Tiramorehu, Matiaha, -1881

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: 1878

From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0048-14

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Buller, in his capacity as a lawyer, with regard to Maori land tenure and transactions, related financial matters, and other affairs Also contains letters about the engagement of Buller's services, money-lending, and a report about Maori `squatting' on land under claim in the South Island (at Omarama) Contains letters from Kai Tahu Maori giving examples of 19th century Kai Tahu dialect. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1853-1880

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B071

Description: Contains Maori-English vocabulary, notes relating to Maori land tenure and ownership in the Southland area including lists of owners of some blocks, whakapapa and waiata, diary type entries, and a list of Treaty of Waitangi related grievances Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

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: 1872-1878

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-224

Description: Comprises notes on the Taranaki Reserves and land disputes at Kaiapoi, Murihiku, and Waiau. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1929-1974

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-24

Description: Contains an first line index to waiata by Ngahuru Te Rangikaiwhiria, an uncle to Te Taite Te Tomo, various accession record forms and copies of card indexes, and holographic notes by H. Tuwhare about miscellaneous Elsdon Best papers, probably MS-Papers-1187-07. Also includes typescript copy of manuscript by Matiaha Tiramorehu. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1867-1872

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-199

Description: Contains correspondence (Matiaha Tiramorehu) about various issues including Maori political participation in central government and admission to the Upper House, the Governments complaints of the high price of Maori land for Native schooling and other purposes and the excessive costs imposed on Maori for their childrens attendence. Also includes letters by Tamihana Te Rauparaha about an ongoing dispute between Ngati Raukawa and Muaupoko and Ngati Apa incursions into the Horowhenua burning houses (21/4/1870) and challenging Ngati Raukawa occupation in the district. Tamihana requests the government to confiscate the arms that were formerly issued to these tribes during the wars. Also mentions a curse by Te Peeti (?) threatening to exhume the bones of Te Whatanui and throw them into lake Horowhenua. Also contains a copy of the petition by Hohepa Tamaihengia requesting the return of Whitireia. Contains good examples of 19th century Kai Tahu dialect by Matiaha Tiramorehu ! Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1880-1892

From: Lewis, Frank B, fl 1946-1977 : Papers relating to the Taiaroa family

Reference: MSX-3569

Description: Contains various historical events and related whakapapa and waiata of the Ngai Tahu tribe. Relates the stories of the settlement of Taumutu; the death of Riki Pana (a Pakeha); Tuterakihuanoa, a taniwha; various stories about tuna (eels); the story of the Pouakai, or Moa. Also contains a number of small untitled photographs and miscellaneous papers Also contains information relating to the death of Te Peehi, paramount chief of Ngati Toa, and 8 other chiefs at Kaiapoi Pa, Christchurch, and mention of the Ngati Toa invasion of the South Island. Contains the whakapapa of Peneta Nohoa, the father of Wi Neera Te Kanae of Ngati Toa and great grandson of Te Rauparaha. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph and photographic material (23 cm, black morocco)

Date: 1913-1928

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

By: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931

Reference: qMS-0195

Description: Contains notes about various topics taken from published sources and contributed by Te Whatahoro and others, including the early Pakeha settlement of Wellington, Maori pa sites around Wellington and Wairarapa and related historical events, migrations and conflicts within Rangitane, Ngati Ira and Ngati Kahungunu: notes about whakapapa, earthquakes, moa, eels, fish, guns, waiata, photographs of designs incised on stones near Rahotu, Taranaki, etc. Also includes notes about the settlement of the South Island from Mantell's notes (supplied by Matiaha Tira - [Tiramorehu?]); notes collected from Ngapuhi by W J Phillips; Continued in Maori notebook No 23 qMS-0203. (Index to Maori notebook No 16 is qMS-0196). Source of title - Title from spine Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1854-1862

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-194

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1845-1856

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-193

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: Jan-Jun 1863

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-195

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Mantell and other Government officials about land tenure, and a rejection of unauthorised land sales Also contains letters warning of a general Maori uprising under the aegis of the Kingitanga including a letter from the Ngati Toa chief Hohaia Te Pokaitara concerned about a Kingite meeting in Waikanae; acknowledging receipt of a government circular on the issue and denouncing the activities of the Kingitanga; also contains a letter that has a Maori casualty list following conflicts in the Wanganui area. Also contains a letter to Mantell from a Maori in Wellington prison seeking leniency Also contains correspondence giving examples of the Kai Tahu dialect. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [187-?]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 5

Reference: PAColl-5800-37

Description: Matiaha Tiramorehu, circa 1870s. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Verso - The chief Matiaha Tiramorehu Watkins chief pastor or teacher at Moeraki. This was obtained for me by (Dr Sinclair?) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: PAColl-4715.

Date: Jun 1877-Aug 1884

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-170

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 2 Aug 1854

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0678B-09

Description: Letter written from Moeraki regarding land sales in the area Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 1849

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MSI-Papers-6373

Description: Copy of a handwritten manuscript by Matiaha Tiramorehu "Traditions of the Natives" about the Ngai Tahu of Moeraki. Copied from the National Library of Australia's collections. This folder also contains copies of whakapapa charts from East Coast North Island tribes. Language - mao Quantity: 1 folder(s).