Bruce Biggs Papers

Collections comprises 33 folders of material assembled by the estate of Professor Bruce Biggs, Ngāti Ranginui (1921-2000) on topics related to Māori history, language, culture and whakapapa. Includes copies of manuscripts, invitations, pamphlets, photocopies, ephemera, loose and bound papers, handwritten notes, letters, and newspaper clippings.

Series are:

Correspondence of Manual of Māori Conversation
Ephemera, Clippings and Reviews
Māori governance, language, and community ephemera
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 28
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 31
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 33
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 43 - Ātua
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 46 - Ātua whakapapa and Maui
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 49 - Māori Cosmology
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 50 - Poems and Legends
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 51 - Te Rangikāheke Manuscripts
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 55 - Tangaroa
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 59 - Muriranga
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 77 - Whakapapa and Migration
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 79 - Tiki-Tawhito-Ariki
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 81 - Māori Beliefs 001
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 81 - Māori Beliefs 002
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 85 - Māori Customs
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 86 - Te Haramiti
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 87 - Te Hunga
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 89 - Tā Moko Process
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 90 - Poems and Waiata
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 91 - Creation Story
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 92 and Correspondence
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 104-105 - Grey Letters
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 111 - Maui
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 112 - Whakataupotiki
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 113 - Raumahora
Copy and Notes GNZMSS 116 and 33 - Creation Story
Invitations and Ephemera
Whānau reunion, Ritual practice, and Tainui history
Kiingitanga
Māori Land and Whakapapa