Places

Date: 1889

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Maps

By: O'Donahoo, Arthur O'Neill, -1911; Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/1889/Acc.37854

Description: Drawn on a survey template, the cadastral map shows part of section 3, Pito-one (later Petone), sections numbers 10 and numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 of section 10. Smaller sections are surveyed and show acreage. Note on map reads 'The boundaries were pointed out by Pakitaurae - Apiaka Renata, Heni Ihaka and Rangiwhaia who also instructed me to make the survey' written by O'Donahoo. Sections 1-4 face The Esplanade. Written on section 8 is 'W[orks] D[epartment] 939. Also written on map is 'Crown Grant 9G97, Hutt 3' and 'Deeds Index 3/9'. Signed by Chief Engineer. Written on map: 'WD (Works Department) 937', 'OG'. Note on map signed by O'Donahoo, that map correct with respect to the survey of Native Lands, 24 July, 1889. Written on map (after copying): Maori plan. Other Titles - Part of Section 3, Pito-one Other Titles - Part of Section 3, Petone Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - Stamped Survey office 4306/33. And 'date received' stamp. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 40.5 x 38 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Gear Meat Company Ltd. Further records 81 295.

Date: 1890

By: Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919; Briscoe, Edward Villiers, 1824?-1899

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/1890/Acc.6410

Description: Surveyed cadastral map of Pito-one (Petone) no. 1, consisting of 1a, 1b, 1c, Block 13, Belmont District, Lower Hutt, bounded by Jackson Street, Gear Street and the Hutt Road. Names of Maori owners written on sections are: Hana Te Puni, Taniora Anaru, Mawene Hohua, Matene Tauwhare. The section 1D (four acres) has buildings on it. Survey certified and signed by Edward V Briscoe, 4 June 1890, according to the Survey of Native lands. See also second copy (Acc.6413), shelved at 832.4796gbbd/1890, (ink and watercolour on card, linen backed) Includes pencil annotations on map, such as calculations, and some Maori names Other Titles - Subdivision 1D of Section number 3, Hutt District, Wellington Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - Stamped Survey Office, Wellington, 4409/19 ; 5.6.90.; Verso - top right - Edward V Briscoe, authorised surveyor Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [ca 1:792], 48.2 x 39.6 cm.

Date: 1939-1945

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0230-010

Description: Information re Peter Grant, Bluff whaling station, Weller Brothers station at Timaru, Molyneaux Station, Wybrow Station, abstarct from Joseph Price diary; Hokianga history; summary of information on early settlement map; brief notes on Mercury Island, Kennedy Bay, Great Barrier Island, Oahura, etc; list of sources for Hokianga; further notes on specific places in Auckland and north Auckland area; list of sources for area Waikato to Ngamotu; revised summary of Moku and Ngamotu including sources; list for sources for area Whanganui to Port Nicolson; notes on Pipitea-Port Nicolson; list of sources for area Ahuriri to Wharekahia; on - Wairoa, Nuhaka, Te Mahia, Waikokopu, Opou, Whangawehi, Wherowhero, Poverty Bay, Turanganui, Papawhariki, Makaraka, Tologa Bay, Tokomaru Bay, Waipiro, Tuparoa, Whareponga, Te Aramoa, Omewa, Rangitukia, East Cape, Te Araroa, Wharekahika; sources for Optiki to Tairua; notes on Ohiwa, Opotiki, Uretata, Whakatane, Whale Island; Matata, Maketu, Mokoia Island, Urewera, Tauranga, Matamata; notes and sources on Mercury Bay. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1843

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; New Zealand Company

Reference: MapColl-832.4793gbbd/1843/Acc.37837

Description: Cadastral map of part of the Roll Plan 544 held by the District's Office, Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington. Shows the Hutt District and part of the Harbour District and the Lowry Bay District. Each district is divided into numbered 100-acre blocks, listing owner's names, including: Molesworth, Watt, Child, Capt. Daniell, Hanson, Hunter, Wicksteed, Capt. Smith, Catchpool, Dr Evans, Kettle, St. Hill, Alzdorf, Riddiford, Stokes, Bidwell, Duppa, G Robins, J Forbes, W Tod, E Dunlop, D Grant, A Tennant, Hart, Partridge, Wieford, Parke, Bevans, Col. Wakefield, Jackson, T Wallace, Bevan. Shows over 20 Native (Maori) reserves. The map was surveyed by S.C. Brees, who was the principal surveyor for the New Zealand Company. The map shows the original 100 acre blocks as they were surveyed and sold. See also similar copies of same section of map, shelved at Acc.7921-2, donated by Lance Hall. See also MapColl-832.47gbbd/1843/Acc.11503-8 which is the entire map on several sheets. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 60.2 x 44.5 cm. Processing information: Map call number corrected to the right Boggs & Lewis area code for Hutt Valley [Igor, 01/11/2022].

Date: 1843

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; New Zealand Company; War Memorial Library (Lower Hutt, N.Z.); Hall, Lance, 1899-1985

Reference: MapColl-832.47gbbd/1843/Acc.7922

Description: Cadastral map of part of the Roll Plan 544 held by the District's Office, Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington. Shows the Hutt District and part of the Harbour District and the Lowry Bay District. Each district is divided into numbered 100-acre blocks, listing owner's names, including: Molesworth, Watt, Child, Capt. Daniell, Hanson, Hunter, Wickstead, Capt. Smith, Catchpool, Dr Evans, Kettle, St. Hill, Alzdorf, Riddiford, Stokes, Bidwell, Duppa, G Robins, J Forbes, W Tod, E Dunlop, D Grant, A Tennant, Hart, Partridge, Wieford, Parke, ?Revans, Col. Wakefield, Jackson, Wallace. The map was surveyed by S.C. Brees, who was the principal surveyor for the New Zealand Company. The map shows the original 100 acre blocks as they were surveyed and sold. See also second copy of map (positive photographic copy, shelved at Acc.7921). Written on this map (before copying): '50. 544. 2nd Jan, 1843'. Written on map verso: 'Hutt Valley 2nd Jan. 1843. S.C. Brees RP 544.' Written on recto: 'R[oll] P[lan] 544, By Sam Chas Brees, Principal surveyor NZ Company, 2nd Jany 1843.' 'Please return Lance Hall.' See also MapColl-832.47gbbd/1843/Acc.11503-8 which is the entire map on several sheets. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 59 x 44.5 cm.

Date: 1886

By: Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919; Wyles & Buck (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/1886/Acc.9420

Description: Cadastral map of the Pito-one Town Board district, showing sections 1-8 and 79, street layout, property boundaries, numbered residential sections, dwellings, railways, businesses and cemeteries. The town is bounded by sections 19, 78, 16, 17, 9 and 10 and a Native (Maori) reserve. The area west of the Wellington - Napier railway is shaded as hill country. The map includes a large Public Works Department, the Pito-one Station, brewery, timber yard, the Gear Company Works and wharf, Marine Retreat Hotel, woollen factory, schools, Wainuiomata waterworks main, Waltonville, the Working Men's Club, Oddfellows Hall, churches, and two Maori cemeteries (urupa) along the esplanade. Names on the map include: Te Ahi Parara, Te Upoko o te Poaka, Mr Tyer, Mr Kelly (shoemaker), Matene Tauwhare, Mr Reston, Mr Manning, Mr Ridler, Mr Chapman, Dr Hector, and Mr E Barber. This map is an annotated manuscript copy and is uncompleted. See also the completed version, shelved at MapColl-832.4796gbbd/1886/Acc.9419. Other Titles - Plan of Pito-one Town Board district [ms map]. Compiled from official sources by Messrs Wyles & Buck, civil engineers, Wellington, 1886. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, watercolour and pencil on paper, linen backed, scale [1:3 960], 55.5 x 96 cm.

Date: 1839 - 1840

By: New Zealand Company; Cobham, Samuel, 1799-1881; Dixson Library (University of New England)

Reference: MapColl-832.4796a/1839/Acc.15647

Description: Plan of the proposed city of Wellington that was to be located near the mouth of the Hutt River and Petone, Lower Hutt City. The plan covers 1361 acres, exclusive of streets and terraces, with 261 acres for government purposes, squares, public buildings, hospitals, schools, markets, wharves, and 1100 acres for settlers for building purposes. The town is laid out in a grid pattern, with the Hutt River running through the centre, and a terrace around the periphery. Several blocks on the plan are allocated for specific purposes, such as government offices, prison, public baths, museum, barracks, president's palace, college of surgeons. Four cemeteries are proposed on the corners of the plan, each of eight acres. Note on map says the town is to be surrounded by 1100 farms of 100 acres each. Note on map before copying states each blank square is 8 acres. Stamped Dixson Library, public library of NSW. Note on map before copying: Designed by Samuel Cobham, Newgate Street, where plans may be had. Note on map before copying: W Lake, lith, 50, Old Bailey, London. Written on map: Ca 84/1. See also second, linen backed, copy Acc.1269. The original of this photographic copy, is held in National Archives, LS 2094. (Negative no. 692, JMJ. '11'). See also larger, coloured, mounted copy - MapColl-832.4796a/1839/Acc.15648. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy of lithograph, scale indeterminable, 30.2 x 39.5 cm.