Rongotua, John Andrew, active 1840s-1850s

Date: 1849-1850

From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0031-05

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Colenso with information about community conflicts, shipwrecks, conflicts with Catholics, reports of adultery and runaways, illnesses and deaths, information about the erection and abandonment of chapels, confessions, discussions about land tenure and rentals, and requests for advice and material including religious texts, medicines and clothes Language - Letters in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1845-1882

By: Colenso, William, 1811-1899

Reference: MS-Papers-0792/2

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Colenso about the erection of chapels, reports about the activities and plans of Maori teachers, parishioners and others, reports of illnesses and deaths, requests for religious texts, medicines and other items, and the loss of faith among Kai Tahu people because of the misdeeds of their Maori teachers; also contains letters that relate to the New Zealand Wars (Taranaki theatre) and the Pai Marire religion, including a letter from Titokowaru asking for reinforcements; also includes a letter written by Pomare V, king of Tahiti Quantity: 1 folder(s) (33 pieces). Physical Description: Mss (Photocopy)

Date: 2 May 1846 - Dec 1858

From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Maori letters to Colenso

Reference: MS-Papers-4624-06

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Colenso with information and discussion about the erection of chapels, confessions, reports of deaths, reports about land dealings, trade related correspondence, and a report about Ripeka Meretene and Hamuera Te Nehu not wishing to return to Awapuni Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 pieces).

Date: 1844-1847

From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers

Reference: 88-103-2/08

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Colenso, Hadfield and Te Kahukoko with reports about the activities of Maori teachers, parishioners, and others, requests for religious texts, medicines and other items, notes about the erection of chapels, news of a flood, news of a proposed war party, and news of a funeral procession Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1850

From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Journals and correspondence

Reference: 91-169-2/1

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, medicine and other items, conflicts with Catholics, conflicts between Colenso and Te Moananui, internal conflicts within communities, reports of illnesses and deathes, land tenure; the letters provide a great deal of information about Maori society in the Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa in the early 1850s Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1844-1849

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-04

Description: Photocopies of Maoir letters from the Bagnall collection discussing mainly land, religious and social matters

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)

Date: 1848

From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0031-38

Description: Typed translation of one item supplied by the Translation Service of Internal Affairs Department Contains letters from Maori to Colenso with information about Maori land tenure and rentals, requests for medicines, books and other items, written confessions and discussion about ta moko (tattooing) Quantity: 1 folder(s) 12 pieces. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1847

From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0031-37

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Colenso with details of a journey through northern Hawkes Bay by Hemi Iretono, requests for texts, notes about a local Maori school, and details of cock fighting and other sins at Puehutai, near Dannevirke Quantity: 1 folder(s) 9 pieces. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 13 May 1849

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0673B-11

Description: Written from Tauanui regarding land sales in Wairarapa Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 25 Nov 1848

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0672E-07

Description: Letter regarding the sale of land and exchange of goods Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 5 Nov 1848

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0672E-02

Description: Letter regarding the sale of land and includes letter in English addressed to all Wairarapa chiefs about land sales Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).