Mahoetahi Historic Site
Scrivener, Henry Ambrose b 1842 :Mahaetai [sic] pah, New Zealand, near Taranaki. 1863.
Date: 1863
By: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906
Reference: B-061-017
Description: A road in the foreground, houses nearby, bush and Mahoeatahi Pa on a hill in the background. A flagpole crowns the pa site On same sheet as B-061-018 and -019. Other Titles - Mahoetahi Pa Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 125 x 170 mm
Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :Mahoetahi hill looking toward Waitara, showing gr...
Date: 1921
By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Cowan, James, 1870-1943
Reference: A-138-042
Description: A Maori woman walking away from a hill. Also shows cross with inscription in Maori at Mahoetahi and a map of the site of the battle at Waitara For related maps from the Cowan collection see MapColl--q832hkcmf/1845-1871/Acc.5122-8;46793-813 Extended Title - Published in The New Zealand Wars, vol. 1, p. 190 by J Cowan Inscriptions: Signed: A.H. Messenger Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink, 215 x 160 mm Processing information: transferred from Photo Section, 1974
Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906 :Mokaieti pah [sic] near Taranaki, New Zealand, vis...
Date: 1860 - 1862
From: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906 :[Two works - Mokaieti pah [sic] near Taranaki, New Zealand, visited 10 August 1861; and, H.M.S. Harrier left Auckland January 22nd 1862, arrived Sydney February 1st 1862. [1861-2?]]
By: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906
Reference: B-064-034
Description: Shows pa on hill with ship (H.M.S. Harrier?) anchored in background. At one time mounted with B-064-028/031. Mokaieti may be Mokauiti, near Mokau area, Taranaki. Other Titles - Mahoetahi Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Mohaieti (or: Mokaieti) Pah; Recto - bottom right - 1860 (or 1862); (On backing sheet now detached and mounted alongside): Mokaieti Pah near Taranakai / New Zealand / Visited 10 August 1861. Drawn / visited the day before \"Redoubt at Taranaki...11 August 1861\". (B-064-034). This pa, a day's march east of New Plymouth, was destroyed by pakeha troops in 1860 (see notes under name record). This drawing therefore shows a rebuilt group of dwellings. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 136 x 191 mm, mounted on sheet 305 x 392 mm. Provenance: Purchased at auction at Sotheby's, London, in 1988.
Maori Kings - Book (draft)
Date: n d
From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5220-054
Description: Contains a draft copy of the book which has biographies, regional, iwi and hapu histories of people and places mostly in the Tainui - Waikato region; also contains many genre Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript
Illustrated London news :The New Zealand chief, Tamati Waka, a friend to European settl...
Date: 1861
From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]
Reference: E-106-f-048
Description: Half-length frontal portrait of a Maori chief. He has moko, is wearing a European suit with a bow tie. The suit lapels and bow-tie are coloured-in red; the face a pinkish-brown. Accompanying text entitled `New Zealand - The Battle of Mahoetahi'. Artist and engraver unknown. Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 38, Jan-Jun 1861, p 67 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, with hand-colouring, 150 x 120 mm
Collections 5105/70 to 6705/45
Date: 1836-1966
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1905
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Gordon, William Francis Robert, d 1936 :Mahoetahi taken by British forces [ms map]. Nov...
Date: 1860 - 1920
By: Gordon, William Francis Robert, 1846-1936
Reference: MapColl-832.2hkm/1860/Acc.5106
Description: Manuscript map depicting the position of Mahoetahi pa, and old pa Otarahua site during the Taranaki Wars when it was taken by the British Forces. Shows the position of the volunteer soldiers, the reserve, the swamp, the Waitara party, the Ngapuketurua Bush, the Waiongona Stream, as well as the roads Devon, Kairau, and Mahoetahi (to Puwhata). Map states that New Plymouth is seven and a half miles away. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, on card, scale [ca. 1:3 960], 27 x 40 cm.
Letter to Makahinuku from Wiremu Kingi and Raniri
Date: 6 Oct 1857
From: Atkinson, Arthur Samuel, 1833-1902 : Maori letters from Taranaki
Reference: fMS-Papers-2327-01-08
Description: Letter to Makahinuku at Mahoetahi from Wiremu Kingi and Raniri at Ketemarae. Iwi names sourced from map on Taranaki Regional Council website. Quantity: 1 piece.
Letter to Makahinuku from Wiremu and Rawiri
Date: 11 Nov 1858
From: Atkinson, Arthur Samuel, 1833-1902 : Maori letters from Taranaki
Reference: fMS-Papers-2327-04-03
Description: Letter to Makahinuku at Mohoetahi from Wiremu and Rawiri. Arrangement: Formerly letter 40 in paper inventory Quantity: 1 piece.
Letter to Makahinuku from Raniri
Date: 26 Oct 1858
From: Atkinson, Arthur Samuel, 1833-1902 : Maori letters from Taranaki
Reference: fMS-Papers-2327-03-13
Description: Letter to Makahinuku at Mahoetahi from Raniri at Ketemarae Arrangement: Formerly letter 37 in paper inventory Quantity: 1 piece.
Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898 :Mahoetai. 20 June [1864]
Date: 1864
From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864
Reference: E-349-138
Description: Shows a fortified mound near Sentry Hill in Taranaki during the New Zealand Wars, with military tents on top of and at the base of the mound Other Titles - Mahoetahi Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 100 x 160 mm
Warre, Henry James 1819-1898 :Mahohitahi [sic] Oct. 10th 1864.
Date: 1864
From: [Warre, Henry James] 1819-1898 :[Sketchbook]
By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898
Reference: E-294-001
Description: Shows two small hills in near distance, the left one topped with walls enclosing tents, and the right one with fence and roofed building. There is a group of tents between the hills on the flat. Extended Title - From: Warre, Henry. [Sketchbook ] 1864-1865. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 1; Recto - bottom left - Mahohitahi Oct. 10th 1864 Mahoetahi is near Waitara. Troops were brought into Waitara on 8 March 1860, and Taranaki war began on 17 March. Fighting continued throughout the district for 12 months. First European settlements established 1867. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 105 x 173 mm.
[Creator unknown] :Plan of the engagement fought 6 Nov. 1860 Mahoetahi [ms map]. Genera...
Date: 1860
Reference: MapColl-832.2hkm/1860/Acc.25965
Description: Possibly drawn by one of the British Officers involved (initialled W.B.), of the decisive action between British forces and Maori in the First Taranaki War at Mahoetahi. Includes the Devon Line between New Plymouth and Waitara. Shows positions of Natives and English, gun emplacements and "skirmershers", Prophets Pa. Possibly drawn in 1860. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and hand-coloured wash on blue paper, coloured, 21 x 28 cm.
Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898 :Sentry Hill. Mount Egmont from Mahohitahi. Nov. 12 [1864]
Date: 1864
From: [Warre, Henry James] 1819-1898 :[Sketchbook]
By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898
Reference: E-294-035
Description: View across small volcanic hillocks, two to the left topped with stockades. Mount Taranaki in the background to the right. Warre has used only ultramarine and touches of purple for his colouring Other Titles - Mahoetahi Extended Title - From: Warre, Henry. [Sketchbook ] 1864-1865. p. 35 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 97 x 173 mm