Ngāti Rārua

Date: 1881-1901

From: Mackay, Alexander, 1833-1909 : Maori land papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2089-1

Description: Contains detailed whakapapa tables of the Ngati Toa tribe, with cross links into Te Ati Awa, relating to the purchase of the top of the South Island by the Crown; a copy of the Royal Commission relating to Ngati Toa (published in the AJHR 1881); correspondence dated 1901 regarding McKay's retirement; notes and a schedule of Maori rents in Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1930-1950]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-118

Description: Notes of iwi and hapu; also hand-drawn map showing disposition of tribes at the end of the 18th century Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1844 - 1890

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927; Keesing, G S (Mr), active 1960s

Reference: D-001-009-a

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. A lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. This copy lacks a printed inscription on the recto of copy D-001-009 "Presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890" Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph in two tints 220 x 840 mm on sheet 285 x 890 mm Provenance: Donation: G S Keesing

Date: 1844 - 1890 - 1969

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927; Heritage Fine Prints; Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: D-001-023

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. A 1969 photomechanical reproduction, taken from a lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. Print no 142 of an edition of 1000 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph of tinted lithograph in two colours 205 x 794 mm (image) on sheet 293 x 876 mm

Date: 1800

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/3/19-Acc.36532

Description: Identifies tribal districts in the South Island: Ngai Tahu; Ngati Mamoe; Ngati Tama & Ngati Rarua; Ngati Koata; Ati Awa; Ngati Toa; Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper. Scale indeterminable. 79.7 x 46.7 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: Apr 1887

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-128

Description: Contains an account of the various heke of Ngati Toa and Te Ati Awa to the Kapiti district between 1820 and 1833, with reference to inter-tribal wars and disputes during this period. Rangipito use's the term "Uruuru-purumu" to describe the 19th century musket used by Maori. Other - Hardcopy inventory says "Compare mss version in S P Smith papers 21 (d)" Quantity: 1 folder(s) (40 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript and 2 pages of mss

Date: [1910-1938]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-39

Description: Newspaper clippings, correspondence and research papers relating to oil exploration in Taranaki and an article Cowan wrote for Enzed Junior `Told on Waimate Pa: A Taranaki rock of history' published November 26, 1938. Handwritten letter to Cowan from Katherine Mercer dated December 8, 1938 in response to the article `Told on Waimate Pa'. Handwritten notes on `Maori Songs' which is titled `A Lament' and also refers to the song as a waiata aroha composed and sung by Mere Rore of the Ngati Rarua Tribe, of Wairau (Marlborough) for her mother Ramari Harepeka Porea Herewini. Includes lyrics in Maori and translation. Also written in pencil on back of memo paper from the United Service Hotel in Christchurch are notes relating to Maori vocabulary about paddling waka. Also a typewritten waka paddling chant. Copy of article written by Cowan in Brett's Christmas Annual December 1, 1924 `The magic of Te-Tahi-o-te-Rangi' a tohunga who was marooned on White Island. Newspaper clippings relating to Lake Rotoiti and Lake Rotorua and North Cape, Te Reinga. Also includes a black & white silver gelatin print, mounted on cardboard of a Maori man and woman. The man is presumed to be Kipa Hemi Whiro, but the woman is unknown. The man is holding a pounamu mere and is dressed in a European suit with a korowai over the top. The unidentified woman is wearing a pounamu tiki and piupiu worn diagonally over the shoulder, over a black dress of the style in fashion in the 1890s. Was in an envelope labelled `Cook Strait' photos 1. Kipa Hemi Whiro (Pelorus) 2. `Endeavour' at The Brothers. This folder also contains an image of the ship HMS Endeavour. Language - Some content in Maori including waiata Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts section, selected drawings transferred to DPP. - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Transfer of two drawings by Marmaduke Matthews. The kauri - monarch of the forest, NZ, A-452-021. Also another drawing of a ship and waka in a bay, A-452-022..

Date: 1843-1845

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSZ-0085

Description: Contains a census of Anglican Maori females in the Nelson area, with occasional notes about various individuals Arrangement: Boxed together with MSZ-0080, MSZ-0081, MSZ-0082, MSZ-0083, MSZ-0084, and MSZ-0085A-C (folders) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1879-1886

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0151-14

Description: Contains letters from Maori to various Maori language newspapers, including Te Wananga and Te Korimako; these letters cover a range of topics including Maori land tenure, Maori commerce, the opening of a church building, and wish list for the contents of the newspapers Also contains letters addressed to John White, about employment prospects, and ethnographic research Quantity: 1 folder(s) (24 leaves). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1843-1845

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSZ-0084

Description: Contains a census of the Anglican Maori male population of the Nelson area, with occasional notes about various individuals Also contains the names of various Maori pa and kainga in the greater region and names of (some) of the occupants. Arrangement: Boxed together with MSZ-0080, MSZ-0081, MSZ-0082, MSZ-0083, MSZ-0085, and MSZ-0085A-C (folders) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1892

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B060

Description: Contains notes about various succession and subdivision cases heard by the Maori Land Court in Masterton and Nelson, including verbatim evidence Includes evidence about the settlement of the top of the South Island by the Ngati Tama, Ngati Rarua and Ngati Koata tribes, and boundaries between these tribes. Physical Description: ½ maroon, dark green boards, 33 cm Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1844 - 1890 - 1969

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Star Steam Printing Company; Brett, Henry, 1843-1927; Heritage Fine Prints; Wilson & Horton (Firm); New Zealand. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Manatū Aorere

Reference: D-001-023-a

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. A 1969 photomechanical reproduction, taken from a lithograph presented with Brett's Almanac for 1890, which is derived from an earlier lithograph published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, which in turn is after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. Print no 221 of an edition of 1000 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph of tinted lithograph in two colours 205 x 794 mm (image) on sheet 293 x 876 mm Provenance: Donation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Wellington, July 1994

Date: 1844

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: A-007-018

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. A 400 yard-long shed is in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. Photograph of watercolour held by the Hocken Library, Acc. no 12,282 Fp/M568. The watercolour measures 284 x 912 mm and the photographic copy is 118 x 378 mm on a sheet measuring 160 x 390 mm. Copy of the original for a tinted lithograph with title The New Zealand Festival, published 1845; and for lithographs with title Maori feast at Remuera, published 1890. The lithographs include numbered keys to features and activities depicted. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy of watercolour 118 x 378 mm

Date: 1890-1906

By: Perrott, James V, 1844?-1926

Reference: MS-Papers-12243

Description: Ngā reta Māori nō Te Tau Ihu. Ko Tiemi Parete te kaiwhiwhi o te nuinga. Ka moe ia i tētahi wahine o te whānau Te Rei. Nā reira, ko tēnei whānau te kaupapa o tēnei kohikohinga. Comprises twenty handwritten documents, associated with Motueka, other places in Te Tau Ihu (the northern part of the South Island), and Taranaki. Most are letters, and most of these are addressed to Tiemi Parete (James/Jimmy Perrott), who married into the Te Rei whānau of Ngāti Rāhiri (Te Āti Awa). Therefore the collection primarily relates to this whānau. Eighteen are in te reo Māori, one is in English, and one is bilingual in English and Māori. The Library is interested in further information on the identities of the tīpuna associated with this collection. Title supplied by Library. Names have been transcribed as expressed in the letters. Arrangement: These letters were inside a vintage tobacco tin that the donor purchased. The letters have been arranged in chronological order. Quantity: 1 folder(s) Twenty letters.. Physical Description: Holograph (handwritten) letters. Provenance: Most of the letters in this collection are addressed to Tiemi Parete [James Perrott] of Silver Point, Awaroa, near Totaranui, who married into the Te Rei whānau. Two letters in this collection written from Tapata Wiremu refer to Tapata as James' son-in-law, to Tapata's wife Rangipare as James' daughter, and to Tapata and Rangipare's children Hana and Werawera as James' grandchildren. However, the book "Te Tau Ihu O Te Waka: A History of Māori of Nelson and Marlborough. Volume 3, Ngā Tupuna, the Ancestors" by Hilary and Maui John Mitchell describes James and Horina as having no living descendants, and list Rangipare's parents as Hana Pairata and William Gibbs. Processing information: Letters transcribed by Library staff at the time of processing, to aid comprehension. Not all names have been indexed.

Date: 1847-1928

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-20

Description: Folder made up of copies of material held in Sir George Grey Collection at Auckland City Library. Contains: - Photocopy of manuscript and typescript letter by Himiona Te Hopu, about the conquest of the Middle Island (Te Waipounamu) by Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Koata, 1847. From Richard Taylor papers. - Photocopy of English translation of Wi Neera Te Kanae's 1888 manuscript about the history of Ngāti Toa, with whakapapa. Translated by George Graham, 1928. - Photocopy of a letter to Governor Grey from Ngāti Toa rangatira, 1851,Takapūwāhia (Auckland City Library reference: GNZMA 103). - Photocopy of manuscript by Hoani Wiremu Hipango titled 'Tawaki Nui A Hema'. From Richard Taylor papers. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Description enhanced September 2022.

Date: 1894

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-281

Description: Contains notes about Smith's shorthand system for writing Maori, whakapapa from Ngati Ira and Tuhourangi, waiata and karakia from the Ngati Toa, Ngati Rarua, Ngati Koata and Ngati Kuia (contributed by Eruera Pakuawera, with some notes about the Kurahaupo canoe), Ngai Tahu, and various questions and answers about Taranaki iwi, and migrations from Taranaki to Wellington in the early 19th century Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1880-1903

By: White, Frances, active 2022

Reference: MapColl-834.2ee/[1903]/Acc.57221-57236

Description: Published maps with manuscript annotations showing corrections and Māori geographic names. Also includes full page newspaper pages of the 'Marlborough Express' and supplement sections discussing te reo Māori and Māori nomenclature, naming systems. The maps were originally bound together to the newspapers, with front and end cover papers also attached. The front papers include a handwritten title "16 Maps of Marlborough Province and Maori Nomenclature" and a maps index. Sources: Alex Frame. 'Salmond, John William', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3s1/salmond-john-william (accessed 27 February 2024) Title taken from item. Arrangement: Purchased as one bound folio measuring 66 x 47 cm and containing maps and newspapers. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 16 maps, 11 newspaper sheets, front and end papers.. Physical Description: Topographical and cadastral maps and newspapers Provenance: This folio was purchased from Frances White, whose parents bought a home at 311 Stuart Street, Dunedin in 1951. Frances White purchased the property in 1996 and sold the house a few years later. 311 Stuart Street was previously lived in and built by (1906) James Louis Salmond, architect in Dunedin. This folio was found in the studio room that J L Salmond's father Reverend William Salmond, professor at the University of Otago, may have used and occupied. Processing information: Item disbound for reasons of preservation and storage and newspapers treated by conservation. Front and end papers retained.

Date: 1843

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: DPDL-0003

Description: Digital copies of watercolours by Isaac Coates of fifty-two Maori, all drawn in profile. Most are from the Nelson, Motueka, Golden Bay and Marlborough regions, with a few from Port Nicholson (Wellington) and New Plymouth. Subjects include Rangihaeata, his wife 'Ranguira', Rauparaha, his wife 'Cootia', Panni and Pitoki of Queen Charlotte Sound, Manu (Wiremu Katene te Puoho), Piro (or Pero), Iwikau and his wife Hingatu, and child and Rupene all of Wakapuaka near Nelson, 'Potie ... Port Nick', 'A youth of the Motuwaka [Motueka] tribe', 'Piki, Kokiri Tribe', 'Piki Warra' of Motueka, 'E Piko, Kafia Chief' and others. Fifteen of the portraits are duplicated in other collections; thirty-seven are apparently unique. The unique portraits are named as 'Eruera Tuiti [of] Ngatiawa'; 'Eketoo'. ; 'Pinika ... Mokepek'; 'Kariri'; 'Beraka'; 'Poomip'; 'E Kamuaka'; 'Erou' all of Queen Charlotte Sound; 'Engeri'; 'Etou'; 'Atara'; 'Kari'; 'Ropa te mani hera'; 'Eo'; 'Tahia' all of Wakapuaka. Tribal names given include Ngati Toa, Kawhia, Ngatiawa Photographed in groups of two Further unique portraits include 'Nte nui'; 'Ko Huia'; 'Tai Mona'; 'Hara'; 'Tamati' all of Rangitoto [D'Urville Island];'Mokei', 'Ebouka', 'Tohe', E Ngou', 'Apeta', 'E Rua', 'Paipa', 'E Koti', 'Hemi', and 'Emoi', all of Queen Charlotte Sound; 'E Harri of Ngatioma'; 'Tamati Waka Beka' of Taranaki Tribe'; 'Nooka, We Re Ka, of Totaranui'; and 'Nga Huia' of Motueka. Quantity: 28 digital image(s).

Date: 1937

From: Grace, John Te Herekiekie (Sir), 1905-1985 : Grace family papers

Reference: 85-173-4/5

Description: Contains very detailed accounts of the domestic situation of South Island Māori families living in traditional kainga; the accounts include information about the housing, health, employment and educational status of every single person in the various settlements, organised alphabetically. These accounts were apparently compiled under the aegis of the Native Land Court, Wellington. Title taken from item. Two copies also held at Archives New Zealand: ABAQ W4235 box 1 parts1 and 2; R361254 and R6723246. Other related material at Archives New Zealand, Wellington: Maori Affairs archives group (MA 30/3/-). Quantity: 1 volume(s) contains approximately 475 pages. Finding Aids: Report for each locality has index of persons.. Processing information: Chief Librarian restriction removed 12 July 2023 as part of the Chief Librarian Restriction Review project.

Date: 30 Sep 1878

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0701-14

Description: Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).