Ngati Kahungunu and Rangitane leader, guide, interpreter, assessor, politician, writer. Son of John Robert Brown. Born probably in 1843 or 1844. See DNZB (Vol 3, 1901-1920, p540-541, T44)
Tunuiarangi, Hoani Paraone, 1843?-1933
Whakapapa and diary notes
Date: 1896
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-042
Description: Contains Te Whaiti family whakapapa and related whakapapa from other hapu in the South Wairarapa; also contains diary entries by Iraia Te Whaiti about local events, hui and personal affairs in 1896
Writings; Major H.P. Tunuiarangi
Date: 1890-1904
From: Wairarapa Claim Translation Project : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-8526-0008
Description: Contains copies and translations of Major Tunuiarangi's writings from the Polynesian Society Records relating to the history of Ngati Kahungunu. Relationship complexity - Contains a translation of Tunuiarangi's writings in the Polynesian Society Collections, reference numbers, MS-Papers-1187, folders 187 to 204. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter.
Hemi, R M A, fl 2002 :Photographs of Hoane Paraone Tunuiarangi and family
Date: ca 1900-ca 1930
By: Hemi, Rex Murray Allan, active 2002
Reference: PAColl-7807
Description: Photographs of Hoani Paraone Tunuiarangi and his family, taken ca 1900-1933. Quantity: 4 photocopy/ies laser prints.
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook with cosmological information
Date: 1889 - 1906
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B023
Description: Contains notes about the occupation of land near Greytown by the Ngati Muretu hapu, and a draft letter complaining about land sold by someone that does not own it; contains cosmological information, including whakapapa of various deities and a detailed account of the life of Maui Tikitiki; also contains notes about practices and traditions associated with childbirth and the instruction of children in martial and practical arts; there are also notes about practices within whare wananga and the conditions placed on students There is a narrative about Ngatoroirangi of the Te Arawa canoe, and a warning about incorrect whakapapa and the use of repetitive names to inflate a whakapapa; there is also a discussion of the relevance of traditional knowledge in contemporary society There is a narrative dictated by Te Wera Hauraki and Tarahau in 1837 about Ngati Awa, recited by Te Matorohanga to Te Whatahoro at a later date; the narrative describes the arrival of Ngati Awa at Whakatane and their conflicts with the resident tangata whenua, which includes a detailed physical description of these people; there is a narrative about the migration of Toi and Whatonga to New Zealand and their subsequent settlement There is a narrative of 19th century conflicts involving Waikato and Taranaki tribes and subsequent events, whakapapa (including some taken from the Journal of the Polynesian Society), karakia associated with various practices and activities (including notes about the performance of karakia by tohunga), and waiata (including notes from Sir George Grey's `Nga Moteatea' There is a narrative about the birth of Tuteremoana of the Ngai Tara tribe, with related waiata; a list of place-names and pa sites in the Wellington area and some notes about conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu; there are also notes about the proceedings of a whakapapa hui held at Papawai in 1906, including an address by H P Tunuiarangi Other - 5 loose pages are inserted in the beginning. One page is titled `Te Ngakiatotara', another 2 pages are titled `Kereitaone' and the other is a list of names from Ngati Awa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (32 cm; maroon boards)
Whakapapa and land records
Date: 1877-1930
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-018
Description: Contains records from Maori Land Court cases in the Wairarapa, with verbatim evidence including questions and answers, and whakapapa; also contains information about a hui in 1877 to discuss land tenure at Pahaoa; also contains Te Whaiti family whakapapa; also contains notes by Henare Te Whaiti about Maori mythology and his planned departure for Hawke's Bay; also contains baptism information for the children of Henare and Hohaia Te Whaiti
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook
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.
Kaihau Te Whaiti - Ratana Church records
Date: 1926
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-168
Description: Contains records and correspondence about the Ratana Church in the Wairarapa
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook about Lake Wairarapa
Date: 1891
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-126
Description: Contains minutes of meetings, and correspondence, to try and resolve issues surrounding the ownership and use of Lake Wairarapa; also contains copies of Christian prayers and religious texts, waiata and karakia Maori, notes by Kawana Ropiha about the claims of Mohi Te Atahikoia to land in Wairarapa and about the concept of whangai (adoption) Also contains Kai Tahu whakapapa, and cosmological notes about the separation of Rangi and Papa and the origins of certain customary practices Relationship complexity - See AJHR 1891 G-4 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Accounts and correspondence
Date: 1888-1928
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MSY-4807
Description: Cashbook accounts (debits and credits) for various Wairarapa Maori (possibly for H.T. Mahupuku & MA, General Dealers); Te Whaiti family whakapapa; also contains whakapapa for Ngati Rakairangi and detailed information about a land block in the Hinana area (boundaries, mahinga kai and wahi tapu); also contains information about fundraising activities at Papawai Pa (raffles etc); drafts of correspondence about Maori land blocks from the late 1880s; also contains loose correspondence about fundraising for Papawai Pa, and the rental of a property at Greytown by Major H P Tunuiarangi
Farm records and whakapapa
Date: 1922-1926
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-006
Description: Contains farm records (wages, advances, shearing); Te Whaiti family whakapapa from Ngai Tahu, Ngati Maniapoto and Ngati Kauhi; also contains draft notes about rescinding costs for pupils at Hikurangi College, Clareville Quantity: 1 folder(s).
A H Kumeroa - Wairarapa notes
Date: 1906
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-085
Description: In Maori. Includes story of Te Aomatarahi and Houmearoa; genealogies; the story of Ngaokoiterangi. Note by S P Smith says "the Ao-mata-rahi part of this ms has been prepared by Major H P Tunuiarangi in a much fuller form and has been prepared for the journal by me in April 1906. The Nga-Oko part is embodied in my paper sketch on History of Southern H.B. etc - 1906". This text contains information about Te Aomatarahi of Ngati Kahungunu and his relationship with his two wives and their children; there is related whakapapa tracing descent from Te Aomatarahi and from Ngaoko-i-te-rangi, and an account of the life of Ngaoko-i-te-rangi, an important south Wairarapa ancestor associated with the Ngati Ira people Quantity: 1 folder(s) (10 leaves). Provenance: Originally sent to Elsdon Best
Iraia Te Whaiti - Personal correspondence
Date: 1895-1918
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-124
Description: Contains correspondence to Iraia Te Whaiti about a variety of topics, including; whakapapa, Maori land administration, the death of Iraia's son, hui, the affairs of the Rongokako Maori Council, and the visit of Te Puea to Wairarapa in 1917
Farm records and whakapapa
Date: 1907-1918
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-004
Description: Contains farm records for the Te Whaiti farms, including shearing, wages for shearers and stud work; also contains Te Whaiti family whakapapa; also contains diary notes from a series of hui in Horowhenua and Wellington involving Hoani Tunuiarangi
Events at Wairarapa marae
Date: [ca 1900-1910s]
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: PAColl-7910-10
Description: Photographs of people and events at various Wairarapa marae, ca 1900 to ca 1915, taken by D Wilton and unknown photographers. Comprises: - Major H P Tunuiarangi dressed in trousers and piupiu, holding a taiaha. He stands in front of Nukutaimemeha (meeting house). - A group portrait including Hoani Paraone Tunuiarangi (third man from left). - A wedding ca 1900 at Te Ore Ore Marae. The image shows eight brides, and many other men, women and children in front of Nga Tau e Waru (meeting house). - A meeting occurring in and surrounding the porch of an unidentified whare. May be a political meeting ca 1900. - Three photographs of a tangihanga, probably for someone from the Te Whaiti family, ca 1890s, by unknown photographer. Images show the whanau pani on the verandah of an unknown whare (including the casket, surrounded by photographs), the casket being carried by a horse drawn carriage (with a procession following) around a paddock, and the casket (with kakahu laid on top) being carried by pallbearers with a group of people watching. - A copy print of a group of men and two women ca 1900. This is a copy of a negative from the Turnbull Library with the reference number 1/2-021460. This is described as follows: Photograph of a group of Maori men on the porch of a house, with three women in peripheral positions; Tamahau Mahupuku is in the middle of the group; one man holds a book. Photograph taken circa 1900-1904. Named individuals include: Pahira, Rangi Te Kaiwaho (Rangi-taka-i-waho?), Te Raki, Tuhua Te Huku, Kingi Ngatuere, Ropoama, Tunuiarangi, Ani Pikonoa, Ropiha, Kahungunu, Tamahau Mahupuku, Potangaroa, Wikitoria Te Maari. Accompanying information - The names on a note accompanying the copy print names Tamahau Matenga, instead of Tamahau Mahupuku. It appears that it is Tamahau Mahupuku (not Matenga). Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w copy photographic print(s).
Family portraits
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
Wairarapa Claim Translation Project : Records
Date: 2005
By: Reiri-Smith, Frances, active 2002
Reference: MS-Group-1489
Description: Contains research copies of published newspapers and articles and unpublished manuscripts and papers from the Alexander Turnbull Library, Maori Purposes Fund Board, the Polynesian Society, the Native Land Court and from private collections such as the papers of Henare Matua, Te Taiawhio Te Tau and Major Tunuiarangi which were used for a Wairarapa claim. Much of this material is also in electronic format. Relationship complexity - The Henare Matua papers have been accessioned as a separate collection, reference number MS-Papers-8567. However, for the purposes of maintaining the original research collection, copies of some of the Henare Matua papers remain in this collection. This is a collection of research papers contributing to a Wairarapa claim completed by Frances Reiri-Smith and Kaya Matiaha. Quantity: 70 megabyte(s). 71 folder(s). 1.60 Linear Metres. 7 Electronic document(s). Physical Description: Photocopies of mss, typescripts, published reports and electronic documents
Whatarangi Station accounts
Date: 1899-1902
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-005
Description: Wage book for employees on Te Whaiti farms; also contains other accounts, and diary entries by Iraia Te Whaiti about farm work and various hui; also contains some Te Whaiti whakapapa,
Wairarapa - Maori history notes
Date: ca 1868-1972
From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers
Reference: 88-103-4/01
Description: Contains copies of material about the Maori occupation of Wairarapa, and about related archaeological information; the material includes articles from the Journal of the Polynesian Society, and material from the Maori Land Court minute books
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1890
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B035
Description: Contains whakapapa, boundaries of tuku whenua in Wairarapa, notes about various conflicts and conquests of land in Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay over a number of generations; also contains biographical notes about some important Ngati Kahungunu ancestors, including Te Whatuiapiti, Tupurupuru and Taraia Also contains notes about the occupation of part of the Nga-Waka-a-Kupe block in Wairarapa, including block boundariees, whakapapa, history of the block, rentals of the block and the court history of the block (this appears to be verbatim evidence from the Maori Land Court) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled paper covers, 20 cm., vol numbered 21
Reel 2
Date: [1890s?]-1947
From: Ngata family: Papers
Reference: Micro-MS-0232-2
Description: Microfilm containing volumes of whakapapa and history, with typescript and handwritten notes by Sir Apirana Ngata. Includes research notes and copies. Reel 2 comprisies folder 2/1 to folder 3/2. Contains whakapapa, notes about Ngāti Porou history, Ngāti Ira and Ngāti Hauiti. Also includes a sketch of the whare Rongomai Aniwaniwa in Tikitiki, and extracts from publications, including: - Journal of the Polynesian Society articles relating to Ngāti Porou, the East Coast and Polynesia. - Māori Land Court minute books; Gisborne, volumes 4-18, Waiapu, volumes 20-41. Not all associated names are indexed. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).