Lived at Taranaki
Minarapa, Taurua, active 1907
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Manuscript
Manners Street Methodist Church - Baptismal registers
Date: 1840-1926
From: Wesley Methodist Church (Taranaki Street, Wellington) : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1185-010/1
Description: Baptism records for the Cloudy Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, and Tory Channel districts. These records mostly relate to the Maori and whaling communities, including Ngati Toa, Ngati Rarua, Ngati Koata, Rangitane and Ngai Tahu (?). Note, the names included are indicative only and represent some of the Ngati Toa personalities recognised and researchers should carefully check the contents for other names and tribal associations. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Manuscript
Correspondence - F E Maning, C E Maxwell, Edward E Morris, Charles Murray, Hoani Nahe, ...
Date: 1875, 1893-1907
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-266
Description: Comprises letters from F E Maning (1) 1875, to and from C E Maxwell (7) 1895-1901, Edward E Morris (1) 1896, Charles Murray (2) 1892, and nine Maori letters from Hoani Nahe, Eruera Hohepa, Taurua Minarapa, Heni Te Rau o te Rangi, Hone Wetere 1893-1909. The Maori letters concern Polynesian Society business and activities, information about the origins of Ngati Maru and Ngati Paoa, the collection of whakapapa, the inspection of old pa sites, the Maori division of time, the activities of Te Whiti and Tohu at Parihaka, and accounts of the migration to the Wellington area by Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa. Also contains 3 letters written in the hand of Heni Te Rau about her mothers famous swim from Kapiti Island (during the battle of Waiorua, 1824), and other family information; and information by Minarapa about the birth of the prophet Te Whiti o Rongomai. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 pieces).