Places

Date: 1890

Reference: MapColl-832.3bj/[ca.1890]/Acc.28694

Description: Survey map showing subdivisions of Pt. 3c, Akura Block, Block IV Tiffen, situated 3 km north of Masterton, Southern Wairarapa, between Waiopoua and Waingawa rivers. Shows the first subdivisions into 3c 1, 3c 2, 3c 4. 3c is shown bounded by 3b to the left and 3a, d and b to the left and 5 1 below. Akura no.2 is to the right. The name Akura means 'entrance to a fortified pa'. Shows two roads, Akura Road and Kibblewhite Road. Part 3c specifies the location of the urupa (17) or cemetery on the roadside of Kibblewhite Road. Also specifies five subdivisions or lots of land on Pt 3c 4 (1100 each) belonging to members of the Karaitiana family: Waha o te Rangi Karaitiana, Ote ne Kuku Karaitiana, Arawhita Karaitiana and Te Ouai Karaitiana. Shows some measurement 'by old surveyors'. Inset of part of the Kibblewhite Rd's centre showing cement blocks, probably added at a later date. Under title is written "M.O. Ckd. H.R." Other Titles - Subdivisions Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, coloured, scale indeterminable, 41 x 31 cm.

Date: 1881

By: Matthews, Alfred Forde, 1851-1926; Putaawha, Pauro, active 1880s

Reference: MapColl-832.41ee/1881/Acc.226

Description: Map of Okahu Block, bordered by the Turakina, Pokoko, Okatarau and Koukoupo streams, in the Rangitikei District. Includes over 40 Maori placenames on the borders of the block, and some pa sites such as Waipa Pa. Map is signed under title 'RLB'. The text 'Okehu [signature] RL Blake 13 August 1881' has transferred in reverse onto the top front of the map during copying. Map title and compiler's name written on verso of map. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 42 x 32 cm.

Date: 1879 - 1882

By: Frasi, Percy Castar, 1849?-1932; Beere, George Armstrong, 1839-1915; General Survey Lithographic Office

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/1880/Acc. 8867

Description: Shows lands in the Pahiatua area, with lands for sale from the Government, Maori reserved land and various Maori placenames and natural features Extended Title - Wellington: General Survey Office, 1882 Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Note. The lands to be sold on Deferred Payments are coloured red. They will be open for application at the Land Office, Wellington, on Monday, the 30th of January 1882. Sections for which there are more than one applicant will be decided by auction, at the Land Office, Wellington, on Tuesday, the 31st January, 1882 at 10 a.m. Deposit on application, 1s. in the #. The Lands for sale for Cash are coloured Blue, and can be applied for at the Land Office, Wellington, on the 31st January, 1882. Deposit 5s in the #. Balance payable within one month. Roads which have been cleared and formed are coloured dark red. The sections not coloured have been sold. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Part coloured. 53 x 40 cm. Scale 1:32 000

By: Dickson, Elwin Brodie, 1828-1891

Reference: MapColl-832gmbh/1877/Acc.1755

Description: Map covers the Province of Taranaki and the top of the Wellington Province (shows the Tangarakau River, Makau River, Whanganui River) and up to Lake Taupo. Many rivers are named as well as many Maori placenames/?settlements. The map identifies the large landholdings of the settlers, eg Morrin and others, 100,000 acres, Morrin and others 46,000 acres, Birch's Run, Russell and Howard 40,000 acres, as well as "Okuhukura or Kopango 30,000 acres Walter and McDonnell". Shows "surveyed land 3,500 acres" and large tracks of "open country - not taken up". Shows large sections of "Totora Bush", "Kaimanawa", and "Te Kooti's Pa" next to the Waipara River near Mount Tongariro. Shows dotted lines representing Maori tracks eg "Native track to New Plymouth" or to Taupo, as well as several smaller tracks. Shows some provincial boundaries. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen-backed, scale indeterminable, 54 x 42 cm.

Date: 1859 - 1861

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/1859/Acc.34918

Description: Cadastral plan showing Otahuao and Wangaehu blocks, Masterton County, Southern Wairarapa. Shows Otahuao as 2900 acres, Wangaehu as 430 acres. Shows upper Tauheru block, Maungaraki block, the Ti-ori-ori Plain, the Wangaehu River, the Ruamahanga River and the Tauheru River. Sites flooded bush and Collins homestead and several Native Land blocks. Sites several small land names for example Toengaroa, Tukoiwa, te Whare o te Toenga, Nga Puna a Toko, Tariwangaokotou, Tukitawai. Shows upper Tauheru (adjoining Native Land) as 'under negotiation'. Copy of original plan by Malcolm Fraser, Wellington, July 1861. Inscriptions: Signed Will[iam] N. Searancke, Dist[rict] Comm[ander] July 1860 Arrangement: 1 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, [1:15 840], 54 x 74 cm

Date: 1883

By: J H Bethune and Company Ltd; Lyon & Blair Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[1883?]/Acc.8991

Description: Cadastral map of the property of J. Valentine Smith, known as Lansdowne Estate, at Masterton. The boundary of his farm lies between the roads to the Forty Mile Bush also Taueru and East Coast, the Heipipi Creek and the Ruamahanga River. The property is divided into numbered lots with acreages and some boundary measurements. A private road leads to the site of a house, outside of which is the site of a hospital and the residence of F. G. Moore. An orchard, cowshed, barn and stable are marked, as are wood and wire fences and a gate. A native reserve and educational reserve are marked. Waipoua River is named. Queen Street, Masterton leads to the corner of J. Valentine Smith's property. The area of Masterton includes the railway station and Lincoln Road, Villa, Cole and Chapel streets. The Institute, Town Hall, Post Office, Club, Club Hotel and an English Church are marked, as are bridges and a sawmill. Chapel Street is ten chains wide. Cadastral sections are on Cole Street and between Victoria and Albert Streets. Annotations to this map include the boundary of J. Valentine Smith's farm and ten sections between Victoria and Albert Streets, also five sections on Cole Street. Note on base map: Messrs. J.H. Bethune & Co. have been favoured with instructions from the Proprietor, J. Valentine Smith Esq., who is leaving the district, to sell by Public Auction at their rooms, Wellington, on Tuesday the 22nd May at Two o'clock Stamp on bottom right: Lyon & Blair, Steam Litho., Wellington Handwritten note on top right: 27 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Tuesday 22 May. To investors, capitalists and others. Important Sale ... Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Colourwash on duplicated plan, linen backed, coloured, scale not given, 46.1 x 58.2 cm. on sheet 49.2 x 62.8 cm.

Date: 1844

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Fitzgerald, Thomas Henry, 1824-1888; New Zealand Company

Reference: MapColl-832.47gbbd/1844/Acc.15653

Description: Cadastral map showing the boundaries of the Port Nicholson Purchase, or the 'first purchase of the New Zealand Company, as laid down by Mr Thomas Fitzgerald, assistant surveyor attached to the Land Claims Commissioner and by the officers of the New Zealand Company's surveying staff'. Land involved includes over one hundred 100-acre land blocks in the Wellington Region, namely in Upper and Lower Hutt, Lowry Bay, the Miramar Peninsular, coastal land on the eastern coast of the harbour, Orongo rongo, Petone, Pakuratahi, the Wainuiomata Valley, Tawa, and some blocks of land westwards of Tawa, Johnsonville, and Karori. The map names the following districts: Terawhiti, Kinapora, Makara, Kaiwara, Ohiro, Horokiwi Road, Karori, Town, Ohariu, Harbour, Evan's Bay, Lowry Bay, Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt. Valley of Wainuiomata, Pakuratahi, Petone, and each district is divided into numbered blocks. Several sites have Maori or English names. 'Pa Rangi rau' is indicated near Barings Head. Some topographical detail is shown. Miramar is named 'Watt's Peninsular' and includes a large lake called 'Burnham Water'. The map does not include the central business district of Wellington. Before copying, map was signed 'No 12, Case 374, Plan of the Port Nicholson District referred to in my final report [signed] Will[ia]m Spain, Commissioner'. The original map colour coding referred to government, Native (Maori) and public (town) belt reserves, not visible on this black and white copy. See also MapColl-832.47gbbd/1843/Acc.11503-8 which shows the names of purchasers of many of the 100-acre blocks. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 78.8 x 57 cm.

Date: 1871

By: Jackson, Henry, 1830-1906; Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986; Bagnall, Dora Louise, 1916-2001

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/1871/Acc.39321

Description: Topographic and cadastral map of the area from Cape Palliser, Palliser Bay, the Rimutaka and Tararua Mountains, the boundary between Hawke's Bay and Wellington Regions to the coast near the Akiteo River, and the east coast including Castlepoint. Blocks are named mainly with Maori names, some include acreages, and boundaries are prominently marked. Blocks of native land and native reserves are marked. Pencil markings in Manawatu Block are not referred to in a key. The towns of Featherston, Greytown, Carterton and Masterton are named. Rivers, roads and the telegraph are marked. This map is published in 'Wairarapa : an historical excursion' / A.G. Bagnall. Masterton [N.Z.]: Hedley's Bookshop for the Masterton Trust Lands Trust, 1976 Pictorial acknowledgement in book states: Mr A. G. Bagnall by courtesy Mr R. A. L. Batley Note on reverse states: District of Wairarapa, [and initials] R. A. L. B. Other Titles - Tracing shewing blocks of native land over which the native title has been extinguished June 1871, Wairarapa and East Coast Districts, Province of Wellington Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and colourwash on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:253 440], 76 x 76 cm. Provenance: Signature of Henry Jackson, chief surveyor, on bottom right corner Donated by Mrs D Bagnall, 1988 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Bagnall, A G, Further papers 88-103.

By: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976; Carpenter, Ken, active 1995

Reference: MapColl-os832.18gbbd/[n.d.]/Acc.39821

Description: Cadastral map, with topographical information, of the Taupo District, showing numbered Maori land blocks. Includes the area from Te Poua Kani, eastwards to Te Kowhatu Whakairo, southwards to the Mohaka River and Mangatainoko, and westwards to Te Kohatu. Land blocks sited include Kaimanawa, Tapapa, Te Matai, Wharetoto, Waikare Mohaka, Runanga, Pohokura, Tauhara, Tauranga, Pukahunui, Kaingaroa, Paeroa, Whakamaru, Maraetai and Okahukura. The land north of Rotoaira and west and northwest of Lake Taupo has not been divided into blocks. The northeastern land blocks have been coloured blue, the southern blocks brown. Native (Maori) land is highlighted between Paeroa and Tauhara North. Map also shows Maori placenames, rivers, bush areas and other topographical features. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, linen backed, 100.7 x 110 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0358.

Date: 1800 - 1948 - 1860

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 :Maps from papers

By: Buchanan, John Duncan Henry, 1902-1961

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[ca.1853]/Acc.229

Description: Tracing of part of the Castle Point block, Masterton District, from the Akitio River to the Puketoi Range, including Wahatuara, Te Komata, Pakehou, Ratau Puhipuhi, Otuarehua, Mangahewa, Wakaroro, Piaha and the Waimata River. Handwritten note at bottom of map states: From a plan in McLean Papers in Turnbull Library, entitled "Castle Point Block, taken from plan attached to Castle Point Deed". Unsigned, undated. Traced JDHB 30/5/48. Complete map at MapColl-832.45gbbd/[ca.1853]/Acc.2737 contains more detailed information. Title assigned by cataloguer Other Titles - Tracing of part of the Castlepoint Block Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, 34 x 15 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - McLean papers Group 0032.

Date: 1861

By: Carter, Charles Rooking, 1822-1896; Carterton District Library

Reference: MapColl-os832.45gbbd/[1861?]/Acc.564

Description: Cadastral map with topographical features, of the Wairarapa District showing land blocks and runholders, Maori lands and reserves, and some Maori placenames. Many sections indicate acreage and owner's name. These include: AJ Skinner, R Woodham, W Berger, JH & RP Wallace, RH Pembroke, Fairweather, RF Pemberton, W Welch, Campbell, W Bowle, Paul, R Collins, Williams, Dorset, W Bowler, Toomath, Wi Waka, W Bowler, Te Ropiha, Cravae, Dagge, Prentice, M Moses, B Buck, J Roy, J Woodward, B Boys, JEJ Boys, P Trotter, T Reid, J Aked, J Leyden, D Dick, J Kidd, G Cox, S Page, GR Carter, HY Wisham, Salvador Cimino, J Vile, Strang, Thomas Henry Clapham, Buck & Kemble, H St Hill, W L Lucerne, A Gillies, T Roberts, T Webb, W Bennet, Wilkinson, Hayward, Tollemarche, R Yule, Bidwill, Bidwell, T Worsley, Benton, Barnet, Williams, Joseph, E Jeffries, Morrison, Smith & Revans, WM Smith, Meredith, Manihera, A Gillies, McMaster, Kelly, Russell, R Rufsell, Hume, C Sharpe, J Northward, R Collins. Also shown is Crown land, Native (Maori) land, Rangiumau Block, Raniera's Reserve, Kopuaranga Block, Kahutara Block, Manohawea Reserve, Wangaehu Block, Otahuro Block. Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 sheets. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, losses filled with a wove paper, the whole backed with silicon paper, 96 x 88.5 and 101.8 x 89 cm. Provenance: Presented to the Carterton Library by Charles Rooking Carter in 1896. Processing information: Many names on the map are hard to decipher. Clarification by viewing the map may be required.