Places

Date: Between 1910s and 1930s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PA1-f-002

Description: Includes a page showing the four main university colleges in New Zealand, circa 1930s; pages of botanical drawings; pages showing the Lever Brothers' soap manufacturing building, aspects of packaging Sunlight Soap and Lux soap powder at the factory, all photographed by F.G. Barker of Courtenay Place, Wellington. Also includes photographs and newspaper cuttings of transport used by country children going to school, including horseback and riding on cows. Images of various schools; bombers and fighters at Wigram Aerodrome during the visit to NZ of the Duke of York in 1927, including Bristol fighters, Avro 504 fighters, DH4 and DH9 bombers; map showing NZ as it would be situated if placed in corresponding latitude of Northern Hemisphere, NZ Government Railways; mean annual rainfall map of NZ (signed DG Bates, Director of Meteorological Office, 7.6.1911); farm buildings on Somes Island; cattle mustering at White Rock (Wairarapa); views of trains on the railway line between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki before the Centennial Highway was constructed; view of the Jubilee floating dock arriving in Wellington in 1931, towed by two Dutch ocean-going tugboats.

Date: 1886

By: Koch, Augustus Carl Ferdinand, 1834-1901

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gmfs/A/1886/Acc.3319

Description: Map showing of Wellington Harbour as at 1886, from Waterloo Quay to Clyde Quay, showing harbour soundings, Queen's Wharf, railway wharf, wool wharf, buildings in the vicinity including government offices, Supreme Court, police station, harbour board, drill shed, freezing works, railway terminus, parliamentary buildings, Government House, Custom Post and Telegraph, marine telegraph, wool shed, boat harbour, Thorndon and Te Aro Baths, and several banks. Shows named Te Aro streets from Courtenay Place to Marjoribanks Street, and unnamed reclaimed streets from Wakefield Street to Jervois Quay and Cable Street, identifying the proposed reclamation corporation endowment. Includes two tables on the map, one showing class and tonnage of goods passing over wharves, the other berthage accommodation along the wharf. Soundings shown in feet. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photograph, scale indeterminable, 26 x 37 cm.

Date: 1985 - 1986

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: Wellington (N.Z. : Region). Regional Council

Reference: MapColl-WRC-5/11/1B-Acc.

Description: Aerial photograph of Petone Esplanade with map showing proposed reclamation area, motorway allignment and proposed buildings Quantity: 1 map(s) with ms annotations + aerial photograph. Physical Description: Black ink on white paper. Scale ca 1: 5000, 102 x 79 cm.

Date: 1963

From: Wellington Regional Planning Authority: Maps from records

By: Wellington Regional Planning Authority

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/1963/Acc.51556

Description: Map of the area at the western end of the Petone foreshore showing a scheme for diversion of the railway, a suggested location for a new motorway beside the harbour on reclaimed land, and an Olympic-length canoeing and rowing reach between them. Land to the west of the railway, to be reclaimed by the Ministry of Works, is designated for industry, with the existing Hutt Road at the foot of the hills. The strip of reclaimed land between the proposed motorway and the rowing reach is marked as camping ground and beach with a shelterbelt of trees. There is a small lake, into which the Korokoro Stream flows, at the northern end of the rowing reach for swimming and model boats. The adjacent land at the western end of Petone Beach is marked as Harbour Board reclamation with a new beach, a water skiing clubhouse, parking and launching area. Includes a cross-section, scale 1:480, with the industrial land and diverted railway on the right hand side, the reach, and then the reclaimed land with the new motorway adjacent to the harbour. "4.5.63" Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and coloured pencil on paper, scale 1:6 336, 30.4 x 60.4 cm.

Date: 1934 - 1938

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department; Delany, John, active 1992

Reference: MapColl-832.3eam/[1937?]/Acc.27165

Description: A base planning map of Ahuriri Lagoon reclamation and proposed drainage and subdivisions has been used to show the proposed water supply and subdivision for the area of Napier from Napier Park, Greenmeadows to Te Ruru-o-Kuri Island and Bay View. An artesian well and substation are marked, as are pipes, house connections, scour valves, valves and proposed subdivision boundaries which are included in a reference key. Subdivisions are numbered. Includes Crown Land, Native Land and subdivisions marked Public Trustee, also sites of radio stations and the Westshore Emergency Landing Ground. Names of subdivision owners are: G.R. Mongomery, J.I. Cato, T.N. Tasker, M. Oak, H.M. Murton, M. Waterhouse, E. Cato, Mrs. T.N. Baker, Stanley Bennett, O.J.W. Lake, M. Strauchan or May Stroughan, Evan Davies, J. Morrison, G.A. Eddy, C.C. De V. Holt, B.R. Menzies, S.H. White, R.D. & L.D. Hall, A. Edwards, J. Marshall, L.C. Lopdell, J. Vigor Brown, A.H. Pollen, J.A.L. Hay & E. Nesbit, H. Neagle, Messrs. Lockyer. Names of the Public Works Department employees written on base map: D.J.B. Halley, H. Mayhead, A.R. McKenzie, W.S & D.J.B.H. Handwritten title on reverse states: Ahuriri lagoon reclamation Base map: Ahuriri Lagoon reclamation: plan of proposed drainage and subdivision, P.W. Napier 348. [Napier, N.Z.]: P.W. Napier, [1937?] Written on bottom right of base map: Drawing no. 2, Sheet No. 1 Written on bottom left of base map: Drawing No. 1, Sheet No. 1, W.O. Plan 7/7 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, part coloured, scale [1:7 920], 74.4 x 154.4 cm.

Date: 1906

From: McLeod, Hector Norman, fl 1870s-1957 :Maps from papers

By: McLeod, Hector Norman, 1872-

Reference: MapColl-832.4799eam/Ki/1906/Acc.4867

Description: Tracing of a map of the area from Hamilton and Evans Bay roads to Childers Terrace, Lyall Bay and Onepu roads. Streets are named. The post office, recreation ground, baths, property of J. D. Topp, a church, fire brigade station, the tram line down Seatoun Road leading to Lyall Bay Road, also the new Kilbirnie Post Office are marked. The projected Wellington Harbour Board area of reclamation includes its acreage and is situated along the Evans Bay foreshore is shown. A note states that the authorised area of reclamation under the Empowering Act of 1906 is 22 acres, with power to lease about 5 acres. The low water mark is shown. Includes a proposed road between Lyall Bay Road and the Evans Bay Road leading to the patent slip. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, linen backed, scale not given, 56.8 x 30.1 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - McLeod, Hector Norman, fl 1902-1927. Business papers. MS-Papers-0154.

Date: 1940 - 1949

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/ca.1940/Acc.14598

Description: A copy of a cadastral map of the area between The Terrace and Whitmore Street, Boulcott Street to Cuba Street, Brougham Street to Clyde Quay Wharf and Herd Street. Sections and subdivisions are numbered and include numerous Deeds plan numbers. Government, provincial and Thorn Reclamation land includes block numbers. Wharves are named. Names include Town Hall, and land belonging to the Wellington Harbour Board and Wellington City Council is marked. Streets are named, as are some rights of way such as Opera House Lane. Red ink annotations show property values in pounds sterling. Title supplied by cataloguer - subtitle taken from top right of map Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on diazo print, some colour, scale not given, 107.2 x 74 cm.

Date: 1967

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: Wellington Harbour Board

Reference: MapColl-WRC-C13/6-Acc.

Description: Identifies in colour works included in different states Quantity: 1 map(s) with annotations. Physical Description: Ink on cream paper. Scale indeterminable. 71 x 100 cm.

Date: 1943

By: Gardiner, Norman Jacob, 1900-1985

Reference: MapColl-832.4794eam/1943/Acc.19284

Description: Survey map of the Hutt River Estuary reclamation, between present day Barnes Street and Randwick Street, extending from Waiwhetu Pa, Seaview Road to the river. Shows the pre-reclamation river boundary on the Waiwhetu Pa boundary, proposed streets (one of which runs through the centre of Waiwhetu Pa), closed streets, the proposed surveyed reclaimed land, dwellings, and the Waiwhetu Stream. Land owners named include: H M King, E Price, E Corson, Hutt River Board, 'Natives', Public trustee. Pumping stations, the Waiwhetu pa cemetery, the proposed railway eastern track and embankments are shown. Written on map: Certified correct [signed by] chief surveyor, 12.10.1943. WDO file 8/89; SO 21064. Includes 9 insets of specific survey points, labelled A-I. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, part hand coloured, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 75.8 x 76 cm.

Date: 1951

By: Wellington Harbour Board. Chief Engineer's Office; Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gmp/Mi/1951/Acc.10264

Description: Planning map of the area from Burnham Wharf to Evans Bay Road. Existing roads are named and a proposed road is marked on an area of reclaimed land. Rongotai Terrace is shown at the site of the proposed airport runway. Blocks of land are prominently colour coded and are referred to in extensive Certification of Title schedules which include total areas. A second Wellington Harbour Board schedule, by D.P. plan references, refers to each block of land. Includes a survey of the sea bed and the reclamation limit is marked, as is the low water mark. The boundary of the harbour bed vested in Wellington Harbour Board M3187 is marked. Area A, adjacent to Miramar Wharf and Aberdeen Quay, includes the the limit of the 1 in 7 batter cut. Topographic features are of slopes and a knoll. Calibar, Wrexford, Watford, Tirangi, Seatoun, Onepu, Wellington and Evans Bay roads are named, as are Salek, Te Whiti, Yule and Coutts streets, also Kilbirnie Crescent. An electric power station is marked adjacent to Watford Road and Salek Street. Other Titles - Wellington Harbour Board - Evans Bay, affected by Rongotai Aerodrome proposal Notes on bottom left of original: Compiled from W.H.B Plans 72/100 22/20 54.82. W.H.B. Land Book & P.W.D. plan W.H.B. No. 75/93. B.W. Diccle 4.1.51 Note on bottom right of original: P.D. 57 Stamp on bottom right: Wellington Harbour Board, Chief Engineer's Office. 17/97 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Colourwash on duplicated plan, coloured, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 67.7 x 64.4 cm.

Date: 1937

By: Clapperton, James Duncan, 1894-1980; Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4794eam/1937/Acc.10225

Description: Cadastral map of land taken for the purposes of land reclamation at the estuary of the Hutt River, near Seaview and Gracefield Roads. The Lower Hutt Valley Railway is marked. The Hutt and Harbour Regional Districts, Hutt County, Lower Hutt Borough and Port Nicholson are referred to. An area of Crown land is marked. Written on original map: File 8/353. 134/121, plans D.P. 9594, S.O. 255/39, P.W. 63/251.1 Includes minor pencil annotations. Note on bottom right: Approval, J. D. Clapperton, Chief surveyor, 17/9/37. Includes signature Note at top right as statement of responsibility, includes signature Name at head of title: Wellington Land District Map accompanied by memorandum from H. Watkinson, District Engineer, Public Works Department, to the Permanent Head of the Public Works Department about reclamation of the Hutt River mouth, in connection with the Caroline Bell Trust. Also, accompanied by an extract from the N.Z. Gazette, p. 2323, relating to reclamation of the area at the Hutt River estuary, in connection with the owner of Bell Estate Other Titles - Plan of part section 20, Harbour Registration District, Deposited Plan 9594, and closed road, Block XVI, Belmont Survey District Quantity: 1 map(s) 1 x memo, 1 x extract. Physical Description: Negative photostatic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 45.5 x 47.6 cm.

Date: 1985 - 1986

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: Wellington (N.Z. : Region). Regional Council

Reference: MapColl-WRC-5/11/1A-Acc.

Description: Shows plans for development of Petone Esplanade showing streets, proposed reclamation, reserve etc Quantity: 1 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Black ink on white paper. Scale ca 1: 1000, 95 x 60 cm.

Date: 1964

By: Wellington Harbour Board; Max Gandar & Son (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/[1964]/Acc.11730

Description: Drawn on a base survey map with cadastral information, the annotations depict the proposed future subdivision of reclaimed land at Seaview, Petone, divided into six areas, with acreage, railway reserves and future roads. Base map: Plan of subn Pt. Sec. 76. Harbour Dist. & Pt, Sec. 6 Blk. XVI, Belmont S.D. This (unpublished) map was surveyed by Max Gandar & Son, Surveyors & Engineers, Wellington. Shows S.O. 23418, XIV Belmont Survey District and 76 Harbour District. Base map code: T.2185. Stamped 'Wellington Harbour Board, chief engineer's office, copy of plan no. 4351'. Other Titles - Plan of subn. Pt. Sec. 76 Harbour Dist. & Pt. Sec. 6 Blk. XVI Belmont S.D. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and coloured pencil on paper, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 73.2 x 75 cm

Date: 1943

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Wellington District Office

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/1943/Acc.12633

Description: Cadastral, surveyed map showing Wellington Harbour Board reclaimed land bounded by Hinemoa Street and Waterloo Quay, Wellington, including acreage, and certificate of title, Wellington Survey Office and deposited plan numbers. Land is shown as owned by His Majesty the King and the Wellington Harbour Board. Part of the land described in the second schedule of the Act is highlighted, being an area of over one acre. Stamped PWD 118462; and SO 21090. Signed by chief surveyor. File 9/663. Lists reference plan numbers. Stamped New Zealand Lands and Survey Department, Wellington District Office, photostat copy. Written on reverse: Hinemoa Street Loan and ?Unc. land Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 44.5 x 45.4 cm

Date: 1933 - 1946

By: Wellington Harbour Board. Chief Engineer's Office; Wellington (N.Z.). Municipal Electricity Department

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gena/Ki/1933-46/Acc.37533

Description: Plan of Evans Bay Power Station in the area between Salek Street, Seatoun Road, Londsdale Crescent and Watford Street. Notes refer to soundings taken by Wellington Harbour Board, 31-10-46, and depths below the Mean Low Water Level. Includes further notes about High and Low Water Levels and record water levels The plan of the electricity station includes sites of coal yards, a coal elevator, ash dump, power station, water and oil tanks, intake and discharge culverts with some measurements, annemometer. The old plant store and a kiosk are marked, as is the entrance off Seatoun Road and proposed roads. Wooden and galvanised iron fences are marked, also a brick fence and concrete bag wall. Harbour Board property is marked. Other Titles - Wellington City Electricity Department - Evans Bay Power Station Scale of original: [1:480] Stamp on bottom right: Wellington Harbour Board, Chief Engineer's Office. Copy of Plan No. 55/20 Pencilled note on top right: E436/1 Note on original refers to: Part of Section 7, Evans Bay District and part of the sea bed of Port Nicholson. D.P. 5999. The fourth schedule of the Wellington Harbour Board Land Reclamation and Empowering Act 1908. Printed on bottom right of original: S2558 Stamp on bottom right of original details the drawing, tracing and checking of this map, with reference number for this compiled survey, also revision date of 6.4.38 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Duplicated plan, scale indeterminable, 103 x 65.2 cm. Provenance: Donated by the Municipal Electricity Department

Date: 1937

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department; Delany, John, active 1992

Reference: MapColl-832.3eam/1937/Acc.27163

Description: A base planning map of Ahuriri Lagoon reclamation and proposed drainage and subdivision has been used to show the proposed and completed drains, formed and trimmed roads and metalled roads, a stopbank, drains, areas ploughed by rotary hoe and fencing for the area of Napier from Napier Park, Greenmeadows to Te Ruru-o-Kuri Island and Bay View. The map is substantially marked with lines of lateral drains, positions of soil samples taken and soil survey data referred to in reference keys. Includes Crown Land, Native Land and subdivisions marked Public Trustee, also the site of the Westshore Emergency Landing Ground, cattle stops and Park Island Road Bridge with dates of commencement and completion of its building.. Names of subdivision owners are: G.R. Mongomery, J.I. Cato, T.N. Tasker, M. Oak, H.M. Murton, M. Waterhouse, E. Cato, Mrs. T.N. Baker, Stanley Bennett, O.J.W. Lake, M. Strauchan or May Stroughan, Evan Davies, J. Morrison, G.A. Eddy, C.C. De V. Holt, B.R. Menzies, E.E. Lemon, S.H. White, R.D. & L.D. Hall, A. Edwards, J. Marshall, L.C. Lopdell, J. Vigor Brown, A.H. Pollen, J.A.L. Hay & E. Nesbit, H. Neagle, Messrs. Lockyer. Names of the Public Works Department employees written on base map: D.J.B. Halley, H. Mayhead, A.R. McKenzie, W.S & D.J.B.H. Handwritten on reverse of map: Ahuriri Lagoon Base map: Ahuriri Lagoon reclamation: plan of proposed drainage and subdivision, P.W. Napier 348. [Napier, N.Z.]: P.W. Napier, [1937?] Written on bottom right of base map: Drawing no. 1, Sheet No. 1, revised to March 1937 Written on bottom left of base map: Drawing No. 1, Sheet No. 1, W.O. Plan 7/7 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, part coloured, scale [1:7 920], 74.3 x 154.5 cm.

Date: 1962

From: Wellington Regional Planning Authority: Maps from records

By: Wellington Regional Planning Authority

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/1962/Acc.51555

Description: Map of the area at the western end of the Petone foreshore showing a scheme for diversion of the railway line, a new motorway beside the harbour on reclaimed land, and an Olympic-length rowing reach between them. Reclaimed land west of the railway is designated for industry. There is a small lake, into which the Korokoro Stream flows, at the northern end of the rowing reach for swimming and model boats. The strip of reclaimed land between the proposed motorway and the rowing reach is marked as camping ground and beach with a shelterbelt of trees. Includes a cross-section, scale 1:480, with the industrial site and railway on the right hand side, the reach, and then the reclaimed land with the new motorway adjacent to the harbour. "C13/3" "From File 621, letter 11 May 1962" Some pencil annotations Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and coloured pencil on paper, scale 1:6 336, 30.6 x 61 cm.

Date: 1937 - 1938

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department; Delany, John, active 1992

Reference: MapColl-832.3eam/[1937?]/Acc.27164

Description: The left half of a base planning map of Ahuriri Lagoon reclamation and proposed drainage and subdivision has been used to show the proposed water supply system for the southern area of Napier from Napier Park to Poraite to the vicinity of Westshore Bridge. The subdivision boundaries have been prominently outlined. An artesian well and substation are marked, as are troughs, future house connections, pipes, future extensions, valves, scour valves and proposed subdivision boundaries which are included in a reference key. Subdivisions are numbered. Valves are numbered. Various heights above sea level are recorded including a reservoir. The future extension to the northern area is indicated. Names of the Public Works Department employees written on base map: D.J.B. Halley, H. Mayhead, A.R. McKenzie, W.S & D.J.B.H. Base map: Ahuriri Lagoon reclamation: plan of proposed drainage and subdivision, P.W. Napier 348. [Napier, N.Z.]: P.W. Napier, [1937?] Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, part coloured, scale [1:7 920], 77 x 75 cm.

Date: 1953

By: Wellington (N.Z.). City Council. Electricity Department; Wellington (N.Z.). Municipal Electricity Department

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gmp/Ly/1953/Acc.37773

Description: Drawn on a street map, showing the layout of Rongotai Aerodrome, Wellington, from Evans Bay Parade and Seatoun Road (now Rongotai Road), south-eastwards to Sidlaw Street, Wellington. Shows the proposed land reclamation for the airstrip (approximately 102 acres in Evans Bay north of Seatoun Road, and at the southeast tip of Lyall Bay). Shows sections between Bridge and Miro Street that are in the path of the new runway; marks the proposed terminal area, future airstrip extensions and the Miramar golf links. Also shows proposed new housing subdivision on newly reclaimed land north of Seatoun Road, and a 10 acre proposed new recreation area. Marks Evans Bay and Lyall Bay. Written on map: EA313. Drg no E 2995. Traced by U Hogan, 3rd Mar 1953 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint on tracing paper, scale indeterminable, 86.5 x 75.7 cm Provenance: Donated by Wellington Municipal Electricty Department, 19 December 1990

Date: 1955 - 1965

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department. Housing Division.

Reference: MapColl-832.47964gbbd/[ca 1960]/Acc.11806

Description: Cadastral map of the Elsdon subdivision, Porirua, from Tangare Drive southwards to Raiha Street, and eastwards to the Porirua Stream diversion. Many streets are named and sections numbered, especially in west Porirua. Some sections are named, such as industrial sites, school, mental hygiene, private sale, shop sites. On the eastern Porirua section of the map, no sections or roads are named or numbered, but river and reclamation notes are included. Written on map: HDW 31746 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, linen backed, 73.8 x 73.6 cm.