Rangitīkei River

Date: 1970 - 1868 - 1975

From: [Various artists] :[Postcards depicting works of art]. National Art Gallery. Wellington, N.Z. [1970s]

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902

Reference: E-278-q-043

Description: Postcard depicting Chevalier's watercolour of the Rangitikei River, painted in 1868 Gift to National Art Gallery by Mrs Caroline Chevalier, artist's widow, in 1912 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 150 x 105 mm

Date: 1895

Reference: MapColl-832.41gbbd/[ca.1895]/Acc.388

Description: Topographic map of the Oruamatua Kaimanua Block bordered by the Moawhango and Rangitikei Rivers. Other blocks adjoining are Rangipowaiau, Kaimanua No.3, Ohaoko, Awarua Block No.2, Mangaohane No.1. Includes entirely Maori names of settlements and people. A few notes are in English, e.g. sheepyards. Three notes refer to the places where Tipae was believed to have been killed according to Te Hau, Hiraka and Ihakara, Hepara. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale [1:31 680], 50.8 x 40.4 cm. on sheet 51 x 60.2 cm.

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039530-G

Description: View of the Rangitikei River. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1923-1928

From: Panoramic photographs of New Zealand taken by R P Moore

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-198

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

Date: 1860s

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: Micro-Art-004

Description: 1. Sketchbook of a journey up the Rangitikei River 1862 (51 drawings); 2.Sketchbook of a journey to Havelock and the Pelorus Sound and Central Otago, 1864 (75 drawings); 3. A journey up the Manawatu River, 1862 (94 drawings); 4.Journey up the Wanganui River, 1861 & 1862 and other journeys (71 drawings - ); 5. A journey from Upper Hutt to Waikanae, Jan 1863. 6. A journey to the Waikato, Feb. 1864; 7 & 8. A journey to the Wairarapa, 1863. Physical Description: Negative microfilm (486 frames)

Date: 1869 - 1879

Reference: MapColl-832.43gbbd/[1869-70?]/Acc.43720

Description: Survey plan of land northeast of the junction of the Rangitikei River and Makowhai Stream. The main block is marked "410 acres", and corresponds to W.D. 1885, Poutu Native Reserve, Block II Te Kawau S.D., Rangitikei Manawatu Block, in a 1911 survey map. It is bordered to the east by four blocks of land, designated 205, 206, 207 and 208. Accompanied by a fragment entitled: Mangamahoe N R, Manawatu Rangitikei Block, plan of land awarded by order of Court to native mentioned in List C, Ngatiparewhakawhaka & Ngatikahoro in the Native Ld Court, Wellington, 28th day of September 1869. John T? Stewart, licensed surveyor. It has virtually no cartographic details, and its relationship to the accompanying plan is unknown. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on tracing paper, scale not given, 42.2 x 37.1 cm.

Date: 1895

Reference: MapColl-832.41cba/[ca.1895]/Acc.2864-5;9064-5

Description: Topographic map of the area from Mataroa, Hokio, Kaitapa, Kahikawaka, Cedar Ranges to Makokomiko Creek, bordered by the Rangitikei River. Motukawa No.2 and Awarua No.2 are prominently written and refer to the districts. Some of the terrain is described. Settlements, rivers, creeks, streams are named. Waterholes, horse tracks, the best line for a road, woolsheds, sheepyards, a racecourse and the site of an iron house are marked. Includes Kirimara Old Pa. Names include: Mitchell. Paurini's, Keri Kow's, Tawhi Paranihi's, Te Aruhe's, Birch's Stn., Chase's, Waikari's, Sutherland's. Title assigned by cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s) on 4 sheets. Physical Description: 2 positive and 2 negative photostatic copies, linen backed, scale [1:31 680], 79.3 x 108 cm., sheets 45.7 x 63.5 cm. and smaller

Date: 1905 to 1907

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-197

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1905 and 1907, covering a variety of topics. They include family photographs, both individual and group portraits, and Wellington houses (eg `Railway Whare', the house Godber and his family lived in, in Bay Street, Petone). One scene shows Godber's parents, Mary Ann and Charles Godber, with a large group of family members, including Albert Percy Godber, his wife Laura, and two children, Phyllis and William (p.21). On p. 13, Godber's wife Laura and two children are seen with an elderly couple, probably Laura's parents Charles Albert and Magdelina Clara Zinckgraf. Numbers of images show scenes associated with New Zealand Railways, including the Mataroa Railway Tunnel under construction, specific locomotives, signal stations, the railway station at Petone, and scenes at the Petone Railway Workshops. At the beginning of the album, several images show Godber and a team from the Petone Fire Brigade with medals they have won at fire-fighting practice competitions. A pocket at the front of the album holds two photographs, on of a new cutting on the road near Lowry Bay, and one of the `model of `D' class locomotive used in the Petone Peace Demonstration Procession' following the Boer War in 1902, signed `With A.P. Godber's compliments'. Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 105 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 19.5 x 26.0 cm

Reference: PAColl-6469

Description: Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-002813 to 002831 Quantity: 19 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039528-G

Description: River scene, possibly the Rangitikei. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1923

From: Panoramic photographs of New Zealand taken by R P Moore

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-266

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

Date: 1894

By: Climie, James Daniel, 1849-1928

Reference: MapColl-832.41gbbd/[1894]/Acc.36712

Description: The Awarua Block 4B lies between the Rangitikei River and the Mangaone Stream. A three log whare is marked adjacent to the Rangitikei River and Pouwhakarua Nos. 1 & 2 Blocks. The Palmerston Knights of Labor Assocn. Blk. lies between the Mangaone and Mangapapa Streams. It is subdivided into numbered sections with acreages with Wairepu, Quarry and Ngauinga Roads and Murray's Track, and is adjacent to Sommerville F.H.S. Blk. and Run No. 32. Initials on bottom right corner: H.A.A?, d., 26.9.94 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:63 360], 29.7 x 30.4 cm.

Date: [1950s]

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

Reference: PA1-q-031

Description: Views of New Zealand with particular interest in mountain scenery, both in the North Island and the South Island. They include numbers of images of chairlifts, skiing, rivers and springs, and thermal regions in the North Island. Most of the images are colour photos, taken by Dr Ken Birrell, during the 1950s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover labelled "Photographs", 250 x 300 mm

Date: 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-0804-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Rangitikei River, showing the Makohine Viaduct, taken by Robert Percy Moore in 1923 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - Rangitikei River Hunterville 4 copies; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - No. 355A Rangitikei River showing Makohine Viaduct near Hunterville N.Z. 1923 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 102.4 cm

Date: ca 1890-1910

By: Bunting, Frederick William, -1913; Bethelsen, Anders, active 1900; Bethelsen, Kristine, active 1900; Patterson, R I, active 1984

Reference: PAColl-0728

Description: Photographs of people who lived in Mangaweka ca 1900 including the pupils of the school. One shows girls dancing round a may-pole in the rain and another the Rangitikei River in flood. Bunting is the only photographer identified. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by R I Patterson from the estate of Anders and Kristine Bethelsen.

Date: 1939-1950

By: Wellington Regional Planning Authority

Reference: PAColl-0287

Description: New Zealand Towns, regions, scenery and primary industries. Includes many aerial views. Quantity: 175 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1949 - 1950

By: Heretaunga Tramping Club

Reference: MapColl-832.41gmbh/1950/Acc.7826

Description: Topographic map of the Ruahine Range including the Rangitikei River near Erewhon, the Mangamaire River, Ngaruroro River, Taruarau River and Makirikiri Stream which shows various tracks and huts. Includes named peaks, lakes, swamps, streams and creeks. Names of huts include Log Cabin (Parkinsons), Manson Hut, Peters Hut, Golden Hills Hut, Te Apunga (Kaimanua) Hut. Two areas are outlined and referred to in a key. The area surrounding Mount Tikitiki, near Owhaoko peak and Ngamatea Swamp, shows tracks and the site of a camp and a hut, tracks and the Woolwash. The second area of Boyd's Bush near Gentle Annie peak shows tracks, the site of Boyds and Cameron Camp. Attributed to Heretaunga Tramping Club Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale [1:63 360], 68.1 x 54 cm.

Date: 1862

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-229-054

Description: A small Maori settlement, with a paling fence, a gate formed by a cartwheel and several low huts, probably made with planks. One on the left, has a European-style verandah with a seated person. A plain is beyond with scattered trees, and the cliffs formed by the Rangitikei River can be seen in the distance The name Onepuehu is not in current use. May possibly be Onepuhi at the junction of the Porewa Stream and Rangitikei River, 10 km northeast of Marton Other Titles - Onepuhi Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, 130 x 177 mm

Reference: MapColl-832.41a/[n.d.]/Acc.393-4

Description: Map of the Otamakapua Block, including the Rangitikei River, from Kawato southwards to Waitapu, identifying several Maori place names along its length. Mangoira Block (Crown land) is indicated, showing the surveyed boundary block alongside Otamakapua Block. The Oroua River is shown, identifying several Maori place names along its length, as well as two smaller blocks Mangamoko (6498 acres) and Takapurau (2454 acres) and two unmarked areas of 103,364 and 29,484 acres. See also second copy of this map Acc. 631-2. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in 2 sheets. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 82 x 100.1 and 82.7 x 99.8 cm.

Date: 1953

By: New Zealand Canoeing Association; Barnett, C R, active 1953; Prickett, R J, active 1953; Coulter, Iris, active 1980-2002

Reference: MapColl-832.41gmfb/1953/Acc.43399

Description: Draft of a map of the Rangitikei River in five sections, designed to be folded when printed. The sections are: 1, rapids 1 to 28; 2, rapids 24 to 90; 3, rapids 86 to 158; 4, rapids 155 to 204; 5, rapids 201 to Kakariki. The start of the north-to-south trip is near the suspension bridge just north of Utiku, and the end at the road and rail bridges near Kakariki. Sections 1, 2 and 3 have enlargements of difficult sections of the river. Natural features marked on the map include cliffs with approximate heights, rapids, greywacke shingle beds, tributary streams, and a stretch in section 4 where the river channel varies daily. Bridges are marked and also shown in silhouette looking downstream. Prominent tree groups, houses and bush are indicated, as well as steel cables, power pylons and major roads. Data are given for a trip in January 1953: distance 51 miles, falling 700 ft; 16 hours on the water; initial speed 4 mph; final speed 2 1/2 mph. April 1953 Other Titles - Rangitikei River, scale map for boating trips Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper, scale [1:63 360], 63.5 x 33 cm. Provenance: Donated by Iris Coulter, Jan 2002