Messenger, William Bazire, 1834-1922

Date: 1859-1860

By: Messenger, William Bazire, 1834-1922

Reference: Micro-MS-0027

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (54 pages).

Date: 1877

From: Walsh, Philip 1843-1914 :[Waitara sketchbook]

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-357-011

Description: Shows partially burnt out bush, Mt Taranaki. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 110 x 180 mm

Date: 1897-1903

From: Richmond-Atkinson family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4298-106

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1847-1925

From: King family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5641-58

Description: Comprises agreement that Isaac Newton Watt would be Charles Brown's attorney, and Thomas King to be attorney in his stead (1847); agreement between Thomas King and William Blaschke re clearing of land and potatoes in compensation (1851); circular letter re release of prisoners (1870); notice to Thomas King to appear before the Taranaki District Court to give evidence (1871); and statement by Fookes re not making agreements (1925) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1887

By: Messenger, William Bazire, 1834-1922; Boodle, W, active 1887

Reference: A-051-031/058

Description: Portraits of nineteenth century politicians and soldiers One from drawing by L Speed, one by S W Slader; some engraved by Meisenbach, JLS, Messenger, and W Boodle. Extended Title - Published in: Gudgeon, T W. The Defenders of New Zealand Quantity: 28 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithographs, b&w ; various sizes on sheets, 250 x 170 mm

Date: [ca 1920]

By: Story, Edith Mary, 1861-1942

Reference: qMS-1898-1899

Description: A collection of stories relating to the early settlement of New Zealand, narrated to Mrs Story by the settlers or their immediate descendants. Many pioneers recounted their voyage to New Zealand Accompanying material - Undated letter to editor of `Morning post' re reminiscences Another copy of this manuscript was deposited by Story at the British Library. Mrs Story was in New Zealand from 1915-1920 Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; black cloth) (Index: 34 cm; ¼ black morocco, grey card) Finding Aids: Index compiled by Nola Millar at qMS-1899.

Date: Nov 1881

From: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920 :Negatives of Taranaki

Reference: 10X8-1070-G

Description: Officers of the NZ Armed Constabulary at Parihaka in November 1881. Back, left to right: Captains W E Gudgeon, H Morrison, Gordon, Taylor, Powell, Fortescue, S Newall and Major A Tuke. Front, left to right: Captains Baker and Anderson, Lieutenant-Colonel John Mackintosh Roberts, Captains Gilbert Mair, Henry William Northcroft, W B Messenger and Major F Y Goring. Taken by William Andrews Collis. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1859 - 1958

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Messenger, William Bazire, 1834-1922

Reference: A-173-002

Description: Shows felled timber and cleared land in the background, with pioneer women in the foreground. A copy of an earlier sketch by W B Messenger. Described on donation as by A H Messenger from originals by W B Messenger. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen sketch, 204 x 178 mm

Date: [ca 1860s or 1870s]

From: Goodman, S C (Mr), fl 1975 :Photograph albums and loose prints

Reference: PA1-q-092-08

Description: View of family members and group in front of Captain William Bazire Messenger's raupo house at Pukearuhe, New Plymouth. Shows men and women positioned in front of a thatched raupo building, surrounded by ponga fences. Photograph taken circa 1860s or 1870s by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 23.7 cm x 29.2 cm, on album page 36 cm x 25 cm

Date: Nov 1881

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 :Collection of photographs

Reference: 1/1-017952-G

Description: Officers of the NZ Armed Constabulary at Parihaka. Back, left to right: Captains W E Gudgeon, H Morrison, Gordon, Taylor, Powell, Fortescue, S Newall and Major A Tuke. Front, left to right: Captains Baker and Anderson, Lieutenant-Colonel John Mackintosh Roberts, Captains Gilbert Mair, Henry William Northcroft, W B Messenger and Major F Y Goring. Taken by an unknown photographer in November 1881. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1884

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

Reference: 1/1-025750-F

Description: Kawhia Armed Constabulary on parade under Captain Messenger. Shows two rows of men standing outside, holding rifles at their sides. Photograph taken in 1884 at Kawhia by William Williams. Source of descriptive information - From identical image on lantern slide: "Kawhia AC's on parade under Capt Messenger. 1884. THW & WW Photographed during a trip to Kawhia by William Williams, and his friend Thomas H Wyatt. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1870 - 1958

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Messenger, William Bazire, 1834-1922

Reference: A-173-001

Description: Shows the Taranaki stockade with a soldier on horseback in the foreground Described on donation as by A H Messenger, from originals by W B Messenger. Extended Title - From a sketch by Lieut. W B Messenger, 1870, [1858 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen drawing, 203 x 178 mm

Date: 1847-1876, nd

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0453

Description: Correspondents: Merchead & Young (Sydney) to J L Currie, 1868 (2 letters); Edwin Meredith, Wellington, 1853 & 1860 (2 letters); Susan Augusta Merriman, Bay View, 1862 & undated (4 letters); W B Messenger to Major C Brown, Papatiki, 1870 (1 letter); G Meyley, New Plymouth, undated letter. T C Myerick, Carterton, 1860 (1 letter); J Middlemass, Mercury Bay, 1874 (1 letter); Miller & Lindsay, Napier, 1864 (1 letter); Alex Miller, Coromandel, 1874 (1 letter); J M Miller, Melbourne, 1873 & undated (2 letters); M R Miller, Napier & Dunedin, 1873-1874 (4 letters); T E Miller, Napier, undated letter; William Miller, Napier, 1868 (1 letter); Mr Miller, Auckland, 1848 (1 letter). E W Mills, Wellington, 1863 (1 letter); J C V Minnite, Sydney, 1874 (1 letter); Charles F Mitchell, Onhinemuri, 1876 (1 letter); Henry Mitchell, Wellington, Taupo, & Tokaanu, 1874-1876 (4 letters); James Moffett, Waipu, 1871 (1 letter); statement by William Moffitt, Jan 1861; H Moieine [?], Wellington, 1851 (1 letter); Charles Monro, Newstead, 1876 (2 letters). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1866

By: Hately, George, active 1858-1870; Burgoyne, William Henry Daymond, -1871

Reference: MapColl-c832.2gbbd/1866/Acc.54588

Description: Digital copy of coloured manuscript map showing land between the Mimi River and the settlement of Pukearuhe. Shows numbered land blocks labelled with names of Captain Messenger and the Taranaki Military Settlers. Also shown is the township near Pukearuhe called 'Clifton', streams, rivers and swamps. Also shows Maori reserves at the mouth of the Mimi River and at Waiti Beach. Unnamed pa sites are indicated. Scale is given as 30 chains to an inch. Annotations describe the land and suitability for farming and planting. Notabilia lists size and distances to the Redoubt at Pukearuhe from various places. Note on the reverse of the map reads 'A present to me by the settlers when visiting White Cliffs or Clifton in company with Mr Whitely [sic] the Wesleyan Missionary of New Plymouth in the year 1866. Poor Whitely the following year or somewhat later [was] ambushed and killed by the Maoris while on a similar visit, according to his usual custom'. The note is signed 'Edward W. Bawtree, Surgeon in the Army'. Original map: Ink and colour wash on dressed linen, coloured, scale [ca.1:23,760], 26 x 52cm. Annotation on lower right hand side of map reads 'Compiled from recent surveys by George Hatley [sic] Esqire and the topographical features of the country surveyed and filled in by W. H. Burgoyne. Clifton, 15th Febuary 1866'. Rev John Whiteley was killed when he was on his way to visit military settlers at White Cliff in 1869. Extended Title - Being the town and rural lands allotted to the Officers, Non Comm[an]d Officers and forty six of the men of No. 6 Capt[ain] W. B. Messenger's Company of Taranaki Military Settlers. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - 'A present to me by the settlers when visiting White Cliffs or Clifton in company with Mr Whitely [sic] the Wesleyan Missionary of New Plymouth in the year 1866. Poor Whitely the following year or somewhat later [was] ambushed and killed by the Maoris while on a similar visit, according to his work custom.' The note is signed 'Edward W. Bawtree, Surgeon in the Army'. Taylor, Richard (Rev) 1805-1873 :The past and present of New Zealand with its prospects for the future. With numerous illustrations by the Reverend Richard Taylor...London, Macintosh (reference number MS-2135) Quantity: 1 digital image(s).