Kaeo River

Date: [ca 1910-1925]

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-0603

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes mostly in Waikato and Northland, including the new Awanui Wireless Station at Kaitaia; a steam locomotive on the railway bridge next to Victoria Battery; the interior of Union Battery; view of Whakatane with Regan's Commercial Hotel on the left and a billiards hall at the end of the street; a view over Port Chalmers; Mount Ruapehu covered in snow; a steam ship docking at the wharf at Tauranga; a steam ship pulling away from the wharves at Whangarei; view over Dargaville from Mount Wesley; view down Victoria Street, Dargaville looking towards the railway station; view over Kaitaia from the hotel; sheep mustered next to the Kaeo River; the road and rail bridges over the Waikato River in Hamilton; the Hauraki Pumping Plant in Thames; the extension works at Waihi Grand Junction Battery; the steam ship Clansman at the wharf at Mangonui; the Mokau Coal Mines on the Mokau River with boats moored at the jetty; the school and church at Mangonui; the Topeheihei Falls near Morrinsville; a crowd of people outside the mountain house with Mount Taranaki in the background; Marine Parade, Napier looking north; view over Petone towards Somes Island showing the carriage works and the mill next to the jetty; Glaxo factory at Matamata; a viaduct near Te Kuiti; a train on the Rimutaka Incline; and three views from the Northern Steam Ship Company's annual summer cruise of Port Fitzroy, Whangaroa, and Doubtless Bay. Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: ca 1950s

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-029-01

Description: Suspension bridge built by the Hare brothers over the Kaeo River in Kaeo, Northland, circa 1900. Photograph taken by A W Powell, circa 1950s. Note on back of file print reads: This unusual suspension bridge crosses a river a few miles south of Kaeo. Nth Auckland The bridge was built in twenty two days by the Hare brothers of Kaeo on the property which was then owned by W Hare. (Information from personal communication with Peter Green, the current owner, in 1997). The bridge was still in use and in good condition in 1997 when it was viewed by Helen Smith. W Hare was Wesley Hare. He and his brothers Joseph, William John, Wesley and Metcalf Hare formed Hare Bros, storekeepers of Kaeo. Joseph Jnr and William John Hare concurrently operated as Hare Bros, storekeepers of Whangaroa. (Information from Helen Smith and Margaret Smith nee Hare, 4 August 2000) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1824 - 1827

By: Turner, Nathaniel (Rev), 1793-1864; Methodist Missionary Society

Reference: B-121-023

Description: A bush-clad hilly area with the Kaeo River winding through towards Whangaroa Harbour (out of sight to the right). In the middle ground is a low rise with the mission station on top, with five buildings and a flagpole carrying the Union Jack. The whole area is cleared and fenced with well-established gardens and fields, with crops and fruit trees. There are cows grazing in a field to the left and several whare and a food platform with a standing and a seated Maori on the far left. In the foreground, inside an enclosure with a low fence, are another standing and a seated Maori man, four more whare and two more food platforms. The view is probably taken from the lower slopes of Pohue, a terraced conical pa site near the mission station A letter accompanies the drawing, signed by Nathaniel Turner, describing the scene and the use made of the various buildings. Wesleydale station was founded in June 1823 by Rev'd Samuel Leigh and Rev'd William White. Nathaniel Turner and John Hobbs joined them several months later, when Leigh returned to New South Wales, because of his poor health. On January 15 1827, Maori attacked the station and burned it to the ground. The suggested dating of this work is because the station looks well-established. It is most likely to be shown in 1825 or 1826. Accompanying letter: To the Secretaries of the Wesleyan Missionary Society ... London: The long Building at the back is a Rush House, 45 feet by 12 - 27 of which is a Schoolroom, the remainder which is in two rooms is occupied by Luke. The House below is our Dwelling the main building of which is 26 by 13, with a Skilling or Leanto at the back 10 feet wide and another at the Southern end 8 feet. The Building to the right on the same level contains three apartments, two below and one above. The one above serves as a Store for Native Provisions etc etc. The one below it is principly occupied by the Native Girls. The Skilling or Leanto is the Carpenters Shop. The tall building above is the Barn and the small one to the right of it is the Cow House which is Rush and Logs. The one down the Bank below is the Boat House, built of Rush. The Garden and young Orchard are within the inner fence below the House. The Wheat Field is to the left and below that. That below and to the left where the Cattle are seen is a Flat of uncultivated ground coverd with small brush wood. The enclosures below are the Native Plantations or Kumera Grounds. The river runs in the front and to the right and left in a very Serpentine manner. The Foreground is part of a Native Village. The principle village where the Pa is, which could not be included is just to the left. The Hills immediately at the back are barren, but those in the distance are covered with fine Timber, Kaudi etc etc. The view of the Settlement does not nearly equal the view in richness of Scenery as from the Settlement. Nath.l Turner. "Luke" referred to in Turner's letter was Luke Ward, an English servant who assisted on the station, with his wife. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on wove paper 242 x 381 mm (irreg.) Provenance: Collection of the Methodist Missionary Society.

Date: [193-?]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-010952-G

Description: Boats on Kaeo River, Northland. Photograph taken circa 1930s by the Northwood brothers of Kaitaia. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1824

By: Tyerman, Daniel, 1773-1828

Reference: A-263-001

Description: Shows Wesleydale mission station established in 1823 by Samuel Leigh and William White. The view is from above, looking down, with the mission buildings and fences to the right, tall trees (possibly kauri), the Kaeo River and exaggerated surrounding peaked hills, including the terraced conical shape of Pohue, at that stage the pa of the chief 'George' who blew up the Boyd in Whangaroa Harbour. The original for an engraving 'Wesley Dale, New Zealand' published in Bennet, George & Daniel Tyerman. Journal of voyages and travels ... London, Snow, 1831, v. 2 facing p. 138 Other Titles - Wesleydale Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 205 x 285 mm Provenance: Previously etate of Miss Montgomery, Surrey, England.