Rewi Manga Maniapoto (1807-1894)

Letter to Sir George Grey, written at Kihikihi

19 o Pēpuere 1894

19 February 1894

Ki a Hori Kerei,

E hoa, tēnā koe i runga i tō tāua aroha ki a tāua.

Kua tae nei tāua ki ngā rā (o) ō tāua tūpuna, heoi, ka mutu te mihi.

Ka tū te kupu, he kupu whakaatu ki a koe i runga i te āhua kaumātua o tōu tinana, o tōku tinana i ngā rā i ō tō tāua kotahitanga, ā, tae mai ana ki (i)nāianei, ki roto i ēnei rā.

Taku kupu nui tēnei ki a koe, me noho tāua ki roto i te kōhatu kotahi.

Heoi anō,

Nā tō hoa aroha,

Abstract

Refers to their mutual affection now they are old, and from their time of being of one mind. Suggests that for this reason their names be recorded on the same memorial stone.

Includes a note in English to Grey from Manga (Rewi Maniapoto), asking if Kihi has arrived with a sketch of the tombstone. Page with the sketch follows.

Ngā reta Māori

Grey New Zealand Māori letters

Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections GNZMA 218

https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/6428/rec/1

Read by: J. Ramanui

Music Intro: Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns

Sound Engineering: Justin Rodenas & Sue Berman

Recorded at Te Oro Studios Glen Innes

Kereama Tāwhai, (1864-1885)

Letter to Sir George Grey, written at Wesley College, Auckland

18 Hune 1880

18 June 1880

Ki a Tā Hori Kerei,

E tōku tupuna aroha, e te pākau o ngā Māori o Niu Tereni (Niu Tireni), e te kaiārahi i ngā Māori kia kite i te māramatanga. Tēnā koe. He tino tamariki rawa ahau ka tuhi atu nei ki a koe, otirā i runga i te mea ka tae mai nei te whakaaro ki roto i tooku (tōku) ngākau mō āu mahi i mahia e koe mō mātou, mō ngā Māori. Ka oho tōku ngākau hiahia kia tuhi atu ki a koe. E kara, tēnei ahau te titiro atu nei ki mua i a tātou, tērā pea te rā e mahue ai mātou i a koe ka poro raru noa iho mātou, ka kore tō mātou kaiāwhina, tō mātou mātua. E tōku tupuna ki te mea ka tiakina ahau i (e) te matua i te rangi, e kore āu mahi pai e warewaretia e au i waenganui o ngā Māori, o ngā Pākehā. Tēnei au kei te rapu i tētahi wāhi o te mātauranga o te Pākehā, mā reira pea e kaha rawa ai mātou ngā taitamariki ki te hāpai i ngā ture a koutou, a ngā kaumātua e whakatakoto nei ki a mātou. He mea tika anō e tōku tupuna kia whakahāweatia (e) koe (e) aku kupu. Nō te mea, ehara ahau i te tikanga tangata kia kōrero i ēnei mea. Mā Te Atua koe e tiaki, e whakakaha mō tāu mahi ki ngā Māori.

Nā tōu mokopuna,

Nā Kereama R Tāwhai

Abstract:

Writes at the request of his father [Hone Mohi Tawhai]; refers to Grey’s work with his grandfather, Mohi Tawhai, in 1845. Expresses his respect for Grey and their pleasure that he wishes to visit their school. Refers to his studies at the school, both secular and Christian. Expresses concern over the destiny of the Māori and their demise – elders dying, European customs, drunkenness and the cause. Says hope lies with Christianity and refers to his ambition to be a minister to improve the state of the Māori.

Greets Grey poetically and acknowledges his leading Māori to enlightenment. Refers to himself as a mere child writing to him, but speaks of his wish to praise his work and also of his fear that should he [Grey] leave they will fall into trouble without their leader. Says that if the Lord wills, then he will support Grey's good works so they are never forgotten by Māori or Pakeha. Says that he seeks some of the knowledge of the Pakeha so they, the young, can continue to support the laws that he and their elders have established. Refers to his humility in putting forward these views. Wishes him God's protection and support in his work for the Māori.

Ngā reta Māori

Grey New Zealand Māori letters

Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections GNZMA 141

https://tinyurl.com/y3u9252e

Read by: J. Ramanui

Music Intro: Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns

Sound Engineering: Justin Rodenas & Sue Berman

Recorded at Te Oro Studios Glen Innes

Hēnare Mātene Te Whiwhi, aka Te Whiwhi-o-te-rangi (1805-1881 )

A letter to Tamihana Te Rauparaha written at Auckland

Āperira 20 1863

20 April 1863

Ki a Tamihana, Tēnā koe.

Kua tae mai tō pukapuka ki (a) au o te 6 me te tekau o Āperira. Kua mate a Mata Riwai. Ka nui tōku pōuri me tō Tauteka hoki ki tōna hoa. Ko te tū tonu tēnei o te tangata, he haereere noa iho i runga i te mata o te whenua me au nei hoki e tiakina nei e te mate, arā, e tōku mate. E Tami, mea ake ka mutu te mahi, te mahi a Waikato i muri i ēnā reta āku, kua tae atu nā i ngā rā o Āperira nei. Ka haere a Ngāti Tipa ki te tuku i te whenua hei tūnga mō te whare a te kāwana mō te whare anō i wāhia rā i Waikato i whakahokia iho nei ngā papa ki Te Ia. Ka tae a Ngāti Tipa ki roto o Waikato, a Wāta Kukutai, a Ruihana, e rima tekau o rātou. Ka rongo (a) Waikato, kātahi ka haere mai. Haere mai kotahi rau, kotahi rau pū, ka tīkina, ka wherohia. Ka mutu te tū waewae kātahi ka kōrero. Ka mutu te kōrero, kātahi (a) Waikato ka wāwāhi tērā hapū, tērā hapū ka wāhi mai ki a Ngāti Tipa. Kāore (a) Waikato i kaha ki a Ruihana rāua ko Wāta Kukutai. Oma ana Te Kanawa me Waikato katoa nō te mea kua hē. Engari ko te whare a te kāwana me te mokopuna a Te Whakaete ka tū ki te whenua o Wāta Kukutai e Tami. Kua hē te mahi a Waikato, kua pōrangi. Nō konei te pai o taku noho i tēnei kāinga hei kawe kōrero atu ki a koutou. Ko te taha kāwana i uru ki roto ki te mahi a Waikato ko Tamati Ngapora, ko Ihaka Takaanini, ko Aihepeeni, ko Mohi ko ngā mea tēnei, arā, ko ngā tāngata o te taha kāwana i uru ki te mahi a Waikato. Nā rātou te kōrero i wāhia ai taua whare. Ko (ō) rātou moni kua whakakorea e te kāwanatanga, engari kāore anō i whakawākia. Kia whakawākia ka kitea te teka, te hē ka hoki mai anō rātou ki tēnei taha ki te kāwana ka huri tēnei. Anō ngā iwi o runga te noho nei i Akarana, a Te Arawa, te mahi mai i te rawa mōna. Te ngangare nei rātou nei ko ngā Pākehā me te ngangare teina, me te ngangare tuakana. Ka nui te pai o te Pākehā o Akarana, kāore he whakahouhou ki te kumu o te tangata Māori e haere tahanga ana, arā, a Te Arawa. Ka nui te pai o te Māori, o te Pākehā ki a rātou nei. Tērā tētahi iwi pai kei te Kaipara, kei tērā tāone, ko tērā iwi tītora kāore e kai i te rama, he iwi hou, he iwi rangatira. Kāore he kōrero kino e puta i te waha, he iwi karakia, ka nui te aroha ki te Māori. Ko ngā taewa me ngā poaka, me ngā kau, me ngā mea katoa a te Māori, he tuku katoa atu mā taua iwi nei e mākete, ka rite, kātahi anō ka wehewehea ki tērā tangata, ki tērā tangata. He iwi pai rawa tēnei. Tēnei tētehi kōrero, he kiore hou kua tae mai ki a Ngāpuhi ka rua tau, ko te nunui me te ngeru nei anō te rahi (o) te waka i hoe mai ai he pungapunga. Ko tāna he kirikaraka ināianei kua kai ki te kūmara, ki te taewa. E Tami, e tika ana aku kōrero e tuhi atu nā ki a koutou. Mea ake ka kore he tākaro mā ngā Māori, arā, ka kore te kīngi, kāore tētehi e rongo ki tētehi, me tētehi ki tētehi.

Heoti anō,

Ka huri, hei konā rā i a Riwai

Nā Mātene Te Whiwhi.

Ngā reta Māori

Grey New Zealand Māori letters

Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections GNZMA 187

https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/4979/rec/1

https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/kinaki-ng-reta-m-ori

Read by: J. Ramanui

Music Intro: Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns

Sound Engineering: Justin Rodenas & Sue Berman

Recorded at Te Oro Studios Glen Innes

Wīremu Toetoe Tūmohe (1826-1881)

Letter to Sir George Grey, written in Vienna, Austria

Wina, Autiria, Mei 8, 1860

8 May 1860

E hoa aroha, ka mihi atu ahau ki a koe i te whenua tawhiti – Tēnā rā ko koe, tēnā rā ko koe. E koro, tēnā rā ko koe, e te matua aroha. Kua tae mai tō reta o te rua tekau mā w(h)aru o Āperira ki a au, kua hari ahau, kua koa ahau ki tāu kōrero pai me tāu reta pai me tōu aroha ki a au – Tēnā rā ko koe, tēnā rā ko koe – Heoi rā ngā mihi ki a koe.

Nā, whakarongo mai, ka kōrero atu au ki a koe i te take o tōku haerenga mai ki tēnei whenua. Kāhore au i haere mai i runga i ngā ritenga kūare, i haere mai ahau i runga i te kupu a tōu riwhi, arā, a te Kāwana Paraone o Niu Tireni. He mea tono mārire ahau nā te rangatira nui o te manuao Auhitiriana. Ko te Nowara te ingoa o taua manuao. Ko te Komotore Wireahitoawhi te ingoa o taua rangatira, nāna ahau i tono ki a te Kāwana Paraone, kia haere mai ahau ki tuhitiria kia kite te kīngi nui rawa o tēnei whenua i te tangata o Niu Tireni. Ko tēnei te take o tōku haerenga mai ki tēnei whenua. Nā, i te tekau mā ono o ngā rā o Pēpuere ka kite taua kīngi i [a] au, ka mihi au ki a ia ki te mihi Māori, ka taki au ki a ia i ngā taki Māori. Ka nui tōna whakapai ki āku kōrero ki a ia. E hoa, e kore pea au e kite i a koe - kua tata tōku hokinga ki tōku kāinga ki Niu Tireni, kua whakahokia paitia ahau e tēnei kīngi ki tōku kāinga ki Niu Tireni. Aua pea ka kite ahau i a koe i tōku hokinga atu ki tōku kāinga ki Niu Tireni, kāhore rānei. Tuhituhi mai ki [a] au ki Rānana. Kei te rua tekau mā ono o ngā rā o Mei ka haere atu ahau ki Rānana kia noho ahau ki reira mō nga wiki e whā, e ono rānei. Ka kite ahau ki Rānana i tō tāua rangatira, arā, i te mana o Niu Tireni, arā, i te kīngi o ngā kīngi, arā, i te ariki o ngā ariki, arā, i a te Wikitōria, kia kōrero au ki a ia i ngā whakaaro o tō tāua iwi e noho mai rā i tō tāua kāinga i Niu Tireni. Nā, whakarongo mai e koro, e kore pea e meneti ka kite koe i te mahi tika a tō iwi, arā, ko te whakaaro nei, ko te whakakotahi o ēnei iwi e rua, i te Ingarihi, i te Māori, hei iwi kotahi, hei ture Kotahi. Ko te Kuini o Ingarangi hei matua, hei whaea, hei mana mō ēnei iwi e rua. Ko te Kāwana Paraone rāua ko Pōtatau Te Wherowhero hei āhua mō te kuini ki Niutireni – heoi anō, te whakaaro a tō iwi – ka kite koe i taua whakaaro – i ēnei tau e haere ake nei - ka pānuitia hoki ki te karere Māori. Tuhituhi mai ki āu hoa i Rānana kia mōhio ki a au. Heoi, taku kōrero ki a koe – tēnā rā koe, tēnā rā koe, tēnā rā kōrua ko tō hoa ko Mihihi Kerei – hei konā rā, hei konā rā i tō kāinga – mā Te Atua koe e tiaki, ake ake. Āmene.

He waiata aroha ki a koe rā.

Tērā te pūkohu ka mau mai (i) Awhereka (Āwherika) – ko te ara tonu ia i haere ai taku tōrere – tahuri mai ki muri rā kia ringia atu he wai kei aku kamo – ehara i a au, nāu rā wai whai mai, nāu rā wai tua peka ki te iti i a au – nō reira te ngākau i whakawairangi ai he kanohi aroha nōku ki a koe rā.

Waiata tuarua ki te hoa i au rā.

Kāhore te aroha ngau kino rawa – hoki te panga rākau – e āta kitea iho te ki konei – tonu au whakamau atu ai te ao katoa – kawe nā runga o te aute – ko te hoa rā, e, ka tata rā ki tawhiti – ka whā māmā ō rawa – e kore au e kite i te hoa aroha – me mutu i konei tēnei waiata.

Nā tōu hoa,

Nā Wiremu Toetoe

Ngā reta Māori

Grey New Zealand Māori letters

Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections GNZMA 120

https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/7526/rec/1

Read by: J. Ramanui

Music Intro: Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns

Sound Engineering: Justin Rodenas & Sue Berman

Recorded at Te Oro Studios Glen Innes

Anne Brady's presentation will help you navigate the tricky territory of tracking down your elusive ancestors. She investigates the numerous guises your family name could be hiding behind from transcription errors to foreign accents - even an unfortunate cold clouding your way back into the history books!

For the hard core following you can find Anne's presentation here:

Presentation slides: https://bit.ly/2FaaF7h

Handout: https://bit.ly/2CjAbVP

Anne's presentation draws in part on material found in Carol Baxter's book "Help! Why can't I find my ancestor's surname?" You can find this on the Auckland Libraries' catalogue here: https://bit.ly/2XViAwu

This talk was recorded at the Auckland Central Library on Wednesday 13 March 2019.

Image: genealogybybarry.com

South Auckland Poets Collective co-founders Ramon Narayan and Grace Taylor join curator Sharon Smith to talk about their new exhibition: South Auckland Poets' Collective: The first 10 years. The exhibition is a collaborative project between SAPC, Auckland Libraries and Action Education and is at the Mangere Arts Centre until Saturday 6 April.

Recorded at the Auckland Central City Library on Wednesday 27 February 2019

Music: Pacific Rim by EXIST HERE; Sunscreen (prod. Engelwood) by AL-X The Great

Image: Grace Taylor, Photographer Pati Solomona Tyrell

In this interview Sue Berman talks with Daren Kamali about the Real Gold taonga commonly known as 'the tapa book'.

The book is available to view for the month of March 2019 in the reading room of Heritage Collections - level 2 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library.

To learn more tune into the Tapa Talk series here at the Auckland Libraries podcast series. https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/tapa-talks

You can view a digital copy here: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/144/rec/5

Between 1768 and 1779 James Cook led three voyages of British exploration to the Pacific. As a result many taonga from Aotearoa and the islands of Moana-nui-a-Kiwa made their way to Europe – including the samples of bark cloth collected in this book.

The book’s title is A catalogue of the different specimens of cloth collected in the three voyages of Captain Cook – but is often simply called ‘the tapa cloth book’. It was compiled by Scottish bookseller Alexander Shaw, who in 1787 was based in London.

There are 63 copies of the book known to be still in existence. They are each unique, containing different samples of cloth arranged in varying order. They are the earliest known specimens to survive, and are a valuable source of information about Pacific fabrics prior to the influence of European textiles and metal tools.

The library’s copy was donated by the Auckland businessman, art collector and philanthropist James Tannock Mackelvie (1824-1885).

Reference: A catalogue of the different specimens of cloth collected in the three voyages of Captain Cook. London: Printed for Alexander Shaw, 1787.

Photo - Daren Kamali, photographer Sue Berman, February 2019.

Annette Lees discusses the research process behind her book: Swim A year of outdoor swimming in New Zealand.

Stay tuned for a special segment on "Manu" bombing.

"Venus of the South Seas" can be found in the Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision collection here: https://bit.ly/2tvkNAG

Recorded live at Auckland Central Library on February 20 2019.

Image: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19141217-54-2

Most material featured in Robert's talk can be located through the Auckland Libraries catalogue including our new super search engine Kura. You will find the link to Kura under Heritage Collections on the front page of Auckland Libraries' website.

Some items in the Ephemera collection are not currently catalogued. To view these items such as the poster of the "Maori Race Meeting" at Karioi you will need to visit the Sir George Grey Special Collections room at the Central Library. The Ephemera collection can be searched here: https://bit.ly/2V5dcog

Pinipingi Pi can be found here: https://bit.ly/2TWt4cy

Spot can be found here: https://bit.ly/2TRRjbW

Robert is introduced by Jacqueline Snee; Poukōkiri Rangahau Māori at Central Library.

Recorded live at Auckland Central Library on February 13 2019.

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Dr Phyllis Herda shares political, economic and social insights on Tongan material culture at the time of Cook's visit to the Pacific. She comments on the impact of 'collecting and colonization'.

Dr Herda works across the traditional disciplines of Anthropology, Pacific History and Women’s/Gender Studies.

She began working in Polynesia in the early 1980s and continues to research, publish and teach on Tongan ethnography, European explorers in Polynesia, Polynesia art and material culture, Tongan oral tradition and history, gender, disease and colonialism as well as Polynesian textiles – traditional and contemporary. She is based at the University of Auckland.