Places

Date: 1901 - 1921

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: Valuation New Zealand; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Auckland District Office; New Zealand. Printing and Stationery Department; Mackay, John, 1851-1937

Reference: MapColl-832.17gbbd/1904-/Acc.35525

Description: A cadastral map of rural lands open for selection on lease in perpetuity, of the area from the Te Awaroa River to the Wai-inumia Stream, including the Kawhia-Alexandra Road. This base map has numbered sections, some have been coloured, and include acreages, owners' names and dates handwritten in each section. A small map, named Kawhia North S.D., mounted at the top left of the main map, is of sections 5 and 7 which are adjacent to the Awaroa River and one and a half miles to the Hauturu P.O. Includes one owners' name, acreage and a mounted cutting about section 5 and handwritten information including the poster number and date. A second cutting about section 3 is mounted on the bottom left of the main map and includes the relevant poster number and date. The map on the reverse has some sections outlined in red with a prominent note stating 'Superseded. See map on face'. The base maps are of sections in the Kawhia County. Auckland land district No. 753. A schedule of the second class land is referred to in a key. The map includes directions to the nearby settlement of Kawhia, and the vegetation and terrain are named. A schedule of second class land is referred to in a key and include the section number, acreage and rent. Instructions to applicants and a caution follow the with the printed name of James Mackenzie, Commissioner of Crown Lands. A statement on the left side of the map begins 'second class surveyed land, 3610 acres'. Includes the application date of 7th. September 1904 at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland. The inset map is a locality plan of the area from Helensville to Hawke's Bay. Handwritten names listed are: Y.B. Berntsen, H.C. Noonan, A.G. Williams, a. Dickson, H.W. Cuff, F.L. Morine, Charlotte Titchmarsh, C.C. Bagnall, K. Morine, A.L. Turrell, F.W. Walker, W.H. Armstrong, D.A. McLaren, D. Cullen, I. Neilson, W.J. Grier, D & D.H. Cavers of Hauturu, C.A. Mowat, W. Brownlie, E.E. Berryman, Elizabeth Irwin, S.T. Doe, Werner Althoff, V.H. Thatcher, J.R. Noonan, Paki Ahipu, W.W. Kerr, F. Cavers, W.D. Cavers, Alice Isabel Pearson. Inset: Kawhia County locality plan. Scale [1:2 534 400] Base map: Plan of sections in Kawhia County. Series, Auckland Land District No. 753. [Wellington, N.Z.], John Mackay, Govt. Printer, [1904] Title written in blue pencil on right hand side and subtitle adapted by cataloguer from that of the base map. Other Titles - Kawhia North survey district rural Quantity: 3 map(s) The map on the verso is a copy of the larger map on the recto with variations detailed below. Includes a small map mounted on the recto.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scales vary, 70.8 x 52.4 cm or smaller, on sheet 85 x 76.7 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation New Zealand, February 1991

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

Reference: PA4-1476

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of a young boy standing beside a camp fire in the Kawhia area. Cooking two cooking utensils hang on a tree beside the fire. Sea and mountains in the background. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: ca 1900

Reference: PAColl-7256

Description: Two photographs of the historic pohutukawa trees next to the wharf at Kawhia. One of them shows an old man sitting on the edge of a boat moored on the beach under the tree. The names given on the reverse, Poretereta ,Tangitekorowhiti and Papa-o-Karewa, are the names of the trees. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1900 - 1922

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: Valuation New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-832.14gbbd/1900-/Acc.35521

Description: Drawn on a published cadastral map, annotations depict blocks of land, many named, in Kawhia North, South and Pirongia (subdivisions of Hauturu West, Whangaingatakupu and Te Kauri blocks). Several blocks have been highlighted in different colours, (Hauturu West Block, Te Awaroa Block, Tapuaehounuku Block, Whangaingatakupu Block and the Te Rau-a-Moa settlement alongside Crown land) with annotated names of land owners (added and deleted over time) including HH Babbage, AW Babbage, JB Scott, WB Kendrick, Amy H Attewell, O'Donnell, ET Wilder, JR & JES Noonan, WH Armstrong, Ireland & Sniden, JL Mackay, J Laskey, J French, OR Dassler, A Gold, L Baskin, BA Peterson, FA Pearson, ET Wilder, CA Mowat, L Reinkelurs, FM Darby, A Ireland, W Shaw, S Linwood, A Sobye, CT Dally, JE Markham, A Devitt, D Cullen, A Wasely, A Hogarth, D Parkinson, L McLeod, WG Tinkler, HG Verrall, GM Robertson, R Rithcaithly and WD Humphrys. Shows bush reserve and reserve for future subdivision as well as three areas of Native (Maori) Land. Base map: Auckland Land District no. 504. Rural lands open for sale or lease or selection Kawhia County. 'Plan of Sections in Blocks XII, XV, XVI Kawhia North, IX, X, XIII & XIV Pirongia & III & IV Kawhia South S.D.) (Wellington, New Zealand Lands and Survey, 1900). Inset of 'Plan of Locality' is crossed out with annotation '4'. Top right hand corner: S.G. 43187. Top left hand corner: L.B. 24/11/25. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, watercolour and pencil on card, linen backed, scale [ca. 1:31 680], 70 x 77 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation New Zealand Feb 1991

Date: 1906, 1950s-1960s

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/08

Description: Correspondence with Selwyn Simcox, 1952-1962; W H Secker, 1954; F R Callaghan, 1956; W & J Neill, 1953; E G Hunt, 1956; Susan Davis; Richard Rolston, 1952, 1962; R George?, 1956; Mrs J Kinsey, 1906. Also correspondence and papers re Journal of Polynesian Society, 1956-1959 Includes correspondence about the Korotangi (carved stone bird), the need to correctly pronounce Maori words, aspects of the erection of Rangiatea church, some mention of Maori artefacts (patu paraoa etc), and correspondence about the Polynesian Society. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1900 - 1928

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: Valuation New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-832.14gbbd/1900-/Acc.35362

Description: Drawn on a published cadastral map, annotations depict blocks of land, many named, in Kawhia North and Pirongia Survey Districts. Several blocks have been highlighted in different colours, with annotated acreages and names of land owners (added and deleted over time) including C. Bell, GH Buckeridge, AW Elliot, WC Page, ELC Elliot, HP Newton, AD Newton and others, TD Hamilton, W Crotty, GH McKenzie, FW Scheiber, LM Murgatroyer, J Troughton, AUH Schreiber, GE Crotty, W McIntosh, AM Yells, TB & MF Sandilands, WM Howe, A Clarsen, C MacLean, Mrs FE Clarke, GW Douglas, G Easy, WH Daysh, S Adcock, A Wright, JN Williamson, JG Parkinson, RT Davies, JRT & WW Davies, WR Smith, L Wright, RC Robinson, JP Robinson, H Bell, F Perham and GF Barton. Shows state forest and forest reserve. Denotes placenames : Nga Iwi Turua, Te Ake Hikopiro and Mahaukura. Base map: Unidentified cadastral map of Kawhia North S.D. and Pirongia S.D.. ([s.l], [s.n], [s.d]). Top middle: 5001 Top left hand corner: L.B. 24/11/25. Two pieces of text have been glued to the map - the first 'Kawhia County - Pirongia District' (with annotations - 1466 23.1.28, 24.1.28) and the second 'Kawhia County - Kawhia North Survey District (1465 - 28.11.27, 29.11.27). Text provides information such as sections, nearest amenities, type of land and water supply. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, watercolour and pencil on card, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 72 x 82 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation New Zealand Feb 1991

Date: 1903 - 1932

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: Valuation New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-832.14gbbd/1903/Acc.35523

Description: Drawn on a published cadastral map of the Karewa Township, annotations highlight the native reserve sections in block 1 (14-20, 33-35, 2, 4) and block 2 (22-26, 37, 42-43, 65-66, 71-72, 77, 78, 90-91), sections not to be dealt with at present (block 1, 21-32), police reserve, school site, government buildings reserve, public hospital reserve, M.R., as well as unidentified sections highlighted in blue. The township is on the boundary of the Maketu block, the Kawhia 'M' and 'P' blocks and the Kawhia Harbour. A note on the police reserve reads 'Secs 45 & 46 . I ML 3263 granted to W. C. Scott'. Pencil annotations show public hospital reserve sold to JM Cussen, 14/12/32, Gaz. 1907 p. 3124, Blk IX, Kawhia Nth S.D. Ink annotation under map reads 'These sections are under the jurisdiction of the Waikato-Maniapoto Land Board (offered by tender Nov 1920)'. Base map: Plan of Karewa Township Blk. IX, Kawhia North S.D. under 'Native Townships Act, 1895'. (Wellington; Department of Lands and Survey, 1903). Auckland land district no. 726. Base map includes information about 119 sections, Township of Karewa, for lease by public auction for a term of 21 years with a right of renewal for further term. Includes terms and conditions of lease and details of section, block, area and annual rent of the sections not covered by the annotations (ie not under jurisdiction of the Waikato-Maniapoto Land Board.) Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on card, linen backed, scale [ca. 1:3168], 76 x 49 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation New Zealand Feb 1991.

Date: 1888, 1906

From: Grace family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7270-3

Description: Kooti Whenua Moari ki Mokau, 25 o nga ra o Aperira, 1889 notice; and file, Government valuations, the Maori Land Settlement Act 1905, land suitable for settlement in the Auckland Land District Language - Notice in Maori (1889) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1835-1906

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: MS-Papers-0238

Description: Includes letters from Heaphy to Donald McLean concerning land disputes; letters and documents relating to the award of the V.C. and to official appointments; testimonial letters and the various Heaphy wills Includes letter from Te Wherowhero to Taranaki chiefs advising them not to follow the example of Te Rauparaha (ie. the Wairau Affair). North Taranaki opposition to the the New Zealand Company's activities. Quantity: 7 folder(s) (32 items). 0.07 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available. Items that have been microfilmed have been marked with an asterisk.

Date: ca 1900-1959

By: Bull, George Robert, 1910-1996

Reference: PAColl-6516

Description: Photographs of various aspects of the Postal Service such as rural delivery, Post Offices and mail boats. Arrangement: Negatives housed at: 1/4-009950 to 009956, 009959 and 009960 Quantity: 8 b&w original negative(s). 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass negatives

Date: 1901

By: Hobbs, M M, active 1994

Reference: PAColl-3399

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope. Physical Description: Photoprint 110 x 153mm on mount approx. 195 x 246mm

Date: ca 1900s

Reference: PAColl-7265

Description: Two photographs of flooding in Kawhia caused by the spring tide. One shows buildings on the Main Street with water surrounding them, including the offices of the Northern Steam Ship Company and E C Falwasser. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: 1901 - 1929

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: Valuation New Zealand; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Auckland District Office; New Zealand. Printing and Stationery Department; Mackay, John, 1851-1937; Airey, Robert B, active 1901

Reference: MapColl-832.17gbbd/1902-/Acc.35520

Description: A cadastral map of rural lands open for selection for lease in perpetuity, of the area from the Puaroa Stream to Taharoa to Ohau Bay on the Kawhai Harbour, to Kinohako West and the Tawarau River. This base map has numbered sections, some have been coloured, and include acreages, owners' names and dates handwritten in each section. A cutting about section 4 is mounted on the bottom left of the main map and includes the relevant poster number and date. The base map is of sections in the Kawhia County. Auckland land district No. 605. A schedule of the second class surveyed land is referred to in a key. The site of the Marokopa Dairy Co. and Piripiri Cave are marked, vegetation and terrain are named. Native land is marked. A schedule of second class land is referred to in a key and include the section number, acreage and rent. Instructions to applicants and a caution follow the with the printed name of Gerhard Mueller, Commissioner of Crown Lands. A statement on the left side of the map begins 'second class surveyed land, 15.868 acres'. Includes the application date of 8th. April 1902 and the decision by ballot at the Town Hall, Te Awamutu. The inset map is a locality plan of the area from Helensville to Hawke's Bay. Handwritten names listed are: E. Clifford, J. Kearns, F.W. Newton, A. Templeman, S. Wright, D. McDonald, K. Bain, E.C. Falwasser, W. Mitchell, E.R. Williams, J.T. Turvey, A. McDonald, J.T. Munro, A.J. Munro, J.Barrett, J.S. Toomey, C. Tynan, G.P. Brough, R.A. McCardle, W. Johnston, J.N. Morrison, J. Aunger, A.M. Wright, W. Nesbit, D. Conrick, J.F. Woodley, D.A. Burt, Percy Hobbs, J.M. Edwards, F.E. Derecourt, F.Retemeyer, F. Goddard, A. Pearson, W.Zanders, R. Neely, G.W. Horne, A. Davies, A. Flamank, C.C. Jenkins, C.W. Wright, O.J.A. Harper, W.J. Willaims, R.E. Lankey, A.H. Neeley, S.Wright, H.H. Darroch, H. Wright, R.E. Lankey, J.P. Sadler, J. Barrett, T.O. Turnbull, E.E. Smith, G.J. Newton, H.J. Woolley, W.D. Smith, E. Morton, A. Biddick, A. Templeman, A.J. Barratt, J.P. Wright, M.A. Sharp, F.J. Stokes, F. Ward, M.A. Shaw, A. Fairfax, P. Horne, W.C. Lander, H. Shaw, J.A. Biddick, J. Coe, J. Shaw, M. Simpson, T.G. Stokes, C.H.L. Holmes & R.A. Holmes, D.M. Holmes, F. Goddard, E.R. Goddard, S.N. Martin, J.A. Harper, E.E. Smith, S. Crawshaw, J.P. Wright, L.M. Blake, L. Gick, Nora Gick, W.A. Larsen, W.A. Scott, J.C. Banfield, H.T. Joll, A.H. Shaw, K.F. Robertson, H. Derecourt, M.C. Shaw, F.G. Stokes, F.J. Stokes, R.J. Glover, W.J. Shaw, M.C. Shaw, J. Tynan, G.J. L. Hartmann, B.R. Smith, J. Keville, A.Martin, W.J. Erickson, F.G. Stokes, J. Riddell, E.Haylock, M.W. Coutts, T.Wake, C. Haylock, Jas. Gordon, J.G. & S. Gordon, J.Tynan, A.&D. Tynan, W. Thomas, J. Rothery, H. Ellmers, H.M. Howard, L. Armitage, D. McDonald, Mary Forbes, J.M. Forbes, Pitcher & Potts, W. Wratten, S. Carr, R.C. Fowler, F.M. Hurst, Armitage & Parr, J. Rothery, L. Armitage, B. Muggeridge, W.Howard, E.C. Stanley, L. Jackson & R.W. Jenkins. Inset: Kawhia County locality plan. Base map: Plan of sections in Kawhia County. Series, Auckland Land District No. 605. [Wellington, N.Z.], John Mackay, Govt. Printer, [1902] Title written in blue pencil on right hand side and subtitle adapted by cataloguer from that of the base map. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scales vary, 70.6 x 62.5 cm., on sheet 82 x 68 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation New Zealand, February 1991

Date: [1900-1920]

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Further papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-6831-2

Description: Leases and transfers mostly for land in the Kawhia region; Takahangapounamu Block 4C, Kawhia, Hauturu West no 2, Pirongia; application for partititon, Te Awai 2C, by Merea [?] Wikiriwhi. Not all the lessors have been entered under Name. Language - Part of the documents is in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1905

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MSX-9077

Description: Notebook containing research notes relating to Kapiti Island and Te Rauparaha. Includes moteatea including 'Tera te tai o Kawhia' as well as detailed notes about place names on the island and its birdlife and history. Language - Contains some Maori content, particularly moteatea and place names. Arrangement: 53 in original listing Quantity: 1 volume(s). Contains some sketches in ink mainly relating to places on Kapiti Island.

Date: [between 1900 and 1930]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000461-G

Description: Oparau River, Kawhia. Photograph taken by William Archer Price between 1900-1930. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Oparau River, Kawhia, NZ, No 2054 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [190-?]

From: Babbage, Charles Whitmore, -1923 :Negatives of family scenes and Wanganui views

Reference: 1/1-001134-G

Description: Camp site scene on the coast at Kawhia. Young man, and boy, unidentified, probably members of the Babbage family. Photograph taken 190-? by Charles Whitmore Babbage. Other - Note on back of file print reads: "see 796 Childrens games for Babbage Child 1140 1/1 " Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [between 1908-1915]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Jonathan Ltd

Reference: 1/2-000414-G

Description: View of Kawhia, looking over towards the trees where the farmhouse built by George Charlton formerly stood. At far left is a side view of the Kawhia Congregational Church. Also on left, is the St Elmo boarding house, on a hilltop, silhouetted by distant hills, with verandah facing the camera. To the left of St Elmo, side on, is Rosamond House. The wide grassed area, with horses grazing later became Pouewe Street. Photograph taken by Jonathan Limited (Firm) between 1908-1915. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print and from Library client. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Kawhia suburbs; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Jon Ltd 2011. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [190-?]

From: Babbage, Charles Whitmore, -1923 :Negatives of family scenes and Wanganui views

Reference: 1/1-001084-G

Description: Coastal scene, Kawhia. Photograph taken 190-? by Charles Whitmore Babbage. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca 1900s]

Reference: PAColl-8245

Description: Photograph of stones marking the bow and stern of the Tainui canoe, a Maori waka which was finally interred at Te Ahurei on Kawhia Harbour. Photograph taken circa 1900s, by an unidentified photographer. Other - Published on Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, entries: Canoe traditions and Maori. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Cowan; Verso - centre right - Tainui Anchors / Kawhia Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.6 x 12.1 cm