Opārupāru Pā

Date: [ca 1926]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: 80-115-04A/03B

Description: Papers submitted for consideration for publication. Includes a whakapapa chart copied by T W Downes from notes by Walter Buller which were dated `Christmas 1860'. Chart starts with Rangi and Papa and finishes with 1860 entries, noting where some iwi and hapu started. Also includes articles and notes by George Graham on Nga Rakau o Tu-tangi-mamae, an ancient carved house of Otakanini, Kaipara; on He Taki Kiore - a charm; on Rongo-Matua-Tonga, the Maori god of peace; on Ngai-tai tribe of Torere, East Coast; on Oparuparu pa carvings; on the hangi or umu in ancient Britain; on the lament for Nukutawhiti by Hone Mohi Tawhai; and on Kaharau, an incident of divination by human sacrifice. Also Notes on a Tatooed Chief: an Urewera Survival, by R W Firth, with a photograph and drawing of Waewae Te Kotahitanga (Tuhoe); and letters from E E V Collocott on Tonga. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes photographs and sketch

Date: 1928-1930

By: Kelly, Leslie George, 1906-1959

Reference: PA1-o-1887

Description: Photograph album of Maori pa and battle sites in the North Island, presumed to have been created by Leslie George Kelly in circa 1928-1930. Comprises photographs taken 1928-1930, probably by Kelly, and five hand drawn maps and one other drawing, presumably drawn by Kelly at a similar time. The photographs are captioned and dated, and connections made between the photographs and the maps. The captions include some historical and contextual information. - Includes photographs of Otakanini Pa, and Oparuparu Pa in the Kaipara District. The images of the Oparuparu include rock carvings that Kelly has also drawn. Other pa include Mokoia Pa (Panmure), Te Horo Pa (Helensville), Te Makiri Pa (Awaroa River), Matakitaki Pa, Taura Kohia (Pirongia), Paterangi Pa, Orakau Pa, Pukeokoiwiriki Pa (aka Paritaiuru, in Papakura), a pa site in Kawhia (not named in the album), and Te Arawi Pa (Kawhia) and sites of Te Kohia Pa (Waitara) and Mahoetahi Pa (Taranaki). - Also includes images of the site of "Maori whare burned by troops 1864, Rangiaowhia" and photographs of the Anglican and Catholic Churches at Rangiaowhia. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - Contains many captions detailing places, pa names and vantage points that the photographs were taken from. Inscription on inside front cover "Leslie G Kelly 1929-30". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).