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Letters - Allan Cunningham and William Colenso
Date: 1838-1839
From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Correspondence
Reference: MS-Papers-10533-1
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (14 pieces). Finding Aids: See listing in folder for details.
Murray Tapper - Tapper farm (Okauia, Matamata-Piako District)
Date: 2008
From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications
Reference: MS-Papers-9389-30
Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Robyn Vicki Lawrence on behalf of her brother Murray Tapper; History of the Tappers of Okauia compiled by Vicki Lawrence, 2009; Early history of Okauia, compiled by Mrs H Baxindine Snr, Mrs Annie Marsh, George Harrison, jack jones, Arthur Garland, Mar 1982 Original owner was Caleb Robinson Tapper who leased the land in 1908. It was acquired by Jack Victor Tapper in 1919. In 2008 it was owned by his grandson Murray Wayne Tapper and wife Gillian. In June 2008 the Tapper farm was sold to Murray & Nikki Hawkings ending over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. In April 2008 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 box(es) Hollinger (2 items). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs (some photocopies)
Journal of a visit to Waikato and Tauranga
Date: Jul-Oct 1834
From: Brown, Alfred Nesbit, 1803-1884 : Journals, correspondence and other papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4403-3
Description: Contains journal entitled `Journal of a Visit to Waikato and Tauranga'. The journal covers the period 19 July to 1 Oct 1834. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol). Physical Description: Holograph
Richard Hicks - Hicks farm (Maungatautari)
Date: 2007
From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications
Reference: MS-Papers-9137-15
Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Richard Hicks; history of the farm and Hicks family; photographs of family and farm Original owner was John Thomas Hicks who took up land at Maungatautari (288 Luck at Last Road) in 1899. It passed to one of his sons, Joseph Hart Hicks and then to Joseph's son, Richard. In 2007 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, photographs (some photocopies) Transfers: Digital versions of some or all of these papers are available at MSDL-0410.
Anne Catherine Wilson - Letters to her husband and other papers
Date: 1833-1838, nd
From: Wilson family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5512-09
Description: Comprises mostly letters to her husband, John, while he was at other mission stations in NZ, but also includes letters to Anne Wilson from Eliza Manwell (1835) and Elizabeth Geasey, both from Jersey, part of a letter from her mother (1832), Anne's last letter to her parents, and an account of Anne Wilson's death by Mrs A N Brown of the Tauranga mission station (1838) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Baptismal registers
Date: 1835-1964
From: Church of England in New Zealand Auckland Diocese : Church registers
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-16
Description: Registers of Lower Waikato, 1880-1906 (Only has the endpage for this register. All content for this register is on reel 15); Waimamaku, 1886-1958 (incl Hokianga 1886-1923); Waimate, 1835-1864; Mahurangi and Matakana, 1866-1899 (S Clements); Kaurawhere, Kaipara, 1874-1914; Warkworth, 1909-1937; Whangarei, 1860-1905; St Thomas' Burial Ground Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Graham, George Samuel fl 1861-1891 : Ngati Tamatera of Hauraki, tribal history and gene...
Date: [ca 1830-1901]
From: Auckland Public Library : Copies of selected volumes from their New Zealand Mss Collection
Reference: MSY-1862
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms with annotations (photocopies)
[Mouth of the Mercury River]
Date: [ca 1838-1840]
From: Laslett, Thomas, 1811-1887 : Journals
Reference: MS-Papers-8349-2-161
Description: Map of the mouth of the Mercury River by Thomas Laslett from his journal. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing 315 x 190 mm
Maraku, Kehu : The Petition of Kehu Maraku and others of Te Awamutu
Date: 18 August 1954
Reference: MS-Papers-4224
Description: A petition submitted to parliament by members of the Taranaki tribes Source of title - Title from first page Accompanying material - Accompanied by two printed blank petition forms from 1954 Petition is dated 18 August 1954 and is accompanied by typescript copy of the first deed of purchase 24 October 1839 of Port Nicholson by Maori to the New Zealand Land Company of London. Petition calls for tribunal to be established to investigate compensation question. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (29 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript with mss annotations Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Te Awamutu District Museum, 1987
Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :[Notes and sketches of Maori fortifications, 1839-1863] Plan...
Date: 1863 - 1839
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.
Reference: B-043-016-5-2
Description: On the left, a plan view of a fortified pa at Golden Bay. Rougly rectangular in shape, it is shown on a hilltop with a double palisade and two entrances. On the right is a side view of 'Section of walls near a gateway', showing a man crouched in a trench between two palisades, aiming a rifle through the base of the outer palisade. A lengthy note below explains the method of building palisades The image of 'Section of walls near a gateway' may refer to the pa at Massacre (Golden) Bay, or may refer to an associated lithograph by Heaphy Earthworks at Rangiriri, Waikato, 1863 (Copy held at B-043-016-5-1, or B-043-015-5-1). The note refers to the palisade protecting against shells or cannonballs, likely to be used by English troops, and not known to be in use against any pa in the Golden Bay area. However the Golden Bay pa shown appears to be a fully defensive one and is completely enclosed with a double palisade, offset entranceways, and a watch-tower Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - on backing sheet in pencil. C. Heaphy Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph of pen drawing and notes on cream paper, 246 x 382 mm glued to sheet 342 x 505 mm
Richard Hicks - Hicks farm (Maungatautari)
Date: 2007
From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications
Reference: MSDL-0410
Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Richard Hicks; history of the farm and Hicks family; photographs of family and farm Original owner was John Thomas Hicks who took up land at Maungatautari (288 Luck at Last Road) in 1899. It passed to one of his sons, Joseph Hart Hicks and then to Joseph's son, Richard. In 2007 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 3 Electronic document(s).