Research Catalog

Title

The Māori history and place names of Hawke's Bay / J.D.H. Buchanan ; edited by D.R. Simmons.

Author

Buchanan, J. D. H. (John Duncan Henry), 1902-1961.

Publication

Auckland : Reed, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

Simmons, D. R.

Description

252 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

Maori History and Place Names of Hawke's Bay is a well-regarded regional history made available once more in this new edition. It represents a valuable study of Maori culture and a permanent record of people and place names in the Hawke's Bay that have always been known - but not always located - since early times. In the late 1940s J.D.H. Buchanan began studying, collecting and recording local traditions, conversations with district elders, family genealogies, early survey maps and Maori Land Court proceedings in the Hawke's Bay area. Following his death in 1961, Buchanan's notes were edited by David Simmons. Beginning from the moment Maori arrived in the area on the Takitimu, the book traces the history of local iwi including Ngati Kahungungu, Rangitane and Ngati Awa. Also featured are meticulous plans of pa sites, aerial photographs of the countryside, and a comprehensive gazetteer of place names.

Alternative Title

• Māori history & place names of Hawke's Bay
• Māori history & place names of Hawke's Bay

Subject

• Māori (New Zealand people) > Hawke's Bay > History
• Names, Geographical > Māori
• Hawke's Bay (N.Z.) > Gazetteers
• Hawke's Bay (N.Z.) > History

Genre/Form

• Gazetteers
• History

Note

• "New edition"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-233) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

List of maps and sketches -- Foreword -- Preface -- Maori history of Hawke's Bay -- Introduction and pre-Kahungunu times -- Takitimu -- Taraia -- Te Whatuiapiti -- Te Wheao -- Te Rotoatara -- Maori place names of Hawke's Bay -- Introduction -- Napier District -- Inner Harbour -- Clive and Mangateretere -- Hastings and Havelock North -- Omahu -- Te Mata -- Te Matauamaui -- Waimarama -- Pakipaki -- Tutaekuri -- Ngaruroro -- Tukituki -- Rahuirua District -- Waikoukou Pa -- Heretaunga Ridge -- Notes on pa of Te Mata -- Gazetteer of Maori place names of Hawke's Bay -- Sources used for the Gazetteer -- General index -- Index of place names -- Index of personal and tribal names -- Maps and sketches.

ISBN

0790009714 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2005391046

OCLC

• 65405841
• SCSB-11363096

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library