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Pitt-Porutu family: Papers
- Date
- 1853-1930, 2011
- By
- Pitt-Porutu familyPorutu, Henare Apiti, 1829-1904; Pitt-Porutu, Arthur, 1868-1938
- Reference
- MS-Group-1947
- Description
Papers of the Pitt-Porutu family, mainly comprising correspondence, plans, land documents, deeds, agreements, financial records and various receipts. These papers mainly relate to the business interests of Henare Pitt Porutu, his son, Arthur Pitt, and their families.
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The Porutu family are a notable family in the history of land settlement in Wellington, and espesically the Pipitea pa site. Te Rira Porutu of Te Matehou was a principal Te Ati Awa leader at Pipitea pa and a signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi. His wife, Te Awa, was closely related to the Taranaki prophet Te Whiti-o-Rongomai. Henare Apiti Porutu, also known as Henry Pitt, a brother of Ihaia Porutu and cousin of Te Whiti o Rongomai. Involved in Maori land claims in the Hutt Valley, Wellington, from mid 1850s to early 1900s. His first wife Ann Smith emigrated to New Zealand in 1851.
Quantity: 10 folder(s). 0.20 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr D C Pitt, Auckland, Mar 2011
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 10 folder(s), 0.20 Linear Metres, Family papers, Invoices, Legal instruments, Manuscripts, Maps, Personal correspondence, Typescripts, Wills, Mss, typescripts and printed matter
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Receipts
Date: [2011]
From: Pitt-Porutu family: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10805-6
Description: Folder comprises receipts for business transaction relating to the Pitt-Porutu family's propertys. Also includes receipt for school fees for three children (1877) and a doctor's receipt relating to infant diets (1908). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed material
Correspondence
Date: 1899-1900
From: Pitt-Porutu family: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10805-2
Description: Folder comprises correspondence to Henare Pitt Porutu relating to a Certificate of Title for the Araheke Native Reserve in Taranaki (1900). Also letters to Henare Porutu from Parata relating to the old-age pension in English and Maori (1899). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss & typescripts
Correspondence
Date: 1883-1951
From: Pitt-Porutu family: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10805-3
Description: Folder comprises correspondence to members of the Pitt-Porutu family relating to land titles, rental agreements and leases. Also includes a telegram to Mrs P Tahiwi of Island Bay from Miria Woodbine Pomare (1951). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts & mss
Maori Land Court - Printed material
Date: 1897-1898
From: Pitt-Porutu family: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10805-7
Description: Folder comprises two printed documnets printed by the Maori Land Court relating to the land schedules of the Native Land Court. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed material
Financial records
Date: 1891-1925
From: Pitt-Porutu family: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10805-5
Description: Folder comprises financial papers and receipts relating to the Pitt-Porutu family's land transactions, rentals and property titles. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss & typescripts
Whakapapa
Date: [2011]
From: Pitt-Porutu family: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10805-1
Description: Folder comprises genealogical material relating to the Pitt-Porutu family. Includes whakapapa chart, family portraits, newspaper cuttings relating to Ruhia Porutu (wife of Ihaia Porutu), Coroners' report on the death of Henare Pitt Porutu (1905) and probate papers for Mary Pitt Porutu (step-mother of Arthur Pitt Porutu, 1906). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, photographs & mss (photocopies)
Legal papers
Date: 1895-1930
From: Pitt-Porutu family: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10805-4
Description: Folder comprises legal papers relating to the Pitt-Porutu family. Includes probate documents, pension papers, insurance policies, purchase agreements, papers relating to the Native Land Act. Also photocopy of application paper for female emigration for Ann Smith (Ann Pitt-Porutu) 1851. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts & printed material
Land deeds
Date: 1853-1892
From: Pitt-Porutu family: Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-10805
Description: Folder comprises legal papers, land deeds and memorandum relating to the Pitt-Porutu family's property and lease activities. Includes grant document for allotment of land in Lower Hutt to Ihaia Porutu and family, witnessed by Sir George Grey (1853). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts & printed material
Plans
Date: 1880
From: Pitt-Porutu family: Papers
Reference: MSI-Papers-10805-2
Description: Folder comprises three manuscript plans. Includes two plans for early plots of land encompassed by the Pipitea Pa. Land owned by Henare Pitt Porutu and others. Also plan for plot of land owned by Ihaia Porutu and others in the Porirua District No 10. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Grants and deeds
Date: 1868, 1883
From: Pitt-Porutu family: Papers
Reference: MSI-Papers-10805-1
Description: Folder comprises a grant of lands under the Native Lands Act to Ihaia Porutu and others for 31 perches of land from the subdivision of the Pipitea Pa Reserve, witnessed by Sir George Grey (1867); grant to Karena Waitere and others for 23 perches of land from the subdivision of the Pipitea Pa Reserve, witnesses by Sir George Grey (1868); and deed for lease of land from Ihaia Porutu and others to Houston Francis Logan (1883). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts & printed material