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Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 8)
- Date
- [1930-1940]
- Reference
- MS-Papers-6061-09
- Description
Contents comprise Turakina-Rangitikei (1858); Rangitikei area (Whangaehu to Manawatu) showing blocks purchased from natives; data of lower Rangitikei River (Maramahoe pa etc) and old pa and kainga on modern map; disposition of Maori tribes (1840); south Taranaki coast; Patea town and river mouth; details of carving, south Taranaki kainga; locality map of Turuturumokai old pa; sketch plan of southern outworks of Turuturumokai pa; Waverley-Wanganui Coast; the Waverley Cave carvings after L S M
Contents also include details of the locations of early pa of the Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Apa and Muaupoko tribes with some accompanying historical data; information about a stone mauri found near Kakariki bridge on the Rangitikei river; identification of a Maori mausoleum (tohu whakamaharatanga) made from adzed timber with the name Tauroto; and two (2) greenstone pendants found at Bulls with some information.
Arrangement: Notebook no 8
Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).
- Additional description
Alternative form available: microfilm: MS-Copy-Micro-0780-01
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
- Format
- 1 folder(s) (volume), Manuscripts
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