Matatā

Date: 1959 - 2003

From: Eagle, Audrey Lily, 1926- :[Collection of original paintings made for "Eagle's trees and shrubs of New Zealand" books. 1955-2005]

Reference: A-437-215

Description: Shows leaves, flowers and seeds of the maire tree. Artist's list: Flowers 10.10.69 from Raglan, fruit Jan. 2003 from Kaimai Ra. also outline of juvenile leaf, coll. A Eagle. Section showing seed March 2003 from Mt Taranaki, coll. Bill Messenger Appears on page 427 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - October, January Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 261 x 211 mm.

Date: 1844 - 1889 - 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: B-110-036-3

Description: A group of Maori seated around a large structure containing preserved food for a feast. Several whare are in the background One of four proof lithographs on a single sheet measuring 447 x 285 mm. Derived from a lithograph by G. F. Angas in The New Zealanders illustrated (London, 1847), plate 36, 'A feast a Mata-ta'. Angas' lithograph is based on a drawing by Joseph Merrett Other Titles - A feast at Mata-ta, Matata Inscriptions: Recto - top left: 2nd proof, 18-11-89 [in blue pencil] Printed [in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 170 x 99 mm

Date: 1868

From: Statutory Branch. Head Office. Department of Lands and Survey :[Aperture cards of] maps and plans

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-L&S-AT9

Description: Detailed plan of Richmond (Matata) showing named streets, numbered land sections with acreages, sand spit, streams, sand banks and reserves. Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 aperture cards. Physical Description: 35mm microfilm inserted into card, scale [1: 3 168], copy at same size as original Provenance: Donated by Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, November 1982

Date: Jun-Dec 1949

From: Armstrong, Sheila Howarth, 1922-2014: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5670-4

Description: Comprises letters wrwitten by Sheila and Allen Armstrong from Whakatane and Matata, and C Tibbles, from Dunedin, to Sheila's parents in England describing daily activities and events Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1866

By: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

Reference: A-018-036

Description: Foreground shows Maori, armed with guns and taiaha, grouped around a fire. The image is copied from the Illustrated London news, a wood engraving with the same title Published on p. 204 of Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 16 June 1866 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, b&w, 200 x 251 mm

Date: 1856-1887

From: Tawhio, Keri Kaipara Oke, 1949- : Papers of Pitara Takawheta Mokonuiarangi and Autini Mokonuiarangi Kaipara

Reference: MSY-3689

Description: Records of Ngati Rangitihi in Matata (once called Richmond), Bay of Plenty. This was Pitara Takawheta Mokonuiarangi's book - he was chief of Ngati Rangitihi and Tapahoro and heir of Niheta Kaipara Mokonuiarangi (who was killed in the eruption of Tarawera). It contains copies of petitions to Parliament and other letters, some whakapapa, census of Matata ca 1870 and lists of families, births, deaths and marriages of his immediate family. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (in grey phase box) Provenance: Pitara Takawheta Mokonuiarangi was the great- great grandfather of the donor (Keri Tawhio McCleary)

Date: 1841 - 1848

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-143-044

Description: Four drawings on one page. 'Native feast scene' shows a hakari or fish-drying rack, with many Maori seated below, whare and Mount Edgecumbe in the background. This image was copied by George French Angas as 'A feast at Mata-ta, Mt Edgcumbe in the distance'. 'Waipa' shows a flat landscape with a distant hill. 'Ko pa te Tura' shows a Maori man with moko, his arms around his body. 'Te Waha' names a standing young woman, her lower body draped in a cloak The Library holds only photographic copies of originals in the British Library Add MS 19953, folio 44 (128 to 131) Other Titles - Matata Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of four drawings, various media

Date: 1841 - 1843

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-143-114

Description: Groups of Maori gathered around a large hakari or food storage platform in a pa. Several whare are in the background, with a distinctive volcanic peak in the distance. The hakari has large fish hanging from two rails, baskets of food on a platform, and dead birds hanging from the top. A man appears to be speaking, wielding a taiaha on the left. Most people are seated. The original drawing copied by G F Angas without acknowledgement to Merrett, and reproduced as a lithograph titled A Feast at Mata-ta, as Plate 36 in Angas' The New Zealanders illustrated (London, 1847) Other Titles - Matata Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of ink and wash drawing

Date: 1865-1866

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Jackson, Mason, 1819-1903; Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-965-f-22

Description: Annotated copy of an image that was published in "Illustrated London news" 1866. Interior view of the pa, with a group of Maori men around a fire in the foreground, two holding spears and two with guns, and other small groups standing and seated in the background near dwellings. A flagpole or signal pole in the background. The "h" has been crossed out of the word "pah" in the title and "see next page" has been crossed out and "1866" added. James Cowan used this image in 'The New Zealand wars' (1922) with the caption "Matata Pa after its capture by the Arawa, 1865". Inscriptions: Verso - top left - J. Cowan [in pencil]; Verso - top right - Return to J. Cowan 52A Connaught Tce Brooklyn. [in pen]; Verso - centre - Matata Pa, 1865. From a drawing by General Robley, (wood engraving in "Illustrated London news", 1865) [in pen] Another two copies of the same image are held by Library at PUBL-0033-1866-189 and E-106-f-018-1 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) on card. Physical Description: Black and white wood engraving 184 x 244mm, on card, 220 x 280 mm

Date: Dec 1978 - 01 Dec 1978

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: OHInt-0834-162

Description: Adults and young in nest; chicks calling and adults responding; distance 50m; Awaiti lagoon, Bay of Plenty; background pied stilt, black swans, distant surf, cicadas, sparrows, yellowhammer, dog; weather fine; recorded 10 am. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-1737 Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 1 event(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other see catalogue card 123. Search dates: 1978

Date: 8 December 1993

From: Interviews with Mary (Molly) Harkness and Samuel Hales

By: Van Gorkom, Jeanne, 1930-2006; Harkness, Mary, active 1982

Reference: OHInt-1467-02

Description: Interview with Mary (Molly) Harkness on 8 December 1993. Discusses her childhood in Matatā and her mother's role as postmistress. Location - Taranaki Interviewer(s) - Jeanne van Gorkom Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Interview(s). Search dates: 08/12/1993

Date: 1865 - 1866

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Jackson, Mason, 1819-1903; Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-106-f-018-1

Description: Interior view of the pa, with a group of Maori men around a fire in the foreground, two holding spears and two with guns, and other small groups standing and seated in the background near dwellings. A flagpole or signal pole in the background. M Jackson, engraver. Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, V. 48, 1866, p. 189 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 175 x 240 mm

Date: 20 Feb - 10 March, 1925

By: Honeyfield, Mildred, active 1925

Reference: PA1-o-976

Description: Album documenting a motor tour of the Bay of Plenty undertaken by Miss Mildred Honeyfield of Patea in her Dodge motor car between 20 February and 10 March 1925. The tour travelled via Mt Messenger, Mokau, the Awakino River, Waitomo, Mamaku bush, Rotorua, Aratiatia, Wairakei, Taupo, Tauranga, Whakatane, Matata, Taneatua, Opotiki, Gisborne, the Motu Gorge, Motu, Morere, Wairoa, Waikari and the Manawatu Gorge. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1877-1898

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0876

Description: Includes letter from Sister M Xavier, St Joseph's Convent, Matata requesting a donation Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1867

From: Grace, John Te Herekiekie (Sir), 1905-1985 : Grace family papers

Reference: 85-173-1/2

Description: Contains five notebooks with an account of the trip from Auckland to Matata to Taupo made by T S Grace Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1860 - 1869

By: St. John, John Henry Herbert, 1836?-1876; New Zealand. Army

Reference: MapColl-832.16a/[186-?]/Acc.562

Description: Photocopy of a topographic map, including military notes, of the area from Matata to Tarere, including the Oputao River. The Ruatahuna District is referred to. Rivers, settlements and some tracks are named. Notes about these tracks include information about the condition of them and time taken by foot soldiers and on horseback. Includes some battle sites, also the time taken to reach one destination and the farthest point reached by St. John. Extensive notes about place names, distances and the scale are partially obscured by strips of paper during the copying process. A second scale was written on the strip of paper on the map prior to copying, and a dashed line on the map states 'reduced scale'. Includes Pano Kingi's name in a note. Title and cartographer's name handwritten twice in pencil at top left of map, believed added at later dates. This information used as title of the map. '68/1882 1/96.8' is handwritten on top right corner. The name 'Oputao (R)' pencilled in at a later date. 'Neg' handwritten in pencil on top left of map. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 40.5 x 52.8 cm.

Date: [ca 1970-1983]

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

By: Ross, Ruth Miriam, 1920-1982; Smithyman, William Kendrick, 1922-1995

Reference: PAColl-9920

Description: Items originally in a box Binney labelled 'Prophet photos' Chiefly photographs of Maori grave markers in the Far North district (but also some in Otaki, Onehunga, Matata and Whangara) taken in 1971, 1972, 1975 and 1983 by Kendrick Smithyman. Many show the symbols of the heart, diamond, club and spade and some, or all, of these, may be the work of carver Nutana Mapi. Also a few Pakeha graves. Also includes photographs of other subjects taken by Smithyman: a drawing by Eric Lee-Johnson of a carved wooden grave marker at Rangiahua; a clock tower at Rangiahua; a clock tower at Otago University; a carved wooden altar piece in a church at Motukaraka. Also includes a photograph of Penetana Papahurihia's grave marker taken by historian Ruth Miriam Ross in 1972, and an accompanying letter from Ross to Judith, dated about 1976, noting the inscription on the stone and further details. Also a photograph of a grave marker labelled "ex R S Oppenheim A 'House of the Lord', late (1950s) in a Ratana context, Matauri Bay" Also includes a photograph of the exterior of the Ratana Church at Mangamuka, Far North, taken by Binney in circa 1970s. The Smithyman photographs comprise grave markers at: -Omanaia including 'the soldiers grave', [Harawa? Haramia?], Penetana Papahurihia -Utakura Valley -Opononi including markers for Rangitira Moetara, George Nimmo, Wirimu Waka, Rawiri -Te Ahuahu -Whirinaki -Waimate including markers for John Ingate, William Stewart and Mat Hodgkins -Whangara -Whangaroa -Herekino -Rangiahua comprising markers for William Shelford and Makoare Taonui -Onehunga including markers for Charles B Haslewood, Griffiths and Perry -Panguru including markers for Raiha Tipene and Ruera Tipene -Mangamuka including a marker for Makene Moka -Otaki including a marker for Ropata Teao -Motukaraka -Rahiri -Ahipara -Matata including a mausoleum -Waima Valley Accompanying information - Letter accompanying Ruth Ross's photograph Source of descriptive information - Information about Nutana Mapi was provided by a Library user who alerted us to this site, accessed August 2015: http://wrhpc.org.nz/library/20130301nzhpt.htm Quantity: 149 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and dye coupler prints

Date: 4 Apr 1963

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-59703-F

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

From: Statutory Branch. Head Office. Department of Lands and Survey :[Aperture cards of] maps and plans

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-L&S-A24

Description: Shows the town of Richmond (now Matata), in the Bay of Plenty and an area of land to the south near the Tarawera River. Gives numbered rural land sections and a list of acreages. Includes the following placenames: Tawera Reserve, Tawhitinui, Parawai, and Pukemaire and shows swamp areas. Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 aperture cards. Physical Description: 35mm microfilm inserted into card, scale [1: 39 600], copy at same size as original Provenance: Donated by Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, November 1982

Date: 1879, 1929

From: Grace, John Te Herekiekie (Sir), 1905-1985 : Grace family papers

Reference: 85-173-1/3

Description: Contains a list of lands owned by T S Grace, together with maps giving locations of the properties (in Tauranga and Matata); also contains a letter from Arthur V Grace to `Jack' in 1929 with regard to land issues Quantity: 1 folder(s).