Rahotu

Date: [1920]-1995

From: Dickson, Decima, 1906-1995: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5562-14

Description: Comprises clippings covering the breadth of Dickson's career including concert reviews and announcements, photographs of donor (several for her 70th anniversary of driving), the Aeolian Society, examination results, some fashion articles and other topics Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1980

From: Dickson, Decima, 1906-1995: Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-5562-1

Description: Comprises edition of `Daily news', 28 Apr 1980 with supplement for centenary of Hughsons business in Taranaki Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1933-1968, nd

From: Dickson, Hamilton, 1906-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5575-05

Description: Comprises clippings about Hamilton and Decima Dickson's musical careers inclduing a concert in Rahotu Hall (1934), flyer for `The Gypsies' and advertisement in `Wireless weekly' (4 Aug 1933) for programme by Dickson Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1955-1956]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-34

Description: Comprises notes on and possible implications of, a Dolichocephalic human skull, Kaingaroa, including carvings (with maps); notes on Maori lore and sites made on a tour to Hamilton, Tirau, Raglan, Thames and the New Plymouth-Rahotu area, western Taranaki (Dec 1955-Jan 1956) (with map); compilation of old pa and kainga and of remaining occupied kainga, Waitara-Rahotu area, Taranaki (with map); Awakino-Mokau-Mohakatino area, with map showing old pa, kainga, middens etc; former pa of the coastal district, Onaero-Mimi area, north Taranaki; plan of Te Tiki-o-te-Ihingarangi positions; notes on Lake Taupo (with map); plan of part of central Waikato showing Maori sites and data of Maori war; letter, Wally N re Coromandel workshop find Arrangement: Notebook no 33 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1933

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1933

Description: Includes programmes featuring: Bohemian Orchestra. Season 1933. [Auckland] Town Hall, 14 September 1933. Programme. Bohemian Orchestra. Season 1933. [Auckland] Town Hall, 16 November 1933. programme. Miss Jeanette Briggs. Invitation recital by senior and junior students of Miss Jeanette Briggs. Concert Chamber Town Hall Wellington, 29 November 1933. Programme. British Music Society, New Zealand Section. Fourth concert. Art Gallery, Whitmore Street, 27 April 1933. Programme / flier. (Performers include Judith Giesen, Doris Black, H H Tombs, E Simpson, Beatrice Tombs, Gwen Sealy, Zell O'Kane, Prue Lewis, W Roy Hill, Catherine Moncrieff; Mesdames Ramsey, Townley, Greig, McCarthy, Vonder Loot and [...]) John Brownlee; principal baritone of the Paris Opera House. Invercargill Civic Theatre, 11 April [1933]. Programme with portrait. John Brownlee, principal baritone of the Paris Opera House. Hastings Municipal Theatre, 18 May [1933]. Promotional pamphlet with photo Dunedin Choral Society. "Creation" and "The Messiah". Town Hall Dunedin, 26 and 29 April 1933. Programme Recital by Helen Gray, Owen Jensen, Arthur Thompson in the Lewis Eady Hall [Auckland]. 28 March 1933. Greymouth Philharmonic Society present the oratorio "Judas Maccabaeus". Town Hall, 6 November 1933. Programme Recital by Miss Eileen Hughson and Mr Hamilton Dickson, in the Rahotu Town Hall on Wednesday May 17 1933. Programme / flier (3 copies, one white, one yellow, one blue) Hutt Valley Liedertafel. First season, third concert. St James Hall Lower Hutt, 11 May 1933. Programme. Spivakovsky-Kurtz recitals (Tossy Spivakovsky violin, Jascha Spivakovsky piano, Edmund Kurtz violoncello). [Wellington, 1933] Programme no. 3 Spivakovsky-Kurtz recitals. Australian and New Zealand tour 1933. Souvenir programme (beginning with "Organ Fantasie and Fugue G Minor by Bach-Liszt) (2 copies, one with inserted amended programme beginning with Sonata in G major by J B Breval) Spivakovsky-Kurtz recitals. Australian and New Zealand tour 1933. Souvenir programme (Beginning with Trio B Flat Major by Franz Schubert) (2 copies, both autographed on cover by all three performers) Spivakovsky-Kurtz recitals. Australian and New Zealand tour 1933. Souvenir programme (Beginning with Trio D Minor, Op 49 by Felix Mendelssohn) (2 copies); with one copy of inserted Amended concert for His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, beginning with Trio in C Major, op 101 by Johannes Brahms Jascha Spivakovsky. Fourth recital. Town Hall Wellington, 26 July 1933. Programme (2 copies, one with back cover missing) Wellington Apollo Singers, conductor H Temple White. Tenth concert, Town Hall Concert Chamber Wellington, 10 June 1933. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Apollo Singers, conductor H Temple White. Eleventh concert, Town Hall Concert Chamber Wellington, 7 September 1933. Programme Wellington Apollo Singers, conductor H Temple White. Twelfth concert. Town Hall Concert Chamber Wellington, 2 December 1933. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Male Voice Choir, conductor John Bishop. Second concert. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 10 August 1933. Programme (2 copies) Wellington Male Voice Choir, conductor John Bishop. Third concert. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 16 November 1933. Programme Wellington Orchestral Society Inc. Conductor Eric Meier. First concert to be held in Begg & Co.'s room, 16 November 1933. Programme Quantity: 21 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to octavo size, some illustrated.

Date: [1960?]

From: Dickson, Decima, 1906-1995: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5562-10

Description: Comprises handwritten draft of `New Zealand born', a radio story of life in NZ in the early 1900s; and `The Hughsons move to Rahotu, 1903-1946' (2 handwritten drafts, 1 photocopy)

Date: 2006-2007

From: La Plante, Steven, fl 2001-2015: Photographs of war memorials

Reference: PAColl-10421-05

Description: Photographic prints showing war memorials, chiefly for WWI and WWII, in various localities in the North Island. Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s) (Resin coated silver gelatin prints).

Date: 1885

By: Pownall, Robert Wilkinson, 1839-1889; Morton, Sarah, active 2005

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-1885-01

Description: A booklet including six facsimile postcards of painted scenes by artist Robert Pownall: 1. Nolans Stockade, Rahouto [Rahotu], Taranaki 2. Wanganui Heads 3. Mt Earnslaw, head of Lake Wakitipu [Wakatipu] 4. Wanganui Beach 6. Sugar Loaves, New Plymouth Date 1885 supplied by donor. Other Titles - With loving Christmas greetings from J.O.W. [back cover inscription] Inscriptions: Verso - centre - With loving Christmas greetings from J.O.W. Quantity: 1 volume(s) booklet. Physical Description: Digital prints, in spiral-bound booklet of six pages, each 106 x 173 mm, tied with green ribbon. Provenance: Donated by a descendant of the artist, Sarah Morton, of Wellington, in 2005.

Date: 1972

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

Reference: PA1-o-847

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1933

Reference: Eph-A-VARIETY-1933

Description: Includes: "Bright side up", with Jennie Benson, Charles Norman, Renie Riano. Grand Opera House Wellington. 30 September 1933. Programme (2 copies) Carter the Great, the last of the great magicians. Grand Opera House. 23 December 1933. Programme. Dante, the world's most famous magician (formerly known as the Great Jansen). Grand Opera House. 6 September 1933. Programme (2 copies) Gaieties of 1933, English and Australian Vaudeville and Revue Co, in "A brighter 1933". Grand Opera House Wellington. 6 March 1933. Programme and two copies of a flyer promoting this show (Headed "Final extra") Grand concert, Rahotu Hall. With Miss Elsa Penwarden, Miss Jean Hughson, Mrs T N Watt, Miss Lucy Ruston, M J Hamill, Misses W and P Murray. Tuesday August 22nd, 1933. Programme / flyer. Grand concert (Proceeds in aid of Methodist Church). Opunake Town Hall. Wednesday August 23rd. With Mrs Malcolm's Orchestra, Miss E Hughson, Miss O King, Mr R C Griffiths, Mrs A R Penn, Mr R Tavish, and a play with Miss Rita Hodson, Miss Wisper, Miss Lorraine Andrews, Madam Pavil, Miss Jean Hughson, Miss Alice Hodson, Miss Vera Billing, Miss Doris Lowry, etc. Programme / flyer. "Honi soit", the original spectacular musical comedy revue. With Jennie Benson, Charles Norman, Renie Riano. Grand Opera House Wellington. 7 October 1933. Programme (2 copies) The Merrymakers of 1933 present a revue "Back again", produced by Miss Jean Miller. Drill Hall, Feilding, 31 October 1933. Programme. J C Williamson Ltd present "Pleasure Bound", with Ella Shields and George Wallace. Grand Opera House Wellington. 28 January 1933. Programme (2 copies). J C Williamson Ltd present "Hello Happiness", with Ella Shields and George Wallace. Grand Opera House Wellington. 4 February 1933. Programme. J C Williamson Ltd present "Whoopee nights", with Ella Shields and George Wallace. Grand Opera House Wellington. 11 February 1933. Programme. J C Williamson Ltd present "Sunny Days", with Ella Shields and George Wallace. Grand Opera House Wellington. 18 February 1933. Programme. J C Williamson Ltd present "The Whirl of the World", with George Wallace. Grand Opera House Wellington. 14 May 1933. Programme. J C Williamson Ltd present "The Laugh Parade", with George Wallace. Grand Opera House Wellington. 21 June 1933. Programme. J C Williamson Ltd present Frank Neil's big farewell revue "All the winners", with Dorothy Dewar and the Five Famous Cleveres. Grand Opera House Wellington. 27 June 1933. Programme. Quantity: 16 theatre programmes and flyers plus some duplicates).. Physical Description: Programmes, various sizes under 250 mm.

Date: 1882

From: Hobson, Henry, fl 1881 :Album [of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki. 1881-1882].

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; Sherriff, George, 1846-1930

Reference: E-814-010

Description: Shows a view of tents and a hilltop fort of Rahotu, based on a component of the illustrated page by George Sherriff, in the "Graphic" (London), 8th April 1882, page 340. The rather faded photograph by W A Collis shows a group of eleven uniformed men standing in front of a building. The men appear to be wearing kilts and a wide diagonal shoulder band stretching from left shoulder to right waist. Handwritten text on the back of the photograph says: "The subscriber wishes Henry Hobson God speed on his journey and hopes that in after time this indifferent photograph may bring pleasant recollections of early comradeships in arms. William Rowett White" Other Titles - Armed Constabulary Extended Title - From Henry Hobson's Album of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki, 1881-1882, page [10] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 247 mm, on page of album, with inserted photograph, 166 x 110 mm.

Date: 1921 - 1860 - 1861

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: A-138-016

Description: The perimeter fence of a redoubt visible on a hill to the right, with military tents and other buildings at the foot of the hill and further off to the left Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash, 152 x 263 mm

Date: [1979-1990]

From: Dickson, Decima, 1906-1995: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5562-13

Description: Comprises published works of donor: `They came to NZ in 1880' (1979), `Looking back' (1971, rev 1991) and `Music throughout my life' (including galleys) (1971); each has family photographs inserted Other Titles - Looking back (1990) Other Titles - They came to New Zealand in 1880 Other Titles - Music throughout my life (1971, 1991)

Date: 22 Aug 1958

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-47161-F

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

Date: 1881

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Humphries, Thomas, 1841-1928; McKerrow, James, 1834-1919; Sicely, John Freeman, -1919; Begley, Robert George, active 1881

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-2/10/117-1/Acc.54803

Description: Cadastral plan and locality map of Village Settlement of Rahotu. Published by New Zealand Survey, under authority of James McKerrow, Surveyor-General. Surveyed by J F Sicely, June 1881, under Thomas Humphries, Chief Surveyor New Plymouth. Drawn by R G Begley. Imprint: General Survey Office, Wellington, N.Z., August 1881. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on linen-backed paper, scale 5 chains to 1 inch, 44 x 32 cm

Date: Photographs of New Plymouth and district including Mount Egmont, and a sequence of views of Parihaka (including the campaign of 1881).

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920

Reference: PA1-q-183

Description: Photographs of New Plymouth and district, including Mount Egmont, and a sequence of views of Parihaka (including the campaign of 1881). Scenes of Parihaka, especially with relationship to the 1881 incident, include views of the pa (with Te Whiti's house visible); the Rahotu volunteer camp, the Rahotu Redoubt; Fort Rolleston; Sentry Hill; Pungarehu officers' quarters and redoubt; Nelson Camp; the Taranaki Rifles and Wellington Navals. Scenic views in the area show Mount Egmont, Bell's Falls, the `Meeting-of-the-Waters', White Cliffs, Sugar Loaf Islands, the New Plymouth breakwater, and views of the New Plymouth Recreation Ground. Relationship complexity - Negatives, from which many of the prints in this album were made, are at PAColl-3032. See 10x8-1073 etc Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, dark green corners and spine; 28.0 x 36 5 cm

Date: 1972

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

Reference: PA1-o-847-34-4

Description: Three women choosing books from the New Zealand Country Library Service bookvan during its visit to Rahotu on 6 June 1971. Photographed by James Hector Sutherland. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: [ca 1881]

Reference: 1/2-031613-F

Description: Parade of troops at Rahotu Volunteer Camp, Taranaki. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1881. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1881]

From: Parihaka album 1

Reference: PA1-q-183-10

Description: Rahotu redoubt, south Taranaki, from the back, photographed at the time of the Parihaka campaign, ca 1881, by William Andrews Collis. Source of descriptive information - Notes on album page and PA1-q-183-01. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Rahotu Redoubt - from the back Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 19.5 x 24.1 cm, mounted on album page 26.6 x 34.7 cm

Date: [ca 1881]

From: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920 :Negatives of Taranaki

Reference: 10x8-1075-G

Description: Volunteer camp, Rahotu, circa 1881, during the time of the Parihaka campaign. Includes members of the Armed Constabulary. Photograph taken by William Andrews Collis. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print, and record for PA1-q-183-01. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative