Places

Date: 1956

By: Trask, E E, active 1956; Automobile Association (Wellington, N.Z.) Inc.

Reference: MapColl-832.18cdh/1956/Acc.9633

Description: Hand drawn map of the Waikato River from Lake Taupo to Waipapa. Includes Whakamaru and Maraitai Lakes and the proposed Ohakuri, Atiamuri and Waipapa Lake. Settlements and roads are named. Ms map amongst Automobile Association maps donated 1970 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil on card, linen backed, coloured, scale [1:126 720], 47 x 48.6 cm. Provenance: Signature of E.E. Trask, 2/8/56 bottom right corner Handwritten note on bottom right corner - State Hydro Dept., (Mr. Heine) 9/8/56

Date: 1935-1939

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0131

Description: Contains correspondence, records and accounts pertaining to building projects and also a form applying for subsidised unemployed Maori labour for development work Includes a letter written to Ngata re: return of Mokena Kohere's sword which was damaged in a house fire in 1935. Includes printed material "Te Reo Wairua", published in May 1938. Other Titles - He Hui Whakamahara ki a Timi Kara. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1863 (18--), (19--)

By: Plummer, Albert, 1840-1926

Reference: MS-Papers-10861

Description: Reminiscences of a volunteer who served with the Waikato regiments, 1863, and in 1864 with the Hawke's Bay Co. He describes action, treatment of prisoners including a period on Chatham Islands where he held a victualling contract when Te Kooti and his followers seized the `Rifleman', 4 Jul 1868, and escaped to Poverty Bay Relationship complexity - Duplicate copy of original at MS-Papers-2288 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (14 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1903

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B030

Description: Mostly songs, some whakapapa. Other - 1 loose leaf page inserted at the beginning of book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Black paper covers, 22 cm., vol numbered 18

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: 1863

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-119C

Description: Contains miscellaneous material consisting of a mixture of official letters and papers re land, together with notes White collected for `Ancient history of the Maori' and other projects. Includes the minutes of a meeting held at Te Puku Mahi Tamariki (whare runanga), Waikanae [1886], listing Wi Kingi Te Rangitake and Wi Tako Ngatata among the speakers. Also includes a copy of Tuteremoana's oriori by Hata Rio; `He Karakia Mauri'; He Tangi mo Epiha Putini. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1860s

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: Micro-Art-004

Description: 1. Sketchbook of a journey up the Rangitikei River 1862 (51 drawings); 2.Sketchbook of a journey to Havelock and the Pelorus Sound and Central Otago, 1864 (75 drawings); 3. A journey up the Manawatu River, 1862 (94 drawings); 4.Journey up the Wanganui River, 1861 & 1862 and other journeys (71 drawings - ); 5. A journey from Upper Hutt to Waikanae, Jan 1863. 6. A journey to the Waikato, Feb. 1864; 7 & 8. A journey to the Wairarapa, 1863. Physical Description: Negative microfilm (486 frames)

Date: 1930

By: Fifield, W E, active 1930s

Reference: MapColl-832.18cdc/[ca.1930?]/Acc.5829

Description: Hand-drawn map of the area from Taumarunui following the main trunk line and the Ongarue River northwards to Mangeokewa River to the Waikato River and Waihaha River to Waituhi. Creeks, streams and rivers are named, some marked in blue. Watersheds of the Mokau, Wanganui and Waikato Rivers are prominently marked as are land blocks and mountain peaks which include height in feet. Lines of the Taringamotu Company's Tram and the Mangapehe Tram are drawn and the map includes many references to tram formations. Directions with mileages are given to Lake Taupo. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:63 360], 87.5 x 78.2 cm.

Date: 1862-1864

By: Shepherd, Isaac, active 1862-1864

Reference: qMS-1797

Description: Letters and papers dealing more particularly with Native Affairs. Most of the letters are to George Law, Civil Commissioner, and they report on the activities of the Maoris round Taupo, news of the war in the Waikato, and the King movement Clerk and interpreter to the Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate at Taupo Quantity: 1 volume(s) (50 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; brown buckram)

Date: 1941-1942

From: New Zealand Red Cross Society : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-0258-03C

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1934-1940

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-60

Description: Includes Native Land Court documents of the Wellington region; newspaper cuttings dealing with major and minor issues of the period including the Report of the Native Affairs Commission and Apirana Ngata; tributes and obituaries, horse racing, comic caption competitions, Maori land settlements of the time, articles on brothels, concerts, Maori history, New Zealand flora and fauna Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: 1866-1880

By: Maunder, Nicholas Thomas, 1848-1929

Reference: Micro-MS-0367

Description: Account of voyage out to New Zealand in the ship `England', 1866. Maunder settled in the Waikato, and in 1869 returned to England to bring out his family. He came out again by the ship `City of Auckland'. The diary continues with an account of their first months in the Waikato up to September 1871. Then there are brief entries, `Memoranda of farm operations' from 1875-1880. Some of his land was situated near Ohaupo Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 240 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: 1901 - 1921

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: Valuation New Zealand; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Auckland District Office; New Zealand. Printing and Stationery Department; Mackay, John, 1851-1937

Reference: MapColl-832.17gbbd/1904-/Acc.35525

Description: A cadastral map of rural lands open for selection on lease in perpetuity, of the area from the Te Awaroa River to the Wai-inumia Stream, including the Kawhia-Alexandra Road. This base map has numbered sections, some have been coloured, and include acreages, owners' names and dates handwritten in each section. A small map, named Kawhia North S.D., mounted at the top left of the main map, is of sections 5 and 7 which are adjacent to the Awaroa River and one and a half miles to the Hauturu P.O. Includes one owners' name, acreage and a mounted cutting about section 5 and handwritten information including the poster number and date. A second cutting about section 3 is mounted on the bottom left of the main map and includes the relevant poster number and date. The map on the reverse has some sections outlined in red with a prominent note stating 'Superseded. See map on face'. The base maps are of sections in the Kawhia County. Auckland land district No. 753. A schedule of the second class land is referred to in a key. The map includes directions to the nearby settlement of Kawhia, and the vegetation and terrain are named. A schedule of second class land is referred to in a key and include the section number, acreage and rent. Instructions to applicants and a caution follow the with the printed name of James Mackenzie, Commissioner of Crown Lands. A statement on the left side of the map begins 'second class surveyed land, 3610 acres'. Includes the application date of 7th. September 1904 at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland. The inset map is a locality plan of the area from Helensville to Hawke's Bay. Handwritten names listed are: Y.B. Berntsen, H.C. Noonan, A.G. Williams, a. Dickson, H.W. Cuff, F.L. Morine, Charlotte Titchmarsh, C.C. Bagnall, K. Morine, A.L. Turrell, F.W. Walker, W.H. Armstrong, D.A. McLaren, D. Cullen, I. Neilson, W.J. Grier, D & D.H. Cavers of Hauturu, C.A. Mowat, W. Brownlie, E.E. Berryman, Elizabeth Irwin, S.T. Doe, Werner Althoff, V.H. Thatcher, J.R. Noonan, Paki Ahipu, W.W. Kerr, F. Cavers, W.D. Cavers, Alice Isabel Pearson. Inset: Kawhia County locality plan. Scale [1:2 534 400] Base map: Plan of sections in Kawhia County. Series, Auckland Land District No. 753. [Wellington, N.Z.], John Mackay, Govt. Printer, [1904] Title written in blue pencil on right hand side and subtitle adapted by cataloguer from that of the base map. Other Titles - Kawhia North survey district rural Quantity: 3 map(s) The map on the verso is a copy of the larger map on the recto with variations detailed below. Includes a small map mounted on the recto.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scales vary, 70.8 x 52.4 cm or smaller, on sheet 85 x 76.7 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation New Zealand, February 1991

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: 1864

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Smith, Russell Wordsworth, 1913-1983

Reference: E-125

Description: Scenes of East Coast area, Hauraki Gulf, Waikato, Northland and Picton Attribution on stylistic grounds Supplied title. Quantity: 40 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink or ink and wash on paper 135 x 180 mm in album ([68]p.), ¼ dark blue morocco, purple buckram Provenance: Previously owned by Mr Russell Smith of Masterton

By: McComish, James Cox, active 1957

Reference: MapColl-832.17grcm/1946/Acc.29642

Description: A base map of the nomenclature of the northern slopes of Mt. Ruapehu has been used to give the position of existing and proposed huts. Existing huts are marked in green and named as Salt Hut, Aorangi Hut, R.S.C. Hut, Glacier Hut. Proposed huts are marked in red and named as Tongariro Hut, R.S.C. Memorial Hut, A.S.C. Hut, while Otaihare Hut has been crossed through. Sites of other huts are marked in black ink and named as Alpine Hut, T.T.C. site, Otaihape Hut, A.S.C. Hut and M.T.C. Hut. A reference key states 'Wanganui above R.S.C., Puketoi below Tongaririo, Levin Waiohehu near A.S.C'. Other Titles - Huts on Mount Ruapehu '43' is handwritten in pencil centre left of the bottom edge. Base map: Nomenclature map of northern slopes of Mt. Ruapehu / J.C. McComish. [Auckland, N.Z.]: Ruapehu Ski Club (Inc.), [1943] Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, coloured, scale not given, 41.3 x 32.4 cm.

Date: 1869-1872

By: Gubbins, Arthur Winthrop, 1844-1902

Reference: MS-Papers-3807

Description: The journal covers the period Sept 1869 to March 1872. It describes the breaking in and development of the Gubbins brothers' farm and comments on pioneering life in the Waikato. Part 2, p 17, 18 and part of p 28 are missing. It appears to have been transcribed in 1974 by E McDonald who also provides an introduction to the journal entitled `Mr Gubbins comes to Auckland in 1869 and buys a farm in the Waikato',which gives biographical details about Arthur Gubbins. Publication - Published in Auckland-Waikato Historical journal, nos 24, 25, 27 (Apr, Oct 1974, Oct 1975) Source of title - supplied title Gubbins and his brother Evans emigrated from Ireland to New Zealand and took up land at Ohaupo, south of Hamilton, in 1869. He later returned to Ireland and married Katherine O'Grady. They returned to New Zealand in 1879 and bought land near Morrinsville at Kiwitahi. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (39 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript (some carbon copies)

Date: 1869-1872

By: Turner, Henry James, 1849-1914

Reference: MS-Papers-0253

Description: Outward correspondence from Cambridge, Waikato where Turner worked as a stockrider and on a flax mill, written to his mother and brother in England. The letters include references to economic and agricultural conditions and to the shortage of Anglican clergy in New Zealand, with some emphasis in troubled relations existing between Maori and Pakeha, and on the system of unofficial land sale Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1913 - 1924

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: Valuation New Zealand; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Auckland District Office; New Zealand. Printing and Stationery Department; Mackay, John, 1851-1937

Reference: MapColl-832.14gbbd/1913-/Acc.35536

Description: Base maps of rural lands open for sale or occupation with right of purchase, or for renewable lease, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, in the Wharepapa Survey District, West Taupo County and in the Waipoua Survey District in the Hokianga County. The boundaries of farm blocks in the Wharepapa Survey District, Sections 1, 6,7, 11-24, are prominently outlined, the majority include owners' names and applicable dates handwritten in each section. A scenic reserve, domain and recreation reserve, hospital reserve, cemetery and creamery sites, and the Puniu, Waipari and Mangaharakeke Streams are marked. The roadman's paddock, the school site and temporary reserve have Gazetteer numbers. Brief descriptions of the terrain and vegetation are included. The base map of the Waipoua Survey District has two cuttings about land in the Wharepapa Survey District mounted over the top of it. The first cutting has '1393, 25-7-21, cash or D.P.' written adjacent to it while the second cutting has '1406, 23 & 25-1-2l, for general application' The main base map is of farm sections in the Wharepapa survey district, 15 miles from Kawa Railway station in the West Taupo County, Auckland Land District No. 1195. The second base map is of farm sections in the Waipoua Survey District, 8 miles from Kaihu, in the Hokianga County. A schedule of these districts include the valuations, acreages and rent. Instructions to applicants and a caution follow with the printed name of H.M. Skeet, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Includes an abstract of conditions of purchase. A statement on the left side of the map begins with '2,706 acres'. Includes the application date of 23 September 1913 at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland. The inset map is a locality plan of the area from the Hokianga River to the Poor Knights Island south to Kawhia Harbour. Kaihu and Wharepapa are indicated by red arrows. Handwritten names listed in the Wharepapa Survey District are: G. Benson, J. Furness, A. Eggleton & J. Brugh, J. Duncan, E. Austin, G.C. Wotton, H.E. & B.J. & H.G. Criggs, T.A. McNaught, Ellen Barnes, E.Corkhill, O.E. Austin, Mrs. A. Gooder, J.T. Leamau, H.E. Kinzett, Mary Kerr, J.T. Wilks, A.N. Austin, R. Plummer, Elizabeth Hinds, C. Bayly, F.B. Jolly, B. Gasson, A.E. Gasson, B. Underwood, A.G. Thomson, F.E. Dodd, J. O'Reilly, W. Thompson, T.D. Ashby, D.J. Ashby, E.M. Richardson, R.M. McCulloch, G.A. Thomson, J. Mogford, C.V. Thomas, Miss D. E. Beard. Handwritten names listed in the Waipoua Survey District are: R. Leahy, O. Reilly. Inset: Wharepapa and Waipoua locality plan. Scale [1:7 920] Base map: Sections in Wharepapa Survey District. Series, Auckland Land District No. 1195. [Wellington, N.Z.], John Mackay, Govt. Printer, [1913] Title written in blue pencil along bottom edge and subtitle adapted by cataloguer from that of the base map. Quantity: 4 map(s) The maps on the verso are copies of maps on the recto.. Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scale[1:31 680], 43.1 x 33.7 cm. and smaller, on a sheet measuring 63.3 x 73.6 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation New Zealand, February 1991 Donated by Valuation New Zealand, 26.02.1991.

Date: [19--]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MSI-Papers-0261-10/18A

Description: Maps and tracings of land features and various archaeological finds, including numerous Maori artefacts (usually made from either bone or wood, but includes some human remains), from around NZ but mostly from the Horowhenua district. Examples are a whale club (patu paraoa) found at Horowhenua, and a whale bone comb (heru paraoa) found at Waikanae.