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Date: [1830-1944]

By: King family

Reference: MS-Group-0503

Description: Comprises correspondence between Thomas King and Mary Chilman (later King), and between King and various family members and friends; King's business correspondence, especially relating to coastal shipping; papers relating to King's election to the House of Representatives (1853-1855, 1860) and to the Taranaki Provincial Council (1856, 1857-1861); a few relating to his career as manager of the Bank of New Zealand in New Plymouth (1861-1876); and a considerable amount relating to his position as chairman of the New Plymouth Harbour Board (1876-ca1889). Other papers include correspondence from Mary King to her husband, clippings and correspondence relating to Truby and Newton King, sons of Thomas and Mary King, various papers relating to Taranaki incidents including petitions, list of electors (1852) and other papers. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - A previous collection of King family papers was received 1970-1971 from Mrs Mary White, Australia, the adopted daughter of Truby King and further letters from Thomas to Mary King are at MS-Papers-1004-01 Quantity: 70 folder(s). 9 volume(s). 1.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs Anna Saunders on behalf of the Wilfred King family, Wellington, Sep 1996 Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - Five items; (1) Plan of New Plymouth produced by the Survey Office, 10 April 1860; (2) hand-drawn map of Mangorei, Waiwhakaiho and Te Henui river area with sections and native lands shown (nd); (3) Plan of the settlement of New Plymouth with ownership of some sections added and annotated; (4) Map of London showing Westminster and the borough of Southwark (n); and `Daily Mail' special map of the far east, London geographical Society (nd) - To Photographic Archive - Mounted photo of Devon St, New Plymouth; one of a group of soldiers; and a portrait of a man, possible Thomas King.

Date: 1835-1893

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-077

Description: Includes a preface and translation in S P Smith's hand with a note: `A large part of this has been embodied in "Hist. and Trad. of Taranaki Coast"'. There is also a covering note signed by W H S (W H Skinner) on the provenance of the ms with a genealogy of Teira Whatakore attached. Also includes letter from T M Hocken to Smith, Dunedin 1 Jun 1893, forwarding books and precis of copies or extracts of Colonial Office material, Sep 1835, on the `Alligator' and J Guard affair. The manuscript gives a biographical account of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea, with whakapapa, with much information about his role in conflicts between Taranaki and other iwi, and between Taranaki and the Government in the first Taranaki campaign (1860) in the New Zealand wars; the document also discusses the shipwreck `Harriet' and the treatment received by the survivors; there are also translations of the material. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1832-1869

By: Whiteley, John, 1806-1869

Reference: qMS-2212-2213

Description: The journal records Whiteley's journey to NZ; his work as a Wesleyan missionary at Hokianga, Pakanae and Kawhia; a quarrel with Rev W White; an attempt at mediation in an intertribal war; his attitude to the Maori uprising; the Waitara problem, and the Taranaki war; his discussions with G Grey, D McLean and R Parris on Maori-Pakeha relations. Journal lacks entries for 1837, Jul 1843-1860 Quantity: 2 volume(s) (217 pages). Physical Description: Typescripts (34 cm; ½ Royal blue calf; 2nd copy, ¼ green leather)

Date: 1832-1863, 1968-1974

By: Bell, Gerda Elizabeth, 1903-1992

Reference: MS-Papers-1564

Description: Drafts of biography `Ernst Dieffenbach: rebel and humanist'. Also correspondence with research institutes and publishers and copies of correspondence and other writings by Dieffebach. Ernest Dieffenbach (1811-1855), in NZ from 1839-1840, was engaged by the New Zealand Company as a surgeon and naturalist. He explored around Waikato and Taupo, visited the Chatham Islands and was the first man to climb Mt Egmont. On his return to England he described in journals his experiences in NZ Relationship complexity - Further research papers at 87-150 Quantity: 15 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts (mainly photocopies) Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 29 November 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-062

Description: William and Agnes Syme came from Dollar in Clackmannan, Scotland in 1875 with seven of their three children in the Forfarshire. Farmed first at Egmont Village and later at Onaero, Taranaki. William helped to build the breakwater at New Plymouth. Most of the family took up farming. Syme's Beach at Onaero is named after them. Includes details of their children and photograph of William and Agnes taken in May 1861, the farm house at Onaero, ca 1896, Amelia and Mabel Syme, Wellington, 1890 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: 1839-1886

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2281

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1830-1859

By: Woon, William (Rev), 1803-1858

Reference: qMS-2292-2293

Description: Deals mainly with the years 1830-1853 when Woon was a Wesleyan missionary in Tonga, in the Hokianga area, at Kawhia, Manukau and Heretoa. The journal which concludes with entries by Woon's wife Jane, is especially concerned with Woon's missionary work, domestic matters, his translation of the scriptures into Tongan and Maori, and with their printing. Included are transcripts of some letters sent to the Wesleyan Missionary Society, and reports received on Heke's war Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (33 cm; brown buckram, marbled boards, brown calf)

Date: 1839-1868

By: Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873

Reference: MS-Papers-0953

Description: Material relating to the discovery of moa bones, 1839, and wars in the Bay of Islands, Wellington, Taranaki, and East Coast. Letters etc in Maori 1846-1868; text of the `Taupo martyrs'; and an account of the Forest Rangers. Language - Letters in Maori, 1846-1868 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and mss (photocopies)

Date: 1836-1869, 1910

By: Bolland family

Reference: MS-Papers-2004

Description: Chiefly family letters from William Bolland, first minister at New Plymouth, 1843-1847; and from his wife Jane, after his death. Also two letters from Bishop Selwyn, and one from John Morgan, Wanganui to Rev W E Bolland, Norfolk, England, dated 1910 Included are three letters by William Bolland to his mother Sarah Bolland. In two of them William describes his happiness at having married Jane Wright. They were married in 1841, and sailed for Taranaki the same year. In three letters written by Jane from New Zealand she describes their arrival, life as a clergyman's wife, her home, and nursing her son through an illness. A two page sheet entitled `Description of Sunday', was probably also written by Jane. Quantity: 3 folder(s) (18 pieces). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: 1832-1863

By: Whiteley, John, 1806-1869

Reference: MS-2390

Description: Records Whiteley's journey to New Zealand; work as a Methodist missionary at Hokianga, Pakanae and Kawhia; quarrel with the Rev W White; attempt at mediation in an intertribal war; attitude to the Waitara question and the Taranaki war; discussions with Sir George Grey, Donald McLean and R R Parris on Maori and Pakeha relations; journal lacks entries Jul 1843-1860 Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - See typed transcript available (qMS-2212 or qMS-2213) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (542 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (20cm, ½ blue calf, blue slip case)

Date: 1839 - 1845 - 1840

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Day & Haghe (Firm); Hay, Douglas, active 1991

Reference: C-026-005

Description: Shows a view from the water with a canoe in right foreground, and 2 sailing ships further away. In far left distance is the row of Sugar Loaves. Mt Taranaki (Egmont) is at centre-right background. Probably printed as pre-publication copy. Lacks letterpress of version published in E.J. Wakefield's "Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand..."(1845). Title from published volume: ATL has this at f919.31 WAK 1845. Lithograph based on drawings done in either 1839 ("Tory" expedition) or 1840 (surveying trip to Ngamotu, Taranaki). Extended Title - From: Wakefield, E. J. "Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand..." (1845) but without letterpress. Inscriptions: Unsigned, undated. No title. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, image 136 x 266 mm, on sheet 378 x 555 cm.

Date: 1834, 1838 [ca 1920]

From: McArthur & Company Ltd: Smoke and water damaged manuscripts and printed items

Reference: 84-251-2/04

Description: Accounts of the wreck of the ship Harriet off Taranaki coast, and the Jean Bart off the Chatham Islands 1838. Includes newspaper extracts recalling the Harriet wreck. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Possibly George Conrad Petersen collection.

Date: 1879 - 1832 - 1880

From: Hodgkins family including William Mathew Hodgkins :[Sketchbook and scrapbook, 1880s]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-038-q-2-002

Description: A small mortar or cannon on a wheeled carriage, standing on a wooden platform, possibly seen by the artist on a visit to New Plymouth in 1879. There is a rough indication of trees beyond the cannon The text may be a transcription of text in Maori and English below the cannon depicted. There appear to be words written on a plaque beneath the mouth of the cannon. The cannon, known as Dicky Barrett, was first located in Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, from 1875. Other Titles - Moturoa Inscriptions: Album page - bottom left - text in pencil in the hand of W M Hodgkins Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on grey sketchbook page, 230 x 142 mm

Date: 1833-1861, n d

By: Whiteley, John, 1806-1869

Reference: MS-Papers-0484

Description: Correspondence and documents concerning Whiteley's involvement with Maori and their protection. Includes items relating to land purchases from Maori. Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts (photocopies of some items) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1838-1920

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2772

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1839

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

Reference: A-146-004

Description: Shows a canoe with sails on the water, and a pa (likely to be Haera Hau Pa) perched on a cliff promontory overlooking the river. There are canoes drawn up on the narrow beach under the cliff and low scrub and a path rising up the cliff face. The view is from the right bank looking southeast across the river mouth and inland, with the pa on the cliff above the left bank Heaphy visited Patea Pa (and Waimate Pa), Taranaki, in 1839 on a journey with Robert Park. A sketchbook recording the trip is in Auckland Museum Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Chas Heaphy / Portfolio D; Recto - top centre - (In red ink): No 18 Watercolour similar to this sketch is at the Hocken, Library Reference Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 Williams, E.A. (Edward Arthur), ca. 1824-1898 Patea, 1839, 95/89. https://hakena.otago.ac.nz/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/COLLECTIONS/WEB_COLL_DET_REP/SISN 444?sessionsearch accessed 28 November 2022. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 228 x 305 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company collection. Purchased by Alexander Turnbull, London, 1915. Processing information: Pa site identified as Haera Hau Pa, following researcher information in November 2022. Hocken Library has watercolour of this sketch identified as Haera Hau Pa. See also "Ealry Māori", 'Patea Historical Society', https://www.pateahistoricalsociety.org.nz/early-maori.html, accessed 28 November 2022 - for a description of the Pa.

Date: 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.

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

Reference: B-043-015-2

Description: Four images on one page: Raised Maori constructions for battle at the Chatham Islands; a drawing of Waimate Pa, Taranaki, a clifftop pa at Patea (?); a cliff face on the Auckland foreshore; the crater area and remains of earlier Maori fortification on Rangitoto Island Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph of pen drawings and notes on sheet 395 x 470 mm

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

Date: 1839 - 1849

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Wynyard, Robert Henry (Sir), 1802-1864; Groshinski, Brian Peter, 1944-

Reference: A-145-011

Description: A view from the sea, showing a three-masted barque, possibly intended to represent the Tory, in the left foreground. The Sugar Loaf Islands and volcanic peak Paritutu in right foreground. Mount Egmont and foothills in the background. Mount Egmont or Taranaki is represented rather more accurately in this view, than in Heaphy's Mount Egmont from the Southward, where its cone is depicted with too great a perfection. Possibly an imaginative reconstruction by the artist of his voyage aboard the Tory past Mt Taranaki in 1839 or 1840. Other Titles - Taranaki Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C. HEAPHY 1849 [in ink]; Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white with scraping out 144 x 183 mm on embossed sheet of wove card, 236 x 284 mm Provenance: Collection of Major-General R. H Wynyard, commander of the 58th Regiment in Northland 1845-1846, and resident in Auckland 1847-1858; passed to his descendants and purchased from them in the early 1970s by Wellington art dealer Brian Groshinski; purchased by Mr B. L. Russell of Lower Hutt, 1979. Processing information: Name field updated May 2024 following information from a researcher. Previously included the name for the ship 'Tory".

Date: 1835-1969

By: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Diocese of Wellington

Reference: MS-Papers-1925

Description: Extensive central records for major boards and committees, educational trusts, and cathedral fund (1899-1930). Also Bishop Hadfield's correspondence file for 1845-1903. Parish records for the whole diocese include registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Maori census registers for Kapiti, Wellington and Nelson; Maori mission registers for Otaki 1852-1875 and Putuki 1856-1867; records of St Margaret's Church, Taihape Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also 89-008, 87-181 and 94-235; MS-Group-0062 (St James' Church, Lower Hutt). Further Otaki Parish records are held by the Horowhenua Historical Society) Quantity: 210 volume(s). 213 folder(s). 10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - 29 numbered prints - Artist's impression of new St Paul's Cathedral (T V Ellis, 1945) - To Photographic Archive - Loose photographs mainly pertaining to St Margaret's Church, Taihape and district.