Muriwai

Date: 1932-1947

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0510

Description: Contains notes regarding various meeting houses, including Ratana Hall. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1945-1947

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0370

Description: File 166 - Contains finances of the station and also a programme regarding the dedication ceremony to Maori soldiers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1940

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0241

Description: File - 46 Contains letters, accounts and printed matter regarding the East Coast Trust Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter

Date: 28 Jun 2005

From: Births Deaths & Marriages oral history project

By: Bradbrook, Olivia Horiwia, 1940-

Reference: OHInt-0853-02

Description: Interview with Olivia Bradbrook, born at Muriwai, Gisborne in 1940. Talks about her whakapapa, the origin of family names, and growing up in a farming community near Gisborne where both Maori and English were spoken. Refers to having tuberculosis from the age of 10, and to the role of elders in bringing up children in the community. Comments on being sent to Wellington when she was 15, working in various menial jobs, and her father taking her pay. Refers to returning home for tangi, and fund-raising for the marae. Mentions her marriage to a pakeha at the Muriwai marae, and buying their home in Wainuiomata. Refers to retiring to Waitarere Beach, and then returning to Muriwai to live in 2005. Discusses becoming a marriage celebrant and Justice of the Peace, and performing Maori marriages. Discusses working for Births, Deaths & Marriages in the 1980s and falling naturaly into the role of doing research. Comments on difficulties researching Maori records because of some tribal records having been destroyed and names mis-spelt. Talks about the attitudes of staff to the records - ownership rather than a service to the public. Refers to the need for public servants to be more flexible and to treat rules as a guide. Comments on attitudes before the Adult Adoption Information Act was passed in 1985 and her resistance to the secrecy of birth records, mentioning that Maori were open about adoptions. Comments on managers Rose Hawksworth, Jack Wright and Brian Clarke. Mentions being seconded to the Justice Department Head Office Maori Cultural Unit and becoming kuia, a role that involved travelling with Ministers and the Secretary for Justice David Oughten. Talks about later being moved to Courts and also doing some Waitangi Tribunal work. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015799 - OHC-015800 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2.06 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5673. Search dates: 1940 - 2005

Date: August 1960

From: Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection

Reference: PA12-12325

Description: Transparency slides showing Māori whare whakairo (carved houses), including details of carvings and paintings inside the whare. Named whare include Te Poho o Rukupo (near Whakato), the whare at Muriwai Marae, and an unnamed whare at Tokomaru Bay, and another one near Ruatoria, dated August 1960. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Transparency slides in plastic and cardboard mounts Processing information: From box 12 in donor's listing.

Date: Between 1950 and 1959

From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs

By: Armstrong, Edward, active 1950s; Cornish, Lloyd, active 1950s

Reference: PAColl-0811-09-01

Description: Exterior view of the Anglican Church at Muriwai, constructed in the 1950s (architect: Edward Armstrong). Photograph taken in the 1950s by Lloyd Cornish. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: Jun 2001

From: Park, Geoffrey Nicholls, 1946-2009 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9392-096

Description: An ecological plan for restoring the indigenous ecosystems of Te Kuri a Paoa (Young Nick's Head) and Te Wherowhero, Muriwai, prepared for Ngai Tamanuhiri by Geoff Park Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1960-1970s]

From: Simpson, Mīria, 1922-2002: Collection

Reference: 2002-379-153

Description: Papers and essays by Margaret A Wright; `The Maori branch of the WDFF at Muriwai, 1939-1959 (approx)'; `Maori service 1958-1966' about Te Reinga; `E kui'; and `Folk customs and festivals; tangi, a Maori custom and festival for the dead' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1955-1969

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

Reference: 77-014-1/08

Description: Papers mainly relating to archaeology in New Zealand includes New Zealand Archaeological Association papers from 1960-61 and articles and correspondence. Includes correspondence with Jack Golson of the Anthropology Department at the Auckland University College [from 1957] and some published papers including the NZAA newsletter vol 4, no 4, Sept 1961, a pamphlet advertising a symposium at Victoria University on "Maori origins and migrations" which occurred on Oct 20-22, 1962, a guide to field archaelogy in New Zealand by J Golson, and a paper on "The Cathedral Church of St Paul, Wellington. The case for its preservation" published by the Historic Places Trust. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Two black and white photographic prints of parts of an unknown wharenui.

Date: 6 Oct 1871

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0695F-10

Description: Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 2 leaves).

Date: Jan 1963

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-58901-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 10 Aug 1869

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0693G-10

Description: Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: Williams, Herbert William 1860-1937 :Designs of ornamentation on Maori rafters. [ca 1895]

By: Williams, Herbert William, 1860-1937

Reference: E-331-f-028/030

Description: No. 28: 'From the same house as no.10 (Patiki. From a house at Muriwai, Poverty Bay)'. No. 29: 'A modern form of Mangopare (See no. 3). In the olden fo, the cross stem was curved'. No. 30: 'See 23, 24. The outline sketch shows a mistake in a drawing made for me by the artist of 11-15. This illustrates the way in which variations in the designs would be apt to originate. The other small sketch shows a method formerly in use for filling in the coloured portions instead of flat body colours' (transcription of Williams' text at the front of the volume) Original drawings for designs in Hamilton, Augustus. The art workmanship of the Maori race... Dunedin, 1896-1901. Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Red & black ink drawings, each 82 x 350 mm

Date: 1939 - 1947

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1876-1949 :[Drawings of Maori rafter patterns or kowhaiwhai] [1939?]-1947

By: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949

Reference: E-302-q-1-005/006

Description: Patiki - from a house at Muriwai, Poverty Bay. No. 6 is from the same house and may represent an older bolder patteren which has been duplicated over a medial line. Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 70 x 295 mm (each) in sketchbook

Date: Apr 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27714-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: [ca 1910?]

Reference: 1/2-051480-G

Description: Meeting house interior at Muriwai, Gisborne, showing kowhaiwhai (Maori rafter panels). Date of photograph and photographer unknown. Possibly taken circa 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: Apr 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27713-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: Williams, Herbert William 1860-1937 :Designs of ornamentation on Maori rafters. [ca 1895]

By: Williams, Herbert William, 1860-1937

Reference: E-331-f-010/012

Description: No. 10: 'Patiki. From a house at Muriwai, Poverty Bay'. No.s 11-12: 'Drawn by an old Maori Riwai Pakerau, of Waipiro Bay' Original drawings for designs in Hamilton, Augustus. The art workmanship of the Maori race... Dunedin, 1896-1901. Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Red & black ink drawings, each 82 x 350 mm

Date: Apr 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27715-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 1 Sep 1870

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0694D-01

Description: Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).