Places

Date: [ca 1880-1910]

From: Scenery Preservation Board :Scenic photographs of New Zealand

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; De Tourret, Ernest, active 1909-1912; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Scenery Preservation Board

Reference: PAColl-0444-1

Description: Photographs of the following: a set of seven photographs by Collis and annotated by F P Corkill, land agent, re landholding around the Waiwhakaiho River; scenic views such as waterfalls, lakes, and the Pink and White Terraces; bridges with annotations re height etc; sixteen numbered photographs mounted two to a card of scenic views in the Taranaki Region, Rotorua and the far north (including ones of Taumaha Gorge, Taranaki and Lake Ora - location unidentified); a set of seven photographs of the Waipu Caves including Lot's wife, the anvil and the sugar loaf in Morrison's Cave; a clipping of St Paul's Cupola and a photograph of Kauri Gully, Northcote with annotations on resolutions passed re the establishment of reservations; a panorama in two photographs of Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin with annotations re a potential reserve; and two of a tramping party of three men and five boys resting at a waterfall. Includes a recent hand-written list of the photographs. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted prints

Date: 1841

By: Duppa, George, 1817-1888; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: C-029-005

Description: A panoramic view of New Plymouth viewed from the sea, with Gannet and Albatross Islands on the right, the Wai Tera (Waitara) 'originally fixed on for the New Plymouth Settlement", the 'present site of New Plymouth' (before any houses were built) - all on the left side of the panorama. On the right are Mount Egmont, 'Barrett's [Accommodation] Houses and Hotel', 'Native Pah' and the Sugar Loaf Islands 'The islands on which Barrett defeated 5000 natives' In 'Information relating to New Plymouth (London, Smith Elder, 1841). p. 9-10, under 'Climate and soil' 'Mr G. Duppa states:- 'Amongst other sketches, I have sent you a panoramic view of the Sugar Loaves, Mount Egmont, and the Taranaki district generally, which I made when I went down there in the Brougham, with the Plymouth Company's surveyors. It will give you a better idea of the country than any verbal description I could give, beyond a few observations. The land for about three miles inland is slightly undulating, but not so steep but that a plough would go over the whole of it ... It is for the most part covered with fern and brushwood (which fire levels with the ground) for several miles inland, when you first meet with groves of timber, present a most park-like aspect ...' Quantity: 2 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithographs, hand-coloured, 190 x 1450 mm (total length of full panorama)

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-020-032

Description: An upper drawing showing a low wharenui, seen from the front. A lower drawing showing a passageway or entrance through palisades, with buildings and hills beyond. Both drawings are probably scenes at Rangihaeata's Taupo Pa, Plimmerton The drawing on the verso of this sheet (A-020-033-1) is of Taupo Pa, Plimmerton Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 333 x 231 mm

Date: ca1875-ca1885

From: Swainson, Jane :Photographs of military forces in Taranaki, Nelson, Hokitika, Parihaka and Rotorua.

By: Bayliss, Charles, 1850-1897; Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920

Reference: PA1-q-707

Description: Views of notable public buildings in Sydney dating from the late 1860s to the late 1870s. Nelson City during a public parade involving colonial soldiers. Soldiers in military encampments, parading, and firing Cannon. Views of Lake Rotorua, Parihaka at the time it was occupied by Government troops, Hokitika waterfront, floods in Greymouth, and a wedding in Nelson. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-059/061

Description: Shows views in the Wellington area. The top view looks along Petone beach to the south-east, with Petone Pa and the 'Native Chapel' (the large building on the left). The central view, taken from Tinakori Road's junction with Hawkestone Street, looks towards Kelburn. There is a bullock cart in the foreground, and three Maori carrying large bundles. The nearest house, on the lower slopes of Tinakore Hill, is that of Nathaniel Levin, with the house of Mr Holroyd above it, and Mr Dorset's house further in the distance at the foot of the trees that cover the hill. The lowest view at Ohiro Bay (or valley) shows a flock of sheep attended by a shepherd and a large-single storied house nestled against trees, the home of Judge Halswell. Other Titles - Petone Tinakore Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: [Between 1893 and 1920]

From: Duncan, Russell James, 1855-1946 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-142

Description: Photographs taken by Russell Duncan, dated 1893, 1903, 1910, 1914 and 1920. Images show places of historical interest in the Bay of Islands, Dusky Sound, and the Bay of Plenty. Included are views of John Fox's house at Paihia; William Busby's house at Waitangi; the Kemp House; the Stone Store at Kerikeri; the site of Governor Hobson's house at Okiato; Bishop Pompallier's house at Russell; the site of the Roberton House on Motuarohia Island, where Mrs Roberton (wife of Captain Richard Roberton), her two children, a Māori-Pākehā boy, and a man-servant were killed on 20 November 1841, and their house burnt; and the last post standing at Te Heu Heu's Pa (Waitahanui Pa) at Taupo. Several views follow of areas in Dusky Sound, and one of Sulphur Bay on Whale Island, Bay of Plenty. Contains index at the beginning of the album, with historical notes hand-written beneath each image. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green album with darker green spine and corners; lettering on spine `Photographs. Places of historic interest. Photos taken and presented by Russell Duncan. Nos. 91-106', 26 x 31 cm Processing information: Description updated 19 September 2023 following information provided by a staff member.

Date: [ca 1890s]

Reference: PAColl-7053

Description: Views mostly in and around New Plymouth but including clergymen gathered for Archdeacon Govett's jubilee in 1898, crowds in Pukekura Park for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubliee in 1897 and a Floral Fete in 1896, a homestead called Tokotahi near the Tiraumea River in Pahiatua County, the old mountain house on Mount Taranaki, and an area called Grant's Braes (now Waverley) in Dunedin. All the views are captioned. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-002136 to 002173 Quantity: 38 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film 1/2 plate copy negatives

Date: 1895-1900

From: Denton, Frank J, 1869-1963 :Collection of negatives, prints and albums

Reference: PA1-o-130

Description: Photographs taken in the Bay of Islands and Hokianga districts in the late 1890s, by Frank J Denton. Include several of Paihia; the church with ruins of Archdeacon Williams' house; church belfry (standing alone in a field in front of the church); monument to Archdeacon Williams, Paihia Cemetery, `raised solely by Maori subscription'; and monument to the Treaty of Waitangi. Views of Kerikeri include the oldest wooden house, and the oldest stone house in New Zealand; and Kerikeri Falls (Rainbow Falls). At Waimate views show ruins of the first mill in New Zealand, remains of a factory near the old mill; puriri trees; and Waimate Church. Pakaraka views show interior and exterior views of Pakaraka Church; and `The Retreat', Archdeacon Williams' residence. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth-bound album entitled "Photographic views", 28 x 21 cm

Date: 1892 - 1915

From: Duncan, Russell James, 1855-1946 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-141

Description: Photographs taken by Russell Duncan, dated 1892, 1901, 1903, 1914 and 1915, relating to the New Zealand Wars in 1868 and 1869 including the site of an engagement at Ruakitura; the Opepe Military Station (photographed in 1892); graves of Captain Oswald Carr, and Trooper Michael Noonan; Pourere Pa at Lake Rotaira; Rangihoua Pa at Te Puna, Bay of Islands. Contains index at beginning of album, with historical notes hand-written beneath each image. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green album with darker green spine and corners; lettering on spine `Photographs. Places of historic interest. Photos taken and presented by Russell Duncan. Nos. 76-90. Vol. 6', 26 x 31 cm

Date: 1842 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: A-343-001

Description: Three illustrations of scenes in the Wellington area. Other Titles - Makahinuku Pa Quantity: 3 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engravings on sheet 380 x 280 mm.

Date: [Between 1868 and 1898]

By: Long, W H (Mrs), active 1970; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Zangaki (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-146

Description: Album of photographs, most taken by the Burton Brothers in New Zealand, including a large number of Maori images, group portraits, identified men and women, pa, and storehouses. Scenes also taken by them in Tonga and Samoa. A number of images show scenes in England, including a group taken near Egremont in Cumbria, of ice on the Mersey River in 1895. There are a large number of copies of paintings of romantic scenes. Several photographs of the Suez Canal, and the Nile River, were taken by Greek photographers `Zangaki' Brothers Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with reddish brown cover, brown corners and spine with single raised cords; fleur de lys pattern stamped between cords; 33.5 x 27.0 cm

Date: 1854-1868

By: Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873

Reference: PAColl-6329

Description: Views of Wellington, Nelson, Wanganui, Te Ore Ore Pa, and the Pink and White Terraces, taken between 1854 and 1868 by photographers who included George Henry Swan, Edward Smallwood Richards and James Bragge. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 album leaf with 6 b&w original photographic prints. Physical Description: Albumen prints Processing information: Formerly MS-Papers-0254-37.

Date: 1842 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870; Hutchison, Alan James Hanna, 1905-2000

Reference: A-259-045

Description: Shows views in the Wellington area. Other Titles - Petone Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: [ca 1890s-1910]

By: Johnston, I F H (Mr), active 1971; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918

Reference: PAColl-6334

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes. Includes views of women on the swing bridge over the Catlins River ca 1900; swans on Catlins Lake; Mt Ngauruhoe erupting; the main street in Milton; Gore Railway Station; the Hapuawhenua Viaduct on the main trunk line; the New Zealand rugby football team which toured Great Britain in 1905; the botanic gardens in Dunedin; a view over Mount Eden, Auckland showing the Maori fortifications and the firm of C Lynch Cash Grocers in the foreground; a two storey house boat or ferry at Ohura; Moffat's and Kolberg's homesteads in Pounawea; a re-touched view of the track through Pounawea; a souvenir of Port Molyneux showing Millionaire's Corner, Ka Ka Point and Kororo Creek; the Blue Bath, Rotorua; Princes Street, Dunedin showing a tram and Jacobs Tobacconist on the corner; Lower High Street, Dunedin with the premises of Charles W White & Co on the right; families out on St Clair Beach; two boys having a race in the rockery of the Botanic Gardens, Dunedin; North Island Main Trunk Railways at Ohakune; the Presbyterian church in Palmerston with the Clark Sunday School hall next to it; fell engine pulling a train up the Rimutaka Incline; Guide Eileen at Whakarewarewa; and Smith Bros general store at Owaka with their delivery cart outside. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Prints also at PAColl-5800-36 and PAColl-6001-18 Quantity: 24 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcard. 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Postcards Provenance: Donated by Mr I F H Johnston, Clutha, 1971

Date: 1870 - 1879

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935; Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965; Forbes, Josephine Knyvett, 1917-2005

Reference: E-044-q-1

Description: Views of Yorkshire, Tristan da Cunha, Banks Peninsula, Governor's Bay, Lyttelton, Wellington, Patea, Hawera, Mt Egmont, Mt Eden, Auckland Harbour, New Plymouth, Queen Street (Auckland), Rotorua and Lake Rotoiti, Tauranga and Mt Maunganui, Ohinemutu, the White Terraces, Taupo, Napier and Mokoia Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 50 pages, ¼ leather, blue buckram boards, page size 225 x 290 mm

Date: 1847

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870; Power, William James Murray Tyrone (Sir), 1819-1911; McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877

Reference: E-078-q

Description: 1. Wash drawing of a Maori family, seated outside a tent, beside a whare, probably near Wanganui. 2. Prelimary pencil sketch of two houses, with a river beyond, probably Whanganui River looking west. 3. Pencil sketch panorama of Wanganui from the opposite bank of the river showing Rutland and York Stockades (built 1847) and the first Christ Church. 4., 5., & 6. Unfinished sketches, including a further view of Rutland Stockade, small drawings of groups of Maori, houses and a balloon-like object. Attributed to Robert Park on stylistic grounds. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Pencil and monotone wash & pencil (6 drawings), 253 x 185 mm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: A-020-017

Description: Landscape with Mount Edgecumbe in the distance, top left. The gateway to Ohinemutu Pa with a fence and seven carved poupou all flanking the main entrance which is a doorway with a huge carved figure above it, top right. A large boiling spring at Rotorua, bottom left. The palisades of a large pa (Kupanga), with roofs and storage platforms visible above the fenceline, and Mount Edgecumbe in the background, bottom right Angas did not visit Mount Edgecumbe, Rotorua or Ohinemutu. This group of drawings is likely to have been copied from lost originals by Joseph Jenner Merrett, from whom Angas copied a number of drawings, without acknowledgement Quantity: 4 drawing(s) (on one sheet). Physical Description: Pencil on sheet 248 x 338 mm

Date: 1843 - 1844

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: C-126-020/021

Description: Watercolour shows the south Wairarapa coast, possibly near Te Kopi looking west from near Cape Palliser, with dwellings and probably a whaling station (Wades Whaling Station? as mentioned in the Wellington Spectator of 1844) in the centre. Several men stand on the steep hillside at the right. The foreground terrain is covered with low scrub. Pencil sketch is a preliminary sketch for PLate 12 in "Illustrations to adventure in New Zealand" (1845), showing two food drying platforms in the right foreground, the curve of Porirua Harbour, and the entrance to Paremata Harbour in the right distance. Dated from other views of the same area. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 227 x 380 mm, with pencil sketch of same size on verso. Provenance: Sold by McArthur & Company, auction, in 1987, to NZ Insurance, for their boardroom. Prior to that, purchased at Gorringes Auction Galleries, Lewes, Sussex 1986 by dealer John Barkis (pers. comm. Brian Goshinski of McArthur's auction, 14. 8. 98). Miss A. Brees, a descendant of S. C. Brees had lived in Sussex

Date: ca 1863-1910

By: Burgess, (Miss), active 1961; Pegler, Enos Silvanus Abijah, 1869-1938

Reference: PAColl-6638

Description: Two images taken from original prints: the Cargill Monument with St Paul's Church behind and the Octagon Coach Factory on the left; and looking over Kawhia Pa towards the harbour. The photographer of the first image is unidentified but E S Pegler was the photographer of the second. 1/2-019367 has a duplicate at 1/4-021137 Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-019363 and 019367 Quantity: 2 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1864 - 1898

By: Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: MapColl-Collection-Cowan

Description: Collection contains a published map of Kapiti, 1898, with pencil annotations of pa sites; manuscript sketch map of Bay of Islands, Hokianga and Whangarei, undated; manuscript map showing the disposition of British troops at Orakau Pa, Waikato, 1864; manuscript map of the battle at Taurangaika Pa in 1868 drawn in 1927 and draft sketches of pa sites, redoubts and battlegrounds drawn for James Cowan. 'The New Zealand wars: a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period'. (Wellington: Govt. printer, 1922-1923) Quantity: 31 map(s). Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts and Archives, Cowan, James - Papers - MS-Papers-0039.