MANUSCRIPT
Letters in Maori
- Date
- Jan 1862-Jun 1862
- By
- Te Tukiata, Rewiri, active 1850s-1860s; Hiakiaha, Apera Karaka, active 1862; Rewarewa, Huka, active 1862; Te Mairangi, active 1862; Rapahia, active 1862; Tikiha, Hami, active 1862; Te Hareti, active 1862; Te Rangitake, Wiremu Kingi, -1882; Moke, Neha, active 1862-1870s; Te Manu, Paratene, -1897; Tarewarewa, Mohi Whiti, active 1860s; Parata, Hare, -1909; Puhiohio, Eruera, active 1862; Te Poria, active 1862; Ururoa, active 1862
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0075-009B
- Description
Various letters from Maori to White regarding Maori land interests, monies, and claims.
Also includes a list of names for Ngati Te Ata (Waikato) for 1862.
Includes a letter from Te Poria of Ngati Raukawa to Grey pleading for a reduced sentence for his sons, Makaora & Waiata, who were accused of rape and sentenced to two years; also includes supporting letter from senior contemporary chiefs of Ngati Raukawa to Grey concerned that the accused mens legal rights were abused and that a presumption of guilt presided over their hearing.
Arrangement: Previously from 1/1 Official Correspondence series
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Finding Aids: Piece level inventory available.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers / 1/2 Maori letters
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Manuscripts
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