Tainui

Tainui waka have many iwi and marae situated throughout the Waikato region, other regions such as Auckland, the Hauraki Gulf and Kapiti and also around the world such as Sydney. Some marae are shared by different iwi and hapuu of Tainui and include Te Aakau, Waikaaretu, Te Poho o Tanikena and Poihaakena.

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Manuscript

Miscellaneous papers

Date: 1908-1949

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0488

Description: Contains personal and professional correspondence regarding visits, marae, historical research; newspaper clippings and a report, `Wanganui Maori Conference as a Parliamentary paper'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Manuscript

Te timatanga o te mahi whakahaere ki te taha hauhau

Date: 1874-1876

From: Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898: Maori manuscripts

Reference: MSY-2051

Description: Title translated as: The beginning of the organization of the Hauhau side. Handwriting unknown; concerns Te Wheoro's negotiations on behalf of Tawhiao over the settlement of Waikato lands Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

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Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937 :[Testimonial presented to] Stephenson Percy Smit...

Date: 1901

From: Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937: Testimonial presented to Stephenson Percy Smith, Surveyor-General and Secretary for Crown Lands

Reference: D-007-002-03

Description: A Maori man in a small canoe at the shore, close to a large pohutukawa, marking the spot where Tainui are said to have first landed in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 71 mm (diameter)

Manuscript

Miscellaneous material

Date: 1918-1949

From: Grace, John Te Herekiekie (Sir), 1905-1985 : Grace family papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4760-8

Description: Assorted material in many different hands. Includes proverbs; chants; notes on Maori lore; notes from an inhabitant of Taupo; notes re the old missionaries, views of marriages between Maori and Pakeha; names of planets, stars etc. Extracts from writings of Reverend Richard Taylor and Kerry Nicholls. Obituary of Mrs Celia Kinder and a booklet from King Koroki and his people to the Prime Minister entitled `A statement relating to the King Country pact'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Manuscript

Maori Development Hui 1911 (Original) - Papers

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

Manuscript

Royal visit to Turangawaewae Marae

Date: 1953

From: Grace, John Te Herekiekie (Sir), 1905-1985 : Grace family papers

Reference: 85-173-5/8

Description: Contains an official programme from the Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Turangawaewae Marae in 1953 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence relating to Hauraki publication

Date: [1996-2000]

From: Royal family : Papers (Te Whanau a Roera Hukiki Te Ahukaramu)

Reference: MS-Papers-7129-01

Description: Correspondence, particularly between Royal and Reed Publishers, and other papers relating to the publication of `Nga Tohu o te Whenua o Hauraki', written by Taimoana Turoa and edited for publication by Royal and published by Reed in 2000 as `Te Takoto o te whenua of Hauraki' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Map

New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Auckland pla...

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/7/7-Acc.37228

Description: Identifies Auckland place names - Rangitoto, Motutapu, Waitemata, Manuka, Maungawhau, Motuihi, Waimokoia, Maungakiekie, Puketapapa (Mt Roskill). Shows where Tainui parted with Te Arawa Canoe. Waimokia was later called Tamaki Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on grey waxed linen paper. Scale indeterminable. 34 x 21.8 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Manuscript

Outward correspondence - O-R

Date: 1927-1942

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-07

Description: Includes many letters to a variety of people and institutions about the whakapapa of Matene Te Whiwhi, Kahungunu, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Raukawa and Waikato - Tainui; also includes letters about Maori place names like Ngaruawahia; letters about Stowell's journey through places like Whakaki, Nuhaka and Lake Waikaremoana; includes letters on Maori language and also includes a condolence letter to the Pomare family on the death of their son, T Pomare; also includes a letter on haka to the Wellington Camera Club Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (with some ms annotations) and printed matter Processing information: Not all names have been indexed.

Manuscript

Maori architecture, history, language and whakapapa

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

Manuscript

Tainui, volume 6 (Maori) - Fragment

Date: n d

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-B11A

Description: These folders are White's manuscript versions of Ancient History of the Maori and include volumes which were prepared but not published before his death and this folder provides an account of the Ngati Toa migration and war with other Tainui iwi. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter

Manuscript

Contemporary Maori society - The hui

Date: [1971]

From: Salmond, Anne (Dame), 1945- : Contemporary Maori society - The hui

Reference: MS-Papers-9920-1

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence relating to Hauraki publication

Date: [1992-1998]

From: Royal family : Papers (Te Whanau a Roera Hukiki Te Ahukaramu)

Reference: MS-Papers-7129-03

Description: Correspondence and other papers relating to proposed publication by Taimoana Turoa of `Nga Tohu o te Whenua o Hauraki; includes notes by Royal prior to his taking over the project Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Maori material

Date: 1840, nd

From: Whiteley, John, 1806-1869 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0484-4

Description: Translation of `He tangi mo Te Rangihiroa' by the ancestors of Te Wharepouri on the occasion of the Ngati Toa tribe leaving Taranaki & anticipating an attack from the Waikato. Also items in Maori relating to the selling of all of Taranaki by the several Ngati Maniapoto chiefs from Kawhia to the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Manuscript

Newspapers - Miscellaneous Maori topics

Date: 1903-1930s

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-63

Description: Includes material on Maori history, geography, science, health, language, placenames, prose, poetry, waiata, New Zealand flora and fauna, the transpacific migration of the Maori, personalities, `Problems of the Maori', `Should Maori have equal rights like Europeans?', religion, Maori artifactual preservation, land claims and Maori art Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (some with holograph annotations)

Manuscript

Takaanui Tarakawa - Whakamaramatanga o te pepa o te Hoenga mai o Te Arawa raua ko Tainu...

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-175

Description: Copy of some of Takaanui Tarakawa's papers in S P Smith's hand including many whakapapa for Te Arawa, Tainui, Tokomaru, Horouta, Takitimu, Tuamatua and others. The papers also include information about the arrival of the Te Arawa canoe and the Kurahaupo canoe, the legend of Hatupatu, details of Rongomaiwahine's relationship with Kahungunu, and discussions of Maori customary concepts including hau, hoa, mana, kura, whatukura and kawa; Some of this material is in JPS V 2 p168-171, 199-207. Also includes letter and notes to Smith from Walter Gudgeon severely critical of Tarakawa's whakapapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Index to estimates 1933-34

Date: 1933-1934

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

Reference: MSY-5559

Description: Contains loan accounts relating to regional development schemes Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Manuscript

Notebook - Confiscations

Date: n d

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

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-077

Description: Information on the Tauranga confiscations and the Waikato war Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Manuscript

Te Takoto o te whenua of Hauraki (draft)

Date: 2000

From: Royal family : Papers (Te Whanau a Roera Hukiki Te Ahukaramu)

Reference: MSX-5882

Description: Spiral bound draft copy of `Nga Tohu o te whenua o Hauraki landmarks', edited and additional material by Te Ahukaramu Charles Royal. This was prepared for a presentation of the manuscript to the unveiling of a headstone to the memory of Taimoana Turoa, 3 Apr 1999. Other Titles - Nga Tohu o te Whenua of Hauraki landmarks Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Maori chants, songs, poetry, whakapapa

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