Te Whaiti, Iraia Te Ama-o-te-rangi, 1861?-1918

Date: 1856-1985

By: Te Whaiti family

Reference: ATL-Group-00753

Description: Collection comprises photographs, manuscripts, ephemera, maps and artworks relating to Te Whaiti family of Whakatomotomo and their associates. Material is particularly relevant to the Wairarapa area. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 355 b&w original photographic print(s). 336 folder(s). 55 b&w original photographic print(s) some mounted and 7 framed. 35 Electronic document(s) Microsoft Word files. 14 b&w copy photographic print(s). 14 folder(s) ephemera. 7 item(s) of photographic ephemera. 6 colour original photographic print(s). 6 b&w original negative(s) 1/4 plate negatives.. 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 2 oil(s). 1 album(s). 9 Linear Metres. Processing information: Te Whaiti family material was separated by format after arriving at the Library in 1999, 2001, 2013. Combined into Te Whaiti family collection, ATL-Group-00753, August and September, 2022. Record groups reunited to form the ATL-Group include; MS-Group-0805, PA-Group-00973, Eph-A-MAORI-Te-Whaiti, Eph-B-MAORI-Te-Whaiti and Eph-C-MAORI-Te-Whaiti.

Date: 1909

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B080

Description: Contains diary entries with information about farming, land issues, financial and business affairs, the publication of a Maori newspaper, the proceedings of whakapapa hui convened by the Tanenuiarangi Committee; also contains address lists, recipes for Maori medicines, whakapapa, narratives about historical conflicts involving Wairarapa people and hapu, lists of chiefs along the East Coast, North Island, notes about the Wairarapa Moana (Pouakani) Management Committee, and notes about publications in the Journal of the Polynesian Society Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Tuhokairangi, Anaru, active 1860s

Reference: MS-Papers-6312

Description: Copy of a whakapapa book of the Anaru family; contains detailed whakapapa showing the descent of the family from various hapu; also contains information about the birthdates of family members and whakapapa for related families Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)

Date: [1912]

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: PA9-110

Description: Photograph taken on the verandah of the Te Whaiti homestead `Te Karearea', Greytown of George Te Whaiti, his bride Meri (Mary) and family members, including his parents Iraria and Kaihau Te Whaiti, 1912 Refer to Loan Deed for information about the conditions of deposit Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print, 37.5 x 30 cm, in wooden frame, 69 x 64 cm

Date: May-Nov 1907

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-24

Description: Contains numerous letters from Keys to friends and family members that provide detailed information about his travels through the lower North Island, and through the Far North; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside which Keys travels through, and discussions of people that he meets; there are also discussions of Maori customs and practicees that he experiences and his impressions of them; there are also some comments about the work that Keys undertakes in the Maori Land Courts Page 86 has been removed from the letterbook Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [1912]

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: PA9-111

Description: Photograph taken on the verandah of the Te Whaiti homestead `Te Karearea', Greytown of George Te Whaiti, his bride Meri (Mary) and family members, including his parents Iraria and Kaihau Te Whaiti, 1912 Refer to Loan Deed for information about the conditions of deposit Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print, 36.8 x 29 cm, in wooden frame, 63 x 53 cm

Date: [1912]

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: PA9-109

Description: Photograph taken on the verandah of the Te Whaiti homestead `Te Karearea', Greytown of George Te Whaiti, his bride Meri (Mary) and family members, including his parents Iraria and Kaihau Te Whaiti, 1912 Refer to Loan Deed for information about the conditions of deposit Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print, 38 x 35 cm, in wooden frame, 65 x 65 cm

Date: 1916-1959

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12777-01

Description: Includes: 1915: War Funds Act 1915. District Permit card/ Form no. 10 (20 copies) 1916: Te Ture mo nga Moni mo te Whawhai, 1916. Kaari Whakamana Takiwa. Form no. 10M (53 copies) 1953: Tararua Chapter of Sovereign Princes. Rose Croix of H.R.D.M. No. 219. Ceremony of enthronement of E & P Bro. Francis Shearer as M.W.S. by V. III Br Harry Hatch. Masterton, 20 May 1953. [Order of ceremony] Wairarapa Royal Arch Chapter no. 10. Sixty-first anniversary. Masonic Temple Masterton, 2 May 1953. Programme and brief history of its career. Booklet of 8 pages 1954: Lodge Wairarapa no. 238. Installation of Bro Gordon Jamieson Calman S.M., as Worshipful Master and investiture of officers. Masonic Temple Masterton, 24 March 1954. [Order of ceremony] St Mark's Lodge no. 53. Installation of Bro Stanley Lyell Tatton, S.M., as Worshipful Master and investiture of officers. 13 April 1954. [Order of ceremony] Tararua Chapter of Sovereign Princes. Rose Croix of H.R.D.M. No. 219. Ceremony of enthronement of E & P Bro. Percy Albert Wilton as M.W.S. by V. III Br Harry Hatch. Masterton, 19 May 1954. [Order of ceremony] 1957: Russell Chapter no 51. Installation of Excellent Companion James Joseph Newman as First Principal and the investiture of officers of the Chapter by R E Comp. Harry Hatch, P.G.H. Mokoia Masonic Temple, Fifeshire Avenue off Cambridge Terrace [Wellington], 12 August 1957. Order of ceremony 1959: Lodge Tararua no. 67. Installation of Francis Henry Bryant, S.W. as Worshipful Master, and investiture of officers. 12 November 1959. [Order of ceremony] St John's Lodge, no. 37. Installation of Bro. William Stuart Gundesen, S.W. as Worshipful Master and investiture of officers. 12 October 1959 [Order of ceremony] Wairarapa Royal Arch Chapter no. 10. Installation of Ex. Comp. Tiora Donald Wilson as First Principal, Z, and investiture of officers by R. Ex. Comp. R M Morgan, G Supt. Masonic Hall Masterton, 5 September 1959. Order of ceremony Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed pamphlets and flyers, sizes varying up to 250 mm. Transfers: Papers separated to MS-Papers-12777-02.. Processing information: Combined into Te Whaiti family collection ATL-Group-00753, August 2022. Previous Library reference: Eph-A-MAORI-Te-Whaiti. Previous title: [Ephemera relating to Maori, mainly in the Wairarapa district, deposited by the Te Whaiti family. Folder 1]. MS-Papers-12777-02 separated for reasons of storage and preservation.

Date: 19 Feb 1900

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B068

Description: Contains minutes of several meetings held at Papawai, Greytown, in preparation for a large hui to raise funds for the New Zealand forces fighting in the South African War; also contains a schedule of correspondence related to the hui; also contains waiata, haka, whakapapa and historical narratives about Ngati Kahungunu occupation in Wairarapa, the origin of various place names, conflicts involving Ngati Kahungunu, and notes about the migration from Hawaiki Also includes whakapapa from the Tainui ancestor Mango to Raiha Puaha (Ngati Toa), and stories about Mango, Kaihamu, Uetapu, all ancestors of the Ngati Toa; and Whatihua, also of the Tainui confederation. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: no covers, 20 cm

Date: 1865-1909

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B006

Description: Contains whakapapa from Wairarapa, cosmological whakapapa and notes about Io, the whare wananga, the creation of women, details about the twelve heavens; also contains a narrative about Tamatea, and the impregnation of his wife by a supernatural being Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ calf, blue boards, 33 cm., vol numbered A1

Date: 1927

By: Reynolds, Arthur William, active 1880-1981; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; Te Whaiti family

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/1927/Acc.26623

Description: Shows land from the Kawa Kawa [sic] Estate, to be sold by public auction in two lots at the Agriculture and Pastoral Society's rooms ... Masterton, on Tuesday 22nd February, 1927 ... Extended Title - Under instructions from the Trustee in the Estate of Iraia Te Whaiti. Wellington?: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, 1927 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Areas subject to adjustment on completion of survey, 28/1/27; Recto - bottom right - For full particulars apply to Messrs. Levin & Co ... Masterton, or Messrs. Thompson & Turton ... Greytown Another copy held at MapColl Reserve-832.45gbbd/1927/Acc.27392, from Te Whaiti Family papers (held MSA MS-Group-0805). Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Coloured. 53 x 80 cm. Scale 1:23 760

Date: 1898-1906

By: Kahui, Raihania, active 1860-1890s?; Southon, Gloria K, active 1900s?

Reference: MSY-6849

Description: Contains detailed whakapapa relating to the tribes of the East Coast, Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa, and some inland tribes such as those situated around Taupo and Rotorua, and also the Bay of Plenty. These whakapapa have been extracted from Maori language newspapers, most notably `Te Puke ki Hikurangi' and the `Matuhi press'. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (143 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (34 cm; green buckram; phase box)

Date: [ca 1910s - ca 1930s]

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: PAColl-7910-24

Description: Photographic portraits of Te Whaiti whanau members and associates, including civic events and images of a political nature, taken by unknown photographers ca 1890s to ca 1920. Comprises: - Unknown woman wearing a korowai, with European clothing. - Unknown woman. - Portrait of Piripi Te Maari-o-te-rangi - Young woman with a moko kauae in a European style dress, ca 1890s. Possibly Kaihau Te Whaiti. - Unknown woman with a moko kauae, wearing a black dress with large white collar. This portrait is heavily painted over. The woman is possibly either Iraia or Kaihau's mother. - "Convention of Native Ministers, Members of Parliament, & Chairman of Maori Council at Wellington Parliament House". Iraia Te Whaiti is in the back row, second from right). Front row includes Hoani Paraone Tunuiarangi (second from left), Apirana Ngata (third from left), James Carroll (fourth from left), and Te Rangihiroa Buck (front row, second from right). - Photograph of framed address to Prince Edward during his visit to Rotorua on 28 April 1920, and also his reply to that address. Both are photographs of framed copies of these addresses. The Prince's reply is to the "Chiefs and People of Aotearoa" and it includes two small photographs of the Prince (one is labelled Bartlett-Andrews Wellington). - Two images of the laying of the foundation stone of the Greytown Town Hall, on 11 July 1907. The stone was presented by Iraia Te Whaiti, and it was laid by the mayor, D P Loasby. One of the photographs has an inscription on the back "I muri i a au ma koutou e [where eme?]" which translates as "After me, it is for you to [unknown]". - Decorated wooden hall set for a wedding. - Te Whaiti whanau picnic, ca 1915. Including Rangi [?] who is the first man seated on a bench, and Iraia Te Whaiti is the third man seated on the bench. - Unidentified woman wearing a korowai and white blouse. She has a moko kauae, possibly drawn in during the processing of this image. An inscription on the back reads "No doe/c til December unreliable". - Unidentified woman with a moko kauae, wearing a korowai and pounamu tiki, with a huia feather in her hair, and carrying a mere. - Unidentified girl, wearing a korowai. Has instructions for colourisation on the back. The folder for PAColl-7910-24-03 has a note written on it, which does not apply to the item currently held in it. It appears that an item that was previously in this folder has become disassociated with it. The note says "TW. Written on frame - Joe Tipone from Waiwhetu - Raukuna's first husband". Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Portraits

Date: September 1925

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12794-1

Description: Folder made up of four letters relating to land surrounding Lake Wairarapa: - Two handwritten letters from E C Holmes to J A Betts, dated 2 and 4 September 1925 (Acc. 39061). - Typescript letter from E C Holmes to J A Betts, discussing the potential sale of section 34, and part sections 33 and 35 Kahautara Block, subject to the Land Act 1908. Dated 11 September 1925 (Acc. 35945). - Typescript letter from solicitors Thompson & Turton of Greytown, to accountant G W Sellar of Masterton, discussing matters of the estate of W O Williams in relation to his will and Wairarapa lake property. It also mentions the estate of Iraia Te Whaiti and the Kaiwaru purchase. Dated 11 September 1925 (Acc. 35946). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Separated from MapColl-832.45gbbd/[1927]/Acc.35943.. Processing information: Separated for reasons of preservation and storage.

Date: ca1918

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12777-02

Description: Comprises: - Maori Soldiers' War Fund dance invitation card, 1918 - Three ribbons labelled "Official collector for Maori Soldiers' War Fund. (Issued by Iraia Te Whaiti), possible dating to ca 1918. - Also includes two pages of handwritten financial accounts, date not known. Relationship between material not known by Library. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Invitation, ribbons and handwritten papers Processing information: Material separated into format-based collections by Library in 1999. Combined with Te Whaiti collection ATL-Group-00753 in October 2022. Previous Library reference: Eph-A-MAORI-Te-Whaiti-1. Previous title: Ephemera relating to Te Whaiti family.

Date: 1897-1963

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12777-06

Description: Includes: A bill intituled An Act to amend "The Offertories Act 1923". [Mentions The Ven Archdeacon Creed Meredith]. The Ven Archdeacon Creed Meredith. A bill intituled An Act to amend "The Pension Fund Act 1923". 1911: Circular letter/ greeting relating to Christmas from Matangirei Whare, Parewanui, Noema 4, 1911. Mentions Ratana Ngahina, Wirihana Hunia, Riiria Te Huruhuru. 1920s: The Maori Welfare Provident & Finance League Ltd. Membership application form. [Printed by] H I Jones & Son Ltd [1920s]. One side Maori, 1 side English 1923?: He Panuitanga ki nga iwi, ki nga hapu, ki nga reo, ki nga huihuinga tangata, o runga i Aotearoa me te Waipounamu. Tena koutou e nga morehu [Mentions Iraia Te Ama-Ote-Rangi Te Whaiti and Te Rangi Katuakina Kerehoma, and lists other names in lower half. Finishes with the words] Otira na ngta morehu Katoa o roto i Wairarapa. [Printed by] Wairarapa Standard [April 1923] 1928: Mohi te Atahikoia; no te 30 o Hune 1928, ka moe i te moenga roa. Kua mate a Mohi, "Heretaunga takoro-noa!". (Written by P H Tomoana) 1936: Te Kautetanga o te Iwi Maori. [Signed] J W Butcher, Kai-kaute a te Kawanatanga, 15 January 1936. 6,000/1/36-16102. Census--28. 1937: Memorandum for the guidance of applicants for loans under the Native Housing Act 1935 / O N Campbell. 1,000/9/37-10209. [In English and Maori] 1950s?: Te Ao Hou; the New World. Blue subscription application form [1950s?] 1955: [List of representatives 1953-1955, and movement order. Names include David Prosser, Hohepa Wineera, and Paeroa Wineera , and many others] Memorial of dissent from resolution of assembled owners. Maori Affairs Act 1953, Section 313. M/LO/C/ -147. 15,000/12/55-57488P (2 copies) 1957 or 1960: Waipiro - the Taniwha - Destroy it! Vote it out ... Strike it out. Te Waipiro - Te Taniwha; Patua. W N Panapa, Bishop of Aotearoa, G Laurenson, Superintendent Methodist Missions, J G Laughton, Moderator presbyterian Maori Synod [1957 or 1960]. Parallel text in English and Maori. With envelope 1960: Form of service at the dedication of additions to St Luke's Parish Hall, Greytown. 12 September 1960. (2 copies) 1961: Maori Education Foundation list of contributors as at 1.12.1961 1962: Maori Education Foundation list of contributors as at 11 May 1962. List no. 3 Contains photocopies relating to the Early Māori Imprint project. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed pamphlets and flyers, sizes varying up to 350 mm. Transfers: Eph-B-MAORI-Te-Whaiti-2-1894 separated in 1999 to published collections. Now at Library reference: BIM 1397, Title: - E hoa, Tena koe. Tenei ka tukua atu e au tetehi kape ote whakaaturanga ote ahua me nga ritenga ote Karapu Maori o Poneke. Kotaua Korapu i whakaritea mo konei no te mea ko Poneke nei te waahi tata ki nga pito katoa o Nui Tiarni [sic], me te waahi huihuinga oteiwi maori i nga makariri katoa, ara, i te takiwa e noho huihui ana te Paremata / na Tame Rangiwahia Eriaana ; na John B. Blaine.. Processing information: Combined into Te Whaiti family collection ATL-Group-00753, October 2022. Previous reference: Eph-B-MAORI-Te-Whaiti-2.

Date: [1912]

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: PAColl-D-1045

Description: Photograph taken on the verandah of the Te Whaiti homestead `Te Karearea', Greytown of George Te Whaiti, his bride Meri (Mary) and family members, including his parents Iraria and Kaihau Te Whaiti, 1912 Refer to Loan Deed for information about the conditions of deposit Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 420 x 575 mm on mount 540 x 705 mm

Date: 1847-1887

By: Searancke, William Nicholas, 1817?-1904

Reference: MS-Papers-0879

Description: Chiefly correspondence relating to Searancke's position as Resident Magistrate in the Waikato. Contains photocopies of other, unrelated, correspondence Language - Two letters in Maori, to William Colenso, 1 Nov 1847, and to Karaitiana, 17 Jul 1850 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (105 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss and printed matter (photocopies)

Date: 1925 - 1927

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[1927]/Acc.35943

Description: Cadastral map showing properties surrounding Lake Wairarapa which includes the names: W Turei - 'Poyidurai' near Cross Creek; Wakahemate; Te Tipua; Otau uaroaro; Mapuna atea; Te Iringa. Shows block numbers; mud flats and water marks; land quality is indicated. Land immediately surrounding lake is highlighted red. Identifies roads including Kahutara, Ruamahanga and Lower Valley Road and rivers including Ruamahanga and Tauherenikau. See also MapColl-832.45gbbd/1927/Acc.35944 and and MS-Papers-12790-2. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [1:63 360], 31.2 x 31.6 cm. Transfers: Separated letters at MS-Papers-12790-1.. Processing information: Added to Te Whaiti family collection ATL-Group-00753, September 2022. Previous title: [Creator unknown] :[Property surrounding Lake Wairarapa] [ms map]. [1927]". Previous reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[1927]/Acc.35943, 35945-6, 39061 Letters Acc.39061 and Acc.35945-6 separated for reasons of preservation and storage.

Date: 1903-1912

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B003

Description: Contains cosmological whakapapa and related notes, and whakapapa from canoe commanders to people alive in the 19th century; also contains some waiata; there are some loose sheets at the beginning of the book including a letter from Iraia Te Whaiti with regard to land issues Also contains whakapapa copied from a book belonging to Matenga Te Hiko of Nagti Toa giving ancestry from Pikauterangi of the Ngati Te Maunu and Ngati Kuri sub-tribes. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ brown calf, dark green boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 2