Otaraua

Date: 1845, n d

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-089

Description: Includes hand written explanation by Matiaha Tiramorehu (Ngai Tahu) why his wife, Pirihira Pi, committed suicide, with note by Elsdon Best attached. Includes waiata tangi for Pirihira on last page. Also includes an early version [1845] of the waiata `Tera ia nga tai o Honipaka', sung by the Ngati Toa in 1821 on their departure from Kawhia - with some small differences. Includes a manuscript written in Maori titled `He pukapuka whakapapa tupuna no Ngati Whatua'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1855-1863

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-144

Description: Includes various correspondence regarding Maori land, enquiries by Maori about Native Reserves; list of iwi members of Taranaki tribes (see below); hand drawn map of the Whanganui district showing Maori and European land. Includes list of names for "claim E, Titirangi to Waitara", for hapu other than Otaraua. Also mentions claims by Matiaha Tiramorehu for the area from Kaiapoi to Kaikoura for the Kai Tahu tribe, lands purchased from Ngati Toa by the Crown, and an emerging sentiment that the original purchase was ill founded. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 6 July 1996

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Burford, Melanie Jayne, 1970-

Reference: EP-Ethnology-Maori Land from 1976-04

Description: Original Evening Post caption reads: "Ancestral lands - David Doorbar, Jim and Chris O'Carroll, from Waitara, at a sacred site they say has been desecrated by mining, left, pipelines and river diversion." Photograph taken 6 July 1996 by Evening Post staff photographer Melanie Burford. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler print 12.7 x 17.9 cm

Date: [Between 1862 and 1873]

From: Ramsden, Eric :Photographs relating to Ramsden and his family and Maori subjects

By: Batt & Richards (Firm)

Reference: PA2-1577

Description: Mere Tupe-o-tu, a Maori woman from Taranaki, photographed, probably in the late 1860s, by E S Richards of Wellington. This woman is probably related to Herewini Te Tupe, of Otaraua Hapu. The photograph was taken by E S Richards before his partnership with William Batt in the 1870s (see PA2-1567). Inscriptions: Mount verso - top centre - Mere Tupe Otu Taranaki; Mount recto - bottom left - Richards & Batt Another print from the same negative is at PA2-1567. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 88 x 58 mm on mount 100 x 62 mm

Date: 1898

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-0189

Description: Two large and extensive whakapapa charts prepared by Chief Judge Fenton from evidence given in the Maori Land Court by various informants relating to the many owners of the Waitara and Te Teira Blocks, Taranaki. Also identifies `rebels' who were anti-government. These charts show the relationship of a number of leading Te Ati Awa chiefs between Waitara, Waikanae and the top of the South Island. These charts have been removed from MS-Papers-0189-B037. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 charts). Physical Description: Mss

Date: [Between 1862 and 1872]

By: Richards, Edward Smallwood, 1834-1917

Reference: PA2-1448

Description: Portrait of Eruini Te Tupe, a prominent chief of Otaraua who resided at Waikanae, taken, probably in the late 1860s, by E S Richards of Wellington. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Eruini Te tupe Otu Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: albumen print 60 x 55 mm on mount 105 x 63 mm

Date: [Between 1862 and 1873]

By: Richards, Edward Smallwood, 1834-1917

Reference: PA2-1567

Description: Portrait of Mere Tupe-o-tu, of Taranaki, taken, probably in the late 1860s, by E S Richards of Wellington. Inscription on PA2-1577 indicates that this woman is from Taranaki. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Mere Tupe Otu [altered to read "Meri Tupi Otu"]; Mount verso - top centre - Mere Tupe Otu Another print from the same negative is at PA2-1577. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 82 x 56 mm on mount 105 x 64 mm