Three Kings Islands

Date: 1887

From: Smith, Stephenson Percy 1840-1922 : Notebooks on the Chatham and Kermadec islands, and Niue

Reference: MS-2025

Description: Diary of expedition to the Kermadec Islands, with list of geological specimens, map of islands in relation to Kermadecs, calculations, many drawings of the islands and parts of New Zealand the ship passed, such as Three Kings Island, Cape Reinga, Sunday Island, Curtis Island and list of indigenous and introduced vegetation on Sunday Island Source of title - Supplied title Arrangement: MS-2024-2027 are boxed together Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (14x20cm, black roan) Includes geological profiles and cross-sections and many drawings of promontories, landforms, with some mapping. Particularly good drawings of the crater of Sunday Island and Curtis Island

Date: 1996 - 1998 - 1999

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

Reference: A-437-049

Description: Shows leaves, flowers, fruit and seeds of the subspecies peltatum of the kawakawa; and of the mahoe or whiteywood. Artist's list: M excelsum ssp peltatum f delangei: Flowering spike cult., orig from S.W.Is., Three Kings coll. 12.11.99. Male spike from N.E. I. 12.11.88 [99?], coll. Lisa Forester. Fruit N.E. I. 16.12.96, coll. Peter de Lange. Artist's list: Melicytus aff. ramiflorus: Female flowers 14.12.96 a cult. plant, Auckland. Reg. Bot. Gdn. supplied by Steve Benham. Males flowers 16.4.99 supplied by Lisa Forester. Fruit 19.4.96 from Great I. coll. Peter de Lange. Appears on page 97 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand". Other Titles - December Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 327 x 261 mm.

Date: 1996 - 1998

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

Reference: A-437-325

Description: Shows leaves, flowers, fruit of the hangehange. Artist's list: G. rupestre var. ligustrifolium (ii): Flowers 29.9.98; green capsules 16.12.96 from plants cult. by Peter de Lange and from Robyn Smith of Percy's Bush, Hutt Valley. Ripe capsules from Great I., Three Kings., coll. Peter de Lange. Also details of flowers Appears on page 647 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - December, September; Island Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 327 x 246 mm.

Date: 1971 - 1987

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

Reference: A-437-212

Description: Shows leaves, flowers, fruit and seeds of the rare pennantia baylisiana endemic to Three Kings Island. Artist's list: Female flower 4.11.87 from Mt Albert, DSIR, supplied by Ross Beaver [ie Beever]. Female panicle from a photo by D M Leigh. Leaf also from Mt Albert DSIR supplied by Alan Esler March 1971. Drupes and pressed male flowers from Owen Evans, Norfolk I, April. Seedling from a plant cult. from a seed from the type tree, supplied by peter de Lange. Type tree P baylisiana, great Island, Three Kings Group. The Norfolk I. tree is P. endlicheri. Appears on page 421 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - Beever; 1971 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 261 x 211 mm.

Date: 1991 - 1992

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

Reference: A-437-045

Description: Shows leaves and flowering and fruiting spikes of the Three Kings Island Kawakawa. Artist's list: Flowering spikes 3.7.91, fruiting spike 14.3.92 cult. orig. from Three Kings I, supplied by Ewen Cameron. Appears on page 89 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand". Other Titles - 14 March 1992; 1991 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 332 x 262 mm.

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-301

Description: Maori vocabulary giving names of vegetation and their corresponding botanical names. Correspondence with the Department of Lands and Survey about a letter of complaint by J W A Merchant, Chief Surveyor, Wellington, 1889-1890; and about landless Maori of Ngatimaru (and the related Purangi Landless Natives Bill of 1909). Various handwritten notes: note contributed by an Aopouri [Aupouri?] Maori about Kaimatangi, of Three Kings Islands, an early voyager to Sydney; a note about a large ancient cedar log seen at the Chatham Islands in 1868; a note about the road built by the `Dromedary' crew ca 1820; a note about Maori traditions of Lake Waikaremoana; a note about a eighteenth-century battle between Waikato and Ngati Raukawa; and other notes relating to his books. Other Titles - Purangi Landless Natives Bill Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1955 - 1969

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

Reference: A-437-319

Description: Shows leaves, flowers, seeds of the elingamita johnsonii. Artist's list: Flowers March, drupe April, cult. from Mt Albert Research centre, Auckland. Cult. by Alan Esler. Appears on page 635 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 261 x 211 mm.

Date: 1974 - 1976 - 1977

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

Reference: A-437-497

Description: Shows leaves, flowers and seedpods of three varieties of hebe. Artist's list: H. aff. diosmifolia: Flowers Oct. 1974, capsules June 1977 from a plant cult. A Eagle, orig. from Three Kings I. H. insularis: Flowers Dec. 1976, capsules July from a cult. plant, Colin Ogle H. rakaiensis: Flowers Nov. 1976, cult. Tony Druce, capsules July 1977 cult. Otari Bot. Gdns, Ray Mole, originally from Middlemarch, Otago. Appears on page 989 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - November, October, December Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, on sheet 260 x 210 mm.

Date: 1895 - 1962 - 1970

By: Thompson, T K, active 1895; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Auckland District Office

Reference: MapColl-832.11cba/1895/Acc.12,992

Description: Survey map of the area from Waikoropupunoa Stream to Cape Maria Van Diemen and Motu Opao Island to Cape Reinga to Whangakea. Includes topographical features and handwritten descriptions of the terrain. Settlements, hills, points, streams are named. Old native cultivations, the lighthouse, tracks, wire cable and telephone lines are marked. Includes handwritten notes referring to the public utility, lighthouse or other purpose of the general Government. Gum land is marked. Includes two illustrations captioned Motu Opao, Cape Maria Van Diemen lighthouse from Herangi; and Cape Reinga. An inset map is a cross-sectional view with the caption title 'Three Kings Islets from Trig Hiriki; 14 islets visible in clear weather'. All islands have compass bearings and two have handwritten names, while 'Manawatawhi' and 'approx. 36 miles N.W. of Cape Reinga' appear as handwritten explanatory notes with the printed title. Added to this map is the following information:- 'Change of reserve (72.0. 00.) Gaz 1962 p.2118: set apart as a reserve for the preservation of flora and fauna. Gaz. 1956 p.39'. Also 'Three Kings Is. proclaimed a sanctuary under the Animals & Native Game Protection Act, 1921-1922. Gaz. 1930 p.666'. Handwritten notes refer to Motu Opao Island and Three Kings Islands. Handwritten reference F.B.1012 on bottom right of map. Other Titles - Topographical map of Reinga Survey District Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, [scale indeterminable], 75 x 75 cm.

Date: 1996 - 1998 - 1999

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

Reference: A-437-368

Description: Shows leaves, flowers and fruit of a variety of coprosma. Artist's list: C. neglecta (iii): Flowers 25.8.98, drupes 3.3.99 from cult. plants orig. from Great I. Three Kings I., Percy Reserve, Hutt Valley, Robyn Smith C. neglecta (iv): Female flowers 21.9.99, male folwer 12.8.96 from cult. plants originally from Maunganui Bluff, supplied by Tony Silbury. Female flowers supplied by Wayne Parr and Rodney Russ Appears on page 729 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - Great Island, Three Kings Islands, August, March, Reserve, September Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, on sheet 330 x 254 mm.

Date: 1976 - 1987 - 1997

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

Reference: A-437-206

Description: Shows leaves, flowers and seeds of the Smith's milk tree. Artist's list: Female flowers Aug. 1976 from a cult. plant at Mt Albert Research Station, supplied by Alan Esler. Male flowers coll. Vic and Brenda May, 15.10.87. Drupe 3.10.97 supplied by Mr and Mrs May and Geoff Baylis. Plants orig. from Three Kings I. Appears on page 409 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - August; October 1976; Baylis Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 261 x 211 mm.

Date: [1873-1949]

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Papers from various sources

Reference: MS-Papers-7065

Description: Comprises letter from C W Ostenfeld, Ashfield, NSW, to Major Perkins re J C Andersen (1945); notes on the Three Kings Islands and Te Naiti Hukahuka; page 4 of notes relating to war in the district near Tongahoe (Tangahoe); proposed type for Tongan New Testament publication; annotated page from A-J 1873 re appointment of Buller as Confidential Secretary; note on Wesley family portraits, Rev John Wesley and Rev Charles Wesley; notes on preferential trade; list of prospectors at Jackson's Head and Mahikapawa jubilee claims; letter to Mr Mathesons from the Eketahuna Road Board from [?] Alux [?] Anderson with draft letters from W Bell (1896) Also note re John Bruce Young; letter, F J Courtney, Robertsbridge, Surrey, to Bro [?] Francis (1946); letter Fred Peters to Charlie (1948); letter, UN War Crimes Commission, to `New Zealand law journal' (1949); personal letter to Mr Gifford (1924); letter in Danish from Ag Moller to J C Andersen (1943); sheaf of notes on naval pay from Royal Navy `Navy list' (1946); curriculum vitae for Bosworth Smith, possibly from the Kinsey papers (Feb 1892); newlsetter re Sister Ethel McMillan's semi-jubilee celebrations; notebook, `Notes on Mariner's Tonga', with words and phrases in Tongan and English; letter, Malcolm Ross to Mr Morice; rough estimate of estimates of Rerewhakaitu estate (1913); note of Richard Mant presenting his compliments to Col Trimble (1889); declaration of T K Macdonald as to value of land transferred to H M Hayward (1887) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1988 - 1991

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

Reference: A-437-236

Description: Shows leaves, flowers and seeds of the Three Kings titoki. Artist's list: Flowers 27.10.88 and fruit 17.10.91 from plants cult. at the University of Auckland. Supplied by Ewen Cameron. Appears on page 469 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - Auckland; Islands; October Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 329 x 256 mm.

Date: 1991 - 1995 - 1999 - 1992 - 1996

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

Reference: A-437-076

Description: Shows leaves, seeds and flowers of several varieties of taranga shrub. Artist's list: P. sp (i). Flowers Jan. 1995 from cult plants supplied by John barkla, details of flowers also cult. plants supplied by Tony Silbury 7.5.96. Section of flower, cult. supplied by Robin [Robyn?] Smith. P. sp (ii). Flowers 2.1.92 Cardrona ski field, both pink and white & drupes, coll. A Eagle P aff. tomentosa (i) Flowers and drupes 19.10.91 from S.W.I, Three Kings. Coll. Peter de Lange. P. aff tomentosa (ii). Flowers and branchlet, 6.10.99 from a cult. plant orig. from Surville Cliffs. Coll. Peter de Lange Appears on page 153 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand". Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 333 x 268 mm.

Date: 1769

By: Pottier de l'Horme, Jean, 1738?-

Reference: MapColl-832.11aj/1769/Acc.817

Description: Map of M. de Surville's voyage detailing Cape Maria van Diemen, Cape Reinga and North Cape areas of the Far North District of New Zealand. The reference key includes details of some place names, magnetic deviation, observations at various places and anchorages. The outlines of Comingin Island and Iles des Taois Roys are named. Attributed to Jean Pottier de l'Horme, Cartographer on the ship, the St. Jean Baptiste. A negative for this photograph is held by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Other Titles - Cap du Nord de tasman Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photograph, black and white, [scale indeterminable], 22.7 x 34.2 cm.

Date: 1934, 1946

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

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-228

Description: Includes report of Auckland Museum Expedition to Three Kings Island Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: February 1934

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 :Photographs relating to family and scientific interests

Reference: PA1-o-1320

Description: Photographs taken at places visited by the Auckland Museum's Will Watch scientific Expedition. The album begins with a menu, and the signatures of the expedition's members. This is followed by photographs of life on the ketch "Will Watch," all of which are deck scenes. The record begins in earnest at Parengarenga Harbour and Te Hapua where the scientific research work began. There are photographs of North Cape, Waikuku Beach, and Tom Bowling Bay where the expedition landed to study giant land snails. The empty shells of one of these (Placostylus) can be seen littering the beach. The expedition passed Kapowairoa, Spirits Bay, and Cape Reinga on its way to the Three kings Islands which was the main objective of the trip. A large section of the album is taken up with photographs of the Three Kings Islands. Most of these are general views from the sea, over the island's landscape, showing the vegetation and areas damaged by goats. Two photographs show flocks of sea birds. The other Island groups included are the Poor Knights Islands and the Hen and Chicken Islands. Photographs include general views of the islands, but also something of the fauna and flora. Photographs taken on the Poor Knights show a Buller's Shearwater chick and its nest, tuatara, a giant weta, and coastal vegetation including clumps of the Poor Knights Lilly (Xeronema callistemon) growing on rock outcrops. Those taken on the hen and Chicken Islands include coastal vegetation, forest containing Puka (Meryta sinclairii), and Whau (Entelia arborescens), and a flesh-footed Shearwater chick. The album concludes with Bellbirds feeding in a garden on Little Barrier Island, and a view of a shore and bay, Kawau Island. The Will Watch Expedition was organised by Dr Robert Falla who worked at the Auckland Museum at that time. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1976 - 1979 - 1990

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

Reference: A-437-100

Description: Shows leaves, seeds and flowers of two pittosporum varieties. Artist's list: P. serpentinum: Branchlet April 1979 from Surville Cliffs, N. Cape, coll. John Bartlett and Tony Druce. Flowers Oct. 1990, illustrated from a photograph by Gillian Crowcroft and coll. by Peter de Lange. Ripe capsule, Aug. P. fairchildii: Flowers and capsules Aug. 1976 cult. orig. from Three Kings Islands. Supplied by Ross Michie Appears on page 199 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - August 1976; April 1979; October 1990; June 2003 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 261 x 211 mm.

Date: 1956 - 1970 - 1999 - 2003

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

Reference: A-437-031

Description: Shows branchlet, flowers and berries of the pigeonwood. At upper right is a leaf outline of a sample collected from Great Island of the Three Kings Island by Peter de Lange. The verso has extensive annotations describing the leaf. The section through the fruit was done in 2003 from the collection of Graeme Jane from a sample gathered in the Rangitoto Range near Otorohanga. Artist's list: Male flowers Nov. 1956 from Hakarimata Ra. coll. A Eagle. Fruit and female flower Kaimai Ra. Dec. 1970. Section through drupe 10.4.03 from Rangitata Ra. Coll. Graeme Jane. H aff. arborea from cult plant Nov 1999 orig from Great I. (Manawa Tawhai), Three Kings Is. coll. Peter de Lange Appears on page 61 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand". Other Titles - November; December; Range; Island; Flowers Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 261 x 212 mm.

Date: 1769

By: Pottier de l'Horme, Jean, 1738?-

Reference: MapColl-832.11aj/1769/Acc.245

Description: Two maps on one sheet. The first map is an enlargement of the Loriston Bay (sometimes spelt Lauriston) area, now Doubtless Bay, and includes some names of prominent land formations. The second map is of M. De Surville's voyage detailing North Cape, Cape Surville and Loriston Bay areas of the Far North District of New Zealand. The outlines of Comingin Island and the Iles des 3 Rois are named. These maps were published in Pottier de l'Horme's journal (Surville expedition, 1769) Printed from negative microfilm in the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photograph, black and white, [scale indeterminable], 21.1 x 18.6 cm.