Pirongia

Date: 1988 - 2004

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

Reference: A-437-258

Description: Shows leaves, flowers and seeds of the raukaua simplex sinclairii. Artist's list: Flowers 3.2.88 from Kapuni Track, Mt Tarankai, coll. A Eagle. Juvenile leaf also from Mt Taranaki, Jan. 2004, coll. Bill Messenger. Fruit April 19 from Mt Pirongia. Appears on page 513 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - January, February, 1988 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 261 x 211 mm.

Date: 1970 - 1988

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

Reference: A-437-132

Description: Shows leaves, seeds and flowers of a metrosideros perforata, or white climbing rata. Artist's list: Flowers Jan. 1970 from Port Charles, Coromandel Pen. Capsules May from Pirongia. Both collected by A. Eagle Appears on page 261 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - January Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 261 x 211 mm.

Date: 1843

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-216-f-177

Description: Pirongia Mountain in the left background and the volcanic cone of Kakepuku to the right. A line of trees in the middle distance, flax and low scrub in the foreground, with part of the fenceline of Rarowera Pā on the right (also known as Raroera Pā). Rarowera Pa was on what is now Wallace Terrace, about a mile from the centre of modern Te Awamutu Other Titles - Pirongia Kakepuku There is a similar drawing by Merrett in the Grey Album, British Library, Add. MS 19953, p. 36 plate 95 with title The mountain of Perongia from Rarewera. In the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia is Merrett's watercolour, also from a similar perspective, View from Rarewera, Waipa. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Black ink and wash, 161 x 254 mm

Date: 1931 to 1934

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-116

Description: Album of tramps, camps, and other boy scouting activities, chiefly photographed by Gerald Rainsford Craddock, who was an active scout member and later scout master during the 1930s at Otorohanga. Maori legends and hand-drawn maps accompany the photographs, bringing New Zealand geography and history alive to the young scouts. Outings include following Te Kooti's trail, searching for caves where moa bones have been found, and climbing to various trig stations in the Waikato area. Other images show competitions for scouting badges and first aid instruction. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black leatherette cover, loose-bound album, 18 x 30 cm

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PA7-19-35

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1977 to 1979

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-q-279

Description: Photographs of family and friends, mostly taken in New Zealand by Rhoda McWhannell. There is one group of scenes relating to Rhoda McWhannell's brother and his family in the Kloof and Drakensberg Mountains areas of South Africa. The New Zealand scenes include friends at Rozel, the home of Rhoda and Frederick McWhannell at Ohaupo; numbers of different varieties of gum trees, which Frederick McWhannell had specialised in; friends' gardens; photographs of flowers including roses, dahlias, eucalypts, water lilies, acacia and irises; and the rose garden and fountain at Te Awamutu Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with purple vinyl cover; 35 x 30 cm

Date: 1884

From: Harper, Laura 1833-1887 :Laura Harper's sketchbook. No. 10 1884

Reference: E-376-024/025

Description: A rural scene, showing two dwellings, sheltered by trees and with hills in the background Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Pirongia Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 140 x 230 mm. (page size)

Date: [ca 1970]

By: Edwards, Walter Francis, active 1970

Reference: MS-Papers-2593

Description: Notes on the Ohaupo Catholic Church and on postal and railway history of the area; notes on St John the Baptist Church, Kihikihi and genealogical information on the Krippner family. Also unpublished articles, New Zealand's debt to Ireland, and New Zealand's pioneer Catholic family, by Eileen Duggan and Paul Kavanagh Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - New Zealand's debt to Ireland Other Titles - New Zealand's pioneer Catholic family Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts (photocopies) Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Two accompanying photographs.

Date: 1863 - 1865

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898; Mayne, Barbara, active 1996

Reference: A-113-002

Description: Shows camp in a flat basin, with horse exercise yard and flagpole in left foreground, and other square fenced yards further off. In middle distance are the main barracks, and scattered buildings of a small town behind. The Waipa River may be visible at left before it flows behind central rise separating foreground from background. Pirongia Mountain may be the hill at right, although Pirongia Mountain is supposed to be twin-coned. Alexandra is the old name for Pirongia. Members of the 2nd Waikato Regiment built a strong redoubt on a hill at the west side of the town, in about 1864. Other Titles - Alexandra - Waikato Military camp, Maori Wars, ca 1864 Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy of a watercolour, 450 x 179 mm

Date: 1963-1983

From: Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc: Records and recordings

Reference: 84-180-33

Description: Quantity: 1 box(es). Finding Aids: Preliminary list of box contents available.

Date: 1884 - 1886

By: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922; Harper, Laura, 1833-1887; Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975

Reference: E-377

Description: Contains sketches from a visit to Rotorua 1884 to 1886. Also includes sketches of Lake Tarawera, Ohinemutu, Green Lake, Blue Lake, Wairoa, Picton, Auckland, Mount Egmont. Also contains some sketches possibly by Laura Harper. Mount Tarawera erupted in 1886. Inscriptions: Pages are numbered at top left, and title is given below image. See shelf list for details of works attributed to Laura Harper.(Nos. 10,19,20,27,36,37,39-43,45,50.) Laura (Taylor) Harper was a sister of Mary Catherine (Taylor) Medley, and died in 1887. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 29 pencil, and 20 pencil & watercolour works, in sketchbook 135 x 220 mm.

Date: 1974, 1978

From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation

Reference: PA1-o-848

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1989 - 2002

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

Reference: A-437-024

Description: Shows the foliage, flower and fruit of the pseudowintera colorata or mountain horopito. Artist's list: Flowers Sept., fruit April from Pirongia (who?). Section through fruit from Gordon Park, Gore. Coll. A Eagle. Appears on page 47 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand". Other Titles - September; near Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 262 x 211 mm.

Date: 1962 - 1988

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

Reference: A-437-358

Description: Shows leaves, flowers and fruit of the hupiro, also known as stinky karamu. Artist's list: C. foetidissima: Pirongia Mt. 17.2.68 Appears on page 711 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - February Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 261 x 211 mm.

Date: n d

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-079

Description: Contains notes on whakapapa from Tainui, Aotea, Te Arawa from the creation of the universe from Te Kore through to Te Po, Nga Rangi through to prominent ancestors; also includes an essay entitled `The House of Te Heuheu' which describes the Ariki of Ngati Tuwharetoa; also waiata and haka; map of the Tainui - Waikato region Enclosures - a map of the Waikato area Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: Jun 1834-Dec 1836, 2004

By: Stack, James, 1801-1883

Reference: qMS-1858-1859

Description: A detailed history of the mission at Mangapouri with emphasis on the relations between the Maori and the missionaries in the pre-European settlement period,as seen by a Church Missionary Society missionary. Also included are day-to-day accounts of journeys in the Waikato-Thames Valley area, of thens at Pahia, Puriri (Thames) and Tauranga, and of the wars in 1836 between Maori tribes in the Waikato-Thames Valley and the Rotorua-Bay of Plenty areas Source of title - Supplied title Variations in title - "Stack's Journal" on each section Quantity: 2 volume(s) (122 pages). 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (some photocopies) (34 cm; blue calf box)

Date: 1930s

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-117

Description: Album created by George Rainsford Craddock as a record of scouting trips in the King Country and Waikato, which followed ancient Maori trails, and historic quests. Maori legends and history in the form of newspaper cuttings attached to the album pages, which Gerald Craddock wrote himself, are interspersed with quotations from famous writers, and with photographs of the boys in the various areas. Some of the boys are identified, but only with Christian names Inserted in the front of the album is a slip dated October 1941 which mentions three of the boys (again only with Christian names) from his scout group who were killed in the second World War. Joe (an airgunner) came down 200 miles from Malta, in the sea in 1941; Basil (pilot) died when his plane crashed at Lossiemouth, Scotland in 1941; and John was brought down by a sniper's bullet in Iraq just before war broke out. Inscriptions: Album page - "Being an illustrated record of some fifteen scout camps, which I hope will prove an inspiration, and provide a romantic quest for Boy Scouts of the Waikato and King Country to follow. G.R. Craddock, February 1933" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown card-covered album entitled "The land of the faerie, beneath King Country skies. Leaves from a rambler's notebook" (by G.R.C.)

Date: 1880

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian insects; original drawings [ca 1880]

Reference: E-054-041

Description: Three moths with a record of the locations in which they were found Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 72 x 119 mm on sheet 183 x 203 mm

Date: 1900 - 1928

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: Valuation New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-832.14gbbd/1900-/Acc.35362

Description: Drawn on a published cadastral map, annotations depict blocks of land, many named, in Kawhia North and Pirongia Survey Districts. Several blocks have been highlighted in different colours, with annotated acreages and names of land owners (added and deleted over time) including C. Bell, GH Buckeridge, AW Elliot, WC Page, ELC Elliot, HP Newton, AD Newton and others, TD Hamilton, W Crotty, GH McKenzie, FW Scheiber, LM Murgatroyer, J Troughton, AUH Schreiber, GE Crotty, W McIntosh, AM Yells, TB & MF Sandilands, WM Howe, A Clarsen, C MacLean, Mrs FE Clarke, GW Douglas, G Easy, WH Daysh, S Adcock, A Wright, JN Williamson, JG Parkinson, RT Davies, JRT & WW Davies, WR Smith, L Wright, RC Robinson, JP Robinson, H Bell, F Perham and GF Barton. Shows state forest and forest reserve. Denotes placenames : Nga Iwi Turua, Te Ake Hikopiro and Mahaukura. Base map: Unidentified cadastral map of Kawhia North S.D. and Pirongia S.D.. ([s.l], [s.n], [s.d]). Top middle: 5001 Top left hand corner: L.B. 24/11/25. Two pieces of text have been glued to the map - the first 'Kawhia County - Pirongia District' (with annotations - 1466 23.1.28, 24.1.28) and the second 'Kawhia County - Kawhia North Survey District (1465 - 28.11.27, 29.11.27). Text provides information such as sections, nearest amenities, type of land and water supply. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, watercolour and pencil on card, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 72 x 82 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation New Zealand Feb 1991

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-143-036

Description: Three drawings on one page. 'Mountain of Pirongia' shows a lake and hills with Pirongia in the background. [Warrior with rifle] is a standing man, his rifle held against his upper body. [Battle scene] shows a group of Maori fighting, some armed with spears, some with axes The Library holds only photographic copies of originals in the British Library Add MS 19953, folio 36 (95 to 97) Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of three drawings, various media