Māori (New Zealand people) - Rites and ceremonies

Date: 13 Nov 1965

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-134

Description: The official programme for the ceremonial opening of the Tamawahine Community Centre, Mangere Bridge (13 Nov 1965) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1895

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-023

Description: Contains notes on various Māori-related subjects. There is a full contents list at the front. Includes transcript of notes by G H Davies on Māori-Pākehā children. Also comprises notes on death ceremonies - cremation; Kāi Tahu death ceremonies, as well as karakia, waiata and whakataukī including tapu lifting practices. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Processing information: Description updated 19 September 2023 following information provided by a staff member.

Date: 1870

By: Williams, William Leonard, 1829-1916

Reference: MS-2492

Description: Contains notes about the history of the Hauhau movement, notes about the history of the Ringatu movement, with biographical notes about Te Kooti's revelations, and notes about the movement based around Himiona Te Orinui at Maketu; Also contains notes on Maori words and language Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) [ca 60 pages]. 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (16cm, stiff black wraps, blue edges, ¼ brown morocco, brown buckram)

Date: 1903-1930s

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-63

Description: Includes material on Maori history, geography, science, health, language, placenames, prose, poetry, waiata, New Zealand flora and fauna, the transpacific migration of the Maori, personalities, `Problems of the Maori', `Should Maori have equal rights like Europeans?', religion, Maori artifactual preservation, land claims and Maori art Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (some with holograph annotations)

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-029-1

Description: Shows a mako or shark tooth earring or pendant, a tiki (ornament worn suspended round the neck), a greenstone or pounamu earring, a flute, a woman's moko (lip and chin tattoo), a wooden dagger and a tukituki (type of mere or club). The shark's tooth, small tiki and earring are all original sketches for details in the lithograph 'New Zealand ornaments and decorations', being plate 39 of G. F. Angas' The New Zealanders illustrated (London, McLean, 1847). All three objects are made of South Island pounamu (jade or greenstone). Both the tiki and the shark's tooth were 'drawn from offerings on a wahi tapu, consecrated by the parents to a deceased child, as being the most precious articles they possessed; although exposed amidst the ruins of a deserted pah, so strict is the law of tapu that no one dare touch these valuable relics'. Other Titles - He tiki Quantity: 7 drawing(s) (on one sheet). Physical Description: Pencil sketches on sheet 233 x 132 mm

Date: 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838; Kirkwood, Henry William, 1854-1925

Reference: B-110-030-3

Description: A carved pataka supported by two poles, one with a carved figure at its base. A Maori man with a weapon is seated nearby, and a curved bay with hills, probably the Bay of Islands, can be seen in the background One of four proof lithographs on a single sheet measuring 285 x 447 mm Derived from the lithograph 'A tabooed store house in New Zealand' by Augustus Earle in his 'A narrative of a nine months residence in New Zealand' (London, Longman, 1832). Earle was in New Zealand for six months, 1827-1828 Other Titles - A tabooed store house in New Zealand Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - HWK (rendered back-to-front) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 99 x 170 mm

Date: 7 Sep 1839

By: Dickinson, Frederick, active 1839; Massey, William Ferguson (Rt Hon), 1856-1925

Reference: MS-Papers-0369

Description: Original letter and transcription from Frederick Dickinson writing from Kororareka to his uncle, John Dickinson of Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, describing his visit to Bay of Islands and Bay of Plenty mainly about a Ngapuhi attack repulsed by Bay of Plenty tribes and their preparations for eating 10 prisoners. He gives his impressions of the Maori race. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pages, 3 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typed transcript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Hon W F Massey

Date: 4th May 1946

By: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962

Reference: PA1-f-136

Description: Album showing the dedication ceremony for the Taranaki Mobile X-Ray Unit on Saturday 4th May, 1946, at Manukorihi Pā. This was the first unit of its kind in New Zealand, built in Taranaki for Maori and European peoples of the province Inside the front cover is a loose photgraph of a diagram of the "Duplex Photo-Roentgen Unit", showing an ideal installation layout for a bus; as is used in this particular unit. The official programme for the dedication ceremony is attached to page one; with various activities outlined; a list of speeches by local dignitaries, ministers of the crown including H G Mason (Minister of Native Affairs) and the Honorable A. Nordmeyer (Minister of Health); and the official unveiling and opening by Lady Miria Pomare. Scenes show the bus arriving, the Maori welcome of powhiri, karanga and karakia; a large crowd outside Te Ikaroa a Maui (the meeting house), with the statue in memory of Sir Maui Pomare in the background; and various scenes of dignitaries involved with the ceremonies. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black leatherette cover, loose-bound, entitled `Photographs'; 29.5 x 36.5 cm

Date: ca1984-ca1995

From: National Library of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-5801-1

Description: Mainly records of National Library events which include gifts of books from Poland and Yugoslavia, a delegation of Librarians from China, the official opening of the National Library, the New Vacuum Freeze Dryer for Conservation, the powhiri for Dick Grace the first Maori Manager, celebration for Women's Suffrage Day, Princess Anne visiting, the presentation of the Missoula Peace Quilt, National Library Children's Days, 25th anniversary of setting up the library by act of parliament, and the initiation of the talking book service. Most of the rest of the images record the construction of the National Library building, people and occassions connected with this, the building's interiors, and services provided. Quantity: 101 b&w original photographic print(s). 76 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 12 Mar 1998]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Nicholson, John, active 1997

Reference: EP/1998/0772-F

Description: Dawn tapu lifting ceremony prior to the construction of the WestpacTrust Stadium in Wellington, including the turning of the first sod. Photographs taken circa 12 March 1998 by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson. Quantity: 3 colour original negative(s) negative strips with 9 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negatives, 35mm

Date: [1934-1935?]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-052

Description: Publicity photographs taken by various unidentified photographers for New Zealand Railways. The only identifying information is a few pencilled notes giving some locations, but there are no captions identifying people. There is a large sequence showing events surrounding the first celebrations marking the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on 6th February 1934 attended by Lord Bledisloe. He had purchased the site, and donated money for the Treaty House renovations in 1932. The celebrations brought 10,000 Maori to Waitangi. The images show huge crowds, haka parties, various iwi performing, and parties of dignitaries including Lord and Lady Bledisloe, Joseph Gordon Coates and George William Forbes. Other scenes with Lord Bledisloe show him visiting the Waitaki Hydroelectric power station. Views of New Zealand include Government Tourist Bureau accomodation houses including those at Waitomo and the Hermitage (Mt. Cook); accomodation houses at Helensville and Parakai with interior and exterior views, and showing activities available (spa pools, games such as croquet, golf, and bowls); anglers standing by swordfish they have caught; skiing and ski lessons; and waterfalls. Industrial and agricultural views show dairy cows, citrus groves, the Kiwi Bacon Factory, printing presses, and race courses. A number show people at the beach at Mount Maunganui, and a large group picniking. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, red spine, entitled `Tours Book B3'; 40 x 58 cm

Date: 2 Sep 1952

By: Bell, Robin Moore, 1907-1989

Reference: MSY-4840

Description: An account by Bell of the lifting of the legendary curse on the Nairn homestead at Pourerere Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - See also MS-Papers-2923 for second copy of item Quantity: 1 volume(s) (21 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) with two photographs Provenance: Formerly owned by Nancy G Wynyard Photograph of Pourerere Homestead from ATL collections; and original photograph of the homestead on the eve of its demolition in 1950

Date: 15 Jul 1996

From: Memories of the Kaipara oral history project : Part two

By: Tangaroa, William Tamu, 1922-1999

Reference: OHInt-0633/4

Description: William Tangaroa was born in 1922 in Wellington. Gives the origins of Ngati Whatua. Talks about his grandmother Mere Huia Shaw and her marriage for the purpose of holding land. Describes how her grandparents settled at Dairy Flat then Reweti (Rewiti). Describes their original home of nikau and raupo and the home that was built in 1928. Describes the site of the original Reweti marae in the hills. Discusses missionaries Reverend Marsden and Reverend Selwyn and Ngati Whatua. Discusses his father, John Tangaroa, who attended Three Kings Secondary School and Wesley College with Jack Nathan. Gives details of the background of his mother, Emma Smith. Talks about the Depression, the children carting water for the gardens and his grandfather being blinded digging rushes. Describes the selling of produce from the Reweti gardens at the market. Discusses the sacred Reweti mountain, Puketapu, where burials were made. Explains the way people were buried according to their place in society. Notes that Tauwhare Hill was a recovery place for warriors. Mentions the quarry in the area which was closed as a result of lots of accidents. Discusses fishing methods and the catching of eel, koura, toheroa, paua, mussels and other species. Describes drawing the oil from mutton birds. Describes how work was done with horses and mentions the breaking in of brumbies. Mentions how the moving sand buried native bush and the role of marram grass in stabilising sand. Mentions his schooling at Helensville and leaving school and working in a bush camp. Describes the work. Describes planting marram during the Depression and the finding of midden. Describes being manpowered to do farm work in World War II. Mentions marriage. Mentions the South Head forestry settlement. Comments on the continuation of early customs at Reweti including herbal knowledge, forecasting weather and food preparation. Discusses tapu and the identification of tapu places. Mentions the Brynderwyn bus accident and identifying victims. Describes how the sacred mountain, Puketapu, is now planted in pine. Interviewer(s) - Gabrielle Hildreth Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3321.

Date: 1906, 1916, 1929, 1954-1958

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

By: Te Whaiti, Teoti Kerei Te Hioirangi, 1890-1964

Reference: MS-Papers-12777-03

Description: Includes: Envelope addressed to the Hon. Secretary, New Zealand Moderate League, PO Box 798, Wellington Admission and membership tickets to events in the Wairarapa, including Greytown, [1920s-1950s]. (Housed in brown envelope by the Library) Kindest remembrances and all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year from Mr and Mrs G Te Whaiti, 1 Main St, Greytown. Christmas card T W Ratana, Ratana, Wanganui. Phone 842s. Business card Waiata aroha na Hine Matioro mo te Kani a Takirau o Te Tai Rawhiti; Hinematioro sings her love for her absent relative, Kani a Takirau. Translated from the Maori original by Mr A J Knocks, Otaki, Wellington, N.Z. H A Cooper, Printer, Kaiapoi (Words in Maori and English) 1906: He Kaupapa Korero. Kereitaone, Hanuere 29th 1906. Flier 1916: Maramataka mo te tau 1916. Turanga, Na te Wiremu Hapata i ta ki Te Raukahikatea, 1915. (Calendar booklet) 1929: Te Ore Ore Meeting House (Improvement Fund). Social & dance. 9 July 1929. Ticket (2 copies) 1954: Reception to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh by the Maori people. Rotorua, 2 January 1954. Programme 1955: The Archbishop and Mrs Owen wish to entertain to Luncheon on one of the days of Synod the Clergy and Synodsmen who do not live in Wellington ... Thursday 14 July [1955]. Invitation card in dated envelope 1957: We invite you to the Unveiling of the Windows in memory of Bishop Bennett and Sir A T Ngata in the Chapel of S Michael and All Angels, Hukarere School on Saturday August 24th, at 11 a.m., and to Lunch afterwards. Invitation in envelope addressed to Hori Te Whaiti, Greytown, and postmarked 1957. 1958: Order of ceremony for 'He Powhiri', held at Takipu Marae relating to Apirana Ngata and King Koroki, 7-8 Maehe 1958. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed pamphlets and flyers, sizes varying up to 250 mm. Processing information: Combined into Te Whaiti family collection ATL-Group-00753, August 2022. Previous Library reference: Eph-A-MAORI-Te-Whaiti-2. Previous title: [Ephemera relating to Maori, mainly in the Wairarapa district, deposited by the Te Whaiti family. Folder 2].

Date: 1906-1962

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

By: Blundell Brothers Ltd

Reference: MS-Papers-12777-04

Description: Includes: Form of institution and induction to the cure of souls. Sanctioned for use in the Diocese of Wellington, New Zealand. Printed by Blundell Bros Ltd., Willis Street, Wellington 1924: Whakaheaheatanga o te Pouakani Poraka. 30,486 nga eka; 855 nga hea / Ware P Waitai, Licensed Interpreter, Wellington. Kereitaone, 28 Hanuere, 1924. 1925: Ratana Pa: He pahi. 13 Aperira 1925. Whakamaharatanga tenei i raro i te maru o Ihoa o nga Mano, o te Matua, o te Tama, o te Wairua Tapu me nga Anahera Pono, he kai awhina, he kai arahi i a koe i nga wa katoa. Ae Amine / T.W. Ratana. [1925] (6 examples) 1950s?: Ashley Hale. A greater faith is produced by creative fund-raising. Wells Church Fund-Raisig Organizations, Hannah's Bldgs., Lambton Quay Wellington, N.Z. [1950s?]. Booklet of 12 pages 1950: Rangiatea centennial celebration, Otaki, 18 March 1950. Souvenir programme 1951: Assorted Pirinoa Tribal Committee Raffle Tickets 1951-1952 (some headed "Ko te Mana Motuhake") Two sheets of handwritten addition sums relating to money 1954: The form of service for the interment of the ashes of Sir Peter Buck (Te Rangihiroa) and the unveiling of the memorial by His Excellency the Governor-General Lieut.-General Sir Willoughby Norrie, at Okoki, Taranaki. 8 August 1954 with the Bishop of Aotearoa the Right Rev. W N Panapa C.B.E. officiating New Zealand Labour Party. Check the facts and nail their lies [Social security tax and income tax under National and under Labour. 1954] 1956: Dedication of the Church Hall of the Good Shepherd Masterton by the Bishop of Aotearoa, the Rt Rev. W N Panapa, L.Th. 21 October 1956. Order of service (2 copies) Report of the Finance Committee 1956 [Wellington, Hutt Valley and Palmerston North Diocesan area] (2 copies) 1958: [Two Christmas cards: from Rau Hutana; and from Aunt Molly and Uncle Bob Palmer. In envelope dated 1958, addressed to Mr & Mrs G Te Whaiti, date stamped 1958] 1960: Invitation; official opening of meeting house "Te Whatu-Manawa Maoritanga o Rehua". Saturday 3 December 1960. With folded typescript circular letter dated 27 October 1960. Includes photograph of Miss Ataarangi Couch at a preliminary ceremony at the meeting house 27 March 1960. He Powhiri kite ra o te Whakatuwhera Ranga o "Te Whatu-Manawa Maoritanga o Rehua" a te Hatarei ite toru o nga ra o Tihema, 1960. Includes photograph of Miss Ataarangi Couch at a preliminary ceremony at the meeting house 27 March 1960. 1962: Cathedral Church of St Paul, Wellington. Choral evensong preceding the First Annual Session of the Thirty-Sixth Synod of the Diocese of Wellington. 9 July 1962. Order of service Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed pamphlets and flyers, sizes varying up to 250 mm. Processing information: Combined with Te Whaiti collection ATL-Group-00753 in October 2022. Previous Library reference: Eph-A-MAORI-Te-Whaiti-3 Previous title: [Ephemera relating to Maori, mainly in the Wairarapa district, deposited by the Te Whaiti family. Folder 3]. 1906-1962.

Date: 10 September 1988

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1988/3547-F

Description: Sani Ngarimu leading a group of visitors from the East Coast in a waiata (song suporting a speech) during the opening of the Wainuiomata Marae. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid on the 10th of September 1988. Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 6 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negatives, 35mm

Date: 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838; Kirkwood, Henry William, 1854-1925

Reference: B-110-008-3

Description: A carved pataka supported by two poles, one with a carved figure at its base. A Maori man with a weapon is seated nearby, and a curved bay with hills, probably the Bay of Islands, can be seen in the background One of four proof lithographs on a single sheet measuring 285 x 447 mm Derived from the lithograph 'A tabooed store house in New Zealand' by Augustus Earle in his 'A narrative of a nine months residence in New Zealand' (London, Longman, 1832). Earle was in New Zealand for six months, 1827-1828 Other Titles - A tabooed store house in New Zealand Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - HWK (rendered back-to-front) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 99 x 170 mm

Date: 1952

By: Bell, Robin Moore, 1907-1989

Reference: MS-Papers-2923

Description: Account by Bell of the lifting the legendary curse on the Nairn homestead at Pourerere Relationship complexity - See also MSY-4840 for another copy, with two photographs included Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript, and carbon copy

Date: [ca 1981]

Reference: PAColl-2061

Description: Kemp's Pole was a boundary marker set up at Raorikia by Te Rangihiwinui Kepa (Major Kemp) to mark the boundary of a trust area he wanted to have reserved from the Māori people Quantity: 13 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [1960-1976]

From: Awatere, Arapeta (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1910-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7348-2

Description: Material relating to Gluckman's association with Awatere including notes on Maori psychotherapy and tohunga, psychic premonitions, the death of Tom Awatere by Awatere, tohus or signs to Awatere in Mt Eden Prison, `Maori traditions and the 8th Congress of the Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists' reported by Gluckman, notes by Gluckman and typescript poems by Awatere Quantity: 1 folder(s).