Places

Date: 7 Jan 1840

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1161

Description: Describes death of John Williams at the New Hebrides; discusses events at Mangungu where Woon was stationed and at other Methodist Missionary Society stations Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Processing information: Letter found in the end-papers of Williams, John. A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South Sea Islands... London: John Snow, 1837

Date: 1907 (1948)

By: Colley, Lucy Anges, 1851?-1923

Reference: MS-0593

Description: Title continues:`...written by their eldest daughter, Mrs Philip Wellesley Colley (Lucy Petre)'. With notes on their children and grand-children from authentic sources and family papers; preface by JBP. Printed privately (1907). Comprises extracts from the book, typed in the Alexander Turnbull Library (Dec 1948). Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (viii, 58 pages). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue cloth)

Date: 2005

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-20

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Walter Dalziel; brief history of the farm and family; marriage certificate for Christopher Dalziel and Mary Anne Wighton, 1866; photographs (see below). The original owner of the land at Tuapeka West (later known as Braewick farm) was Christopher Dalziel who bought 100 acres in 1874. In the 1890s a further 630 acres were acquired. In 2005 the property was owned by Walter Dalziel, with his son Hamish being actively involved in the farm. Awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, photographs Includes 27 photographs - Tuapeka West school pupils (1880s) & group at school picnic (1910); aerial view of farm (1980s); homesteads (1908 & 1974); family members; wedding photos (several generations); Charles & Mary Anne with 10 of their 14 children (1880s); etc.

Date: [ca 1840]

By: Pickering, Charles, 1805-1878

Reference: fMS-Papers-3856

Description: Contains diary of a visit to the Bay of Islands Feb-Apr 1840 which included two trips inland; also detailed description of the natural environment under various headings, `Climate', `Vegetation', etc Source of title - Supplied Member of the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (82 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1840-1855, 1934

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

Reference: fMS-Papers-1432

Description: Contemporary copy of register of marriages (1840-1845), burials (1840-1845), and baptisms (1840-1844), of original register in St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington. Lists of Maori confirmations at Pipitea, Wainui and Waikanae in 1855 and 1856; list of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths in Kapiti parish (1845-1846), compiled by Rev O Hadfield for census of the Ngatiawa tribe; Wanganui church return for 1844. Includes a canticle by Robert Parker. Note, the names appended are indicative only. Researchers should refer to the contents as there are too many names to list. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1940

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0066

Description: Contains a transcript copy of an account of events that happened at the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 3 Dec 1840

By: Molesworth, Francis Alexander, 1818-1846

Reference: MS-Papers-0457

Description: Letter to J Coverdale concerning land allocations in the Hutt, death of Mr Hopper, and imminent return of Mr Petre to England Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 31 Jan 1840, 11 Feb-30 Nov 1841

By: Colenso, William, 1811-1899; Petersen, George Conrad, 1900-1978

Reference: MS-Papers-4622

Description: Contains five letters addressed to William Colenso in Paihia. Comprises letters from James Busby, 31 Jan 1840, re printing and distributing of circulars; J Stuart Freeman, dated 30 Nov; Edward Godfrey, dated 27 May 1841, from Auckland, about printing work for the Land Commission; R Davis, dated 11 Feb 1841, from Waimate re printing of notices relating to land claims; Felton Mathew, undated, about firewood and requesting use of canoe. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Provenance: Formerly part of the Colenso papers owned by George Conrad Petersen, who had acquired the papers from the Simcox family, and split it up for sale.

Date: 1820-1855

From: Roach, Rewi Richard Thomas (Dick), fl 2005: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8545

Description: An essay written by Rewi Roach on his paternal great grandfather, Francis Robert Estoteville Skipwith. Skipwith immigrated to New Zealand aboard the `Prince of Wales in 1842 and married Hinenui Te Po, daughter of the Ngati Raukawa chief, Matenga Te Matia and his wife Paramihia Whawha. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1904, 1999

By: McDonald, Alexander, 1829-1905

Reference: MS-Papers-6628

Description: Transcription of MacDonald's reminiscences of life and times in New Zealand from his arrival at Wellington in 1840 on the `Blenheim' until 1904 when he recorded `My story'. He focuses particularly on relations with Maori, Maori-European land dealings, the politics and politicians of the times and related matters. Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - Another typescript copy at MS-1167 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (one volume, spiral bound). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1840-1904, 1951

By: McDonald, Alexander, 1829-1905

Reference: MS-1167

Description: A summary of the history of NZ rather than a personal record Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (137 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (25 cm; blue buckram)

Date: [ca 1960]

By: Kelleher, John Arnold, 1925-2009

Reference: MS-1102

Description: Prepared for publication; deals with early settlers, development of transport, churches, surrounding districts, industries, education; includes list of place-names, town councillors and a brief bibliography of published material on Upper Hutt Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (332 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with ms annotations (26 cm; maroon buckram) Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 18 prints and 2 negatives.

Date: 1840 - 1849

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Leeper, Janet, active 1960s

Reference: A-189-014

Description: A view from Wellington Harbour looking towards Petone and the Wainuiomata hills. A canoe and figures are beside a large rock in the foreground, Somes Island is in the middle ground and the Orongorongo Range is behind Title from accompanying label Other Titles - Wainuiomata Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 127 x 208 mm

Date: [1894-1940]

From: Baillie, Herbert, 1863-1941 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0013-2

Description: Exercise book labelled `Baillie papers; historical notes, chiefly relating to Wellington'; typescripts, `Seventy-four years' history' on Upper Hutt settlement and `Death of an old resident', re Mrs Ames; drafts; references; extracts; list of council references from Louis E Ward; references supplied by H A from newspapers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1833 - 1840

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Laderer, active 1830s

Reference: A-327-003

Description: Shows head and shoulders portraits of two women, one man and an infant. These are selected from Plate 70 in Dumont DUrville's "Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe ... (Paris, 1833), portraits 3,5 and 6, and therefore show Ekara, young girl of the Bay of Islands, and Tawiti and his wife. Tawiti's wife holds a baby wrapped in her cloak by her shoulder. Plate 176 from an unknown publication in German or Dutch, derived at least partly from Dumont D'Urville's "Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe". Other Titles - New Zealand. Portraits of inhabitants Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 100 x 154 mm.

Date: 1840-1854 (1960)

By: Marshall, Mary Frederica, 1826-1854

Reference: qMS-1337-1339

Description: Letters deal mainly with social and political events in and around Wellington and Hutt Valley Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; red linen) Finding Aids: Index at qMS-1340-1343.

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: 1840 - 1880

Reference: MapColl-832.11gbbd/[n.d.]/Acc.6196

Description: Early cadastral map of Whangarei land blocks, including Owhiwa, Tamatarau, Kaiwha, Waikare and Whanui. The Tamatarau and Kaiwha blocks are sub-divided into numbered lots. Several Native Reserves are named Waimahanga, Pakikaukutu, Taranui, Kahaha and Taiharuru; one is unnamed. 'Native land' blocks are named Ruriwai and Waikaraka; another is 'claimed by Tirarau'. One block is named Kohinui, 442 acres. In the Kaiwha block, lot 71 is named Kakuia, 267 acres. The named settler blocks are Edward Dent, Gorries claim, Hay's claim, Soott and Brown. The remaining land is not surveyed. Some pencil annotations have been added to the map, naming areas in the Whanui block 'Te Ruatepapa', 'Te Hauku' and 'Herematai'; as well as numerical survey markings. Some writing on the back on the map is indecipherable. Due to tears in map, a small amount of text is indecipherable. Other Titles - Tamaterau Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 49 x 71 cm.

Date: 1840-1870

By: Williams, Jane, 1801-1896

Reference: MS-Papers-1527

Description: Record kept at irregular intervals of mission work, domestic affairs and social activities of the wife of William Williams, Bishop of Waiapu, at Turanga, Poverty Bay, 1840-1865, Paihia 1866, and in Napier 1870. Includes visit to England in 1851. Quantity: 8 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 3 Dec 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: 1885

By: Bidwill, William Edward, 1858-1933

Reference: qMS-0233

Description: Comprises copy of letter from Sir F A Weld describing journey taking sheep along the south coast from Wellington to Wairarapa and extract from letter from William Swainson describing an early survey party to the Wairarapa and extract from letter from W J Swainson reminiscing about Bidwill's father and describing the same journey along the south coast, both written 1885 Both letters are printed in W E Bidwill and A Woodhouse's `Bidwill of Pihautea' Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (16 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (28 cm, ¼ grey cloth, light boards)