Hutana, Ihaia, 1843?-1938

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-07

Description: Contains whakapapa from a number of iwi, an account of the discovery and settlement of the Rotorua area by Te Arawa people, and a list of passengers on the Te Arawa canoe Also contains Ngati Raukawa whakapapa and an account of conflicts between Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Maru involving the ancestor Wairangi Also contains the last page (of two) of a letter from Ihaia Hutana Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: May-Nov 1907

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-24

Description: Contains numerous letters from Keys to friends and family members that provide detailed information about his travels through the lower North Island, and through the Far North; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside which Keys travels through, and discussions of people that he meets; there are also discussions of Maori customs and practicees that he experiences and his impressions of them; there are also some comments about the work that Keys undertakes in the Maori Land Courts Page 86 has been removed from the letterbook Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1889

From: Grace, John Te Herekiekie (Sir), 1905-1985 : Grace family papers

Reference: 85-173-3/1

Description: Contains ver batim evidence (in Maori) from sittings of the Maori Land Court in Hastings; the evidence contains whakapapa and information about the traditional ownership and use of land in the area Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1907-1909

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-19

Description: Contains miscellaneous notes and whakapapa compiled by Keys from a variety of sources about Maori society and culture; significant entries include the fishing up of the North Island by Maui, rituals and customs associated with food collection, information about various place names, and information about native flora and fauna; the manuscript also includes accounts of the introduction of kumara to New Zealand, and about the tohunga, Te Tahi o te Rangi; there are also a number of epitaphs copied in the book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1900-1906

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-11

Description: Contains correspondence and copies of correspondence about various issues, including the raising of funds to engage a lawyer to review early Maori land deals, the reservation of land at Okoura in Wairarapa and the related development of a marae, a personal letter to Keys from R Tahiwi Rikihana of Otaki, and an extract from the minutes of a meeting to discuss the revitalisation of the Kotahitanga movement with King Mahuta as its leader Quantity: 1 folder(s) 5 items. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1908

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-13

Description: Contains correspondence to Keys concerning Maori land administration, and answers to various ethnographic and genealogical questions asked by Keys to Maori informants; also contains whakapapa, and a copy of a letter from Tawhiao to Gilbert Mair in 1881 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1900-1930

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-071

Description: Contains minutes of the Waimarama Marae Committee from 1900-1903, and in the mid 1920s (the records from the later period deal with a `court cases' including one involving Hami Karetu and Rumatiki Watene); also contains population lists of the Waimarama people during the 1920s, and records from the Waimarama Tennis Club; also contains information about the fishing grounds around Waimarama Also contains incomplete drafts of personal letters Also contains some whakapapa Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1905-1930

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-066

Description: Contains manuscripts prepared by Reweti Tuhorouta Kohere for publication; the manuscripts cover various topics including biographies and obituaries, and religious subjects, and some were written by other people Relationship complexity - These manuscripts were published by Te Ohorere Kaa and Wiremu Kaa (eds) in 1994 in Nga Korero a Reweti Kohere ma; the relevent pages are 83-108 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-051A

Description: Papers labelled: Nga Moteatea Part IV: Additional songs - Typescript and ms songs copied from many sources including `Maori songs copied from M S S Book lent by Maraea Ratu (Rangiteaorere) supposed to have been written by Renata Ratu' - Songs sent in by George Graham - Songs from George Grey's Nga Moteatea etc Also includes correspondence and whakapapa notes relating to the songs Relationship complexity - See Nga Moteatea IV

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-018

Description: Songs 6-37 also drafts, notes and editorial work including (a) letter to Ngata from I Hutana re song 30. (b) Explanation of song 31 by W K Wihapi and (c) Explanation and correction to song 34 by Te Ngaru Ranipia Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: Jan-Oct 1920

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-32

Description: Contains diary entries by Keys re his travels through the Bay of Plenty and Horowhenua districts on business as a Native Land Agent; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside and towns which Keys travelled through, and discussions about the people he met; there are also discussions about Maori practices and customs that he encountered and his impressions of them. There are also notes about native flora and fauna and the liquor trade, and a number of photographs of people (mainly from Te Arawa and Ngati Raukawa), scenery and marae, taken by Keys according to the text (each is dated). Also contains copies of various manuscripts (in Maori) submitted to Keys by Maori informants, and information about the history of Rangiatea at Otaki Also includes stories, written in Maori, from the Ngati Raukawa tribe; "The story of Uenuku-kopako and Kapu- Manawawhiti"; "The death of Tukemata"; and a copy of a letter from Riapo Puhipi (Leopold Busby) about an exchange of gifts between Te Rauparaha and Poroa, a chief of Ahipara. Includes photographs of the old Otaki school house; Kahurangi Taipua; Raukawa meeting house (all on p.73), and Tungia Te Ao (pp.74 & 100). Contains description of the Whakatane river in 1907 (p33 & 34) and the names of the rocks in the river. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: Ca 1900

By: Robertson, Rerekohu Ahiahi, active 2002

Reference: 1/2-190183-F

Description: Seated portrait of Ihaia Hutana (1843/1844?-1938); Ngati Kahungunu leader, newspaper editor and assessor, taken circa 1900 by an unknown photographer. eDNZB project - requesting images for online Dictionary of NZ Biography and ATL collection. See DNZB v.2 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 12.5 x 10 cm

Date: 1890-1919

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-001

Description: Contains correspondence that deals principally with land issues, electoral support for various candidates and electorate work by sitting MPs Also contains a letter from William McDonnell to the Prime Minister in 1914 about why he should be awarded a New Zealand Cross Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1896-1935

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-069

Description: Contains farm records for Maori farms in Hawke's Bay and associated financial records; also contains popular English language songs, sketches and plans for the Te Whaiti homestead at Waimarama, and an explanation of the meaning of the name Waipukurau by Ihaia Hutana in 1935; also contains notes from a `case of scandal' involving Morehu Keha and Reko Waiuku

Date: 1907

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-12

Description: Contains a copy of an account by Hemi Matenga about the rescue of seamen from the shipwreck Delaware in Cable Bay, Whakapuaka (Marlborough region) with a related news clipping from the New Zealand Times, an original account by Te Whatahoro about the recording of cosmological and other information from Te Matorohanga and other tohunga, and about the production of books based on the material, which is reproduced by the New Zealand Times (translation by Keys), and where Te Whatahoro names Keys as his agent for sales of the books There is also an account by Te Whatahoro about the incestuous relationship between the Ngati Kahungunu ancestor Rakaihikuroa and his granddaughter There are letters to Keys from Maori about personal affairs, Maori vocabulary and whakatauki (in answer to questions by Keys), notes about the Kuaka (Godwit) and its place in Maori tradition, ethnographic notes (again in answer to questions by Keys), and notes about a potato blight and a measles epidemic at Omaio There are also copies of letters from Maori to James Carroll; one of the letters contains a report on a major Kingitanga gathering at Waahi in 1907, and the other letters are from Nireaha Tamaki seeking government assistance with food to supply a four month whakapapa hui at Dannevirke, and noting that Tamaki's potato crops were blighted Quantity: 1 folder(s) 16 pieces. Finding Aids: Inventory available.