Tuhawaiki, Hone, -1844

Date: 1834-1871

By: Hempleman, George, 1799-1880

Reference: MS-Papers-0067

Description: Include shipping and whaling papers mainly relating to sales of whale products and the ordering of supplies; correspondence and agreements including some signed by local Maori and by John Tuhawaiki; personal papers; and papers relating to land (some re Banks Peninsula). Source of title - Supplied Hempleman established a whaling station at Peraki, Banks Peninsula, in the 1830s. Quantity: 10 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and photocopies Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Originally collected by Robert McNab

Date: [1910s-1920s?]

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10460-15

Description: Photographic prints taken by unknown photographers, circa 1910s or 1920s. Images are mainly of Māori and Pacific people, events and landscapes. Includes photographs of artworks of the moko of Tuhawaiki and Te Pēhi Kupe; images of Tamehana Te Aewa; Wikitoria; the Sir Maui Pomare and family and guests in Rarotonga and Aitutaki; Kapiti Island and Brown's Island (with "T.T.C. photo" on back); and unidentified woman, [possibly Mrs Kettle?]. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 item(s) of photographic ephemera envelopes.

Date: 1840 - 2020

By: Myers, Peter William Bennett, 1941-

Reference: ATL-Group-00523

Description: Indenture is dated 20th March 1840. It is signed by William Charles Wentworth and John Jones, and documents the apportioning of "six undivided eighteenth" shares in the land as transacted under the main Wentworth Jones indenture (15 February 1840) for the 'purchase' of the South Island. Also includes a transcription of the indenture made by Peter Myers in 2020. Title supplied by Library The Library holds the first indenture of 15 February 1840 at Library reference MSO-Papers-4947. It is possible that the indenture came to donor's father through his ancestor Bennett Frederick Boyd Myers, who was involved in whaling in Australia. Quantity: 1 box(es). 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Large format holograph indenture on vellum, folded in two and then in four. Folded dimensions 30.4 x 12 cm. A4 typescript papers. Provenance: Donor inherited the indenture from his father, who had a substantial archival collection.

Date: 1896

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B091

Description: Contains diary entries with a particular focus on land dealings, whakapapa, waiata and karakia, cosmological notes including names of Io and names of heavens and the inhabitants thereof, accounts, notes about Maori medicines, notes about migration canoes and related items, lists of names connected with particular land blocks, and a narrative account of a historical conflict involving Te Whakatohea and East Coast tribes Also contains information about the arrival of (Kingi ?) Mahuta to Otaki, and some Kai Tahu whakapapa. Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1843

Reference: MS-Papers-0284

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1940

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-136

Description: Contains draft maps of Maori place names and tribal locations; published maps with papers are in Map Collection

Date: 15 Feb 1840

By: Jones, John, 1809?-1869

Reference: MSO-Papers-5370

Description: The Wentworth-Jones deed (sometimes called the "Wentworth indenture") is a deed signed in Sydney on 15 Feb 1840 recording the purported sale of the South Island by the Ngai Tahu chiefs Tuhawaiki, Karetai, Kaikoareare, Tukawa, Taiaroa, Te Whaikai Pokene, Tohowaiki and Topi Patuki to William Wentworth and John Jones. This deed appears to be that kept by Jones. Wentworth's own version is held in the Mitchell Library in Sydney. The wording of both is identical. Both deeds are particularly significant for the moko drawn on the deeds by the chiefs (or their representatives). For further information researchers are recommended to read the section on the deeds and their signing in Harry Evison "Te wai pounamu the greenstone island" (Aoraki Press, Wellington 1993), pp 114-124. A transcript of the Mitchell Library version of deed was published in 1979 - "The Wentworth indenture", Nags Head Press, Christchurch, 1979) Other Titles - Wentworth indenture Relationship complexity - A photocopy of the Wentworth version of the deed held at the Mitchell Library is held (fMS-257), and a typescript of it (qMS-2171). A photographic copy of the deed (to be used for photocopying purposes) is at fMS-Papers-5377 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss on vellum (photographic copy)

Date: 15 Feb 1840

By: Wentworth, William Charles, 1790-1872

Reference: fMS-257

Description: Copy of a deed purporting to show the sale of the South Island by eight Ngai Tahu chiefs to two Sydney businessmen, W C Wentworth and John Jones. Two deeds were drawn up. This one belonged to Wentworth. The original deed kept by Jones is held by the Library (MSO-Papers-4947). The wording is identical in both, and both feature moko drawn by the chiefs or their representatives. For further information on the deeds and their historical background researchers are recommended to read the relevant pages of the book by Harry Evison "Te wai pounamu the greenstone land" (Aoraki Press, Wellington, 1993) pp114-124. A full transcript of the Mitchell Library deed was published in 1979 ("The Wentworth indenture", Nags Head Press, Christchurch, 1979). Other Titles - Wentworth indenture Relationship complexity - The original of the other identically worded deed drawn up at this time is held (MSO-Papers-4947) Quantity: 1 case (3 leaves). Physical Description: Mss (photocopy) (65 x 77 cm; grey pamphlet case)

Date: 15 Feb 1840

By: Jones, John, 1809?-1869

Reference: MSO-Papers-4947

Description: The Wentworth-Jones deed (sometimes called the "Wentworth indenture") is a deed signed in Sydney on 15 Feb 1840 recording the purported sale of the South Island by the Ngai Tahu chiefs Tuhawaiki, Karetai, Kaikoareare, Tukawa, Taiaroa, Te Whaikai Pokene, Tohowaiki and Topi Patuki to William Wentworth and John Jones. This deed appears to be that kept by Jones. Wentworth's own version is held in the Mitchell Library in Sydney. The wording of both is identical. Both deeds are particularly significant for the moko drawn on the deeds by the chiefs (or their representatives). For further information researchers are recommended to read the section on the deeds and their signing in Harry Evison "Te wai pounamu the greenstone island" (Aoraki Press, Wellington 1993), pp 114-124. A transcript of the Mitchell Library version of deed was published in 1979 - "The Wentworth indenture", Nags Head Press, Christchurch, 1979) Other Titles - Wentworth indenture Relationship complexity - A photocopy of the Wentworth version of the deed held at the Mitchell Library is held (fMS-257), and a typescript of it (qMS-2171) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves (3 pages)). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss on vellum

Date: [1843?]

From: Selwyn, George Augustus (Bishop) 1809-1878 : Journal of Bishop Selwyn with various other notes

Reference: qMS-1772-169

Description: This sketch drawn by Selwyn in January 1844 shows the schooner 'Perserverance', owned by Tuhawaiki (also known as Bloody Jack) from Ruapuke Island, at anchor is Sealer's Bay on Codfish Island (Whenua Hou).The coastline shown in the far background is the Ruggedy Range on Stewart Island's west coast. Quantity: 1 piece. Physical Description: Sepia photograph of sketch, 97mm x 58mm

Date: [ca 1848]

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: MapColl-835a/ca.1848/Acc.23,677

Description: Sketch map of Ruapuke Island, the Southland Coast, and Awarua Run drawn by Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell circa 1848. Includes a landmark labelled "L. George", possibly Lake George. A cow is depicted on Awarua Run. Also includes sketches of sail and long boats. Text next to one of the long boats reads "Bro[aching] to". Manuscript annotations on the reverse of the map give Mantell's observations of local Māori and the effect of European settlement. Mentions Henrietta Bay, Titi annual harvest, and Tuhawaiki's Estate. Previously described in published catalogue at reference number: NLNZ ALMA 991473893502836 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 16 x 20 cm.