Cook Islands - Languages - Vocabulary
Miscellaneous letters and papers
Date: 1864, [ca 1913-1933]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-04A/04A
Description: Includes A short account of Ngapuhi raids on Ngatiporou under Hongi and Pomare, written by a Ngatiporou man, 1864; A story of Pomare of Ngatikuhungunu written by Te Wharetoroa of Te Arawa, submitted by George Graham; A story of Hine-Kiore of Te Arawa, written by Te Wharetoroa of that tribe; three Maori songs from T W Downes, and photograph and accompanying letter describing a 19th century Maori burial cave at Tawhata, Whanganui River, by Downes, 1916; unfinished article on stone carvings in Taranaki, by T G Hammond; The period of Hiro and Honokura: from Tahitian, Raiatean and Paumotuan accounts, by A Leverd; notes on Rarotongan and Mangaian words; Some Oceanic colour names, Notes on some Chamorro plant names, and Names of Mangaian string puzzles, all by F W Christian; also obituaries for Elsdon Best and Robert McNab, and other notes and correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Includes photograph of adzed totara coffins and relics, 1916; and photographed sketches of cosmology, and ships
Eastman, George Herbert Eastman (Rev), 1881-1974 : A Rarotongan-English dictionary
Date: 1918
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0478
Description: Partly completed as a hobby, the dictionary is not a complete collection of Cook Island words, but contains most Rarotongan words in common use and many words of other Cook Island dialects. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also "Complete Annotated Catalogue" (Canberra: PMB, 1991) which has an index..
Papers relating to Cook Islands languages
Date: [1953-1956]
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6717-101
Description: Exercises and instruction sheets relating to Cook Islands Maori including notes, `The story of Ko' by Mose Tuaivi, Nikao Teachers' Training College Maori lesson, `Te Reo Rarotonga' by John Numa, `Te Reo Rarotonga; a Maori grammar for the Cook Islands (English version) by W A McKenzie and a Maori-English vocabulary Quantity: 1 folder(s).