Kingitanga papers

Kingitanga papers
Date
1860-1895
By
Kiingi Taawhiao, Kiingi o te Maungaarongo, 1822 -1894; Wahanui Huatare, -1897; Mair, Gilbert, 1843-1923; Tuhaere, Paora, -1892; Te Tuhi, Wiremu Patara, -1910
Reference
fMS-Papers-0196-341B
Description

Contains copies of speeches by King Tawhiao and others, on the occasion of the laying down of arms in 1881, together with a narrative account of this and related events. Also a listing of Kingitanga supporters in the Hauraki and Bay of Plenty, where hapu have signed over their land to the mana of King Tawhiao; the list is of the hapu affiliated to the Kingitanga, the names of members of the hapu and the rohe of the hapu.

Contains copies of letters from King Tawhiao to various politicians warning them not to heed the land claims of various people with regard to the Poutama block near Mokau, because he controlled the land .

The item also contains a `doomsday book' of Kingitanga supporters in the Hauraki and Bay of Plenty, where hapu have signed over their land to the mana of King Tawhiao; the book contains a list of hapu that affiliated to the Kingitanga, the names of members of the hapu and the rohe of the hapu.

Also contains addresses by various local body authorities in Waikato to King Tawhiao, to mark the occasion of his visit to them; there is a printed item about `Ko te korero o te haerenga mai o Kiingi Tawhiao ki Akarana', information about land sales at Horahora and Maungatautari (with lists of vendors), and notes about the relationship of the Kingitanga and the Kotahitanga in the 1890s.

Quantity: 1 box(es).

Physical Description: Mss Grey phase box

Additional description

Fragile

Alternative form available: microfim (MS-Copy-Micro-0779)

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962 : Papers
Format
1 box(es), Manuscripts, Mss, Grey phase box
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