Te Poraiti Pā

Date: 1900 - 1920

By: Cobb, Harriet Sophia, 1846-1929; Natusch, Charles Tilleard, 1859-1951

Reference: PAColl-D-0536

Description: Two views of a large single storey house set on a slight rise surrounded by fruit trees Inscriptions: Mat recto - bottom centre - Capt Hill's Residence - Poraiti near Taradale C. Tilleard Natusch, architect; Mat recto - bottom left - Mrs Cobb Photo, Napier and Hastings Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s) in one mount.

Date: 1954

From: Various architects :[Four architectural plans. 1952-1958].

By: Natusch & Sons (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2001-070-002

Description: Shows a perspective drawing of the wooden house. Other Titles - Poraiti Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on tracing paper, 220 x 295 mm. Transfers: Transferred from the Architectural Centre papers, PAColl-0811-01..

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Strachan, M H, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2364-F

Description: Panoramic view looking over a lawn and flower beds in the foreground to a large two-storeyed wooden house, tiled roof, balcony above the entrance porch. A driveway winds up from the centre of the image to a circular section at the entrance to the house. The house is on a promotory with bays visible to the left and right, and the harbour on the right. Hedges on the far left and far right around the garden. Farmland on a hill across the bay on the right. Boatshed and jetty below in the bay centre right. Trees behind the house and in a gully by the drive. Taken by Robert Percy Moore Source of descriptive information - Name of the property from distant view in image at Pan-2360 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - M.H. Strachan. Box 254. Napier. 3 B&W; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Strachan. Shady trees Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 121.0 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-2360-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across hilly farmland with a few sheep in paddocks in the foreground. A large two-storeyed house is seen on a promontory in the centre, with bays on either side. Driveway to the house, lined with hydrangeas [?] runs from the right above a gully filled with trees. Small boatshed with verandah is seen at a jetty down by the sea on the left. Napier in the distance on the left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Source of descriptive information - Name M H Strachan from image at Pan-2364 showing a close view of the house on the promontory Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - View from "Umu-Roimata" Napier. No. 221; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Umu-Roimata Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 116.3 cm

Date: 1954

From: Various architects :[Four architectural plans. 1952-1958].

By: Natusch & Sons (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2001-070-001

Description: Shows floor plans, sections, elevations, and door schedule. Other Titles - Poraiti Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print on sheet 560 x 730 mm. Transfers: Transferred from the Architectural Centre papers, PAColl-0811-01..

Date: 1888

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025637-G

Description: Three women, including Lydia Myrtle(centre), sitting on chairs outside a tent. The other two women may be members of the Colledge family of Napier. All three women wear long frocks and two, including Lydia, wear hats. On the ground is a kettle and next to the tent is a watering can. Up in the tree is an axe. Taken by William Williams in 1888. Exhibited in 'Lydia' photographic exhibition held 17 July - 25 September in 1993, first floor foyer, National Library. Showed images of Lydia Myrtle Williams, wife of the photographer William Williams. Record title taken from original lantern slide Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1888

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025672-G

Description: Photograph taken by William Williams. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-025-08

Description: A seated portrait of a Maori man, (Mapu of Poraiti Pa, Napier) with full moko, a white beard and short curly grey hair. He is wrapped in a blanket and has his right hand on his chest. Other Titles - Poraiti Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 145 x 130 mm

Date: 1888

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025629-G

Description: Photograph taken by William Williams. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereographic dry plate glass negative

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-024-06

Description: A coastal pa, with a view from inside the pa, looking out to the sea. A fish-drying rack is on the left, a woman guards a cauldron with a gourd beside her in the centre, while to the right, a European man is standing near a Maori seated on a rowboat, with a European-style house and lower whare in the background. The marae is surrounded by a low palisade. Poraiti is now a suburb of Napier City Other Titles - Poraiti Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash, 160 x 248 mm

Date: [ca 1930]

Reference: 1/2-023890-F

Description: Photograph of a group picnicking on the beach at Poraiti, Napier, Hawke's Bay, circa 1930. Shows unidentified men, women, and children. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative