Kaihau, Kerei, active 1920
Maori chants, songs, poetry, whakapapa
Date: 1920
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0039-08A
Description: Contains waiata and karakia, and accompanying narratives Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Research papers relating to Maori waiata and legends
Date: [1887-1911]
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11310-59
Description: Correspondence, research papers and newspaper articles. Including a personal letter from 'Toons' [?] from London, a notebook and other loose pages of waiata and Maori culture and some notes relating to Tawhiao [possibly from Kerei Kaihau in 1891], and other handwritten notes relating to waiata and Maori culture [unknown hand, annotated by Cowan]. Typewritten script of 'The fairy bridge on the shining waters'. Also a handwritten copy of 'He haka taparahi' written by A T Ngata. 'A legend of the Waitemata' on which Cowan has written 'A Maori Peter Pan story'. Arrangement: From bundle 56 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Miscellaneous letters, documents and papers - Official and private
Date: 1840
From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0075-106E
Description: Includes among other documents Rev Richard Taylor's English text of the deed by which Nopera Panakareao of Te Rarawa (and others) sold to Taylor the Muriwhenua lands, 20 January 1840, and a typed transcriptiom. For the original of the signed deed see MS-Papers-0075-106C and the scope note for that folder. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Kingitanga papers
Date: 1886-1893
From: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0196-387/8
Description: Contains statements of submission of land etc to the mana of King Tawhiao by various hapu, with lists of names of hapu members (including some signatures), with boundaries of land Also contains correspondence regarding land issues, surveying and road making between Kingitanga and Government representatives; copies of addresses by Tawhiao to the Kauhanganui (the parliament of the Kingitanga); notes about the Treaty of Waitangi and the 1852 Constitution Act including interpretations and opinions, and information of Government reaction to a Kingitanga petition to the British Government There are also letters from Pakeeha settlers to Te Wahanui and Tawhiao seeking their protection Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters and documents in Maori
Date: 1871-1874
From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0075-056
Description: Contains letters and documents in Maori Arrangement: Previously from 2/1 Official Papers series Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece level inventory available.