Wairarapa (N.Z.) -- History -- Sources

Scope and Contents note In the nineteenth century, customary Maori knowledge that had previously been transmitted orally in whare wananga began to be recorded on paper. H. T. Whatahoro, also known as Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury, of Ngati Kahungunu and European descent, was one of several who wrote down significant amounts of this oral tradition and history between the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by acting as scribes for tohunga. Copies were made of the writings to ensure preservation and, not...

Scope and Contents

Whenua Manihera manuscript book, containing tribal genealogies of Ngati Kahungunu origin. Irregular paging is due to the loss of leaves from the book before it was used as a manuscript book.