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Te Kani Te Ua
Date: [1954-1973]
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-6/04
Description: Correspondence, whakapapa, articles, research notes and photographs. Most of the letters are from Te Kani Te Ua to Leo Fowler between 1958 to 1966, plus some undated material. There is also a detailed whakapapa book relating to East Coast whakapapa and histories. Articles relating to Maori history and culture and Maoritanga. Also correspondence from A H & A W Reed. Language - whakapapa in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Two black and white photographic prints of a kapa haka group - possibly Waihirere Maori club
Unlabelled miscellaneous material re Maori tribes
Date: [1950-1960?]
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-1/04
Description: Papers relating to Maori history, waka history, names and place names, particularly focussing on East Coast tribes, the crew of the Horouta waka and the Maori history of Titirangi [Gisborne region]. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: A chart titled "Maoritanga" was included in this folder, but the chart was flattened by conservation in 2013 and taken out of this folder as it no longer fitted. The chart's new reference number is MSO-Papers-11554..
Rough notes relating to The Road to Whangara
Date: 1957-1976
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-2/01E
Description: Loose papers relating to The Road to Whangara [book] includes notes relating to East Coast Maori history, place names and whakapapa. Includes correspondence from H Te Kani Te Ua relating to Ngati Kanohi whakapapa [typewritten copy of letter] and an incomplete draft of a letter by Fowler written on The Remuera Book Exchange letterhead, which names Fowler as the proprietor and is dated 1976. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Two black and white photographic prints one of a group of Maori sitting on a shady bank by a car with an unidentified Maori woman in the foreground, and the photograph is of three Maori men inside a carved meeting house iwth microphones, so possibly being recorded for a broadcast.
Whakapapa
Date: 1904
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MSX-5157
Description: Whakapapa book written by Te Iriwhiro, from the Urewera district, for Te Whatahoro Jury; the whakapapa seems to relate to Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Ruapani, Te Aitanga a Mahaki and Tuhoe
A T Ngata Centennial Atlas papers - Notes for Hawke's Bay, Gisborne district, and Wairoa
Date: 1940
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-146
Description: Contains notes compiled by Ngata from published sources and manuscripts about Maori placenames in the East Coast district, and derivations of the names
[Creator unknown] :Sketch map of Poverty Bay District [copy of ms map]. [1872].
Date: 1872
From: Statutory Branch. Head Office. Department of Lands and Survey :[Aperture cards of] maps and plans
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-L&S-A30
Description: Shows approximate areas of confiscation land blocks, total area of district, confiscation land proposed being handed back to Maori and portions of land with the following tribal areas marked: 'Ngaitahupo Tribe', 'Rongawhakaatu Tribe, 'Whanauakai Tribe', 'Itangaa Mahaki Tribe', 'Itanga Hauti Tribe'. Map also gives some place names and topographic features. 'Frasers march' is marked. Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s) on 1 aperture card. Physical Description: 35mm microfilm inserted into card, scale not given, copy at same size as original Provenance: Donated by Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, November 1982
Series 3 - Papers relating to Maori culture and history
Date: 1877-1972
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers
Reference: Series-3334
Description: The papers in this series include material such as volumes, papers, research notes, lecture notes, printed matter, letterbooks, partial diaries and letters relating to research in the areas of Maori dance, language and literature, tribal and family genealogy, Christianity, architecture, carving, tukutuku and education. Some materials in this series are from beyond the date range of Ngata's life but came into the library with the collection. Quantity: 49 volume(s) 47 folder(s). Processing information: Series description was updated in January 2020 following query from a researcher.
East Coast historical records
Date: 1932
From: Grace, John Te Herekiekie (Sir), 1905-1985 : Grace family papers
Reference: 85-173-4/3
Description: Contains newspapers clippings of a series of articles titled `East Coast (NZ) Historical Records'; these records were compiled by Bishop W L Williams and published in the Poverty Bay Herald Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Paratene Ngata - Papers
Date: 1896, 1914
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-068
Description: Contains whakapapa from Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Porou, Rongowhakaata and Ngati Ira, notes about East Coast placenames associated with Pawa and his dog; there is also a narrative about conflicts on the East Coast, involving Mahaki and others There is a letter about the management of a reserve on the East Coast in order to encourage the development of bird life thereon, waiata, a copy of a speech associated with the opening of (the Kingitanga ?) Parliament in 1896, and miscellaneous whakapapa and notes relating to Maori Land Court cases on the East Coast Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1861 - 1877
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B013
Description: Contains cosmological whakapapa with notes about the divine origin of various items and practices, including birds and trees; there are also narratives about Rata and the origin of canoe building and the revenge he took for the death of his father, conflicts between Uenuku and Whena, and the migrations and settlement of Paikea on the East Coast There is also narrative text about the Horouta canoe, and the migrations and conflicts of Ngati Ira; there are also karakia, waiata and whakapapa There is also narrative text about Ruawharo, Tupai and Timuwhakairia before their departure from Hawaiki, their training as tohunga, their fetching of atua and the voyage of Takitimu, narrative text about Niwareka and Mataora and the development of tattooing, and narrative about the adventures of Maui Other - The contents of this book, I presume, has been copied into another book because each page has been `crossed' with the words `done' written over it. On some pages are the words `done in copy'. The contents of book is still readable Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Vellum, 25 cm., vol numbered 8
Maori Recordings - Song lyrics and programme notes
Date: 1956-1961
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-1/02D
Description: Correspondence, Maori waiata and research papers relating to Maori performing arts, song lists and photographic prints. Includes a copy of a letter from Leo Fowler to the publisher Collins relating to the manuscript for his novel "Brown Conflict" which was published in 1959, also a copy of a letter to P Panapa in Tokoroa from Fowler, and a copy of a letter from H Te Kani Te Ua relating to an upcoming hui and the marae committee giving Fowler special rights in regards to recording the event [details unknown as to which event]. Also includes a copy of a poem "He Maoritanga" and the lyrics and research notes relating to the patere "Whangaramai-i-Tawhiti" and the dust jacket for "Ancient voyagers in the Pacific" by Andrew Sharp. Photographic prints include one of an unidentified baby and unidentified woman outside a suburban house ca. 1950s, and one of Leo Fowler sitting on a couch with two unidentified women and an unidentified man ca. 1960s, a small colour print of a group [possibly military] lined up on an unidentified field with a crowd present, and a black and white print of two boys in swimming costumes and sunhats bathing outside a suburban house in Beatty Bros metal washtubs [possibly Fowler's children?]. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Photographic prints (3 black and white, 1 colour)
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1865-1909
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B006
Description: Contains whakapapa from Wairarapa, cosmological whakapapa and notes about Io, the whare wananga, the creation of women, details about the twelve heavens; also contains a narrative about Tamatea, and the impregnation of his wife by a supernatural being Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ calf, blue boards, 33 cm., vol numbered A1
Nga korero mo nga waka, mo Horouta, Takitimu me Te Ikaroa a Rauru
Date: 1930
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-069
Description: `Nga korero mo nga waka mo Horouta, Takitimu me Te Ikaroa a Rauru' by Henare Ruru and Rongowhakaata Halbert - another copy of manuscript at Folder 54
Radio scripts
Date: [1938-1972]
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-6/09
Description: Notes, probably radio scripts relating to Maori migration stories of Horouta and Takitimu waka. Includes `The Tupurupuru stone and its story' and `Of Taniwha, Ngarara, and how Paeroa got its name'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook
Date: 1896
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B091
Description: Contains diary entries with a particular focus on land dealings, whakapapa, waiata and karakia, cosmological notes including names of Io and names of heavens and the inhabitants thereof, accounts, notes about Maori medicines, notes about migration canoes and related items, lists of names connected with particular land blocks, and a narrative account of a historical conflict involving Te Whakatohea and East Coast tribes Also contains information about the arrival of (Kingi ?) Mahuta to Otaki, and some Kai Tahu whakapapa. Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Ngati Porou whakapapa
Date: 1900-1920
From: Summersby, Reginald Francis Hinga, 1936-2014 : Papers re Ngati Porou
Reference: MSX-4874
Description: Contains extensive Ngati Porou whakapapa, from a number of hapu Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Manuscript of Kawhia during the Maori War and a letter from A T Ngata to Mrs Williams
Date: 1938
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-3/06
Description: Manuscript of "Kawhia during the Maori War" and a letter from Apirana Ngata to Mrs Williams [probably Phyllis Constance Williams, aka Kirimamae] relating to the history and translation of an oriori [lullaby] by Enoka Te Pakaru of Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Miscellaneous
Date: [1960s-1970s]
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-5/15
Description: Papers include stories, clippings, whakapapa, research notes and photographs. Includes `Head money: a story of the Maori Wars'; `The soaring war bird and the lonely sparrow' ; (Gorst and the Maori newspapers published during the 1860s); `Po-ranga-hua and the great bird of Puakapanga'; `Place names of the East Coast ; several photographs. Language - Some whakapapa and place names in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Three photographic prints
Te Hata Taumata? - Notebook in various hands
Date: 1872-1891
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-103
Description: Contains a description of lands occupied by various Ngati Porou hapu, and historical notes about the successive occupants, including whakapapa; there is also an unfinished letter about a girl involved in an underage relationship Quantity: 1 folder(s).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: ca 1897-1909
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-123
Description: Contains whakapapa from Whanganui, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngai Tara and Kai Tahu in particular; also contains detailed information about the Takitimu canoe, lists of Whanganui hapu, notes about the birth dates of Hemi Taitea's children; there are also notes about conflicts between Kai Tahu hapu, and a letter to Hare Hongi from Huru Moana about Maori cosmology Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Holograph (Black exercise book)