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Elsdon Best - Urewera notes
Date: [ca 1889-1902]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-035
Description: Notes in Maori and shorthand, correspondence, printed waiata. There are two letters; one is from Kerehoma Tuwhawhakia of Wanganui dealing with the settlement of the Wanganui area, and the process for collecting traditional information; the other letter is from Tutakangahau of Maungapohatu and includes a karakia. There are also notes dictated by Tamarau Waiari of Ruatoki, dealing with Tuhoe history, whakapapa and land tenure (possibly associated with the Urewera Commission), notes about various Maori vocabulary items, notes about customary concepts and practices, waiata and karakia (from Tuhoe?), there are also notes in shorthand that are headed `Te Amiowhenua' and may discuss that military excursion by Ngapuhi and their allies. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed listing available in inventory.
New Zealand Native Land Commission - Proceedings
Date: Nov-Dec 1888
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-107
Description: Papers relating to claims in the Ikaroa district, specifically Waipiro, Porangahau, and the Waikanae - Ngarara Block. Includes list of claimants to the Ngarara Block who qualify through whakapapa and rights of occupation. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Elsdon Best - Notebook vol 1
Date: 1892-1894
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-021
Description: Informants and contents listed at the front. Mainly concerns Maori subjects of the Wellington district and provincial area, as well as some notes on Asian languages. Included are notes by S P Smith, and letters to Smith from Gudgeon. Also contains information on Maori circumcision practices as well as Maori customary concepts and whakapapa specific to the Kurahaupo and Takitimu Waka traditions. Includes comprehensive account of the Ngati Toa - Ati Awa including Puketapu and Ngati Maru - migration to the Kapiti Coast. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Miscellaneous manuscripts - Correspondence
Date: [ca 1893-1919]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-209
Description: Includes English and Maori correspondence between a variety of people. The Maori correspondence comprises: a letter from Te Awe of Te Kauri to Elsdon Best, 8 May 1895 (3 pages) discussing battles in the Whanganui district, the naming of the Wanganui river and a whakapapa; letter from Tapiha H Te Wanikau to Te Tina, Amuri Bluff, Kaikoura, 3 June 1895 (4 pages) with notes on place names at Kaikoura and other traditional matters; and a letter from Hauraki Paora to the Polynesian Society secretary, 17 May 1893 (2 pages) giving a traditional history of Ihenga, early ancestor in the Kaipara district. See also Ropata Ngarongomate paper in following paragraph. The English correspondence comprises: C W Adams to S P Smith, 1 May 1900 (1 page) concerning payments to Archdeacon Grace for obtaining various Maori names and legends, and suggests a `double vowel' method for indicating long vowels in Maori; Geo R Crummer, Rarotonga to S P Smith, 6 and 31 Mar 1898, from Henry Nicholas, 6 Mar 1898 (4 leaves); Mackay to Atkinson, Greytown, 15 May 1888 (3 pages) about land tenure and enclosing an Evening Post, 12 May 1888 cutting by Thos McDonnell `The Power of the old New Zealand chiefs or Maori law"; attached to the above is a 7-page account in Maori addressed to Atkinson by Ropata Ngarongomate, He Ture Maori (Maori law) giving accounts of laws mainly relating to the transference of land and property; Alfred K Newman to S P Smith, undated headed `The Maori god Ha' (3 leaves) giving his views on the connections of Indian-Asiatic deities with Maori and Polynesian gods; Edward Tregear to S P Smith, Wellington, 4 Jan 1919 (2 pages) dicussing karakia-iri. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of contents of this folder.
A S Atkinson - Inward letters, Maori and English
Date: 1859-1899
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-009
Description: In addition to inward correspondence the folder contains some letters between other people associated with Atkinson The Maori letters contain information about Maori customary practices, news about goldfields in New Zealand and about the affairs of the Native Affairs Department, news about activities at Parihaka and about the opening of a meeting house at Rahotu, intelligence from Hetaraka Nera about the King Movement and the war preparations being made; there is also a letter seeking money for land pledged by Teira to the Government, despite the protests of Wi Kingi The Maori letters also contain social gossip, waiata, a letter from a wife to her imprisoned husband, a note about debt repayment, and a letter from Riwai Te Ahu about the place of the Anglican church within the Kingitanga Quantity: 1 folder(s).