Castlepoint

Rangiwakaoma

The township Castlepoint as opposed to the geographic feature Castle Point. Māori name for the area is Rangiwakaoma which translates as "where the sky runs".

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[Horse racing programmes and ephemera from the period 1977-1979]

Date: 1977 - 1979

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1977/1979

Description: Includes: 1977: Castlepoint Racing Club (Inc). Equalisator ticket. Sat., 26th March 1977, Race 8 Onkaparinga Racing Club Inc. Oakbank Racecourse, South Australia. Easter meeting, 9-11 April 1977. $80,000 prizemoney including the $25,000 Daihatsu Great Eastern Steeplechase. Pamphlet showing list of races Rotorua Racing Club. Centennial meeting. Arawa Park Rotorua, 28 May 1977. Official card 1979: Racing and trotting diary, 1979-80 season. With the compliments of Manawatu TV and Sound Service Ltd, Sports Gazette Publishing Co Ltd, Photopress and NZ Racing Form Record Bay of Plenty Racing Club Inc. Tauranga Mid-year meeting, Saturday 23rd June 1979. Pamphlet announcing the Owens Trophy Race, sponsored by R A Owens esq. to be run at the Tauranga Racecourse, 23 June 1979. (2 copies) Feilding Jockey Club (Regd). Centennial jubilee meeting. Second day, Monday 16 April 1979. Official card Manawatu Racing Club. Summer meeting 1979. 1st day. Awapuni Racecourse Palmerston North, 15 December 1979. [Programme] Manawatu Racing Club. Summer meeting 1979. 1st day. Bird cage [orange ticket on string] 1979 New Zealand National 'Ready to Run'. Parade heats. Sunday 7th October 1979, commencing 11.00am at Waikato Racing Clubs Te Rapa Racecourse, Hamilton, NZ. Official programme Quantity: 10 items. Physical Description: Booklets and fliers, sizes varying under 200 mm. Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources.

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Garvitch, Jeremy Veniamin, 1890-1990 :Castlepoint Lighthouse

Date: [19--]

By: Garvitch, Jeremy Veniamin, 1890-1990

Reference: PA7-43-27

Description: View from near the lighthouse looking south. The lighthouse is in te immediate foreground to the left. Photograph attributed to J V Garvitch (undated) Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 14 x 21 cm Provenance: Found in Ford Building 1977

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Birrell album 3

Date: [1950s]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

Reference: PA1-q-032

Description: Album contains coloured photographs with views of New Zealand, and some unlabelled family photographs, taken by Dr Ken Birrell, circa 1950s. Images also include three of Oregon and the Oregon State University. New Zealand views are concentrated mainly in the Wellington area including the Wairarapa, Milford Sound and the Dunedin area. Note handwritten at top right-hand corner of the cover reads "Aerial. Qtn-Milford 1957 & Chch-Qtn. (Air & bus)" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Blue covered album, with "Photographs" lettered in gold, 255 x 380 mm

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Castlepoint Centennial

Date: [19--]

From: Iorns, Bennett, 1883-1977 : Wairarapa research papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2510-1/06

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes three photographs

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Castlepoint and Hawke's Bay

Date: 1954

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

Reference: PA12-6530

Description: Castlepoint views include the settlement, the lighthouse, and coastal views. Hills (taipos) near Tapuhi. View of Gisborne Limestone hills near Morere, Northern Hawke's Bay. Morere Springs Scenic Reserve. Meeting house at Nuhaka. Mohaka viaduct. Lake Tutiri. Marine Parade and port, Napier. View of Countryside for the Gentle Annie. View of Wairoa and the river. Maratoto. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.

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Excavation reports, Okau

Date: 1970s

From: Cairns, Keith Raymond 1925-1987 : Research papers relating to the Wairarapa, particularly archaeology and Maori history

Reference: 88-070-14/16

Description: Contains copies of a report by Cairns about the excavation of the Okau area, north of Castlepoint, and related notes Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Diary of station work at Otamatiti (Homewood) and Waitukai

Date: 1853-1855

From: Tiffen, Frederick John, 1828-1911 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1348-03

Description: Contains journal entries of farming activities at Otamatiti and Waitukai stations on the east coast of the Wairarapa; this contains details of wage work undertaken by Maori as labourers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Correspondence and notes - Moa hunter and other burials

Date: 1977-1982

From: Cairns, Keith Raymond 1925-1987 : Research papers relating to the Wairarapa, particularly archaeology and Maori history

Reference: 88-070-16/05

Description: Contains correspondence about prehistoric Maori burials uncovered at Castlepoint, and related notes about the burials, and about the study of human skeletons Also contains a photo album of photos taken in the early years of the 20th century at Castlepoint Also contains an offprint of `New records and an analysis of the side-hafted adze from New Zealand', an article published in the New Zealand Journal of Archaeology in 1979 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Mataikona River burial & notes

Date: 1978-1982

From: Cairns, Keith Raymond 1925-1987 : Research papers relating to the Wairarapa, particularly archaeology and Maori history

Reference: 88-070-12/05

Description: Contains notes and reports about the discovery of Maori burial sites at Mataikona, near Castlepoint; also contains related correspondence Also contains a notebook with notes about the occupation of the Wairarapa by Rangitane, and archaeological notes and sketches Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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[Creator unknown] :Plan of parts of Castlepoint and Masterton counties [map with ms ann...

Date: 1914

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-832.45bje/1914/Acc.5806

Description: Shows Castlepoint and Masterton counties, giving land blocks, Maori reserves and land blocks, and Maori placenames for geographical features, trig points etc Extended Title - Wellington: Lands & Survey Dept., 1914 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on lithograph, scale 1:63 360, 102 x 77 cm.

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Bellis, A H :Photograph of "the mail brake at Whakataki on the Castlepoint to Masterton...

Reference: PAColl-0156

Description: Picture of the mail break at Whakataki on the Castlepoint to Masterton run. The cart could be driven by William Harvey who owned a local carrying business. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Okau, Castlepoint and McKenzie burials - Notes

Date: 1970s-1980s

From: Cairns, Keith Raymond 1925-1987 : Research papers relating to the Wairarapa, particularly archaeology and Maori history

Reference: 88-070-16/02

Description: Contains notes about the discovery of prehistoric Maori burials, archaeolgoical records of the burials, and further notes about the reburial of the remains, and related reports to various groups; also contains notes about Maori funeral customs and other miscellaneous notes Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Guthrie, Thomas, 1814-1876 : Order for goods shipped from Wellington to Castlepoint on ...

Date: 1860

By: Guthrie, Thomas, 1814-1876

Reference: MS-Papers-2881

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, printed matter

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Castlepoint - miscellaneous notes

Date: 1970s-1980s

From: Cairns, Keith Raymond 1925-1987 : Research papers relating to the Wairarapa, particularly archaeology and Maori history

Reference: 88-070-13/24

Description: Contains miscellaneous notes about the Castlepoint area Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Excavations at Castlepoint, addresses of helpers, newspaper clippings

Date: 1970s

From: Cairns, Keith Raymond 1925-1987 : Research papers relating to the Wairarapa, particularly archaeology and Maori history

Reference: 88-070-14/13

Description: Contains administrative notes about the Castlepoint excavations, and newspaper clippings about the Castlepoint area Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Castlepoint notes, and article about snails

Date: 1981

From: Cairns, Keith Raymond 1925-1987 : Research papers relating to the Wairarapa, particularly archaeology and Maori history

Reference: 88-070-13/17

Description: Contains notes about the Castlepoint area, including a list of shellfish found in the area; also includes an article about species diversity among New Zealand land snails Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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F Lee - Surveys

Date: 1970s

From: Cairns, Keith Raymond 1925-1987 : Research papers relating to the Wairarapa, particularly archaeology and Maori history

Reference: 88-070-14/17

Description: Contains maps of the Castlepoint excavation site, and sketches of various grids that were excavated Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Salmon album 10

Date: [Between 1927 and 1955]

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

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-206

Description: Photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1927 and 1955, mostly in the Wellington Region. Some are art photographs, including still life images of carvings, cloisonne ware and porcelain, and some are tinted. One sequence shows the Dominion Museum and Art Gallery, both interior and exterior views. Some were taken in April 1936 before the building was furnished; others were taken later in 1936 and 1937, including the Kauri Hall, the Sculpture Hall, the Art Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Academy Gallery, the Maori Hall, and the entrance vestibule. Civic events are shown in illuminations at the Government Buildings for the King George V Silver Jubilee on 12th May 1935; the Carillon tower floodlit for for the coronation of King George VI; and night photographs of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition in 1940, including the Australian and British pavilions. Wellington is shown in views from various hills and rooftops. Specific trips and occasions include a Waikaremoana trip in 1930; the Victoria University College Natural History Society trip to Butterfly Creek in 1933; a Camera Club outing near Mangaroa Hill in 1938; and celebrating Xmas in Auckland in 1952. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super-Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm

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Griffin, Dennis, fl 1950 :Photographs of Castlepoint, Mount Ruapehu, Nelson College, an...

Date: [ca 1928], 11 Dec 1932

By: Griffin, Dennis, active 1950

Reference: PA-Group-00605

Description: Photographs of Castlepoint, Mount Ruapehu, Nelson College, and the Denniston Incline, taken ca 1928 and 1932 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 18 b&w original negative(s). 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Negatives, photographic prints

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Castlepoint excavation

Date: 1970s

From: Cairns, Keith Raymond 1925-1987 : Research papers relating to the Wairarapa, particularly archaeology and Maori history

Reference: 88-070-14/05

Description: Contains reserch notes, and an article by Susan Davis, about archaeology in the Castlepoint area; also contains a draft chapter from Cairns' report about the Castlepoint excavation Quantity: 1 folder(s).