H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook / dictated by Te Matorohanga

Contains cosmological notes about Io, the twelve heavens, the children of Rangi and Papa, the separation of Rangi and Papa, the ascent of Tane to fetch the baskets of knowledge, the divine origin of various items and practices, and notes about Maui and Tawhaki

Also contains notes about practices and concepts associated with the whare wananga, whakapapa (cosmological and human), and notes about the migration to, and settlement of, New Zealand

There are autobiographical notes about Te Whatahoro as well as waiata, haka and karakia

There is an extensive index at the start of the volume

Publication - 3 copies of pages 1 to 379 have been typed for the Maori Ethnological Research Board by Oka Heketa, 20 September 1929

Publication - 3 copies of pages 380 to 444 of this volume have been typed for the Maori Ethnological Research Board by Oka Heketa, 19 October 1929

Other - [One of 4 volumes lent to L D S]

Variations in title - Spine - Ancient Maori history

Contents: There is a note regarding the compilation of this volume and a statement of ownership pasted in the beginning pages. Also leaves are stamped with the `Komiti seal' - seal of approval as being passed and correct

Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Physical Description: ½ brown calf, blue bindings, 33cm., vol numbered 4 - Spine title "Ancient Maori History"

Finding Aids: For a very detailed description of what this particular volume contains see `Offprint from the Journal of the Polynesian Society, June 1994 vol.103 no.2, pages 118-120' in inventory folder.