Griffin, E. M.
Production date
1971-1976
Description
Papers and photographs on the history of Te Namu Pa at Opunake, including extracts from letters from Bishop George Selwyn October 1842 - January 1843 who visited Te Namu during that period and an article written by W. J. Phillips published in the Journal of the Polynesian Society.
Object detail
Part 1
1) Two notes from Griffin to Lambert re gift of papers. 1976
2) Te Namu Pa. The history of the pa as known to the writer (Griffin) including finding a partly buried stone on which there was a petroglyph. Also describes the battle of Te Namu.
3) A visit to Te Ngamu Oct 1842 extracts from letters from Bishop George Selwyn October 1842 - January 1843 from a typescript letter held in the Alexander Turnbull Library. These were written to his mother who never saw them for she died on Oct 17 1842. Typescript and copy.
4) A Sacred Stone of Namu Pa Photocopy of extract for the Journal of the Polynesian Society. Copy
5) A collection of photographs from the Alexander Turnbull Library relating to Te Namu including an image of the petroglyph and Mary Dobie's grave.
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