Places

Date: 24 Aug 1871

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0695E-13

Description: Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 1945

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001207-F

Description: Shows a large dormitory at Otaki Health Camp with boys resting on their beds. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1925

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

By: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964

Reference: PA1-q-002-085

Description: Portrait of Mai Tahaia photographed by George Leslie Adkin in 1925 Album piece is from has been digitised and surrogates are available at Library reference PA1-q-002. Information given by Adkin with the photograph states that Mai Tahaia was a member of the Ngati Tukorehe hapu of Ngati Raukawa living at Muhunoa kainga on the south-western shore of [Lake] Papaitonga Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

By: New Zealand Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-011-002

Description: View looking south-west over the Manawatu river plain, towards the Tararua Range and occasional clumps of bush. On the face of the drawing, at the top, is "No. 46" (in ink, added at a later date), with the N Z Company stamp which is dated "Mar 23 1842" (i.e. the date of receipt in London, and the New Zealand Company's numbering for drawings received from its artists in New Zealand) Other Titles - Sketch taken from a sand hill on the north bank of the Manawatu, near the mouth, September, 1841 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and brown ink drawing with touches of blue watercolour 184 x 535 mm (Portfolio D: no. 3) Provenance: New Zealand Company Collection. Purchased from Francis Edwards, London, 1915, by Alexander Turnbull

Date: 30 Sep 1847

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0671B-05

Description: Letter informing McLean of Te Rauparaha's efforts to gain Maori allies in the Waikato and Thames Accompanying material - Includes translation by Michael Rotohiko Jones Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 1928

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-006-23-386

Description: Great cumulo-nimbus cloud formation that appeared over Tararua Range at 3pm. Upper level of cloud was probably 11,000 ft or 12,000 ft. Rolling northwards it broke over Tokomaru and Palmerston North as an exceptionally severe thunderstorm with heavy rain and hail. The above view was taken from Ohau and shows Mount Wiopehu. Photographed by George leslie Adkin at 3pm on the 24th of December 1928. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 31 Dec 1847

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0671B-11

Description: Letter to McLean reminding him of an obligation to provide assistance in harvesting wheat Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: [ca 1850-1869]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0702G-07

Description: Quantity: 1 piece (1 page on 1 leaf).

Date: 4 November 1932

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-009-288

Description: Maori artifacts from the Horowhenua district, in the possession of Mr & Mrs R J Law, of Shannon. All except numbers 2,3,4 & 5 are from the vicinity of Waikiekie and Roha-a-te-kawau island-pa. No 1: Model canoe; length 3 ft 4.5 inches; note holes along gunwale for lashing on topsides (rauawa). No 2: Kaheru with 3 pairs of holes for repairing break; lenth 15 inches; from Mangaroa Nos 3 & 4: Kaheru (scoops - broken) from Mangaroa No 5: Comb No 6: Wooden implement of unknown use; length 19.375 inches Nos 7 & 8: Pumice bowls - cinder carriers; diamters 3.875 & 2.5 inches x 3 inches; groove across under-surface for carrying-cord No 9: Wooden bowl for same use - a tawa knot or nodule; diameter 2.125 x 2.375 inches; depth of hollow, 1 inch. No 10: Pumice float for fishing net - circular disc with hole; diameter 2.75 inches No 11: Wooden wedge, obviously cut to taper with stone adze; length 4.75 inches No 12: Stone wedge or adze (?); length 5.563 inches No 13: Wooden teka (footrest for ko); size 4.25 x 6 inches No 14: Unique object of unknown use; length 14.75 inches No 15: Wooden pin; flattened cross-section; length 11.875 inches No 16: Barbed spear-point with 5 alternate barbs; length of fragment 13 inches (Source of information: original album caption). Photograph taken 4 November 1932 by G L Adkin. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Collection of Horowhenua artifacts in possession of Mr & Mrs R J Law, of Shannon: all except nos 2,3,4 & 5 from alongside or near Waikiekie & Roha-a-te-kawau island-pa. Lake Horowhenua.... 4.11.32 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 67 x 153 mm mounted on album page

Date: 1909

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023361-G

Description: Horse drawn reaper binder at work, possibly on the Adkin farm at Horowhenua. Photograph taken in 1909 by George Leslie Adkin. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 29 Apr 1872

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0696A-12

Description: Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 1970 - 1980

By: Hunt, Jenny, active 2002; Hunt, John, active 2002

Reference: MapColl-832.43gc/[ca 197-?]/Acc.53475

Description: Map shows land blocks, sections and contemporaneous owner details, including "Native Owners" and Kuku Manakau Co-op (Co-operative) Dairy Coy (Company). Land depicted is between Main North Road and Ohau River. Inland Road, Ohau, runs through the middle. The North Island main trunk railway and State Highway number one (Main North Road) are also shown. Enlargement offset, of property owned by Kuku Manakau Co-op Dairy Coy. Manuscript additions in red pen show route through property, across railway to Ohau River. Section price is also given. Other Titles - Blocks IV & VII Waitohu Survey District Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - Approved for Intention to take .... Chief Surveyor [not signed] Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, 50 x 45 cm. Transfers: From Photographic Archive - PH-2002-320.

Date: 1931, 1932

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

By: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964

Reference: PA1-f-009-26

Description: Photographed by George Leslie Adkin in 1931 and 1932 Top left hand photograph (PA1-f-009-26-213) shows Maori artifacts found in Lake Horowhenua. Photographed 10-11-1931. Top centre photograph (PA1-f-009-26-214) shows two Maori girls of Ngati-wehi-whei hapu at Whakahoro. Photographed 15-11-1931. Top right hand photograph (PA1-f-009-26-215) shows the beach settlemrnt of Manawatu Heads on the north bank of the Manawatu River near it's mouth - the former site Wharangi Kianga. Photographed 24-1-1932. Bottom left photograph (PA1-f-009-26-216) shows a carved bailer and a blackstone adze. Both from the Horowhenua district. Photographed 29-11-1931. Centre left photograph (PA1-f-009-26-217) shows the remains of an old canoe burried in sand on the Rangitikei beach. Photographed 7-2-1932. Bottom left photograph (PA1-f-009-26-218) shows the remains of an old canoe partly excavated from the sand on Rangitikei beach. Photographed 7-2-1932. Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: Aug 1850

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0674D-01

Description: Letter detailing Te Hakeke's mandate to sell land Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 12 April 1931

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-009-172

Description: Three types of stone adze, in the possession of Mr R A Prouse, Levin. Specimen on left: splay, broad-edged shape, from Turakina. Length 4 inches, breadth 2.75 inches, cutting edge 2.75 inches, breadth of butt 1.75 to 2 inches, thickness 1 inch, colour black with faint mottlings. Specimen in centre: from Mr J Hill's run, Hokio Beach Road, Levin. Rudely chipped except close to cutting edge; triangular cross-section; length 5.75 inches, breadth 2 inches, cutting edge 2 inches, thickness 1.25 inches; of black, cherty, fine-grained greywacke or indurated argillite. Specimen on right: from R A Prouse's garden, Makomako Road East, Weraroa. Fine cutting edge and well-ground bevels meeting at a rather obtuse angle; cutting edge narrows in; length 6.375 inches, breadth 1.625, cutting edge 1.125 inches, butt 2.25 inches long & breadth from 1 to 1.25 inches, thickness 1.75 inches; of light green chertose rock with patches of black carbonaceous argillite (almost certainly from Tararua range). (Source of information: original album caption). Photograph taken 12 April 1931 by G L Adkin. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Three types of stone adze, in possession of Mr R A Prouse, Levin.... 12.4.31 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 93 x 156 mm mounted on album page

Date: ca 1923

By: Smith, J A, active 1923?

Reference: MapColl-832.43genc/[ca.1923]/Acc.27186

Description: Eight (8) maps drawn on base diazo maps of Kapiti Coast and Horowhenua townships, showing electricity reticulation information. Some maps contain two maps, as noted. The maps are: 1 - Tokomaru Township reticulation; 2 - Manawatu Foxton Heads reticulation; 4 - Ōhau Township reticulation [and] Manakau reticulation; 5 - Waimeha Township reticulation [and] Waikanae Township; 6 - Paraparaumu Beach [and] Tasman Beach Ōtaki. 7 - Paraparaumu Township reticulation; [8 & 9] - Raumati Beach S.D. [and] Renown and Kawatiri beaches with extensions, reticulation (on same sheet); 10 - Paekākāriki Township. Each map has annotated information drawn on a diazo print that shows township layouts with numbered sections and roads. Maps have annotated drawings showing reticulation work being linked up between the road and the individual sections. Many of the sections include an annotated owner's name, a number, or both. Several of the maps list the owner's names and associated section numbers alongside the map. The bound maps cover acts as a title page, and lists ten named maps, numbered 1-10. Note map no. 3 Waitarere & Hokio Beaches, is missing. Map no. 8 and 9 (Raumati Beach A & B and Renown & Kawatiri Beaches) are on the same (unnumbered) map. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C E Bunice Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) bound together. Physical Description: Cardboard spine held with metal clips, holding 8 diazo and ink prints on dressed linen, part coloured, with paper cover, scales differ, 50.5 x 68.3 cm.

Date: 20 Jan 1862

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0686A-18

Description: Letter regarding local disputes over land and cattle in Horowhenua Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: [ca 1850-1869]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0702G-12

Description: Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 1937

By: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976; Dolan, Owen John, 1896-1982; Carpenter, Ken, active 1995

Reference: MapColl-832.43gbbd/[ca 1937]/Acc.39802

Description: Cadastral plan showing Papangaio Block subdivisions A-J, with acreage. Shows high water mark lines for 1891 and 1924, part of the old Manawatu River bed, and bank. Bounded by Te Rerengaohau Block. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, 43 x 36 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0358.

Date: 27 Nov [ca 1850-1869]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0702G-05

Description: Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).