Iwi and Hapu Resources

Taranaki

• Broughton, Ruka. The origins of Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi. Dept. of Maori Affairs, 1983. To read, ask staff.
• Griffin, E.M. Tales of Te Namu and Hori Teira. Printed by Taranaki Newspapers, [1972?].To read, ask staff.
• Houston, John. Māori life in old Taranaki, foreword by Danny Keenan. (new ed.) Reed, 2006.
• Riseborough, H. Days of darkness : Taranaki, 1878-1884. Allen & Unwin, 1989.
• Smith, S.Percy. History and traditions of the Maoris of the West Coast, North Island of New Zealand, prior to 1840. New Plymouth : Polynesian Society, 1910. To read, ask staff.
• Smith, S. Percy. Māori wars of the nineteenth century : the struggle of the northern against the southern Māori tribes prior to the colonisation of New Zealand in 1840. Whitcombe & Tombs, 1910.
• Wells, B. The history of Taranaki. Edmondson & Avery, 1878.
• White, John. The ancient history of the Māori. 13 vols. Government printer 1887-90 and Waikato University. Vol. 8. Awatea, Taranaki, Ngatihau, Ngatiruanui

Whanganui

• Simon, Morvin. Taku whare e ... : he mauri tu = my home my heart : the spirit dwells still. (1991)
  A brief anthology of Marae throughout the Wanganui and Rangitikei Districts, and those features that make them unique. Map on inside back cover.
• Partington, W. H. T. Te Awa : Partington's photographs of Whanganui Māori. (2003)
  The reproduction of this collection of 19th century photographs of Maori by W.H.T. Partington is an important event, in both historical and photographic terms. Most of these photographs have never been exhibited before.
• McEwen, J.M. Rangitane : a tribal history. (1986, 2002)
  This major work traces the history of the Rangitāne tribe, now based around the Manawatu but with genealogical and political links extending throughout central New Zealand.
• Buick, T. Lindsay. Old Manawatu or the wild days of the West. Capper Press, 1975.To read, ask staff.
• Downes, T.W. Old Whanganui. W.A. Parkinson, 1915.To read, ask staff.

Kapiti Coast - other resources

• Carkeek, Wakahuia The Kapiti Coast : Maori tribal history and place names of the Paekakariki-Otaki district. (1978, 2004)
  This recounts the sequence of settlement from the first arrivals of the Tokomaru and Kurahaupo canoes to the European settlers' ships. Particular attention is given to the story of Te Rauparaha, who had his base on Kapiti Island.
• Browne, C. Bill Jenkins, Kapiti coast pioneer, in, Otaki Historical Society historical journal; no.7 (1984). To read, ask staff.
• Collins, Hēni. Ka mate ka ora! : the spirit of Te Rauparaha. Steele Roberts, 2010.
• Hyland, Queenie Rikihana. Mana Wahine. Reed, 2006.
• McDonald, Rod A. Te Hekenga : early days in Horowhenua. G.H Bennett, 1979.
• Maclean, Chris. Kapiti. Whitcombe Press, 1999.
• Mitchell, Sonia. The history of Te Whakaminenga o Kapiti. Kapiti Coast District Council, 2007.
• Royal, Te Ahukaramū Charles. Kāti au i kōnei : a collection of songs from Ngāti Toarangatira and Ngāti Raukawa. Huia Publishers, 1994.
• Te Kahui marae. Manawatu, Kapiti-Horowhenua, Wellington and Wairarapa Business Development Boards, c1998.
• Te Rauparaha, Tamihana. He pukapuka tātaku i nga mahi a Te Rauparaha nui = a record of the life of the great Te Rauparaha. Auckland University Press, 2020.

Wairarapa - other resources

• Bagnall, A. G. Wairarapa : an historical excursion. Masterton : Hedley's Bookshop, 1976. To read, ask staff.
• Carter, Mia. Early Palliser Bay. Featherston Publishing Committee, 1982. To read, ask staff.
• Chrisp, Tipene, compiler. [1998] Te raparapatanga o oāku kamo. 7 v.
  Printout of a database of Wairarapa Māori history and sources. These items contain records relating to subjects from traditional whare wananga about the creation of the universe, the migration of the ancestors to New Zealand and the settlement of Wairarapa.
  Contents : 1. Te Matakitaki-ā-Kupe, whiti atu ki Wairarapa moana -- 2. Papawai me ōna karangatanga hapū --3. Ngai Tumapuhia-ā-Rangi me ōna karangatanga hapū --4. Te Hika o Papauma me ōna karangatanga hapō --5. Maungaraki, whiti atu ki Hurunuiorangi, ki whiti atu ki Te Whiti -- 6. Ngāti Hamua me ōna karangatanga hapū -- 7. Wairarapa whānui
• Letters to the mountain : Māori letters to the editor, 19898-1905 = He reta ki te maunga. Reed Books, 2002.
• Ngāti Hamua : environmental education sheets. Greater Wellington Regional Council, c2005.
• Parsons, M.J. John and Te Aitu Jury : the Jurys of Wairarapa. M. Parsons, 1986. To read, ask staff.
• Ross, Gail McDonald. Hinehauone Coralie Cameron printmaker. Steele Roberts Aotearoa, [2013].
• Tuhirangi : Kohunui, Pirinoa, South Wairarapa. Kohunui Marae Trustees, 1992.
• Wairarapa ki Tararua report. Legislation Direct, 2010

Hutt Valley

• Bagnall, A.G. Okiwi : European occupation of the Eastern Bays, Port Nicholson : an outline history.
• Bayly, Janet. The Heretaunga/Waiwhetu river mouth : an historical narrative. Petone Settlers Museum, c1988. To read, ask staff.
• Gilmore, Neville. (Te Umumamaku) in Woburn, by Warwick Johnson. Hutt City Libraries, 2002.
• Hippolite, Joy. Ngāti Rangatahi. (Wai 145, doc H4)
• Johnson, Warwick. Britannia by the river, especially pp 25-34. The Heretaunga River Valley 1820s-1840s. Petone Settlers Museum ; Lower Hutt, N.Z. : Hutt City Council, c1999.
• Johnson, Warwick. The history of Petone foreshore, especially pp 23-43 Poutohutohu. W. Johnston, c2009.
• Malcolm, Kate. Calling Korokoro home : a history of the hill, 1800 to 2003. Korokoro School, 2003.
• Millar, D. P. Once upon a village : a history of Lower Hutt, 1819-1965. New Zealand University Press for the Lower Hutt City Corporation, 1972.
• Pickens, K.A. The Wellington Tenths, 1873-1896. (Wai 145, Doc 11).
• Rainey, Patricia Barton. Māwai Hakona of Upper Hutt. Orongomai Marae Community Centre Charitable Trust, [2008].
• Story of Arohanui ki te Tangata : the meeting house of "goodwill to all men" : Waiwhetu Lower Hutt City. Hutt Valley Tribal Committee, 1960. To read, ask staff.
• Te Kakano o te Aroha : the church marae of the Wellington Maori Pastorate. Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, c1992.

Porirua to Johnsonville

• Best, Elsdon. Porirua and they who settled it, from Canterbury Times, 11 March-1 July, 1914. To read, ask staff.
• Burns, Patricia. Te Rauparaha : a new perspective. Reed, 1980.
• Collins, Hēni. Ka mate ka ora! : the spirit of Te Rauparaha. Steele Roberts, 2010.
• Meyer, R.J. Up in the hills. Northern Suburbs Community Newspaper Trust, 1990.
• Wellington's north suburbs, 1840-1918. Millwood Press for the Onslow Historical Society, 1983.

Wellington Harbour - other resources

• Adkin, G. L. The great harbour of Tara : traditional Māori pace names and sites of Wellington Harbour.
• Best, Elsdon. The land of Tara and they who settled it : the story of the occupation of Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara (the great harbour of Tara), or Port Nicholson, by the Maoris. Printed for the Polynesian Society by Thomas Avery, 1919.
• Ehrhardt, Penny. Te Whanganui-a-Tara customary tenure, 1750-1850. (Wai 145, A41), 1993.
• Gilmore, Neville. The Myth of the overlords : tenure in Te Whanganui -a-Tara, 1819-1847. Waitangi Tribunal, 1997. (Wai 145, G3A)
• Jones, Kevin L. A guide to Wellington's Maori history : nga korero mua o te Upoko o te Ika.
• Lawlor, Pat. Old Wellington days : an intimate diary to which is appended The ships of Wellington, The Wellington of Katherine Mansfield and other literary associations, also James Cowan and his Wellington place-names. Whitcombe & Tombs, 1959. (especially chapter 8 : pp194-216, based on stories of Rangi Te Puni). Whitcombe & Tombs, 1959. To read, ask staff.
• Love, Matene. Heritage trail: Te Ara o nga Tupuna - the path of our ancestors.
• Nga waahi taonga o Te Whanganui a Tara : Maori sites inventory. Wellington City Council, 1995.
• Martin, John E. Empire city : Wellington becomes the capital of New Zealand. (2022)
• Pickens, K.A. The Wellington Tenths, 1873-1896. (Wai 145, Doc 11).
• Ward, Alan. Maori customary interests in the Port Nicholson district, 1820s-1840s : an overview. (Wai 145, M001)
• Yska, Redmer. Wellington: Biography of a City. (2006)
• Te Whanganui a Tara me one Takiwa. (Wai 145)

Wellington South Coast

• Brodie, J.W. Terawhiti and the goldfields. Karori Historical Society, 1986.
• Māori deeds of old private land purchases in New Zealand from the year 1815 to 1840. Government printer, 1882.
• Morrison, Catherine. Terawhiti. Arty Bee's Books, 2003.
• Nga waahi taonga o Te Whanganui a Tara : Maori sites inventory. Wellington City Council, 1995.

Wharekauri

• Brookfield, F. M. Waitangi and indigenous rights : revolution, law and legitimation. (Revised ed. 2006)
• King, Michael. Moriori : a people rediscovered. Viking, 1989.
• Maysmor, Rob. The Moriori of Rēkohu : t'chakat henu = people of the land. (2010)
• Richards, Rhys. Moriori : origins, lifestyles and language. (2018)
• Wills Johnson, Te Miria Kate. The people of the Chathams. GWJ Publications, 1994.

Te Tau Ihu o te Waka

• Mitchell, Hilary. Reclaiming rangatiratanga : the Wakatu Incorporation and the Crown. (2006)
• Mitchell, H & J. Te Tau Ihu o te Waka : a history of Maori of Nelson and Marlborough