Places

Date: 1862-1918

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B054

Description: This volume contains information dictated by three tohunga, Apiata Te Aohau, Nepia Pohuhu and Paratene Te Okawhare, to Te Whatahoro; the narratives cover some common themes, including; Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay whakapapa, accounts of the creation of the universe, and the subsequent activities and conflicts of various deities; accounts and genealogies that set out the origin of various animate and inanimate things in the world; accounts of the migration of the Takitimu canoe, lead by Tamatea, from Hawaiki to New Zealand; information about the provenance of the material dictated by the tohunga Paratene Te Okawhare also discusses the influence of Christianity on the recital of traditional Maori accounts of cosmology, and provides instructions about who should be allowed access to the material and how whakapapa debates should be managed; he identifies some common errors made by non-experts in reciting genealogies; he also warns Te Whatahoro not to confuse the work of different tohunga, and points out that each school of learning will have their own version of events Physical Description: ¼ maroon, dark green boards 33 cm Provenance: This was one of four books loaned by Te Whatahoro to the Church of the Latter Day Saints

Date: [1960-1961]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-53

Description: Comprises report on quadrilateral adze with tang reduction; discovery of canoe hull (waka ama) of form requiring an outrigger attachment, Te Horo; timetable and background notes to tour of Hawke's Bay; notes; sketch of Napier harbour from 1870 map; drawing of small pataka and trig station profile; street map of Napier, with route noted; photgraphs of group (identified); extended genealogy, Tainui and Takitimu canoes to David Winterburn; the magnificent Winterburn adze; squat mere-like patu from Makurerua-Linton area; map, Horowhenua-Manawatu area showing localities of recent archaeological and Maori lore finds, the Makurerua-Linton adze and the Paretoa old burial place Also photographs of Adkin, map showing Maori sites and place-names of the Heretaunga Plains, ca 1850 (from Colenso); and photographs of the Makurerua-Linton patu Arrangement: Notebook no 52 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1962]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-56

Description: Contents comprise report on the Ngatimamoe adze, north Wairarapa, from K R Cairns; tanged adze from Pukeatua ridge, Lower Hutt, with map; memoranda of tape recordings and other matters with J Brydon Speedy; excavations of a promontory pa site on south head of Owhariu Bay, Wellington, with profile and maps; notes on the archaeology of Waikaretu River, Raglan-Port Waikato coast, with maps; calva (skull cap), Waikaretu; lower mandible, Waikaretu; revered hogback adze, north Waikanae Arrangement: Notebook no 55 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1915-1931

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0208

Description: Polynesian/Maori Voyages, the story of Takitimu Waka, Maori Customary Concepts and Tribal Narratives. Includes information on the messianic cults that flourished in the 19C; the battle of Waiorua (Whakapaetai) at Kapiti; Te Rangihaeata's stockade at Paremata; the death of Von Tempsky at Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu, and expropriated taonga in the British Museum, including Te Rauparaha's mere-pounamu `Papatahi' and Te Hiko-o-te-Rangi's mere-pounamu `Tuhiwai'. Comprises information on Nga Puhi `Atamira', and generic Maori tohunga practices.

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

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-05/1

Description: Notes and loose sheets about Maori history, particularly the Ngati Mamoe, Waitaha; information about sites for moa bone and other miscellaneous items. Also information about Maori pa, Taranaki region, taken duirng a trip to Mount Taranaki.

Date: [1944]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-16

Description: Contents comprise lower course of Hokio Stream and vicinity; site of Kohitane clearing and of adze finds, Heatherlea, Levin; Waitaha adzes, types IVC, IVB, Heatherlea, Levin and IVB from Pakakutu pa site, Otaki; adzes, types IIA, IIIB, from Lindsay Road and Roslyn roads areas, Levin; data of skull from NB1, Otororoa dune-ridge, Horowhenua; adze-like chisel, type IIB, Pakatutu pa site, Otaki; adze, type IVB with pecularity, from Plimmerton (R A Prouse); canoe paddle with Manaia-head terminal, Porotawhao; Waitaha adze, type IVA from eastern edge Weraroa Cl, Levin and type IVB, Raumatangi Block, Horowhenua; data of problematical stone from northern Hawke's Bay. Note by Adkin: adze types are according to present writer's scheme of classification (see vol 17 of present series). Cover also has note, `adze types'. Arrangement: Notebook no 13 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1963

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-62

Description: Comprises report on various archaeological finds, including adzes and fish hooks, at the Paremata site, Porirua Harbour; with longitudinal section giving geomorphology, ethnology and archaeology of the site; plan of site showing location of adzes; map showing some (not all) former whaling stations in the Porirua - Kapiti region. Arrangement: Notebook no 61 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [ca 1880]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-124

Description: Contains a narrative dictated by Wi Pokuku, with additional notes by Herries Beattie, about the settlement of the South Island, and about traditions associated with the Waitaha people Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-030

Description: Shows remains of carved stockade and what could be a canoe prow on the ground. Cabbage trees to the right and hills in the background The pa at Te Wai a te Rua Ti, near Temuka had been a Waitaha Pa until the raids of Te Rauparaha in the 1820s, when it was rebuilt at some distance as a Ngai Tahu Pa. Part of this earlier pa can be seen in the background in other drawings by Mantell of the pa by 1848. Other Titles - Te Wai a te Rua Ti Pa Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 177 x 134 mm

Date: 1916-1919

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0212

Description: Polynesian/Maori Voyages; Aotea Waka; Maori Customary Concepts; Maori Cosmology; Tribal Narratives; Paimarire Religion, and Hauhauism. Includes information on Rua Kenana's Rebellion and the Taranaki Wars as well as the Battle of Waiorua (ie. Whakapaetai) 1824 on Kapiti Island and the Battle of Kuititanga 1839 adjacent on the mainland which were the last inter-tribal sea and land battles fought in Aotearoa. Also information on Maori whaling activities at Kapiti; building Rangiatea Church in Otaki 1847; Te Rauparaha's release from HMS Caliope 1848, and Te Rangihaeata's Stockade at Paremata. Includes information on the Maori Pioneer Battalion 1914-18. Finding Aids: Index at qMS-0217.

Date: [1962]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-59

Description: Comprises reports on the disinterment of native human skeletons at Paraparaumu Beach township from excavation of sand-dune formation near the post office (diagrams of skulls) (with map, profile and photographs); Te Ika-a-maru and Ohau bays area of western Wellington - further ethnological features and note on drift objects of this coast; groups of unusually- placed storage pits and a large type whakamate on the Kenakena coastal salient...Paraparaumu Beach (with map); memo of human skull, probably late tribal Maori age, from old fixed dunes immediately west of Te Horo; remarkable Waitaha-Ngatimamoe hybrid adze in blackstone from Tiakitahuna, Palmerston North Arrangement: Notebook no 58 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-02/1

Description: Notebook containing information about the early geology, geography and Maori settlement of Wellington harbour. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 1 notebook.

Date: 1960

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-48

Description: Comprises article on the moa hunter as artist and trapper by Hugh S McCully with photographs and letter; maps and notes showing location of middens and adze found at Waikanae; plan of meeting house, Waiwhetu, `Arohanui-ki-te-tangata'; photograph of Wikitoria Puketapu with carved figure; map showing route of excursion around Pauatahanui arm of Porirua Harbour; map, excursion, Paekakariki; sketch plan and prfile, pa-citadel site, Paekakariki; discussion of the term, `Papa-kainga'; photograph and sketch of ancient outrigger float from Pinfold's drained swamp, Soldiers Road, Te Horo, photography and further drawings Arrangement: Notebook no 47 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1948

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/03

Description: "Record list. Otago tour" written on folder. Contents includes a comprehensive list of the interviews that Leo Fowler conducted during his tour of Otago in 1948. Topics include early settler history, including Maori, Pakeha and Chinese history. Some of the interviews were conducted in Maori, so will be a good resource for Kai Tahu language research [full transcripts are not present here but does include a summary of topics spoken about in the recordings]. Includes information about mahinga kai or food gathering practices, rock art, early farming history, sheep rustling and bushrangers. Language - References to Maori language recordings Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1962]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-57

Description: Contents comprise reports on find-spots and data of artefacts, historic sites of the greater Waikanae area, including a record of recent finds between Te Horo and Waikanae to May 1962, including genealogy (with map); thick squat patu from Mangaroa pa, Richard Rolston's collection; unexpected archaeological discoveries, a new type of patu from Horowhenua and a native burial, Welllington, photographs, map and diagrams; selected memoranda from 10th science congress (1962) Arrangement: Notebook no 56 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1921-1922

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0214

Description: Polynesian/Maori Voyages & Mythologies; Tawhaki/Christian parallels; the New Zealand Wars and Hauhauism. Includes information on Maori Divinatory Rites, Maori Fishing Methods, Maori Games and the Moko-Mokai Collection of Major General Robley. Finding Aids: Index at qMS-0215.

Date: [1823-1935]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-139

Description: Research papers from envelope titled Warbricks Adventures in Maoriland, containing handwritten and typewritten research notes and drafts relating mainly to the Rotorua region. Includes waiata and whakapapa. Also includes two photographs, one is hand tinted and has MS on the back saying 'Puraku trenches Tarukenga' the other is a photograph [postcard] titled 'Hongis Track. Rotorua. F. G. R. 2615' produced by Frank Duncan & co, Auckland. Language - Some waiata and whakapapa in Maori Arrangement: From 46 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s). Two photographs [one is also a postcard] of Puraku trenches Tarukenga and Hongi's Track.

Date: 1883

By: Leahy, James Eugene, active 1883-1901

Reference: MapColl-832.1ecd/[1883?]/Acc.1797

Description: Map indicating boundaries of Maori lands and territories in the Hauraki Plains area extending to Thames and as far south as Tauranga Harbour. Includes the following Iwi references:- Uruopou lands now belonging to Ngatipaoa, Waitaha lands, Te Hakaipuku or Ngatikea land, Ngaiwi lands, Ngati Te Rauhea lands, Ngatihuarere territory, Lands of Ngatirotawa, Ngati Paeko, Ngati Tutea, Ngati Hotu, Ngatihako territory, Ngamarama lands. Some Maori placenames are hand-written on a printed, commercial map of what was then the Auckland district. Title supplied by cataloguer. Jas. E.L. believed to be James E. Leahy, fl. 1883-1896 Base map: Auckland, sheet 3. Wellington, N.Z.: General Survey Office, 1883. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 47.9 x 58.3 cm.

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-334-049

Description: Elevated whata (food storage platforms) with low fences, two dwellings, and, in the left distance, the remains of an earlier pa, including the two Ti (cabbage) trees referred to in the name of the pa. People seated and standing around the pa. Shows Te Wai te Rua Ti pa, near Temuka Other Titles - Te Wai a te rua ti Pa, near Temuka Inscriptions: Recto - title and date in the artist's hand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 127 x 200 mm (page size)