Honiana Te Puni / Te Āti Awa
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General Links
Below is a round-up of links relating to Honiana Te Puni online — have a browse.
Biographical overview
Below you'll find two encyclopaedia entries for Te Ati Awa chief Honiana Te Puni, published 24 years apart — one in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, and one published in 1990 in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography by Angela Ballara. Both are made available through Te Ara — The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Te Puni's signature on the Treaty
"Henry Williams, who had translated the Treaty of Waitangi into Māori, sailed from the Bay of Islands on 2 April 1840 with two Māori-language copies of the document. He left one with his brother William Williams at Tūranga (Gisborne) on 8 April. He arrived at Port Nicholson (Wellington) in mid-April, but for 10 days could not persuade chiefs to sign. A meeting was finally arranged on the schooner Ariel on 29 April, when 39 chiefs signed."
On the library site
Here are some resources related to Te Puni that the library has provided digital transcriptions of to make available online:
Other mentions
Books
Mentions and content related to Honiana Te Puni in books (print and online). The physical books we've mentioned can be accessed through the National Library of New Zealand. Have a browse!
Physical books
- He who digged a pit : a tale founded on fact, and other stories / by William Freeman (1889), p. 14/o
- Manual of New Zealand history / by J. Howard Wallace, p. 27
- The hand-book for New Zealand : consisting of the most recent information / compiled for the use of intending colonists by a late magistrate of the colony, who resided there during four years (1848), p. 100
- Adventure in New Zealand from 1839 to 1844 : with some account of the beginning of the British colonization of the islands / by Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1908) p. 52 etc, 137, 145, 150, 157
- The story of New Zealand : past and present : savage and civilized / by Arthur S. Thomson, Vol. 2 (1859). p. 226.
Digitised books & miscellanea
- Polynesian mythology / Sir George Grey (1855), p. 300
- Earliest New Zealand : the journals and correspondence of the Rev. John Butler / compiled by R.J. Barton (1927), p. 416, 420, 426
- The Death and burial of Te Puni, 1870. In Louis Ward's Early Wellington, (pp. 173-176).
- Index entry for Te Puni (Person)
This collects all references to Te Puni across the NZETC
Newspaper articles
Papers Past
From the National Library of New Zealand's Papers Past database (pertaining to the death of Honiana Te Puni).
- Funeral of Honiana Te Puni (1870, 9 December) Evening Post. Retrieved from Papers Past.
- Funeral of Te Puni (1870, 10 December) Evening Post. Retrieved from Papers Past.
- Death of Te Puni (1871, 3 January) Wellington Independent. Retrieved from Papers Past.
- Wellington. (From our own correspondent.) (1870, 20 December) North Otago Times. Retrieved from Papers Past.
- Wellington. (From our own correspondent.) (1870, 21 December) Taranaki Herald. Retrieved from Papers Past.
- Local and General News (1871, 3 January) Wellington Independent. Retrieved from Papers Past.
- Funeral of Epuni (1872, 2 February) Wellington Independent. (Pertains to erecting a mausoleum) Retrieved from Papers Past.
- Death of Te Whiti ; The Big Tangi ; Interesting Reminiscences ; A Quiet Day (1907, 22 November) Taranaki Herald. (within “Death of Te Whiti”). Retrieved from Papers Past.
Letters & Manuscripts
The Donald McLean Papers
Donald McLean (1820-1877) was an influential figure in mid-19th century New Zealand history. He was a dominant figure in relations between Māori and the Government during this tumultuous period. These letters are from the Donald McLean Papers, and relate to land issues.
Please note: These letters are hosted on the National Library website and can be confusing to interact with — if you find this, you're not alone!
We've linked to this location, because mostly images are available on these records to view, but for more information and transcriptions and translations, opt to view the original record on Turnbull's collection portal, and then click to 'Access Digital Content'.
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