Turuturu Mokai Pā

Date: 1909, 1958-1959, 1960

From: Houston, John, 1891-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0236-027

Description: Correspondence chiefly concerned with Houston's interest in historical matters: Correspondence between Alfred Trimble, Findlay and Houston concerning the fight at Turuturu-mokai and the actions of Michael Gill there. Also included is the latter's application for a Social Security benefit, accompanied by newspaper clippings about this action, and a statement by Gill (1909). Letters between C P Rei, R M Gore, G M Lysaght, Livingstone Baker, the Registrar-General and Houston about information on Charles Kane or Jack Kane (Cain). Letters between Chief Surveyor and Houston concerning name of Maori pa (Tahuahua). Name finally supplied by Tamaka Awarua in South Taranaki (1959). Letter from Ray Sorrenson to Houston re information about Stewart Newall and the whereabouts of his note book (1960) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1935-1937

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-7888-1

Description: The clippings are from the `Hawera Star' and `Taranaki Daily News', and refer to aspects of the Taranaki wars, and to Parihaka, especially with regard to forts and blockhouses. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1959-1962

From: Houston, John, 1891-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0236-007

Description: Includes letters from or about Patu (Ken Webster); Christchurch Teachers College; Polynesian Society (Palmerston North) - East Coast trip, 1961; Thomas Hardy; Elias Regis; Kohua; Kimble Bent; Dr E P Ellison; Te Ngutu; Kotiate, Hawera Library, Turuturu-mokai; Ketemarae Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1928-1961

From: Houston, John, 1891-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0236-075

Description: Correspondence from Paul Baillod to Houston addressed to `Fellow-Rotarian...' description of Neuchatel... mention of New Zealand (12 Jan 1933); [Lieut-Col Love written when Love was appointed commander of Maori Battalion (13 May 1942); Welsh, McCarthy, Town Clerk, Hawera area and conditions of holding Turuturu-mokai reserve; Gilbert Archy - re discoveries of Taranaki carvings, accompanied by photos (29 Aug 1958); F B Bryden re photograph of west window of St Paul's and inscription on brass plate beneath window (12 Feb 1961) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 10 April 1898

By: Gordon, William Francis Robert, 1846-1936

Reference: PA7-14-10

Description: Mr Milmoe was one of the defenders of the Redoubt at the time it was attacked by Hauhaus before daybreak on 12 July 1868, when Captain Ross and nine men were killed and five wounded

Date: [1920-1922]

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: A-472-013

Description: Ground plan of redoubt showing: guardhut, gate-way, place where Captain Ross was killed, Captain Ross's whare, Lennon's canteen and present road from Hawera. Arrows indicate direction to Waihi Redoubt and "to the Bush". On the reverse is the beginning of another ink and pencil sketch. Similar image at A-173-037 Drawing likely created for James Cowan's 'New Zealand Wars', published 1922. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on card, 203 x 160 mm Transfers: Drawing removed from PAColl-10460-03 (item 31)..

Date: 1904, [1931-1934]

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-130

Description: James Cowan's notebook containing notes relating to interviews he conducted in Taranaki in 1904. Also includes some loose papers that were laid in to the notebook, which includes clippings and research notes, dated ca 1931-1934. The notebook contains information on many Taranaki place names and history relating to various pā, and the New Zealand Wars of the 1860s which took place in Taranaki. It includes waiata and karakia. Some of the notes are written in shorthand. The interviewees include: John G Beamish of Patea who spoke of the Turuturumokai battle; Ngahina of Taiporohenui who spoke of Te Whiti and a block of greenstone; and Tauke of Hokorima. The loose papers include "Turi's paddling chant" relating to the Aotea waka. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: One notebook and loose papers including clippings and research notes. Three photographic prints included in this volume (two tipped in, and one laid in (loose).

Date: 1946 - 1950

From: New Zealand. School Publications Branch: [45 double-sided photographic posters, photographed by National Publicity Studios and other photographers. ca 1949]

By: Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: Eph-D-EDUCATION-1949-1-31/60

Description: Photographs are by National Publicity Studios, V C Browne, Tudor Collins. Includes posters numbered: 31. Wool. Preparing bales of wool for export (National Publicity Studios) 32. Port Chalmers. This is the main port of Otago. Notice the dry dock on the right (V C Browne) 33. Wool. "Dumped" wool being stored for export. "Dumped" bales have been tightly pressed to save shipping space (National Publicity Studios) 34. Making butter. The cream from the receiving vat at the bottom is pumped through a heater. It is then cooled quickly on the cooler behind the man. This heating and cooling is called "pasteurising" (National Publicity Studios) 35. Buying wool. At this auction sale in the Town Hall at Wellington, buyers from many countries are bidding for New Zealand wool (National Publicity Studios) 36. Raglan. This little port is a holiday place for Waikato people (V C Browne) 37. Making cheese. The milk arrives at the factory where it is weighed and a sample taken for testing (National Publicity Studios) 38. Wellington. The business centre of the capital city. Can you find the railway station? (V C Browne) 39. Making cheese. The milk pours into a receiving vat (National Publicity Studios) 40. Mangaweka. This country town is on the Main Trunk railway south of Taihape. Notice the main highway north, and the white-cliffed gorge of the Rangitikei River (V C Browne) 41. Making cheese. After being heated and cooled to kill germs, the milk is set with rennet. Then the curds are cut with knives into cubes (National Publicity Studios) 42. Nelson. Harvesting a crop on the Waimea plain near Nelson (National Publicity Studios) 43. Making cheese. After cooking, the whey is drained off and the curds are left in piles along the vat (National Publicity Studios) 44. A fishing port. Kaikoura, eans "crayfish food". It lies at the north side of the isthmus of the Kaikoura Peninsula (V C Browne) 45. Making cheese. After being cut into cubes, turned, and salted, the curd is poured into "hoops" lined with cheese cloth (National Publicity Studios) 46. Tolaga Bay. Notice the jetty at the top right. Few vessels call at this coastal port (V C Browne) 47. Making cheese. The "hoops" full of cheese have been in the pess al night (National Publicity Studios) 48. Tarakohe. This port has one factory and was built to ship one product - cement (V C Browne) 49. Making cheese. These cheeses are being weighed and crated ready for export (National Publicity Studios) 50. Sheep country. This photo shows what parts of North Auckland look like. It was taken on the Takatu Peninsula near Matakana (Tudor Collins) 51. New Plymouth Harbour. The breakwater protects ships at the wharf. Notice the oil derricks (V C Browne) 52. Auckland. This photo shows the main road and rail outlet to the south. What kind of trees grown close to the shore here? (V C Browne) 53. Making butter. After one night in a storage vat the cream goes to the churn. Here half a ton of butter is being removed from a churn (National Publicity Studios) 54. Lime Hills, Southland. What takes place in these buildings? Why are they built in steps? What do you call the workings on the hill top? (V C Browne) 55. Butter. Weighing and packing bulk butter for export (National Publicity Studios) 56. Timber. How can you tell which of these forests are native and which are exotic? This is part of Karioi State Forest (V C Browne) 57. Butter. Each box contains a 56 pound block of butter. What is happening to it here? (National Publicity Studios) 58. Irrigation. The Rangitata Diversion Race runs north along the Canterbury Plains (V C Browne) 59. Maori fortifications. Turu-turu Mokai Pa, near Hawera - the best preserved Maori fortifications in New Zealand (V C Browne) 60. Irrigation. The Highbank Power Station, at the end of the Rangitata Diversion Race, can be seen near the centre of the picture. Mt Hutt is in the background, the Rakaia River is in the foreground (V C Browne) Date estimated from the fact that some have been date-stamped 31 August 1950. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset photographic prints, 513 x 584 mm., on both sides of sheets

Date: 1911, 1938, 1941, 1955, 1959

From: Ephemera donated to and collected by the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2020

By: Hawera (N.Z.). Borough Council; Hibernian Catholic Benefit Society; Marlborough Centennial Association; Wellington Catholic Education Board

Reference: EPH-A-DECEMBER-2020/4

Description: Comprises: Hibernian Australasian Catholic Society programme for "Send Off" Banquet to the Irish Envoys, Thursday 27 July 1911; Programme for St Patrick's Day celebrations, Wellington, Thursday 17 March 1938; Souvenir programme for Irish National Concert for St Patrick's Day Celebrations, 1941; Programme for Official Opening of the Turuturu-Mokai Historic Reserve, Saturday 5 March 1955; Provision programme for events celebrating the Centennial of Marlborough March 1959 to March 1960. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 5 pieces of ephemera.

Date: 1938

From: Houston, John, 1891-1962 : Papers

By: Houston, Florence Olive, -1964

Reference: PAColl-5515

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Photograph found in volume with binder title "The Maori", by Elsdon Best. The volume contains vols 1-6 of Best's Dominion Museum monographs. The photograph was between pages 12-13 of the 2d monograph..

Date: [19--]

From: Houston, John, 1891-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0236-031

Description: Typescript and newspaper articles with some ms annotations in Houston's hand. Includes articles about Turuturu-mokai, and notes and article by Houston about the fights there.

Date: 1880 - 1882

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

By: Sherriff, George, 1846-1930; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: E-814-011

Description: Watercolour shows a view of Mount Egmont (Taranaki), based on a component of the illustrated page by George Sherriff, in the "Graphic" (London), 8th April 1882, page 340, showing Mount Egmont as a backdrop to "Remains of Maori fortifications at Turo Turo Mokai". The photograph shows a group of three men in civilian clothing in a studio setting. 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 [11] 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: 1973-1979

From: Keyes, Ian Warwick, 1938-2004 :Sites of Maori settlement, Maori artifacts, and marae

Reference: PA12-6851

Description: Painted canoe hull, Virginia Lake, Wanganui, a memorial to Puna McGregor. Owae Whitara Marae and Te Ikaroa a Maui meeting house, Waitara, Taranaki. Maui Pomare statue, Waitara. Turuturumokai Pa, Hawera. Carved and painted panels, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia. Paintings of Polynesian voyagers by Hawaiian artist, Herb Kawainui Kane. Quantity: 18 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: ca 1950 - ca 1960

From: Burke, Noreen (estate) :Photographs

By: Burke, Noreen Hannah, 1926-1984; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Jauncey, Philip Henry, 1902-1982

Reference: PAColl-6859-1

Description: Photographs taken by Noreen H Burke, The Evening Post, P H Jauncey, and the Burton Brothers. Many images are of parts of Wellington, Evans Bay, Parliament Buildings, the Cenotaph, the Botanic Garden and views of the city. Others include people in boats, flying boats, views of the Tukituki River Hawke's Bay, All Saints Church Palmerston North, Turuturu-moki Pa near Hawera Taranaki, the Turi and Rongorongo memorial canoe at Patea, and a group of people which include Prime Minister Holyoake and US President Johnson. Quantity: 52 b&w original photographic print(s) 5 hand-coloured.

Date: 1974-1986

By: Powell family; Coulter, Iris, active 1980-2002

Reference: PAColl-7583

Description: Views in Taranaki, Rangitikei and Manawatu. Arrangement: Transparencies at PA12-2403 to PA12-2415 Quantity: 288 colour original transparency/ies (35mm slides).

Date: [Between 1920s and 1930s]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: Pa1-f-053

Description: Publicity photographs taken for New Zealand Railways, chiefly taken circa 1936, by unidentified photographers. The main sequences cover views in the Christchurch area, the Southern Alps and West Coast in the South Island; and Gisborne, East Cape, and Taranaki in the North Island. Many of the images were used in the New Zealand Railway Magazine which is available in full-text on the internet at http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-corpus-railways.html Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled Tours, Book 4; 39 x 59 cm

Date: 1980 - 1982

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1980/1982

Description: Includes: 1970-1980s?: Postcard. The interior of the chapel at Hukarere Maori Girls' Hostel, Napier [1970-1980s?] 1980s: Te Hau-Takiri Wharepapa / Gottfried Lindauer. G B Scott Souvenirs Ltd , Auckland. [Postcard. 1980s?] Turuturu Mokai, stone-age Maori fortress [1980s?]. Pamphlet (2 copies) McDonald's Rotorua Restaurant: McDonalds Rotorua New Zealand, owned and operated by Megan and Philip Mules [1980s?] 1980: Auckland War Memorial Museum. The creation myth and the origin of Auckland's volcanoes. Text in Maori and English by D R Simmons. 1980 Ngata Memorial College. Opening and dedication of the Gymnasium, and cultural competitions, 19 March 1980. Booklet Ngati Poneke Marae appeal. 21 June [1980]. Collection envelope Department of Maori Affairs. Tu Tangata Business Wananga [Pamphlet. 1980] (2 copies) Te Ati Awa of Waikanae. Powhiri / Invitation to the opening of our Wharekai. Whakarongotai Marae, Waikanae, 5 July 1980. Invitation/ programme (Parallel text Maori and English) Tu Tangata. Vocational training courses. Information [1980] (2 copies) Tu Tangata. Vocational training courses. Application form [1980] (2 copies) 1981: NZ Students Arts Council presents "Songs to the judges", written and directed by Mervyn Thompson; music by William Dart. A powerful drama exposing the dispossession of Maori land by the New Zealand law courts. New Zealand tour March-April 1981 Raukawa Marae Trustees. Objective; Principles; Activities, etc. Pink mimeographed pamphlet [1981?] South Pacific Commonwealth Youth Wananga, Itinerary 22 February - 8 March 1981. Booklet 1982: New Zealand Historic Places Trust. The past at our feet. Information sheet 2: Archaeological remains of Maori pa. Site N24/4 Motukiore Is., Whangarei Harbour. 1982 Waitangi Action Committee. Children of Papatuanuku, seeds of our tupuna. We are the people of the land; together we will stand. Waitangi - day off or a rip off. Pamphlet [1982] Wellington High School. A new New Zealand experiment at Wellington High School. Teaching and learning through two languages (English and Maori). Enrol now for Form 3 bilingual class [Yellow pamphlet. 1982] Rotorua Art Gallery. Feathers and fibre. 19 July - 22 August 1982. Exhibition catalogue Summit Shirts. Washing instructions for a beloved. Pamphlet with parallel text in English and Maori Tu Tangata. Vocational training courses. Information [1982] Tu Tangata. Vocational training courses. Application form [1982] Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying below 250 mm. Processing information: Four pieces donated by Jock McEwan included in folder in 1999, removed and combined with ATL-Group-00693 in August 2023. Material relates to Hoani Waititi Marae, Ngati Poneke and Pipitea Pā, Ngāti Toa Rangatira.

Date: 1924 - 1868

By: Gordon, William Francis Robert, 1846-1936

Reference: Plans-80-0684

Description: Shows area of ditch through which Cobb, Wilkie and Burrows escaped; tents; guard room; main entrance; track of rebels; Capt Ross whare. Inscriptions: Recto - left of image - Reference: A Angle commanding gateway held by McFadden killed. Ross, Shields, Blake, J Beamish, O'Connor wounded & Gill. B. Angle held by Milmoe, Johnson, Steward, O'Brien, & McLean. 1. Gaynor. 2. Capt Ross. 3. Holden. 4. Swords. 5. A Beamish. 6. Lennon (1-6 killed). 7. Two maori. 8. One maori. 9. Flank angle attacked. 10 Where maori tried to effect an entrance by cutting steps. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cardboard

Date: 1868 - 1920 - 1922

By: Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: A-173-037

Description: Shows ground plan of redoubt with guardhut and place where Captain Ross was killed, Captain Ross's whare, Lennon's canteen and present road from Hawera. Original for illustration on p. 181 of James Cowan's "The New Zealand wars" (Wellington: Government Printer, 1922), vol. II. This is held at ATL NZ&P 993.1 COW 1922. Numbers on image refer to:(1) N.W. flanking bastion held by John Beamish, Gill, Connors, and others. (2) S.E. bastion defended by Milmoe, Cosslet Johnston, and others. The crosses indicate where various members of the garrison were killed. (J. Cowan "The New Zealand wars", page 181.) Other Titles - The New Zealand wars. Title inscribed in pen on verso. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - to the bush; Recto - centre left - to Waihi Redoubt Gateway; Recto - centre - Guard hut X Capt. Ross killed; Recto - bottom centre - Present Road from Hawera; Recto - bottom right - Lennon's Canteen Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card 165 x 131 mm. Transfers: Part of Cowan papers transferred from PRS (Pictorial Reference Section) on 2 March 1989..

Date: 1860 - 1865

Reference: A-089-001

Description: Several hills in the foreground, with buildings just visible on the most distant hill. In the background, Mount Egmont Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash, 150 x 230 mm