Kahutara

Date: 1863

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-171-016

Description: An extensive view of South Wairarapa. Bidwill's station, Pihautea, was at Kahutara, near Featherston Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 215 mm

Date: 1903-1907

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-7/6/04

Description: Includes letters from Fred, George, Jessie and Campbell Pearce Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 6 Apr 1971-5 Apr 1983

From: South Wairarapa Parish : Records of St Andrew's Church (Martinborough) and St John's Church (Featherston)

Reference: MS-Papers-11958-4

Description: Includes minutes of a special meeting held on 19 September 1982 to discuss the future of St Francis Church Kahutara. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, holograph

Date: 7 Oct 1982-1 Nov 1982

From: South Wairarapa Parish : Records of St Andrew's Church (Martinborough) and St John's Church (Featherston)

Reference: MS-Papers-11958-5

Description: Minutes of two special meetings, the first (open to the Kahutara-Pahautea community) to discuss future plans for St Francis' church, the second to elect a Committee of Oversight to take respnsibility for the maintenance of the church. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: [ca 1961]-1966, 1982, 1985, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008

From: South Wairarapa Parish : Records of St Andrew's Church (Martinborough) and St John's Church (Featherston)

Reference: MS-Papers-11958-6

Description: Papers presented inside the front cover of the minute book MS-Papers-11958-5, comprising: two versions of an undated notice `A church for Kahutara-Pahautea' which is a proposal to purchase the Presbyterian church at Morrison's Bush and to remove it to Kahutara; an Agreement for the joint use of the Church of St Francis, Kahutara, by the Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches, signed at Kahutara on 2 October 1966; a valuation of the church and grounds; notes on the history of the church written by Mrs P Pearce; other papers relating to functions of the Guild, which used the church. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, holograph, typescript, includes copies

Date: 4 Mar 1947-5 Apr 1962

From: South Wairarapa Parish : Records of St Andrew's Church (Martinborough) and St John's Church (Featherston)

Reference: MS-Papers-11958-2

Description: Minutes of monthly and annual meetings of the Guild. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, holograph

Date: 7 May 1955-3 Dec 1962

From: South Wairarapa Parish : Records of St Andrew's Church (Martinborough) and St John's Church (Featherston)

Reference: MS-Papers-11958-3

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, holograph

Date: 6 Sep 1938-30 Sep 1946

From: South Wairarapa Parish : Records of St Andrew's Church (Martinborough) and St John's Church (Featherston)

Reference: MS-Papers-11958-1

Description: Includes minutes of the meeting at which the branch was established, an outline of its aims and a list of members in 1946. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, holograph

Date: 1863

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-171-013/014

Description: An extensive view of South Wairarapa. Bidwill's farm, Pihautea, was at Kahutara Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 430 mm (double spread).

Date: 1972-1975

From: Cairns, Keith Raymond 1925-1987 : Research papers relating to the Wairarapa, particularly archaeology and Maori history

Reference: 88-070-14/24

Description: Contains New Zealand Archaeological Association site record forms (blank), and brief notes about the Maori settlement of the Gladstone area, and related correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1863

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-171-011/012

Description: A view of the hill shapes of South Wairarapa. Bidwill's farm, Pihautea, was at Kahutara Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 430 mm (double spread).

Date: 1893-1897

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-7/6/02

Description: Extensive correspondence relating to the initial purchase of `Makahi' by Fred Pearce and his subsequent bankruptcy, following which his affairs were handled by Arthur Pearce. Includes letters from Fred, George, Jessie and Campbell Pearce, along with correspondence from such Wairarapa associates Chennells, Vallance, Bock, Knight, Cameron etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1971 - 1988

By: New Zealand Post Office

Reference: MapColl-832.45gmk/1971-88/Acc.35588

Description: Shows subscribers on the Kahutara Exchange, east of Lake Wairarapa around Kahutara, Southern Wairarapa. Includes roads, property names, telephone number and owner's name. Written on map: MS 1248, A2, 1 of 1. Map has punched holes on left edge. Traced by BW for District Engineer, New Zealand Post Office, Masterton. Other Titles - subs Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [1:31 680], 41.5 x 58.8 cm.

Date: 1901-1902

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-7/6/03

Description: Extensive correspondence relating to `Makahi', Kahutara, Includes `Wairarapa daily times', 14 Dec 1901. Notice for the sale of `Makahi'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1847

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Crawford, Henry Nevay (Brigadier), 1907-1993

Reference: A-229-007

Description: A shed-like house made of upright wooden slats, with an open door and two small windows at the near end. Outside the front door are two pigs. There is bush behind the house. The property was called Pihautea, at Kahutara, near Featherston Displayed in "Paradise" (Gifts to the nation), National Library Gallery, January - April 2005. A wood engraving version of this drawing was published in Crawford, J C. Travels in New Zealand and Australia. p. 83 This view may show the first property built on the Bidwill's farm. A second group of buildings may be shown in William Mein Smith's drawing 'Pihautea. C R Bidwill Esqr' [1849 or later] (reference number A-035-005) Other Titles - Bidwill Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 114 x 193 mm

Date: 10 August 1961

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Science-Meteorology-Floods to 1966-01

Description: The Kahutara Dairy Factory on a bend in the Ruamahanga River surounded by flood water from the river. Photographed by Graeme Ayson in August 1961 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 20.3 x 13.4

Date: 1923

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

By: Bidwill, William Edward, 1858-1933

Reference: Pan-0895

Description: Panoramic view of "Rototawai" homestead, taken in 1923 by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - "Rototawai" 1923 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 117.8 cm

Date: 1860 - 1869

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: A-034-008

Description: Shows a large totara tree standing amongst a stand of bush behind a dilapidated fence. The area in the foreground has been cleared and there is a tree-stump at the left. Pihautea in South Wairarapa was the station of runholder C R Bidwill Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 180 x 105 mm

Date: 1849 - 1859

Reference: A-035-005

Description: Shows three buildings on a farm property, the house with verandah at the right, another smaller house with a lean-to in the centre, and a shed in an enclosure in the far left middle distance. The buildings are backed by native bush. In the foreground are tall sparsely foliaged trees, undergrown with flax bushes. They are in front of a post and rail fence The Bidwill property was in the South Wairarapa at Kahutara, near Featherston. The property shown may be the second residence built. The first building may be shown in a watercolour by James Coutts Crawford 'Mr Bidwill's house, Wairarapa' ca 1847. (reference number A-229-007) Other Titles - C R Bidwill's homestead at Pihautea. Esquire. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Chinese white on prepared grey paper, 121 x 190 mm