Māori language - Grammar

Date: 1839-1863

From: Bell, Gerda Gertrude Elizabeth, b 1903 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1564-13

Description: Includes Dieffenbach's ascent of Mt Egmont, correspondence on behalf of Mrs Dieffenbach re claim to property of her husband's in Taranaki; photostat of original and typescript copy of deed of the agreement of release between Dieffenbach and the New Zealand Company; Dieffenbach's writing on Maori grammar Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1952]

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

Reference: MSY-4899

Description: Maori study by Sorrenson is a text book for studying the Maori language. It has additions by the Rev Bond James, a bookplate of G Nevill and a note from him to McEwen. Also in the volume is `Te Reo Rarotonga; a Maori grammar for the Cook Islands (English verson)' by W A McKenzie and members of a committee, which includes a Maori-English vocabulary. Other Titles - Te Reo Rarotonga; a Maori grammar of the Cook Islands, by W A McKenzie Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [19-?]-1945

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-41

Description: Includes a description of a Ngapuhi tangi `Puhipi Te Riri Dies, Nga Kuku'; letter to Tamaho Maika in 1929; brief note on cannibalism and the practice of preserving the bodies for food; various letters to the editor of the Dominion regarding the Maori New Year and Haka performances; includes a compilation of letters and transcripts from various people eg Percy Smith to and from the Polynesian Society about Toi or Whiro Toi, waiata, karakia, purakau or stories, myths, grammar, whakapapa and Moriori; includes an essay `Bryce's raid on Parihaka'; `The Priest Pakeha settler'; Maori grammar and possible evolvement from Egypt; a waiata tangi regarding suicide; a purakau on `Tane and Hine Ao'; an essay on whether `Karihi and Tawhaki' were real brothers; an essay on `Early Maori history'; the proceedings from the `Otamatea Hui - Easter 1941' where there were descriptions of the powhiri or welcoming ceremony and of the issues which were addressed, the Maori war effort, the Treaty of Waitangi and land; also includes a query from the Native Department about the naming of Maori children with the same names as their parents Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss and typescripts (some with ms annotations)

Date: 1876-1932

Reference: MS-Papers-0273

Description: Documents dealing mainly with land transactions around Wanganui; includes several drafts signed by Hauparoa Hiroti, Wanganui. Some exercises in Maori translation and grammar Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: [19-?]-1940

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-43

Description: Includes a land deed with signatures and a description of the land block; a 15th century Maori karakia with translation; a manuscript on Maori mortality; an undecipherable manuscript with annotations; a piece of the finer points of Maori grammar; a study of the Maori concept of Tangi; historiography on Turi, Aotea and Kupe; a Maori proverb or whakatauaki; the whakapapa of Ngati Paoa'; the history of Takitimu waka including its iwi and the lands of all those tribes affiliated with Takitimu waka; also includes a 'Ture kamupene' document from 1908; includes an essay regarding 'Te Huia'; and also an essay on 'Tuwhare and Ngapuhi'; also contains a Christmas poem in Maori and an English translation Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss (some with holograph annotations) and typescripts (some with ms annotations)

Date: 1927-1942

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-06

Description: Includes letters on Maori language: grammar, tuition and translations of many Maori terms; includes the definition of some Maori terms and names like Kohimarama; includes poems on `Tobacco' and 'The Northlander'; essays on place names like Wairoa, Waikato and Taranaki; has waiata and haka and also discusses traditional Maori whare wananga and art Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (some with ms annotations) Processing information: Not all names have been indexed.

Date: 1927-1933

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-13

Description: Includes letters concerning waiata and whakapapa about Waikato and Ngapuhi, Maori Pa, places like Tongariro, Maori arts and crafts and architecture as well as Maori and Spanish grammar; includes sketches of Whakatane and the Maori song which was sung when Captain James Cook was rowed ashore Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss (some with holograph annotations) and typescripts (some with ms annotations)

Date: 1920

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-45

Description: Waiata from Ngapuhi eg waiata aroha and waiata putorino or flute song; also several waiata tangi describing the loss of a daughter from the Rangitikei / Manawatu area and waiata tangi from Maru iwi; waiata poroporoaki or farewell songs from people such as Tawhiao and several hymns covering a wide range of topics from Christianity to the `Mt Egmont Hotel' in Hawera; several war songs about the Orakau battle, Maori soldiers overseas during World War One, a waiata hari or `Triumph Song' and many other war songs from iwi on the East Coast; also songs about birds and Maori welcomes. Essays and articles on Maori food preparation and preservation about birds, body embalming and preserving heads, Maori lunar calendar, Ohaewai land claim, pataka, archaeology, Taranaki Maori history, Maori creation and Maori evolution, stories with an essentially New Zealand theme, the meeting proceedings between the Premier and Maori at Patea, on William Cowper, Maori taonga and artifacts found in a Ohaewai Cave in the Bay of Islands, a swimming pool with the skeletal remains of Frenchmen in a settlement in England, an account of the `Death of Hauraki, a Hokianga Chief' during the New Zealand Wars in 1845-1846, on Maori and Polynesian origins, protest to the Treaty of Waitangi in 1913. Photographs of landscape such as the Whangarei Heads and Mt Manaia, photograph of a Chief, Pokai Tete, letter to Sir James Carroll and another to Sir Maui Pomare, includes card play tactics in cribbage and also whakapapa of Hongi Hika of Ngapuhi and Kapewhiti of Taranaki also includes 92 whakatauaki and material on Ngapuhi grammar or Maori phrases. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts (some with ms annotations) and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [19-]-1940

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-42

Description: Includes an exercise book `Whangai Makariri' which contains information on land sales, whakapapa, purchases and prices; typescript on land claim of the Ngati Tama people `Whakapuaka Block'; use of macrons in Maori language; and the "Kaiuku Pa Affair" at Mahia where a tribal war or pakanga took place between some Waikato and Ngati Kahungunu iwi; papers relating to the Whanganui iwi; historiography related to Toi, Tawhaki, Kupe and Hone Heke; whakapapa and land dealings of Ngapuhi; translation of the Treaty of Waitangi and contemporary view of the Treaty; essay on the origin of the Moriori and a transcript pertaining to a carefully constructed scene of an `authentic' Maori village Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss and typescripts (some with ms annotations) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1911, 1930-1941

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: fMS-Papers-11946-001

Description: Published by Whitcombe & Tombs, in circa 1911. The book includes annotations, and loose papers which were laid in to the volume, including clippings, research papers, correspondence and drafts. Many of the papers relate to Henry Stowell (Hare Hongi). Includes a welcome address to returning Maori soldiers, from World War One, 'composed and translated expressly by Hare Hongi Stowell, Wellington, 1941'. Also a letter (16 November 1936) to James Cowan, from the Auckland Tramping Club, asking him to advise on a Māori name for their new hut. This letter includes many annotations by Cowan. Also includes some whakapapa, and waiata with translations. One is an annotated typescript of a waiata tangi performed by Hon. James Carroll at Richard Seddon's funeral, 21 June, 1906. Also includes a lament for Te Puoho, with a translation (by Hare Hongi, dated 5 April 1929). It says "for J. D. Peart" of Hataitai, at the bottom of the page. Also a typescript of the waiata 'Tarakihi' or 'Song of the locust' with an arrangement and translation (probably by Stowell, but some of the page has been ripped off, so this information has been lost). Also includes a typewritten letter (19 June 1930), probably written from Hare Hongi, to James Cowan. This includes a Nga Puhi whakapapa chart. Language - Some waiata and whakapapa in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: One printed volume with loose papers in a folder

Date: [1882, 1884, 1938]

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-078

Description: Published by George Robertson & Co., 1882. Includes many annotations by James Cowan, as well as clippings and correspondence that were laid in to the volume. Including an article about a biography of the author, Robert Maunsell. Also includes a letter from Herbert Maunsell to James Cowan 22 July 1938, relating to the biography of his father Robert Maunsell. Also includes a single sheet from the October 1884 Civil Service Examination for Māori, with annotations by Cowan in pencil, saying 'Passed exam next year ? 1885'. He also had written 1884 but crossed that date out. Language - Written in English, but with Maori language content Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed volume with loose papers

Date: 1926-1944

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-52

Description: Includes lessons, grammar notes and stories to translate into English (Whakapakehatia); also table of contents to `The Strange Maori' by Stowell; also the song `The Red Flag' of the British Labour Party written in 1892 by Jim Connel; songs such as `In praise of beer'; and printed matter on the World War Two `March on Yugoslavia' April 6, 1944 and `Human remains' found in a cave in Christchurch Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss and typescripts (some with ms annotations)

Date: [ca 1911]-1998

By: Ruscoe, Ivan, active 1990s

Reference: MS-Group-0782

Description: Includes autograph book kept by donor's mother, Alys Norma Ruscoe (previously Stowell), from 1911 to about 1938, which includes a poem contributed by her uncle, James Cowan. Also an article about James Cowan, with editorial obituary (NZ magazine, v22, n5, Sep-Oct 1943) Copy of `Maori-English tutor' by Stowell with inserts; obituaries of Stowell; and letter from Stowell to Ruscoe relating to knowledge of the violin and learning how to play it Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Copy of letter from donor with background to poem and the Stowell family and their friendship with James Cowan; also letter from donor with anecdote about H M Stowell The donor, Ivan Ruscoe, is the grandson of H M Stowell Quantity: 4 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescript and printed matter (some photocopies) Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Four photographs of James Cowan; one photograph of Roy Cowan.

Date: 1839

Reference: MS-Papers-6876

Description: Primer of letters, syllables, words and sentences; note from cataloguer that the word `proof' is in Colenso's handwriting and this information came from Archbishop Williams Williams 34; Bagnall 4718 Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (19 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with annotations (photocopy)

Date: 1813-1825

By: Lee, Samuel, 1783-1852

Reference: qMS-1148

Description: Lee studied languages at Cambridge under the auspices of the Church Missionary Society. Letters comprise references to translations for the Society and the compilation from information supplied by Thomas Kendall and chiefs Hongi and Waikato of a Grammar and Vocabulary of the language of New Zealand, 1820. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (25 items). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, Mss and typescript 37cm (½ blue morocco, linen box) Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1852

By: Williams, William, 1800-1878

Reference: MS-2422

Description: Heavily marked up printed dictionary annotated in German Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - A dictionary of the New-Zealand language, and a concise grammar; to which are added a selection of colloquial sentences Quantity: 1 volume(s) (323 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with very full holograph annotations in German (19cm, faded green boards)

Date: [1920-1930]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-49

Description: Includes material on Maori language, lessons, vocabulary lists and correspondence from the school to Stowell himself Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss and typescripts (some with ms annotations)

Date: 1928-1937

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-03

Description: Includes letters on Maori genre including Maori language, waiata, ngeri, patere, decorative art and korowai Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (some with ms annotations) Processing information: Not all names have been indexed.

Date: 1928

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-51

Description: Contains material on the Maori language, grammar and essays to be translated into Maori eg `Nga Karere o Mahuru'; also Native Interpreters Examination [1920s] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts (some with ms annotations) and printed matter

Date: 1925-1926

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-33

Description: Includes a review of Herbert Williams' `A Dictionary of the Maori language' and a more indepth review entitled `Criticism Williams' Dictionary'; also includes poems `Not understood' by Thomas Bracken; Stowell's critical review of Percy Smith's `Whence of the Maori - Hawaiki, the original home of the Maori'; a review of Johannes Andersen's `Maori music' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (some with ms annotations)