Places

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: 1840 - 1845

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: C-029-009

Description: Identifies Hutt River, Somes Island, Evans Bay and Wellington. Shows the huts of the first settlers at Petone, and the first four ships to bring settlers to Wellington, anchored between Somes Island and Petone Beach. A view from the western hills looking out towards the harbour entrance. The original drawing on which this lithograph is based is at A-146-001 Other Titles - Petone Extended Title - From: Wakefield, E. J. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand. Plate 3. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, black and white 315 x 452 mm on sheet 380 x 560 mm

Date: 1890 - 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to John White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, 1890

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: A-274-033

Description: Copies of Charles Heaphy's two lithographs of Port Nicholson chiefs in 1839 or 1840, first published in 1845. Wharepouri is on the left, pointing to his left with a mere in his right hand, with a background of Wellington Harbour and the ship Tory. Te Puni is on the right, holding a taiaha in his right hand, with a background of Petone Pa with a White Ensign flag flying, the Western Hills and part of the Harbour A copy of Heaphy's lithograph 'The two head chiefs of Port Nicholson. Warepori or 'Dark house' and Epuni or 'Greedy', published as Plate 1 in E. J. Wakefield's Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand (London, 1845) Other Titles - Warepori or dark house, Epuni or greedy, the two head chiefs of Port Nicholson Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Two lithographs, on sheet 225 x 285 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives -.

Date: 1840 - 1845

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: PUBL-0009

Description: Identifies Hutt River, Somes Island, Evans Bay and Wellington. Shows the huts of the first settlers at Petone. View from the western hills looking out towards the harbour entrance. Other Titles - Petone Another loose copy (black and white) at C-029-009. Original pen drawing at A-146-001. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) in book.. Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 242 x 405 mm, on sheet 370 x 540 mm.

Date: 1840

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: A-146-001

Description: A hill with fern and low scrub in the foreground, with a view across the bush-covered Hutt Valley and Petone to the Wainuiomata Hills, with the Harbour, Somes Island and four immigrant ships, the harbour entrance and Miramar Peninsula. There are houses built by the first European settlers on the beach, possibly along with the buildings of Petone Pa, although the latter are indistinguishable from the settlers' houses. The Pa may be hidden from sight by a low rise to the right. Original drawing for a lithograph in E. J . Wakefield's "Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand" (London, 1845) Plate 3, with title "Port Nicholson from the hills above Pitone in 1840". The lithograph includes in its foreground a Maori woman gathering crops or food and three pigs. The ships shown are probably the first four immigrant ships to arrive in Wellington, the Aurora, the Oriental, the Duke of Roxburgh and the Bengal Merchant. The ships arrived between 22 January and 28 February 1840. Other Titles - Petone Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title, signature, and "Portfolio D" [the latter inscribed by staff of the New Zealand Company in London.; Recto - top centre - No. 55. New Zealand Company Mar 23 1842 [the latter a stamp indicating the date the drawing was received by the New Zealand Company in London]. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen drawing 233 x 369 mm Provenance: Drawn for the New Zealand Company and sent to London. Purchased by Alexander Turnbull with other New Zealand Company material in 1915.

Date: 1840 - 1845

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Wakefield, Edward Jerningham, 1820-1879

Reference: C-029-009-a

Description: Shows the huts of the first settlers at Petone, and the first four ships to bring settlers to Wellington, anchored between Somes Island and Petone Beach. A view from the western hills looking out towards the harbour entrance. Identifies Hutt River, Somes Island, Evans Bay and Wellington The original drawing on which this lithograph is based is at A-146-001 The ships shown are probably the first four immigrant ships to arrive in Wellington, the Aurora, the Oriental, the Duke of Roxburgh and the Bengal Merchant. The ships arrived between 22 January and 28 February 1840 Other Titles - Petone Extended Title - Published in 'Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand' by Edward Jerningham Wakefield (London, 1845) Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - Presented to the Hutt Mechanics' Institute, with E. Jerningham Wakefield's best wishes for the success of the Institution [on separate card, in E J Wakefield's hand, in ink] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 240 x 405 mm on sheet 355 x 510 mm Provenance: Originally a donation from E J Wakefield to Hutt Mechanics Institute, a predecessor to Lower Hutt Public Library