Places

Date: 1881-1901

From: Mackay, Alexander, 1833-1909 : Maori land papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2089-1

Description: Contains detailed whakapapa tables of the Ngati Toa tribe, with cross links into Te Ati Awa, relating to the purchase of the top of the South Island by the Crown; a copy of the Royal Commission relating to Ngati Toa (published in the AJHR 1881); correspondence dated 1901 regarding McKay's retirement; notes and a schedule of Maori rents in Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 7 Jan 1840

By: Woon, William (Rev), 1803-1858

Reference: MS-Papers-1161

Description: Describes death of John Williams at the New Hebrides; discusses events at Mangungu where Woon was stationed and at other Methodist Missionary Society stations Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Processing information: Letter found in the end-papers of Williams, John. A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South Sea Islands... London: John Snow, 1837

Date: 11 May 1864-12 Oct 1865

By: Canterbury (N.Z. : Province). Provincial Council

Reference: MS-0449

Description: Survey diary detailing Sealy's work laying out roads and boundaries, Rakaia area; also map work at the Land Office. Also details weather conditions. Variations in title - Spine title : Canterbury Association - Survey diary, Ashburton Edward Percy Sealy was conducting contract survey work for the Canterbury Provincial Government Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 200 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (9 cm; marbled end-papers, red roan, marbled edges, in slip case)

Date: 1877-1886

By: Rusden, George William, 1819-1903

Reference: MS-Papers-0722/4

Description: Contains copy of shorthand notes of summing up of High Court of Justice, Queens Bench Division, Bryce v Rusden (12 March 1886); correspondence between F A Weld and Rusden about material for Rusden's history, chiefly concerning Maori and the Waitara land dispute(1877-1880). Included is a statement by C W Richmond on Waitara, and a photograph of Rusden with Rewi Maniapoto. Other - NB: Black and white negative (C 16368) of photograph of Rusden with Rewi Maniapoto contained in this folder available through the Pictorial Reference Section Other - For a summary of other material relating to Rusden held at the Royal Victorian Historical Society see AT 10/11 15 December 1992 (W L Renwick) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (157 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)

Date: 1879-1881

By: Coulthard, John, active 1880

Reference: MS-Papers-0539

Description: Account of a voyage from Plymouth to Nelson in the "Opawa", 1879-1880. Followed by some description of Nelson, and of work in the Brunner Mine. John Coulthard, his wife and daughter were government assisted immigrants Quantity: 1 folder(s) (34 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)

Date: 1848-1986

By: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986

Reference: MS-Group-1901

Description: Comprises three boxes relating to NZ Historic Places Trust; library survey (1959) with correspondence; papers re NZLA; papers re National Library; files re Bagnall's position as librarian, National Library Centre (box 5) and including correspondence, visit to Australia, National Bibliography file, manuscript in Taranaki Museum, Judy Hornabrook; Carnegie Corporation, library group papers; and a box of papers re the NZLA (box 6). Includes manuscripts of, and research material on, William Colenso; correspondence and notes on his history of the Wairarapa and files on the National Library. Further personal papers including correspondence, reports, research notes, literary drafts and printed material related to his local historical work, professional life as a librarian, bibliographer and author. Includes extensive newspaper cuttings collated for Bagnall's research into local histories of the Eastern Bays of Wellington and the Wairarapa. Source of title - Supplied by Library Librarian, bibliographer, author and local historian. Bagnall was Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library from 1966 to 1973. One of his most significant achievements was his 35 year involvement compiling and editing the New Zealand national bibliography. Quantity: 25 box(es). 4 folder(s). 9.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, ephemera, photographs and printed matter Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into the Manuscripts Section, transfers made from there. - To Book Collections - 5 boxes of book catalogues and published material - To Ephemera Collection - 2 boxes of booklets and printed material - To Photographic Archive - 38 Black & white photographs, 10 colour photographs, and negatives (PA-Group-00656).

Date: 1998

By: Hewitt, Helen Verity, active 1998

Reference: MSX-4762

Description: Family history based on the diaries written by Henry John Sealy between 1858 and 1878. Relationship complexity - A copy of John Sealy's dairy located at MS-Copy-Micro-0046 Sealy emigrated to New Zealand in 1858 with his younger brother Edward Percy (b.1839). He worked as a land surveyer in both the Hawkes Bay and Canterbury Regions. He retired and died in Sydney, Australia. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Helen Hewitt, Australia, 1998

Date: 1838, 1846-1851

From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers

Reference: 89-249-9/19

Description: Peace meeting between Thames and Tauranga Natives at the Puke, Waihou River, Apr 1851 (from the reminiscences of W Hampton Thorp) (4 leaves) The Great Barrier raid in 1838 by H J Thorp (3 leaves) Account of an exploring expedition to the S W of Nelson by Charles Heaphy (Extract from the Nelson Examiner and New Zealand chronicle, 7 Mar 1846 (18 leaves) An attempt to find a route into the Wairau Plain through the opening north of Ben Nevis in the waimea Range by Cyrus Goulter and W Bishop, 30 Mar 1846 (Extract from the Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, 4 Apr 1846 (3 leaves) Notes of an expedition to Kawatiri and Araura on the western coast of the Middle island performed by Messrs Heaphy and Brunner by Charles Heaphy (Extract from the Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, 5 Sep 1846 (53 leaves) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 13-21 Oct 1881

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 77-248-05/2

Description: Mainly telegrams. Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 9 Jun 1851

From: Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898: Maori manuscripts

Reference: MSY-2094

Description: Written at Wainui, north of Paekakariki, near Wellington at the dicatation of elder chiefs of that area. This volume captures a variety of waiata, haka, whakatauaki, karakia and moteatea from the Tainui tribes with particular emphasis on the Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa tribes. Quantity: 1 volume(s) 90 pages.. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1872

By: Shrimpton, Walter, 1842-1936

Reference: MS-1938

Description: Volume used by Shrimpton while serving as a soldier in the Chatham Islands, as an account book, diary, for recording watch duties, guard rosters, mess lists and orders issued Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 250 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, 20 cm, black roan

Date: 1819, 1914-1979

By: Martin, Charles Andrew, 1894-1960

Reference: MS-Group-0581

Description: Papers of Dunedin-born musician Charles Martin include music scores [1914-1936], scrapbook [1921-1944], letters [1931-1979] and various other papers Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music Quantity: 43 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. Processing information: Some child records described

Date: 1864-1900

By: Rye, Peter Hugh Jekyll Lewes, active 1860-1911

Reference: MS-Papers-2177

Description: Central fragment of letter, describing arrival in Auckland on the Blue Jacket, Maori-pakeha relations, and his service during New Zealand Wars in Waikato Campaign and the siege of Orakau Quantity: 1 folder(s) (21 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (and photocopy)

Date: Apr-Aug 1881

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 77-248-04/1

Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1896

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-042

Description: Contains Te Whaiti family whakapapa and related whakapapa from other hapu in the South Wairarapa; also contains diary entries by Iraia Te Whaiti about local events, hui and personal affairs in 1896

Date: 1878-1981

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: 81-295

Description: Records include ledgers, staff records, cash books, letter books (1900-1910), various documents (letters, insurance policies, reminiscences, deeds, and mortgages), Board of Directors' records (1962-1975), records of subsidiary and related companies, legal correspondence, killing records, newspaper clippings (1907-1969), share registers and share records (including indexes), and records of the Fellmongery Department (including staff, stock and cash) Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - See also 78-047, 87-080, 91-256 Petone meat processing plant Quantity: 7 folder(s). 118 volume(s). 47 box(es). 15 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Plans - To Ephemera Collection - 1 box - To Photographic Archive - 3 boxes - To Serials Collection - MIRINZ bulletin (refrigeration) No 2, 1974; Thomson news No 4 May 1972 - To Book Collections - Associated North Island freezing companies of NZ. General report, 1912; Petone Borough Council dairy regulation by-law, 1911; Petone Borough Council heavy traffic by-law, 1905; Petone Borough Council waterworks by-law, 1904; Petone Borough Council drainage & sanitary by-law, 1911.

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-082

Description: Title continues:`...pioneers of Port Nicholson and Port Cooper'. The essay covers verified facts about Clarkson's great-great-grandparents, their emigration to NZ, and the seafaring career of their son, Thomas. Some of the family arrived on the `Bolton' at Port Nicholson in 1840 and another group on the `Sir Edward Paget' at Port Cooper in 1856. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes photographs of Capt Thomas Nicolson Clarkson, 1890; Caroline Clarkson, 1898 Processing information: Name heading for Clarkson family removed following information from staff member, August 2023.

Date: 1879-1888

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B038

Description: Contains the proceedings of Native committees and the Maori Land Court with regard to land in the South Wairarapa with details of land ownership, mahinga kai, history of the blocks and the related hapu, rentals and land use Also contains cosmological notes, with an account of Tangaroa and Rua-te-pupuke and the origins of carving, an account of Maui, an account of Uenuku and Ruawharo at Hawaiki which includes karakia associated with the Takitimu canoe; notes about the boundaries of land blocks in the Wairarapa with notes about occupant hapu and mahinga kai; waiata, whakapapa and a list of conflicts involving Wairarapa people over a number of generations Physical Description: Marbled boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 23

Date: 24 Oct-17 Nov 1881

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 77-248-05/3

Description: Mainly telegrams. Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 20 Jan-5 Jun 1854, 28 Sep 1854-20 Jan 1858

From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1346-371A

Description: Describes voyage to Lyttelton, New Zealand on the `Royal Stuart' arriving Jan 1855. He describes daily activities and mentions fellow passengers. Also time spent in Wellington (including a description of the earthquake and aftermath) and Napier, voyage from Wellington to Sydney on the `Waterwitch', Apr 1855, and time spent in New South Wales, at Sydney, Wollongong, Angels - Cateract River, Campbelltown, Cordeaux Creek, Bargo, Cross Roads, and Bathhurst. The back of the volume has been used as a Cash book (receipts & disbursements) 20 Jan-5 Jun 1854, and for surveying/engineering notes and mathematical calculations Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Holograph