Pio, Hamiora Tumutara Te Tihi-o-te-whenua, 1814-1901

Date: [1867-1900]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MSX-9031

Description: Notebook containing research notes relating to Maori history (particularly food-gathering practices) from around the Taupo area. It seems that Cowan has used Maori Land Court minute books for his information as he attributes the information to land block names and case names, informant names and dates. Some of the people he mentions are: H Tumatara Pio of Te Teko (aged 77 in 1900), Te Waaka Tamaira (Rangatira block, 1884), Hitiri Te Paerata (mentioned several times), Tini Waata, Wineti Paranihi, Aperahama Werewere, Te Heueheu Tukino, and Te Rangitahau. The book also contains information given to him from Hare Hongi about Maori astronomy, makutu, and the moari [swing]. Contains whakapapa, karakia and waiata. Language - Some parts of the notebook are written in Maori. Arrangement: Item 11 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1879-1889

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-065

Description: Contains letters from Maori to White with regard to the administration of Government business (payment of salaries etc), and the collection of ethnographic information; also contains an account of proceedings in Parliament with regard to sittings on Sundays Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of the contents of this folder.

Date: 1879-1886

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0151-14

Description: Contains letters from Maori to various Maori language newspapers, including Te Wananga and Te Korimako; these letters cover a range of topics including Maori land tenure, Maori commerce, the opening of a church building, and wish list for the contents of the newspapers Also contains letters addressed to John White, about employment prospects, and ethnographic research Quantity: 1 folder(s) (24 leaves). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1903-1912

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B003

Description: Contains cosmological whakapapa and related notes, and whakapapa from canoe commanders to people alive in the 19th century; also contains some waiata; there are some loose sheets at the beginning of the book including a letter from Iraia Te Whaiti with regard to land issues Also contains whakapapa copied from a book belonging to Matenga Te Hiko of Nagti Toa giving ancestry from Pikauterangi of the Ngati Te Maunu and Ngati Kuri sub-tribes. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ brown calf, dark green boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 2

Date: [ca 1896-1898]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-031

Description: Contains rough notes, some in shorthand, mostly in Maori. Included is correspondence to S P Smith and a letter from Pio to Te Pehi (Best), Puketapu, Te Teko, dated 15 Apr 1898. The letter to Smith deals with ethnographic material collected by Best, and replies to questions posed by Smith; the Pio letter deals with the process whereby ethnographic information was collected; the remaining notes deal with various Maori vocabulary items and explanatory notes Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: More detailed listing available in inventory.

Date: 1980s-1990s?

From: Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12157-082

Description: Comprises papers relating to Orbell's Māori waiata research, including for her own writing and teaching translation of Māori songs. Includes: - Waiata: the circumstances in which they were sung - Te manu aute (nā Hāmiora Pio, Journal of the Polynesian Society 10: 191-3 - includes a translation by Orbell) - The image of the destroyed tree (relating to a waiata aroha of the Hauraki Region) - Te Uranga's song (composed by Te Uranga of the upper Waikato district, written circa 1820) - Māori women poets: their scope and their constraints - Notes relating to patterns of movement in waiata aroha - Puhiwahine: Maori poetess (serialised articles by Pei Te Hurinui Jones, published in 'Te Ao Hou' September 1959 to March 1961) - Photocopied manuscripts from 'Miscellaneous manuscripts' from the Polynesian Society records in the Alexander Turnbull Library, MS-Papers-1187-207) - South Island song about Tawhaki Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts, photocopies and printed matter Processing information: From box 19 in the donor's list.

Date: 22 Nov 1881

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0701-17

Description: Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 1897-1906

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0187

Description: Various topics, including birth, whakapapa, women, medicines, customs, Ngati Awa and Tuhoe fights, flora, place names, birds, etc. Also notes from records of the Native Land Court, Pokohu, Whirinaki, Matahina, and Tuara-rangaia Blocks, etc. Some information recorded from - H Pio of Ngati Awa, Tame Ranapiri (Ransfield) of Ngati Raukawa, Wi Patene, Penetito Hawea, Te Whatanui, Rawiri Parakiri, etc. The index to this is - Index to Maori Notebook no 9 (spine title) qMS-0188 Source of title - Spine title Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: [ca 1896]

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

By: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931

Reference: MS-0178

Description: Mostly whakapapa, especially linking Ngati Awa and Tuhoe with other iwi Source of title - Spine title Enclosures - Newspaper cuttings inserted inside back cover Quantity: 1 volume(s) (218 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (23 cm; ½ red morocco, red cloth)

Date: 1895

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0178

Description: Maori traditions, genealogies etc recorded from the writings of Hamiora Tumatara Pio of Ngati Awa. Also recorded from Ngahoro of Ngati Mahanga; Rewi Rangiamio (Whirinaki 6 July 1895); Matenga Hori of Ngati Raukawa (1896); Te Marunui; Tutaka Ngahau of Maungapohatu; H Whatanui; Te Tuhi Pihopa Te Whaiti; and members of Ngati Manawa at Whirinaki. Also waiata from Rawiri Te Kokau. Source of title - Spine title Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph Finding Aids: The index to this is Miscellaneous Maori Notebook (spine title) MS-0203, which is also on MS-Copy-Micro-0650-04.

Date: 1897

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0183

Description: Notes on a wide variety of topics, including: karakia, whakatauki (proverbs), clothes, war, whare, games, tattooing, etc. Includes information recorded from Hamiora Tumutara Pio and others. (The index to this is Index to Maori notebook No 7 (spine title) qMS-0184). Source of title - Title from spine Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: [ca 1885-1901]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-121

Description: Notebook (lettered 10) contains information about Maori cosmology and related whakapapa, with notes about the origins about various objects and practices; Ngati Awa whakapapa; information about the settlement of New Zealand by Hawaiki migrants and interaction with `tangata whenua'; discussion of various Maori customary concepts; and information about traditional Maori education Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [ca 1885-1901]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-116

Description: Contains cosmological notes and whakapapa, notes about the settlement of the Bay of Plenty area from Hawaiki and about the interaction between the `tangata whenua' and the Hawaiki migrants, notes about the introduction of the kumara to New Zealand, notes about various prominent mountains in the North Island, and information about various Maori customary practices Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [ca 1885-1901]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-118

Description: Contains cosmological information and whakapapa, with information about the origin of various items and practices; information about the settlement of the Bay of Plenty area by Hawaiki migrants, and their interaction with the `tangata whenua'; and notes about various Maori customary concepts and practices Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [ca 1885-1901]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-120

Description: Notebook (lettered 1X) contains cosmological information and related whakapapa; information about the settlement of the Bay of Plenty area by Hawaiki migrants, and their relationship with the `tangata whenua'; and information about various Maori customary concepts and practices Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [ca 1885-1901]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-117

Description: Contains information about Maori cosmology and related whakapapa; notes about the settlement of the Bay of Plenty from Hawaiki, and the relationship between the Hawaiki settlers and the `tangata whenua'; notes about the introduction of the kumara to New Zealand; notes about Maori customary practices and concepts, and notes about whakatauki Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [ca 1885-1901]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-122

Description: For details of the Pio notebooks as a whole see MS-Papers-1187-114 This volume contains various notes about the activities of Maori deities and demi-gods, the Maori division of time and related economic activities, canoe building, kite making and the karakia associated with these activities The volume also contains whakapapa from Ngati Awa, Ngati Tuwharetoa and cosmological whakapapa; there are also narratives about the settlement of the Bay of Plenty region from Hawaiki, and notes about Ngati Awa conflicts with Te Arawa and Tuhoe; there are also notes about Maori religious beliefs in the late 19th century, and about Maori funeral customs Quantity: 1 volume(s). Provenance: Note in volumes says "Last of Pio's books - he died Oct 1901 at Te Teko - full of years and anxious to return to the faith of his fathers"

Date: [ca 1885-1901]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-119

Description: Notebook (lettered 8A) contains information about the settlement of the Bay of Plenty by Hawaiki migrants and theeir interaction with `tangata whenua' people; also contains information about Maori customary concepts and practices Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [ca 1885-1901]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-114

Description: These are part of the series of notebooks sent by Pio to John White and Elsdon Best (the remainder are in folders 115-122). The notebooks include whakapapa from the beginnings of time; the origins of man; arrival of the Maori in New Zealand; H Pio whakapapa and various lines of descent; tribal history and accounts of battles, legends, songs and chants. Some correspondence is included. There are also notes about the Maori division of time and related astronomical features, notes about the fetching of the kumara from Hawaiki, karakia and whakatauki, notes about tribal conflicts in the Bay of Plenty and information about various omens of good luck and misfortune. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 volumes). Physical Description: Notebooks, 320 x 200 mm.

Date: [ca 1885-1901]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-115

Description: There are notes in these volumes about whakapapa (both cosmological and human), accounts of migration frrom Hawaiki to New Zealand, whakatauki, karakia and waiata, notes about various customary practices, information about the relationship between the `tangata whenua' and the Hawaiki migrants and the introduction of the kumara to New Zealand; there is also information about various prominent mountains in the North Island, and narratives about Maui and about Te Tahi-o-te-rangi Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 volumes).