Ngāti Hinewai

Date: 1845-1846

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

Reference: MSZ-0080

Description: Contains a census of the Anglican Māori male population of the Kapiti and Horowhenua areas, with occasional notes about various individuals. Also includes some Tainui whakapapa at the back. Ngāti Te Upokoiri is written as a hapū of Ngāti Raukawa. This is possibly an error and should be recorded as Ngāti Te Upokoiti. Title taken from item. Arrangement: Boxed together with MSZ-0081, MSZ-0082, MSZ-0083, MSZ-0084, MSZ-0085, and folders MSZ-0085A, MSZ-0085B and MSZ-0085C Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1881

By: Te Kairangi, Atanatiu, active 1870-1913

Reference: Micro-MS-0949

Description: Arranged in four parts this journal explores the history and whakapapa of the Ngati Toa people. It includes detailed whakapapa from Marangaiparoa, son of Toa Rangatira, with a special emphasis on the relationships between Ngati Toa and other closely related Kawhia tribes. The manuscript also details the migration of the Tainui and Te Arawa canoes to Aotearoa, with accompanying karakia; Purakau, or short historical narratives, about numerous Ngati Toa tupuna (ancestors); The migrations of the Ngati Toa tribes from Kawhia to the Kapiti district; And an examination of Maori theological concepts, and includes a discussion about the descent of the Maori people from Adam and Eve. Also records the baptism of various people into the Mormon church at Takapuwahia pa, Porirua, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Publication - This manuscript may be the original source material used by Sir Maui Pomare for the book "Legends of the Maori", 2 volumes [1930]. Other - Microfilmed in 2001 from original in private hands Manuscript journal by Atanatiu Te Kairangi, later acquired by Sir Maui Pomare. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 05 May 1993

From: Maniapoto Archives Oral History Project: He Taonga Tuku Iho

By: Rangitaawa, Te Tatau, 1927-2009; Tauariki, Mīria, active 1993

Reference: OHInt-0085-24

Description: Te Tatau Rangitaawa recites whakapapa, provides husband's name and talks about their family. Discusses in depth Tarewanga Marae and the Tupuna whare. Talks about Tarewanga Hapu, the Waipa River, traditional work roles of men and women on the marae and memories of her early life. Recounts schooling, marriage and social activities in the community. Discusses Princess Te Puea, netball, tapu areas, past kaumatua and present Rangatahi. Talks at length about her family and focused on her parents. Provides her view on Kohanga Reo and passing on knowledge to future generations. Accompanying material - Abstract contains fascimile photographs of interviewee's family, marae and local landscape features. Interviewer(s) - Miria Tauariki Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 videocassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4761. Search dates: 1993