MANUSCRIPT
Miscellaneous manuscripts
- Date
- 1880-1912, n d
- By
- Kereru, Numia, -1916; Pereki, Timoti, active 1880s?; Te Rangihiwinui, Te Keepa, 1823?-1898; Tutakangahau, active 1890-1900; Wakaunua, Hetaraka, active 1890-1910; Wilson, George, active 1890s
- Reference
- MS-Papers-1187-206
- Description
Includes various papers for whom authorship is generally unknown: An address to the Polynesian Society (16 leaves); a paper on Ngati Whiti history and traditions, Omahu, 26 and 27 Oct 1880, in Maori (possibly by Paramena Te Naonao)(a translation is in JPS v 21 p 83, and there is a note on the back in Elsdon Best's hand dated 5 Apr 1912); A typescript copy of comments on Easter Island by James Cook (with a note in S P Smith's hand "from Mr Kenworthy"); a waiata in Best's hand titled Waiata tangi by Tukua-te-rangi Tutakangahau for his daughter Marewa-i-te-rangi, who died 13 Sep 1897, of Tamakamoana hapu, Tuhoe; a waiata (Kimikimi noa ana ahau, i to kunenga mai i Hawaiki...) by Rangitokoru for his child, and proverbs, supplied by Hetaraka Wakanua and Numia Kereru, 25 Nov 1897; waiata tangi for Tukorehu (Tahuna mai te ahi ki runga i a te Poa...), with translation and a note by Smith saying see Ngamoteatea p 33; waiata aroha (Kaore te aroha e awhea mai nei kei to ngohi pawhara) and other notes (typescript with translation and explanations of waiata, with a note saying "translations verified by Mr George Wilson); a partial index for the early volumes of the JPS; a typescript of the Rarotongan legend No Angene teia tuatua; and a genealogical chart showing the connection of various prominent families of the Waikato and Hauraki districts, including a genealogy of Ngati-Pou (or Uri-o-pou).
Also includes information about the Maori division of time and related astronomical knowledge
Language - Also material in Cook Island Maori
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of content of this folder.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original - Microfilm copies available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0755-24
- Part of
- Polynesian Society: Records / Ethnological manuscripts collection
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Manuscripts
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