Places

Date: 1874

Reference: 1/2-020463-F

Description: Redoubt at Onepoto, on the shore of Lake Waikaremoana, 1874. Photographer unidentified. From Wises New Zealand Guide a Gazetteer of New Zealand, 1987, page 297: "...an Armed Constabulary redoubt built in 1870 for the troops engaged in tracking down the Maori leader Te Kooti." Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [May 1864]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000039-G

Description: Ceremony at Putiki Pa after the battle of Moutoa (14 May 1864). Dr Isaac Featherston (centre) is presenting Mete Kingi Te Rangi Paetahi with the resolution of the Provincial Council thanking the Wanganui Maori for their brave conduct at Moutoa. Third from left, in tweed cloak, is Hakaraia Korako. To his right is Peina Tao. The three pakeha men to the left of Featherston are Mr Booth (catechist), Mr Hamlin (native interpreter) and Major Turner (65th Regiment). Seated between Featherston and Metekingi is Tamehana. To the right of Mete Kingi, with taiaha, is Haimona Hiroti. The two pakeha men to the right are Lieutenant-Colonel Logan and John White. At the extreme right are Peti Puohotana and Rini Hemoata. Photograph taken by William James Harding of Wanganui. In 1864 upper Wanganui Māori adopted the Pai Marire faith and, led by Matene te Rangitauira, attempted to pass down the Whanganui River to attack the town of Wanganui. Mete Kingi was with the army of pro-Government lower Wanganui Maori who refused them passage. At the battle of Moutoua he commanded the reserve and played a decisive part in the defeat of the Hauhau force. (Source: "Dictionary of New Zealand Biography", 1990. p 487). Harding published this photograph in November 1864, as described in the "New Zealand Spectator and Cook Strait Guardian", 12 November 1864, from which account the names of the people present were taken. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches, with skyline painted out.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-060

Description: Shows St Paul's Anglican Church (right) and the Catholic church (left) at Rangiaohia. Blewitt's Redoubt is in the centre, with military tents behind protective fencing. The view is flanked by trees on both sides, and the artist has drawn another tree horizontally across the top of the page. St Paul's Church, built about 1853, is still standing in modern Te Awamutu. It was used as a refuge by the local people during the fighting nearby in 1864 Other Titles - Rangiaohia Rangiaowhia Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Rangiawhia Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 100 x 160 mm.

Date: ca 1870

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000201-G

Description: Overlooking Wanganui from Shakespeare Cliff, circa 1870. Moutoa Gardens, the battle monument and the courthouse are on the left. Photograph taken by William Harding. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-105/106

Description: Shows several labelled ships in the harbour. The Sandfly (at right) is a paddlesteamer. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil 100 x 320 mm.

Date: 1860 - 1880

Reference: PA2-2778

Description: Shows Captain Speedy aged approx 40-60 years Inscriptions: Verso - Captain Speedy, Waikato Militia. Afterwards Interpreter to the Forces in Abyssinia Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [between 1856-1889]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/2-008378-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Wanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1870s]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/2-008430-G

Description: Showing the Commercial Hotel on the corner of Market Place.Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1865

From: Artist unknown :[Album of an officer en route to and from New Zealand and on service in New Zealand] 1863-1867

Reference: A-277-024

Description: Close to the mouth of the Whenuakura River, with soldiers crossing, some on horseback, some on foot, with baggage trains. There is a small building on the far side of the river Other Titles - Whenuakura Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink & wash, 64 x 117 mm

Date: 1863

From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia

Reference: 1/2-096087-G

Description: Viewof Drury, showing the volunteer camp in the background, taken in 1863 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Beere 19 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches

Date: 1865

From: Artist unknown :[Album of an officer en route to and from New Zealand and on service in New Zealand] 1863-1867

Reference: A-277-028

Description: Soldiers within an earthen rampart, with two standing guard, gazing out across a plain towards low hills. Within the shelter of the rampart are several tents, two with soldiers reclining inside them, one with a standing soldier leaning against it, and another seated soldier in front of it, smoking a pipe. Three rifles are stacked upright together in the centre. Probably a South Taranaki scene, the drawings are mounted in the album in chronolical order and those immediately before and after are of Taranaki Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink & watercolour, 64 x 115 mm

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-088

Description: Shows a horse swimming across a stream, a laden canoe being paddled across, another horse on the bank on the left and cabbage trees and other vegetation on both banks. Inscriptions: Album page - on opposite page - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 100 x 160 mm.

Date: 1860 - 1899

Reference: PA2-2600

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: March 1861

From: Urquhart album

Reference: PA1-q-250-04

Description: Detachment of the 65th Regiment on parade on Mount Eliot, New Plymouth, in March 1861. Shows a medal being presented, possibly by Lt Colonel Young. Photographer unidentified. On 29 March 1861 Lt Colonel Young of 65th Regiment presented medals for long and faithful service to Sergeant John Crowder and Privates James Furlong and Joseph Greensmith (see article in 'The Taranaki Herald', 30 March 1861, page 2). It is probable that this photograph documents that occasion. Source of descriptive information - Papers Past, file print, album page. The file print identifies the subjects as Lieut Charles Urquhart presenting a medal to Corporal Bowdler, with Edward McKenna on the left, but newspaper research identifies the group as Lt Colonel Young presenting medals to Crowder, Furlong and Greensmith. Inscriptions: Backing board verso - beneath image - Detachment 65th Regt Taranaki NZ; Album page - Parade on Mt Eliot (Puke Ariki Pa) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15.2 x 21.9 cm with trimmed corners, mounted on card 17.3 x 22.3 cm Processing information: Record was edited on 15 August 2022 to allow the attached digital surrogate to be purchasable.

Date: [ca 1870]

Reference: PA2-2599

Description: Full length portrait of Colonel Thomas McDonnell, taken by an unidentified photographer ca 1870. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [between 1873 and 1880]

From: Gibbs, James Joseph, fl 1963 :Photographs of New Zealand towns and cities

Reference: PA7-31-24

Description: Opepe, circa 1880, with a stockade on hill on left and wooden houses. Photograph taken by Herbert Deveril of Wellington. Note on back of file print states that the `constabulary' mentioned in the inscription was the Bay of Plenty vounteer cavalry, which included some Maori members. Inscriptions: -Backing paper recto - Opepe 10 miles from Taupo it was here that the rebel Moaries [sic] murdered a samll detachment of constabulary 8th June 1869 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 22.7 x 31.2 cm, on mount 27 x 32.7 cm

Date: 1864 - 1865

From: Fraser, I T[allon?] B :[Scrapbook. 1864-1910].

Reference: E-571-q-006

Description: View across the Waikato River of the Bluff Stockade at the top of a cleared hill, with low tree stumps. Bush on either side of the hill and a hut and another building at the water's edge. Extended Title - From his scrapbook, 1864-1910. Page [4]. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]. Also title and signature along the base of the image Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of scrapbook.. Physical Description: Pencil 176 x 255 mm, on page 290 x 235 mm.

Date: ca 1890

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

Reference: 1/1-006469-G

Description: Site of the Waireka battle (1860), Taranaki. Photograph taken by William Andrews Collis between 1875-1910. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Where the Waireka Battle was fought. Taranaki.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - No 45 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: ca 1875

Reference: PAColl-3385

Description: Scene at Onepoto, showing the redoubt on the shore of Lake Waikaremoana, circa 1875. Photographer unidentified. From Wises New Zealand Guide a Gazetteer of New Zealand, 1987, page 297: "...an Armed Constabulary redoubt built in 1870 for the troops engaged in tracking down the Maori leader Te Kooti." Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 18.4 x 24.3 cm, on mount

Date: 1865

From: Artist unknown :[Album of an officer en route to and from New Zealand and on service in New Zealand] 1863-1867

Reference: A-277-023

Description: A view looking down from a hill on the Waitotara River near its mouth, with the sea beyond. On its north bank is an extensive army camp, with fires rising from a number of sites. There appears to be a fortification with a flag-pole or signalling station on the far bank, near the river mouth Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, wash and Chinese white, 64 x 115 mm