Ngāti Aurutu is a hapū of the Ngāti Mutunga tribe of Waitara, Taranaki. Te Rangihīroa claimed to be the last male descendent of Ngāti Aurutu in his lifetime.
Ngāti Aurutu
Kerei Mangonui Roera (Lae Grey Royal) : Tribal histories ; Whakapapa
Date: 1913-1977
From: Royal family : Papers (Te Whanau a Roera Hukiki Te Ahukaramu)
Reference: MS-Papers-4563-2F/03
Description: Contains correspondence, clippings, minutes and the personal papers and documents of Lae Royal. These papers also contain whakapapa for the Royal family, Wineera family, Kawharu family and the Rowland family; all of which are related to the Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Koata tribes. There is also whakapapa which relates to other sections of these and other tribes. Also includes examples of the Kai Tahu dialect. Also contains typescript notes, in English, about some places around the northern South Island (meanings of names and brief histories), and some brief notes about Ngati Kuia Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Scrapbook
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
Correspondence - J Macmillan Brown, Peter Buck, Lindsay T Buick, R E M Campbell
Date: 1894, 1907-1917
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-251
Description: Comprises letters to and from J Macmillan Brown (7) 1910-1917, with typescript copies; Peter Buck (4) 1907-1908; Lindsay T Buick (10) 1910-1915, with typescript copies; and a letter from R E M Campbell 1894. The Buck letters include extensive Ngati Mutunga historical and whakapapa notes, with two waiata 1) about the Ngati Mutunga ancestor Rehetaia, and 2) a waiata by Oriwia Te Oka of Ngati Toa about their heke from Kawhia to Kapiti and the role that Te Ati Awa played. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (38 pieces).