Places

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-035-1

Description: Unfinished. Shows bush with a faint indication of Mount Ruapehu Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 283 x 230 mm

Date: 1840-1865

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1050

Description: Comprise Meade's journals on the Esk and Curacao, botanical, biological, meteorological and and scientific observations, sandal wood, and the journal of a tour from Auckland to Taranaki 1849-1850 by Governor Grey Source of title - Transcribed Brenchley first visited the Pacific in 1850 with the French traveller, Jules Remy, during his American tour. He later visited New Zealand in 1864 with Lt Herbert Meade RN, and involved himself in Maori affairs. From Sydney he visited Pacific islands in the Curacoa in 1865 and the Esk in 1866. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1993

Date: Before 1854

From: Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898: Maori manuscripts

Reference: MSY-2108

Description: Contains various waiata and moteatea etc. Many of these relate to the Ngati Toa, Te Ati Awa and Ngati Raukawa, with many others relating to Te Arawa and Waikato. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (photocopy) Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1840

Reference: MapColl-832.15gmfw/1840/Acc.6850

Description: Diagrammatic map drawn on higher ground overlooking the scene where the HMS Buffalo navy ship was wrecked ('28th July 1840, at 10 am'). Map shows the site was wrecked, in a flat, sandy beach area, the thickly wooded hills behind it, the encampment of those who were in the wrecked ship, points on the beach where parts of the ship were washed ashore, and an area of flat marshy ground. Also depicted is the neighbouring pa site (maori village) of the Chief Teraroa, ('Teraroa's hippah'), the encampment of the part of the Buffalo's crew 'who were employed in the firest, preparing the cargo, Mercury River, part of Wiritianga's pa site, as well as Mr Brown's wharf-store and settlement ('Buffalo's store's were landed there'). Signature of creator on map but hard to distinguish. Appears to be ?T. Laslett. Shows several drawings of trees, buildings at Brown's settlement, navy tents. Other Titles - pa site Stamped in right hand bottom corner 'Hydrog[raphic] Office, 20 Au. 41'. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 32 x 45 cm.

Date: 13 Jan 1840

From: Treadwells : Legal documents

Reference: MS-Papers-2634-1/13

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for description of contents of this folder.

Date: 1943-1944

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material

Reference: MS-Papers-0230-008

Description: Correspondence and letters concerning the history and activities of whalers in New Zealand during the early and mid 18th century. Mostly concerns activities in Northland, Kawhia and Tauranga. Also includes extracts of verbatim evidence from various Maori from these districts. Also includes whakapapa for the Kennedy family from Ngati Porou, and biographical information for the Kennedy, Mair, Clendon, Tapsell & other families. Includes census of Europeans residing in Northern District, 1846 (from Clendon mss in Auckland Public Library) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-023

Description: Shows part of a pa in the foreground, with a large pataka on the left, a wharenui on the right, palisades and rolling hills leading down to the lake in the middle distance. A faintly-drawn in hill in the distance is marked as Motutaiko Mountain, possibly Motutaiko Island Other Titles - Motutaiko. Te Hiwiherri Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 222 x 333 mm

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-071

Description: This biographical outline traces the life of William George Cleaver, sergeant in 58th Regiment of Foot. The story tells of his marriage to Charlotte McDowell and sets out his later years as settler on the Coromandel Peninsula at Tairua and Whitianga Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes photograph

Date: 1840

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-106C

Description: Contains official copies of correspondence relating to land claims from Te Tai Tokerau and Pewhairangi (i.e. Bay of Islands, the word is a transliteration), Waikato and Whanganui. Includes various documents relating to Whanganui giving extensive lists of names for the purchase of guns, powder and flint by Whanganui Maori; lists of Whanganui Maori working for the Regional Magistrate and their salaries; census of friendly natives, Whanganui district. The last document is the original of the deed by which Nopera Parakareao and other Te Rarawa chiefs sold the Muriwhenua lands of Te Aupouri to the Rev Richard Taylor, witnessed by William Gilbert Puckey, 20 January 1840. A translation of this in Taylor's hand is in MS-Papers-0075-106E. Written only two weeks before the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi to secure private property rights for Taylor (before the arrival of Hobson and the signing of the Treaty) but the publication of Gipps's proclamations of 14 January 1840 invalidated the sale. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1845

Reference: MapColl-832.17a/1845/Acc.35737

Description: Sketch map of the river Mokau depicting several placenames along the length of the river; also indicates the old road, boundary of land offered for sale. Note on map reads 'Supposed length of sketch 40 miles to Maotukaramu settlement'. Nga[ti] Tamariki, Otumaru, indicated. Note on map reads: 'No diffficulty for canoes from heads up'. Scale corrected before copying. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, scale [ca. 1: 63 360], 46 x 33 cm.

Date: 1840

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/4/6-Acc.36921

Description: Consists of several pages of notes relevant to maps in the series on Tainui Territory. Includes Tainui canoe area as at 1840; Principal tribal areas and sub-tribal areas. Also includes The hauling chant of the Tainui canoe in Maori and translated into English as well as Maori traditions and legends. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) (typescript). Physical Description: Several pages of notes on Tainui Territory - placenames etc Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1846-1866, nd

From: Buller, James, 1812-1884 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0180-13A

Description: Contains letters [and translations] sent to Buller and McLean about religious topics, land tenure and transfer, the education of Maori children in Mission Schools, reports about the activities of Missionaries and parishioners; also contains a census of Maori in the South Auckland area, and a letter asking Buller to forbid the sale of alcohol at a gathering near Christchurch Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: [ca 1847-1860]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-079

Description: These papers span folders 079 to 081. A note dated Apr 1918 in S P Smith's hand describes the contents as "Original papers supplied to the Govt paper `Karere Maori' in the fifties of last century - mostly in the writing of H A H Monro, native interpreter, Thos H Smith Asst Under Sec Native Dept, and others". The papers include both Maori and English versions of papers for publication. This volume contains drafts of articles, notices and advertisements dealing with market information, opinions about land transactions, the boundaries of various land blocks, Biblical texts and proclamations from the Governor; there is also a letter from Hawkes Bay Maori about the conflict between Te Hapuku and Te Moananui, promising that Pakeha will not be interfered with, and an account of the British colonisation of India and concerns about the effects on the Hindu and Muslim religions. Arrangement: According to Smith's note these papers also originally included letters to Donald McLean from Henry and William Halse and from John Rogan. These letters are now separate, in folders 071 and 129. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1844 - 1912

Reference: MS-Papers-3703

Description: Includes land settlements and wills. Names include - William and Sarah Marshall, Van Dieman's Land & John Hume (1844); Robert Roberts (late of Collingwood, Victoria who died 1855); John Creuze Hingston Ogier & Mark Moss (Melbourne, 1869); Ellen Ainger, daughter of Henry James Ainger of Christchurch (birth certificate, 1873); William Hardy, Sydney, 1847; Jacob Abraham Cantor, Melbourne, 1876. Deed between Samuel Hesketh and William Ernest Moore, and Amokoha Karipa, Te Patu Takarua, Ngaki Hopa and Hinewai Topetu, all of Parawera, 1912; Robert Thomas Pocklington (late of NZ but now in Melbourne), 1865 & 1868; Ellen Ainger re John Suart (deceased), 1894; Richard Symes Warry of Brisbane, 1859; John Vickery Byrant, 1897; Charles Stubbs of Christchurch, 1876 Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs

Date: [1990-1991]

From: Simpson, Mīria, 1922-2002: Collection

Reference: 2002-379-274

Description: Four folders (1) Bay of Plenty; (2) Herald - Bunbury; (3) Port Nicholson; and (4) Waikato - Manukau 'Nga Kupu Korero: People of the Treaty speak' exhibition held at the National Library Gallery in 1992, which toured New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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

Date: 30 Sep 1847

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0671B-05

Description: Letter informing McLean of Te Rauparaha's efforts to gain Maori allies in the Waikato and Thames Accompanying material - Includes translation by Michael Rotohiko Jones Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-020

Description: Steam rising from springs on a hillside. Three Maori seated part way up the hill. On 26 October 1844 Angas was at the southern edge of Lake Taupo and the scene is probably at Tokaanu Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 338 x 232 mm

Date: 1846

From: Papers relative to the Wesleyan Missions and to the state of heathen countries. Published quarterly, 1820-1870s?

Reference: PUBL-0139-105

Description: View of three buildings at Kawhia Harbour, including the home of the missionaries (the large building in the centre) and possibly the school or church in the distance. The foreground building appears to be a barn. The area is fenced with some gardens and agricultural activities being carried out. Part of the harbour with yachts can be seen to the left. Physical Description: Wood engraving, 90 x 135 mm

Date: 1849 - 1852 - 1851

From: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: A series of lithographic drawings from sketches in New Zealand

Reference: PUBL-0032-5

Description: Shows a Maori whare with porch and doorway, and a carved figure at the front end of the ridgepole. A man and woman in the left foreground, and three others figures stand or sit at the front of the whare. At the extreme right, two figures take a canoe to the water's edge. Another whare with a thatched roof appears in the bushes near the water. All figures are dressed in a mixture of traditional and European clothing, some in cloaks, some in blankets over shirts or dresses. Other Titles - Hauraki Pa There is also a two-tone lithograph of this image at C-054-008. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: 1 hand-coloured lithograph, 270 x 396 mm