Tau, Paora, active 1862
Maori letters
Date: 1854-1862
From: Mantell family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0083-194
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Letter from Paora and others of Ngai Tahu to McLean
Date: 18 Sep 1852
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0676D-21
Description: Written from Kaiapoi concerning Te Kekerengu and Te Rauparaha Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).
Maori letters mainly concerned with land claims
Date: 1864-1881
From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0048-11
Description: Contains letters to Buller, in his capacity as a lawyer, with regard to Maori land tenure and related payments and other issues, on the West Coast of the North Island in particular (Manawatu, Horowhenua etc); contains copies of various lease agreements; also includes some genealogy and an electioneering pamphlet calling for people to vote for Buller Also contains a hand drawn map by Hunia Te Hakeke of Parewanui showing the different divisions; whakapapa from Hauiti; an agreement to sell land at Waipa; a letter by Teoti Pakipaki establishing his mana to Tuahiwi (Canterbury); a letter announcing the death of Ruta Paratene, a wahine rangatira of Kai Tahu; and information including waiata about a famous patu pounamu named Tuhiwai which belonged to the Muaupoko tribe. Finding Aids: Inventory available.