Places

Date: 1940

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0028

Description: Contains lsit of Ngapuhi, Ngati Whatua, Ngati Kahu and Te Rarawa Pa Maori. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1990

Reference: Ms-Papers-9662

Description: Whakapapa relating to Otiria Marae contains minutes from Te Roopu Rawakore o aotearoa 1987. includes accounts and list of correspondence. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: [1925-1973]

From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Papers

Reference: 77-067-4/6

Description: Persons entered under Name; many of the files include letters about the subject from other people. Correspondence with Sir Walter Nash in the William Satchell file. The file on Helen Shaw includes an original Christmas card. The file on H M Stowell includes contributions from Stowell and a Tamatea-Kahunuhunu genealogy on the reviews of `Ancient Maori history; recollections of a rambler' by Hare Hongi (Wairoa Star Print). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Photograph of Henry Stowell with one other (1889); Christmas card by Helen Shaw; photographs of Mary Scott and Nelle Scanlan

Date: Aug 1992

By: Williams, Haare, 1940-; Te Rei, Patariki, 1913-1995

Reference: OHColl-0612/1

Description: E korero ana a Patariki mo te wa i a ia e tamariki ana, ona kainga noho, nga takutai moana mahinga kai me nga raruraru ki te iwi Maori i raro i te mana o te Kuini. He paku korero mo tona tipuna a Patrick O'Comedy, te wa i roto ia i te ropu rererangi me tana mahi kamura. E whakamarama ana ia mo te ohaki a Te Whiti raua ko Tohu Kaahaki ki te iwi o Parihaka, te mauheretanga i te iwi o Taranaki, te rangimarie me te whakapono, tana whakamarama mo Te Paahua me te taenga o nga waka katoa ki Waitangi i te tau 1990. E whakamarama ana ia mo nga waka Te Ahi Kakariki me Te Panui o Whiti, nga whawhai nunui a Te Rauparaha raua ko Te Wherowhero, nga mahi o te ao hou, te kawa me nga tikanga o te marae, te reo me ona ahuatanga me he korero mo te kaumatua. Patariki talks about the passive resistance at Parihaka, mentions Te Whiti and Tohu Kaakahi, the sentencing of Taranaki people in the South Island, Te Whiti's return to Parihaka and explains the significance of Te Paahua. Talks about the arrival of waka nationwide for the 1990 Waitangi celebrations, explains about Te Wherowhero and Te Rauparaha and about the waka Te Ahi Kakariki and Te Panui o Whiti His views for Maori in the new millenium and talks about his upbringing in Taranaki, eeling, pollution, acquiring te reo Maori and the governments deliberations on addressing land and fisheries grievances of the last century. Appeals to Maori to work as one people and mentions rangatira being of no use if on the general electoral roll, instead unite. Talks about his Irish tipuna Patrick O'Comedy. Mentions his own name is also known as Paa Ariki, birthplace Matauri Bay, raised in Kaikohe, and a descendent of Ngati Kahu and Ngapuhi. Mother's iwi Ngati Toa, his paternal tipuna also Ngati Toa ancestry. Father was a Whaler and when family moved to Taranaki worked on a farm at Waiokura. 1928-1930 attended Mormon College, Heretaunga. Mentions meeting Apirana Ngata at Waitangi. Talks about his experiences in the Air Force, mentions training in Auckland, missed going to Canada, posted to Fiji, New Hebrides, returned home after 4 years. Worked as a carpenter until retirement. Concerns regarding unemployment, drugs, gambling, solo parenting, gays, lesbianism, sexual abuse, immorality, de facto relationships and women's health issues. Discusses and explains the marae and its concepts, te reo and its concepts, kaumatua and kuia, tangata. Interviewer(s) - Haare Williams Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010771 - OHC-010772 Quantity: 12 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3822.

Date: 1800 - 1840

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

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/3/2-Acc.36515

Description: Published map used by New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch in their Historical Atlas Collection. Shows tribal boundaries in the North Island 1800 and boundaries 1840 (shown in red). Base map - New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colour map on cream linen. Scale indeterminable. 150 x 99 cm Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1892, 1897-1920

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-276

Description: The letters from Tuta Tamata deal with various questions put by Smith to Tamati; the letters from Hare Hongi contain the whakapapa of pre-Hawaiki settlers in New Zealand, Maori vocabulary, laments, and notes about fake clairvoyants; the letters from Hone Mohi Tawhai contain information about Polynesian Society business, the whakapapa and traditional history of Northern tribes, details about Hawaiki placenames in the Taitokerau area, and information about the Ngati Awa occupation of the Taitokerau. In addition there are letters from H E Thom, 1919 (2); and letters to and from George M Thomson 1915 (3). Quantity: 1 folder(s) (29 pieces).

Date: 1845-1883

By: Matthews family; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: MS-Papers-4085

Description: Consists of three letters. Two are written by Joseph Matthews. One, dated 26.3.1845 is written from Kaitaia and is to his mother in Oxfordshire. It comments on his family and Hone Heke Pokai's raid on the flagstaff at Kororareka. The second, dated 12.7.1876 Kaitaia is to Rev C.C. Fenn and mentions the ministry of Hohepa Poutama, Maori health issues and encloses samples of writing from Awanui school pupils. The third letter is dated 30.8.1883 and written [to Joseph Matthews?] by Dunn, in Maori asking for a loan. On the back of this letter Joseph Matthews comments on Dunn and the letter. Source of title - supplied title Joseph Matthews was born in Oxfordshire in 1808. He was appointed as a reader and assistant chaplain for the CMS on a convict ship for passage to Sydney in 1831. There he was initiated as a catechist and on 26 Mar 1832 he landed at Paihia. In 1833 he married the eldest daughter of the Rev R Davis. Appointed to assist Puckey in establishing a station at Kaitaia, Matthews was involved especially in carrying on meetings for Maori teachers and operating a small printing press. He attended St John's College in 1844 and was ordained a priest in 1859. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 items). Physical Description: Holographs and mss

Date: [ca 1924-1929]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: 80-115-04A/03A

Description: Papers submitted for consideration for publication, with related correspondence. Includes notes by R D McCully on Ngati Kahu of Doubtless Bay giving details of Ngati Kahu's history, the story of the chief Parata and the canoe Mamaru, and waiata & haka; ; by J H L Waterhouse on Luangiua language, Lord Howe (Ontong Java) Atoll; by David Teviotdale on Maori relics found near Otago Heads; by R Firth on Maori fencing methods and a Maori ladder; a biography by T W Downes on incidents in the life of Te Kere Nga-tai-e-Rua (includes whakapapa of Ngataierua & Ratana), a prophet & tohunga of the upper Whanganui district; by George Graham on battle of Hingakaka and ancient Waikato wars, as narrated by Noka Hukanui of Ngati Apakura; and a tale of revenge by Korekore (of Te-Uri-o-Hau; lived with Ngapuhi), written by John White. Also includes a copy of a written ohaki (dying speech) of a chief (?) leaving his dying instructions for the management of his lands after his death. Written in 1843 for Te Hemara Tauhia & others. Quantity: 1 folder(s).