Te Whena, Hakaraia, active 1870s?

Lived at Waikawa (Picton) and correspondent to Walter Buller regarding land claims. Possibly Hakaraia Te Whena (b 1852) who was later proprietor of the Central Hotel in Otaki.

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Manuscript

H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook

Date: 1896

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B091

Description: Contains diary entries with a particular focus on land dealings, whakapapa, waiata and karakia, cosmological notes including names of Io and names of heavens and the inhabitants thereof, accounts, notes about Maori medicines, notes about migration canoes and related items, lists of names connected with particular land blocks, and a narrative account of a historical conflict involving Te Whakatohea and East Coast tribes Also contains information about the arrival of (Kingi ?) Mahuta to Otaki, and some Kai Tahu whakapapa. Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Manuscript

Legal and financial papers

Date: [1903]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-173

Description: Various documents including correspondence, notes and receipts; identified persons entered under Name. Includes several documents in Maori; and copy of letter re Manipakeno and Hutt District sections, letter re Riwai Te Ahu's share in the Ngatitoa Trust Fund, deeds and draft deed and part of land transfer involving F H Cooke and I J Field for Hokowhitu no 4 block Kairanga Survey District Language - Many documents in Maori (untranslated) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

H T Whatahoro Jury - Minute book

Date: 1907

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B037

Description: Contains minutes from the sitting of the Native Land Court at Wellington, with details of successions, subdivisions, leases, removal of restrictions, whakapapa - much of which relates to the Ngati Raukawa tribe and the Ngati Toa occupation of Porirua with special reference to Pikauterangi; also contains biographical notes about Taitoko Te Rangihiwinui Weraroa Kingi, and a list of pa, mahinga kai, and urupa belonging to Ngati Hautumoana Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 22

Manuscript

Maori letters mainly concerned with land claims

Date: Jan-June 1879

From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0048-15

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Buller, in his capacity as a lawyer, with regard to Maori land tenure and transactions, related finances and other issues, concentrated in the lower West Coast of the North Island There are also letters with regard to the formal engagement of Buller as a lawyer, money-lending and other financial matters Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Manuscript

Maori correspondence concerned mainly with land claims

Date: July-Dec 1879

From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0048-16

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Buller, in his capacity as a lawyer, with regard to Maori land tenure and transactions, related financial dealings, money-lending and other issues Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Manuscript

Maori correspondence concerned mainly with land claims

Date: 1881-1882

From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0048-18

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Buller, in his capacity as lawyer, with regard to Maori land tenure and transactions, related financial matters, the payments of accounts for services provided, and other related issues Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Manuscript

Maori correspondence concerned mainly with land claims

Date: 1883-1884

From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0048-19

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Buller, in his capacity as a lawyer, with regard to Maori land tenure, related finances, moneylending and the payment of accounts and other issues Also contains letters with regard to applications for financial assistance or compensation from the state Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Manuscript

Maori letters mainly concerned with land claims

Date: 1878

From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0048-14

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Buller, in his capacity as a lawyer, with regard to Maori land tenure and transactions, related financial matters, and other affairs Also contains letters about the engagement of Buller's services, money-lending, and a report about Maori `squatting' on land under claim in the South Island (at Omarama) Contains letters from Kai Tahu Maori giving examples of 19th century Kai Tahu dialect. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Manuscript

Maori letters mainly concerned with land claims

Date: 1864-1881

From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0048-11

Description: Contains letters to Buller, in his capacity as a lawyer, with regard to Maori land tenure and related payments and other issues, on the West Coast of the North Island in particular (Manawatu, Horowhenua etc); contains copies of various lease agreements; also includes some genealogy and an electioneering pamphlet calling for people to vote for Buller Also contains a hand drawn map by Hunia Te Hakeke of Parewanui showing the different divisions; whakapapa from Hauiti; an agreement to sell land at Waipa; a letter by Teoti Pakipaki establishing his mana to Tuahiwi (Canterbury); a letter announcing the death of Ruta Paratene, a wahine rangatira of Kai Tahu; and information including waiata about a famous patu pounamu named Tuhiwai which belonged to the Muaupoko tribe. Finding Aids: Inventory available.