Ngati Kahungunu; elder brother of Tamahau Mahupuku; lived at Wairarapa. Generally known as Hikawera, but also known as Wiremu (Wi) Te Weu. (See DNZB II (1870-1900), M27; and Bagnall, 1976, Wairarapa - an historical excursion)
Mahupuku, Wiremu Hikawera, -1891
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa notebook
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.
H T Whatahoro Jury - Letter book
Date: 1869-1910
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B012
Description: Letter book with copies of letters re land issues in the Wairarapa district, letters about the establishment of a school at Papawai, letters about the proceeds from wool sales, and the erection of memorials for rangatira; there are also copies of speeches by Sheehan and Grey that were made at a hui to discuss Maori land There are also letters about a land dispute in Horowhenua between Ngati Raukawa and Muaupoko Variations in title - Spine title - Letter Book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: 27 cm., vol letered 7
H T Whatahoro Jury - Maori Land Court note book
Date: 1889
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B004
Description: Contains verbatim evidence from sittings of the Maori Land Court in the Wairarapa district with details of land ownership and occupation, whakapapa and ancestral rights, pa and mahinga kai and notes about the current use of the land; also contains notes about the Whanganui Maori Council and related hapu, and whakapapa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Black, 33 cm., vol numbered 3
Te Whatahoro : Papers mainly relating to the mythology and traditions of the cult of Io
Date: 1865-1876?
By: Jury, Hoani Te Whatahoro, 1841-1923
Reference: qMS-2190-2198
Description: Material mainly taken down by Whatahoro from Te Matorohanga and Nepia Pohuhu. Includes mythology based whakapapa by Hikawera Wiremu Mahukupu (vol.3) and Rihari Te Hamutu (vol.4 in Whatahoro's hand) also whakapapa, waiata etc by Te Rangihiwinui Kepa (Major Kemp) (vol.7) Quantity: 9 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (30 cm; red buckram; vols 8 & 9 in phase boxes)
Letter from Wiremu Te Weu Mahupuku to McLean
Date: 17 Jan 1862
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0686A-08
Description: Letter written from Wairarapa regarding Mahupuku's land which may have been wrongly sold Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).