Tungia was a son of Pikauterangi, paramount chief of the Ngati Toa tribe, and an uncle to (and contemporary of) Te Peehi Kupe, Te Rangihiroa, Te Rangihaeata, Te Rauparaha and other senior chiefs. He was one of the principal chiefs during and after the heke from Kawhia. He married his cousin Te Rangimakiri, also of Ngati Toa, to whom he had three children viz Te Pirihana Ngahuka Tungia, Oriwia Te Oka (Te Aka) and Amiria Te Ruatahora. Tungia participated in the whaling trade, and he may have visited Sydney. He lived at Kapiti Island (Waiorua) for many years before relocating to the mainland where he built and occupied the fortified Pa at Pukerua, north of Plimmerton. He also lived on Tokamapuna Island, an off-shore island of Kapiti where his daughter Amiria continued to live with the whaler Tommy Evans.
Tungia, -1845?
Whakapapa tables,correspondence, notes, schedule of rents and Royal Commission material
Date: 1881-1901
From: Mackay, Alexander, 1833-1909 : Maori land papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2089-1
Description: Contains detailed whakapapa tables of the Ngati Toa tribe, with cross links into Te Ati Awa, relating to the purchase of the top of the South Island by the Crown; a copy of the Royal Commission relating to Ngati Toa (published in the AJHR 1881); correspondence dated 1901 regarding McKay's retirement; notes and a schedule of Maori rents in Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Elsdon Best - Notebook vol 4
Date: 1895
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-023
Description: Contains notes on various Māori-related subjects. There is a full contents list at the front. Includes transcript of notes by G H Davies on Māori-Pākehā children. Also comprises notes on death ceremonies - cremation; Kāi Tahu death ceremonies, as well as karakia, waiata and whakataukī including tapu lifting practices. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Processing information: Description updated 19 September 2023 following information provided by a staff member.
Elsdon Best - Notes and correspondence on Maori matters
Date: [189-?]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-020
Description: Comprises notes in Best's hand, notes by S P Smith and letters to Smith. Among the variety of material are notes on Hau, a West Coast ancestor and his journey to Paekakariki; traditional history of early ancestor Tutahanga and fighting between Ngati Maru and Ngapuhi; whakapapa from Karepa Te Uira to Tamarere Ahu II; queries and notes about Ngati Ira and early Wellington; brief notes and whakapapa of Ngati Maru; a waiata from Whanake; many items relating to Wellington Maori place names, iwi, chiefs and history and other fragments of North Island Maori history. Includes two letters from W H Skinner to S P Smith, 1894. Also contains notes about the Ngati Toa and Taranaki chiefs leading the migrations to the Horowhenua and Wellington regions, and their conflicts with the Muaupoko; Ngati Apa; Rangitane and Ngati Kahungunu. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed listing of folder contents available in inventory.
Elsdon Best - Miscellaneous notes
Date: [ca 1893-1895]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-037
Description: Includes correspondence and notes to S P Smith; lists of Maori informants; copies of questions sent to various informants; notes on incidents involving Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa and Te Ati Awa, including their migrations to Wellington, and on place names in the greater Wellington area; rough indexes to notes; waiata and haka; whakapapa of Ngati Raukawa, Mahu and Taewa and Ngati Ira and Whanganui notes from his 1895 field trip. Includes a long letter from Kerehoma Tuwhawhakia of Kaiwhaiki to 1895 with waiata by Naapea Nganawheuru. Contains waiata from the Ngati Toa-Raukawa tribes from the middle and late 19th century periods including the haka of Upokoiti, the patere of Manomano and the story of Kaihamu, great grandfather of Toa Rangatira. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed listing available in inventory.
Waiata and traditions
Date: 1845-1849
From: Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898: Maori manuscripts
Reference: MSY-2106
Description: Contains waiata, haka, whakatauki, karakia etc from various tribes. Includes at least one waiata for ta moko (tattooing). Includes waiata and haka from Ngati Toa with references to Te Rauparaha; various waiata composed by Te Rangi Topeora, one of which makes references to Te Wherowhero's pursuit of Ngati Toa to Taranaki and the ensuing battle at Motunui; waiata with references to various Ngati Toa tupuna from Kawhia just prior to - and during - the migration period of the 1820s. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Rhodes, William Barnard 1807-1878 : Log of the barque Australian of Sydney, Messrs Holt...
Date: 14 Jun 1836-7 Mar 1838
By: Rhodes, William Barnard, 1807?-1878
Reference: qMS-1693
Description: The journal is annotated and with an introduction by Robert McNab. Includes articles of service of seamen, bills of sale, lists of ship's gear and provisions Besides the whaling log, the volume contains agreements between the firm of Cooper, Holt and Rhodes, and various others, lists of stores, letters, mostly to W B Rhodes, and a notice of his purchase of Kapiti. Bound at the end are some ms receipts, 2 sets of articles engaging seamen on the `Eleanor' and photographs of W B Rhodes' house in Cuba Street, Wellington Also contains information relating the purchase of Kapiti Island by William Barnard Rhodes for Messrs Cooper & Holt from senior chiefs of the Ngati Toa tribe. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (123 pages). Physical Description: Typescript with ms annotations & ms bound at back (33 cm; ½ brown calf, brown cloth) Finding Aids: Typed list of contents inserted.
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1872-1873
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-133
Description: Contains whakapapa from Ngati Raukawa Rangitane and Muaupoko; also contains karakia, whakatauki and notes about the Maori division of time Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph