Bishop Selwyn Collection of Early Māori Documents - Presented in 1967 by Bishop Simkin

Description

NameBishop Selwyn Collection of Early Māori Documents - Presented in 1967 by Bishop SimkinDescriptionA number of letters written by Māori to Bishop Selwyn between the 1840s and the 1870s were rescued by the Anglican Bishop of Auckland, Bishop Simkin, from being destroyed. The Deed of Trust to the University of Waikato states that Bishop Simkin salvaged the collection of manuscript letters from destruction in the Auckland Public Incinerator. In accepting the collection, the Vice Chancellor, Sir Donald R. Llewellyn, commented that “their worth, sentimentally and historically is beyond calculation.” The documents, most addressed to Bishop Selwyn, were given into his care for delivery to the addressee, or collected by the Bishop during his time in New Zealand, and are a record of contact between Māori and the missionaries in New Zealand’s early days.Original SourcePresented by Deed of Trust to the University of Waikato in 1967LinkCollection Overview

Letter

Letter from H.W. & Pokai Heke at Omapere

Letter from Mana Tame at Waitemata

Letter from Waritana Wiremu Hoete

Letter from Multiple authors at Hauraki

Letter from Te Warau & Ors at Te Kaha

Letter from Pokai Wi

Letter from Aperahama at Owae (near Kawakawa, Bay of Islands)

Letter from Tikao Te Onerau

Letter from Hamuera Taumaru at Rangitikei

Letter from Wiremu Tarapipipi at Waitemata

Letter from multiple authors at Tūranga

Letter from multiple authors at Hakaroa

Letter from Makaore Taonui at Utakura

Letter from Tamihana Katu (Tamihana Te Rauparaha) at Waipiro

Letter from Tamihana Katu (Tamihana Te Rauparaha) at Kapiti

Letter from Pokaka

Letter from Rota Waitoa

Letter from Ahitana Te Awatiti for Ngatiruanui tribe

Letter from Copy of letter written by Te Rauparaha to Taraea at Poneke

Letter from William Hau at Kororareka

Letter from Paora Ruru at Ruapuke (Raglan County)

Letter from Wiremu Tamihana at Warekauri

Letter from Matene and Pipi at Otaki

Publication (PDF)

Bishop Selwyn Letters - Overview

Bishop Selwyn Collection of Early Māori Documents - Presented in 1967 by Bishop Simkin

Connections

PersonGeorge Augustus Selwyn