Orakei

Date: [1890-1965]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-075

Description: Typescripts and photocopies of articles, `Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill)' by M H Wynyard; `Maori geographical knowledge and mapping; a symposium' by P L Barton (Turnbull Library record, v13, n1, May 1980); `A Sketch of Maori church work on the East Coast in early times' by J G Baker; letter with notes on Buin stone implements (1965); manuscript of Eruera Te Uremutu from the Polynesian Society library Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript Typescript with ms annotations Photocopy of ms

Date: 1881

From: Keesing, Henry A, 1826?-1896 :[Landscapes, caricatures and portraits] / H A Keesing. 1879-[1880s]

Reference: A-278-002

Description: View of the Waitemata Harbour at night with a full moon. The lighthouse at Orakei is on the right. Land and islands can be seen in the distance. In the left foreground is a partial view of a wharf with a mast head just visible beneath. In the centre foreground is a yacht and further away is a sailing ship showing its night light. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 150 x 214 mm

Date: 1925

Reference: MapColl-832.1291bje/[ca.1925]/Acc.4423

Description: Photograph of a proposed cadastral town planning map of the suburb of Orakei which is drawn on a base map showing the relief of the Orakei peninsula. The base map includes the route of the railway line and all roads are un-named, except for the Promenade. Carparking areas, the town hall and public buildings, schools, churches, the Oval, children's playgrounds, playing fields, a tea house, baths, shops, the university, flats and private hotels, are marked. Blocks of land between the roads are subdivided into sections and each includes the site of a house. Title supplied by cataloguer. Date of publication estimated from other planning maps of the time. Publisher of base map not known. Stamp on reverse of photograph states the Alexander Turnbull Library photographic collection's statement regarding reproduction. Orakei written in pencil on the reverse. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photograph, watercolour, backed with card, coloured, scale unknown, 19 x 21 cm. Processing information: This photograph was previously glued to card.

Date: 1869

By: Daily southern cross (Newspaper : 1843-1876)

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1869-01

Description: A full report of the judgment delivered by Mr Fenton, Chief Judge of the Native Lands Court, in the case of the claimants to Orakei.It tells the history of the area from the early eighteenth century. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). 2.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Letterpress, on two sides of sheet 675 x 470 mm.

Date: ca 1930 - 1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Sayers, Alan John, 1915-; Whites Aviation Ltd; Ely, Dunstan, active 1949; Smith, Robin Vaughan Francis, 1927-

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-019

Description: Photographs of Auckland City and Harbour taken circa 1930 to 1960 for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of suburbs, parks, the university, Queen Street, the Harbour Bridge and illuminated buildings during the coronation celebrations in 1953. Photographers include R V Francis Smith, Alan Sayers and Dunstan Ely. Also includes several aerial photographs by Whites Aviation Ltd. Quantity: 70 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 27 Jan 1962

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-56467-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]

From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs

By: Albert, Ken, 1922-1970

Reference: PAColl-0811-07-01

Description: Flats at Orakei, Auckland (architect: Ken Albert) photographed in the 1950s by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on one card. Physical Description: silver gelatin prints mounted on black card

Date: 1925

Reference: MapColl-832.1291bje/[ca.1925]/Acc.4422

Description: Photograph of a town planning map of the suburb of Orakei which is drawn on a base map showing the relief of the Orakei peninsula. Includes the railway line and some named roads while the streets of the plan are either labelled residential, access, waterfront boulevard and Esplanade. Parks, schools, churches, reserves, shops and offices zones, the Auckland and suburban sewer line and the university reserve are marked. The Civic Centre, East and West Centres, Auckland Westfield Deviation, Orakei Station, Orakei Basin, Purewa Creek, Hobson Bay. Waitemata Harbour, Okahu Bay are prominently named. Blocks of land between the roads are numbered but no reference key is provided. Title supplied by cataloguer. Date of publication estimated from other planning maps of the time. Publisher of base map not known. Stamp on reverse of photograph states the Alexander Turnbull Library photographic collection's statement regarding reproduction. Orakei written in pencil on the reverse. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photograph, backed with card, scale unknown, 22 x 20 cm.

Date: 1883

From: Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1953 :[Sketchbooks] 1883-1899, 1904-1943.

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: E-300-q-1-015

Description: Orakei Bay showing a boat in the water Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 120 x 195 mm

Date: ca 1890

From: Richardson collection :Photographs of Auckland

Reference: 1/2-010424

Description: Print only Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1954-1976

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7888-139

Description: Notes, minutes and papers relating to Orakei Marae, and its development by the Orakei Development and Education Centre Inc. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1925

Reference: MapColl-832.1291bje/[ca.1925]/Acc.4421

Description: Photograph of a proposed cadastral town planning map of the suburb of Orakei which is drawn on a base map showing the relief of the Orakei peninsula. The base map includes the railway line and some named roads while the streets of the plan are un-named. A park, school reserve, recreation ground, baths, boathouse, jetty and a hostel adjacent to the university site, are marked. Blocks of land between the roads are subdivided into sections. Date of publication estimated from other planning maps of the time. Publisher of base map not known. This photograph was previously glued to card. Title supplied by cataloguer. Stamp on reverse of photograph states the Alexander Turnbull Library photographic collection's statement regarding reproduction. Orakei written in pencil on the reverse. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photograph, watercolour, backed with card, coloured, scale unknown, 23 x 25 cm.

Date: 1977

From: Richards, Trevor, 1946- : Papers

Reference: 99-278-27/11

Description: Correspondence, newsletters, press releases and other papers relating to race issues in New Zealand, particularly Bastion Point Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1965, 1973

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7888-241

Description: Papers on activities at the Marae play and education centre (1965) and the opening of the sleeping house in 1973. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 9-28 Dec 1996 - 09 Dec 1996 - 28 Dec 1996

From: Memories of the Kaipara oral history project : Part two

By: Pihema, Ani Masefield, 1924-2002

Reference: OHInt-0633/1

Description: Ani Pihema was born near Helensville in 1924. Describes how her mother, Meri Ngaroto, had foster parents and her father, Murray Pihema, was brought up by his mother's family. Mentions his father, Louis Arnoldson, worked on the gumfields. Describes how her own father was gassed during World War I and died of tuberculosis at a young age. Gives early memories of Haranui, their small farm, the old pa and her great grandmother Harata Takare. Talks about their whare, gardens and gardening techniques. Mentions her mother Meri Ngaroto (Molly Williams) went to school at Helensville. Talks about camping holidays on Pahekeheke Island, Sunday School picnics at Shelly Beach, the small Parkhurst School and local spring water. Discusses Maori Pakeha relationships. Mentions Harold Mather. Describes how her mother milked a herd of cows. Discusses the meeting house which had been brought over from Taporoporopo, dismantled, the carvings buried and found again after World War I. Discusses tikanga Maori. Discusses kinship with Maori across the Kaipara Harbour at Kakanui, Araparera and Puatahi. Discusses tangi. Talks about the tangi of Arthur Povey and the Povey, Hill and Richards families. Discusses a gift of land. Mentions Rev Marsden. Describes her writing of Ngati Whatua history in 1965. Talks about the Orakei meeting house and her grandmother whose second husband owned part of the Otakanini Block. Describes how Orakei was originally Tainui land. Mentions Kiwi Tamaki, Te Tao, Haranui, Tuperiri, the Makirikiri Pa and Waiohua (iwi). Discusses the family interrelationship of Reweti, Haranui and Orakei. Mentions the Orakei Block has been returned to Te Tao. Discusses the settlement of land claims in the early 1900s by the Maori Land Court. Mentions an 1869 land claim and the case of Te Kawau against Waiohua. Interviewer(s) - Gabrielle Hildreth Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3320.

Date: [1970s]

By: Craccum (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-1970s-2

Description: Bastion Point - Takaparawha. May 25. Ka whawhai tonu matou ake ake tonu atu. The march itinerary [1970's]. Bastion Point - Maori land. March Friday June 9. Assemble Bunny St 7pm. (2 copies). [1970s] Bastion Point - Takaparawha. Return Bastion point to the people of Tamaki Makaurau for the use of all. Public meeting Sun January 16th 2 pm. Savage Memorial. [1970s]. Bastion Point - Ngati Whatua land. Support Ngati Whatua. (2 copies) [1970s]. Bastion Point - Takaparawha. 506 days on ancestral Maori land. Bastion point defenders reply to government and Justice Speight. [1978]. (Copy negative and colour transparency no. 1/2-C-016230) Bastion Point - Feature article on the land occupation of Bastion Point including a background on tribes, people and protesters involved. (2 copies). [1970s]. Bastion Point - Protesters oppose court action! (Rally) [1970s]. Bastion Point lands belong to Ngati Whatua as stated, for example in the Craccum supplement articles. Ngati Mahanga is mentioned in the article on the Raglan golf course occupation. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). 7 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 1 b&w art print(s). 5 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 3 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Media and sizes varying below 500 mm.

Date: [ca 1890s]

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

Reference: 35mm-100053-F

Description: Group portrait including Reremoana Reweti Koopu (centre) with friends at Orakei Beach, Auckland, taken circa 1890s by an unidentified photographer. Other - This negative was collected by Binney during her work for the book Nga Morehu = The survivors and was published on page 63 of the edition published by the Oxford University Press, 1986. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s) strip with four images. Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1932 - 1948

From: Buxton, Trevor Sidney, 1901-1948 :[Landscape design plans for fine gardens in the (mostly lower) North Island; includes two design plans for garden entrances by Trevor's brother, Raymond. ca 1932-1948]

By: Tucker, V L (Mr), active 1940s

Reference: Plans-2012-011-035

Description: Plan view of the garden design of an Auckland residence, featuring a circular rose garden and an avenue of standard roses, paved steps leading down to a pool, paved paths and a kitchen garden. Elevations of front and side garden walls also feature. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - Scale 8 ft = 1 inch; Recto - top right - Trevor S Buxton NDHNZ / Landscape Architect / Palmerston North Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on linen, 655 x 330 mm Provenance: Donation: Andrew and Peta Buxton, Christchurch, February 2012

Date: 1980-1983

Reference: Eph-B-MAORI-1980/1983

Description: Includes: 1980s: Chants for march [In Māori and English. 1980s] Orakei Marae Trust Board. Orakei medal; to commemorate 600 years of Maori occupation of the Auckland area [1980s?]. Yellow flier / order form (2 copies) People of Aotearoa; support Maori language; a language for all New Zealanders. [1980s?] Social policy; a Maori perspective [Anonymous mimeographed 10-page statement] Touch; a tactile experience of Maori sculpture. Programme [Brown flier. 1980s?] Workers' Communist League. From Waitangi to Komanga-Rau-Tawhiri; support the struggle for Māori rights!! 1980s?] 1980: Maranga mai; Maori music, drama. Fri 26 Sept 9.30 pm St Andrews, The Terrace; Sun 28 Sept, 12 pm, St Andrews, The Terrace; Mon 29 Sept, 7.30 pm, Newtown Comm Centre. Free. Photo Robin Morrison [1980] An invitation to all MPs, Parliamentary staff and the Parliamentary Press Gallery to see "Maranga mai". Beehive Theatrette, 1 October 1980 Janet Roth. Racism is the issue! Auckland University Students Association. [1980] Today's forum. Dun Mihaka [and] Dianne Prince. Cafe, Mon 30th June [1980]. Photocopy Tu Tangata i te waru tekau; surviving in the 80s, presented by Liong and Faye. Wellington State Opera House, 26-28 June 1980. Programme What do we want? Justice; When do we want it? Now. What have we got? Fuck all! [1980] (2 copies) 1981: Centenary of the siege of Parihaka, November 5th 1881. Flier (2 copies) Kahurangi; small treasures from New Zealand [1981]. Catalogue /green flier Maori Artists and Writers Society. Festival of Contemporary Arts, 21-28 March 1981. programme "Maranga mai", farewell performance. Maidment Theatre, 10 April [1981]. Flier Mihaia; the prophet Rua Kenana and his community at Maungapohatu. Return showing. Rotorua Art Gallery, Government Gardens, 6-19 July 1981. Flier (2 copies) Siege of Parihaka, 5 November 1881. Flier re display at Wesley Church Hall, Taranaki Street, 29 October 1981 (2 copies) To all delegates: A statement on the attempt by white racists to divide Pacific Peoples [1981] Turakina Maori Girls College. Help build hope for New Zealand's future. [1981]. Pamphlet Women's Gallery, 26 Harris St., Wgton. Art by Maori women. 24 March - 18 April [1982]. Yellow flier (2 copies) 1982: Dowse Art Museum. He taonga hoki te taonga; a treasure destined to return ... Nuku Tewha Tewha. 25 September [1982]. Card, plus drafts words to be spoken by the Mayor Forum Bastion Point. Lounge & Smoking Room, Monday 12 July [1982]. Yellow flier Joint Working Group on Bastion Point. Circular letter 12 February 1982 The Maori Trustee and the Maori Trust office; an information pamphlet on the services you can receive. Please take on [1982] May 25; remember Bastion Point. May 25 1978 ... May 25 1982. Stop the subdivision [1982] (3 copies) Pacific Peoples' Anti-Nuclear Action Committee. Te Reo oranga o te Moananui a Kiwa. 5 August 1982. Circular letter with budget figures Suipport Te Reo Maori; Te Wa o Te Reo Maori; Maori Language Week [1982]. Flier Takaparawha. Bastion Point Tent Town, Bulletin number 6 Taihoa Bastion Point. Stop the subdivision! Return the land to Ngati Whatua! Public meeting, Trade Union Centre, 159 Great North Road, 8 March [1982]. Yellow flier You can help save Te Reo! [ca 1982?]. Yellow flier (2 copies) 1983: A.C.O.R.D. Auckland Committee on Racism and Discrimination. The souvenir trade; debasing a culture (2 mimeographed pages) ESR; Engineers For Social Responsibility. Film Festival Maori-Pakeha. M.W.D. Cinema, 1st Floor Vogel Building, 23 November - 7 December [1983] Maori Publications. Publications produced and planned. 13 December 1983 Maori writers read. At the Depot. 21-23 October [1983]. Red flier O le mau a Tagata Maori [historic account likening the Maori experience to that of Samoans under German Occupation. 1983] Otaki Historical Society. History of the Tainui people, G J Dempsey, 5 December 1983. [History and map] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mimeographs and offset prints, sizes varying below 350 mm.

Date: 1980

From: Brown, Helen Campbell 1917-1986 :[Sketches]. 1937-1982.

By: Brown, Helen Campbell, 1917-1986; Jones, Lesley, active 1987

Reference: A-167-021

Description: Shows beach, pier, breakwater, and knoll of North Head in background. Other Titles - Orakei Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Felt-tip pen and watercolour, 253 x 354 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/ inventory available.. Provenance: Donation from the estate of the artist, 1987.