Hokianga Harbour

Date: 1822

By: Herd, James (Captain), active 1821-1830

Reference: MapColl-832.11aj/1822/Acc.822

Description: Hydrographic map showing Hokianga Harbour, soundings, Maori village (pa site), areas of flax abundance. Documents visit of the ship 'Providence' to the harbour; a note beside a drawing of the ship at 'Moutu koudi' bay reads 'Woods of pine. Here the Ship Providence took in her cargo'. Other Titles - Hokianga Quantity: 1 map(s) on two sheets, loosely joined.. Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale [ca. 1:36 000], 86 x 56 cm.

Date: 1892

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Middle East and New Zealand sketchbook] 1883-1892.

Reference: E-369-123

Description: Shows part of the Hokianga Harbour with trees, water and hills. The name Parama (or Parania) is not in current use Walsh was in the Hokianga Harbour in January 1892. The views on the two previous pages of the sketchbook are of Rawene Other Titles - Parania Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 105 x 184 mm, in album

Date: 1822

By: Herd, James (Captain), active 1821-1830

Reference: MapColl-832.11aj/1827-Acc.1466

Description: Note in T. M Hocken's handwriting `not a facsinmile of Captain Herd's chart of Jokeehangar, 1827' Descriptive note attached (Exact copy of an old lithograph chart of part of Hokianga River - the chart was presented by Captain Herd to a Mr Alex Chapman of Hokianga... seems to be a copy on a smaller scale of the pub. map, but not all soundings given. Quantity: 1 map(s) photocopy. Physical Description: 30 x 43 cm.

Date: 1878

By: Johnson, (Captain), active 1878

Reference: MapColl-832.11aj/1878/Acc.549

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: 42 x 32 cm.

Date: 1839 - 1966

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: C-058-002

Description: A view of ships in the Hokianga at Kohu Kohu. A reproduction of a watercolour in the Library's collection Other Titles - Kohu Kohu Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured offset lithograph (4 copies on 1 sheet)

Date: 1910 - 1985 - 1935

By: Northwood, Richard Alfred, 1881-1955; Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Listener (Periodical); Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-

Reference: C-106-019-a/024-a

Description: 6 images: Dalmation gumdiggers, Ahipara district, 1914; Group in Okahu Bush, near Kaitaia, felling tree for shingles to repair roof of St Saviours Anglican Church, ca 1934; Slab hut, Northland, ca 1930s; Baling flax, Lake Ohia ca 1920; Bullock team hauling kauri log from Hokianga bush 1910s; Gumdiggers camp, Houhora district 1910s. On container: An old gumfield warrior. Container has not been assigned location number and is therefore not separately catalogued. Other images have been separately catalogued. Other Titles - Photographs by the Northwood Brothers. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (beneath each of 6 photolithographic images): Reproduced from the original glass plates by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of the Listener. / [Title]; Verso - top left - Photographs by / The Northwood Brothers / Published with the assistance of the Listener Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (2 copies of set with 6 images).. Physical Description: Cardboard envelope 510 x 390 mm, containing 6 images 258 x 334 mm, on sheets 350 x 440 mm. Provenance: Deposited on Legal Deposit, 1986.

Date: 1988

From: O'Brien, Gregory, 1961- :[Original illustrations for publications. 1980-1996].

Reference: A-371-174/175

Description: Includes: "Two women". 1988 (Ink drawing) "Speedboat crossing Hokianga Harbour". 1988. (Ink and brush) Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings, sizes varying Provenance: Donated by Gregory O'Brien, Wellington, in 2005.

Date: 1896

From: Walsh, Philip 1843-1914 :[Waimate sketchbook] 1896-1913.

Reference: E-363-q-010

Description: Shows a rocky foreshore at Onoke looking towards Hokianga Heads Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 180 x 255 mm

Date: [Between 1930 and 1941]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-207

Description: Album of photographs (mainly landscapes) taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1930 and 1941. The album is divided into sections (not in chronological order), many relating to camping holidays with an unidentified companion. Areas covered included a Christmas holiday trip in 1937 to the East Coast and thermal regions around Tikitere and Waimangu, the Morere nikau forest, Mount Maunganui beach, Hongi's track, the buried village at Te Wairoa, and Rotorua. A North Auckland trip in December 1938 included camping as far north as Paihia, Russell and Waitangi, the Waitangi Falls, the Waipoua Kauri Forest and Trounson's Kauri Park, also Auckland, the Kaingaroa Plains and Waiouru Valley. Areas of erosion were noted, and mangrove swamps. An Anniversary Day trip (22-23 January 1939) took Salmon to the Putangirua Pinnacles in the Wairarapa; and in September 1941 he went to the Hawke's Bay area. In 1945 he went on a North Island Expedition working on malaria control, with ?Bissett, and William John Phillipps. February 20-27 1939 was a trip across the Napier-Taupo Road, and included a number of images of the silt and desolation caused by a great flood in the Esk Valley in 1938. In 1936 Salmon went on a geological trip to the Rotorua area, and at Orakei Korako he was particularly interested in "sinter formations" (thermal deposits of silica, of which the Pink and White Terraces were examples). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 25 cm

Date: 1828

Reference: MS-Papers-0982

Description: Statement by Chief Mate William Lewington, attested by James Norton, giving details of the wreck of the `Herald' on Hokianga bar, 1828, and protesting that it was not due to any neglect of duty Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms (photocopy)

Date: 6 Apr 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27125-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 1877 - 1879

From: [Yarborough, Gertrude Flora Cooke], d 1934 :[Scrapbook of watercolours, prints and photographs, 1878 and later].

Reference: E-881-f-033-4

Description: Shows two European women and one European man on horses on a beach beneath a cliff face with a mast erected on top of it. In the right distance is the opposite head of the harbour with boats sailing beyond. The pencil note below says: "The boats beach[?] all on the bar - cannot be expected to survive the night" There is a brief description of the journey to the "Heads" and the stormy weather there, in the Graphic (London), 29 March 1879, page 315, column 1. Extended Title - From Gertrude Flora Yarborough's scrapbook of watercolours ... 1878 and after, page 33, lower left Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 105 x 116 mm, with handwritten pencil text on page 412 x 305 mm.

Date: 3 Sep 1834

By: Young, William, 1797-1867

Reference: MS-Papers-2899

Description: Navigational information relating to Hokianga harbour written by William Young and addressed to Captain Crow Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 6 Apr 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27128-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7807

Description: Transparency slides of Hokianga, Northland, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: 1839

By: Clint, Raphael, 1797-1849

Reference: MapColl-832.11aj/1839/Acc.11590

Description: Hydrographic chart showing ships' safe entry into the Hokianga Harbour. Extensive soundings are given as well as routes the full length of the harbour and adjoining rivers. Shows navigational landmarks for sailing safely up the river, several Maori villages (pa) and forest areas of large trees. Other Titles - Hokianga Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 38 x 33 cm.

Date: [ca 1900s]

From: Hinge, Leslie, 1868-1942 : Photographs, negatives and photo albums

Reference: PA1-o-1911

Description: An album containing photographs taken in Taupo, Rotorua, and Northland, many with Maori subjects. The images were taken by Leslie Hinge, ca 1900-1909. Many feature short captions written by Hinge giving subjects and locations. Images show various subjects including: - Scenes in the Taupo area, such as an urupa (burial ground) on terraces above the Tongariro River, a waka being used as a bridge near Tokaanu, and the `Serpentine Lake' in the Onekeneke valley. - The Aratiatia Rapids and Huka Falls on the upper Waikato River. - Various geysers and hot pools in the Wairakei Valley. - Maori women at Ohinemutu, cooking and washing clothes. Other women seated and wearing korowai (cloaks) are preparing flax for weaving and mat making. - Landscapes around the Waiotapu thermal area, including rivers, cliffs, and geothermal terraces, and caves near Lake Rotoiti with the caption "Old time Maori caves". - Views taken near Dargaville and Kaihu, including images of stacked timber, rafts of kauri logs on the Wairoa River, and the Wairoa Falls. - Scenic views around Whangarei Harbour, including of the Mushroom Rock, a natural causeway at Manaia, and Whangarei Falls. - Horse and bullock drawn wagons. - Small boats on waterways in the Hokianga Harbour area, including Waipapa River, being towed along by ponies swimming ahead through the water and attached by harnesses. - Scenic views around Whangaroa Harbour, including Pohutakawa trees and rock formation named Ohakiri (St Paul's Rock). - Views near Waitangi, including of the Waitangi Treaty House, mangroves, and the Waitangi Falls. Other - One print formerly loose in this album is now at PAColl-10392 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover, 20.5 x 26 cm

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

By: Schmid, Max, 1945-

Reference: PA12-10831

Description: Hokianga Harbour and Lake Rotoaira. Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies 35mm slides.

Date: 1 January 1841 - [ca 1990s s- 2020s]

From: Frankcom, Margaret, active 1991-2023: Collection of New Zealand missionary and pioneer mail

By: Waterhouse, John (Rev), 1789-1842; Wallis, James (Rev), 1809-1895

Reference: MS-Papers-12917-2-4

Description: Lot description from Spink Auction House: "1841 (1 Jan.), Part 2 (duplicate) of the Minutes of the Meeting of the Northern Wesleyan Mission written by John Waterhouse and James Wallis at Mangnunu Mission House, Hokianga Harbour to London. [...] The very legible minutes include details of the progress on the constructions of chapels, land acquisition and other church matters, in addition there are copy letters, the first from Lt. Governor W. Hobson and the Wesleyan's reply after they raised proclaiming the sovereignty of Queen Victoria over New Zealand". Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Delivered to Library in a Spinks Auction House folder labelled with lot number "2026". Quantity: 1 folder(s) contains letter, and supporting research documentation.

Date: 19 February 1834 - [ca 1990s s- 2020s]

From: Frankcom, Margaret, active 1991-2023: Collection of New Zealand missionary and pioneer mail

By: Wallis, James (Rev), 1809-1895

Reference: MS-Papers-12917-2-2

Description: Lot description from Spink Auction House: "1835 (19 Feb.), entire letter from Rev. James Wallis at Mungungu, Hokianga to London. [...] A confusing letter as there is also a Bro. Whitely at the mission". Refers to Wallis feelings about being "overworked" by William White, and his opinion that White is "concerning himself more with timber extraction than mission work". Item includes transcript. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Delivered to Library in a Spinks Auction House folder labelled with lot number "2019". Quantity: 1 folder(s) contains letter, and supporting research documentation.