Places

Date: 1921

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: A-138-009

Description: On the left, a map of the Waikato River between the Mangatawhiri and Maramarua Rivers close to Koheroa, with hills, swamps, redoubts, rifle pits and the present location of the town of Mercer shown. On the right are two soldiers with rifles at the ready, alongside a cabbage tree Reproduced in Cowan, J. The New Zealand wars (1923), Vol. 1, p. 247 For related maps from the Cowan collection see MapColl--q832hkcmj/1845-1871/Acc.5122-8;46793-813 Inscriptions: Signed: A H Messenger 1921 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 102 x 179 mm

Date: 1863

From: Various artists :[1. A/U. Sketch of possible Maori fortification. 1800-1900s; 2. [Unidentified pa, sketch signed by R. Chapman]; Rangiriri, sketch of Maori works taken the day of the capture, 1863; 3. Earthworks at Rangiriri, Waikato, 1863; Plan of a pa, Massacre Bay, 1839; Section of a wall near a gateway / Heaphy].

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Chapman, R, active 1863

Reference: B-059-023

Description: Shows a plan of the Rangiriri pa, and a sketch of an unidentified pa seen between trees. Same as works at: B-043-015-6 and B-043-016-6. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph of pen drawing and notes on sheet 395 x 470 mm Transfers: Material of related provenance is at MS-Group-1233, PAColl-8066, A-352-009/016, A-327-013, A-357-022/026, and Ephemera..

Date: 1846

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

Reference: PAColl-3033-1-39

Description: Photograph of an ink drawing depicting a ground plan of Rangihaeata's pa at the head of Pauatahanui inlet, with references and a sketch of the outer palisades, drawn by an unidentified artist. Other - A similar image appears in James Cowan's "New Zealand wars", volume 1, page 121. Source of descriptive information - Notes on item. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 14.7 x 15.7 cm

Date: Apr 1864

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

By: Brooke, Edward Thomas, 1836-1909; Mould, F (Brevet-Major), active 1864

Reference: PAColl-3033-1-38

Description: Photograph of plans and sketches of the pas at Pukekura, Waikato, drawn in April 1864 by F Mould and E Brooke of the Royal Engineers. Source of descriptive information - Notes on item. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 12.4 x 19.6 cm

Date: 1863

From: Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :[Notes and sketches of Maori fortifications, 1839-1863] [1] Notes relative to sketches; [2] Fighting stages Waitangi, Chatham I[slan]d. 1839; Waimate pa, 1839; Sunset Point, Auckland; Summit of Rangitoto Island, Auckland; [3] Ruapekapeka, section along red line in sheet 6 [4] Tauranga Ika Pah; [5] Earthworks at Rangiriri, Waikato, 1863; Plan of a pa, Massacre Bay, 1839; Section of a wall near a gateway; [6] [Unidentified pa, sketch signed by R. Chapman]; Rangiriri, sketch of Maori works taken the day of the capture, 1863.

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Chapman, R, active 1863

Reference: B-043-016-6

Description: Shows a plan of the Rangiriri pa, a detail of the image at B-043-015-6 A detail of the sheet at B-043-015-6. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph of pen drawing on sheet

Date: [ca 1920s]

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

Reference: 1/2-025237-F

Description: Photograph taken from a map of the Alexandra Redoubt on the Waikato River (New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872), probably sketched by James Cowan in the 1920s. Inscriptions: On original item: 4" wide Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 21 Nov 1863]

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

By: Brooke, Edward Thomas, 1836-1909

Reference: PAColl-3033-1-25

Description: Photograph of a plan drawn circa 21 November 1863 by Captain Edward Brooke showing Maori entrenchments at Rangiriri that were taken by Imperial forces under Lt General Cameron on 20 November 1863, during the New Zealand Wars. Other - Note on back of print reads: "Cowan Vol I p320" Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.2 x 20.3 cm

Date: [ca 1920s]

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

Reference: PAColl-3033-1-23

Description: Photograph of a page of diagrams, probably drawn by James Cowan in the 1920s, showing cross-sections of redoubts at Rangiriri during the New Zealand Wars 1860-1872. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.3 x 11.9 cm

Date: Early 1900s to 1931

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

Reference: PA1-q-002

Description: Māori place names and old historical sites of Horowhenua (Vol. 1, images 1-146). Album includes maps, diagrams & sketches, and black & white photographs. Views include Paremata Redoubt, Lake Horowhenua, carved pātaka at Papaitonga Pā. Views of Komokorau, the burial place of Mua-Upoko chiefs including Chief Mahuera Paki Tanguru-o-te-rangi; Lake Wai-tawa and Te Moutere (formerly a fortified island pā). Place names & historic features of Kapiti Island, including relics of whaling days at Wharekohu Bay showing ruins of stone house, stone walls and a stone-embanked stream channel, burial caves, Waiorua Valley showing the approximate site of Te Rauparaha's principal pā, and Motungārara Island where there was a subsidiary pā of Te Rauparaha. Ōtaki, Rangiātea Church (1925); carved whare at Puke-Karaka; Ōtaki Jubilee Pole; and old meeting house Uawhaki at Waikawa. The site of the old Māori flour-mill on the Waitarere Stream at Poroutawhao, which was built in 1853 or 1854 under the direction of a French priest. Several images of performers competing in the haka and poi competitions at Shannon, 2 January 1928. Images of Pākehā pioneers of Horowhenua (Hector McDonald and his wife Agnes (nee Carmont)), and a photograph of Rora Hakaraia, daughter of Mua-Upoko chief Tanguru, and sister of Te Rangihiwinui (also known as Taitoko, and later as Te Keepa or Major Kemp). The photograph of Rora Hakaraia was taken from a painting in the possession of Rod A. McDonald of Levin. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s).