Places

Date: 1956

By: Trask, E E, active 1956; Automobile Association (Wellington, N.Z.) Inc.

Reference: MapColl-832.18cdh/1956/Acc.9633

Description: Hand drawn map of the Waikato River from Lake Taupo to Waipapa. Includes Whakamaru and Maraitai Lakes and the proposed Ohakuri, Atiamuri and Waipapa Lake. Settlements and roads are named. Ms map amongst Automobile Association maps donated 1970 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil on card, linen backed, coloured, scale [1:126 720], 47 x 48.6 cm. Provenance: Signature of E.E. Trask, 2/8/56 bottom right corner Handwritten note on bottom right corner - State Hydro Dept., (Mr. Heine) 9/8/56

Date: 1935-1939

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0131

Description: Contains correspondence, records and accounts pertaining to building projects and also a form applying for subsidised unemployed Maori labour for development work Includes a letter written to Ngata re: return of Mokena Kohere's sword which was damaged in a house fire in 1935. Includes printed material "Te Reo Wairua", published in May 1938. Other Titles - He Hui Whakamahara ki a Timi Kara. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1903

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B030

Description: Mostly songs, some whakapapa. Other - 1 loose leaf page inserted at the beginning of book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Black paper covers, 22 cm., vol numbered 18

Date: 1930

By: Fifield, W E, active 1930s

Reference: MapColl-832.18cdc/[ca.1930?]/Acc.5829

Description: Hand-drawn map of the area from Taumarunui following the main trunk line and the Ongarue River northwards to Mangeokewa River to the Waikato River and Waihaha River to Waituhi. Creeks, streams and rivers are named, some marked in blue. Watersheds of the Mokau, Wanganui and Waikato Rivers are prominently marked as are land blocks and mountain peaks which include height in feet. Lines of the Taringamotu Company's Tram and the Mangapehe Tram are drawn and the map includes many references to tram formations. Directions with mileages are given to Lake Taupo. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:63 360], 87.5 x 78.2 cm.

Date: 1941-1942

From: New Zealand Red Cross Society : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-0258-03C

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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: 1913 - 1924

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-832.14gbbd/1913-/Acc.35536

Description: Base maps of rural lands open for sale or occupation with right of purchase, or for renewable lease, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, in the Wharepapa Survey District, West Taupo County and in the Waipoua Survey District in the Hokianga County. The boundaries of farm blocks in the Wharepapa Survey District, Sections 1, 6,7, 11-24, are prominently outlined, the majority include owners' names and applicable dates handwritten in each section. A scenic reserve, domain and recreation reserve, hospital reserve, cemetery and creamery sites, and the Puniu, Waipari and Mangaharakeke Streams are marked. The roadman's paddock, the school site and temporary reserve have Gazetteer numbers. Brief descriptions of the terrain and vegetation are included. The base map of the Waipoua Survey District has two cuttings about land in the Wharepapa Survey District mounted over the top of it. The first cutting has '1393, 25-7-21, cash or D.P.' written adjacent to it while the second cutting has '1406, 23 & 25-1-2l, for general application' The main base map is of farm sections in the Wharepapa survey district, 15 miles from Kawa Railway station in the West Taupo County, Auckland Land District No. 1195. The second base map is of farm sections in the Waipoua Survey District, 8 miles from Kaihu, in the Hokianga County. A schedule of these districts include the valuations, acreages and rent. Instructions to applicants and a caution follow with the printed name of H.M. Skeet, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Includes an abstract of conditions of purchase. A statement on the left side of the map begins with '2,706 acres'. Includes the application date of 23 September 1913 at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland. The inset map is a locality plan of the area from the Hokianga River to the Poor Knights Island south to Kawhia Harbour. Kaihu and Wharepapa are indicated by red arrows. Handwritten names listed in the Wharepapa Survey District are: G. Benson, J. Furness, A. Eggleton & J. Brugh, J. Duncan, E. Austin, G.C. Wotton, H.E. & B.J. & H.G. Criggs, T.A. McNaught, Ellen Barnes, E.Corkhill, O.E. Austin, Mrs. A. Gooder, J.T. Leamau, H.E. Kinzett, Mary Kerr, J.T. Wilks, A.N. Austin, R. Plummer, Elizabeth Hinds, C. Bayly, F.B. Jolly, B. Gasson, A.E. Gasson, B. Underwood, A.G. Thomson, F.E. Dodd, J. O'Reilly, W. Thompson, T.D. Ashby, D.J. Ashby, E.M. Richardson, R.M. McCulloch, G.A. Thomson, J. Mogford, C.V. Thomas, Miss D. E. Beard. Handwritten names listed in the Waipoua Survey District are: R. Leahy, O. Reilly. Inset: Wharepapa and Waipoua locality plan. Scale [1:7 920] Base map: Sections in Wharepapa Survey District. Series, Auckland Land District No. 1195. [Wellington, N.Z.], John Mackay, Govt. Printer, [1913] Title written in blue pencil along bottom edge and subtitle adapted by cataloguer from that of the base map. Quantity: 4 map(s) The maps on the verso are copies of maps on the recto.. Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scale[1:31 680], 43.1 x 33.7 cm. and smaller, on a sheet measuring 63.3 x 73.6 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation New Zealand, February 1991 Donated by Valuation New Zealand, 26.02.1991.

Date: [19--]

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

Reference: MSI-Papers-0261-10/18A

Description: Maps and tracings of land features and various archaeological finds, including numerous Maori artefacts (usually made from either bone or wood, but includes some human remains), from around NZ but mostly from the Horowhenua district. Examples are a whale club (patu paraoa) found at Horowhenua, and a whale bone comb (heru paraoa) found at Waikanae.

Date: 1981

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-135-784

Description: The scene is outside the rugby grounds where Manawatu were playing the Springboks. Police are searching and frisking spectators on entry to the grounds to prevent protestors from disrupting the game. One policeman is restraining a spectator carrying a placard and telling the Sergeant that the spectator is determined to enter the grounds free-of-charge. Refers to the game played in the Waikato at which protestors against the Springbok tour disrupted the game by running onto the pitch, causing the game to be called off. Extended Title - Go ahead with the tour down with N.Z.R.F.U.! Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 455 x 320 mm.

Date: 1907, 1913

By: Tylden, Charles Ryland, 1842-1913?

Reference: MS-Papers-7587

Description: Tylden began writing his reminiscences in 1907 and continued till 1913; he writes of his childhood, education, military training in England and coming to New Zealand in 1862 with the 70th Regiment. He gives full accounts of skirmishes in the Waikato, Wanganui and New Plymouth areas from 1863 to 1866. Following his discharge in 1868 he returned to farm in the Pukekohe area until 1881 and practised law in Auckland from 1882 to 1912. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also typescript copy at MS-Papers-1350 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (52 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (duplicated)

Date: 1994

From: Gidley, James, fl 1910-1999 : Memoirs

Reference: MS-Papers-5141

Description: Part of an account written by James Gidley telling of his experiences in New Zealand and Rarotonga, 1931-1938. Describes Gidley's time in Auckland, his trip to Wellington, voyage to Rarotonga and his experiences in Rarotonga. The account details his search for work in Auckland and his experiences working both in Auckland and on several dairy farms in the Auckland and Waikato regions, such events as the visit of a faith healer to Auckland as well as describing various places he stayed, his attempts to get to know women and his own eating disorders. In his description of his time in Rarotonga he makes some comments on living conditions, other white residents, relations between the races, prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases and details his attempts to have sexual relations with Rarotongan women. A second expanded version of `An octave of years in New Zealand is located at MS-Papers-9059. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1925 - 1947

By: Siroper, George, active 1925

Reference: MapColl-832.16aj/[ca.1925-47]/Acc.12,026

Description: Drawn on a published map of Mayor Island to Poverty Bay with an extended portion of another map glued to include the area from Mayor Island to the Mercury Islands. The annotations depict extended river and partially smooth water limits at various points around the coastline from the Mercury Islands to Poverty Bay. The limit for Gisborne fishing boats extends from Cape Runaway to Poverty Bay. A reference key is included which states that river and smooth water limits are coloured blue and one area is prominently named Te Kaha river limits. Extended and partially smooth water limits are coloured red and three areas are prominently named Tauranga; Whakatane, Ohiwa and Opotiki; Te Kaha extended river limits. The Tauranga extension for fine weather only, at the discretion of the Inspector of Fisheries, is coloured green. 'Opotiki extreme limits' covers the approximate area between White Island and Whale Island. An additional area has been shaded green for the extended river and partial limit from Whangamata and Tauranga to Mayor Island, with details written in biro added at a later date. Also marked in biro are three anchorages for launches, one at Waihau Bay. 'George Siroper 9/1/25' is handwritten adjacent to reference key, at centre top of map. Signature hard to decipher. '133/47' is handwritten centrally on the map. Nos. '6' and '2527' and 'Restricted limits - Bay of Plenty' are handwritten on the reverse Base map: Mayor Island to Poverty Bay / surveyed by Captain W. Pudsey Dawson. London: The Admiralty, 1906. Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on card, coloured, scale not given, 84.3 x 95.8 cm.

Date: 1933-1934

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers

Reference: MSY-5559

Description: Contains loan accounts relating to regional development schemes Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1919-[ca 1940?]

By: Peart, Joseph Drummond, -1958

Reference: MS-Papers-2080

Description: Maori poetry and folktales, with translations, including waiata recited by Wiremu Meihana and translated by Hare Hongi. Typescript account of trip by Peart to Tongariro National Park, December 1919. Language - Maori poetry and folklore (with translations in English) Author of `Old Tasman Bay' (Nelson, 1937) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (6 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (one photocopy)

Date: 1920

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0039-08A

Description: Contains waiata and karakia, and accompanying narratives Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1928

From: Angus, Robert K, fl 1964 :New Zealand photograph albums

Reference: PA1-q-010

Description: Album containing 1928 souvenir booklet celebrating New Zealand's first Commerce Train, which travelled through Auckland Province between 26th October 1928 and 4th November 1928. Souvenir number of the Commerce Train News, published by New Zealand Railways. Bound in with the book are photographs taken by an unidentified passenger on the trip. There are photographs in the booklet, which include several portraits of men on the trip, photographs of farmland, dairy factories, cement works, Arapuni Hydroelectric works showing the dam and the spillway, kauri forests, trains and cars, and group photographs of the personnel. Full lists of personnel are included in the book. Other - Photographs possibly taken by Robert Angus, manager of Cook & Son, Shortland St., Auckland, who was a member of the tour. Father of the donor Robert K Angus? Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 320 x 260 mm dark blue suede cover, spine embossed with decoration

Date: 1835-1978

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

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19

Description: The collection is of selected baptismal registers deposited in the Auckland Diocesan Office Archives. Where the registers have also been used concurrently for marriages and burials, those pages have been included. Maori registers have been identified as such. Source of title - Title transcribed The Auckland Diocese covers the area from the Archdeaconaries of Waimate in the north to Hunua in the south. Quantity: 21 microfilm reel(s) positive. Physical Description: Mss (microfilm) Finding Aids: An inventory details the contents of each reel and registers are arranged in alphabetical order with some minor variations. The inventory gives the name of the church, parish, dates and indicates if it is a Maori register..

Date: 1911

From: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933 : Papers

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

Reference: MapColl-832.18gbbd/1911/Acc.5768

Description: A base map of rural lands and small grazing runs for lease in the Tauhara Survey District, on the shores of Lake Taupo, has been used by H. Hill to show his own land and other sections leased by him. Several farm blocks include pencilled monetary values while others are shaded and include positions of buildings. H. Hill's own section has handwritten notes 'Afforested & finish', 69 acres, Sold' and adjacent to this section a note states ' Letter to I. Hislop Oct 23/22 re leasing reserve/thermal sp.'. A handwritten pencilled note states 'George Wall, Waitahanui, Tender for fencing' with several pencilled arithmetical sums. The Taupo - Napier Road continues as hand-drawn lines in ink across farm sections. Several sections are marked as withdrawn. A hand-drawn compass indicates the aspect. A letter mounted on the bottom right of the map is a reply from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, K.M. Graham, to H. Hill about lease of extra land. The base map itself is of sections of lands in the Tauhara Survey District, Auckland Land District No. 1095. Includes references to Native Owners and Crown Land, a thermal springs reserve. An extensive statement on the left side of the map begins with the heading Rural Lands and small-grazing runs for lease, and include the date of 24th. October 1911 at the District Lands Office, Auckland. A schedule of the sections includes the valuations, acreages and rent. Instructions to applicants and a caution follow with the printed name of Eric C. Gold Smith, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Includes an abstract of the conditions of lease. Names listed are: G. Wehringo, Sarah E. Clark, Emma Clark, Annie Clark, H. Hill. The inset locality plan has been cut out and removed from the top right corner. Base map: Lands in Tauhara Survey District. [Wellington, N.Z.], John Mackay, Govt. Printer, [1911] Title taken from reverse of map. '1911 Taupo', 'Taupo leased section', 'Taupo lease sections also own' are written on the reverse. See also MS-Papers-0146 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper, backed with brown paper, coloured, 61.3 x 91.5 cm.

Date: 1906 - 1921

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

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Auckland District Office; New Zealand. Printing and Stationery Department; Mackay, John, 1851-1937; Murray, William David Browne, 1843-1932; Valuation New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-832.17gbbd/1906/Acc.35361

Description: A poster-plan map number 839 made up of two maps, one a cadastral map of Whareorino survey district available for lease, the other a locality plan of the locality in the Waikato, from North Cape to Taupo. The cadastral map depicts Whareorino S.D. VII as Crown Land, and highlights in red the narrow strip of 230 acres along the cliffs as the land available for lease. Also depicts 1231 acres of Crown Land assigned to WH Cummings and GP Moore, 596 acres of Crown Land assigned to J T Hatton, Lot 1 of 2 assigned to W F Spence, with 666 acres of Lot 1 and 2 of X assigned to WF Kelly and HJ Kelly. Map also includes sevceral paragraphs of text outlining terms and conditions of the lease and condition of the land. Base map: Flax-cutting area.... Series, Auckland Land District No. 839. [Wellington, N.Z.], John Mackay, Govt. Printer, [1906]. Compiled at Head Office (WDB Murray), Department of Lands and Survey, 525.9/06 750. Stamped on map 'Sale map' top right corner. Stamped on map 'Approved Commissioner of Crown Lands 17/10/06 AH (signature indecipherable). Written on map in blue pencil 'Flax cutting areas (SR 839' bottom middle of map. On reverse of map the same map has been glued onto the linen. (Has annotation 'Superceeded - see map on face'. Glued over the map are three pages of typewritten terms and conditions of the lease, by District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 18 October, 1906, stamped '14'. On locality plan, the number '4' has been crossed out and replaced with '13'. '14' has also been crossed out. Other Titles - flax cutting Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scale [1:31 680] and [1: 25 344 000], 55 x 43 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation Department, 1991.

Date: 1916 - 1928

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

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

Reference: MapColl-832.17gbbd/1917/Acc.35522

Description: A poster-plan map of Auckland Land District no. 1317 depicting 2102 acres of land for sale or lease to discharged soldiers. Made up of two maps, one a cadastral map of the Mangoira Block, indicating numbered sections and including acreages, owner's names and dates handwritten in each section. The other is a locality plan of the area from Kaipara Harbour south to New Plymouth which has an arrow pointing to Awakino. The map includes several paragraphs of text stating conditions of sale, information about the 'second class land', and instructions to applicants. The cadastral map depicts the Awakino North Survey District, with handwritten names listed as CM Raven, MC Pratt, LR Jones, T Cummings, GP Sage, CJ Randell, (earlier owners include Claud Neville de Gray Stevens, S Whitehead). Bordering these properties are the owners WD Black, JR Terrille, SM Black, Thomson, Jones, Cummings, Condon, Beuck, and well as two Native Reserves, and Native owners (Maori land blocks) of Mahoenui no. 4b and Manga - Awakino no. 4. Six scenic reserves are also shown. Many of the properties border the Mokau River. Base map: Mangoira Block.... Series, Auckland Land District No. 1317. [Wellington, N.Z.], John Mackay, Govt. Printer, [1916]. Department of Lands and Survey, 9/423. Signed: 'D. Glenn, 25.1.26' top left corner. Written on map in blue pencil 'Mangoira Block' (SP 1317) bottom middle of map. Glued to map is blue card, with the number '13' painted on it. Glued to cadastral map is text regarding section I, block II, including fiscal information and features of the property. Signed '1467' 24.2.28 and 28.2.28, '2nd class'. On reverse of map the same base map has been glued onto the card, without annotations. Blue card has been glued over this map in bottom left corner. Also includes an abstract of fiscal conditions, by the Land Board (which have been covered by blue card on the other map). Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scale [1:15 840], 55 x 43 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation Department, 1991