Informant of Elsdon Best.
Te Tio, Pahoro, active 1870s
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Manuscript
H T Whatahoro Jury - Minute book
Date: 1879-1888
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B038
Description: Contains the proceedings of Native committees and the Maori Land Court with regard to land in the South Wairarapa with details of land ownership, mahinga kai, history of the blocks and the related hapu, rentals and land use Also contains cosmological notes, with an account of Tangaroa and Rua-te-pupuke and the origins of carving, an account of Maui, an account of Uenuku and Ruawharo at Hawaiki which includes karakia associated with the Takitimu canoe; notes about the boundaries of land blocks in the Wairarapa with notes about occupant hapu and mahinga kai; waiata, whakapapa and a list of conflicts involving Wairarapa people over a number of generations Physical Description: Marbled boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 23
Manuscript
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1865-1909
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B006
Description: Contains whakapapa from Wairarapa, cosmological whakapapa and notes about Io, the whare wananga, the creation of women, details about the twelve heavens; also contains a narrative about Tamatea, and the impregnation of his wife by a supernatural being Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ calf, blue boards, 33 cm., vol numbered A1
Manuscript
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa notebook
Date: 1862-1906
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B039
Description: Contains detailed whakapapa, waiata with explanatory notes, and an account of the travels and deeds of the ancestor Rongokako; also contains various loose papers This book was loaned by Te Whatahoro to S Percy Smith, and it seems that Te Whatahoro may have written at least part of the book at Smith's request Physical Description: ¼ maroon black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 25
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Manuscript
Maori notebook Vol 5
Date: [ca 1914]
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MS-0192
Description: Rough notes on various topics, some information supplied by Pahoro Te Tio. Also extracts from a Journal of a Lieutenant aboard the `Saint Jean Baptiste' (Dec 1769) and extracts from Bayly's Journal (Cook's second voyage 1773) - these give descriptions of what they saw when they arrived in New Zealand e.g. at Tolaga Bay, musical instruments, flax, gardens, villages etc. (Some in shorthand) Source of title - Title from spine Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (20 cm; ¼ red morocco, red cloth)