Correspondent to William Colenso and Donald McLean; lived at Wairarapa and probably from Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairarapa
Tutere, Wiremu, active 1846-1870s
Maori letters to Colenso
Date: [1846?-1856?], 1958
From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Journals and correspondence
Reference: 91-169-2/6
Description: Contains letters from Maori to Colenso about the activities and plans of Maori teachers, parishioners and others, reports of deaths and illnesses, requests for religious texts, medicine and other items, discussions about Colenso's conflicts with Maori leaders, details about land tenure and transactions, conflicts within communities and information about chapel building Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Maori letters mainly dealing with land claims
Date: 1877
From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers
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.
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa notebook
Date: 1855
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B029
Description: Copy of an address by Rihari Te Hamatua with regard to whakapapa Whakapapa of various Wairarapa hapu Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled paper covers, 20 cm., Vol numbered 17
Interpretations of Maori newspaper articles
Date: 1899-2003
From: Wairarapa Claim Translation Project : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-8526-0007
Description: Contains interpretations of Maori land content from newspapers such as Te Puke Ki Hikurangi relating to the dissapearance of Wi Tutere's body. Relationship complexity - Contains copies and interpretations of newspaper articles from Maori newspapers online including Te Puka Ki Hikurangi and Te Pipiwharauroa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter.
Letter from Wi Tutere Paku to McLean
Date: 21 Feb 1862
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0686D-07
Description: Letter regarding payment of goods Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 1 leaf).
Letter from Wi Tutere to McLean
Date: 6 Sep 1866
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0690F-06
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).
Letter from Ngatuere, Ihaka Te Moe, Aperahama and Wi Tutere to McLean and Tareha
Date: 13 July 1869
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0693F-11
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).
Letter from Te Mano and Paku to McLean
Date: 8 Apr 1865
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0689C-03
Description: Quantity: 1 piece.
Letter from Wi Tutere and others to McLean
Date: 1 Feb 1862
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0686C-01
Description: Letter regarding land dispute Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 1 leaf).
End of a letter from Te Kawanatanga Maori o Wairarapa, Ngatuere and others
Date: [ca 1850-1869]
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0702P-12
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (1 page on 1 leaf).
Letter from Ngatuere Tawhirimatea and Wi Tutere Kingi
Date: 13 Feb 1865
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0689A-15
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).
Letter from unknown writer to Tutere
Date: 17 Sep 1867
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0691F-05
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (1 page on 1 leaf).
Letter from Wiremu Tutere to McLean
Date: 28 Dec 1870
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0694G-19
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 2 leaves).
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1855-1909
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B014
Description: Contains cosmological notes about Rangi and Papa, the children of Rangi and Papa, the separation of Rangi and Papa, the creation of women, the flight of Hine-nui-te-po and the death of Maui, notes about the divine origins of various items and practices, and the various activities of the children of Rangi and Papa Also contains notes about conflicts involving Manaia at Hawaiki, and a subsequent flight to New Zealand and further fighting in New Zealand There are notes about 18th and 19th century conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu, including waiata, and subsequent peace-making in the face of external invasion; there is also a `genealogy' of whare wananga Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ brown calf, black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 4