Places

Date: 1876-1919

From: Thorp, Nigel, fl 1995 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5400-11

Description: The collection includes many transfers of hotel licenses administered by the Wairarapa Licensing Trust, Waipawa County Permanent Building & Investment Society and Magistrate's certificates and accounts/receipts, some to the Court Marquis of Normanby Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1877-1930

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-018

Description: Contains records from Maori Land Court cases in the Wairarapa, with verbatim evidence including questions and answers, and whakapapa; also contains information about a hui in 1877 to discuss land tenure at Pahaoa; also contains Te Whaiti family whakapapa; also contains notes by Henare Te Whaiti about Maori mythology and his planned departure for Hawke's Bay; also contains baptism information for the children of Henare and Hohaia Te Whaiti

Date: 1878 - 1925

By: W B Chennells & Company; Masterton Public Library

Reference: MapColl-Collection-Chennells

Description: Contains both published and unpublished maps, mostly land subdivision plans and mainly of the Wairarapa area but a number of the plans relate to Wellington, Wanganui, Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, Horowhenua, Tauranga, Rotorua, Taumarunui, Pahiatua, Ohuka, Auckland and Motueka Quantity: 84 manuscript map(s). 91 map(s) published. Physical Description: Lithographs and works on paper Finding Aids: Some of the published maps are catalogued on National Library Catalogue; the rest are still awaiting cataloguing - contact staff for details. Processing information: Maps were originally held in a folio

Date: 1874-1910

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B041

Description: Contains whakapapa, waiata, cosmological notes and minutes from the proceedings of the Wairarapa Maori Committee established to hear land claims, with details of boundaries, mahinga kai and ancestral occupation of land in the Gladstone area

Date: 1878-1902

By: Tait, Christopher, 1851-1903

Reference: MS-2115

Description: First section gives accounts with various individuals while building roads and buildings in the Wairarapa and the latter part contains accounts for Tait's bacon business from 14 Aug 1899 at Makomako, Pahiatua; includes biographical note by donor Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Biographical note by donor Quantity: 1 volume(s) (215 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, 16 cm, dark green roan Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mrs L L Gregory, Pahiatua, 1968

Date: 1872-1904

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B051

Description: Contains detailed whakapapa of south Wairarapa hapu, Ngati Porou, Ngati Tuwharetoa and Whanganui, lists of battles involving Wairarapa people with details of deaths, lists of owners of the Wharepu land blocks and minutes of a hui held to discuss the sale of Lake Wairarapa; in these minutes, there is a list of the kaumatua in attendance, verbatim comments of participants, notes about how the Ngati Hamua hapu acquired rights in the lake, and discussions of the rights and uses of various hapu of certain sections of the lake Physical Description: Black boards, 33 cm. Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1875-1900

From: Watters, Bethlyn, fl 1950-1987 :Cartes de visite and cabinet cards of Reverend William Ronaldson and unidentified Maori

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PAColl-1292-05

Description: Portrait of elderly Maori woman carrying an infant on her back in traditional fashion Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1875-1900

From: Watters, Bethlyn, fl 1950-1987 :Cartes de visite and cabinet cards of Reverend William Ronaldson and unidentified Maori

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PAColl-1292-06

Description: Studio portrait of a Maori couple; the man is seated and the woman is standing by his side, with one hand on his shoulder, and holding a book in the other Inscriptions: mat verso - top right - Eva & Kuni It is possible that this couple are related in some way to the Jury family from the Greytown-Papawai area, because other Maori portraits in this collection feature members of the Jury family Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1875-1905

By: Schow, Lars Andersen, 1835-1920

Reference: MS-Papers-1359

Description: Papers of Schow, a Danish settler in Mauriceville with diary describing his voyage from Hamburg and arrival in Wellington on the `Herschel' (Hertsjel) (including heavy storm, rioting of passengers etc) (1875); the journey to Wairarapa and activities there including road works and working on the Rimutaka tunnel; manuscript and published poems; specifications and contract for road construction in the Mauriceville district; tenders for bushfelling; and photographs Language - Printed material in Old Danish; also some mss material Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - En ny sang; hilsen fra de nyankomne ivandrere i New Zealand til de gamle venner i Danmark by I A Schow (Masterton, ca 1885); also version published by Whitcombe & Tombs with English translation and photograph Other Titles - Et Glimt of Nordens land by I A Skov Other Titles - Ebendelov for Kongerige Danmark (Odense, 1866) Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter and photographs

Date: 1870, ca 1900s, 1931 - 1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979; Fitzgerald, F G, active 1945

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-032

Description: Photographs of Wellington Region, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of Kapiti Island and ships moored in Wellington Harbour. Also includes photographs of Queen Street, Masterton, in 1870, Johnny Martin's fountain in Lambton Quay circa 1900, and the Pongoroa to Paihiatua mail coach crossing the Makuri Stream circa 1910. Quantity: 46 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1873

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B033

Description: Contains evidence from the hearing of the Native Committee with regard to land at Tuhiariki, in the Wanganui district, including whakapapa, block boundaries, mahinga kai, information about ancestral occupation, and the final judgement of the Committee Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Marbled paper covers, 33 cm., vol numbered 19

Date: 1870-1876

From: Watters, Bethlyn, fl 1950-1987 :Cartes de visite and cabinet cards of Reverend William Ronaldson and unidentified Maori

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PAColl-1292-07

Description: Studio portrait of Susan Jury (Huhana Apiata) Inscriptions: mat verso - top right - 2. Susan Jury Huhana Apiata was the third wife of Te Whatahoro Jury Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1875-1900

From: Watters, Bethlyn, fl 1950-1987 :Cartes de visite and cabinet cards of Reverend William Ronaldson and unidentified Maori

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PAColl-1292-13

Description: Full-length studio portrait of Mary Stone (Meri Pohatu?), Mrs. Namana Inscriptions: mat verso - top right - Mary Stone; Mrs Noamana; mat verso - top centre - Kiriwera Mary Stone may be a daughter of Te Whatahoro Jury; in DNZB 1 J6, it is recorded that he had a daughter called Meri Kiriwera Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca. 1870s-1880s]

From: Ramsden, Eric :Photographs relating to Ramsden and his family and Maori subjects

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PA2-1336

Description: Portrait of a Maori woman photographed between 1879 and 1900 by Thomas E Price of Masterton. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 9.6 x 6.3 cm on mount 10.3 x 6.5 cm

Date: [ca. 1870s-1880s]

From: Ramsden, Eric :Photographs relating to Ramsden and his family and Maori subjects

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PA2-1337

Description: Upper body portrait if an unidentified Maori man wearing a traditional feather cloak; he is holding a taiaha (fighting staff0, and has an ornament in his right ear; his cheeks have been tattooed in traditional fashion Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 9.8 x 5.8 cm on mount 10.3 x 6.3 cm

Date: [ca. 1870s-1880s]

From: Ramsden, Eric :Photographs relating to Ramsden and his family and Maori subjects

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PA2-1344

Description: Upper body portrait of an unidentified Maori woman wearing a traditional cloak, a large hei-tiki (greenstone neck pendant) and feathers in her hair Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca. 1870s-1880s]

From: Ramsden, Eric :Photographs relating to Ramsden and his family and Maori subjects

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PA2-1339

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified young Maori woman, wearing a traditional Maori cloak Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca. 1870s-1880s]

From: Ramsden, Eric :Photographs relating to Ramsden and his family and Maori subjects

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PA2-1342

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified Maori woman, wearinga traditional cloak Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca. 1870s-1880s]

From: Ramsden, Eric :Photographs relating to Ramsden and his family and Maori subjects

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PA2-1345

Description: Upper body portrait of an unidentified Maori woman wearing a traditional cloak Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca. 1870s-1880s]

From: Ramsden, Eric :Photographs relating to Ramsden and his family and Maori subjects

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PA2-1340

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified middle-aged Maori woman; she is wearing a traditional cloak, and the outline of her moko (chin tattoo) is faintly visible. The word `wife' has been written underneath the image. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wife Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Title changed 14 June 2022 following information from a staff member.