Places

Date: 1823-1949

By: Kaikohe Parochial District

Reference: Micro-MS-0882

Description: Marriages, Paihia and Kororareka, 1830-1841; marriages, Bay of Islands and Pararaka, 1857-1866; baptisms, 1823-1840 & burials, 1830-1842, Paihia and Kororareka; burials, 1872-1912, Pararaka; burials, 1843-1949, Russell; marriages, 1858-1881, Paihia; marriages, 1852-1871, ?; baptisms, 1855-1949, burials, 1852-1885, Paihia; baptisms, 1840-1844, marriages, 1840-1877, burials, 1841-1879, Paihia Relationship complexity - Other registers at Micro-MS-0263 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive.

Date: 1823-1853, 1973

By: Weavell, John, 1797?-

Reference: MS-Papers-1277

Description: A long letter from Auckland, recounting his trading activities since settling at Kororareka in 1839; providing background material to Heke's War and the sacking of the settlement, 10 Mar 1845 (25 Jan 1846). Chronology of Weavell's movements in Australia and New Zealand, 1823-1853. Genealogical information on the Wouldes family. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript (photocopies)

Date: 1999

From: Lambert, William, fl 1940-2012: Papers

Reference: MSX-5910

Description: Novel by Lambert set in the early part of the 19th century describing the life of Jenny Potts who came to Norfolk Island in 1825 as a convict and later came to New Zealand where she lived in Kerikeri, Kororareka, living with missionaries and local Maori. Later she married John Walton and lived in the Northland gum region. Includes bibliography and background historical notes. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (236 pages). Physical Description: Printed matter with illustrations

Date: 1827 - 1877 - 1828

By: Cole, Francis I, active 1877; Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838

Reference: G-700

Description: View looking down over Russell (Kororareka), with the artist flanked by two Maori men walking down a path in the right foreground. Copied from a lithograph by Augustus Earle, published 1837, from his visit to New Zealand in 1827-1828 Inscriptions: Verso - Signed and dated: Francis I Cole 1877 Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil painting 401 x 607 mm

Date: 1827 - 1968 - 1828

By: Fruit Distributors Ltd; Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838

Reference: C-086-1976-01

Description: A reproduction of Augustus Earle's lithograph of Kororareka (Russell) in the Bay of Islands, 1827, published 1838. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph in calendar

Date: 1821-1847

From: Matson family : Papers

Reference: MSX-7158

Description: Diary kept by Matson from 1822 to 1847, with some earlier notes of rates of pay and foreign service covering 1821-1822. He writes of his impressions of France, America, Ireland, Jamaica, Tasmania and Kororareka, beginning in 1822 and ending in 1847. Arrangement: Loose papers from the diary at MS-Papers-8175-02 Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1827 - 1838

By: Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838; Beutel, Colin, active 1997

Reference: B-110-059

Description: The artist and his friend, Mr Shand, seated in a rocky inlet, surrounded by bush, in coversation with Hongi Hika and a group of family and other attendants. Two canoes are drawn up on the beach to the left and other Maori are visible in the distance. A carved figure leans from a rock behind and above Hongi. There are rifles and cartridge cases on the ground and one man is holding a taiaha. The scene is on a beach close to Russell (Kororareka) and took place in November 1827. Based on an oil in the Library's collection: Meeting of the artist with the wounded chief Hongi, by Augustus Earle (G-707) Other Titles - Hongi Hika Extended Title - From Earle, Augustus. Sketches illustrative of the native inhabitants ... of New Zealand. London, 1838. Plate 2. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 239 x 379 mm

Date: 1827 - 1838 - 1828

From: Earle, Augustus 1793-1838 :Sketches illustrative of the Native Inhabitants and Islands of New Zealand from original drawings by Augustus Earle Esq, Draughtsman of H. M. S. "Beagle". London, Lithographed and Published under the auspices of the New Zealand Association by Robert Martin & Co, 1838

Reference: PUBL-0015-07

Description: Seated portrait of Kawakawa (Bay of Islands) chief Rangituke, his wife leaning on his shoulder, his son seated at his feet, viewed, according to the artist, 'from the window of my hut at the Bay of Islands' (Russell or Kawakawa?). A carved storehouse is in the right background and a whare and storage platform on the left, with the sea beyond. According to Earle 'it illustrates the general attachment of the natives of New Zealand to their wives and children'. Based on Earle's oil painting 'Portrait of Arangi Tooker [Rangituke] ... with his wife and son ... [1827]' (G-634) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 289 x 235 mm

Date: 1827 - 1838

From: Earle, Augustus 1793-1838 :Sketches illustrative of the Native Inhabitants and Islands of New Zealand from original drawings by Augustus Earle Esq, Draughtsman of H. M. S. "Beagle". London, Lithographed and Published under the auspices of the New Zealand Association by Robert Martin & Co, 1838

Reference: PUBL-0015-02

Description: The artist and his friend, Mr Shand, seated in a rocky inlet, surrounded by bush, in coversation with Hongi Hika and a group of family and other attendants. Two canoes are drawn up on the beach to the left and other Maori are visible in the distance. A carved figure leans from a rock behind and above Hongi. There are rifles and cartridge cases on the ground and one man is holding a taiaha. The scene is on a beach close to Russell (Kororareka) and took place in November 1827. Other Titles - Hongi Hika Based on an oil in the Library's collection: Meeting of the artist with the wounded chief Hongi, by Augustus Earle (G-707) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 239 x 379 mm

Date: 1827 - 1838 - 1828

From: Earle, Augustus 1793-1838 :Sketches illustrative of the Native Inhabitants and Islands of New Zealand from original drawings by Augustus Earle Esq, Draughtsman of H. M. S. "Beagle". London, Lithographed and Published under the auspices of the New Zealand Association by Robert Martin & Co, 1838

Reference: PUBL-0015-03

Description: A scene at Russell (Kororareka) looking out into the Bay, with the islands and hills opposite. Four slaves are pounding fern root on rocks beside two fires, watched by their masters; a third fire on the right has a group of four Maori huddled around it. A storehouse (pataka) and other storage mechanisms, including a platform on poles and forked sticks holding bundles containing food, and several other low houses with raupo thatch are surrounded by palisades. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 233 x 367 mm

Date: 1819-1821

By: Baskerville, Perceval, -1858

Reference: MSY-2983

Description: Journal covers the period 2 Jul 1819 to 31 Jan 1821 and contains a day-to-day log of of the voyage to Australia and New Zealand. It details the activities of the crew in the Bay of Islands, Hokianga and Whangaroa Harbour and mentions local Maori. Seven charts accompany the text. Baskerville was a midshipman on the Dromedary which, after delivering a load of convicts to Sydney, proceeded to New Zealand. The ship spent 9 months gathering spars and charting the rivers and coast around Northland Quantity: 1 volume(s) (150 p).

Date: 1827

By: Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: G-707

Description: Shows canoes, storehouse and carved objects. Hongi is seated in a central position, with huia feathers in his hair. Earle, seated on the left, is gesturing and is wearing a green cap. Another European is seated behind Earle, his friend Shand. Hongi's family and supporters surround him and the group is seated at the base of a low cliff. The meeting took place in a bay about 1 mile from Kororareka (Russell). Hongi had fought without his armour, supplied by King George IV, and had been wounded by a ball in the chest. He was to die the following year. Identification: the exact identity of Mr Shand is not known. Earle described him as a Scotsman. Exhibited in 'Two centuries of New Zealand landscape art' Exhibition at Auckland City Art Gallery, 2 February - 22 April 1990. Exhibited in 'Treasures in Trust' exhibition to celebrate 75th anniversary of the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1995. Exhibited in 'The Dream Collectors' Exhibition at Te Papa / Museum of New Zealand, 14 February 1998 -; then touring to Auckland City Art Gallery and Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Also known by title: The wounded chief, Hongi (or Honghi). Other Titles - Meeting of the artist and the wounded chief, Hongi Other Titles - The wounded chief Honghi Inscriptions: Recto - on the back neck area of the cloak of the foremost reclining figure: A.E. Related works: a lithograph version of this view, 'The wounded chief Honghi and his family' was published as plate 2 in Earle's 'Sketches illustrative of the native inhabitants and islands of New Zealand ... (London, New Zealand Association and Robert Martin, 1838). The lithograph contains fewer figures and details than the oil Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas 578 x 898 mm (sight) Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull

Date: 1833 - 1828

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Vanderburch, H, active 1833

Reference: B-052-006

Description: A close-up view from the water of two canoes drawn up on the beach and several low European dwellings beyond in a sheltered bay. A pataka (storage platform) can be seen on the hill behind the houses. Two Maori are seated in front of the houses and two are standing behind a low Maori whare on the right. From: Dumont D'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, 1826-1829. Paris: 1833. Atlas 1. Pl. 61. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 255 x 340 mm

Date: 1827 - 1838 - 1828

From: Earle, Augustus 1793-1838 :Sketches illustrative of the Native Inhabitants and Islands of New Zealand from original drawings by Augustus Earle Esq, Draughtsman of H. M. S. "Beagle". London, Lithographed and Published under the auspices of the New Zealand Association by Robert Martin & Co, 1838

Reference: PUBL-0015-06

Description: A European man, probably Earle himself, being led down a steep path by a Maori with a mere on his wrist and a taiaha over his shoulder and gesturing towards the beachside settlement of Kororareka (Russell) in the background. A second Maori man is behind Earle, carrying his baggage with a gourd balanced atop the load. There is a ship in the bay, two canoes being rowed into shore, other canoes pulled up on the beach, and European houses on the flat land at the water's edge. Several whare, a storage platform and felled tree trunks to the right on the hill. A cabbage tree and another tall tree frame the view on the left. Other Titles - Kororareka. Russell. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 239 x 368 mm

Date: 1827 - 1838 - 1828

From: Various artists :New Zealand. [Maori by a European encampment, Nelson, 1841, after a lithograph by Charles Heaphy; Kororareka Beach, Russell, 1827 or 1828, after a lithograph by Augustus Earle]

Reference: A-443-009

Description: Watercolour by an unidentified hand, possibly after Augustus Earle's lithograph Kororadika Beach [1827 or 1828], published 1838. View from the top of a steep path looking down towards the beach. There is a ship in the bay, as well as other vessels in the water and on the beach, which could be waka. The view is framed on both sides by trees; on the left are three trees that look like palms, but that are probably cabbage trees. Two Maori figures stand in the foreground. These are probably women, as they both have what appear to be babies on their backs. Earle's handcoloured lithograph was originally published in Sketches illustrative of the native inhabitants and islands of New Zealand (London: Robert Martin and Co., 1838) Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - New Zealand Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 142 x 235 mm.

Date: [between 1800 and 1845]

By: Vosseler, Frederick William, 1878-1959; Hongi Hika, 1772-1828; Heke Pōkai, Hōne Wiremu, -1850

Reference: Objects-0558

Description: Maker not identified. The pātītī (axe) wooden handle has a hole for string attachment at the end opposite the head. Conflicting provenance information supplied by Tony Murray-Oliver suggests the axe was associated with Hone Heke at Kororareka. Label on the handle has now gone, but according to the photograph of the object, this label read: "Axe belonging to Hongi. Presented by F W Vosseler, Wellington. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Axe with wooden handle 405 x 35 x 22 mm, and iron head 160 x 100 x 30 mm. Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-028-034. Previous title: Maker unknown :[Axe or tomahawk said to have belonged to Hongi Hika. 1840s?].

Date: 1828-1953

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2080

Description: Selected records of the Manchester Regiment (formerly the 63rd and 96th Regiments), and their service in Tasmania and in New Zealand in 1845-1847 Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP