Places

Date: [1950-1960?]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/04

Description: Papers relating to Maori history, waka history, names and place names, particularly focussing on East Coast tribes, the crew of the Horouta waka and the Maori history of Titirangi [Gisborne region]. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: A chart titled "Maoritanga" was included in this folder, but the chart was flattened by conservation in 2013 and taken out of this folder as it no longer fitted. The chart's new reference number is MSO-Papers-11554..

Date: 1995

From: Ted Gilberd Literary Trust : Essay competitions

Reference: MS-Papers-5757-13

Description: The story of a piece of land in a secluded valley in the Rangitikei District near Taihape, from pre-European times to the 1990s, and the families that farmed there (Hopkins family, Davis family). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes 18 photographs - Ruapuke; Mokai-Patea Ridge; Mokai Bridge; Charles Hopkins; Ruapuke homestead; timber sawing; sheep drenching; Rangitikei River; Mokai Valley; members of Davis family

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-045

Description: The essay details the Matheson family of Sutherlandshire, Scotland; The marriage of James Matheson and Helen Murray; the voyage to Otago on the `Agra' in 1858; life in Dunedin and Tokomairiro (Milton); life of their children; and life of the children of their eldest son George Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1776-1963

By: Wierzbicka, Cynthia Anne Ormond, 1913-1998

Reference: MS-Group-0025

Description: Comprises original diaries of Hannah Ormond and her daughter Ada 1859-1912, describing daily domestic activities, social occasions and life at Wallingford station and Tintagel, the Ormond family properties at Waipukurau and Napier. Also includes copies of Ormond family papers held in UK, and some personal correspondence of Cynthia Wierzbicka 1958-1963. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - The Library also holds the original diaries of Hannah Ormond kept during the years 1858-1859 and 1864-1872. These were donated by Lady J Ormond in 1981 and have been catalogued separately at MS-1737 and MS-1738. A typed transcript of her journal 1864-1872 is also held at MS-1747 Arrangement: Organized by series Mrs Wierzbicka is the daughter of Ada Ormond and granddaughter of Hannah and John Davies Ormond. J D ormond was an important social and political figure during the early years of European settlement in the Hawke's Bay district. He owned large properties at Wallingford (near Waipukurau), Karamu, Woodville and Mahia, where he bred horses, sheep and poultry Quantity: 9 folder(s). 16 volume(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (some photocopies) Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 15 December 2014. The only extra information it contains is a "Biographical sketch" which is available in "The master: J.D. Ormond of Wallingford" by Rosamund Rolleston (Wellington : Reed, 1980). A copy of the inventory is available in the staff backfile.. Provenance: Papers were collected by Ms Wierzbicka, daughter of Ada Ormond

Date: [1920-1938]

From: Ward, Louis Ernest, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7595-1

Description: Compilation of clippings, notes, summaries on New Zealand historical events from 1350; similar material on Taranaki and Hawke's Bay Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: List compiled by Ward in folder.

Date: 1946-1976

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-2/01A

Description: Includes photographs and loose papers of drafts of `The Road to Whangara'. Also includes an article about the carved whare at the Canterbury Museum by James W Stack, and another article about the whare 'Hau te ana nui o Tangaroa' built in Tokomaru Bay by Henare Potae [for the Canterbury Museum] which includes information about a request for this whare to be purchased by the East Coast Museum so it can be returned to the East Coast. Includes a photograph of Te Kani-a-Takirau and East Coast whakapapa, including that of Ruataupare. Also includes two issues of "Gisborne on sea" published by Gisborne 30,000 Club in 1946 and 1948, and a programme for the Aki Cakobau School's tour of New Zealand 1961-2. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1972]

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11750-38

Description: Research papers, notes and drafts relating to Polynesian culture, including gods and religious practices, oceanic canoes, tattooing, and carving. Includes a draft article for a magazine which became defunct before it was published, relating to the Maori atua, Tane. Also includes some drawings of Maori carved figures, waka and a pataka. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Two colour prints of Ponsonby Road residence transferred..

Date: [1982]

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11750-48

Description: Papers relating to the Polynesian pamphlet series that Alan Taylor wrote for the Institute for Polynesian Studies, Brigham Young University. Includes the contract for a pamphlet titled `The Maori Warrior' (from 1984), printed matter related to Maori art, and draft articles/pamphlets on Maori carving, clothing and pa. These drafts include some karakia and waiata. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Five black and white prints of taniko.

Date: [1950s-1960s?]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/20

Description: Stories relating to New Zealand pioneers including "Tales of a pioneer housewife" and a story about Bully Hayes. Also includes a story "A matter of Title" about a Mr Lourie who was given the name of Lau'uli in Samoa, a story about Maori settlement in Poverty Bay, and further stories "Mainly about rabbits" and "Counting sheep". Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1974

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-3/10

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1943-1958, 1999

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- : Brockie's chronicles

Reference: MS-Papers-6565-1

Description: Printout of Brockie's edited diaries, letters and notes, 1930s to 1952 with background family biography, extracts from his father's reminiscences and account by Brockie of his early years. The first part, `Boa', tells of his father's experiences and includes extracts from reminiscences during World War One and family history from the 14th century. Brockie writes of his various experiences during the 1940s to 1952, growing up in Christchurch and moving to Wellington, at school, university, tramping and social life, some as reminiscences, the rest extracts from his diaries with linking information. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1959-1965

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-2/01B

Description: Contains articles, notes, drafts and correspondence relating to early East Coast Maori history and whakapapa (genealogy). Relates to many places and iwi. Includes an article for the Historical Review, Dec 1962 "Genealogies as a means of dating Maori prehistory" by R W Halbert of Gisborne. Also includes an account "Mahaki at war: Te Takoremu-a-Mahaki: The closing of the jaws of Mahaki" and information about place names relating to landing sites for waka on the East Coast. Language - Some Maori content, notably whakapapa and whakatauki and lyrics Quantity: 1 folder(s).