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Scenic photographs of New Zealand complied by the Scenery Preservation Board
Date: [ca 1880-1910]
From: Scenery Preservation Board :Scenic photographs of New Zealand
By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; De Tourret, Ernest, active 1909-1912; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Scenery Preservation Board
Reference: PAColl-0444-1
Description: Photographs of the following: a set of seven photographs by Collis and annotated by F P Corkill, land agent, re landholding around the Waiwhakaiho River; scenic views such as waterfalls, lakes, and the Pink and White Terraces; bridges with annotations re height etc; sixteen numbered photographs mounted two to a card of scenic views in the Taranaki Region, Rotorua and the far north (including ones of Taumaha Gorge, Taranaki and Lake Ora - location unidentified); a set of seven photographs of the Waipu Caves including Lot's wife, the anvil and the sugar loaf in Morrison's Cave; a clipping of St Paul's Cupola and a photograph of Kauri Gully, Northcote with annotations on resolutions passed re the establishment of reservations; a panorama in two photographs of Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin with annotations re a potential reserve; and two of a tramping party of three men and five boys resting at a waterfall. Includes a recent hand-written list of the photographs. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted prints
Wyles & Buck :[Manawatu Kukutauaki no. 4F, Waikawa] [ms map]. Wyles & Buck, licensed su...
Date: 1876
By: Wyles & Buck (Firm); Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919
Reference: MapColl-832.43gbbd/1876/Acc.6344
Description: Map with some survey markings of Ohau, Manawatu Kukutauaki no 4F, Waikawa, Waikawa River and Huritini. Shows an unnamed Crown grant near Takapu o kai Ngarara. Southernmost points on map are Waitohu government trig and Pukehou. Shows the site of Te Rauparaha's Pa adjoining the Waikawa River, and a pa on the Ohau River. Stamped 'Buck collection' on verso. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, part coloured, scale [1:15 840], 108.6 x 75.4 cm.
Whitehead, Arthur, fl. 1840s :Chart of the county between the Manawatu and Port Nichols...
Date: 1848
By: Whitehead, Arthur, active 1840s
Reference: MapColl-832.45cba/[ca.1848]/Acc.4900
Description: Topographic map of the southern half of the North Island, with especial emphasis on the Wairarapa valley, showing natural features and stands of timber; the Maori names for some of these features are given, together with names and locations of some pa . Includes the surveyors' route which began on 1st. June, ca. 1848, from a site along the Manawatu River to the Ruamahanga River, Lake Wairarapa, ending at the Hutt River on 20 June. Notes describe some topographic features. See also "A treatise on practical surveying" by Arthur Whitehead, 1848 (Exeter: A. Whitehead, ca.1848). Held NZ&P Collection, P 526.9 WHI 1848. Other Titles - Photocopy from "A treatise on practical surveying", by Arthur Whitehead, C.E. & surv., 1848 Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - Notes. The red line shews [sic] the track of the exploring party with the termination of each days march defined by the end view of a tent and the day of the month. The points at which observations for Latitude and Longitude were made are also shown Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative photostat., linen backed, scale not given, 67.9 x 49.9 cm.
Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Road from Rotu Aira; store houses in pumice and tufa...
Date: 1862 - 1880
From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]
Reference: E-926-043
Description: Shows a village at Tokaanu, Taupo, where some of the storehouses are cut into the cliffs with rectangular openings. There are also huts and storehouses on top of the cliff. Labelled features are: the Kaimanawa Range (far left), Pihanga moutain (centre distance) and Herekiekie's grave in the far right background. A road cuts through a gorge at the far left, and there are talls grasses in the left foreground. Other Titles - Rotoaira Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [43 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 145 x 235 mm
Research papers
Date: [1930-1977]
From: Mead, Arthur David, 1888-1977 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7403-02
Description: Essays and articles, and small pieces by Mead on aspects of Whanganui River history. Includes letters to `New Zealand herald' and `Evening post'; bibliography of the river compiled by Mead; summary of river levels at Pipiriki; notes from conversation with David Barr on Pepe Turoa and pa on the river; transcripts of reports and accounts on the river from official and personal sources; piece on discrepancy in information on the gunboats on the river; 1908 inspection trip report, notes obtained from W Salt, Roman Catholic mission; Parikino, the tidal reach, hydro-electric development, canoe accounts; the 1865 Pipiriki skirmish; notes compiled for F W Furkert by J R Cade; Lands and Survey report summaries and other accounts including proposed charter for the river. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Wrigglesworth & Binns (Wellington), fl 1874-1900 :Maori group outside whare in Atene
Date: [ca 1880s]
By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)
Reference: PA7-53-32
Description: Maori group outside whare in Atene, circa 1880s. Taken by Wrigglesworth & Binns, ca 1880s Same image at PAColl-5671-43 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 101. Maories at Atene. Whanganui R. W. & B. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 15.4 x 21 cm
[Creator unknown] :[Manawatu River to Ruamahunga River] [copy of ms map]. [Notes from] ...
Date: 1853
By: Burnand, William Henry, active 1843-1850s
Reference: MapColl-832.4at/[ca.1853]/Acc.5977
Description: Copy of a topographic map of the Wellington region from Port Nicholson and Paliser Bay following the Ruamahanga River to the Manawatu River to the coast at Foxton. The Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges are named as are rivers, bays, heads, some settlements, tracks and roads. Some sections are marked and pa sites. Wakefield, Tiffin and Kettle have made descriptive notes about the terrain, views and navigable rivers on the map as well as at the bottom of it. Note on catalogue card states: Photocopy of col. MS map by W H Burnand inserted in his copy of New Zealand journal v. 4. p.218. 1843-44. Note on catalogue card states: Turnbull Library record no. 8 (N 1951) p. 9 gives title: Port Nicholson, Hutt, Wairarapa. Title suppled by cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale not given, 44.7 x 19.6 cm.
Bevan, Thomas 183?-1913 : Reminiscences
Date: [1901?]
By: Bevan, Thomas, 1836-1913
Reference: qMS-0221
Description: Bevan describes incidents in his life in the Otaki and Manawatu districts from 1840 to the 1860s. He was the son of a rope maker and followed his father's trade and farmed. He refers in particular to relationships between Maori and settlers and includes descriptions of Maori pa, legends, customs and the scenery, and a walk he made as a child in 1845 from Wellington to Waikawa, Otaki. Mss written in the hands of Bevan's daughters to whom dictated it, and signed by him Quantity: 1 folder(s) (71 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (33 cm, green tie case)
Clarke, David fl.1897 :Maori Pah, Pipiriki. [1897].
Date: 1897
From: Clarke, David fl.1897 :[The Wanganui River; sketch and story/ written by Margaret Bullock; sketches by David Clarke. Wanganui, A.D. Willis, 1897].
By: Clarke, David, active 1897
Reference: E-416-016
Description: Shows five small dwellings behind fence. A female figure with dog sits at break in fence and two other female figures stand further away. Extended Title - From Bullock, Margaret. The Wanganui River; sketch and story / written by Margaret Bullock; sketches by David Clarke. Wanganui; A.D. Willis [Christmas 1897]. Page 16. Inscriptions: Illustration has title below image; unsigned and undated. ATL has another copy of pamphlet at PAM [1897] BUL. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 109 x 124 mm. Finding Aids: Shelf-list/Inventory available..
Long album 2
Date: [Between 1868 and 1898]
By: Long, W H (Mrs), active 1970; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Zangaki (Firm)
Reference: PA1-q-146
Description: Album of photographs, most taken by the Burton Brothers in New Zealand, including a large number of Maori images, group portraits, identified men and women, pa, and storehouses. Scenes also taken by them in Tonga and Samoa. A number of images show scenes in England, including a group taken near Egremont in Cumbria, of ice on the Mersey River in 1895. There are a large number of copies of paintings of romantic scenes. Several photographs of the Suez Canal, and the Nile River, were taken by Greek photographers `Zangaki' Brothers Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with reddish brown cover, brown corners and spine with single raised cords; fleur de lys pattern stamped between cords; 33.5 x 27.0 cm
Johnston, I F H (Mr): Postcards of New Zealand
Date: [ca 1890s-1910]
By: Johnston, I F H (Mr), active 1971; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918
Reference: PAColl-6334
Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes. Includes views of women on the swing bridge over the Catlins River ca 1900; swans on Catlins Lake; Mt Ngauruhoe erupting; the main street in Milton; Gore Railway Station; the Hapuawhenua Viaduct on the main trunk line; the New Zealand rugby football team which toured Great Britain in 1905; the botanic gardens in Dunedin; a view over Mount Eden, Auckland showing the Maori fortifications and the firm of C Lynch Cash Grocers in the foreground; a two storey house boat or ferry at Ohura; Moffat's and Kolberg's homesteads in Pounawea; a re-touched view of the track through Pounawea; a souvenir of Port Molyneux showing Millionaire's Corner, Ka Ka Point and Kororo Creek; the Blue Bath, Rotorua; Princes Street, Dunedin showing a tram and Jacobs Tobacconist on the corner; Lower High Street, Dunedin with the premises of Charles W White & Co on the right; families out on St Clair Beach; two boys having a race in the rockery of the Botanic Gardens, Dunedin; North Island Main Trunk Railways at Ohakune; the Presbyterian church in Palmerston with the Clark Sunday School hall next to it; fell engine pulling a train up the Rimutaka Incline; Guide Eileen at Whakarewarewa; and Smith Bros general store at Owaka with their delivery cart outside. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Prints also at PAColl-5800-36 and PAColl-6001-18 Quantity: 24 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcard. 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Postcards Provenance: Donated by Mr I F H Johnston, Clutha, 1971
Clarke, David fl.1897 :Atene. [1897].
Date: 1897
From: Clarke, David fl.1897 :[The Wanganui River; sketch and story/ written by Margaret Bullock; sketches by David Clarke. Wanganui, A.D. Willis, 1897].
By: Clarke, David, active 1897
Reference: E-416-005
Description: Shows a stretch of the Wanganui River and rough dwellings at Atene, the mission named after Athens. At lower left is a sprig with leaves and berries (probably karaka). Extended Title - From Bullock, Margaret. The Wanganui River; sketch and story / written by Margaret Bullock; sketches by David Clarke. Wanganui; A.D. Willis [Christmas 1897]. Page 5. Inscriptions: Illustration has title below image; unsigned and undated. ATL has another copy of pamphlet at PAM [1897] BUL. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 144 x 122 mm. Finding Aids: Shelf-list/Inventory available..
Morgan, John, 1829-1916 :Plan of the coast from Rangitikei to Waitara, showing Maori tr...
Date: 1860 - 1862
By: Morgan, John, 1829-1916
Reference: MapColl-832.2gmbh/[pre-1862]/Acc.244
Description: Photocopy of a map of the coastline from the Rangitikei River to the Waitara River showing settlements, pa sites, tracks, rivers. Fishing spots, ferries and mills are marked. As the names on the photocopied map are hard to read they have been handwritten alongside. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on photocopy, linen backed, coloured, scale not given, 37.1 x 30.1 cm.
[Park, Robert] 1812-1870. Attributed works. :[Wanganui district sketchbook. 1847?]
Date: 1847
By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870; Power, William James Murray Tyrone (Sir), 1819-1911; McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Reference: E-078-q
Description: 1. Wash drawing of a Maori family, seated outside a tent, beside a whare, probably near Wanganui. 2. Prelimary pencil sketch of two houses, with a river beyond, probably Whanganui River looking west. 3. Pencil sketch panorama of Wanganui from the opposite bank of the river showing Rutland and York Stockades (built 1847) and the first Christ Church. 4., 5., & 6. Unfinished sketches, including a further view of Rutland Stockade, small drawings of groups of Maori, houses and a balloon-like object. Attributed to Robert Park on stylistic grounds. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Pencil and monotone wash & pencil (6 drawings), 253 x 185 mm
Fisher family :Family photographs
Date: [1890s?, 1910s-1920s]
From: Edwards-Sextus, Patricia, active 1999-2019: Collection
By: Fisher family; Edwards-Sextus, Patricia Joyce, active 1999-2019
Reference: PAColl-9635
Description: Collection comprises papers relating to the Fisher family and the history of the Whanganui River. Includes photographs of Parinui and local Maori; Alf Overend with Sisters of Compassion at the baptism of his child Clair (1914/1915) at Jerusalem/Hiruharama Marae in 1914/1915; House and stockade; Pa, whare puni and church at Jerusalem; and grave of Emily A Fisher and Thomas William Fisher. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Mrs Edwards-Sextus, Dannevirke, 2009 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Fisher family: Papers (MS-Papers-9514).
Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Ruapehu from hill above Utapu, Whanganui R. (a) - li...
Date: 1861 - 1880
From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]
Reference: E-926-053
Description: Shows a view of Mount Ruapehu, behind dense native bush, with a few individual trees at right and left foreground. In the left diestance, smoke from Ngauruhoe rises above the bush. Another version of this image is at E-041-043. Other Titles - River Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [53 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Wash drawing, 145 x 235 mm
Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Marai Tarata, Manawatu R [1862. ca 1880]
Date: 1862 - 1880
From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]
Reference: E-926-052
Description: Shows a canoe drawn up beside a low cliff bank on which is built a wooden fence with carved figures at intervals along it. Other Titles - Maraetarata; River Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [51 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash drawing, 145 x 235 mm
Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Wanganui. Putiki Waranui. [1840]
Date: 1840
From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.
By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895
Reference: C-103-003-6
Description: View looking up the Whanganui River from the Putiki (south) side with snow-clad Mount Ruapehu in the distance. In the foreground is Putiki Pa with the wharenui (meeting house) standing separately, surrounded by a palisade on the right. Other smaller buildings are more distant, surrounded by palisades. Two waka (canoes) are drawn up by the shore. Other Titles - Wharenui Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title and date Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 81 x 208 mm
Cowan, James, 1870-1943: Maps from papers
Date: 1864 - 1898
By: Cowan, James, 1870-1943
Reference: MapColl-Collection-Cowan
Description: Collection contains a published map of Kapiti, 1898, with pencil annotations of pa sites; manuscript sketch map of Bay of Islands, Hokianga and Whangarei, undated; manuscript map showing the disposition of British troops at Orakau Pa, Waikato, 1864; manuscript map of the battle at Taurangaika Pa in 1868 drawn in 1927 and draft sketches of pa sites, redoubts and battlegrounds drawn for James Cowan. 'The New Zealand wars: a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period'. (Wellington: Govt. printer, 1922-1923) Quantity: 31 map(s). Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts and Archives, Cowan, James - Papers - MS-Papers-0039.
Photograph album, volume two
Date: [ca 1870s-1890s]
From: Bridge family :Photograph albums
By: Anson Brothers (Firm); Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Pulman (Firm)
Reference: PA1-f-271
Description: Views of New Zealand, England, Australia and Canada, associated with family of Charles Joseph Bridge (d 1876), settler at Homebrook, near Lake Ellesmere; and his son, Charles Hastings Bridge. Includes pressed flowers and leaves, a coloured sketch of a rowing boat on a river lined with willow trees. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Henry Hugh Chapman 1881; Henry Walter Bridge 1886 Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s).