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Special Interest Group No.76 of the

New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc.

Official Publication of the Maori Interest Group www.rcyachts.net/maori

Volume 10. Issue 1 FEBRUARY/PEPUERE 2003

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NZSG MIG CONTACT INFORMATION 2001-2003 ALL CORRESPONDENCE IS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE MIG SECRETARY

CONVENOR: Mrs. Colleen PETRICEVICH 18a Dominion Street Takapuna North Shore City Auckland, AKD 1309. NEW ZEALAND. E-mail: [email protected] SECRETARY: Mrs. Brenda JOYCE 17 Peterhouse Street Tawa Wellington, WTN 6006. NEW ZEALAND. E-mail: [email protected] TREASURER: Mrs. Brenda JOYCE [See address details above] JOINT Mrs. Harete PHILLIPS NEWSLETTER 28 Taheke Road, RD 4 EDITORS: Okere Falls, Rotorua, BOP 3221. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. Bruce MATHERS P.O. Box 867 Park Ridge Brisbane, QLD 4125. AUSTRALIA. E-mail: [email protected] RESEARCH Mrs. Heather WEBBER OFFICER PO Box 8795 Symonds Street Auckland, AKD 1035. NEW ZEALAND. E-mail: [email protected] WEBMASTER: Mr. Bruce MATHERS [See address details above]

When corresponding with officers of the MIG always quote your NZSG Membership Number and include a LARGE Stamped Self-Addressed Envelope [SSAE] with your letter if a reply is anticipated.

The current MIG executive term began on the 3rd June 2001 at the NZSG AGM New Plymouth & will end at the 2003 NZSG AGM. The MIG formed in 1993 and The NZSG ratified the MIG at the Council Meeting on the 3rd December 1994

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Material in TE REO may not always reflect the views of the NZSG, MIG, their Editors and/or Office Bearers.

IN THIS ISSUE

Important Notices—Please Read! 4

Why was there a Maori Battalion? 5

Editorial 6

Information Offered 7 & 16

Maori Newspapers 9

Papers Past 12

Web Sites 13

A Tale of Five Campaigns—Part Two 14

Genealogy Lays Solid Foundation 15

Whakapapa Submission Form—Centre Pullout -

AGM Executive Nomination & Proxy Voting Form—Centre Pullout -

Can you Help? Information Wanted—Contact Sought 22

Whakapapa Research Interests 21

Marae Directory Continued... 16

Please have all material for the next newsletter [May/Mei 2003] to the MIG Secretary before

the 25th April 2003

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IMPORTANT NOTICES PLEASE READ!

CONVENOR’S CORNER

Kia Ora members

The time has come to elect some-one else as Convenor of the NZSG Maori Interest Group; I am standing down in June at the AGM.

If you think you would like to be more involved please let Brenda Joyce know so that we can arrange your nomi-nation. It is not a demanding position, but a worthwhile one, especially when you are able to help a member with their research. My own research has taken a back

seat for six years as I have held different positions in the NZSG, so now it is time to get my own research into order and publish.

It is exciting to know how much I have learnt in my 20 odd years in the Society – one always gains more than is given out.

Thank you Maori Interest Group members for all you have given me over the years.

Happy New Year to all Regards Colleen February 2003

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MIG AGM

To be in for the lectures of your choice you need to register now. The East Anglia Interest Group was inadvertently left off the programme. Their meeting will be held on Saturday 31st May at 8.00 am. Please indicate on your registration form if you want to attend this meeting. CP

MIG Draft Agenda:

Welcome Receiving of the Previous Minutes Convenor’s Report Secretary’s Report Treasurer’s Report Election of Officers General Business

Nominations are called for the following positions for 2003-2005:

Convenor Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor Research Officer MIG Webmaster

Nominations must be in writing and signed by the Nomi-nator, Seconder and the Nominee, all of whom must be financial members of the NZSG - Please supply NZSG Membership Numbers. Nominations and/or Proxy Votes should be sent to the;

MIG Secretary Brenda Joyce 17 Peterhouse Street Tawa Wellington, WTN 6006. NZ.

On the enclosed form(s) (see centre page pullout) to arrive no later than Monday 26th May 2003. Written apologies also to Brenda by Monday 26th May although verbal apologies will be accepted from the floor at the AGM.

Please do consider standing for office. The more you put into the group the more you will get out of it. New people, new ideas, fresh input is what enables the Group to meet members’ needs and interests.

If you would like more information about the Offices, please contact the MIG Secretary.

Brenda JOYCE E-mail: [email protected]

[Further contact details are on page 2] BM

Venue: Rosmini College, 36 Dominion Street, Takapuna, Auckland - NZSG 2003 Con- ference.

Time: Monday 2 June 2003 at 11:40 am

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CONFERENCE 2003 PLEASE HELP!

We can have a table for the Maori Interest Group at the NZSG Conference in Auck-land 2003. For that we need someone on duty all the time - to answer questions,

take the names of persons whose questions you cannot answer immediately etc. Not onerous. The rule is that people on Interest Group tables must be registered to attend Conference. I would like to draw up a roster so that each person is only expected to cover one, or at most, two sessions. It is important that we have a visible presence at Conference - Treaty obligations. If you can help please let me know.

All good wishes Brenda JOYCE Secretary/Treasurer.

MIG SEEKING A NEW LEADER

We desperately need a nomi-nation/volunteer for Convenor of the NZSG Maori Interest Group. There isn’t too much work involved - liaise with the Secretary/treasurer, the news-

letter Editor and also Chair AGM. BJ If any member is interested in standing for Convenor, can you please advise Brenda of your intentions imme-diately BM http://www.macjava.co.nz/broadcast/Vol/Museum/Gallery/T2/Sl_2.html

Why was there a Maori Battalion?

The 28 Maori Battalion was formed following pressure on the Labour government by the Maori MPs and Maori organizations throughout the country wanting a full Maori unit to be raised for service overseas. The Maori Battalion followed in the foot-steps of the Pioneer Battalion of

WWI which had been very successful, and was wanted by Maori for more or less similar reasons. A Maori Battal-ion was wanted in order to raise the profile of Maori, and prove them equal to their Pakeha brothers. They were eager - and felt an obligation - to serve alongside their Pakeha compatriots as citizens of the British Empire. It also gave a generation of people with a great military ancestry a chance to test their own warrior skills. CHARLES MOIHI BENNETT grew up around Maketu and joined the army with his six other brothers, Tiwha, Albie, Manu, Henry, Para (Navy) and Ted (Air force). In 1940 he went with the first draft of Maori of the 28th Battalion, and fought in Crete and Greece before as-suming the role as commander of the 28th when Lieuten-ant-Colonel Baker and his second in command were wounded. This event took place during operation

"Supercharge" in November, 1942. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Bennett inherited the role in the heat of the battle just as Rommel had begun his withdrawal from Alamein [sic]. From Alamein the Battalion moved to Tripolli and then to the battle of Medenine. Through the actions of the Maori Battalion and the New Zealand Artillery, the battle was short lived. Operation Supercharge II saw the Maori Battalion with Charlie in charge, joining with the NZ 5th brigade as the right attack brigade in an attempt to smash through the German coastal defenses of the Tebaga Gap. Lt-Col Charles and the 28th were to be right flank battalion of the 5th brigade and their task was to capture the 'Point 209'. In this battle Charles was to recommend an immediate VC to Lt. Ngarimu for his display of valour in holding the ridge of 'Hikurangi' against repeated German attacks. Takrouna and Djebel Bir were the next major battles that Lt Charlie Bennett was to lead the 28th into. Taking his officers on recon he realized the strength of the German defenses of Tak-rouna. Takrouna was an elevated village. Bennett sent Te Arawa (B Company) lead the way with Ngati Porou (C Company) was to move up the right hand side of the hill and Ngapuhi was to go around the far right side to cap-ture Djebel Bir. By mid afternoon they had taken the ridge and settled in preparing for the counterattack from the Italians and Germans there. 12 truckloads arrived and began attacking the Maori positions but due to strategic positioning of the Maori platoons on Takrouna,

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EDITORIAL A FEW WORDS FROM BRUCE:

Kia Ora,

Happy New Year and welcome to the first issue of Te Reo for 2003 – I hope this issue finds you all well recovered from the Silly-Season and fully revitalized to take on yet another year of research, a year hopefully full of exciting and new discoveries. Firstly and as you would have already read on page four (4), it is with great regret that we report MIG Convenor Colleen PETRICE-VICH is standing down at the MIG AGM in June. Col-leen is a lady with a wealth of experience who is going to be surely missed, but we can fully respect her desire to now spend more time completing her own whakapapa – from a personal perspective, thank you Colleen for your support and guidance in recent years, it has been an honour working with you. So, it’s now time to start looking for another Convenor for the Maori Interest Group, as mentioned in Brenda’s notice on page five (5) the office isn’t too taxing so please give some serious thought to standing for the position. The MIG AGM has been set down for Monday 2nd June, Nomination and Proxy Voting Forms have been included in this issue to meet the closing date guidelines for Brenda and further details will be in the May issue of Te Reo.

In this issue we continue with the two series started in the Noema newsletter with Part Two of the short story series by MIG member Peter ALLAN on page fourteen (14) and I have also included more Marae contact De-tails in the Marae Directory, which continues on page sixteen (16). In this issue we have also concentrated on Maori Newspapers as a resource – there is an abridge Book Review from Brenda on this topic on page nine (9) – my apologies for the shortened version but the full Book Review is expected to be printed in an upcoming issue of The New Zealand Genealogist however Brenda’s newspaper review sent to me in November compliments nicely other newspaper details I personally received from the National Library on my Charles TIKIT-INI including a Fact Sheet also on page nine (9) . So I hope you will appreciate my reference to Brenda’s Review in this issue, especially when it is expected to be repeated elsewhere. I have also followed the web link suggested by Brenda and I have located the Death

Notice for another relation of mine, Randle Cotton MAINWARING from the online Maori newspapers so this is obviously an immensely valuable resource. Members without access to the Internet should contact the National Library to enquire about a possible search of these records through Margaret HURST (Family History Reference Service). Margaret s a former mem-ber of the MIG and will appreciate your interest in this particular resource.

It is good to see members are continuing to submit their Research Interests for inclusion in the newsletter and on the MIG website although the numbers are a little down on the previous issue – please remember that you are also welcome to update your entries at any time – please use the online form or the snail-mail pullout in the centre of this newsletter. A special welcome to the new members of the group whose interests begin on page twenty-one (21) and we hope the group is beneficial to your research.

With ANZAC Day between now and the next issue of Te Reo, I have also thought it appropriate to remember the men and women who fought for our country through a tribute to Maori Battalion on page five (5).

As usual, I am constantly on the lookout for material for the newsletter so please feel free to offer any sugges-tions and advice on what YOU would like to see in Te Reo and send any contributions to Brenda and I will do my best to include it in the next available issue.

Harete has sent in an interesting article from her local newspaper, which is reproduced on page fifteen (15) – if any member is interested in an actual copy of the article, please contact me.

Finally, don’t forget the upcoming MIG AGM, we desper-ately need a new Convenor and if you are interested in standing for this or any other MIG position, please don’t be shy in putting your hand up and use the Nomination form in the centre of the newsletter.

Good luck with your research.

Hari tau hou

Bruce MATHERS. February 2003

Where possible, please supply all source and/or reference details with any material submitted for inclusion in Te Reo for the benefit of our members.

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the Italians were caught between the crossfire. With counterattacks came more troops and counterattacks seeing the ridge lost and regained several times. Eventu-ally the Italians surrendered with 300 men taken pris-oner. In this battle Charles was badly wounded by a landmine and spent the rest of the war in a Middle East hospital recovering from his injuries. During the battle of Takrouna he had ordered a platoon of 12 men to give cover fire to the ridge, drawing the attention from B and C companies advance up the right side. In true Maori spirit, 2 NCO's in charge of the platoon decided to 'have a crack at the top'. Manahi, one of the NCO's and 3 of his men actually made it to the top and secured defen-sive positions. After reinforcements arrived, Manahi and his platoon (what was left of them) headed back down the hill. But with the second counterattack from the Italians that evening, the ridge again fell to them, so in the morning Manahi once again headed up the hill and took the ledge in a valiant attack. For these actions Manahi was cited for a VC which was later reduced to a DCM. Lt Charles Bennett was to lead the pursuit of justice in this case for many years. After the war he went to work for the Maori affairs in New Zealand. From there he went to college to study race relations before being

appointed the New Zealand High Commissioner in Ma-laysia. The Malaysians were so drawn to Charles that gave him their most prestigious award, that of an honour of Knighthood. Sir Charles returned to New Zealand and became involved in politics, joining and later becoming president of, the Labour Party. During this time his was knighted again, this time in 1975 by the commonwealth. He was largely responsible for many Maori education reforms and helping in the forming of Te Kohanga Reo. Sir Charles Bennett passed away on the 26th of Novem-ber 1998, being a remarkable man with a life full of firsts. The youngest officer to take command of the 28th Bat-talion, first Maori diplomat, first non-Malaysian to be given their title of knight and first Maori to be president of a political party. Sir Charles Moihi Bennett's passing was mourned by many, Maori and Pakeha alike, and [he] was buried in Kaue cemetery on the slopes of Ngongo-taha.

http://www.rsl.org.au/ http://www.rnzrsa.org.nz/ http://www.chapter-one.com/vc/

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INFORMATION OFFERED

Brenda has the following material sent in by Jim Baker of Gisborne.

A. A Map showing the disposition of Maori Tribes at the end of the 18th Century.

B. Whakapapa from the Tainui Canoe. Roughly 2 x A3 pages—it shows Koroki as the present Maori King, so is obviously quite old.

C. 8 x A4 pages showing 23 Whakapapa o te Whanau a Ruatapare, Tokomaru, Ngatiporou & Tairawhiti.

This material is far too large to include in Te Reo but if members want a copy they should send Brenda 3 x 40¢ stamps to cover photocopying costs plus an A4 size envelope, self addressed with a 90¢ stamp.

[Contact details for Brenda are on page 2—Please include your NZSG Membership Number]. BJ

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HAVE YOU REGISTERED YET?

N.Z.S.G.

Annual Conference and A.G.M. Rosmini College, 36 Dominion St, Takapuna

North Shore City 30th May – 2nd June 2003

Hosted by North Shore Branch

Two overseas speakers, 28 New Zealand

Speakers, Research facilities, an opportunity to visit our Family Research Centre, friendship and learning, all

available in the delightful surroundings of North Shore City.

HAVE YOU REGISTERED YET?

Tracing the Past, Capturing Today, Looking ever Forward

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BOOK REVIEW—MAORI NEWSPAPERS

Rere atu, taku manu! Discovering history, language and politics in the Maori-language newspapers. Edited by Jenifer Curnow, Ngapare Hopa and Jane McRae. Auckland University Press 2002 ISBN 186940 279 0 soft cover 241 pages.

The title of this book translates to ‘fly out my bird’ and reflects the idea that newspapers bring news and mes-sages to the people.

Rere atu, taku manu is a collection of twelve articles, all by different writers, which explores the significance of over forty newspapers published in the Maori language between 1842 and 1930. These newspapers were produced by the government, churches and by both Maori and Pakeha individuals. Details are given of editors, the nature of news covered by many of the papers, the geographical areas they served and dates of publication.

Their significance for anyone interested in nineteenth century Maori social history is mainly that they are a primary resource. They are contemporary writings which show how people thought and felt about the issues of the time. They show that Maori quickly embraced the written

word and used it to good advantage but at the same time retained the oral traditions in the style of writing. The article by John Morefield and Lachy Paterson shows the development of the Maori language through contact with English eg niupepa is derived from newspapers

The final chapter of this book explains how the newspa-pers were put on the internet by the University of Waikato as part of the NZ Digital Library project. It gives advice on using the various search facilities. English abstracts have been added so these valuable resources are now

accessible to most people. Go to www.nzdl.org and click on Demonstra-tion Collections – niupepa.

This book will not give you the elusive whakapapa you may be searching for but it will guide you to make

the best use of the newspapers. Extensive bibliogra-phies at the end of each article give excellent guidance on background reading.

Overall, this is an academic book which opens up an invaluable resource for those interested in nineteenth century Maori social history. BJ

[Abridged: The full text to this Book Review by Brenda is expected to be printed in a future edition of the NZG—Ed] BM

Matuhi masthead showing a bird bringing the news.

FACT SHEET A l e x a n d e r Turnbull Library New Zealand newspapers: where to find them.

Most large public and university libraries have good runs of local and regional newspapers. These libraries often have indexes and files of newspaper clippings relat-ing to the area.

Always use your local library first,

especially for consulting local and regional newspapers.

An interloan service for newspapers on microfilm is available from the National Library of New Zealand If you want to use this interloan service you will need to ask at your local public, school or university library.

The Alexander Turnbull Library, a division of the National Library, has the major national research collec-tion of newspapers. The Parliamen-tary Library, also in Wellington, and the Hocken Library, at the University of Otago, Dunedin, are other impor-tant repositories.

The National Library of New Zealand holds current daily New Zealand newspapers.

Where to find a particular newspa-per title. The definitive guide to newspapers in New Zealand is D.R. Harvey’s Union list of Newspapers Preserved in Libraries, Newspaper Offices, Local Authority Offices and Muse-ums in New Zealand (Wellington, National Library of New Zealand, 1987). This records alphabetically by town of publication all newspa-pers published in New Zealand up to


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1986 and where you can see them. It also includes overseas newspa-pers available in New Zealand. Note. Many of the titles shown as held by Parliamentary (General Assembly) Library have now been transferred tot the Alexander Turnbull Library.

Bibliographic records (but not hold-ings) for newspapers published after 1986 are on the National Library’s online database Te Puna, the Na-tional Bibliographic Database.

Titles and dates of some newspa-pers and where they are held in New Zealand libraries are also listed on The Finding List, that was pub-lished annually on microfiche until October 1995.

The Alexander Turnbull Library has compiled A Regional Guide to New Zealand Newspapers Published Before 1987 (Wellington, 1995). Within each region (for example, Hawkes’ Bay) entries are arranged in alphabetical order according to place of publication, then alphabetically by the latest form of the title.

If you cannot locate holdings of a local town’s newspaper, check the metropolitan newspapers circu-lated in that area, which may have a regular page or column summarizing the news of towns in their region. These newspapers are listed [below].

Online newspaper articles. At the time of writing, the following newspapers have at least some full-text articles available online on the Internet:

National Business Review www.nbr.co.nz

New Zealand Herald www.nzherald.co.nz

Otago Daily Times www.odt.co.nz

The Press, Christchurch www.press.co.nz

Southland Times www.press.co.nz

Wairarapa Times-Age www.times-age.co.nz

You can also access these online via the list (under ‘New Zealand: Media and Publishing/Newspapers’) kept updated by the National Library’s Te Puna Wed Directory at: http://tepuna.natlib.govt.nz/web_directory

Newstext, produced by The Knowl-edge Basket, with the help of the publishers, is a collection of fulltext articles from many of New Zealand’s key business newspapers and magazines covering 1993 to date. Newspapers include National Busi-ness Review, The Dominion and The Press. It is accessible at: http://www.knowledge_basket.co.nz

Newspaper clippings Many libraries have collections of newspaper clippings, particularly of articles relating to their own town or region. These are usually in vertical files, arranged alphabetically under places and subjects. You can ckeck the locations of clippings collections as well as indexes on pages 39-74 in Bibliography Work in New Zealand, 1986 compiled by APU Millett and FTH Cole (Hamilton, University of Waikato Library, 1986).

Newspaper special supplements Newspapers sometimes issue spe-cial supplements which have useful information brought together to mark an occasion such as the centennial or jubilee of a town, borough or province, or royal tour. Other sup-plements may be on a specific topic, such as the development of industry or agriculture in an area. The re-cords, catalogues or indexes main-

tained in your library should tell you the subject covered by supplements held in the library.

Note: if the newspaper has been microfilmed, its special supplements are usually filmed in chronological order with all other issues.

Major metropolitan newspapers (and their dates and areas of circulation).

Whole country.

Weekly News 1861—1877

New Zealand Truth 1887—onwards.

New Zealand Weekly News 1877—1971.

New Zealand Free Lance 1900—1960.

Northern region.

Northern Advocate 1875—onwards.

Auckland region and top half of North Island (to Waikato).

Daily Southern Cross 1843—1876.

New Zealand Herald 1863—onwards.

Auckland Star 1887—onwards.

Wellington region and lower half of North Island (from Taranaki and Hawkes’ Bay):

New Zealand Spectator and Cook Strait Guardian, (incorporated by Wellington Independent )1844—1865 (you may need to look under both titles).

New Zealand Times 1845—1927

The Evening Post 1865—onwards.

The Dominion1907 onwards.

Canterbury region and West Coast:

Canterbury Standard 1854—1866



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The Press, Christchurch 1861—onwards.

Lyttelton Times (later Christchurch Times) 1863—1935 (you may need to look under both titles).

Otago-Southland region:

Otago Daily Times 1861—onwards.

Southland Daily News1861—1968

Southland Times 1862—onwards.

Newspaper microforms for sale A title listing of New Zealand news-papers on microfilm available from the National Library of New Zealand (as at 30th June 1999) can be ac-cessed on the Internet at: w w w . n a t l i b . g o v t . n z / d o c h e r /microfilm.htm

If you do not have access to the Internet, the Microfilm Unit, Na-tional Library of New Zealand, P.O. Box 1467, Wellington, can provide a print-out of this listing.

Newspaper facsimiles for sale Schools and libraries should be aware that facsimile paper copies from old newspapers are included in educational resource kits, such as;

Ordinary People, New Zealanders Remember the Second World War (Wellington, produced for the Depart-ment of Internal Affairs by Defence Partners, 1995). This multimedia kit includes 12 sheets of newspaper facsimiles.

Newspapers Reflecting Our Past, 1840—1990 (Wellington, Independ-ent Newspapers Ltd, Newspapers in Education, 1990). This consists of facsimile copies of pages of separate pages from various New Zealand newspapers for each decade from 1840 to 1990.

Other resource kits, some with newspaper facsimiles, are produced by the Newspapers in Education departments attached to the follow-ing newspapers;

Sunday Star Times. P.O. Box 1409 Auckland.

Waikato Times, Private Bag 3086, Hamilton.

Bay of Plenty Times, Private Bag TG 12-002, Tauranga.

Daily News, Taranaki, P.O. Box 444, New Plymouth.

Hawkes’ Bay Herald Tribune, P.O. Box 180, Hastings.

Evening Standard, P.O. Box 3,

Palmerston North.

Dominion Evening Post, Welling-ton Newspapers Ltd., P.O. Box 3740, Wellington.

The Press, Christchurch, Private Bag 4722, Christchurch.

Timaru Herald, P.O. Box 46, Timaru.

Otago Daily Times, P.O. Box 517, Dunedin.

Southland Times, P.O. Box 805, Invercargill.

Further references

Bromell, Anne. Tracing Family History in New Zealand. Rev. and updated edition. Auckland, Godwit, 1996. This has a useful chapter on using newspapers for family re-search (Chapter 10, pages 100-109).

Wood, G.A. Studying New Zea-land: A Guide to Sources. Dunedin, University of Otago Press, 1999. there is a discussion on newspapers as a historical resource on pages 69—71.

New Zealand Genealogist, Vol. 21, no. 205, September/October 1990, pages 217—227. ‘A haystack bristling with needles, New Zealand newspapers in the 19th century,’ by Donald Hansen.

Alexander Turbull Library. News-papers: how to look after them. Wellington, 1989. Pamphlet on how to care for newspapers.

Sources for research on the his-tory of individual newspapers.

Day, Patrick. The Making of the New Zealand Press: a study of the organizational and political concerns of New Zealand newspaper control-lers, 1840—1880. Wellington, Victo-ria University Press, 1990.



NIUPEPA 1842—1933 MAORI NEWSPAPERS.

The National Library of new Zea-land has issued as a separate package on microfiche and micro-film Niupepa, 1842—1933; Maori newspapers, which are printed Maori newspapers published mainly by the Government, iwi and religious groups. These are also listed as separate titles in the web-site listing of newspapers micro-forms for sale already mentioned: w w w . n a t l i b . g o v t . n z / d o c h e r /microfilm.htm/ A mojor collabora-tion between the Alexander Turnbull Library and the University of Waikato has seen approximately 2100 pages selected from Niupepa, 1842—1933, made available on the Internet, as part of the New Zea-

land Digital Library. Over the next few years more pages will be added. The website has both the text and scanned images of the pages, with full search functions made by Optical Character Recog-nition (OCR). It is located at;

www.nzdl.org/niupea

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Scholefield, G.H. Newspapers in New Zealand. Wellington, Reed, 1958. An account of the develop-ment of the major newspapers.

An Encyclopaedia of New Zea-

land. Wellington, Govt. Printer, 1966. Volume 2, pages 665—71, has an article on New Zealand Press.

Newspaper special supplements are frequently issued to mark the

founding and subsequent history of the newspaper.

There are books, theses and articles in periodicals written on newspaper history, and your local library will help you these.


What is Papers Past? Papers past is one of the National Library’s digital collections. The aim of these collections is to present more of New Zealand’s heritage online and to increase access to the Library’s collec-tions. The Papers Past web site currently contains over 400,000

pages from 19th century New Zealand newspapers from the Alexander Turnbull Library Collection. The range of periodicals and the number of pages available will continue to grow.

What does Papers Past offer? The featured newspapers cover a wide are, from Coromandel in the north to Balclutha in the south, and provide a record of daily life in 19th century New Zealand. Read about social, economic and political happenings of the day, and scan the advertisements for a diverse range of goods and services. Contrast the viewpoints of two early Auck-land newspapers—The New Zealander with it’s pro-Maori stance and The Southern Cross which supported the land claimants—or view the short-lived Fair Play, subtitled “An illustrated journal for sensible men and women”. The website can be navigated in either Maori or English.

Using Papers Past. When you first log on to the Papers Past website, you’ll need to check that your computer is set up correctly to use the site. You’ll find all the information you need under the Getting Started heading on the website.

Viewing the newspapers For each newspaper, you can see a brief history of its publication, then select the year, month and publication date of the edition you want to view. Because the images are large, it may take a few minutes for your computer to download the pages you’ve chosen. The time taken depends on the speed of your modem or connection to the Internet—you’ll find more information about this under the Getting Started heading on the website. Under this head-ing, you’ll also find a Viewer Quick Reference Guide which contains instructions for viewing, saving and printing the images—you may want to print the guide and have it handy when viewing the images on the site.

Accessing Papers Past

Papers Past is available free and can be found at http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/ To see more of the Library’s digital collections, go to http://www.natlib.govt.nz/

What publications are currently available on Papers Past? As at June 2002

Bay of Plenty Times Online Dates: Nov 1875—Dec 1886

Bush Advocate Online Dates: May 1888—Dec 1893; May—Dec 1899

Clutha Leader Online Dates: Jul 1874—Dec 1900

Fair Play Online Dates: Nov 1893—Nov 1894

Hawkes Bay Herald Online Dates: Sep 1857—Dec 1865; Jan 1867—Dec 1870; Jan—Jun 1877; Jan 1878—Dec 1885; Jul 1886—Jun 1894; Jan 1895—Dec 1900

Hawkes Bay Weekly Times Online Dates: Jan 1867—Dec 1868

Inangahua Times Online Dates: Jan 1877—Dec 1900

Mataura Ensign Online Dates: Jan 1883—Dec 1884; Jan 1887—Dec 1890; Jan 1892—Dec 1900

Nelson Evening Mail Online Dates: Mar 1866—Dec 1892; Jan 1894—Dec 1900

New Zealand Colonist & Port Nicholson Advertiser Online Dates: Aug 1842—Aug 1843


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WEB SITES

Members have kindly supplied the following websites for inclusion in the newsletter—many thanks for your continued support and suggestions. Members are also reminded that there are links on the MIG website www.rcyachts.net/maori

NIUPEPA: MAORI NEWSPAPERS DIGITAL COLLECTION http://www2.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/connect_pages/niupepamaori.htm

CONTENT The Niupepa: Maori Newspapers Digital Collection is an electronic collection of over 17,000 pages taken from 34 separate periodicals. It is based on Niupepa 1842-1933", a microfiche collection produced by the Alexander Turnbull Library. 55% of the collection is written solely in Māori, 43% is bilingual and about 2% is written in Eng-lish. There were three main types of Niupepa published; government sponsored, Māori initiated, and religious.

There are four main parts to the Māori Niupepa collec-tion: - Facsimile images of the original pages - Text extracted from the newspapers (for searching) - Bibliographic commentaries for each newspaper title

- English abstracts for each issue

ACCESS This collection is available to all Internet users.

SUPPORT Jennifer Bryan Maori Liaison Librarian / Maori Services Team University of Auckland Library / General Library 5 Alfred Street Private Bag 92-019 Auckland. NEW ZEALAND phone: 373-7599 ext. 7138 email: [email protected] Website: http://www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/maori/ratongahome.htm

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The New Zealand Observer Online Dates: Sept 1880—Dec 1883; Jan—Sep 1885; Jan—Mar 1886; Apr—Jul 1887; Oct 1888– Dec 1900

New Zealander Online Dates: Jun 1845—Dec 1852

North Otago Times Online Dates: Feb 1864—Dec 1878; Jul 1879—Dec 1880; Jul 1881—Dec 1882; Jan 1888—Jun 1889; Jan—Dec 1895; Jul 1897—Jun 1899; Jul—Dec 1900

Northern Advocate Online Dates: Feb 1887—Sep 1901

Otago Witness Online Dates: Jan 1851—Dec 1900

Poverty Bay Herald Online Dates: Jan 1890—Dec 1891; Jan 1896—Dec 1900

Southern Cross Online Dates: Jan 1860—Dec 1865; Jan 1869—Dec 1872

Star Online Dates: May 1868—Dec 1900

Taranaki Herald Online Dates: Aug 1852—Dec 1876; Jul 1877—Sep 1897; Nov—Dec 1897; Jul 1898—Dec 1900

Te Aroha News Online Dates: Jun 1883—Dec 1889

Waikato Times Online Dates: Jan 1881—Dec 1884

Waimate Daily Advertiser Online Dates: May 1898—Dec 1900

Wanganui Chronicle Online Dates: Jan 1874—Jun 1877; Jan—Jun 1878; Jan—Dec 1880; Jan 1882—Dec 1900

Wanganui Herald Online Dates: Jan 1876—Dec 1884; Jul 1885—Dec 1900

Wellington Independent Online Dates: Jan 1860—Jun 1874


A TALE OF FIVE CAMPAIGNS PART TWO :

Utu at Wanganui 1847

The Cause: At Wanganui on 16th April 1847 a foolish young midship-man of HMS Calliope invited a minor Maori chief, Nga-rangi, of the local people to visit his quarters to receive payment for work. By way of a joke the naïve young officer presented his pistol at the chief. The loaded firearm went off wounding Ngarangi in the head.

The Consequences: Ngarangi recovered from his wounds, told his people that the incident was accidental, and that he had been

well tendered. Nevertheless, a group of six Maori were determined to exact utu. They attacked the innocent local settler family of John Gilfillan, killing his wife and 3 children, his 16 years old daughter survived a dreadful tomahawk wound to the head. Local Maori caught five of the perpetrators, who were court-martialed and four were publicly hanged in Wanganui. There was more to this incident that first appears and the underlying cause was probably tension between the races over land sales.

The War: 20th April 1847 the four Maori are executed at Wanganui for the Gilfillan murders. 19th May 1847 the chief Topine Te Mamaku attacks the settlement of Wanganui. 3rd June 1847 the Governor mounts an ineffective sweep up river. 20th July 1847 the battle of St John’s wood ends indecisively. 21st February 1848 Governor Grey notifies peace with Te Mamaku at Wanganui.

The Outcome: The war petered out. Both settlers and Maori suffered economic ruin with house and crops burnt, upper Wan-ganui Iwi resentment simmered, leading to their war against the settlers in 1864/5.

Source: Weapons and Tactics in the Taranaki Wars by W.L. RAFFELL PA2

MIG member Peter ALLEN from Hamilton has kindly supplied us with five very interesting short tales; they are being printed in several issues of Te Reo as part of a series which started with Tale Number One in the Noema 2002 issue. Thank you Peter for your contin-ued support of the newsletter, which is genuinely appreciated. BM

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GENEALOGY LAYS SOLID

FOUNDATION

Rotorua Daily Post Saturday 4th January 2003 Canon’s Roar Canon Gerald Hadlow

One of the many interesting features of the Biblical narrative is the inclusion of genealogies.

A number exist within the Old Testament and it is inter-esting to note that with Christmas just gone there is a genealogy contained in Matthew’s and Luke’s Gospel giving a list of the ancestors of Jesus.

The importance of this particular list is to show that one side of Jesus’ ancestry was through royalty and espe-cially through King David right through to Abraham.

There were several purposes for the inclusion of the Old Testament lists: the need to provide individual identifica-tions for legal purposes such as inheritance, and for the establishment of the rights of people to privileges such as those having to do with nobility, kinship and links with the priesthood.

This is what kept the essential facts of the Gospels alive before later scribes set them down on papyri.

In a country that affirms human rights, it is important for us all to know who we are. That is to say that we have an inalienable right to be told to whom we belong by virtue of our descent, who our parents are and from which line they trace their origins.

It is disturbing therefore to read material that indicates that of the four million births in the United States each year, no less than 30,000 are attributed to fathers who are anonymous donors.

This figure points to a cultural acceptance of the idea that children simply do not need to have fathers.

An American, David Blankenhorn goes so far as to say this: “The rise of the Sperm Father constitutes nothing less than father killing, the witting enactment of cultural patricide. For the individual man, being a Sperm Father is… the collaboration of the male in the eradication of fatherhood”.

The point is made by an American comment that, “We have huge sectors of society where girls get knocked up in the backs of cars. As soon as the father discovers the truth he disappears. Whereas [by official though anony-mous sperm donation] we are bringing children into happy homes where they are going to be looked after by their mother. Isn’t it better to do that? Children are brought up by women on their own most of the time anyway”.

I wonder how many people are as appalled as I am by the sheer cold cynicism those words contain?

It augurs ill for the future of our communities.

Children’s rights seem to be ignored by what appears to be a powerful need among adults to produce a child regardless of the biological needs that such children have.

Dr John Fleming who is a director of the Southern Cross Bioethics Institute in Adelaide is reported as saying, “People set boundaries they can’t possibly realize be-cause they cannot speak on behalf of the child.

Our essential identity is connected with our biological origins… rejecting the idea of fatherhood or seeing it as a tacked-on, optional extra is to deny the nature of human beings”.

We express pain and sadness when young people take their own lives in a society that denies the essence of living and belonging within strong and loving family relationships.


The ability of Maori people to recite their whaka-papa is a vital link with ancestry that traces de-scent sometimes through several tribes and over many generations. This is an essential part of Maori culture that provides them with the certainty and confidence of turangawaewae as they speak on any marae. It was Robert Maunsell the famous missionary to the Ngati Tipa (a northern sub-tribe of the Wai-kato) who very early in his ministry during the 18880’s drew attention to the remarkable facility among Maori for what social historians describe as “oral tradition”. The ability to carry within the memory surpris-ingly large amounts of information all kept alive by constant repetition.

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MARAE DIRECTORY

I have compiled a Marae Directory from information available on the www.maori.org.nz website for the benefit of our members without access to the Internet. There are contact details for approximately 460 Marae listed throughout the country and the database runs to about fifteen (15) pages, which is obviously too large to be reproduced in its entirety here. Therefore, the list will be printed in sev-eral issues of Te Reo as part of a series which started in the Noema 2002 issue.

I would also appreciate MIG members reporting any errors, omissions and additions to Brenda so that we may have an accurate list of Marae throughout New Zealand (and overseas). BM

Cut off from the essential contribution provided by two committed parents, they live in a limbo that prevents them from acquiring a strong personal identity.

We should express pain but it is an hypocrisy to express

surprise.

If we are not given the skills to live within a human family how can we know how to live with the family of God? HP


INFORMATION OFFERED

I have a photocopy of a full page from the Register of Deaths of Maoris at the Wanganui registry, which I obtained in researching my grandmother.

Apart from my grandma there are full details of four other deaths on the page and I'd like to make these available to any MIG member researching their whanau;

Rupen Hoani METEKINGI of Putiki - died 25 Sep 1941

John(i)e WAKARUA of Kai Iwi - died 15 Nov 1941

Makarini PONI of Kaiwhaiki - died22 Nov 1941

Tariki Rangimotuhia KATENE of Jerusalem - died 26 Aug 1941

Enquirers can contact me direct for copies - in due course I'll send the page to the NZSG Certificates Officer for recording.

Graham JONES 139 Hokianga Road Dargaville, NLD 0300 E-mail: [email protected] Please supply Graham with a SSAE & copying BM

MIG AGM 2nd June 2003

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Marae Directory Marae Name Street Address Place Rohe / District Contact Name Contact Details

121 Moawhango Where Where Moawhango Marae Committee P O Box 161, Taihape

122 Moehau Marae Mission oak Road, (off Waima Valley Waima Tai Tokerau

123 Mokau ( ki Whan- Old Russell Rd. Mokau. Whanga- Tai Tokerau Eta Puke Hepi-

124 Mokau Kohunui State Highway 3 Te Rohe Potae Waikato Ripeka Price PH (07) 877-8874 E-mail:

125 Moko Marae Te South of Te Puke Te Puke Mataatua

126 Mokonui a Rangi Utakura Hokianga Taitokerau Ray Pomare PH (09) 401-9767

127 Mokonuiarangi Utakura Rd Hokianga Tai Tokerau Raymond Matiu PH (09) 401-9075 or (09) 401-9099

128 Morehu RD2 Broadwood, Pawarenga, Tom and Temo

129 Moteo Marae RD, Moteo, Puketapu, Tara-

Puketapu, Tara-dale, Napier

Takitimu Louise Heremia E-mail: [email protected]

130 Motiti Mangatea Road Te Kuiti Waikato

131 Motuiti Marae Himatangi Straight Foxton Manawatu/ Kaore au e mohio

132 Motukiore Marae Motukiore Road, Horeke, Hokianga Tai Tokerau Maisie & Steve PH (09) 401-9830

133 Murihiku Marae Invercargill Te Waipoumamu

134 Nagti-Mihiroa Old Main Road Heretaunga Paki Paki Randal Hape E-mail: phil-

135 Naumai Marae State Highway 12, Main Road, Northland

Te Tai Tokerau, Ngati Whatua

Violet Ringrose PH (09) 439-2722

136 Nga Hau E Wha 88 Beattys Road Pukekohe Waikato Janie Astle

137 Nga Haue Wha Helvitia Street Pukekohe, South Waikato Hera Paki E-mail: [email protected]

138 Nga Huia Motukaraka Rd Hokianga Tai Tokerau

139 Ngahutoitoi Marae Ngahutoitoi Marae Paeroa Hauraki Caroline Karu E-mail: [email protected]

140 Ngahutoitoi Marae Te Moananui Flats Paeroa Waikato Leonard and PH (07) 862-6222

141 Ngai Ta Wake Mataraua Rd Mataraua, Kaikohe Northland (Nga Kahia Tau PH (09) 435-1109

142 Ngai Tuahuriri Tuahiwi Road North Canterbury Te Wai Pounamu Alana Pitama PH (03) 313-5543

143 NgaiTawake Waimatenui Road Mataraua, Kaikohe Tai Tokerau Nuru or Lena Tau PH (09) 401-2431

144 Ngapuhi Mangamuka Mangamuka, Tai Tokerau Violet Harris PH (09) 401-8941

145 Ngapuhi State Highway 1 Mangamuka, Mangamuka Violet Harris State Highway 1

146 Ngapuwaiwaha Taumarunui Street King Country Waikato Hinewai Barrette PH (07) 895-8402

147 Ngati Manawa RD Panguru Panguru Tai Tokerau

148 Ngati Huia ki Levin - Foxton Horowhenua Don & Cindy PH (06) 363-7354 or E-mail: TAM-

149 Ngati Otara Marae Cnr Otara Rd & Otara, Auckland Tamaki Makaurau Lynnie Henry Te Kohanga o Ngati Otara PH (09)

150 Ngati Pango RD 1, Te Ngaere Te Ngaere, Kaeo Tai Tokerau Ewa Alker PH (09) 405-0497

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151 Ngati Raukawa Otaki Manawatu

152 Ngati Tukorehe Main Road South, State Highway 1, Kuku Manawatu

Yvonne Wehipei-hana-Wilson

Marae PH (06) 368-2338 or Secre-tary (06) 368-6898

153 Ngati Wehiwehi State Highway 1, Manakau

Manakau Manawatu Marae Komiti PH (06) 362-6773 E-mail: [email protected]

154 Ngati Manu Tai Tokerau

Karetu Kawakawa G. Munn

155 Ngatira Marae Ngatira Road Litchfield, Puta-raru

Waikato Roger Amopiu Mobile 021-136-0011

156 Ngatirua Omaramutu Opotiki Whakatohea

157 Ngatiruamahue Off Wainui Bay Road

Wainui Tai Tokerau Mary Stock PH (09) 296-2217 E-mail: [email protected]

158 Ngatokowaru Levin Manawatu

159 Nga Tokowaru Marae

Hokio Beach Rd Levin Ngati Raukawa Iwikatea Ngarongo Nicholson

152 Liverpool street Levin

160 Ngawha Marae Ohaeawai Rd Ngawha Taitokerau Monika Ashby PH (09) 407-5576

162 Oakura Pa / Okorotua Marae

P.O Box 246, New Plymouth

SH 45, Oakura Aotea / Tai Hauauru

Kenny Hau (Treasurer)

PH (06) 759-2376 E-mail: [email protected]

163 Ohotu Marae Ohotu Road Ruatoki Mataatua

164 Okapu Marae Kawhia Waikato

165 Okare ki uta Taikatu Road, Otakeho, Manaia

South Taranaki Aotea Frances Kingi Katene


166 Okorihi Marae Taheke Rd Punakitere, Kaikohe

Taitokerau Pene Hui

167 Omaero Maaori Point Road Whatawhata Waikato Pora Lad Kihi 10 Maaori Point Road

PH (07) 829-8838

168 Omahu Highway 50 Heretaunga Takitimu Brownie Pene PH (06) 879-6890

169 Omaramutu Omaramuyu Rd Opotiki Whakatohea

170 Ongaroto Marae Ongaroto Road, Atiamuri.

Ongaroto. Man-gakino/Atiamuri Waikato

Koti Te Hiko or Te Aroha Haika.

Ongaroto Marae PH (07) 343-2229

171 Oparure Marae Oparure Road Oparure Ano Waikato Manukura Tera-rauhe Rawenata

172 Opatia Taheke Road, Okere Falls

Rotorua Te Arawa

173 Opuatia 1636 Highway 22 Opuatia Waikato

174 Opureora Marae Opureora Road Matakana Island, Tauranga

Mataatua Joyce Webb PH (07) 577-9037

175 Orakei Marae Ngapuhi

176 Orimupiko Opunake Taranaki

177 Otakou Marae Tamatea Road Dunedin Te Waipounamu PH (03) 478-0352

178 Otamarakau Main Road Te Puke

Otamarakau Ngati Makino

179 Otamatea otamatea Batley Phillips

180 Otamatea Tanoa Rd Maungaturoto Tai Tokerau Te Aroha Shelford Maungaturoto

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181 Otatara Marae Waima Valley Hokianga Tai Tokerau Taite Renata PH (09) 405-7747

182 Otawhiwhi Marae Seaforth Rd Bowentown, Matatua Ruhia PH (07) 863-1092 or (07) 863-4056

183 Ote Kura Private Bag Ro Ruatahuna Ngai Tuhoe Huia Te Pou PH (02) 567-54133

184 Otenuku Ruatoki Rd Ruatoki Mataatua

185 Otewa Marae Otewa Rd Otorohanga Tainui

186 Otiria Marae Otiria Road , Otiria

Moerewa Tai Tokerau Ripene Ripeka Harris


187 Oturu Marae Kaitaia Te Taitokerau George Popata

188 Owae Marae P.O. BOX 183 Waitara Aotea / Tai James Bailey - E-mail: teatiawaiwiowae-

189 Owairaka (Takihiku te Tangata)

Bayleys Rd Raukawa ki Wharepuhunga

Waikato Nga Kaumatua Rewi Rapana raua ko Whangamatau

E-mail: [email protected]

190 Owairaka Marae Adams Road Te Awamutu Waikato Mr William Heta PH (07) 847-3319

191 Pa Harakeke 11 Hyde Street Gore Te Waipounamu PH (03) 208-1388

192 Paerauta - Tutua Karakatuwhero Te Araroa Tai Rawhiti Mama Merehine PH (06) 864-4007

193 Pahinui Marae Waipoua Forest Settlement

Waipoua Forest, Dargaville

Tai Tokerau Joe Paniora / Pahinui Marae


194 Pahou Manutuke Takitimu

195 Pakaraka Marae Main Highway 3 Makiwhara Aotea/Tai Hauauru

196 Pakeketaiari Forest Road Mokai Waikato Mokai Marae PH (07) 333-9346

197 Pakirikiri Beach Rd Tokomaru Bay Te Tairawhiti

198 Pakowhai Frasertown Wairoa Takitimu

199 Pakowhai Marae Lavanham Road, Waituhi, Gisborne Tai Rawhiti Bill Ruru PH (06) 862-7585

200 Papakai Roto-Aira Rd Tongariro National Aotea John Ham, Dawn PH (07) 386-7711 or (07) 386-5555

201 Papakainga Ruatoki Valley Road

Ruatoki Mataatua Podge Hohua-Chairperson or Ellen Mclean-

PH (07) 312-9889 Ellen Mclean-Secretary

202 Paparamu Paparamu Road Tirau Waikato Gail Hamilton PH (07) 544-1833 E-mail:

203 Paparoa Marae Paparoa Rd. Te Te Puna, Tauranga Takitimu Frank Borell PH (07) 578-2803 Home (07) 552-

204 Papawai Papawai Road Greytown Wairarapa

205 Papawai Marae Pa Road, Grey- Greytown, Waira- Greytown, Waira- Amiria Jaro PH (06) 304-9623

206 Paranui Main Road, Himatangi Manawatu Moe Turoa PH (06) 329-9559

207 Paranui Ngati State highway 1 Foxton Manawatu Eddie Wakefield PH (06) 363-8281 Mobile 025-237-

208 Parapara Marae Parapara - Toatoa Road, Parapara, Parapara Tai Tokerau

Secretary: Victor Holloway

E-mail: [email protected]

209 Paratene Te Manu Firebrigade Rd Ngunguru, Whan- Tai Tokerau

210 Parawai Taui St Ngongotaha, Te Arawa Ron Roberts PH (07) 345-5783

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211 Parawera 11 Owairaka Valley Road

Te Awamutu Waikato Roanna Horn E-mail: [email protected]

212 Parihimanihi Waihirere, R.D.1. Gisborne Tairawhiti Kapierere, Reti-nara, Terekia.

PH (06) 862-5672

213 Parihimanihi (ki te Waihirere)

RD 1, Waihirere Domain Rd,

Turanganui a Kiwa - Gisborne

Turanga Bill KereKere PH (06) 867-3258

214 Parihimanihi Waihirere, Domain Rd

Gisborne Tai Rawhiti Kapierere, Terekia

215 Parikino Whanganui River Rd

Whanganui Aotea E-mail: [email protected]

216 Parikino Whan-ganui

RD6 Whanganui River Rd

Tupoho Manaia Ratana Harrison / Mere PH (06) 344-5791 or (06) 342-5819

217 Pariri Levin Manawatu

218 Pariroa Pa Wilson Rd Kakaramea

Patea Aotea Jim Ngarewa PH (06) 273-8659

220 Parua Haranui Hamurana Road Mourea, Rotorua Te Arawa PH (07) 362-4616

221 Pate Aroha Whirinaki School Rd

Hokianga Tai Tokerau Serena Morunga PH (09) 405-8831

222 Patiarero RD 6 River Rd Hiruharama (Jerusalem)

Aotea Moana Bell E-mail: [email protected]

223 Pehiaweri Marae Ngunguru Road, Glenbervie

Whangarei Tai Tokerau Shirley-Anne Brown

PH (09) 437-0833

224 Petane Marae Main Rd Whiri-naki

Napier Takitimu H. Hiha

225 Piki Te Aroha Harris Road Rahiri Settlement

Okaihau, Ho-kianga

Tai Tokerau Barney Mane

226 Pikirangi - Pa Taunaha

Statehighway 33, Te Ngae Road,

Rotokawa, Roto-rua-nui-a-Kahu- Te Arawa

Chairman - John Ransfield/ Koeke - PH (07) 348-7994

227 Pikitu Marae Te Waotu Road Te Waotu Waikato Te Aroha Paul (Marae Trustee/ E-mail: [email protected]

228 Pirikiore Marae Pikiriki

RD6 Whanganui River

Pikiriki

229 Pohara Marae Orepunga Rd Arapuni Waikato

230 Potahi Main Road Far North

Te Kao Tai Tokerau Marae Trustees

231 Pouakani Moana Cresent Mangakino Takitimu Noelene Reti PH (07) 882-8180

232 Pouakani Marae P.O Box 20 Mangakino Lake Mangakino Takitimu Wilma Kingi PH (07) 882-8416

233 Poutu Marae Shannon/Foxton highwaySH

Shannon Manawatu Peter Hirawani E-mail: [email protected]

234 Poututerangi Marae

Pitua Road Te Puna. Tauranga Moana

Takitimu Wayne Bidois PH (07) 552-5652

235 Puawairua Marae Puawairua Marae Paroa Mataatua Tuterangi Hoha-pata

236 Puhi O Te Waka O Hata Maria

Waimahana Waimahana Tai Tokerau Wilfred Peterson (Kaumatua)

PH (09) 406-1111

237 Pukaki Pukaki Road Mangere Tamaki Makaurau Brownie Rau-whero

238 Pukehou S.H.2 Pukehou Hastings

Pukehou - Central Hawkes Bay

Takitimu Leslie Hunter PH (06) 878-1532

239 Pukerata (Otaua) Mangatawa Rd, Kaikohe Tai Tokerau Dawn Reihana PH (09) 401-453

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MEMBERS’ SURNAMES/WHAKAPAPA INTERESTS In Alphabetical Order of Members SURNAME

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON ANY NAME BELOW, PLEASE CONTACT THE MIG MEMBER DIRECTLY All information is as submitted by members – these are the most recent additions to the MIG web page

Mrs. Dorothy Louise COLLENETTE, 12 Liddell Street, Northcote, Auckland, AKD 1310. New Zealand.

E-Mail: [email protected]

RESEARCH NAMES M/F TRIBE/IWI TOWN or PROVINCE TIME PERIOD

Hiraina Pairama F Nga Puhi NLD 1900-2000

Mrs. Patricia FRYBERG, 11 Christie Crescent, Havelock North, HBY 4201, New Zealand.



Huria MATENGA F unknown unknown 1897 Toni GRAFTON, 41 Charles Street, Invercargill, SLD 9501, New Zealand.



Tiaki Kaika (Emma Te Kawa) F Ngai Tahu CBY/OTG 1814-1884 Pakanui F Ngai Tahu CBY/OTG 1824-1872

Miss. Roimata KERSHAW, 2 Turville Crescent, Newlands, Wellington, WTN 6004, New Zealand.


RESEARCH NAMES M/F TRIBE/IWI TOWN or PROVINCE TIME PERIOD Robert Edward KERSHAW M English Taranaki 1900's Pango Mauruuru TARAWHITI F Taranaki 1800-1900 Mere TURAHUI F Taranaki 1890-1900's Tamou KERSHAW M Taranaki 1890-1900's Ms. Lynda LINES, Private Bag 25, Nelson, NLN 7001, New Zealand. E-Mail: [email protected] RESEARCH NAMES M/F TRIBE/IWI TOWN or PROVINCE TIME PERIOD HETARIKI F Nga Puhi NLD 1850-1900 WIREMU M Te Rarawa NLD 1850-1900

Mrs. Andrea OOSTERWIJK, 38 Balmerino Crescent, Hamilton, WKT 2001, New Zealand.

E-Mail: [email protected] RESEARCH NAMES M/F TRIBE/IWI TOWN or PROVINCE TIME PERIOD

Ruarangi M Ngati Whatua AKD pre 1864

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Mr. Ian R. WALLER, 21 Maeroa Road East, Beerescourt, Hamilton, WKT 2001, New Zealand. E-Mail: [email protected] RESEARCH NAMES M/F TRIBE/IWI TOWN or PROVINCE TIME PERIOD WALLER M/F N/K WKT 1800+ WALLER M/F N/K WKT 1800/2002

CAN YOU HELP? INFORMATION WANTED/CONTACT SOUGHT

HOTU, Whare married c1888 Te Iriroa Kate SEXEY dau of Henare (Henry) and Heenie Jane SEXEY née NGA-MAKO. Children: Rongo; Rea and Nga Turu. Contact sought with descendants. Bruce MATHERS, 1/B Johnston Street, Waihi, WKT 2981, New Zealand. E-mail: [email protected] : www.rcyachts.net/mathers SEXEY, Catherine aka Kataraina Te Iriroa HOTU bn c1865 dau of Henare (Henry) TIKITINI (SEXEY) and Heeni (Jane) Ngamako KIRI KIRI. Catherine/Kataraina mc 1888 Te Whare HOTU. Catherine died 6 Feb 1939 and Te Whare died 9 Dec 1954 both Oparure and buried Te Kuiti, KCY. Issue three daughters; Rongo m BAKER; Rea m HEMOPO and Nga Turu m PAPARAHI. Contact sought with descendants. Bruce R. MATHERS [#6666] 1-B Johnston Street, Waihi WKT 2981 NZ. E-mail: [email protected] : www.rcyachts.net/mathers SEXEY, Charles E. bn c1818 London. According to oral family history “Charles came to the Waikato long before [John] MORGAN the Missionary [1832]. Charles was one of four stowaway ‘boys’ who came up the Waikato [River?] from the Coast [Port Waikato?]. Two Chiefs, POROKORA & HAKEPA adopted them.” Does anyone else have a similar story in their family of stowaways and Maori adoption from this time period? Bruce MATHERS, 1/B Johnston Street, Waihi, WKT 2981, New Zealand. E-mail: [email protected] : www.rcyachts.net/mathers TIKITINI, Henare aka Henry SEXEY Bapt 16 Sept 1849 Kihikihi, WKT m Heeni (Jane) Ngamako KIRI KIRI 30 Mar 1874 Mohaka, HBY. Where/when did Henare die? Not in RGO Indexes, no reply from Oparure Marae, Te Kuiti; no reply from Ngati Maniapoto Trust Te Kuiti, KCY; no reply from Te Kuiti Undertakes; no reply from Wairoa Dist. Council. Looking for Grave/Headstone for Henare & Heeni. Bruce R. MATHERS [#6666] 1-B Johnston Street, Waihi WKT 2981 NZ. E-mail: [email protected] : www.rcyachts.net/mathers

WALLER family Whakapapa. I am interested in locating further information on this family from the Mercer, Meremere, Pokeno and Te Kuiti areas. I am particularly interested in family data and the origination of the WALLER surname. Please contact Ian WALLER, E-mail: [email protected]

When contacting officers of the MAORI INTEREST GROUP

Always QUOTE YOUR NZSG MEMBERSHIP NUMBER

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DISCLAIMER

The Editors and Webmaster wel-come contributions for publication, but reserve the right to edit as necessary. The views expressed are not necessarily those of the Society, MIG, Editors, Webmaster and/or the Committee, and we therefore do not accept any respon-sibility for information or opinions

expressed.

All information is provided in good faith as a general reference source only and which is given for "GENEALOGICAL" purposes as possible finding aids. The Society, MIG and their executives cannot vouch for the accuracy of any reference material.

The Maori Interest Group occasionally provides Maps as a general reference source only and the researcher should undertake more in-depth research, once the broad proximity of the Iwi has been identified. BM

When corresponding with officers of the MIG always quote your NZSG Membership Number and include a LARGE Stamped Self-Addressed Envelope [SSAE] with your letter if a reply is anticipated.

N.B. I am very reluctant to publish mem-ber’s E-mail addresses only in Te Reo – I don’t think that this is being fair to those members without the Internet and it is also limiting your own chances of receiving a reply to only those mem-bers with the Internet. BM

MIG OBJECTIVES

1/. To assist others researching Maori Whakapapa by way of sharing our knowledge of areas of research.

2/. To compile a list of repositories, books etc that will assist with Maori research.

3/. To acquire books purchased through the Maori Inter-est Group and from donations [and group badge pro-ceeds] for all [NZ] members to use.

4/. It is noted we will not be researching for others but offering assistance to give others a channel of research that may help them. We have a research officer who will offer assistance in an advisory capacity.

MIG Services: Quarterly Newsletters; February, May, August & November. Published Newsletter Queries. Brief Research Queries Answered. Members Surname/Whakapapa Interest List.

MIG Subscription: As from the 1st November 2001 Membership of the New Zealand Society of Genealogist Maori Interest Group is free to all Financial Members of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists.

Those NZSG Members wishing to receive hardcopies of the MIG newsletter Te Reo must supply the MIG Secre-tary with four (4) A5 envelopes with a .90¢ stamp on each envelope.

MIG Meetings: Usually in conjunction with the NZSG Biennial Conference—This is usually the MIG AGM Meeting. BM

MAORI INTEREST GROUP BADGES

Group Badges are now available for purchase from the MIG Secretary for NZ$5.50¢ each including postage. Please make all cheques/money orders payable to the NZSG

Maori Interest Group;

Sec/Treas: Mrs. Brenda JOYCE 17 Peterhouse St, Tawa

Wellington, WTN 6006. NZ. E-mail: [email protected] Colour : Black on Silver.

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TE REO - The Voice [of the NZSG MIG] Reference source:

The Reed Pocket Dictionary of Modern Maori. P.M. Ryan 1999.

Printed in Australia © NZSG MIG 2003

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