Places

Date: [1870s]

From: Smith, Helen Rachel Mary, 1974-: Collection

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ka/[187-?]/Acc.39863

Description: Copy of part of an unidentified cadastral map of Karori, Wilton, part of Ngaio and sections adjacent to the Makara Stream in the Hutt County. Subdivisions are numbered and include acreages and names. Includes some roads and names of the Karori and Parkvale roads have been added at a later date. Streams are marked but are un-named. Otari Scenic Reserve is named. Names include Graeme Hari?, E.G. Wakefield, R. Ker, Thos. Raku, Sir J.I. Coleridge, Rev. I.I. Penrose, S. Lancaster, B. Sorell, S. Brooks, T. Dyke, R. Farr, W.H. Rawson, Jas. Wallace, Edward Batterson?, John Crawford, Frederick Ibbotson, C. Cass, J.B. Reading, E. Irons, C. Broderick, Joseph Hurley, Stevens, Robt. Pemberton, J. Carroll, Burnard, J. Higginson, William Quilter, I. Robinson, J. & H. Kilminster, R.H. Huntley, Fillis, E.S. Halswell, Edward Hinton, J.E. Wainhouse, J. Thompson, Wm. Fowler, W. Shepherd, J. Fray, J.White, B.M. Smith, W. Finnimore, J. Semp, W. Barnes, J. Johnston, Samuel Maxton, Robinson, B. Holmes, Thos. Lewis, J.T. Wingfield, Henrietta Johnston, E. Standen, T. Benton, R.D. Mangles, S. Gawith, J. Diamond, R. Canian, E. Allington, June Burrows, E.R. Burnett, J. Campbell, G. Graham, John Pirbie?, G. Burnard, G. Baker, J.E. Boulcott, Mitchell Title provided by Library. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale not given, 29.3 x 20.2 cm.

Date: 1888

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ka/1888/Acc.14441

Description: Cadastral, surveyed map, showing Karori subdivision of Section 34, bounded by MacDonald Street (now Messines Road), Karori Road, Vera Street, and Duthie Street. Numbered lots show acreage, and some owners, including Riddiford's land (to later become site of Marsden College), McBell's property, Chas Johnston's property, some annotations difficult to decipher. Some sections are marked sold. Pencilled note on map: 'For subdivision of this block see plan 109'. Another reads 'See plan 66' and 'See 649' Measurements in links Marks a brick store and a church Title in square brackets supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, part coloured on paper, encapsulated in transparent paper, scale indeterminable, 50.2 x 66 cm

Date: 1874

From: Karori Historical Society :Photocopies of manuscript maps of Karori and Makara held by Land Information New Zealand and Karori Historical Society [ms maps]. 1860s-1997

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ka/1874-/Acc.43330-35;43350-2

Description: Copy of cadastral plan of Karori with numbered land blocks each with owner's name. Some roads and topographical features also shown. Quantity: 2 map(s) in 9 segments. Physical Description: Photocopy, scale and size of original indeterminable, each segment of copy 30 x 42 cm.

Date: 1860 - 1879

From: Karori Historical Society :Photocopies of manuscript maps of Karori and Makara held by Land Information New Zealand and Karori Historical Society [ms maps]. 1860s-1997

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ka/[ca.1860-79]/Acc.43340-3

Description: Copy of cadastral plan with numbered land blocks each with owner's name. The map extends from just south of Wadestown to just south of Hawkins Hill, Karori and covers Karori, Northland, Kelburn and part of Makara. Some roads and topographical features also shown. Map is enlargement of part of MapColl-832.4799gbbd/[ca.1860-79]/Acc.43336-9;43346-7 Quantity: 1 map(s) in 4 segments. Physical Description: Photocopy, scale and size of original indeterminable, each segment of copy 30 x 42 cm.

Date: 1867-2007

By: Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Group-0188

Description: Baptism, burial and marriage registers, minute books, correspondence, subject files and other records from St Mary's Church, Karori; Register of Services, account book, correspondence receipts and Women's Guild minute book from St Philip's, Karori West; Register of Services from St Matthias, Makara Vestry papers, churchwardens' papers, Women's Missionary Auxiliary papers, Women's Fellowship papers, Mothers' Union papers, Karori Bible Reading Fellowship records, annual reports and financial material, and building and renovation papers from St Mary's Church, Karori including the Gathering Place and Early Childhood Centre. Resource material on the Treaty of Waitangi, weekly newsletter (2000-2004) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 59 volume(s). 190 folder(s). 6.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Partial inventory available.

Date: 1860 - 1997

By: Land Information New Zealand; Karori Historical Society

Reference: MapColl-Collection-KHS

Description: Maps that are copies of survey plans held by Land Information New Zealand show land owners and land blocks in Karori mostly in 1860s and 1870s, land blocks part of Old Karori Rd in 1906 and the watershed of the Kaiwarawara Stream in 1901. Two maps come from an unknown source - the effect on Makara of a proposed Quartz Hill wind power station in 1997, and south coast Makara property boundaries, 1990s. Quantity: 9 map(s) in 24 sheets. Physical Description: Photocopies, scale indeterminable, 30 x 42 cm.

Date: 1899

By: Turnbull and Watkins (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ka/1899/Acc.22999

Description: Cadastral sketch map of subdivision showing sections for sale on Parkvale Road, and part of Karori Road, Karori, Wellington, prepared by Turnbull and Watkins for H W Hunt, Esq, Karori Crescent. Sections are numbered, part surveyed and show acreage; three are marked 'sold'. Notes on map give section frontage measurements, prices and terms. Section 18 has been sold to H Edwards. The name 'Monaghan' is written in top left corner of map. The position of the Post Office on Karori Road is marked. The sketch map is drawn on the reverse of Turnbull & Watkins letterhead. Accompanying material: Letter from Turnbull & Watkins about the sections, recommending and describing the sections fronting Karori Main Road for a business site, especially the corner section (marked on map with an 'x'). Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, scale indeterminable, 26.3 x 21 cm

Date: 1860 - 1879

From: Karori Historical Society :Photocopies of manuscript maps of Karori and Makara held by Land Information New Zealand and Karori Historical Society [ms maps]. 1860s-1997

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/[ca.1860-79]/Acc.43336-9;43346-7

Description: Copy of cadastral plan with numbered land blocks each with owner's name. The map extends from Ohariu Bay, Wellington in the north, the coast to the west, south to Sinclair Head and Island Bay and east to Miramar. Does not include central Wellington, Thorndon, Newtown, Lyell Bay, Rongotai or Seatoun but does include most of Makara, some of Miramar and Wadestown as well as the whole of Karori, Northland, Kelburn, Wilton, Ngaio and Highbury. Some roads and topographical features also shown. See Mapcoll-832.4799gbbd/Ka/[ca.1860-79]/Acc.43340-3 for enlargement of Karori, Northland, Kelburn, Highbury and the Karori side of Makara Quantity: 1 map(s) in 10 segments. Physical Description: Photocopy, scale and size of original indeterminable, each segment of copy 30 x 42 cm.