MANUSCRIPT
Mythological origin of North Auckland and other myths
- Date
- 1845, n d
- By
- Tiramorehu, Matiaha, -1881
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0075-089
- Description
Includes hand written explanation by Matiaha Tiramorehu (Ngai Tahu) why his wife, Pirihira Pi, committed suicide, with note by Elsdon Best attached. Includes waiata tangi for Pirihira on last page.
Also includes an early version [1845] of the waiata `Tera ia nga tai o Honipaka', sung by the Ngati Toa in 1821 on their departure from Kawhia - with some small differences.
Includes a manuscript written in Maori titled `He pukapuka whakapapa tupuna no Ngati Whatua'.
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original - Microfilm copies available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0765-10
- Part of
- White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers / 4 Maori studies
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Manuscripts
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