Correspondent to William Colenso
Rongopane, Horomona, active 1848
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Manuscript
Maori letters to Colenso
Date: 1848-1849
From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Journals and correspondence
Reference: 91-169-1/8
Description: Contains letters from Maori to Colenso about the activities and plans of Maori teachers, parishioners and others, the erection of chapels, requests for religious texts, medicines and other items, the 1848 earthquake, and expressions of loyalty to the Church; within this there is a great deal of information about Maori society in Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Native school attendance books
Date: 1844-1845, n d
Reference: qMS-1408-1413a
Description: Attendance rolls generally kept by native school teachers, though there is evidence of William Colenso's hand in some of them. Earliest register (1844) is for the school at Waimate, Northland; the remaining books relate to schools in the Wairarapa district. It is noteworthy that both Mohi Torohanga and Paratene Te Okawhare are listed as pupils at the schools; they are the source of the text scribed by Te Whatahoro and subsequently used by S P Smith in writing about Maori cosmology and origins (See JPS 103 no 2); other notable pupils include Te Horo and Paora Te Potangaroa who both established prophetic movements (see Elsmore, B 1989 Mana from Heaven) There is a note on one of the books in Elsdon Best's hand. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 7 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (29 cm; brown paper wraps, in maroon linen tie case)