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Date: 1863

From: Various artists :[1. A/U. Sketch of possible Maori fortification. 1800-1900s; 2. [Unidentified pa, sketch signed by R. Chapman]; Rangiriri, sketch of Maori works taken the day of the capture, 1863; 3. Earthworks at Rangiriri, Waikato, 1863; Plan of a pa, Massacre Bay, 1839; Section of a wall near a gateway / Heaphy].

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Chapman, R, active 1863

Reference: B-059-023

Description: Shows a plan of the Rangiriri pa, and a sketch of an unidentified pa seen between trees. Same as works at: B-043-015-6 and B-043-016-6. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph of pen drawing and notes on sheet 395 x 470 mm Transfers: Material of related provenance is at MS-Group-1233, PAColl-8066, A-352-009/016, A-327-013, A-357-022/026, and Ephemera..

Date: 1863

From: Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :[Notes and sketches of Maori fortifications, 1839-1863] [1] Notes relative to sketches; [2] Fighting stages Waitangi, Chatham I[slan]d. 1839; Waimate pa, 1839; Sunset Point, Auckland; Summit of Rangitoto Island, Auckland; [3] Ruapekapeka, section along red line in sheet 6 [4] Tauranga Ika Pah; [5] Earthworks at Rangiriri, Waikato, 1863; Plan of a pa, Massacre Bay, 1839; Section of a wall near a gateway; [6] [Unidentified pa, sketch signed by R. Chapman]; Rangiriri, sketch of Maori works taken the day of the capture, 1863.

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Chapman, R, active 1863

Reference: B-043-015-5

Description: At the top of the page, a view looking down on the Maori defensive earthworks (trenches) at Rangiriri Pa, Waikato. At the bottom of the page, oriented upside-down are, on the left, a plan view of a pa at Golden Bay (Massacre Bay) visited by Heaphy in the mid-late 1840s. On the right is a cross-section view of the stockade around the pa. The text below 'Section of walls near a gateway' [Massacre Bay] reads in part: The stockade was double, an inner line of pallisades standing a foot or 15 inches from the outer wall, which was formed by large posts being planted deep in the ground every 8 feet. Horizontal pieces were lashed to these, the first about three feet from the ground, the second at say seven feet, and the third at ten feet ... Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph of pen drawing and notes on sheet 395 x 470 mm

Date: 1863

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: A-145-004

Description: Shows Royal Navy storming party in earthworks, Rangiriri Pa (Waikato/Tauranga War, 1863-4). Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen sketch 228 x 305 mm

Date: 1864

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: B-043-017

Description: Shows 6 European soldiers on a small hilltop, repulsing an attack by 13 Maori, several of whom have been killed. There are cabbage trees and flax bushes on the hill Notes on back by A.W.F. Fuller, 7 May 1941, quoting extract from Gudgeon's "Defenders of New Zealand", page 125: "Captain Heaphy was with Col. Sir H. Havelock, V.C. on the 11th February 1864, reconnoitring the country near Waiari, in the Waikato, when a party of the 40th Regiment, who were bathing, were fired upon. A number of soldiers from the adjoining camp appeared on the scene as quickly as possible, but in some disorder, and Col. Havelock placed Capt Heaphy in charge of the detachment. A soldier was seen lying near the edge of the creek, wounded and bleeding, an artery having been severed. Capt Heaphy having some knowledge of surgery, volunteered to go to his assistance, &, having reached him, was engaged in taking up the artery when he was fired at by a body of natives, who were concealed in the fern close by. He was struck and slightly wounded in 3 places, but nevertheless succeeded in completing his work of humanity &, with the assistance of some soldiers, in carrying off the man..." See other depiction of this scene by Augustus Florance (which shows how the parapet fits into the general landscape with stream) "Maori tactics. Fight at Waiari on the Mangapiko River, NZ on the 11th of February 1864". ATL: C-031-001. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and wash 380 x 545 mm

Date: 1863

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: A-145-005

Description: Looking along the top of an earth wall at right. There is a trench to the left of it, and the left wall of the trench has regular arched niches in it. In the right background is a lake with canoes on it. Two cabbage trees are on the left Similar to ink sketches of the same subject, with the addition of the arch-shaped niches. The defence works were built on the ridge between July and November 1863, by the Waikato supporters of the Maori King movement, in preparation for a confrontation with British troops under General (Sir) Duncan Alexander Cameron. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - [Title in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash sketch, 255 x 337 mm

Date: 1863

From: Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :[Notes and sketches of Maori fortifications, 1839-1863] [1] Notes relative to sketches; [2] Fighting stages Waitangi, Chatham I[slan]d. 1839; Waimate pa, 1839; Sunset Point, Auckland; Summit of Rangitoto Island, Auckland; [3] Ruapekapeka, section along red line in sheet 6 [4] Tauranga Ika Pah; [5] Earthworks at Rangiriri, Waikato, 1863; Plan of a pa, Massacre Bay, 1839; Section of a wall near a gateway; [6] [Unidentified pa, sketch signed by R. Chapman]; Rangiriri, sketch of Maori works taken the day of the capture, 1863.

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Chapman, R, active 1863

Reference: B-043-016-6

Description: Shows a plan of the Rangiriri pa, a detail of the image at B-043-015-6 A detail of the sheet at B-043-015-6. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph of pen drawing on sheet

Date: [1863]

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: C-025-011

Description: A view from above Whangamarino Redoubt with three cannons in the foreground. The left one is firing out over river and plain. The river bends at the extreme right, or may join another. The gunboat (Pioneer) is in the river in the centre distance, near a fortification or pa with a flag flying. In a note on the back A W F Fuller quotes G W Rusden's History of NZ 1883, vol. II, page 167: "On the 29th October 1863, General Cameron with Commander Wiseman, reconnoitred Mere-Mere. Two 40 pound Armstrong guns had been previously landed at Whangamarino to command the landing place at Mere Mere. That stronghold was on a low ridge which approached the Waikato river. Traversed rifle-pits occupied the descent of the ridge to the river. Swamps almost encircled the ridge, & the Whangamarino & Maramarua rivers, or creeks, were available to the east for the possible retreat always aimed at by Maoris in their plans of fortification. The swamps were more water-laden than usual. The Maori flag floated in a pah where the ridge was 130 feet high. Every slope & projection from the ridge to the swamps was traversed with rifle-pits..." The mention of the flag appears to mean that the Maori pa is the one with the flag flying in the centre distance. Other Titles - Meremere Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Heaphy; Verso - centre - [Notes by A W F Fuller, 7 May 1941]. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia wash, 490 x 760 mm