Raumati, active 1400?

Ancestor associated with the burning of the Te Arawa canoe.

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Manuscript

H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa and note book

Date: 1895

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B016

Description: Contains notes about places associated with Kupe in Wellington and Wairarapa, whakapapa, financial records by Tuta Nihoniho and miscellaneous notes about land management There is a lengthy account of the destruction of the Te Arawa canoe by Raumati, and subsequent events, and a related narrative about Raumati's son, Ngarue and his activites and family There are haka and waiata, a list of pa in Taranaki and related iwi, notes about the origins and settlements of various iwi, notes about greenstone, and a narrative about conflicts between Te Ati Awa and Waikato, and the subsequent migration of Te Ati Awa along with Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Toa to the Wellington area There are notes about the arrival of Pakeha in New Zealand before Captain Cook, and a note in Elsdon Best's hand that states that much of the information in the manuscript was extracted from the Journal of the Polynesian Society and other published sources Also contains the names of several muskets belonging to the Ngati Toa which were named in a waiata composed by the wife of Te Pukoro, a Ngati Tama/ Ati Awa chief killed in the Wairarapa in the late 1820s. This lament was composed and sung at Waikanae to rouse the Ngati Toa to seek revenge for the deaths of the Ngati Tama and Ati Awa in the Wairarapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ maroon, black boards, 24 cm., vol. numbered 9

Image

Turner, Dennis Knight, 1924-2011 :[Each brother claimed that he had captured the head o...

Date: 1961

From: [Turner, Dennis Knight], 1924-2011 :[Illustrations for Myths and legends of Maoriland] [1961?]

Reference: A-060-166

Description: Shows the three brothers of Hatupatu (Ha-nui, Ha-roa, and Karika) each holding up a head, and each claiming it is the head of Raumati. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 288 x 95 cm

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Turner, Dennis Knight, 1924-2011 :[The gift of the head of Raumati. p 124. 1958?]

Date: 1957 - 1958

From: [Turner, Dennis Knight], 1924-2011 :[Illustrations for Legends of Rotorua and the hot lakes. 1958?]

Reference: A-060-087

Description: Depicts Hatupatu presenting the severed head of Raumati to his father Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Ink, 149 x 200 cm on sheet 190 x 280 cm