Ngāti Te Whiti

Date: 1846-1852

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

Reference: qMS-1206-1212

Description: These volumes contain copies of correspondence recieved and despatched. Includes reports from McLean to Governor Eyre about the return migration of sections of the Te Ati Awa from Waikanae and Arapaoa (South Island) to Taranaki and the Crown's desire to completely extinguish native title; various reports and correspondence about the Rangitikei Block and includes notes by McLean made at one of the land meetings in 1849; list of names of rangatira [24] who have a claim to the 40,000 acre Whanganui land block of the NZ Company. Also includes a report by McLean about the activities (and some agressions) of Te Rangihaeata and his desire to fight continued European encroachment and a copy of a letter by Te Rangihaeata to chiefs in Kawhia seeking their assistance to revenge the capture of Te Rauparaha and their reply refusing to assist him Language - Some in Maori Arrangement: qMS-1206-1212 are boxed together Quantity: 7 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (35 cm; marbled paper, marbled edges, ¼ blue morocco tie case) Finding Aids: Calendar of contents pasted inside front cover of some volumes; indexes.

Date: 1901-1929

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0072-17A

Description: Manuscript and typescript notes of tribal histories and mythologies Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 29 Jul 1991

From: Maori Women's Welfare League: Interviews

By: Papakura, Werenia Ivy, 1902-2007; Szaszy, Mira, 1921-2001

Reference: OHInt-0602-27

Description: Ivy Papakura nee Kipa, born 1902 in Motunui. Refers to mother Pare Maori Kipa, Ngati Rahiri, Te Atiawa; father Neha Kipa, Ngati Te Whiti. Talks about her life, including experiences as a member of the Maori Women's Welfare League. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 40 Minutes Duration. Search dates: 1991

Date: 1827-1832, 1859, 1880

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-475

Description: Signatures and names cut from envelopes; also letter from Silliman to the young Walter Mantell, enclosing copies of an American magazine for young naturalists (1832); letter from Rintoul to Swainson re publication of an article in the `London Spectator'; letters from Sir Henry Brand (Orange Free State), acknowledging receipt of seeds sent by Walter Mantell (1880); letter of acknowledgement from Sir Richard Bourke for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Gideon Mantell (1829); the tale of Raumahora, an ancestor of Te Ati Awa in the Wellington region, written by Walter Mantell for Jane Carlyle (1859). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: n d

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-04/8

Description: Mainly concerning Maori artifacts. Includes catalogues, newspaper clippings, ms letters and price lists, ms of Maori war cries of 4 contingents Mar 1900, and photographs of curios Includes in catalogues Maori taonga (artifacts and curios) belonging to specific chiefs of the Taranaki and Waikato tribes. See below for names. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Photographs of Maori archefacts

Date: 2007

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0003317

Description: Caricature of Peter Love, Chairman of the Ngati Te Whiti hapu. He is shown grinning happily against a big sky with Mount Taranaki in the distance. In front of him is a large barrel of oil. Refers to the discovery of large reservours of oil off New Plymouth. Wells near Port Taranaki are expected to deliver oil and natural gas worth millions of dollars under a unique joint venture between Greymouth Petroleum and Ngati Te Whiti. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0010063

Description: Caricature of Ngatata Love who is a Treaty of Waitangi negotiator, academic and Maori leader. Treaty of Waitangi negotiator, academic and Maori leader. As of 2009[update] Love is a Professor of Business Development at Victoria University of Wellington's Victoria Management School. Love was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009 for services to Maori. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 23 January 1940

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PAColl-5482-004

Description: Shows a group of mourners at the grave of Honiana Te Puni, Petone, after the Hon W Nash had laid a wreath in memory of the late chief. Photograph taken by a staff member of the Evening Post on 23 January 1940. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - Newsclipping attached: Scene at the grave of Honiana Te Puni, at Petone, after the Hon. W Nash had laid a wreath in memory of the late chief of the Ngatiawa as a prelude to yesterday's ceremonies. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Name in scope note amended following information from family member, 9 May 2023.

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0072-17B

Description: Manuscript and typescript notes around Maori histories and mythologies Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.