Tamatekapua, active 1300?

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-069

Description: See MS-Papers-1187-064 for details. Consists of waiata; moteatea; ngeri; oriori; haka; tau; patere; pepeha; tangi; matakite; apakura; hahunga; pure; pohane; karakia and hari comprising traditional Maori oral history forms collected and transcribed by Sir George Grey. May contain unprinted waiata. Arrangement: Manuscript spans folders 064-069 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-175

Description: Copy of some of Takaanui Tarakawa's papers in S P Smith's hand including many whakapapa for Te Arawa, Tainui, Tokomaru, Horouta, Takitimu, Tuamatua and others. The papers also include information about the arrival of the Te Arawa canoe and the Kurahaupo canoe, the legend of Hatupatu, details of Rongomaiwahine's relationship with Kahungunu, and discussions of Maori customary concepts including hau, hoa, mana, kura, whatukura and kawa; Some of this material is in JPS V 2 p168-171, 199-207. Also includes letter and notes to Smith from Walter Gudgeon severely critical of Tarakawa's whakapapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1854

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B026

Description: Contains waiata and narratives about conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu over a number of generations; also contains notes about various deities including Tawhaki, Rata, Wahieroa, Maui, Kae and Tinirau, these notes contain whakapapa and karakia that are related to these deities and information about the origin of certain customary practices. There are also narratives about Tamatekapua and Ngatoroirangi; the migration of the Te Arawa canoe, as well as Turi and the migration of the Aotea canoe. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled paper covers, 20 cm., vol numbered 15

Date: 1860

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B001

Description: Contains notes about the circumstances in which Te Matorohanga dictated the material, which includes cosmological notes about Maui, Mataaho and the divine origins of various items and practices; there are also notes about Kupe, Toi and Whatonga and the discovery and settlement of New Zealand The text also discusses the interaction between the original inhabitants and the Maori settlers; there are also discussions about the activities of the canoe commanders in discovering and naming places around the North Island; there are also extensive whakapapa, waiata and karakia There are notes about the settlement of Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa and Wellington which were subsequently used by Best for journal articles, there are also annotations in Ngata's hand that refer to another publication Publication - Material has been used in `The Lore of the Whare Wananga' according to annotations thoroughout the book Relationship complexity - Some of the material was also published in 'The Land of Tara' , an article written by Elsdon Best for the Journal of the Polynesian Society between 1917-1919 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1880s

By: Dingwale, Reginald, active 1991

Reference: PAColl-2981

Description: Pink & White Terraces, stalactites & stalacmites, Maori meeting house, landscape after Tarawera eruption Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1893-1894]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-178

Description: Comprises letters from Tarakawa to S P Smith discussing traditional matters (27 Nov 1893, 14, 29 August, 12, 17 Oct 1894); and a paper titled `Whakamarama-tanga o te pepa puru na'. The latter has a note by Smith describing this paper as an explanation of some matters referred to in his paper `The Coming of Te Arawa and Tainui canoes'. The traditional matter discussed in the letters includes Te Arawa whakapapa, information about the migration, arrival and settlement of Te Arawa and Tainui and related karakia, and notes about 19th century conflicts in the Bay of Plenty district; there are also discussions about the derivation of various Maori placenames, and about Maori attitudes to the use of traditional information. Most of the paper by Tarakawa is published in the `Journal of the Polynesian Society'v 3, 168-175, 199-207. Quantity: 1 folder(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: 1940

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Maori. 1940s].

By: Rotorua morning post (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1940-01

Description: Invitation card and programme, with handwritten name of addressee Hoani Te Heuheu. The front cover shows a photograph of the meeting house and an illustration of the Arawa canoe. Inside are illustrations of Tamatekapua the captain of the Arawa canoe entering the estuary of Maketu in the year 1340, and of Wahiao a celebrated chief of the Arawa people, with a whakapapa showing how he is descended from Tamatekapua. The back cover shows the programme, and a photograph of the late chief Mita Taupopoki. The invitation is issued by Te Aonui Dennan, H Tai Mitchell and the Tuhourangi and Wahiao tribes. Text is in English and Maori. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on pamphlet, folded to 228 x 147 mm.

Date: [1860s?]-1903

From: Ngata family: Papers

Reference: Micro-MS-0232-1

Description: Microfilm containing volumes of whakapapa and history, with typescript and handwritten notes by Sir Apirana Ngata. Includes research notes and copies. Reel 1 comprisies folder 1/1 to folder 1/6. Contains Ngāti Porou whakapapa, also some relating to Rongowhakaata and Ngaī Tūhoe. Also includes: - Draft letters, and copies of waiata and karakia. - A book possibly belonging to Te Makarini Te Wharehuia - Extracts from Māori Land Court minute books - Sketch of Reverend Raniera Kawhia - Lists of kupu Māori (Māori words) primarily from the North Island's west coast, Taranaki to Wellington. Not all associated names are indexed. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-066

Description: See MS-Papers-1187-064 for details. Consists of waiata; moteatea; ngeri; oriori; haka; tau; patere; pepeha; tangi; matakite; apakura; hahunga; pure; pohane; karakia and hane comprising traditional Maori oral history forms collected and transcribed by Sir George Grey. May contain unprinted waiata. Arrangement: Manuscript spans folders 064-069 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1894-[1950s]

From: Ngata family: Papers

Reference: Micro-MS-0232-3

Description: Microfilm containing volumes of whakapapa and history, with typescript and handwritten notes by Sir Apirana Ngata. Includes research notes and copies. Reel 3 comprisies folder 3/3 to folder 3/7. Contains copies of papers of Sir Āpiranga Ngata relating to Ngāti Porou, land grievances, a P Ngata, and copied extracts of Māori Land Court minute books. Also includes: - Extracts of the Journal of the Polynesian Society articles relating to taonga, waka migrations, Ngāti Porou and other iwi. - Draft copy of Sir Āpiranga Ngata's article "The Terminology of Whakapapa". Not all associated names are indexed. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-0075-079A

Description: Unknown whakapapa - includes the following names - Kahungunu, Tama Te Kapua, Te Whiwhi, Korau, Te Ngaire, etc. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Transfers: This item was originally with the contents of MS-Papers-0075-079b. Processing information: This item was originally made up of one roll, constructed of many leaves of overlapping paper glued together. Because of the difficulty of using this roll the pieces were seperated in August 2005. The numerical sequence along the top of the seperate sheets easily allows recreation of their original order.

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

Reference: MST-Papers-5220-6

Description: Whakapapa from Tikiahua and Tikiapanoa to Rangi, Papa, the Gods down to Tainui and Te Arawa waka ancestors Other - Chart measurements are 1930mm x 660mm Quantity: 1 folder(s) (rolled). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: [1900-1980]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-019

Description: Includes whakapapa from many iwi such as Te Arawa, Tuhourangi in Rotorua, many of the Tairawhiti or east coast iwi such as Ngati Porou and also Tainui. There are also whakapapa written on the back of papers and correspondence from the Maori Purposes Fund Board, the New Zealand Military Forces or Army and the Ministry of Maori or Native Affairs. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph Ms Whakapapa charts

Date: 1933

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-47A

Description: Contains whakapapa on Ngapuhi, Te Wharepouri, Te Rarawa, Ngati Whatua, Te tini o Toi, To te huatahi, Tainui, Waikato, Potatau Te Wherowhero, Whatihua, Ngati Kahungunu, Tuhoe, Ngati Porou, Ngati Ruanui, Taranaki, Ngai Tahu, Tokomaru, Takitimu, Aotea, Te Arawa, Tamatea, Tawhaki, Whatonga, Te Whiti o Rongomai, James Carroll; also copyright agreement for a song; oriori `Ki a Tane i te waiora' and `E uia mai koe na e tamara a aku'; a Po Maramataka or Maori moon calendar Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, mss and typescripts (some with holograph annotations)

Date: n d

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-053

Description: Includes a transcript critique of navigation in the Pacific by Maori explorers and travellers Publication - Published in the JPS March 1957 vol.66 no.1 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-B25

Description: These folders are White's manuscript versions of Ancient History of the Maori and include volumes which were prepared but not published before his death; contains extensive materials such as whakapapa and purakau re waka, iwi and people, also proverbs and partial indices. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1853

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-358

Description: Annotations about the text of this edition of Sir George Grey's book, in Grey's hand, and with additional annotations by Stephenson Percy Smith. Consists of Waiata; Tangi; Tau; Ngeri; Karakia; Pohane; Oriori; Pepeha; Hari; Mata; Haka; Patere; Mata Kite; Makutu; Apakura and Pure comprising traditional Maori Oral History forms which were collected and transcribed by Sir George Grey. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Provenance: The volume has a note saying `P Smith from A S Atkinson'. A note inside the fly leaf reads `This book has been compared with the Maori document from which the book was printed (in the handwriting of Piri-rakau, Native interpreter, and that of Henry Munro, also Native interpreter and afterwards Judge Native Land Court) and the notes in the margin marked MSS are copied from that original document they are in the handwriting of Sir George Grey. SPS.'

Date: n d

Reference: MS-Papers-2768

Description: Two Maori stories in the English language, author and dates unknown. One is known to be from the Te Arawa tribe. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (6 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms Transfers: From John White papers.

Date: [1880-1983]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-124

Description: Translation of extract from the history of the migration of Tainui by Hoani Nahe (AJHR, 1880, v2, G-L); copy, Whenuakura (1882); Nga Korero mo nga waka mo Horouta, Takitimu me te Ikaroa a Rauru (1930); Tuwharetoa Trust Board proposed education grant; piece on Bellingshausen from Glyn Barrett; `The Tangi and the tangihanga' by Ralph Love (1983); `Maori memories; Rau Pararaha' by J H Stevens; discussion on Maori tribes A comprehensive collection of pakiwaitara, whakapapa on iwi and waka in New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript Holograph