Apiata Te Aohau, active 1860s

Date: 1883-1890

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-125

Description: Contains whakapapa and notes about conflicts involving various Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay hapu in the early 19th century Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1862-1918

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B054

Description: This volume contains information dictated by three tohunga, Apiata Te Aohau, Nepia Pohuhu and Paratene Te Okawhare, to Te Whatahoro; the narratives cover some common themes, including; Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay whakapapa, accounts of the creation of the universe, and the subsequent activities and conflicts of various deities; accounts and genealogies that set out the origin of various animate and inanimate things in the world; accounts of the migration of the Takitimu canoe, lead by Tamatea, from Hawaiki to New Zealand; information about the provenance of the material dictated by the tohunga Paratene Te Okawhare also discusses the influence of Christianity on the recital of traditional Maori accounts of cosmology, and provides instructions about who should be allowed access to the material and how whakapapa debates should be managed; he identifies some common errors made by non-experts in reciting genealogies; he also warns Te Whatahoro not to confuse the work of different tohunga, and points out that each school of learning will have their own version of events Physical Description: ¼ maroon, dark green boards 33 cm Provenance: This was one of four books loaned by Te Whatahoro to the Church of the Latter Day Saints

Date: 1861-1892

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B062

Description: Contains whakapapa collected from various authorities Physical Description: Black boards, 33 cm Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1861 - 1877

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B013

Description: Contains cosmological whakapapa with notes about the divine origin of various items and practices, including birds and trees; there are also narratives about Rata and the origin of canoe building and the revenge he took for the death of his father, conflicts between Uenuku and Whena, and the migrations and settlement of Paikea on the East Coast There is also narrative text about the Horouta canoe, and the migrations and conflicts of Ngati Ira; there are also karakia, waiata and whakapapa There is also narrative text about Ruawharo, Tupai and Timuwhakairia before their departure from Hawaiki, their training as tohunga, their fetching of atua and the voyage of Takitimu, narrative text about Niwareka and Mataora and the development of tattooing, and narrative about the adventures of Maui Other - The contents of this book, I presume, has been copied into another book because each page has been `crossed' with the words `done' written over it. On some pages are the words `done in copy'. The contents of book is still readable Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Vellum, 25 cm., vol numbered 8

Date: 1854

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B026

Description: Contains waiata and narratives about conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu over a number of generations; also contains notes about various deities including Tawhaki, Rata, Wahieroa, Maui, Kae and Tinirau, these notes contain whakapapa and karakia that are related to these deities and information about the origin of certain customary practices. There are also narratives about Tamatekapua and Ngatoroirangi; the migration of the Te Arawa canoe, as well as Turi and the migration of the Aotea canoe. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled paper covers, 20 cm., vol numbered 15

Date: 1903-1907

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-114

Description: Contains whakapapa recorded by Te Whatahoro at Dannevirke in 1907 (including some dictated from the whakapapa books of deceased tohunga), probably as part of the whakapapa hui convened by the Tane-nui-a-rangi Committee; also contains cosmological notes and whakapapa from deities to the commanders of the migration canoes Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1892

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-131

Description: Contains waiata relating to Ngati Hinewaka and other iwi/ hapu, and extensive whakapapa frm Kai Tahu and Wairarapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Mss

Date: ca 1897-1909

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-123

Description: Contains whakapapa from Whanganui, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngai Tara and Kai Tahu in particular; also contains detailed information about the Takitimu canoe, lists of Whanganui hapu, notes about the birth dates of Hemi Taitea's children; there are also notes about conflicts between Kai Tahu hapu, and a letter to Hare Hongi from Huru Moana about Maori cosmology Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Holograph (Black exercise book)

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

Date: 24 Dec 1853

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0677C-18

Description: Quantity: 1 piece (1 page on 1 leaf).