Elsmore - Mana from heaven: a century of Maori prophets in New Zealand

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Over the several years I have spent researching this subject I have been helped by a large number of people and the assistance of all of them is greatly appreciated.

Many tangata whenua throughout Aotearoa have given me their time and hospitality for which I am very grateful. More importantly, they have shared their knowledge in the wish that it survive and be available to this and succeeding generations. These include: Mr R.P. Emery (Te Kuiti), Mrs Aroha Greenland (Taumarunui), Mr Eparaima Te Paa (Ahipara), Miss Christina Lyndon, (Whangarei), Mr Sandy Stewart (Kerikeri), Mr Walter Hauraki (Omanaia), Mr Dick Himona, Mr and Mrs Jim Rimene (Masterton), Mr Piri Sciascia (Wellington), Mr Timi Kara Tewai (Ronnie) Bell (Mahanga), Mr Rua Niania, Mr and Mrs J. Robinson (Iwitea), Mr Teti Peka (Kihitu), Mr and Mrs Mac Whaanga (Mahia), Mr Api Hape, Mrs Maria Thompson, Mr Turi Tipoki, Mr Horace Whaanga (Wairoa), Mr M. Delamere, Mr and Mrs Tiwai Amoamo (Opotiki), Mr and Mrs Anaru Kohu, Mrs Meri Lucas, Mrs Pera Nuku, Mrs Nancy Tippett (Tauranga), Mr Hawiki Ranapia (Motiti), Mr William Pakeha (Te Teko), Mrs Elizabeth Murchie (Rotorua).

Some of these people have already passed on by the time this could be completed. Ki a koutou ka whakapai ahau mo ta koutou atawhai.

A great number of other people have assisted this work in many ways, and to these I must also express my gratitude Dr Harold W. Turner (Birmingham, England), Mr G.L. Baker (Patea), Mrs Margaret Dysart (Blenheim), Mr Bernard Teague, Mrs Thelma Teague, Mr Dave Hughes (Wairoa), Mr Keith Cairns (Masterton), Dr and Mrs R.M.S. Taylor (Papatoetoe), Mr Richard Hill, Mrs Tolla Williment, Rev. Dr M.W. Mulcahy (Wellington), Mr D.H. Maxwell, Mr A.H. Matheson (Tauranga), Mr Frank Davis (Palmerston North), Mr Bill Dacker (Dunedin), Mr A. Van der Wouden (Whakatane), Mr H.G.D. White (Opotiki), Mr W. Greenwood (Timaru), Mr J.R. Downs (Hamilton), Father J. Durning (Wanganui).

The staff of a number of libraries and government departments have been very helpful, and this assistance is also acknowledged with sincere thanks: Alexander Turnbull Library (National Library of New Zealand/Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa), General Assembly Library, National Archives (Wellington), Hocken Library (University of Otago), Auckland Public Library, Auckland War Memorial Museum Library, St Johns College Library, Hawkes Bay Museum Library, Bernard Sladden Library and Tauranga Public Library (Tauranga), Hamilton Public Library, University of Waikato Library, Wanganui City Library, Hawera Library, Taranaki Museum, University of Birmingham Library, Selwyn College Library (Cambridge, England), Department of Justice, Department of Statistics, Police Department. In addition, much appreciated help with research has been given by the Wesley Historical Society, Brother Gerard Hogg and Miss M. Lindsay of the Provincial Archives of the Society of Mary (Wellington).

Special thanks are due to Dr J. Veitch of Victoria University for the time, help, and valuable suggestions given, and to Dr P. Donovan (Massey University) and Dr Harold W. Turner (Birmingham, England) for comments.

To my husband Ken, and children Candy and Aaron, my love and thanks for their continuing support and interest over the many years during which this project has taken up so much of my time and interest. Without this support, and particularly Kens technical help with a variety of complex problems relating to computers, it would not have been possible.