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Rauemi matua

 Subject
Subject Source: Reo
Scope Note: Primary sources

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Isaac Shepherd papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-47
Scope and Contents

Papers include rough drafts of reports on Maori movements between Taranaki and the Waikato; refutation of charges of absconding with fines money; and sermon notes in Maori railing against the evils of alcohol.

Dates: 1862-1871

James Rutherford papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-42
Scope and Contents Lecture notes; typescripts of books and articles; research notes; transcripts of early family and personal papers; inventories and transcripts of Colonial Office despatches. The more important papers are: (a) Auckland Provincial Centennial Council. Historical Research Committee. Records, 1936-1939. 30 cms. A collection of minutes, correspondence and working papers, collected by Rutherford who was a member. (b) Clendon, James Reddy, 1801-72. Papers, 1840-72. 30 items. Includes Clendon's...
Dates: 1926 - 1963

Jean Archibald papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-2007/6
Scope and Contents

Diaries:1932, 1967, 1977, 1982. Letterbooks: Jan - Feb 1950; May - July 1950; July - Aug 1950; Aug 1951; Apr - July 1965.

Dates: 1932 - 1982

John Alexander Wilson letters.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-173
Scope and Contents

The letters of the Rev. John A. Wilson, missionary at Opotiki, Tauranga, Auckland and Puriri, 1833-1865.

Dates: 1833-1865

John White papers

 Collection
Identifier: Matauranga-Maori MSS-89/3
Scope and Contents Assorted manuscripts on history and traditions: NZ MS 28 Three lectures on Maori history, traditions and customs / by John White NZ MS 29. Free translation of Maori proverbs / John White NZ MS 30. Maori papers and memoranda / John White NZ MS 31. Memoranda on the Maori pharmacopoeia / John White NZ MS 710. Maungatautari native land case 1881 v. 1-3 NZ MS 714. Maori papers and memoranda v.1-4 / John White NZ MS 711. Memo in Maori of proceedings at various native gatherings, Wanganui district...
Dates: n.d.

Native Schools Project records.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-2008/15
Scope and Contents Between 1993 and 2001, researchers from the Research Unit for Maori Education, later the International Research Institute for Maori and Indigenous Education, based at the University of Auckland, recorded over 240 oral testimonies from former teachers and pupils of Native, or Maori, schools. Termed the Native Schools Project, it aimed to address a perceived lack of general knowledge about the Native Schools system of education, operated by the state between 1867 and 1969, by gathering...
Dates: 1993 - 2001

Papatupu Block Committee minute books (Tai Tokerau).

 Collection
Identifier: Matauranga-Maori MSS-88/7
Scope and Contents MP88/7/1 Papatupu Block Committee Minute Books. Contents: 1. Kaitara 4. Mahimahi, Motukawanui 8. Matauri 10. Motatau (2 vols) 11. Kopuakawau, Waikare 12. Parimata-Mokau, Waihaha, Waikare 18. Te Rawhiti 19. Te Wiroa 20. Oromahoe 21. Pakonga 22. Te Karaka, Wairoa 25. Whakakoro, Kotuku (2 vols) 26. Wawa 27. Tautoro, Motatau 28. Waihou (2 vols) 29. Whakarapa (2 vols) 30. Tuataranui, Maungakohatu, Orakau, Ruarei 31. Matawaia 32. Kahakaharoa, Pukahu, Te Karae 33. Touwai, Ririwha 34. Kahikatoa (3...
Dates: 1900 - 1908

Petition signed by thirteen Maori chiefs to William IV, seeking his protection from foreign incursions, tribal enemies, and the misconduct of British subjects, Kerikeri, 5 October 1831.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-C-14-loose
Scope and Contents The petition was instigated by Maori chiefs in the Bay of Islands after the arrival of the a French naval vessel 'La Favorite' on 3 October 1831, as they feared retribution by the French for the murder of Marion du Fresne and his crew in 1772. They acknowledged the special trade and missionary contacts with Britain, and requested that the King become a 'friend and the guardian of these islands', defending them from foreign threat, from the 'teazing of the other tribes', and from the...
Dates: 1831

Ranginui Walker research papers on Ngata biography.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-Vault 166
Scope and Contents

Mostly photocopies. Includes box of casette recordings of informants and folder entitled "Catalogue of Ngata files" (refers to material consulted in other collections, not this donation). Unprocessed materials.

Dates: ca 2001