John White
3 January 1826–1891
(author)
Scholar, writer, linguist, public servant.
Genealogy
Spouses: Mary Bagnall
Works by this Author in Our Collection
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Awatea, Taranaki, Nga-Ti-Hau, Nga-Ti-Rua-Nui [Vol. VIII, Māori]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Awatea, Taranaki, Nga-Ti-Hau Nga-Ti-Rua-Nui [Vol. VIII, English]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Horo-Uta or Taki-Tumu Migration. [Vol. I]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Horo-Uta or Taki-Tumu Migration. [Vol. II]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Horo-Uta or Taki-Tumu Migration. [Vol. III]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Nga-Puhi [Vol. X, English]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Nga-Puhi [Vol. X, Māori]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Nga-Puhi [Vol. XI]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Nga-Ti-Whatua
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Nga-Ti-Whatua [Vol. XIII]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Tai-Nui. [Vol. V]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Tai-Nui. [Vol. IV]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Tai-Nui. [Vol VI]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Te Arawa [Vol. VII, English]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Te Arawa [Vol. VII, Māori]
- Illustrations Prepared for White’s Ancient History of the Maori
- Te Rou, or, The Maori at Home
Subject of Texts
Mentioned in
- 'Tableaux of Queerness': The Ethnographic Novels of John White
- A History of the Birds of New Zealand.
- Ancient History of the Maori
- An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology
- Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
- England and the Maori Wars
- Hauhauism: An Episode in the Maori Wars 1863-1866
- Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori; with a Sketch of Polynesian History
- Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
- Introduction: "A land mild and bold, diffident and pertinent"
- Kōtare 1999, Volume Two, Number One
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Three: ‘The Early Poets’
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Two: ‘Early Male Prose Writers’
- Legends of the Maori
- Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century:
- Moko; or Maori Tattooing
- Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
- Plume of the Arawas
- Polynesian Voyagers. The Maori as a Deep-sea Navigator, Explorer, and Colonizer
- Robley: Te Ropere, 1840—1930
- Te Rou, or, The Maori at Home
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Horo-Uta or Taki-Tumu Migration. [Vol. I]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Horo-Uta or Taki-Tumu Migration. [Vol. III]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Tai-Nui. [Vol. V]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions. Nga-Puhi [Vol. X, Māori]
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions. Nga-Ti-Whatua [Vol. XIII]
- The Astronomical Knowledge of the Maori, Genuine and Empirical
- The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
- The Life and Times of Patuone
- The Long White Cloud
- The Maori As He Was : A Brief Account of Maori Life as it was in Pre-European Days
- The Maori Division of Time
- The Maori Race
- The Maori - Volume I
- The Maori - Volume II
- The Moa-Hunters of New Zealand: Sportsman of the Stone Age
- Tuatara: Volume 26, Issue 1, September 1982
- Tuatara: Volume 8, Issue 3, April 1961
Cited in
- 'Tableaux of Queerness': The Ethnographic Novels of John White
- Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
- Robley: Te Ropere, 1840—1930
- Takitimu
- The Maori - Volume II
- Tuatara: Volume 8, Issue 3, April 1961
Image Gallery
.jpg "Fig. 54.—Ancient Moko pattern called Moko Kuri in Mr. J. White's book")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "John White":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
