546

Description: Scenic views of New Zealand, New Zealand Cities and Maori Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1860 - 1900

By: Mair, Gilbert, 1843-1923; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-081-001/006

Description: Sketches depicting incidents arising out of a taua or raiding party visiting Parawera settlement to exact revenge after a case of adultery. The marae, various groupings of iwi, dances, fights, haka, horseriding, and competitions are depicted, along with a visit from the police. The Parawera group were Ngati Apakura, Te Wherowhero's iwi, and the visitors in search of payment were Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Hourua and Ngati Koroki. Ngati Haua are also mentioned in one sketch. Quantity: 6 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper ca 230 x 320 mm Provenance: Given to Alexander Turnbull in 1913 by Gilbert Mair. See covering letter of 17 November 1913 in MS 57, Folder 64. A typescript copy is held with the drawings in Box A-081. Mair ironically compares the artist to the French portraitist of Napoleon, Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier

Date: [1880s-1900s?]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Iles, James, active 1878; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-518

Description: Includes photographs of Maori artefacts in museum context. Possibly created by James Edge-Partington, an anthropologist who studied artefacts in New Zealand and the Pacific. This volume is in the same style of album, with similar photographs and articles as Webster album 4 (PA1-o-519) which has Edge-Partington's named bookplate inside the front cover. Studies of a variety of artefacts including an instrument giving a decoy call for kiwi; a sea leopard's tooth carved and worn as a pendant (from Stewart Island); whale teeth pendants; weapons; tools; carved waka, prows of waka; carved meeting houses; Te Kooti's house "Te Waho"; carved storehouses; a Maori kite; eel traps and fish hooks. The artefacts are from various collections in New Zealand and overseas, including the Chapman Collection, the Hamilton Collection, the Hocken Collection and General Robley's Collection. Cuttings from articles written by James Edge-Partington from anthropological journals are inserted in the album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Abum with dark grey cover; 26 x 21 cm

Date: 1833-1902

By: Hadfield, Octavius, 1814-1904

Reference: MS-Group-1027

Description: Comprises Hadfield's missionary activities at Kapiti and Wellington and includes correspondence outwards (1833-1886) (238 items); inwards (1839-1902) (15 items); Henry Williams to Hadfield (1860-1865) (13 items); Catherine Hadfield's letters (1851), 1858-1859 (24 items); Hadfield's diary (Sep-Oct 1839, Jun 1846); sermons (ca1888-1891); Catherine Hadfield's diary (1853); and other minor items Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 7 volume(s). 0.14 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (35-37 cm, ¼ maroon morocco, red buckram) Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available (copy also at qMS-0902).

Date: [ca 1892-1900]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-205

Description: Comprises paper on the extinct birds of the Chatham Islands (17 pages) with a letter to Polynesian Society about the above and the rahui custom; a collation of references relating to John Rutherford and James Mowry; a note about Maori stone implements found at the mouth of the Wai-nui River, Herbertsville, Hawkes Bay; a note on the Naruta whirlpool (3 pages); notes on Easter Island inscriptions and the pig in Samoa, Fiji and Babirusa, with an accompanying note Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1850-1905]

From: Dickson, Clare, fl 2002 :Photographs of Martin and Thomas families

Reference: PA1-q-1100

Description: Album of photographs of Martin and Thomas families. This album was gifted to Jack M Martin, of Hokitika, on September 7th 1887 by family members or close friends named Lyd and Marian. Photographs in the album were probably complied by the family of Jack M Martin subsequent to 1887. These appear to be from the 1880s to the earles 1900s and some include annotations identifying the subjects, including Capt Capel, Mrs Capel, Georgie Stack, Ann Dundas, and J B Thomson. The photographs show a diverse range of fashions and hairstyles, and depict subjects of a broad age range, and activities such as picnics and sightseeing. It also includes Maori portraits, probably mass produced studio photographs, including Tomika te Mutu, Taraia Ngakuti te Tumuhia, Wiremu Tamihana, Rewi Maniapoto, King Potatau and Kawana Hunia. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1860s-1904

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: Series-6662

Description: The collection mainly covers the period of Lord Ranfurly's term of office as Governor of New Zealand from 1897 to 1904. The photographs fall into the following categories; a record of the Ranfurly family's journey out the New Zealand via Canada, Hawaii and Fiji; the Government Houses of Auckland and Wellington, their gardens, and their interiors as arranged by Lady Ranfurly; the annexation of the Cook Islands and Niue in 1900; a journey through the Ureweras to Ruatoki and then to the Far North, as part of Ranfurly's official farewell to the Maori people in 1904; the Ranfurly Veterans Home in Mount Roskill, Auckland; portraits of the Ranfurly family and household; and sporting and social occasions. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Albums housed at PA1-q-633, PA1-q-634, PA1-f-194 and PA1-f-195. Individual prints housed at PAColl-5745-1. Quantity: 4 album(s). 24 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1899-1909

From: Heath, Henry C, fl 1890s-1920s :Photographs of New Zealand scenes and Heath's family

Reference: PAColl-8432-2

Description: Unidentified family photographs, most of which are portraites. Included are three group photographs, in one of which the people are holding musical instruments. Photographs of Whangarei and district. These include views of Whangarei Harbour and the Railway Wharf; Tourists in a boat and standing in a large group; the Wairoa Falls; an unidentified railway station; People in carriages and on horseback on the road to the Wairoa Falls; Maori selling gum; the Kamo coach; views of streets, countryside, and a raupo dwelling; bridges and limestone cliffs at Whakapara; views of Whakapara; the Whangarei Falls; Maori women on horseback; the Mauna Falls; views of Whangarei and Kamo; the Victoria Bridge; local creeks; Parahaki Hill. Quantity: 76 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 box(es).

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-035

Description: View looking east along the Whanganui River from the opposite bank, with Putiki in the foreground, and a telegraph pole, several houses and gardens on the opposite bank and, in the background, Mt Ruapehu with dark ash rising from its summit and from several other points Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1815-[ca 1900]

By: Kaikohe Parochial District

Reference: Micro-MS-0263

Description: Waimate: Registers of marriages 1823-1885, baptisms, 1815-1825, 1835-1900, burials, 1821-1835,1843-1901; register of services & communicants, 1839-1843 . Includes Heke's war deaths, 1845 Kororareka: Registers of baptisms, 1840-1844 Te Puna: Register of baptisms, 1844-1870, marriages, 1843-1868 Paihia: Register of baptisms, 1844-1850 Pakaraka: Register of baptisms, 1850-1900 Church register of male population, 1831-1847. Includes name, date of baptism, confirmation, marriage & death with occasional additional remarks Relationship complexity - Other registers at Micro-MS-0882 Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Contents of each reel fully listed on side of microfilm box.