Places

Date: 1840-1855, 1934

By: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Diocese of Wellington

Reference: fMS-Papers-1432

Description: Contemporary copy of register of marriages (1840-1845), burials (1840-1845), and baptisms (1840-1844), of original register in St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington. Lists of Maori confirmations at Pipitea, Wainui and Waikanae in 1855 and 1856; list of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths in Kapiti parish (1845-1846), compiled by Rev O Hadfield for census of the Ngatiawa tribe; Wanganui church return for 1844. Includes a canticle by Robert Parker. Note, the names appended are indicative only. Researchers should refer to the contents as there are too many names to list. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1904, 1999

By: McDonald, Alexander, 1829-1905

Reference: MS-Papers-6628

Description: Transcription of MacDonald's reminiscences of life and times in New Zealand from his arrival at Wellington in 1840 on the `Blenheim' until 1904 when he recorded `My story'. He focuses particularly on relations with Maori, Maori-European land dealings, the politics and politicians of the times and related matters. Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - Another typescript copy at MS-1167 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (one volume, spiral bound). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1840-1904, 1951

By: McDonald, Alexander, 1829-1905

Reference: MS-1167

Description: A summary of the history of NZ rather than a personal record Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (137 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (25 cm; blue buckram)

Date: 1848 - 1850

From: [Turnbull, Henry Hume] d 1858 :[New Zealand and Pacific sketchbook, 1848 to 1856]

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-023

Description: View north across the harbour from Thorndon, just to the left of Pipitea Pa, with the palisades of the pa on the right, a ravine and three Maori to the left of the ravine. Kaiwharawhara with the hotel is visible on the extreme left, with the Western hills leading to the Tararuas, and the Hutt Valley in the distance. The view may possibly be further along Thorndon Beach from the Pa. There was a ravine where the motorway now runs, crossed by the Hobson Street Bridge in later years, and this may be the area shown, in central Thorndon. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993

Date: 1853-1917

Reference: MS-Papers-8173

Description: Photocopy of volume with title, `A deeds book of Job Wilton estate Wadestown near Wellington NZ' in which is noted purchases, sales, certificates of title, financial records, valuations, notes relating to his family etc. Most of the land is in the Wilton and Wadestown area, and Kai-wara-wara [sic]. Includes index. Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and mss (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr D Wilton, Washington DC, Dec 2004

Date: 1840 - 1842

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Connell, B, active 1840-1843

Reference: E-216-f-087-1

Description: The Hutt Road (a cart track) at the bottom of the steep bush-clad Western Hills on the right. The buildings of the Scottish settlement at Kaiwharawhara can be seen on flat land in the middle distance to the right, with suggested outlines of a few houses in Thorndon beyond. There is a Maori canoe near the road, and three figures on the road. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara, Petone Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - B. Connell Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper, glued to album page, 155 x 233 mm

Date: 1845 - 1855

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-124-1

Description: Drawings of the side, front and back of a shell found at Kaiwharawhara Another illegible and trimmed word appears below the image Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 69 x 152 mm

Date: 1860 - 1862

From: Abraham, Caroline Harriet, 1809?-1877 :Sketchbook. [1860-1864]

Reference: E-569-003

Description: A rough sketch with a few houses and gardens in the foreground, and part of Tinakori Road, looking north along the Hutt Road, with the Kaiwharawhara hotel in the middle distance and the western hills at the end of Wellington Harbour Other Titles - [Harbour view. Former title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil sketch, on page 173 x 126 mm.

Date: 1843-1854 (1957)

By: Marshall, Mary Frederica, 1826-1854

Reference: MSX-8807

Description: Letters to Mary de Lys and Isabel Percy, Warwick, from the Hutt Valley and Kaiwharawhara Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (32 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; red buckram) Finding Aids: Index available at qMS-1340-1343.

Date: [ca 1869-1879]

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908

Reference: PA7-57-14

Description: Photograph looking down the gorge to buildings at Kaiwharawhara in the distance. There are two children sitting in a paddock in the foreground surrounded by thistles. Photograph taken by James Bragge ca 1869-1879 The Market Hall was erected in 1865 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print (hand-coloured), 21.5 x 29 cm on mount

Date: 1885 - 1985

By: Gyles Printpak Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-PRINTING-1985-01

Description: Coloured overlay shows a colour photograph of the building occupied by Gyles Printpak in 1985. The photograph below shows a scene of Wellington from Kaiwharawhara in 1885. Library holds another copy at the same location. It is Print number 427. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, one black and white and one coloured overlay, 460 x 620 mm.

Date: 1857-1965

By: John Newton and Company

Reference: MS-Papers-1434

Description: Covers the operations of soap and soda manufacturers (1903-1965); earlier papers relate to soap manufacture and Newton's negotiations for the purchase of land at `Kaiwarra Pa' (1885-1896); correspondence with Powell & Co, Wanganui (1857-1862) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.15 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (some photocopies) Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 22 December 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in staff backfile..

Date: 1848 - 1849

From: [Turnbull, Henry Hume] d 1858 :[New Zealand and Pacific sketchbook, 1848 to 1856]

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-012

Description: Six members of a family alongside their house, with a chimney and Euroepan windows and a half door. In the background are hills and another house at a small distance. The drawing on the other side of this sheet is of Kaiwharawhara and this view could also be at Kaiwharawhara, around the Wellington Harbour, or at Porirua. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993

Date: 1850 - 1859

Reference: MapColl-832.47gbbd/[185-?]/Acc.25539

Description: Cadastral map depicting numbered land blocks surrounding Kaiwharawhara and Ngauranga, on the western coast of the Wellington Harbour. Most of the blocks are 100 acres; numbers range from 1-12. Several blocks have the names of the property owners, including: H Taylor, Sims, Reves, Bowles, Cameron, Hobbs, Andrews, Clifford, Hamond, J Hurley, Casey, J ?Bidmead, Fox, G Curtis, E Daniell. Shows a Native (Maori) reserve. Streams and proposed roads are marked. Written on map: 'Plan ... with Chas L Wallace'. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale indeterminable, 44 x 72.4 cm.

Date: 1844

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-021-8

Description: Rough sketches, some annotated. There are several profiles of men's faces. A tall tree with a man standing below is annotated 'Old manuka, Kaiwarra Hill' (i. e. Kaiwharawhara, Wellington). An outline of a fish is annotated 'Kae [or Rae?] Taratoa's Fish at Ohau' A drawing of a rock is annotated 'Road to Wairarapa'. The word 'Otaki' also appears. On the reverse of C-103-021-1 'Auckland 24 May [1844?] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 165 mm

Date: [ca 1875]

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908

Reference: PA7-30-22

Description: View over Kaiwharawhara, looking south towards Wellington. There is a horse and cart in the immediate foreground, and a train on the tracks heading towards Wellington. Photograph taken ca 1875 by James Bragge. Copy negative 1/2-004358 attached to PAColl-1574-02 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 21 x 29 cm

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-073

Description: View from lower Wadestown, looking along the Hutt Road towards Petone. A steamer in the foreground and Kaiwharawhara with the Kaiwharawhara Hotel. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1868 - 1891

By: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925

Reference: E-326-f

Description: A few British and European scenes. The remainder show Lake Wanaka, Nelson, Timaru, Bluff, Dusky and Doubtful Sounds, Chalky Inlet, Lake Waihola and numerous other South Island scenes; Wellington, Napier, Rotorua, Bay of Islands Title from spine Inscriptions: Some signed: K.H. ; K. Holmes Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour drawings 145 p. 290 x 490 mm ¼ red morocco, red linen

Date: 1848 - 1849

From: [Turnbull, Henry Hume] d 1858 :[New Zealand and Pacific sketchbook, 1848 to 1856]

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-014

Description: A road winding between bush-clad hills above a gully, probably Karori Road, Porirua Road or the Kaiwharawhara / Ngaio area. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & sepia wash on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993.

Date: 1849

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-006-1

Description: A bare hill in the foreground, a man standing to the right, the harbour with Somes Island, Miramar Peninsula and the Eastern Hills in the background Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Extended Title - From: Mantell, W B D. Scrapbook, p. 6 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 350 mm