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Date: 1845-1882

By: Colenso, William, 1811-1899

Reference: MS-Papers-0792/2

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Colenso about the erection of chapels, reports about the activities and plans of Maori teachers, parishioners and others, reports of illnesses and deaths, requests for religious texts, medicines and other items, and the loss of faith among Kai Tahu people because of the misdeeds of their Maori teachers; also contains letters that relate to the New Zealand Wars (Taranaki theatre) and the Pai Marire religion, including a letter from Titokowaru asking for reinforcements; also includes a letter written by Pomare V, king of Tahiti Quantity: 1 folder(s) (33 pieces). Physical Description: Mss (Photocopy)

Date: 1838-1845

By: Bennett, George, 1808-1845

Reference: qMS-0158

Description: Bennett desribes his experiences travelling and surveying in Ireland (1838-1840); his voyage on the `Lady Clarke' to Sydney and his brief stay there (1841) and the voyage to NZ in 1842. He gives his impressions of Kororareka and Russell (Okiato) including a lengthy discussion of Hone Heke's actions in Kororareka and writes further of his residence in Auckland and Wellington. Volume also has an appendix (50 page Maori word list) Bennett was with the Royal Engineers. In 1844 he was in Kerikeri but after being ill for some months, died in 1845. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (119 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (27 cm, ¼ red calf, red buckram hinged-lid box)

Date: 1845-1850

By: Grey, Eliza Lucy (Lady), 1823-1898

Reference: MS-Papers-0860

Description: Seven letters to Miss Maggie Watts (Mrs C M Bagot), six of them written from New Zealand describing aspects of life in the country. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (18 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss and typed transcripts (some photocopies) Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1845-1846, 1 Jul-30 Sep 1849

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-1536-1539

Description: Diary, 1845-1846, describes life in New Plymouth. Second diary, 1849, and notebooks relate to the Port Cooper purchase. Notebooks contain some diary entries and list of letters received, 1849-1851 Quantity: 4 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs (18 cm; in blue linen slip case)

Date: 1845-1858

By: Colenso, William, 1811-1899

Reference: MS-Papers-4624

Description: Each folder contains letters from Maori to Colenso with reports of the activities and plans of Maori teachers, parishioners and others in the Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa regions; there are frequently requests for religious texts, medicines and other items; there are also discussions of Christian teachings Quantity: 10 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres.

Date: 12 Nov 1845

By: Forsaith, Robert, 1820-1883

Reference: MS-Group-0831

Description: Illustrated letter from Thomas Forsaith to 'Bob' (almost certainly his brother Robert, in England), describing a month-long journey through the Waikato region via Thames in 1845; Forsaith remarked on `the lamentable' British ignorance of the `Natives' here mentioned in the report. He writes of his companions, his journey through Thames and the Waihou River, Matamata, the Maunga Tautari mountain, Otawhao, Waipa, Kawhia, Aotia, Waingaroa, Waikato, Manukau Harbour and the settlement of Te Karaka to Auckland. His adventures included wading through swamps, travelling up and down rivers and creeks, giving a political harangue using `mob oratory' to `a large concourse of Natives', finding shining stones on the path (which turned out not to be diamonds), getting separated from his companions and becoming seriously lost. After enduring a night in wet clothes, making his own shelter, eating raw `native cabbage' and demolishing a hut in order to build a raft to cross a river he was reunited with his companions. The text is interspersed with ten watercolour drawings depicting his party, Maori and topographical scenes; it would seem the man dressed in blue is Forsaith. The illustrations are (1) a group of four travellers including four Maori and one European; (2) Rangitoto with two vessels close by; (3) waka with eight people in including three speaking, with bubbles `E te Potete ngarea...Mr Forsaith urge 'im on', `Come pull away boys, "Tena e tama mia hoea'" and `Tena ku me-a'; (5) officer wading through swamp; (6) Forsaith displaying `mob oratory' to a group of Maori; (7) Waikato beach, cliffs and land with travellers; (8) man wading through swamp; (9) man on raft following demolition of hut; (10) and an eel trap Source of title - Supplied The letter is written by Forsaith, probably to his brother, Robert, whom he calls Bob and Dr Bob, who had sent him British Parliamentary papers which included a report on the state of Maori Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph with watercolour illustrations, and colour laser photocopy Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Sotheby's, London, 1993 10 watercolour illustrations as described in scope and contents

Date: [1978]

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11750-39

Description: Papers relating to Polynesian culture including the first draft of a manuscript for a book called `Samoan tattooing: A surviving Polynesian art' by Alan Taylor, with photography by Mark Adams. Also includes drafts and stories relating to Polynesian carving and Maori mythology, including `Kahu and the spirit people' and a story called `The boy with the blue eyes' by Alan Taylor. A photocopy of `Samoan material culture' by Te Rangi Hiroa (P H Buck) and some papers relating to African nationalism. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.

Date: 18 Feb 1832-11 Jun 1845

By: FitzRoy, Robert (Capt), 1805-1865

Reference: MS-Papers-0805

Description: Four letters from Beaufort at the Hydrographic Office, 18 Feb 1832-5 Jun 1833, chiefly on official matters; one letter by FitzRoy to George Rice-Trevor; five letters from Mary FitzRoy to her sister-in-law Fanny, four of them written from Auckland describing New Zealand. Letters dated 16 Aug 1843, 1 Dec 1843, and 8 Jan 1844 describe the voyage to Auckland on the `Bangalore' which arrived on 23 Dec 1843 via Sydney Quantity: 1 folder(s) (36 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: [1878-1886]

By: Halcombe family

Reference: MS-Papers-5697

Description: Comprises partly bound volume of letters written to Margaret Halcombe from her mother, then Mrs Sherwill, from Halcombe and Feilding, her brother, Ned, and other family members (some names indecipherable); also included are letters from an aunt of Lichfield, from Sir William Colebrooke, to Mr Halcombe (1948), from Duncan ?Clark, Lichfield, Patetere (1883), from Arthur Hudson, Edinburgh, re help given for setting him on the right track in life (1886), to Mary from her father, Perth, (?1865); a school report for Margaret Halcombe at the Terrace School (1876); an In Memoriam for Mrs Sherwill (1892) and a sketch map (ca 1865) of Gibbs Flat (ie Collingwoodl) Accompanying material - Letter from donor giving background to collection Source of title - Supplied Most of the letters are to Margaret Halcombe from her mother while she was a boarding school Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-038

Description: The essay details the lives of Thomas Good and his wife Emily Gates. Describes their early days, marriage at Omata, farming there and at Tataraimaka, and building of Omata Stockade. They were forced off the farm into New Plymouth. Describes Thomas' service with the Native Contingent and Bushrangers, service and farming at Urenui and building of Redoubt, the move to Oeo and involvement with local Maori, and finally retirement to Hawera. Also details the lives of their sons and daughters including the artistic ability of their deaf daughter Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: [ca 1845-1969]

By: Austin, Ruth, active 1969

Reference: MS-Papers-5211

Description: Reminiscences of the Lewis and Paine families of Golden Bay, written by Ruth Austin (nee Lewis) Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1844 - 1845

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Tegg, Samuel Augustus, active 1845; Day & Haghe (Firm)

Reference: D-001-013

Description: Extensive view of a plain with volcanic cones in the background, including Mount Hobson and Mount Eden, showing a feast given by Waikato Chiefs in 1844, attended by about 4000 Maori and many Pakeha. There is "an immense pile of dried sharks" ready for consumption in the background and Governor Fitzroy is shown visiting the scene with many other Pakeha on 11 May 1844. Features and incidents are numbered and described below the work. A haka is being performed on the right for Fitzroy, Sheppard (the colonial Treasurer) and William Swainson (the Attorney General). Tribal groups are named as Ngatihaua, Ngatikoroki, Ngatimahuta, Ngatiwhatua, Ngatikoura and Ngatiruru and the plain is covered with large numbers of people, the majority Maori. Published by Samuel Augustus Tegg in 1845, after an original watercolour of the event made in 1844 by J. J. Merrett in the Hocken Library. The image was republished in 1890 as a supplement to Brett's Almanac with the title Maori feast at Remuera, and in 1969 as a photolithographic reproduction. Other Titles - Maori feast at Remuera Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph in two tints 240 x 955 mm

Date: 1845

From: Thomson, Arthur Saunders, 1817?-1860 :The story of New Zealand (London, John Murray, 1859).

By: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885; Whymper, Edward - 1840-1911

Reference: PUBL-0144-1-209

Description: A fortified pa on a hilltop to the left, children using a swing below the pa, low houses on the flat land near the foot of the hill, canoes at the water's edge in the foreground and raupo or flax drying on a frame. A reversed version of Bridge's watercolour 'View of Pomare's new pah' (A-079-002) Extended Title - From: Thomson, A. S. The story of New Zealand. (London, John Murray, 1859), volume 1, p.209 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 59 x 84 mm

Date: 1845

From: Hutton, Thomas Biddulph 1824-1886 :Book of New Zealand sketches. Purewa, 1845, 1860.

By: Hutton, Thomas Biddulph, 1824-1886

Reference: E-137-q-015

Description: A tent and a group of four men, three Pakeha, one Maori, seated on the ground, having a picnic in a clearing in bush, hills beyond them and water below them. One of the men, seated with his back resting on a tree-trunk, is either drawing or making notes; one, possibly William Cotton, with spectacles, seated on the left is handing out food from a plate; one is reclining on the ground, the fourth, a Maori student, is seated and is being passed food The four men are likely to be students and /or teachers at St John's theological College, Purewa, Auckland. The man wearing glasses and facing the viewer may be William Charles Cotton, while the man showing sketching may be a self-portrait. The location of Potato Bay is not known, but is likely to be in Auckland, possibly near Meadowbank, where Hutton and Cotton were teaching. T. B. Hutton arrived in New Zealand in 1843 and taught at St John's College at Waimate in the Bay of Islands until 1844 when he moved to Auckland. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 220 x 280 mm in sketchbook

Date: 1841-1845

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: MS-Group-1954

Description: Part diary, part reminiscence concerning Ashworth's voyage to New Zealand on the "Tuscan" in 1842, his 15-month stay in Auckland, his 3-month sojourn in Sydney, and his voyage to Hong Kong, and subsequent residence there. MS-0103-0105 are the original journals. MS-0106 is a typed transcript. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also MSX-3472 for transcript of the journals Arrangement: MS-0103-0105 are boxed together Ashworth was an English architect and surveyor Quantity: 4 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and typescript (various sizes; MS-0103-0105 in ½ black morocco, black buckram hinged-lid box; MS-0106 black buckram) One journal (MS-0104) is illustrated with watercolours of scenes in Australia, New Zealand and at sea