Places

Date: [1961-1962]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-54

Description: Comprises reports and notes on old Maori burial ground at Paretoa; the site of the outrigger canoe hull, nr Te Horo (with map); unusual adze form pendant, nr Waikanae; Maori net floats; preliminary tour of Horowhenua by Palmerston North Polynesian group, with map showing pa; circular letter to Wairarapa and Manawatu; problematical contents of a Wairarapa Maori cache; cloak-pin or fish-threader bodkin from Castlepoint; memoranda of a Maori skull from the Waikanae dune-belt; identification of a large wooden artefact, nr Waikanae; from Keith Cairns re Maori sites; photographs, L Horowhenua and eastern end of L Papaitonga Arrangement: Notebook no 53 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1930-1963]

By: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964

Reference: MS-Papers-6061

Description: Comprises 63 notebooks of Adkin's ethnological notes on Maori place-names, maps, diagrams and drawings of artefacts and archaeological sites throughout New Zealand although concentrating on the Horowhenua, Wellington and Wairarapa regions. The early notebooks contain material for his book, `Horowhenua', the later for `The Great harbour of Tara' (1959). The notebooks also contain his preliminary or completed drafts which he recopied for all his various papers published in the `Journal of the Polynesian Society'. One volume is of genealogies, and there are also two index volumes to the series, `Index to recording books of Maori lore, place-names, artefacts, etc' for vols 1-50 and 51-63. Most of the volumes have inserted material and loose notes and papers. Adkin included on his maps the viewpoints for slides taken during expeditions, tours and excavations A great deal of the Maori content in these volumes is focused on, but not restricted to, the tribes of the greater Kapiti-Horowhenua-Rangitikei districts. This includes the Ngati Ira and Ngai Tara; Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa; Muaupoko and Rangitane; and the Waitaha peoples who Adkin believed occupied these districts prior to the tribes listed above. There is a great deal of documentation about archaeological material found within (and outside) these districts with supporting maps, sketches and notes which often disclose information about where Maori artefacts and human remains where found, their particular characteristics, who found them etc. These papers also include the use of whakapapa. Accompanying material - Letter from donor describing background to collection; bibliography compiled by donor, and `A Bibliography of Wellington geology' by J G Begg, C Mazengarb and R G Zucchetto (1994) Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Please check catalogue for further Adkin collections, and inventory Relationship complexity - See also other GL Adkin collections MS-Papers-0261 (194 folders), and Micro-MS-0600 (12 microfilm reels). Arrangement: The notebooks are numbered according to Adkin's method. All archaeological finds have precise accompanying drawings which have not been noted in scope and contents although all maps have been. Donor, Ian Keyes, has added annotations relating to publication of some reports. Quantity: 65 folder(s) (64 vols in folders; 2 vols in case folder). 0.70 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs with illustrations Provenance: Following Adkin's death in 1964 much of his papers went to the National Museum of New Zealand and the Alexander Turnbull Library. Mrs Adkin had retained Adkin's geological and ethnological notebooks and at a later date the former went to the New Zealand Geological Survey (now IGNIS) and the ethnological notebooks to Ian Keyes. The colour slides are believed to be in the possession of Dr T Barrow, Hawaii. The notebooks are extensively illustrated with professional and detailed maps, diagrams, drawings of Maori artefacts and related material

Date: 1930

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbb/[ca.1930]/Acc.27457

Description: A landscape design plan of the gardens surrounding the whare (house), (presumably in the Wairarapa) written in Maori. Shows the context of the plan in relation to the back road, the house and the stream. Describes the type of trees for specific areas (eg Rakau Maori Pakeha hoki = Maori and Pakeha trees over here; Munga rakau pakupaku tenei = small trees over here). Designates flower beds (He putiputi kikonei) and vegetable beds. Writing on the reverse of the map includes 'Hepire tenei kakati'. Refer to Loan Deed for information about the conditions of deposit Language - The entire plan is written in Maori Other Titles - house Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). 9 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Pencil on paper, scale not given, 20.2 x 32.4 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - From Fran Te Whaiti papers; MS-Group 0805. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753, September 2022.

Date: 1925

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12777-04-02

Description: Pass card confirming that the named person is a member in good standing of the Ratana Church. Each of the six examples held is stamped with a number in the top right corner: 6750, 6751, 6753, 6755, 6756, 6757. The cards belonged to: Henare Ngapu Te Whaiti, Te Rauhina Te Whaiti, Tokatumoana Te [Wha?] Te Whaiti, Hemi Te Miha Te Whaiti, Anipikoroa Te Whaiti, Hinetauira Te Whaiti. Six copies held Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) on six cards. Physical Description: Letterpress on blue card, 115 x 153 mm. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753, October 2022. Previous Library Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-Te-Whaiti-1925-01.

Date: [1958]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-39

Description: Comprises notes on three Wairarapa adzes; memoranda of some stone adzes from the Wellington city area; adze from site just north of Chelmsford St, Wellington; an ethnological weekend at Palmerston North and Wanganui; large adze with scroll on poll, Tangoio; various adzes; Aitutaki adze; adze found by W D Waugh, north Cape Turnagain (with map); Arrangement: Notebook no 33 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1823-1940]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-48

Description: Drafts on various topics including Canterbury pastoral lands, Maori history, native forests and birds, Maori tribal warfare, Te Ngutu-o-te-manu battle, a story of a canoe voyage on the Mokau river, whaling and Maori legends. Also biographical stories about Barracouta Jack from `old Whangarei' and Wi Te Manewha of Ngati Raukawa, and a typewritten sheet of whakapapa from Tama-te-kapua to the Warbrick family. Arrangement: From box 58 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 12 Nov 1994 - 11 Sept 1995 - 12 Nov 1994 - 11 Sep 1995

From: Diamonds and gold - Ngati Kahungunu history of the Pou-a-Kani region oral history project

By: Ahipene, George Rangitahua, 1924-1999

Reference: OHInt-0584/1

Description: George Ahipene was born in 1924. Discusses school experiences, upbringing with Vic and Pare Saunders and farm ambitions. Talks about Pirinoa Station, the Wairarapa Training Farm and experiences in the Airforce and Maori Battalion. Talks about Lake Wairarapa's boundaries and titles, names farmers who lived on its perimeters and discusses the Blue water title and Ruamahanga River Diversion. Recalls the flooding and opening up of Lake Wairarapa and its impact on eeling and fishing. Recalls the women's protests, the agreement to a transaction of 30,000 acres of Pou-a-Kani land and retraction of that agreement in 1976. Talks about visits to Pou-a-Kani farms and perpetual forests. Refers to various meetings regarding Wairarapa Lake and the Pou-a-Kani land exchange agreement. Talks about the selection of people for Pou-a-Kani blocks and resettlement of Kahungunu ki Wairarapa whanau. Relates about the Pou-a-Kani farms, their titles, boundaries and management by the Maori Affairs Department. Describes the land, discusses dairying, mentions difficulties encountered with stock and talks about work opportunities in and around Mangakino. Recalls social activities, the sports clubs and sports personalities and the Wairarapa and Mangakino whanau. Interviewer(s) - Murray Hemi Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008982, 008983, 008984, 008985 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 3.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2754.

Date: 1910

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B010

Description: Contains autobiographical notes about Te Whatahoro and his training as a tohunga, and his presentation of information to the Tanenuiarangi Committee; there are also cosmological notes about Rangi and Papa, their children, their separation, Tane's ascent to the highest heaven, the creation of women, notes about the twelve heavens and their inhabitants; there is also a discussion of the points of agreement and digression among various tohunga There are notes about the Maori division of time, whakapapa (cosmological and mortal), notes about astrology and navigation, karakia, waiata, and notes about the changing nature of traditional lore in the modern world There are narratives about various ancestors and their actions; these narratives cover such topics as the origin of tattooing, the migration from Hawaiki and the settlement of New Zealand, and the interaction between Maori and pre-Maori inhabitants of New Zealand There is also narrative text about 18th and 19th century conflicts between hapu of Ngati Kahungunu and Rangitane, and between Waikato and Ngati Kahungunu Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ¼ maroon, blue boards, 33 cm., vol numberedf 6

Date: 1925 - 1927

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[1927]/Acc.35943

Description: Cadastral map showing properties surrounding Lake Wairarapa which includes the names: W Turei - 'Poyidurai' near Cross Creek; Wakahemate; Te Tipua; Otau uaroaro; Mapuna atea; Te Iringa. Shows block numbers; mud flats and water marks; land quality is indicated. Land immediately surrounding lake is highlighted red. Identifies roads including Kahutara, Ruamahanga and Lower Valley Road and rivers including Ruamahanga and Tauherenikau. See also MapColl-832.45gbbd/1927/Acc.35944 and and MS-Papers-12790-2. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [1:63 360], 31.2 x 31.6 cm. Transfers: Separated letters at MS-Papers-12790-1.. Processing information: Added to Te Whaiti family collection ATL-Group-00753, September 2022. Previous title: [Creator unknown] :[Property surrounding Lake Wairarapa] [ms map]. [1927]". Previous reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[1927]/Acc.35943, 35945-6, 39061 Letters Acc.39061 and Acc.35945-6 separated for reasons of preservation and storage.

Date: [1955-1956]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-33

Description: Comprises further notes on former occupation and archaeology of the country east of Wellington Harbour (with maps); bone fish-hook shank and pumice net float, Wellington; adze with longitudinally ridged anterior surface; nose stone, Tirau, Central Waikato; old Maori sites at Ohau and Te Ika-a-Maru Bays, south-west Wellington (with map); some notes on the stone walls at Waikaretu by C H Hunt, Raglan (with map); Arrangement: Notebook no 32 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1981, 1982

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Works and Development

Reference: Plans-99-023

Description: Plan shows the Maori meeting house Tuhirangi at Kohuni Marae, Wairarapa. Other Titles - Original scales: 1;500; 1;100; 1;50. Sheet 1 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, 593 x 830 mm. Processing information: Separated in 1999, combined with ATL-Group-00693 in August 2023.

Date: 1930

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MapColl-832.45bje/[ca.1930]/Acc.27452

Description: Cadastral map of Maori land blocks between part of the Ruamahanga River, Kahutaha Road and a flax swamp. Land blocks include: 'Awawaroa'; Ohaeretahi; Tapuaeharuru; Te Kahututu; Purekutau and Tauparaha. Land owners on three Waiotetutu blocks are listed as Te Kahututu and others, Manihera Ruku and others, and Ani Hiko and others. The land blocks are highlighted in pink. Pencil annotations on map include the name Pukio, Kahutara Road and the location of urupa Awaawaroa no. 2. See also NZMS13 WN 84 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [1:7 920], 65 x 80 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Te Whaiti papers MS Group 0805. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753, September 2022.

Date: [1940-1953]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-27

Description: Contents comprise notes on D'Urville Island artefacts including watercolour by E M A of a greenstone chisel from Greville Harbour (D'Urville Is.), all from collection of A C O'Connor; stone sinker from Waitotara; map of Riversdale Rd, Avondale with notes re Maori midden; adze from Forest Lakes near Manakau with map; adze from Pirinoa, Wairarapa with map; and notes on greenstone amulet, Heatherlea, Levin Arrangement: Notebook no 26 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1952-1953]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-30

Description: Comprises detailed report of archaeological evidence of former Maori occupation of eastern Palliser Bay, exploration of area, 8-Mar and 11-14 Apr 1952, with maps Arrangement: Notebook no 29 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1929

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

By: Te Whaiti, H N, active 1929

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbh/1929/Acc.27412

Description: Sketch map of the Papawai Pa Reserve, and surrounding streets showing the official electricity connection and two proposed main electricity routes from the main road to the Papawai Pa. Shows the Greytown - Te Parae main road; Waiohine River; road to A Jury's and Ruamahanga River; Mangarara Stream; by-way to Pa; and the road to Basil Burch's farm. Indicates the dwellings of White Rangi, D Rewi, Tipene, Tauria and Waitere, as well as a bakery and a Native (Maori) school. Lists the trustees of the Pa (including Niniwa-i-te-rangi, Nireaha Tamaki, H.J. Kingi, H. Manihora, Henare Parata, Raukura Mahupuku and government representative A Hamilton), and the present committee in charge of renovating the Pa, including H.N. te Whaiti of Greytown, Whana Himona of Pikio and W Tahana of Gladstone. Includes list of Pa trustees when transfer was effected and list of present committee in charge of renovating Pa. Map drawn on letter head paper of Hukarere School, Napier, 192?. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on letterhead note paper, scale indeterminable, 24 x 19.3 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Te Whaiti papers Group-0805. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753, September 2022.

Date: 1905-1906

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-187

Description: Notebook in Maori comprising history of country about Takapau, Hawkes Bay, written in 1905 by Tanguru Tuhua, and history of South Wairarapa by Major H P Tunuiarangi. The material provided by Tuhua deals with the settlement of the Takapau area by various tribal groups; in doing so, Tuhua provides information about Maori placenames in the area, about the principal ancestors of the area, whakapapa and information about traditional conflicts between the different iwi. The material provided by Tunuiarangi contains information provided to him by Paratene Te Okawhare and Aporo Piritaha; the information consists of narratives about the Ngati Rakairangi hapu and principal ancestors thereof; there is also some whakapapa included with the text. In two different Maori hands. Notes in S P Smith's hand on first part says "copied for journal 16.3.06" and for second part "copied for JPS 24.3.06". Spine titles read "Hist. Seventy Mile Bush by Tanguru. Hist. Wairarapa by Tu-nui-a-rangi". Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: [ca 1890-1904]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-188

Description: Comprises: (a) Maori notes in Smith's hand on events and places in the Wairarapa, including Nga haupu kohatu i Whatarangi (the stone heaps at Whatarangi), Ko Pounui (re Pounui lake), Te Whawhai ki Te Tatara, and Te heke a Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairarapa (the migration of Ngati Kahungunu to Wairarapa). (b) Maori notes by Iraia Te Whaiti (13 leaves) including whakapapa from Te Hiha; list of canoes taken by Te Rerewa; the whakapapa of Hinewaka. Also a letter from Iraia Te Whaiti, chairman of the marae committee to the chairman of the Scenic Preservation Society (1 leaf), giving whakapapa. (c) A letter in several different hands from Herepohio (or Henare Pohio) to Tunuiarangi, 1 Jun 1904, concerning the fighting pas of Heipipi and Kaimata near Petane (see JPS v13 p154-155). (e) Whakapapa and notes in Maori (5 leaves) (referred to in JPS v13 159-165). (f) Maori notes concerning Rai-kau-moana's flight (2 leaves)(see JPS v13 p161, v15/2 p145-146). (g) Notes in Maori (4 leaves) about different kinds of eels. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss