Hand-drawn map of Taranaki with Māori text and illustrations of people, mountains and the Kurahaupō waka

Hand-drawn map of Taranaki with Māori text and illustrations of people, mountains and the Kurahaupō waka. Many place names and waterways are named. Shows Māori and Pākehā boundaries, and taura diagonal lines drawn which start in the waka. There are some sections of the map which are missing. People mentioned are Makarini (Donald McLean), Kawana (Governor Grey?), Tamati te Ngahuru, and Paratene Kopara (possibly Paratene Te Kopara).

The creator of the map speaks of Te Ngahuru's acts against the wishes of the iwi, particularly relating to land. In the drawings of the people, it appears that Paratene Kopara is cutting the rope that binds Te Ngahuru to his people. Some sections of the text address the Kawana (Governor) and it appears that this map was drawn to explain the wishes of the local iwi, in terms of boundaries and land sanctioned by them for Pākehā to live.

Text includes:

- E Kanawa | i tukua atu ai tena mapu ki a kite koe | mau e whiriwhiri ma Makarini | waka marama mana hoki e mahi mai.

- ko te pakiaka a Tara[naki]

- rohe maori karapoti mo Taranaki

- ko paratene ko par[...] ko [...] anga | i te taura a te | Ngahuru

- te taha a takoto marama ki a matou

- [...]u kua oti te whakau e tetahi a nga tino rangatira o Taranaki

- [...]ma Taumutu ariki kukutai

- umutao manawa/ e kore te iwi e whakaae [written along a line with crosses along it]

- Pouakai [written at the top of a drawing of a mountain]

- kua purutia rawatia enei e te iwi mau tonu

- he mea hapai tahae mai na te Ngahuru

- taura/ maori [written along the line which represents a rope] kaiauahi [on other side of the line]

- mo te pakeha tenei ki ta te maori whakaaro i naia nei

- mo konei nga rau e rua i rangona ai i te korerotanga

- mangorei

- pakeketahuna

- maori [on one side] pakeha [on other side] ko te mutunga tenei o mutunga utu o mua

- te Henui

- taura pupuru a te iwi [marked along the seven taura lines that start from the picture of the waka]

- Kawana | te upoko o nga tikanga Pakeha | e Kawana mahia mai e koe tenei i runga i te aroha | ki a wiua [whiua] te aroha | maori ki runga ki nga Pakeha ki a wiua te aroha | maori ki runga ki nga Pakeha | ki runga ki nga Maori | ki a noho pai ai nga iwi e rua | i runga i te rangimarie

- mounga Patuha mounga te iringanui [at the bottom of a picture of a mountain]

- waka ko tona ingoa ko Kurahaupo te waka o Taranaki [below the large picture of the waka]

- punga | e rua tekau ma rua nga kai pupuru o tenei punga ara nga rangatira

- Tataraimaka | rohe maori [pakeha written three times on the inside of a rectangle, with the other text on the outside]

- paritutu | rohe o paritutu

- waireka

- Tamati te Ngahuru | kua motu tana taura te kokoti, ara tana tikanga | poka noa [by man wearing a top hat, and shoes]

- pa apaohaoa

- ko paratene kopara [by man crouching and possibly cutting the rope]

- rohe okurukuru taura pupuru a te iwi

- pukiekie

- tapuae

- okurukuru maori

Title supplied by Library.

Former title: Taranaki legend.

Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Physical Description: Hand-drawn map in ink and pencil on paper, mounted on Japanese tissue, 51.5 x 76 cm.

Processing information: The record for this map was enhanced in September 2020.

Some fragments of the original map are missing due to past damage. It has had conservation treatment and is now stable.

Alternative form available: Black and white negatives of squatting and standing figures (C 16132 and C 16133) as well as complete item (C 16134).