New Zealand. Royal Commission on Native Affairs 1934

Date: 1934-1949

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0109

Description: Loose papers including reports and lists of owners and development schemes, criticism of the schemes and also material on land claims Includes census from 1926 and 1934 of New Zealand districts. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1929-1937

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-64

Description: Includes newspapers clippings on Maori history, archaeology, purakau, geography, Maori place names, language, Treaty of Waitangi, Apirana Ngata and the Native Affairs Department Report of 1934, pioneering families, superstition, whakaairo, Maori jewellery and photography Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (some with holograph annotations)

Date: 1934

By: Shepherd, George Patrick, active 1934-1946

Reference: qMS-1796

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (9 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; grey cloth)

Date: 1926-1974

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7575-070

Description: Contains papers relating to the Native Affairs Commission, some of Ngata's research relating to Ngati Porou whakapapa and several letters of Sir Henare Te Kohere Ngata Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss (some photocopies) and typescripts

Date: 1908-1983

By: Smith, David Stanley (Sir), 1888-1982

Reference: MS-Group-1991

Description: The papers mainly relate to Smith's public, legal and university life. In addition there is a small collection of the papers of The Reverend John Gibson Smith (David Smith's father), of Margaret Elizabeth Smith, nee Gibbs (Smith's second wife) and of May Ives, who worked for the Smith family for almost 40 years. Source of title - Supplied title Other - Some materials in Russian Arrangement: The papers have been arranged into fourteen series Smith, a law graduate from Victoria University built up a large Maori land practice. In 1928 he was appointed to the Supreme Court, finally retiring in 1950. In 1927 he represented the Natives during the Confiscation Commission and in 1934 chaired the Royal Commission to Investigate Maori Affairs which involved the resignation of Sir Apirana Ngata as Native Minister. From 1935 to 1936 Smith was on the Senate of the University of New Zealand, and in 1956 as Chancellor he visited universities in the USSR. He chaired the Royal Licencing Commission 1945-1946. From 1950 he was involved in a large amount of public service and pro bono publico work Quantity: 533 folder(s). 16 box(es). 6.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts. Transfers made from there. - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Japanese book of drawings and paintings from the Nanga school, reference number E-944. - To Oral History Collection - Audio cassette: Sir David Smith recalls Thorndon; interview made by Bill Saunders in 1977, reference number OHColl-1056-1. - To Photographic Archive - Mainly black and white photographic prints, many of which are portraits of Sir David Smith, reference number PA-Group-00748..

Date: 1932-1934

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: Series-2273

Description: The 1934 Native Affairs Commission of Enquiry was set up to investigate the Maori land development programme. Its findings included criticism of the way the schemes were managed, and Ngata subsequently resigned as Minister of Native Affairs. This series contains materals such as published and unpublished reports, correspondence, minutes, and Commission proceedings. Quantity: 23 folder(s).