Te Pahau, Hohaia, -1898

Date: Jan-June 1879

From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0048-15

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Buller, in his capacity as a lawyer, with regard to Maori land tenure and transactions, related finances and other issues, concentrated in the lower West Coast of the North Island There are also letters with regard to the formal engagement of Buller as a lawyer, money-lending and other financial matters Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1892

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B053

Description: This is the Assessor's book of the Native Land Court sitting held at Otaki in 1892; it deals with the subdivision of blocks, the removal of restrictions, successions and the appointment of guardians for minors; there are extensive verbatim notes in Maori about the subdivision of the Ngakaroro 3C, Pahianui A and Takapu blocks; there are also lists of members of various hapu of Ngati Raukawa Physical Description: ½ maroon, dark green boards, 33 cm Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1880

From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0048-17

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Buller, in his capacity as a lawyer, with regard to Maori land tenure and transactions, related financial matters; also contains letters dealing with money-lending and the payment of legal fees and accounts Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1898

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-072

Description: Copies of death notices from `Te Puke ki Hikurangi' including the whakapapa of the deceased Relationship complexity - Extracts from Te Puke Ki Hikurangi, a Maori newspaper that operated betweeen 1897 and 1913 from Greytown and Carterton Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1863-1865

From: Nicholl, Spencer Perceval Talbot, 1841-1908 :Photograph albums

By: Kinder, John, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-q-177

Description: Album compiled circa 1863-5, by Spencer P T Nicholl of the 43rd Oxfordshire Light Infantry. Some photographs taken by John Kinder. Photographs include images relating to military life, including the Oakura Redoubt, the Kaitake Redoubt, officers of the 68th regiment, military camps in Taranaki, and the Militia Hospital in New Plymouth. Pages 15-18 have the pencilled caption `Lake Taupo', but in fact are photographs of the volcanic area around Lake Rotomahana, and were taken by John Kinder in 1865. They include a sulphur volcano (whakataratara), the Whatapoho geyser, Otukapuarangi (Pink Terraces), and the Tarata or principal boiling springs. Pages 19-32 contain portraits of Maori men and women, some of which have pencilled captions. Inscriptions: Album page - `Spencer p.T. Nicholl (subsequently Lieut. Col.), 43rd Oxfordshire Light Infantry. Album compiled probably about 1863/4' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, darker green leather corners and spine, original spine with gold decoration, repaired; 37 x 27 cm