Parata, Tohuroa Natanahira Wi, -1956

Date: 1900-1909

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B005

Description: Contains verbatim evidence from sittings of the Maori Land Court at Otaki and in the South Island to hear subdivision and succession cases, with details of land ownership and occupation, whakapapa and ancestral rights, pa and mahinga kai and notes about current use of land; a letter to Te Whatahoro from his daughter is also included Enclosures - 1 page letter dated Maehe 12 1907 inserted in the beginning of book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 3

Date: 1933, 1952-1956

From: Hill, Edwin James 1860-1960 : Scrapbooks

Reference: fMS-094

Description: Includes clippings and photographs re Carlton Bowling Club dinner to mark Hill's 93rd birthday, 1954; clippings re bowls, Sir Winston Churchill, Beniamino Gigli; photographs of Singleton children; obituary for Tohuroa Parata; photograph of Hong Kong's radio station; photograph of Sir William and Lady Appleton and family Quantity: 1 volume(s) (8 pages).

Date: 1920 - 1930

From: Kiwha, Hauangi :Photographs of the Kiwha family

Reference: 1/2-135662-F

Description: Mourners in front of Whakarongotai Marae, Waikanae, at the tangi of Tohuroa Wi Parata. The man standing at the doorway maybe Ihaia Puketapu from Te Ati Awa ki Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt; the woman seated at the far right is Haua Tuhera Baker (Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa, Te Ati Awa), a first cousin of the deceased and graddaughter of Wi Parata e kakakura. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer ca 1955. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1956

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1956/1210-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1956

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1956/1211-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1956

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1956/1213-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1956

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1956/1208-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1950s]

Reference: 1/2-135559-F

Description: A group of people at the marae in Waiwhetu, including T W Parata, Percy Dowse, Mrs Puketapu and Ihaia Puketapu. Percy Dowse has knocked in a foundation peg. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1956

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1956/1214-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1956

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1956/1212-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1956

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1956/1209-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1953-1954

From: New Zealand Parliamentary Library : Papers, volumes, albums, and ephemera

Reference: PA1-f-337

Description: Album containing photographs of Māori receptions for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on the royal tour of New Zealand in 1953-1954, taken by unknown photographers. Includes receptions in Waitangi, Ngaruawahia, and Rotorua, and contains many photographs of various iwi performing action songs and haka, as well as powhiri and wero. Most photographs have captions. Also includes photographic copies of the address from "the Māori Race" to the Queen read by the Minister of Māori Affairs at Rotorua, and the Queen's reply, and a photograph of the gifts given to the royal couple by Māori. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 94 black and white prints. Physical Description: Leather-bound album, 32.5 x 45 cm, with titles stamped in gold on the spine and front cover. Processing information: Not all names associated with this item are indexed. Item re-numbered from PA1-q-1279 to PA1-f-337 in February 2019 so that it could be boxed.

From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records

Reference: MSX-3916

Description: Contains quotes from speeches by King Tawhiao in 1873; Pai Marire prayers; cosmological accounts, including lists of heavens, lists of gods, narratives about Tane and Maui, names of Io; whakapapa linking Ngati Kahungunu to the Kingitanga; lists of crew members on various migration waka and notes about Te Puea's visit to Masterton in 1917 Includes various tribal whakapapa. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss