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Date: 1942 - 1952

From: [Creator Unknown] :Topographic maps of Glenside and Tawa Flats, Waitakere, Kaimanawa Range, the Southern Portion of the Wellington City Battalion Home Guard area, with the Map Case and Epaulettes of P L B Williams, No. 4 Platoon, Wadestown Company, Home Guard; "B" (Thorndon) Company, City Battalion Head Quarters. 1942-1952

Reference: MapColl-f830hkm/1942-52/Acc.48998

Description: Hand-coloured diazo print of a topographic manuscript map of the Kaimanawa Range. Gives the locations of Desert Road and Roto Aira Road along with the location of rivers, swamps, lakes and camps. A grid on the top left provides a list of additions and corrections with associated dates and signatures. Waihohoru Hut, Boyd's Hut, Golden Hills Hut, Te Apunga Hut, and Peter's Hut are highlighted in red ink. Inscriptions: Signature P L B Williams located on the reverse side of the map Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print,coloured, scale [1:63360] 54 x 74 cm

Date: 1843 - 1939 - 1847 - 1945

Reference: MapColl-832.47p/[197-?]/Acc.23130

Description: Map showing old military installations from the New Zealand Wars, 1843-7 and the home guard sites of New Zealand Army in World War II. Sites from the New Zealand War include Te Rangihaeata's stronghold (1846), the site of a chapel and the colonial cemetery at Pauatahanui, military trenches (one named McKillops), the barracks of the 65th regiment, the officer's quarters, the Boulton's Hotel of 1847, Troopers Hill, isolated Maori grave along Paekakariki Hill Road, the landing stage of the 58th and 65th regiments, Tandy's constablulary's post and the Waitaha Maori at Ration Point. Sites during World War II include the home guard headquarters of 1941 at Jones Deviation, the 1939 New Zealand Army Unit and United States Marines 2nd division near Kakaho Stream, as well as the Duck Creek saw mill at Bradey's Bay. Shows J Walker's homestead. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 34.2 x 36.6 cm.

Date: 1943

By: New Zealand. Army; Wilson, Geoffry Burns, 1904-1977

Reference: MapColl-832.47a/1943/Acc.12719

Description: Drawn on a base map, the annotations for the New Zealand Army name creeks, ridges, streams and spurs in the vicinity of the Titi Stream and the Whakatikei Stream, inland from Paekakariki. Some survey measurements are given. Written on recto: Whakatikei, Army, 1943. Geoff Wilson. Written on verso above title: Army. Base map: Part section Hutt County map ([s.l], [s.n], [s.d]) Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 37.3 x 53.8 cm.

Date: 1942 - 1952

From: [Creator Unknown] :Topographic maps of Glenside and Tawa Flats, Waitakere, Kaimanawa Range, the Southern Portion of the Wellington City Battalion Home Guard area, with the Map Case and Epaulettes of P L B Williams, No. 4 Platoon, Wadestown Company, Home Guard; "B" (Thorndon) Company, City Battalion Head Quarters. 1942-1952

By: Williams, P L B, active 1942-1952

Reference: MapColl-f830hkm/1942-52/Acc.49000

Description: Hand-coloured diazo print of a topographic manuscript map of the southern portion of the Wellington City Battalion Home Guard area of Evans Bay and Lyall Bay. Includes legend for contours, tracks, buildings, tramlines and town belt, with annotations relating to grid co-ordinates. Contains areas highlighted in ink relating to the locations of Sacred Heart Convent, Hope Gibbons, Lyall Bay School, Karitane Hospital, Wellington Zoo, Newtown Park, Kilbirnie Stadium, Rongotai College, as well as a nurses home, school, pond and power house. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, coloured, scale [1:5000] 76 x 48 cm

Date: 1943 - 1947

By: New Zealand Post Office

Reference: MapColl-832.4799hkcmf/Ka/[1943-47]/Acc.37513-4

Description: Plan showing layout and road access of Site W, Karori, Wellington, the military station at Wrights Hill Fortress, during World War II. Shows excavated military barracks, command post and plotting room, war shelter, gun store, tunnels and chambers. Shows road access to the station, going through several private properties. Includes a schedule of areas table. Kano, Campbell, and Donald Street are marked. Also shows surrounding properties, owned by F L Rabone, Florence Louisa Rabone (leased by W M Wood), Fodlalla Khoura, J Prenderville, Mrs P M Bates, M W Prenderville, J M Prenderville, E Beavis, A Dorman, W F Dorman, Wellington City Council, Wellington City Supply, Barrer, Brightacre Ltd. WDO 11335 Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 sheets. Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 39 x 52.4 cm on sheets 42 x 29.6 cm

Date: 1943

By: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: MapColl-832.4799hkcrf/A/1943/Acc.13579

Description: Map of civil defence area 15, central Wellington, during the Second World War, being the area of Brooklyn and Mount Cook, bounded by part of Washington Ave, the Wellington Show Building, Dufferin Street, Martin Square and Brooklyn Road. Zones 1, 2 and 4 are shown, with zones 2 and 4 highlighted. Fire alarm boxes and tram routes are marked, as well as streets, public buildings, schools and churches. The defence stores, Prince of Wales Park, Winter Show Building, Basin Reserve, Nairn Street Reserve, St Patrick's College and Mount Cook School, are highlighted. Written on map in pencil: Japanese area, 1943. Area 15. Title from catalogue card and cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 49 x 60 cm.

Date: 1940

From: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965 : Maps from Papers

Reference: MapColl-800hkm/1940/Acc.49791

Description: Chart of Tasman Sea and New Zealand (142E-170E, 27S-53S) showing the routes of air and naval patrols searching for the German raider Orion which had sunk the N.Z. Steamship Company steamer Turakina in the Tasman Sea. Aircraft were: flying boat Awarua from Auckland, 21st, 22nd and 25th August; flying boat Aotearoa from Auckland 21st August; DH 89s from Kerikeri. Naval patrols: HMS Archilles 21st-23rd August; Stewart Island patrol 23rd August; Wellington approaches patrol 25th August; Captn Mercer's patrol, north of Northland, 22nd & 23rd August; HMAS Perth, Sydney to mid-Tasman then Bass Strait. The patrols around Stewart Island and Wellington were carried out because signals had been detected from another German ship. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on photographic paper, 27.5 x 38 cm.

Date: 1940 - 1941

From: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965 : Maps from Papers

By: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965

Reference: MapColl-100hkm/1940-1/Acc.49786

Description: World map (80N-60S) showing the course of Schiff 16, the German raider Atlantis, during 1940 and 1941. Locations where it captured and sank enemy ships marked on the map and also listed in an inset. The area of operations in the Indian and South Atlantic Oceans are highlighted; map MapColl-100hkm/1940-1/Acc.49787 is an enlargement of this area. The map shows the route of Schiff 16 south of Australia and New Zealand, between the Auckland and Campbell Islands, then north to the east of the Chathams, in August 1941. Top right: Geheime Kommandosache! Anlage I zu M. Dv. Nr. 601 Schiff 16. Pruf-Nr 142 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, scale indeterminate, 31.4 x 56.9 cm.

Date: 1939

By: Walshe, Harry Edward, 1883-1948

Reference: MapColl-832hkc/[1939?]/Acc.9373

Description: Drawn on a published map showing North Island divided into eight military districts, showing area headquarters. Within each of these areas, the map shows all the generating stations (colour coded red) and sub-stations (coded blue). Glued to the map is a reference to all these stations, their military area, their owner (most often Public Works Department) and their size (kW) capacity. Missing is information south of and including Eastbourne, Wellington, as well as the east coast below Castle Point. Base map is 'North Island New Zealand', ([Wellington], NZ Lands and Survey, 1939). Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, linen backed, hand coloured, scale [ca.1:1,000,000], 81 x 64 cm.

Date: 1943 - 1972

By: New Zealand Post Office

Reference: MapColl-832.4799hkcmf/Ka/[1943-77]/Acc.37515-6

Description: Layout of the tunnels comprising Wrights Hill fortress originally made during World War II, Karori, Wellington. Shows transmission plan for the fortress, including the radio transmitting station, receiving station, power equipment shelter, the cabling system across the shelters, magazines, gun pits, and plotting room. Legend marks distribution panel, switch, socket outlet with switch, and incandescent lighting point. NZPO Regional Engineer, Wellington W38783 Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 sheets. Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 38.8 x 55.8 cm on sheets 38.8 x 29.6 cm

Date: 1942 - 1952

From: [Creator Unknown] :Topographic maps of Glenside and Tawa Flats, Waitakere, Kaimanawa Range, the Southern Portion of the Wellington City Battalion Home Guard area, with the Map Case and Epaulettes of P L B Williams, No. 4 Platoon, Wadestown Company, Home Guard; "B" (Thorndon) Company, City Battalion Head Quarters. 1942-1952

Reference: MapColl-f830hkm/1942-52/Acc.49001

Description: Hand-coloured topographic map of Tawa flat with wooden board backing. Shows the location of a reservoir and building locations along Porirua Road and Ohariu Valley Road. Gives the locations for farms owned by Spicer, Bassett, and Bryant. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, wooden board backing, coloured, scale [1:15840] 26 x 21.5 cm

Date: 1942 - 1952

From: [Creator Unknown] :Topographic maps of Glenside and Tawa Flats, Waitakere, Kaimanawa Range, the Southern Portion of the Wellington City Battalion Home Guard area, with the Map Case and Epaulettes of P L B Williams, No. 4 Platoon, Wadestown Company, Home Guard; "B" (Thorndon) Company, City Battalion Head Quarters. 1942-1952

Reference: MapColl-f830hkm/1942-52/Acc.49002-3

Description: Two hand-coloured topographic maps of Tawa flat and Glenside with wooden board backing. Shows building locations along Porirua Road and Oharui Valley Road. Gives the location for farms owned by Spicer, Bassett, Byant, and Stebbins. Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, wooden board backing, coloured, scale [1:15840] 28 x 21.5 cm; ink on paper, wooden board backing, coloured, scale [1:15840] 28 x 20.5 cm

Date: 1940

From: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965 : Maps from Papers

By: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965

Reference: MapColl-830gmo/1940/Acc.49790

Description: Map showing patrols undertaken to search for the German raiders that had sunk the Holmwood en route from the Chatham Islands to Christchurch on 29th November 1940, and the Rangitane 300 miles east of East Cape on the 27th November. The minesweeper Muritai sailed from Wellington on 29th November and returned on 2nd December. The flying boat Awarua made two flights from Auckland on the 29th and 30th November. Two land based aircraft from Christchurch flew a parallel track search 120 miles to the east of Lyttelton. Additional information from: The Royal New Zealand Navy by S.D. Waters, p. 140-141. Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs, 1956. Available online at http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Navy.html Signed by a Lieutenant, RNZNR Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, scale indeterminable, 36 x 79 cm.

Date: 1943

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/[1943?]/Acc.10603

Description: Drawn on a cadastral base map of the Lower Hutt industrial area, bounded by the Waiwhetu River, the Hutt River and the roads Bell, Park, Seaview and Gracefield, the annotations show sections sold (in red) and sections open for selection (in green). The sections are numbered with acreages, and the railway line runs through the area. Areas sold include the names Schweppes Ltd., ESW Paul, Wm Cable & Co., Wellington Concrete Pipe Coy., Ford Motor Co., Hume Pipe Coy., Vacuum Oil Coy., Texas Oil Coy., CH Morley, WA Cairns. Railway workshops, drainage easements, sewers, septic tanks, pumping stations, a quarry and watermains are marked. Areas open for selection are unnamed. The Hutt Park, the Waiwhetu Pa and its cemetery are shown. Unpublished base map: Industrial area Hutt Valley settlement [s.d]. Glued to the top centre-left of the map is a typed note addressed to Mr Davis, Lands Office, dated 24/5/1943. It states: 'All this land now occupied by American or Air Force. May be released at the end of the war or may not... tenders have to be called... Railway Department pay full commission to agents' Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink on diazo photoprint, linen backed, 66 x 64.4 cm.

Date: 1935

Reference: MapColl-832hkm/1935/Acc.27957

Description: Drawn on a published map. Shows North Island's military command districts and sub-districts boundaries. Includes lists showing various corps, brigades and batteries of both regular and territorial forces, and their numerical strengths. Base map: 'North Island New Zealand...', (Wellington, NZ Lands and Surveys Department, 1932). Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, linen backed, hand coloured, 85 x 58 cm.

Date: 1942

By: New Zealand. Army; Kay, Robin Langford, 1919-2017; New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch

Reference: MapColl-832.47hkc/[ca.1942]/Acc.9489

Description: Drawn on a base map, show military defence plan annotations for the Wellington Harbour (Port Nicholson), including the position of Bofors (single guns and darkness only bofors), heavy AA (anti-aircraft) guns, searchlights and light area; coast searchlights and light beam; motorised machine gun section, anti-tank guns, 18 pdr (powder) section, navy patrol ships, illuminated areas, and the United States Navy patrol area. Base map: North Island. Port Nicholson. From surveys by Captn J Stokes & Comr. G.H. Richards, RN, and the officers of HMS Surveying Ship 'Acheron', 1849....and the Wellington Harbour Board, 1903-4, with corrections to 1931.' (Wellington, Department of Lands & Survey, 1932).' Stamped on map: 'Most secret'. Map is encapsulated in mylar. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and coloured pencil on lithograph, linen backed, scale [ca. 1:25 250], 74.3 x 62.7 cm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Robin Kay, 31.7.1967 for the War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs.