Places

Date: 1883

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B032

Description: Contains whakapapa from Wanganui and Wairarapa, whakatauki, waiata and narratives of conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu Enclosures - 1 portrait at beginning of book as well as 3 loose leaf pages with the letterhead `Fairbairn's New Occidental Hotel, Wellington' which contains whakapapa `na Paora Poihipi' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (23 cm; marbled boards)

Date: 1884-1897

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B017

Description: Contains whakapapa, and boundaries of land blocks in Whangaehu and related notes about ownership, whakapapa, related hapu, mahinga kai, and occupation issues (this appears to have been an extract from the sitting of the Maori Land Court or a Native Committee) Contains information about conflicts involving tribes in the Wanganui district, and karakia Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Maroon paper covers, 20 cm., vol numbered 10

Date: 1869-1888

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B015

Description: Contains Ngati Porou whakapapa, a narrative about the naming of Aotearoa by Kupe, a narrative about the history of Ngati Porou from the time of Porou Mataa, and a list of Ngati Porou pa, mahinga kai, urupa and details of land rentals to Pakeha Other - 3 loose leaf pages are folded and inserted in the beginning of the book containing whakapapa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ brown calf, black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 5

Date: 1901

Reference: PA1-f-064

Description: Photographs taken during the royal tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in 1901. Scenes include the arrival of the royal visitors at various places, by ship, Royal carriages, and Royal train; ceremonies and rites welcoming them; views of triumphal arches erected for the tour, including Marble Arch (Queen Street, Auckland), the Auckland Harbour Board Arch, the Citizen's Arch (Wellesley Street), and the Government Arch (City of Wellington). Other ceremonies are associated with the presentation of war-medals; the laying of foundation stones (Victoria College for Maori Girls, Parnell, Auckland), the Wellington Town Hall, and the Queens Memorial Statue in Dunedin); and the march past and inspection of various guards, troops and veterans. One photograph shows Lord Ranfurly in Auckland, reading the proclamation extending the boundaries of the colony to include the Cook Islands (p 16). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "Visit of Duke of Cornwall and York (King George V.). 1901. Maoris - Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch". Hand-printed in ink on slip attached to front cover.

Date: 1895

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-023

Description: Contains notes on various Māori-related subjects. There is a full contents list at the front. Includes transcript of notes by G H Davies on Māori-Pākehā children. Also comprises notes on death ceremonies - cremation; Kāi Tahu death ceremonies, as well as karakia, waiata and whakataukī including tapu lifting practices. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Processing information: Description updated 19 September 2023 following information provided by a staff member.

Date: [192-]

By: Lynskey, Molly E, active 1920-1950

Reference: MSX-8129

Description: Volume is a handwritten and bound history of Taumarunui written in Indian ink, which includes illustrations in oils and ink, and a panorama photograph of Taumarunui town taken by S C Smith. Text covers the period 1850-1925 and includes the early history of local Maori; settler Alexander Bell and his wife Katarina; Taumarunui railway and the development of the first township. Source of title - Transcribed from item Mary (Molly) Ellen Lynskey, infant teacher in Wellington 1920's-1950's. Volume was created as part of a teacher training course Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph with illustrations and photograph Provenance: Donor, Anne Tuffin, niece of Molly Lynskey. Three ink sketches and an oil drawing. Includes sketches of Taumarunui in 1901 and a Maori dwelling in the King Country (no date). The oil drawing depicts Mount Ngauruhoe.

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-08

Description: Contains a narrative account of conflicts between Ngati Tuwharetoa and Whanganui in the vicinity of Tongariro Also contain miscellaneous Maori prose Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: n d

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-110A

Description: Contains narratives about Maori ancestors living at Hawaiki, including Manaia and Tamatea, and the reasons that they migrated to New Zealand; also includes narrative about various conflicts in New Zealand involving tribes on the south-eastern seaboard of the North Island, and migrations that led to conflicts, or resulted from them; also contains related waiata and haka. Also contains the story about Ngati Tama, Te Ati Awa invasion of the Wairarapa district, including accounts of the battle of Te Tarata in 1829, the capture of Metapere Te Waipunaahau (Ngati Toa) by the Wairarapa tribes, the capture of Te Uamairangi and Te Kakapi-o-te-Rangi, and subsequent peace making at Pito-one (Petone) between Te Ati Awa and Wairarapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1886,1892,1895,1902,1904,1905

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-129

Description: Contains whakapapa from Wairarapa, Ngati Porou and Tuhoe; also contains notes from the sitting of the Maori Land Court at Wanganui with information about historical occupation and use of land, related whakapapa, the sites of pa and kainga and lists of contemporary owners Also contains notes about the Te Arawa canoe, waiata, a copy of instructions regarding the administration of land in the Wanganui area, and cosmological whakapapa Contains notes about the boundaries of land owned by hapu living around Lake Wairarapa, and the pa and kainga that they lived in; also contains a copy of a letter to Sir James Carroll about the administration and management of reserves near the Lake Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1873

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B033

Description: Contains evidence from the hearing of the Native Committee with regard to land at Tuhiariki, in the Wanganui district, including whakapapa, block boundaries, mahinga kai, information about ancestral occupation, and the final judgement of the Committee Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled paper covers, 33 cm., vol numbered 19

Date: 21 February 1996

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: Dom/1996/0222/1-F

Description: Photographs of meeting of Wanganui City Council, 21 February 1996, to consider Moutoa Gardens, taken by staff photographers of The Dominion newspaper, and processed by the newspaper on 22 February 1996. Quantity: 10 colour original negative(s) 35mm strips with 30 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negatives, 35 mm

Date: 1899-1940

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-67

Description: Includes clippings on Maori history, iwi, geology, geography, wharenui, whakaairo, whakapapa of Te Rarawa and Queen Elizabeth II, astrology, `Racial superiority', `War economy' and the settlement of Wellington by Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph and printed matter (some with holograph annotations)

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.

Date: 1864

By: Huddleston, Francis Fortescue Croft, 1846-1922; Monro, Paul Alexander (Dr), 1928-2013

Reference: B-195-010

Description: A view of one of the Maori pa on the eastern banks of the Whanganui River, possibly Ranana Pa. The river winds its way through the middle of the scene, while the pa is visible on the right, or eastern bank; there are a number of whare, surrounded by pallisades. On the western bank, a number of Maori adults and children are fishing; there is a dog in the water and a canoe out in the middle of the river, as well as one drawn up on the western bank. The hills are green beyond, with poplar trees growing near the pa site Huddleston was resident in Nelson in 1864, and is known to have travelled up the Whanganui River Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - FFC Huddleston / 1864 [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 350 x 500 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, in the collection of Dr Paul Alexander Monro, Taupo

Date: 1911

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B027

Description: Contains extensive information about the ownership and administration of the Pouakani Block by Wairarapa Maori, including lists of owners, lists of successors, the election of the managing body, the purchase of livestock and equipment, the dispatch of workers to Pouakani, restrictions on land use and financial management details and regulations Also contains notes about the marriage of Hemi Te Miha, some biographical notes about Wi Parata, notes about the sale of large land blocks in Wairarapa including the boundaries of land sold, sale prices, number of sellers, reserves and other benefits promised; also contains whakapapa and waiata, notes about the death of Tutepakihirangi Also contains notes about Tamatea and the migration of the Takitimu canoe, information about the peace-making between Wairarapa and Te Ati Awa in the 1830s; a copy of a draft petition to Sir James Carroll calling for an end to the purchase of Maori land, a copy of a speech of welcome to Sir James Carroll and other politicians at the unveiling of the Tamahau Mahupuku monument and a copy of a speech by Te Whatahorro to a hui at Papawai, criticising Whenua Manihera and discussing the administration of Pouakani Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Black soft cover, 20 cm., vol numbered 16