Arapaoa Island

Date: 197?

By: Rowe, Betty, active 1970s

Reference: MS-Papers-4038

Description: An account of an American family who emigrated to New Zealand to escape the rigours of life in the USA. After farming at Te Anau for several months, they came to live on Arapawa Island, Queen Charlotte Sound and became involved in attempts to conserve the island's sheep and goats. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s) (254 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1902-1916

From: Patete family : Diaries and other papers relating to Haimona Patete

Reference: MS-Papers-5689-02

Description: Minutes from the meetings of the Hoiere (Marae) committee, under the auspices of the Arapawa Maori Council; accounts; whakapapa Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1853-1854, 1995

By: Head, Lyndsay F, active 1995

Reference: MS-Papers-5223

Description: Translations of selected Maori letters from the Donald McLean papers (MS-Papers-0032) by Ms Head's students under her supervision, made as part of the Te Tipuna Reo Project Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (13 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1920

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0039-08A

Description: Contains waiata and karakia, and accompanying narratives Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1903

From: Patete family : Diaries and other papers relating to Haimona Patete

Reference: MS-Papers-5689-03

Description: Fragmentary; contains waiata, diary notes, accounts, pressed leaf Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: Apr 1887

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-128

Description: Contains an account of the various heke of Ngati Toa and Te Ati Awa to the Kapiti district between 1820 and 1833, with reference to inter-tribal wars and disputes during this period. Rangipito use's the term "Uruuru-purumu" to describe the 19th century musket used by Maori. Other - Hardcopy inventory says "Compare mss version in S P Smith papers 21 (d)" Quantity: 1 folder(s) (40 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript and 2 pages of mss

Date: 1979

From: Batchelor, Mary Dorothy, 1927-2009 : Papers

Reference: 77-132-20/07

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1995

From: Patete family : Diaries and other papers relating to Haimona Patete

Reference: MS-Papers-5689-013

Description: Biography of Haimona Patete, written for DNZB III; contains footnotes that are not included in the published version. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [nd]

From: Wedde, Ian Curtis, 1946- : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10420-3

Description: Two sets of photographs taken in the same time period show landscapes, buildings, and coastal views of an island; probably taken on Arapawa Island, Marlborough Sounds. Taken by unidentified photographer(s) circa 1980 to 2010. Photographs include views of the coastline and hill landscape of the island, farm buildings and houses, a pier on a bay, a derelict building on the bay [probably Perano whaling station], various rusty shackles and a harpoon, and a gravestone. Some images show people on a boat approaching the island, a seaplane on the bay and aerial views of the bay. Also includes views of a film crew at work while people in overalls clear debris on the derelict building, and locals helping the film crew to carry gear onshore. Source of description - Photographs were housed in a folder marked 'Arapawa' Arrangement: The photographs were originally delivered in a folder titled 'Arapawa' Quantity: 70 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler prints

Date: 9 Jun 2006 - 09 Jun 2006

From: Oral history of Cook Strait Whalers based in Tory Channel

By: Heberley, Joseph Arthur, 1943-

Reference: OHInt-0856-06

Description: Interview with Joe Heberley, born at Blenheim in 1943. Refers to growing up in Tory Channel where his parents were both from whaling families. Mentions joining his father whaling at Great Barrier for the Byron Bay Whaling Company in 1959, and for a short time in 1963 for the Peranos in Tory Channel. Discusses working on the mothership Colville as a deck hand and then as a gunner on a chaser by his second season. Comments on risks and dangers, learning from experienced whalers, and whaling being more difficult in Cook Strait. Discusses the devastating effect of the collapse of whaling which they attributed to overwhaling by foreign vessels. Refers to farming and commercial fishing after whaling, and mentions many whalers farmed in the off-season. Talks about the community spirit in Queen Charlotte Sound with farmers assisting each other, but now being virtually the only farmers left. Refers to being approached by Simon Childerhouse of the Department of Conservation to set up an annual whale count from a lookout on his farm on Arapawa Island, noting that he and other fishermen had been reporting whale sightings since the 1970s. Mentions sighting began in 2004 with other former whalers including Tom Norton and Peter Perano. Comments that they look forward to contributing to conservation efforts. Interviewer(s) - Loreen Brehaut Accompanying material - Digital abstract accompanied by a brief biographical document Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-016003 - OHC-016004 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 digital photograph(s). 1 interview(s). 1.02 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5770, OHDL-001397. Includes colour portrait (OHDL-001398) Search dates: 1943 - 2006

Date: 16 Mar 2006 - 22 Mar 2006

From: Oral history of Cook Strait Whalers based in Tory Channel

By: Godsiff, Geoffrey Curtis, 1926-2015

Reference: OHInt-0856-04

Description: Interview with Geoff Godsiff, born at Picton in 1926. Talks about growing up on the family farm in the Bay of Many Coves, Queen Charlotte Sound. Mentions living with grandparents in Kaikoura for four years to attend school and then finishing his education at home through the Correspondence School. Refers to his mother running a guest house during the Depression, and naval activities in the Marlborough Sounds during World War 2. Comments on the simple life and hard work farming in the area. Discusses his various jobs including boat building and dairy farming. Talks about residents in the Bay of Many Coves, the planting of pines from 1934-1935, and the first holiday homes. Comments on unstable land and erosion in the Sounds. Mentions his family took on a farm on Arapawa Island in 1952 which he managed. Discusses the use of barges for bulk transport to and from farms in the Sounds. Refers to selling his farm and moving to Picton when his son was 10 for his education. Mentions his later jobs including 20 years working for the Harbour Board. Discusses going whaling in 1960, living at Oyster Bay with Herb Heberley for the season. Describes working in the frozen meat department of the factory where humpback whale meat was frozen and then cut and packaged for pet food. Refers to other workers including resident engineer Hank Ruesick, factory foreman Cairo Huntley, and owners Gilbert and Joe Perano. Comments on hazards in the factory. Talks about factory waste disposed into the sea attracting sharks and nelly birds, and slabs of meat floating all over the Sounds. Discusses uses for whale oil. Refers to leaving the whaling station when sperm whaling began. Reflects on his time in the whaling industry, the hard work but good money earned in a winter job that fitted with farming, and the living conditions and social life of the whalers. Interviewer(s) - Loreen Brehaut Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015998 - OHC-016000 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 3 C60 cassette(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 digital photograph(s). 2 interview(s). 2.46 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5768, OHDL-001393. Includes colour portrait (OHDL-001394) Search dates: 1926 - 2006

Date: 1843 - 1847

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1849-1850s. [Additional Manuscript 19954. File prints].

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: E-144-046-1

Description: The Brothers Rocks in wild weather, inlcuding a waterspout. Two waka with sails are in the foreground. A larger headland is in the background, probably part of Arapawa Island Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Chas Heaphy. Title beneath image in the hand of the artist Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of wash drawing, original, 7 x 11 inches

Date: 1977

From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-194

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1901-1910

From: Patete family : Diaries and other papers relating to Haimona Patete

Reference: MS-Papers-5689-04

Description: Copies of letters to Arapawa Maori Council, Taiawhio Te Tau, Te Ao, Te Etita (unknown newspaper), Timi Kara (Sir James Carroll), te etita o Te Matuhi and Te Puke Ki Hikurangi, Hone Heke, Takuta Pomare, Mr J Palmer, Polly and others. Includes census (1904) for Arapawa Island. Records Haimona's concern for the Ngati Toa-Koata people of Whangarae in the Croiselles who had been ravaged by a localised epidemic. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1845-1873

By: Ngatata, Wiremu Tako, -1887

Reference: MS-2204

Description: Includes a transcription of the 1845 printing of the Treaty, and correspondence between Wi Tako and Fitzroy, Grey, Featherston, and Parliament, in English and Maori. Language - Some material in Maori Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (43 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photographic copy) (21 cm, blue linen folder)

Date: Nov-Dec 1888

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-108

Description: Papers relating to claims in the Ikaroa district, specifically the Ngarara Block comprising a large part of Waikanae and the adjacent Kapiti Coast area. Consists of minutes of witnesses evidence from New Zealand Native Land Commission proceedings to determine customary Maori ownership of the Ngarara Block. Contains testimonies from witnesses and participants in the Kuititanga Battle 1839. Some papers from earlier hearing in 1873. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1978-1979

From: Batchelor, Mary Dorothy, 1927-2009 : Papers

Reference: 77-132-27/06

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1954-1955]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-28

Description: Contents comprise notes on adzes found at Ohau Bay (Wellington); Waikanae, McCrae's Flat (Central Otago), Dargaville and Horowhenua; a greenstone spike 12" in length found at Arapawa Island (with map and genealogy of the Heberley family); map showing geographical features and the position of Maori Pa sites and kainga of central Wellington; map showing distribution of type IV adzes (Waitaha culture) of western Wellington from Palliser Bay to Foxton; adze found at McCrae's flat Otago. Arrangement: Notebook no 27 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: Sep 1958

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-47660-F

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

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 2] 1848

By: Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852

Reference: E-333-016/017

Description: The left half of a two-page spread shows a map of Hapua Cove (Onapua Bay), Tory Channel and Port Underwood. Identifies Fly Cove or Port Underwood and marks the position of the old pa and the Mission station. The right hand side is a sketch of the bay 'Hapua Cove, Tory Channel, Q. C. S, from Mount Pisgah' showing the bay, Tory Channel,the west end of Arapawa Island (Heaphy Point) in the middle distance and further hills, possibly Mount Stokes in the background, identified as Totaranui Other Titles - Onapua Bay from Rahotia. Queen Charlotte Sound Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (two page spread). Physical Description: Pencil 135 x 140 on page 135 x 230 mm