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Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records
- Date
- 1850-1928
- By
- Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah; Chamberlain, Len, active 1994Tamaiwaho, Aperahama, active 1890s; Anaru, Te Aperahama, active 1923; Patete, Haimona, 1863?-1921; Herangi, Te Kirihaehae Te Puea (Princess), 1883-1952; Te Tau, Taiawhio Tikawenga, 1860-1939; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Church of the Province of New Zealand. Diocese of Wellington; Catholic Church. Province of New Zealand
- Reference
- MS-Group-0324
- Description
Contains material about the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah including prayerbooks, rules, theological letters, church activities (baptisms, marriages, burials etc) and administrative details. There is also material from other churches - mainly treatises, prayer books and magazines - including Pai Marire, Anglican, Catholic, Mormon and Ratana churches. There are various copies of Māori newspapers and legislation affecting Māori. There are whakapapa notebooks that relate to Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitane, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa and Waikato. There are also other papers including clippings and photos from newspapers, and bird feathers.
Title supplied by Library.
See also Patete papers (MS-Papers-5689) and Duffy papers (MS-Papers-4190) for further information about the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah. There is further material in the Turnbull printed collection, the photographic archive, and the newspaper collection (particularly in the Matuhi press).
A Wairarapa-based Māori Church which eventually merged into the Ratana Church. For further information see MS-Papers-4190.
Quantity: 5 folder(s). 25 volume(s). 1 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss and printed matter
Provenance: The donor was the last person baptised into the Church.
Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 1 framed photograph of an unknown group performing in front of a wharenui and 2 unidentified photographs. (photocopies of these remain with the manuscript collection)..
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 5 folder(s), 25 volume(s), 1 Linear Metres, Manuscripts, Mss and printed matter
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Whakapapa
From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records
Reference: MSX-3916
Description: Contains quotes from speeches by King Tawhiao in 1873; Pai Marire prayers; cosmological accounts, including lists of heavens, lists of gods, narratives about Tane and Maui, names of Io; whakapapa linking Ngati Kahungunu to the Kingitanga; lists of crew members on various migration waka and notes about Te Puea's visit to Masterton in 1917 Includes various tribal whakapapa. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
Ko te Ruuri Tuawhitu o Ihowa
Date: 1866 - 1910
From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records
Reference: MSX-3903
Description: Comprises 2 small volumes, containing whakapapa; theology of the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah and prayers, with scriptual references; prayers and theology of the Pai Marire church; quotes attributed to Tawhiao; scattered diary entries and notes and lists of native flora and fauna Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
Notebook - Maori committees
From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records
Reference: MSX-3923
Description: Contains draft letters; notes and resolutions from a number of meetings in Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa to discuss land tenure, Maori and European relations and Government; copy of notice and fees for sittings of the 'Komiti Maori; notes re dreams Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
Correspondence, whakapapa papers, booklets, writings and other miscellaneous papers
Date: 1864-1927
From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-5108-2
Description: Contains Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah bookets and printed material including 'Ko nga ture o Te Ruuri Tuawhitu o Ihowa', programmes for the opening of a church building, prayer books, prayer cards; copies of Maori newspapers; papers about the erection of a Maori peace memorial; papers about Maori politics; whakapapa to Ngati Kahungunu, Rangitane, Ngati Hamua, Ngai Tumapuhia, Te Hika o Papauma and Ngati Te Awariki; printed material about the Mormon church and Maori conscription; correspondence about the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah and other topics Other Titles - The London Mission Church Book Other Titles - He Kupu whakamarama tenei na Wiremu Takana (1880) Other Titles - He pukapuka whakaatu tenei i te ahuatanga o te iwi Maori (nd) Other Titles - A farewell greeting (nd) Other Titles - He Kupu whai whakaaro (nd) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Transfers: To Book Collections - Haimona Patete - te riira whakamarama i tenei hahi o Te Ruuri Tuawhitu o Ihowa (1905) - To Book Collections - Ko te pukapuka karakia o Te Ruuri Tuawhitu o Ihowa (1910).
Diary
Date: 1881-1907
From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records
Reference: MSX-3924
Description: This notebook appears to have been written by Haimona Patete. It contains autobiographical details of his birth, relationships and interaction with the Kingitanga. It also contains accounts of various Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah hui, church records and draft prayers, and notes about the Kotahitanga movement and the Aropaoa Maori Council Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
Ko te ako me te karakia o te Hahi Katorika Romana
Date: 1879
From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records
Reference: MSX-3905
Description: A publication titled `Ko te ako me te karakia o te Hahi Katorika Romana, published in Napier, 1879. Contains annotations throughout and whakapapa on inside covers Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed matter
Whakapapa
Date: 1915
From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records
Reference: MSX-3922
Description: Contains whakapapa with some entries dated Hepetema, Oketopa 1915 Also contains narratives of historical battles, waiata and haka, notes about dreams, and details of burials conducted by the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
Correspondence, whakapapa papers, Maori newspaper publications and other miscellaneous ...
Date: 1898-1928
From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-5108-1D
Description: Contains copies of publications about the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah, various Maori newspapers including Te Matuhi, Te Puke Ki Hikurangi, Te Mareikura, Te Whetu Marama, Te Karere, Te Toa Takitini, Te Kopara, legislation affecting Maori; whakapapa about Ngati Kahungunu, Rangitane and Ngati Hamua; notes about the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah and the Ratana Church; correspondence about the Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah and the Kingitanga; other papers about Maori politics and a Maori peace memorial Other Titles - He korero - na Hanawira Pererika Renao, Akarana (1892) Other Titles - Maori Council Amendment Acts (1901, 1903) Other Titles - Maori Council Regulations (1902) Other Titles - Contents for Volume of Maori Acts passed session 1882 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Transfers: To Book Collections - Ko nga ture o te Ruri Tuawhitu o Ihowa (1903) - To Book Collections - Ko nga ture o te Ruuri Tuawhitu o Ihowa (1910).
Whakapapa
Date: 1915
From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records
Reference: MSX-3921
Description: Contains whakapapa with some entries dated Mei, Hurae 1915 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
Whakapapa
Date: 1915
From: Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah : Records
Reference: MSX-3920
Description: Contains whakapapa relating to Tainui, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Te Arawa and Ngati Kahungunu; waiata; narratives about historical battles following the death of Te Rangitataia; notes about Jesus and the Apostles and notes about the erection of a memorial stone in Masterton Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss