He reo ture nō ngā iwi Māori whānui / Māori community generated language
This is part of the Legal Māori Archive, a selection of texts relating to the use of Māori language in legal contexts.
These documents include many petitions, circular letters, letters to the Governor etc, evidence submitted by Māori to various commissions of inquiry and tribunals.
- [Circular letter, 13 July 1844, inviting chiefs to a hui to discuss Hone Heke]
- [Circular, 23 February 1876, about candidates in Eastern Māori electorate]
- [Circular, 5 June 1876, about the Eastern Māori election poll petition]
- [Correspondence, March 1865, relating to Hauhauism in Hawke’s Bay]
- Correspondence Relative to the Manawatu Block
- Evidence of Native Chiefs
- Further Papers Relative to The Native Insurrection
- Further Papers Relative to The Native Insurrection
- Further Papers Relative to The Native Insurrection
- Further Papers relative to the Native Insurrection [Correspondence relating to the fall of Rangiriri and Ngāruawāhia]
- The Himatangi Back Rents (petition of Rairi Rangiheuea and others relative to), together with report thereon by the Native Affairs Committee
- [Invitation, January 1892, to the first Kotahitanga meeting, held in April]
- Ko Te Kahiti Tuturu Mo. Aotearoa, me te Waipounamu.
- Te Karoro Tipi Hau. He Kimihanga, He Haunga i Te Whare Nui o Tongameha
- He Kupu na Maketu ki a Te Kawana Kerei mo Ngatiawa i Te Whare-herehere
- He kupu na nga kai-whakapae ki a te Kawana Kerei mo Ngatiawa i te whare-herehere
- [Letter written by Henare Kaiwai and Henare Tomoana on the 8th Pepuere, 1876]
- Letters From Certain Chiefs Of Ahuriri to Dr. Featherston
- [Letters expressing support for Grey's policies]
- Letters from Native Chiefs to Mr. Fitzgerald, M.H.R.
- Letter from William Thompson to His Excellency the Governor relative to terms of peace
- Ka mine te Runanga o Poneke ka whai ki a Te Petatone te Huparitene kia ratou, ko ana korero enei mo te taha moari [i.e. maori] ki tana Runanga
- Letters on the Present State of Maori Affairs
- Ki Nga Maori [A letter to Grey, 27 March 1862, about Taranaki land, with a preliminary note]
- Memorial Relative to Working of Native Lands Court
- Native difficulties at Taranaki (address to His Excellency the Governor and the Hon. the Premier from the Ngapuhi and Te Rarawa, relative to)
- The Native Lands Settlement and Administration Bill, 1898 (letters received by the Premier from native chiefs and others relative to) : laid on the table of the House of Representatives by leave of the House.
- [Notice asking for support for a petition on land matters]
- [Notice, 28 April 1862, concerning administrative arrangements with Te Keha]
- [Notice, 4 August 1887, of a decision about who to support in the election]
- Panuitanga
- He Panuitanga
- Papers Relative to the Native Meeting Held at Peria, in October, 1862
- Peawhairangi, Maehe 10, 1887. Statement resulting from a hui at Waitangi, 8-9 March 1887
- He petihona na Ngaitahu ki te Paremata o Nu Tireni [Petition seeking redress for the injustices of South Island land transactions]
- [Petition, 23 May 1893, seeking self-government by Māori]
- Petition Relative to the Timber Floating Bill
- Petition from na Tikawenga Te Tau, and forty-four others : presented by the Honourable Mr. Ngatata : ordered by the Honourable the Legislative Council to be printed, 19th September, 1973
- Petition from Renata Kawepo, and twenty-four others
- Petition of 300 Maoris of Hawke’s Bay, Wairoa, Turanga, and Taupo : presented August 14th, 1873, and ordered to be printed
- Petition of 371 Maoris of Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa, Wairoa, and Turanganui.
- Petition of H. M. Rangitakaiwaho and others
- Petition of Haimona Te Aoterangi, and 167 others : presented to the House of Representatives on 18th August, 1874.
- Petition of Hemi Parai : presented to the Legislative Council by the Hon. Mr. Mantell, on the 11th of August, 1874.
- Petition of Henare Matua and twenty-nine others
- Petition of Henare Matua and twenty-two others : presented to the Honourable the Legislative Council by the Hon. Mr. Mantell, the twenty-first of August, 1874.
- Petition of Henere Te Herekau and other Natives
- Petition of Heta Hungahunga on the subject of certain lands at Waipawa, in the Province of Hawke's Bay
- Petition of Hiraka Te Aroatua and Others, complaining of the Sale of certain lands in the Province of Hawke's Bay
- Petition of Hirini Karauria Pupu, Etc., relative to a Mortgage over his land in the Province of Hawke's Bay
- Petition of Ihakara and other Natives, Resident at Rangitikei and Manawatu
- Petition of John Topi Patuki
- Petition from Major Kemp and Thirty-Two others.
- Petition of Major Kemp Te Rangihiwinui, With Maori Translation Attached.
- Petition of Mohi Mangakahia and 19 others
- Petition of Natives of Poverty Bay and East Cape
- Petition of Natives residing at East Cape
- Petition of Nopera Kuikainga and Others, as to the claims of a Native Woman, now living in Hawke's Bay, to certain lands in the Waikato District
- Petition of Paora Tuhaere
- Petition of Raniera Turoa and 595 others
- Petition of Reha Aperahama and 47 Others
- Petition of Rutene Te Umanga and 204 Others, and Correspondence Relative Thereto
- Petition of Tamihana Te Rauparaha and Others
- Petition of Te Rangiwhakaewa and Others, in the Province of Hawke's Bay, relative to the Purchase of the Seventy-Mile Bush
- Petition of Te Teira and Other Natives Respecting the Relinquishment of Waitara
- Petition of the Federated Maori Assembly of New Zealand
- Petition of Wi Tamihana Te Waharoa: praying that the Waikato be restored to him
- Petition of Wi Te Hakiro and 336 others (part of)
- Petition of Wi Tuku and 141 others : presented to the Legislative Council by the Honourable G.R. Johnson, on the 18th August, 1875
- Petition of William Thompson, Te Waharoa
- Petition of the Arawa Tribe
- Petition Relative to the Native Reserves Bill.
- [Petition to Parliament on the dangers of alcohol, relating to the King Country]
- Petition to Parliament seeking a further enquiry into Hawke's Bay land Issues
- [Petition to Queen Victoria and accompanying circular, 26 December 1888]
- [Petition to Queen Victoria, 29 May 1875, proposing McLean as a spokesperson for Māori]
- Petitions Presented to The House of Representatives
- Petitions of Renata Kawepo and 790 others, and Piripi Ropata and 200 others
- Te piipiwharauroa, tihe, tihe, tihe ere mauriora, hapainga e, hapainga e
- Pitihana a Meiha Keepa Te Rangihiwinui me etahi atu : mo runga mo te mahara kia tu he Paramete Maori (me nga whaikorero ki te aroaro o te Komiti mo nga Mea Maori)
- Ko te Pitihana a Nga Iwi o Niu Tireni ki Ingarani
- Ki Poneke, ki a te Makarini : e hoa, tena koe
- To the Premier from the Ngatiapa Tribe
- [Printed letter to Waikato chiefs about the causes of war in Taranaki]
- [Printed letter, 21 September 1861, about land and Kīngitanga]
- [Printed letter, 24 April 1860, objecting to Kīngi's assertions of land ownership]
- [Printed letter, 3 March 1876, about the Eastern Māori election outcome]
- [Printed notice, 30 April 1885, inviting specimens for an exhibition]
- Proposals of Mr. Sydney David Taiwhanga, M.H.R., for the Colonization and Settlement of Maori Lands
- [Protest from Te Arawa at the provisions of an 1893 land purchase Bill]
- Renata's Speech and Letter to the Superintendent of Hawke's Bay on the Taranaki War Question; in the original Maori, with an English translation.
- Report on Native Land Claims in Marlborough
- Return of the Correspondence signed or, Purporting to be signed by William Thompson te Waharoa, etc.
- [Speech at opening of Kingitanga assembly, 5 May 1892]
- Statement by H. K. Taiaroa, M.H.R., on the Report by Judge Fenton on the Petition on the Ngaitahu Tribe
- [Submission, 25 July 1898, on draft legislation relating to land]
- Ki nga tangata Maori o te kotinga ki Poneke
- Tenei Ano Te Korero a Hone Hihana Te Roia, Ki Nga Maori i Hui Ki Pakipaki, i Te Turei, Te 15 O Nga Ra O Aperira, i Te Tau 1873.
- Te Whare e kiia ana te Ingoa ko Te Mahi Tamariki, Otakou, Hune 10th, 1875.
- Tongariro and Ruapehu National Park (correspondence relative to a gift of portion of)
- [Twelve points from Wairarapa Māori related to the petition to Queen Victoria]
- Ki te whakaminenga o Niu Tireni e noho nei kei te Parameta : tenei petihana no matou no nga tangata Maori e mau nei o matou ingoa kiraro ake nei, no Haki Pei, no Wairarapa, no te Wairoa, no Turanganui.
- Ki a Wikitoria, te Kuini o te Rangatiratanga, kotahi o Kereita Piritone, raua ko Aerana : me tenei motu ano hoki, e tiakina nei e tou atawhai
- Ko te whakataunga tenei o te whakawa mo Opoho