MANUSCRIPT
Maori letters mainly dealing with land claims
- Date
- 1877
- By
- Hukiki, Te Roera, active 1870s; Kaimokopuna, Te Wirihana, active 1850s-1860s; Kiharoa, Te Moroati, active 1860s-1870s; Marumaru, Utiku, active 1870s; Ngahina, Ratana, active 1864-1872; Ngaparu, Hamuera, active 1870s; Nohopapa, Eraita, active 1870s; Paewai, Manahi, active 1900-1910; Paro, Horomona, active 1870s-1890s; Potaka, Utiku, 1824?-1922; Ranapiri, Ropata, 1846-1922; Ranapiri, Tamati, active 1872-1907; Rangiheuea, Roiri, active 1883; Reihana, Pera, active 1870s; Roera, Henare, active 1870s; Rongorongo, Hare Reweti, active 1892; Ropiha, Renata, active 1870s; Taharape, Harehemi, active 1870s; Taiaroa, Hori Kerei, -1905; Takiri, Wireemu, active 1870s; Taukere, Keremeneta, active 1870s; Te Ahukaramu, Kipa Roera, 1866-1951; Te Aweawe, Hanita, active 1870s; Te Aweawe, Hare Rakena, active 1870s?; Te Aweawe, Te Peeti, -1884; Te Hakeke, Kawana Hunia, active 1840-1873; Te Hanea, Wiremu, active 1870s; Te Hoia, Tamihana, active 1892; Te Hunga o te Rangi, Hamiora, active 1870s; Te Iwipipi, Kirita, active 1870s; Te Keremihana, active 1860s-1870s; Te Kurupounamu, Pitihira, active 1870s; Te Mahirahi, Kaperiere, active 1870s; Te Onepoto, Tipene, active 1870s; Te Rangi Paetahi, Mete Kingi, -1883; Te Rangihiwinui, Te Keepa, 1823?-1898; Te Rangiotu, Enereta, active 1870s; Te Rangiotu, Hoani Meihana, -1898; Te Urupa, Anatipa, active 1870s; Te Waero, Tapa, active 1870s; Te Wano, Enoka, active 1872-1900; Te Wera, Wiremu Tamati, 1824?-1903; Te Whiwhi, Hēnare Mātene, -1881; Topia, Wiari, active 1870s; Tukumaru, Ihakara, -1881; Tungia, Te Pirihana Ngahuka, -1907; Turangapito, Eruera, active 1870s; Tutere, Wiremu, active 1846-1870s; Uhuuhu, Mangai, active 1870s; Waitere, Hone, active 1870s; Whareiaia, Hoani, active 1870s; Wirikake, Hare, active 1870s
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0048-13
- Description
Contains letters from Maori to Buller, in his role as a lawyer, with regard to land tenure, finances and other related issues; there are also letters about the operations of a timber mill at Manawatu, information about Te Aute College, a copy of a petition to the Governor calling for a rehearing of the Maori Land Court with regard to land at Horowhenua, a record of the changing of a girl's name following a death in the family, two lists of members of the Ngati Parewahawaha hapu
There are also letters requesting compensation for livestock and crops taken by troops during a land dispute at Poutu
Finding Aids: See inventory for index to writers of the letters held in this folder.
- Additional description
Microfilm copies available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0686-02
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers / 2 Maori letters mainly concerned with land claims
- Format
- Manuscripts
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