Places

Date: 1942

By: Phillipps, William John, 1893-1967

Reference: qMS-1588

Description: To W J Phillipps of the Dominion Museum, giving a list of carved houses on the East Coast Quantity: 1 volume(s) (5 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (35cm, grey covers) Processing information: Transferred from main collection, Oct 1978

Date: nd

By: Denne, Archibald, Harry, 1900-1972

Reference: MS-Papers-10887

Description: Includes reference to his teaching at Taihape and Oxford, experiences in Maori schools in the Northland and on the East Coast, relations with Sir Apirana Ngata and others, and experiences in Fijian and Chatham Island schools. Includes some sketch maps of the areas mentioned Denne was an inspector of Maori schools 1933-1937, inspector of schools 1938-1947 and senior inspector of schools in Hawke Bay 1947-1948 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (85 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - One cartoon entitled `AHD inspects the sewing'.

Date: 1860s-1949

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: PA1-o-1038

Description: Contains photographs of a Maori group at Wanganui, Te Rangitahau of Waitahanui, inscription at Wairaka meeting house (Whakatane), Pohaturoa Rock (Whakatane), Tainui anchor stone at Mokau, Matahourua anchor stone at Dominion Museum, Tokomaru anchor stone at New Plymouth Museum, hui at Rangitukua (March 1945), Ngarimu hui at Ruatoria (1943), hui at Hiruharama (1945), Tahi hohepa at Otukou (1947), reception to Field-Marshall Montgomery at Ohinemutu (1947), Sir Apirana Ngata speaking at erection of Porourangi meeting house (Waiomatatini), scenes in Parihaka, and Sir Peter Buck at Te Araroa (March 1949). The photographers represented are W J Harding, A P Godber, Burton Brothers, Owen Johnston, and the New Zealand Railways Publicity Department. A number of images were provided by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 cm

Date: [ca 1920s]

By: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935

Reference: PAColl-D-0823

Description: View of the homestead, out buildings and surrounding paddocks taken by [James Ingram] McDonald, ca 1920s [?] Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Title Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 360 x 765 mm with mount 480 x 887 mm

Date: 1893-1922

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-16

Description: Contains various printed papers relating to religious and political matters; these papers include information about the spread and prevention of small-pox and other diseases, information about Arbour Day (in English), copies of political correspondence from Taranaki Te Uamairangi, Tau Henare, Maui Pomare and Apirana Ngata; a copy of the Kahiti o Niu Tiremi dealing with the enlistment of Maori soldier in World War One, and a notice with regard to the establishment of a railway company at Taupo; there is also an invitation from Te Arawa rangatira for Te Arawa people to attend a hui at Maketu to discuss negotiations with the Government Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1840-1981

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-06

Description: Contains 3 photocopies of an essay about the Maori occupation of Otahuhu and the Auckland district up to 1840. Also contains an essay in Maori about the Maori perspective of the Treaty of Waitangi Working notes compiled by librarians working with Maori materials in the Manuscripts Section of the Library during the late 1970s and 1980s. Most of the work was done by Sharon Dell. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1934-1940

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-60

Description: Includes Native Land Court documents of the Wellington region; newspaper cuttings dealing with major and minor issues of the period including the Report of the Native Affairs Commission and Apirana Ngata; tributes and obituaries, horse racing, comic caption competitions, Maori land settlements of the time, articles on brothels, concerts, Maori history, New Zealand flora and fauna Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: 1911

From: Ormsby family : Papers

By: Wahanui, Hari H, active 1917

Reference: MSY-5005

Description: Contains manuscript minutes notes of the Maori development hui (1911) which was hosted by Ngati Maniapoto in Te Kuiti and which was attended by people like Sir Apirana Ngata and Peter Buck and which addressed issues such as the future development of the Maori people and Maori culture and the impact of law and religion. Accompanying material - Partial transcription contained in folder MS-Papers-6889-1 but excludes pages 45-52 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1944, 1972

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-061

Description: Two copies of the intrductory address (lecture one) by Sir Apirana Ngata at the opening of the Porourangi Maori Cultural School, Ruatoria, and lectures two and three (4 Apr 1944, copied 1972); and correspondence relating to this series of lectures Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1942-1971

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

By: Bracken, Thomas, 1841-1898

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-002

Description: Includes correspondence about critiques to book drafts such as 'Nga Moteatea' and 'Tamihana, the king maker', also includes Tainui whakapapa and history, an article on Samuel Marsden, dedication of Maori, church and historic buildings, patere from Tuhoe, research correspondence, poor pronounciation of Maori placenames, prestigious visits to New Zealand and places like Taumarunui and also the history of Te Miringa Te Kakara. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: [ca 1963]

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

Reference: 77-014-1/02A

Description: Papers relating to Maori music and waiata. Includes the script for a radio programme about Maori music by Phyllis Williams (Kirimamae), called "Maori Song Forms" on the scripts. Many of the waiata featured in the programme relate to Ngati Porou, and people mentioned in the programme include Sir Apirana Ngata, Ngaropi White, Materoa [Reedy], Hera Haereroa, Enoka Te Pakaru, Hiria Tamati, Matekino Brown, Alfred Hill and Tuta Nihoniho. Also mentioned is the story of Pou (Pourangahua) and the origins of the haka associated with Te Rauparaha "Ka mate, ka mate" are discussed saying it has connections to the story of Maui capturing the sun. Different kinds of waiata or song forms are discussed as well as titi torea, or Maori stick games. Also includes lyrics and translations of many Maori waiata, a booklet of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus, translated into Maori, with notation, and a programme for the 123rd Waitangi Day Celebration, at Waitangi on 6 Feb 1963. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1920

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0039-08A

Description: Contains waiata and karakia, and accompanying narratives Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

From: Seddon family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1619-228

Description: Pamphlets including The campaigns of 1917 edited by Captain Basil Williams, The price of Citizenship by Sir Apirana Ngata, Stories from the history of the Kopara Valley by Form 2 Houpiri School, Instructions for the Guidance of Medical Examiners for War Pensions, Provincial pride, no. 11 Aug 1965 and Te Wai Poumamu - souvenir of the Grey District Diamond Jubilee, 1868-1928

Date: [1940-1986]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-132

Description: Corrected typescript of George Graham's `Ngatoro-I-Rangi; his ascent of Tongariro and the neighbouring mountains' translated from the manuscript account of Wiremu Te Rangikeheke'; note from Grant Corbishley with his account, `The History of the Matamau and Tataramoa district prior to European settlement' (1986) with note from S Locke (1877); copy of letter, J H Mitchell to Native Minister with history of Te Rama-Apakura jade (1939); part of letter from Ngata, Ruatoria to C R H Taylor (1948); and letter from A J Park & Son to the president of the Polynesian Society re copyright in the society's publications (1976) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph typed manuscript

Date: 1908-1924

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

Reference: MS-Papers-7575-013

Description: Contains letters from family and professional acquaintances relating to Maori land, Maori councils and family matters Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

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)

Date: 1955-1974

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

Reference: 77-014-4/14

Description: Correspondence, notes on articles, articles on Maori place names, photos, maps, newspaper clippings and abstracts of radio programmes based on Maori whaling on the East Coast and Te Kaha history. Correspondence includes letters relating to Fowler's writing and publications, including some correspondence in French relating to an article that Fowler wrote in Landfall that was being translated into French for inclusion in the Ethno-psychologie journal. Correspondence also from Eric Ramsden and Charles Brasch. Language - Two letters in French Language - Some notes relating to Maori phrases Quantity: 1 folder(s). One black and white photographic print of a kapa haka group taken from above.

Date: 1860

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B001

Description: Contains notes about the circumstances in which Te Matorohanga dictated the material, which includes cosmological notes about Maui, Mataaho and the divine origins of various items and practices; there are also notes about Kupe, Toi and Whatonga and the discovery and settlement of New Zealand The text also discusses the interaction between the original inhabitants and the Maori settlers; there are also discussions about the activities of the canoe commanders in discovering and naming places around the North Island; there are also extensive whakapapa, waiata and karakia There are notes about the settlement of Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa and Wellington which were subsequently used by Best for journal articles, there are also annotations in Ngata's hand that refer to another publication Publication - Material has been used in `The Lore of the Whare Wananga' according to annotations thoroughout the book Relationship complexity - Some of the material was also published in 'The Land of Tara' , an article written by Elsdon Best for the Journal of the Polynesian Society between 1917-1919 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: ca1910, 6 November 1928

By: Gallagher, D (Dr), active 1969

Reference: PAColl-4797

Description: One photo shows Sir Apirana Ngata and party on arrival at the Lake Hotel on 6 November 1928, for the presentation of the Humane Society's medal Arrangement: Negatives ctatlogued at 1/2-032005, 032006 Quantity: 2 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1972

By: Hooker, Garry, 1939-2022

Reference: MS-Papers-1030

Description: Notes on songs in Sir Apirana Ngata's "Nga Moteatea", based on whakapapa book compiled by Piipi Tiopira and Maori Land Court records. Other Titles - Nga Moteatea Quantity: 1 folder(s) (15 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript