Whanganui River
Scenic photographs of New Zealand complied by the Scenery Preservation Board
Date: [ca 1880-1910]
From: Scenery Preservation Board :Scenic photographs of New Zealand
By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; De Tourret, Ernest, active 1909-1912; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Scenery Preservation Board
Reference: PAColl-0444-1
Description: Photographs of the following: a set of seven photographs by Collis and annotated by F P Corkill, land agent, re landholding around the Waiwhakaiho River; scenic views such as waterfalls, lakes, and the Pink and White Terraces; bridges with annotations re height etc; sixteen numbered photographs mounted two to a card of scenic views in the Taranaki Region, Rotorua and the far north (including ones of Taumaha Gorge, Taranaki and Lake Ora - location unidentified); a set of seven photographs of the Waipu Caves including Lot's wife, the anvil and the sugar loaf in Morrison's Cave; a clipping of St Paul's Cupola and a photograph of Kauri Gully, Northcote with annotations on resolutions passed re the establishment of reservations; a panorama in two photographs of Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin with annotations re a potential reserve; and two of a tramping party of three men and five boys resting at a waterfall. Includes a recent hand-written list of the photographs. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted prints
He Iwi kotahi tatou (we are one people) - A pitch analyis
Date: 1993
From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7349-196
Description: He iwi kotahi tatou (we are one people) - a pitch analysis, 1983, with McLeod's account of coincidences relating to this - `He Iwi: the `Mysteries'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, typescript (some photocopies)
Brett Printing & Publishing Company Ltd :The Wanganui River, New Zealand. [ca 1910?]
Date: 1905 - 1915
By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd
Reference: Eph-B-TOURISM-Wanganui-1910-01
Description: Shows a complete overview of the river, with photographic illustrations (by photographer Denton) all around, including views of: Taumarunui, Te Rerenga-o-ko-Inaki, Otuiti Falls, Ohura Falls, Kirikiriroa, a Maori village, early morning on the river, a narrow gorge, a quiet reach, The Ladder scene, Tarepokiore, Paparoa rapids and waterfall, Parinui, The Caves, Ngaporo Rapids, Pipiriki Landing, a bend above Atene, Mangaio Creek, Hiruharama, Moutoa Island, Parikino Reach. Cove Wanganui, Upper Ohura Falls, River steamer wharves Wanganui. Dated by reference to other products of the Brett Printing Company. Cartographic has a copy at MapColl-832.41 atu [190?] Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on folded sheet, 960 x 270 mm, in blue folder cover 140 x 300 mm.
Young, David Christopher 1947-: Papers
Date: 1977-2009
By: Young, David Christopher, 1947-
Reference: MS-Group-2100
Description: Includes correspondence from his time as Deputy Editor for the Listener, correspondence and papers relating to his research on rivers, including the Whanganui, his Waitangi Tribunal work and other papers and letters relating to various research projects Source of title - Supplied by Library Arrangement: Arranged into series covering his major writings and correspondence. David Young is an author, oral historian and researcher. He has worked as deputy editor on the 'New Zealand Listener' and is noted for his research work on New Zealand rivers, especially the Whanganui River. Quantity: 64 folder(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory in backfile for A2015-115 collection (Ms-Papers-11966). Transfers: To Oral History Collection - Two boxes of interview cassette tapes relating to two oral history projects, the 'Keeper of the long view' (Whanganui), and the whio (Blue Duck) project at OHColl-1174. - To Photographic Archive - Photographs at PAColl-0844.
Papers relating to Sing Aotearoa Festival
Date: [1993-1995]
From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7349-197
Description: Correspondence and other papers relating to Sing Aotearoa festival. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Papers relating to Maori friends and whanau
Date: 1990-2000
From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7349-195
Description: Cards, programmes, letters and other papers relating to Maori friends and whanau, the Sing Aotearoa Festival (1990) and Tira Hoe Waka, the annual canoe trip of iwi down the Whanganui River Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Hohepa: the life, times and return of of Hōhepa Te Umuroa
Date: 2010
From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12580-19
Description: Comprises three master copies (only one appears complete) and one bound version of a visual timeline of Hōhepa Te Umuroa’s life with a bi-lingual narrative in verse form and foreword. Probably the basis of the opera titled 'Hōhepa', that McLeod completed in 2012. Images are from various sources (some attributed) and include a variety of formats, including photographs, maps and illustrations. Hōhepa Te Umuroa was from the Whanganui River (Ngati Hau of Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi). He was convicted for armed resistance in the Wellington area in 1846 and transported to a penal colony in Tasmania. His grave was discovered in 1985 and his remains were repatriated to Aotearoa New Zealand and reburied in 1988 at Roma cemetery in Jerusalem. McLeod gained permission from the iwi to tell his story in operatic form. Arrangement: Donated in a folder (not retained). Transcription from front of folder reads: "HOHEPA The life, times and return of Hohepa Te Umuroa MASTER COPIES". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript (colour)
Hohepa: the life, times and return of of Hohepa Te Umuroan (master copy, revised 2011)
Date: February 2011
From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12580-50
Description: Comprises master copy of a visual timeline of Hohepa Te Umuroa’s life with a bi-lingual narrative in verse form and foreword. Also included are notes about the master copy and printing. Probably the basis of the opera titled 'Hohepa', that McLeod completed in 2012. Images are from various sources (some attributed) and include a variety of formats, including photographs, maps and illustrations. Hohepa Te Umuroa was from the Whanganui River (Ngati Hau of Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi). He was convicted for armed resistance in the Wellington area in 1846 and transported to a penal colony in Tasmania. His grave was discovered in 1985 and his remains were repatriated to Aotearoa New Zealand and reburied in 1988 at Roma cemetery in Jerusalem. McLeod gained permission from the iwi to tell his story in operatic form. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript (colour)
Looking across the river towards the Nixons' family home, Wanganui East
Date: [ca. 1860]
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/1-000206-G
Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Clift album 2
Date: [Circa 1900s to 1910s]
From: Clift, Charles William :Photographs relating to Clift family
Reference: PA1-o-103
Description: Clift family photographs, including views of Wellington, the Clift family home at 143 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn; four unidentified Wellington College Boy Scouts; views of the Wellington Botanic Gardens; and a number of views of the Wanganui Region. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album in brown card cover tied with cord, and embossed with pattern of flowers in a vase, 19 x 18.5 cm
[Baigent, Amos], fl 1860-90s :East bank of Wanganui River from verandah. [1860-70s].
Date: 1860 - 1879
From: [Baigent, Amos], fl 1860-90s :Sketchbook. 1860-90s].
By: Baigent, Amos, 1845-1925; Turner, R M (Mr), active 1969
Reference: E-121-q-073
Description: Shows a group of houses at the foot of a hill. Possibly the river is shown in the foreground (a flat expanse). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, on page 138 x 230 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mr R M Turner, Maketu, August 1969.
Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Poling Whanganui R [1861. ca 1880]
Date: 1861 - 1880
From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]
Reference: E-926-058
Description: Shows a back view of the passengers and polesmen in a canoe. There is a barrel in the centre foreground. Four men are wielding poles, one of the men being obscured. Another version of this image is at E-041-054 Other Titles - River Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [58 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 235 x 145 mm
Kayak trip down the Whanganui River
Date: 1958
From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording
Reference: PA12-6423
Description: Record of a trip in Kayaks down the Whanganui River. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.
Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Wanganui River. [1893]
Date: 1893
From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.
Reference: E-373-039
Description: Looking across the river towards a small settlement, possibly at Pipiriki, with two canoes drawn up at the water's edge, tree ferns, two buildings and taller trees with high hills behind Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..
[Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :[Wanganui, 1847?]
Date: 1846 - 1847
From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :[Sketchbook]
Reference: E-346-1-070
Description: View looking east along the Whanganui River from the opposite bank, with Putiki in the foreground, military tents on the town side, churches including Christ Church, houses, Rutland Stockade not yet complete and a fenced area around what was later York Stockade on the left. Jetties can also be seen. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm
Field album 20
Date: [1880s-1900s]
From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs
Reference: PA1-o-167
Description: Family photographs, chiefly taken by William Hughes Field. Many of the views are unidentified, as are many of the portraits and group portraits. Some family members are identified, and a few taken in Botany Bay, Sydney, show Richard John Seddon and James Carroll speaking at a function. One image is a reproduction of a cartoon by William Hodgkins entitled `Mark Twain at the City hall Dunedin, on original sin (The watermelon story) ... A sketch from the stalls by W M Hodgkins' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green covers, 24 x 31 cm
Clarke, David fl.1897 :Orangitautahi. [1897].
Date: 1897
From: Clarke, David fl.1897 :[The Wanganui River; sketch and story/ written by Margaret Bullock; sketches by David Clarke. Wanganui, A.D. Willis, 1897].
By: Clarke, David, active 1897
Reference: E-416-020
Description: Shows a stretch of the Wanganui River with cliffs in the background. In foreground two hatted men have drawn up their canoe and are working with a long pole, and a bag, either for collecting produce, or for planting seed. At right foreground is a study of stalks and leaves of an unidentified plant. Extended Title - From Bullock, Margaret. The Wanganui River; sketch and story / written by Margaret Bullock; sketches by David Clarke. Wanganui; A.D. Willis [Christmas 1897]. Page 20. Inscriptions: Illustration has title below image; unsigned and undated. ATL has another copy of pamphlet at PAM [1897] BUL. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 148 x 123 mm. Finding Aids: Shelf-list/Inventory available..
A group of people setting off on a boat trip
Date: [1900-1910]
From: Creator of collection unknown :Stereoscopic photographs of trip up Whanganui river
Reference: PA4-0349
Description: Stereoscopic photograph of a group of men and women sitting in a boat, taken on an excursion up the Whanganui River by an unidentified photographer ca 1900 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print
Crawford, James Coutts 1817-1889 :[Eight sketchbooks] (Microfilm copy of E-041, E-125, ...
Date: 1860s
By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889
Reference: Micro-Art-004
Description: 1. Sketchbook of a journey up the Rangitikei River 1862 (51 drawings); 2.Sketchbook of a journey to Havelock and the Pelorus Sound and Central Otago, 1864 (75 drawings); 3. A journey up the Manawatu River, 1862 (94 drawings); 4.Journey up the Wanganui River, 1861 & 1862 and other journeys (71 drawings - ); 5. A journey from Upper Hutt to Waikanae, Jan 1863. 6. A journey to the Waikato, Feb. 1864; 7 & 8. A journey to the Wairarapa, 1863. Physical Description: Negative microfilm (486 frames)
Fifield, W. E., fl. 1930s :Plan of Rangitoto Tuhua [ms map] H.G., W.E. Fifield. [ca.1930?]
Date: 1930
By: Fifield, W E, active 1930s
Reference: MapColl-832.18cdc/[ca.1930?]/Acc.5829
Description: Hand-drawn map of the area from Taumarunui following the main trunk line and the Ongarue River northwards to Mangeokewa River to the Waikato River and Waihaha River to Waituhi. Creeks, streams and rivers are named, some marked in blue. Watersheds of the Mokau, Wanganui and Waikato Rivers are prominently marked as are land blocks and mountain peaks which include height in feet. Lines of the Taringamotu Company's Tram and the Mangapehe Tram are drawn and the map includes many references to tram formations. Directions with mileages are given to Lake Taupo. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:63 360], 87.5 x 78.2 cm.