Ngati Porou leader. A woman of high standing among the East Coast peoples from Whangara to Uawa [Tolaga Bay].
Hinematioro, -1823
Manuscript of History of Kawhia, radio scripts and correspondence
Date: 1957-1974
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-3/09B
Description: Story drafts, research papers, precis of radio recordings and correspondence. Includes notes on whaling, articles by Leo Fowler on Te Kooti, Polynesian festival, and manuscripts of "Bethlehem on Paekak," "The taniwha of Tuparoa" and "In the beginning was darkness". Includes a copy of a letter from Fowler to H Te Kani Te Ua regarding Hinematioro, and the precis of radio recordings are relating to Te Kaha and Rotorua. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Rough notes relating to The Road to Whangara
Date: 1957-1976
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-2/01E
Description: Loose papers relating to The Road to Whangara [book] includes notes relating to East Coast Maori history, place names and whakapapa. Includes correspondence from H Te Kani Te Ua relating to Ngati Kanohi whakapapa [typewritten copy of letter] and an incomplete draft of a letter by Fowler written on The Remuera Book Exchange letterhead, which names Fowler as the proprietor and is dated 1976. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Two black and white photographic prints one of a group of Maori sitting on a shady bank by a car with an unidentified Maori woman in the foreground, and the photograph is of three Maori men inside a carved meeting house iwth microphones, so possibly being recorded for a broadcast.
Miscellaneous papers
Date: [1769-1958]
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-5/12
Description: Papers relating to Maori history including whakapapa, waiata and correspondence relating to Fowler's novel 'Brown Conflict'. Also includes a copy of typescript `The Storehouse of Hine-mati-oro' also known as 'Te Rakau Tamatea Reke' (p.1 & 4 only); several East Coast genealogies or whakapapa relating to Te Kooti Riki Rangi, Ngati Ira and Ngati Porou. Also an article: `On some Maori place names'; and an outline for `The Road to Whangara'. Also includes a 5 page manuscript [written in an unknown hand] of various versions of the Ngati Kahungunu oriori 'Pinepine te kura', one version is attributed to Te Kooti Rikirangi. Language - Some material in Maori including whakapapa and waiata Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Maori laments, naming legends, and story
Date: [ca 1947-1972]
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-2/06A
Description: Papers relating to the Maori history of the East Coast particularly around Kennedy Bay, Tolaga Bay and Whangara. Includes legends associated with various Maori place names and iwi histories of the East Coast. Also includes a story written by Leo Fowler "The Knight-Errantry of Tamahae". Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Genealogical and historical papers re Maori Landfall and autobiographical paper
Date: [ca 1955]
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-2/07B
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Articles and correspondencee
Date: 1957-1976
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-2/06C
Description: Articles and correspondence and whakapapa. Includes an article on "The origin of Maori carving" by Sir Apirana Ngata, and an article about a greenstone hei pekapeka called Te Whe o Hine Amaru. Also includes part of a letter written about significant places associated with Whangara and a personal letter from Shirley [?]. Language - Some Maori content, namely whakapapa Quantity: 1 folder(s).