Hakeke, Himiona, active 1851

Date: 1848

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

Reference: 88-103-2/07

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Colenso with reports of the activities and plans of Maori teachers, parishioners and others, requests for religious texts, medicines, and other items, notes about the erection of chapels, and reports of deaths and illnesses 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: 21 Aug 1844 - 20 Oct 1853

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4624-07

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Colenso with information and discussion about injuries and illnesses, notes about the erection of chapels, confessions, comments about community conflicts in south Wairarapa, comments about land tenure, questions about church administration, and comments in the aftermath of revelations about Colenso's affair Quantity: 1 folder(s) (18 pieces).