Ngāti Rakairangi
H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook with cosmological information
Date: 1889 - 1906
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B023
Description: Contains notes about the occupation of land near Greytown by the Ngati Muretu hapu, and a draft letter complaining about land sold by someone that does not own it; contains cosmological information, including whakapapa of various deities and a detailed account of the life of Maui Tikitiki; also contains notes about practices and traditions associated with childbirth and the instruction of children in martial and practical arts; there are also notes about practices within whare wananga and the conditions placed on students There is a narrative about Ngatoroirangi of the Te Arawa canoe, and a warning about incorrect whakapapa and the use of repetitive names to inflate a whakapapa; there is also a discussion of the relevance of traditional knowledge in contemporary society There is a narrative dictated by Te Wera Hauraki and Tarahau in 1837 about Ngati Awa, recited by Te Matorohanga to Te Whatahoro at a later date; the narrative describes the arrival of Ngati Awa at Whakatane and their conflicts with the resident tangata whenua, which includes a detailed physical description of these people; there is a narrative about the migration of Toi and Whatonga to New Zealand and their subsequent settlement There is a narrative of 19th century conflicts involving Waikato and Taranaki tribes and subsequent events, whakapapa (including some taken from the Journal of the Polynesian Society), karakia associated with various practices and activities (including notes about the performance of karakia by tohunga), and waiata (including notes from Sir George Grey's `Nga Moteatea' There is a narrative about the birth of Tuteremoana of the Ngai Tara tribe, with related waiata; a list of place-names and pa sites in the Wellington area and some notes about conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu; there are also notes about the proceedings of a whakapapa hui held at Papawai in 1906, including an address by H P Tunuiarangi Other - 5 loose pages are inserted in the beginning. One page is titled `Te Ngakiatotara', another 2 pages are titled `Kereitaone' and the other is a list of names from Ngati Awa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (32 cm; maroon boards)
Accounts and correspondence
Date: 1888-1928
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MSY-4807
Description: Cashbook accounts (debits and credits) for various Wairarapa Maori (possibly for H.T. Mahupuku & MA, General Dealers); Te Whaiti family whakapapa; also contains whakapapa for Ngati Rakairangi and detailed information about a land block in the Hinana area (boundaries, mahinga kai and wahi tapu); also contains information about fundraising activities at Papawai Pa (raffles etc); drafts of correspondence about Maori land blocks from the late 1880s; also contains loose correspondence about fundraising for Papawai Pa, and the rental of a property at Greytown by Major H P Tunuiarangi
H T Te Whatahoro Jury - Notebook
Date: 1874-1910
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B041
Description: Contains whakapapa, waiata, cosmological notes and minutes from the proceedings of the Wairarapa Maori Committee established to hear land claims, with details of boundaries, mahinga kai and ancestral occupation of land in the Gladstone area
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa and note book
Date: n d
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-110A
Description: Contains narratives about Maori ancestors living at Hawaiki, including Manaia and Tamatea, and the reasons that they migrated to New Zealand; also includes narrative about various conflicts in New Zealand involving tribes on the south-eastern seaboard of the North Island, and migrations that led to conflicts, or resulted from them; also contains related waiata and haka. Also contains the story about Ngati Tama, Te Ati Awa invasion of the Wairarapa district, including accounts of the battle of Te Tarata in 1829, the capture of Metapere Te Waipunaahau (Ngati Toa) by the Wairarapa tribes, the capture of Te Uamairangi and Te Kakapi-o-te-Rangi, and subsequent peace making at Pito-one (Petone) between Te Ati Awa and Wairarapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Pouakani - List of owners
Date: nd
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-192
Description: Contains lists of owners of the Pouakani Block and relative shares, arranged by hapu
Maori correspondence
Date: 1900-1906
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-11
Description: Contains correspondence and copies of correspondence about various issues, including the raising of funds to engage a lawyer to review early Maori land deals, the reservation of land at Okoura in Wairarapa and the related development of a marae, a personal letter to Keys from R Tahiwi Rikihana of Otaki, and an extract from the minutes of a meeting to discuss the revitalisation of the Kotahitanga movement with King Mahuta as its leader Quantity: 1 folder(s) 5 items. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa
Date: 1892
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-115
Description: Contains loose pages from an exercise book of various whakapapa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph
H T Whatahoro Jury - Maori Land Court note book
Date: 1889
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B004
Description: Contains verbatim evidence from sittings of the Maori Land Court in the Wairarapa district with details of land ownership and occupation, whakapapa and ancestral rights, pa and mahinga kai and notes about the current use of the land; also contains notes about the Whanganui Maori Council and related hapu, and whakapapa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Black, 33 cm., vol numbered 3
Whakapapa
From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records
Reference: MSX-3917
Description: Contains waiata; narratives of Wairarapa Maori history and events in Horowhenua; whakapapa, including whakapapa from various waka to Te Pahiatua (aka Te Aperahama Anaru ?); minutes from a meeting in 1911; notes about the hymn of the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
Research papers from Maori Purposes Fund Board Collection 3
Date: 1800-2003
From: Wairarapa Claim Translation Project : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-8526-0003
Description: Contains a translation of material relating to Ngati Kahungunu iwi. Relationship complexity - Contains translations from the Maori Purposes Fund Board Collection, folder MS-Papers-0189-B004. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts
Major H P Tunuiarangi and his daughter Inuwai
Date: 1904
From: Polynesian Society: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-7273-05
Description: Photograph of Major Hoani Paraone Tunuiarangi reading from a book to his daughter Inuwai. Taken in August 1904. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Tanguru Tuhua and H P Tunuiarangi - Notebook
Date: 1905-1906
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-187
Description: Notebook in Maori comprising history of country about Takapau, Hawkes Bay, written in 1905 by Tanguru Tuhua, and history of South Wairarapa by Major H P Tunuiarangi. The material provided by Tuhua deals with the settlement of the Takapau area by various tribal groups; in doing so, Tuhua provides information about Maori placenames in the area, about the principal ancestors of the area, whakapapa and information about traditional conflicts between the different iwi. The material provided by Tunuiarangi contains information provided to him by Paratene Te Okawhare and Aporo Piritaha; the information consists of narratives about the Ngati Rakairangi hapu and principal ancestors thereof; there is also some whakapapa included with the text. In two different Maori hands. Notes in S P Smith's hand on first part says "copied for journal 16.3.06" and for second part "copied for JPS 24.3.06". Spine titles read "Hist. Seventy Mile Bush by Tanguru. Hist. Wairarapa by Tu-nui-a-rangi". Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
H T Whatahoro Jury - Pouakani notebook
Date: 1911
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B027
Description: Contains extensive information about the ownership and administration of the Pouakani Block by Wairarapa Maori, including lists of owners, lists of successors, the election of the managing body, the purchase of livestock and equipment, the dispatch of workers to Pouakani, restrictions on land use and financial management details and regulations Also contains notes about the marriage of Hemi Te Miha, some biographical notes about Wi Parata, notes about the sale of large land blocks in Wairarapa including the boundaries of land sold, sale prices, number of sellers, reserves and other benefits promised; also contains whakapapa and waiata, notes about the death of Tutepakihirangi Also contains notes about Tamatea and the migration of the Takitimu canoe, information about the peace-making between Wairarapa and Te Ati Awa in the 1830s; a copy of a draft petition to Sir James Carroll calling for an end to the purchase of Maori land, a copy of a speech of welcome to Sir James Carroll and other politicians at the unveiling of the Tamahau Mahupuku monument and a copy of a speech by Te Whatahorro to a hui at Papawai, criticising Whenua Manihera and discussing the administration of Pouakani Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Black soft cover, 20 cm., vol numbered 16
Whakapapa, waiata and land records
Date: 1878-1930
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6571-039
Description: Contains whakapapa and waiata from the South Wairarapa, written in a variety of hands (much of the whakapapa seems to focus on Hemi Te Miha and the Te Whaiti family); also contains land records including lists of owners of various blocks and respective shares, and records of the members of various hapu (Ngati Rakairangi, Ngati Moe, Ngati Tukaiora, Ngati Te Rangitawhanga); also contains a letter from Henare Te Whaiti to Maui Pomare about politics; also contains a letter from Paora Waitere of Papawai to Kaihau Te Whaiti enclosing some waiata There is a detailed account by Matina Ruta Tamaiwhakakiteaterangi of the Potangaroa hui, written in 1905; there is also a letter written by Matina about the succession to Paora Tihi; there is also a subscription form for the Maori Peace Memorial to be erected in Masterton Park, a copy of Te Kahiti o Niu Tireni from 1920, and some forms associated with the Rongokako Maori Council; there are some architectural plans for a house for J Te Whaiti at Pirinoa prepared in 1925 (J Te Whaiti is possibly Hohaia Te Whaiti aka Joe Te Whaiti)