MANUSCRIPT
Maori letters
- Date
- 1867-1872
- By
- Haereroa, -1870?; Karetai, Hohepa, active 1860s?; Ngarongomate, Ropata, active 1850-1870; Parata, Wiremu Te Kakakura, 1835?-1906; Patuki, Topi, -1900; Pokaitara, Hohaia, active 1844-1869; Taiaroa, Hori Kerei, -1905; Tamaihengia, Hohepa, active 1828-1862; Te Rauparaha, Tamihana, 1819-1876; Te Rūnanga o Moeraki; Te Rūnanga o Waikouaiti; Tiramorehu, Matiaha, -1881; Tukaha, Iharaira, active 1872; Tukumaru, Ihakara, -1881; Whareakaka, Tamihana, active 1870
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0083-199
- Description
Contains correspondence (Matiaha Tiramorehu) about various issues including Maori political participation in central government and admission to the Upper House, the Governments complaints of the high price of Maori land for Native schooling and other purposes and the excessive costs imposed on Maori for their childrens attendence. Also includes letters by Tamihana Te Rauparaha about an ongoing dispute between Ngati Raukawa and Muaupoko and Ngati Apa incursions into the Horowhenua burning houses (21/4/1870) and challenging Ngati Raukawa occupation in the district. Tamihana requests the government to confiscate the arms that were formerly issued to these tribes during the wars. Also mentions a curse by Te Peeti (?) threatening to exhume the bones of Te Whatanui and throw them into lake Horowhenua.
Also contains a copy of the petition by Hohepa Tamaihengia requesting the return of Whitireia.
Contains good examples of 19th century Kai Tahu dialect by Matiaha Tiramorehu !
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Microfilm available. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0483-16
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Mantell family : Papers / Series 2/1 Walter Mantell - Official correspondence and notes
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Manuscripts
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