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: 1868 - 1871

Reference: MapColl-832hkm/1868-71/Acc.5976

Description: Map showing the East Cape, Bay of Plenty, Tauranga, Northern Hawkes Bay and just south of Taupo. Shows Te Kooti's approximate route, and direction (arrows on line) and his engagements with the Hauhau people. Stops at certain pa are dated, some added text (before photocopy) e.g. "Final escape to King Country", "Visit to Takangamutu". Key stops included Opape, Tologa Bay, Turanga, Whakatane, Rotorua, Te Pourere, Puketapu. The linking areas for all these points was the Urewera country. Te Kooti was a Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder, pursued by colonial forces, eventually took refuge in the King Country where Te Kooti remained until pardoned in 1883. Language - Place names Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale [1:700,000], 26 x 34 cm

Date: 1940 - 1949

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/ca.1940/Acc.14595

Description: Cadastral map of subdivisions, some numbered, in sections 312, 313 and 314 on the corner of Brougham and Elizabeth streets, intersected by Moncrief Street. Includes acreages and boundary measurements. Sections 313 and 314 include C.T. numbers and are part of D.P. 240. Names include W. Hodson, F. & C.S. Cording, P.Chetwood Watt, E. S. Quinlan, Education Board which is currently the site of Clyde Quay School. The plan for alterations, for Mr. L. Quinlan, (builder) for a residence at 32 Brougham Street includes faint outlines of the original building. Specifications are not included on the plan but a pencilled note gives measurements in square feet. Other Titles - Alterations to residence - 32 Brougham Street - for Mr. L. Quinlan Title supplied by cataloguer for map. Title for plan taken from item Scale of map [1:31 680]. Scale of plan - [1:15] Note on verso states: Brougham Street, Quinlan Quantity: 2 map(s) on one sheet - one an architectural plan of dwelling. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scales vary, 77.4 x 45.4 cm.

Date: 1969

By: A.P.B.W. (Cartographer), active 1969; NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd; Corrigan, D W (Mr), active 1960s-1970s

Reference: MapColl-832.11bj/1969/Acc.35278

Description: Aerial photograph, produced by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd., Ref. No. A/S 2218, Flown 27.3.69, of L.W. Tonkin's farm in the Matakohe area, NE of Kaipara Harbour, used as a base map to which the farm and paddock boundaries have been outlined in red and detailed in a key. Hand-written notes in the margin give details of neighbouring houses with name references. Features include a trig point with height in feet, cabbage trees (location of), height in feet (of a hill), silo, to Matakohe, Ruatuna. A.P.B.W. believed to be the cartographer. Hand-written notes included in the margins are as follows: "Mainly hill country (sold 1947 to Crown for rehab) leading to 'The Swamp' on Ruawai Flats." "Matakohe Beet Farms, Ltd. (1971) fromerly the property of D.R. Coates (779 acres)" "J.G.C.'s house 'The Dump'" "Uncle Harry's Hill" "Speechly's house on Speechly's Road" "Eyton" Inscriptions: mat verso - A.P.B.W.; Mount recto - U46 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Black and white photograph, coloured, 20.8 x 33.4 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Sutch, William Ball, 1907-1975. Papers (Exact reference unknown).

Date: 1939

By: Automobile Association (Wellington, N.Z.) Inc.

Reference: MapColl-832.4395gmbd/[1939]/Acc.25,535

Description: Map of Otaki, with revisions made in white correcting fluid. The area is from the sea to the racecourse including the Otaki River and the golf links, Otaki Beach, Rangiuru and Otaki Town settlements. Shows the sites of the King George V Memorial Health Camp, several areas of Church Mission Grant land, the Catholic Church Mission Station, Maori Church, pa, memorial to Te Rauparaha, schools, the hospital and sanitorium reserves and a mill. Includes dates when the Catholic Mission Station was opened and dates when the church, presbytery and school were built. Streets and streams are named and the old course of the Otaki River is marked as is the borough boundary and built up areas. A reference key shows numbered sites of interest. Printed on botttom left corner: L. and S. license 440/35/39 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, scale [ca.1:5 544], 56.8 x 69.7 cm.

Date: 1916

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Wellington District Office; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Archives New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-832.47cba/1916/Acc.37816

Description: Topographic map of Kapiti Island with some described features and named vegetation. Includes the site of an anchorage adjacent to Motungarara Island and Kapiti Island. Ink blotches obliterate parts of the map Kapiti Island includes numerous Maori placenames and named streams. Pa sites and former Maori settlements are marked, as are whaling stations and a cavern, formerly a burial ground. Sites of mutton birds are marked as are water supplies, walking tracks, the site of an old homestead and old cultivations. Tokumapuna Island, 1.2.21 [acres] includes the site of the main whaling station and named rocks which are covered at high water are named. Motungarara Island, 3.2.0 [acres] includes the site of a former whaling station Tahoramaurea Island, 3.3.21 [acres] includes the site of Mayhew's store 442 is written in each of three corners of the map Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale [1:70 000], 70.1 x 75.5 cm.

Date: 1895

Reference: MapColl-832.41gbbd/[ca.1895]/Acc.388

Description: Topographic map of the Oruamatua Kaimanua Block bordered by the Moawhango and Rangitikei Rivers. Other blocks adjoining are Rangipowaiau, Kaimanua No.3, Ohaoko, Awarua Block No.2, Mangaohane No.1. Includes entirely Maori names of settlements and people. A few notes are in English, e.g. sheepyards. Three notes refer to the places where Tipae was believed to have been killed according to Te Hau, Hiraka and Ihakara, Hepara. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale [1:31 680], 50.8 x 40.4 cm. on sheet 51 x 60.2 cm.

Date: 1843 - 1939

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Wellington District Office; Hall, Lance, 1899-1985; War Memorial Library (Lower Hutt, N.Z.)

Reference: MapColl-832.4793gbbd/[ca.1843]/Acc.7915;7918;8370;8371;8372

Description: Cadastral map, with topographic features, of the Hutt River valley from an area north of the Stokes Valley bridge to the harbour. Includes the road which runs parallel to the river. High Street, Victoria Street, Railway Avenue, and Hutt Road are named. The settlements of Richmond, Aglionby and Britannia are named. Includes numbered sections with owners' names. Clifford, Molesworth, Taine, Park, Child, Alzdorf, Hanson, Stokes, Dr. Evans, Riddiford, Dr. Dorset, Swainson, Barton, Compton, Captain Daniell, Colonel Wakefield, Burcham, Bidwill. Several areas of native reserve are marked as are the sites of a pa, Hughes' House, Masons House, Boulcott's House, Molesworth Farm, Aglionby Arms, Queens Head Inn are marked. Title supplied by cataloguer Hand-written along bottom of sheet 5: Photostat of plan in Survey office, Wellington. L. Hall, 1939 Quantity: 1 map(s) on five sheets. Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale not given, 196.7 x 63 cm., sheets 64.1 x 45.2 cm. and smaller

Date: 1856

Reference: MapColl-832.4595gbbd/[1856]/Acc.23102

Description: Cadastral map of the Masterton Small Farm settlement, showing numbered land blocks with acreages, runholders' names, reserves. The area includes the Ruamahanga and Waipoua Rivers, Kuripuni and Wai Po Kako Creek. The town area of Masterton is marked but is not subdivided into sections. Includes some roads. Farm blocks are numbered and include owners' names. Names include: C. Hare, R. Hare, P. Sullivan, L. J. Evans, Taverner, W. McKelvey, W. Anketell, W. Chamberlain, McKenzie, G. Bull, S. E. Seymour, E. F. Eaton, John Jones, John Webb, Thomas Tinney, James May, C. Collett, A. McKenzie, E. Chamberlain, M. McKenzie, T. W. Tankersley, L. Potts, Thomas Webb, C. G. Crosse, Ihaia Te Wakamaire, W. P. Nix, J. Tucker, A. Hayward, C. Bennington, W. T. Ward, R. Craig, Chas. Dixon, Charles Matthews, A. Matthews, J. Matthews, D. Cochran, T. Child, J. Harding, S. B. Hewett, W. B. Burgess, E. Dixon, W. B. Burgess, H. Bentley, J. Smith, H. Russell, R. W. Smith, A. de Lisle, W. L. Buller, S. Downes, J. Lambert, J. Dixon, R. Childs, W. Knight, G. S. Pratt, E. Bradshaw. Print taken from aperture card Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 42 x 59.2 cm.

Date: 1922 - 1930

From: [New Zealand State Forest Service]: Selection of maps with manuscript additions

By: New Zealand. State Forest Service; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Neill, William Thomson, 1864-1943

Reference: MapColl-832.45gcrc/1924-30/Acc.53901

Description: Base Lands & Survey cadastral map with manuscript additions showing Rewa Survey District VI State Forest No. 47, Waihora Stream and Mt Meredith "Forest Atlas Wn.091" "163/3L" "Certified correct under Section 25 of the Forests Act 1921-1922" [signed William Thomson Neill] "Surveyor General 17.6.24" Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, linen-backed, hand-coloured with manuscript annotations in pen and ink, scale [1:12,500], 75 x 76 cm

Date: 1959

By: Sinclair, E M, active 1948-1967; Carter, William Ernest, 1932-

Reference: MapColl-832.41gmp/[1959]/Acc.36425

Description: Map of part Awarua 4c no. 11, blocks XIV, Ohinewairua and II, Hautapu survery districts, Taihape, showing the main airstrip runway and the subsidiary runway adjacent to the Hautapu River. Indicates the hanger, telephone line, state highway, railway and power lines. Includes reference key. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, scale [1: 3 168], 32.5 x 32.7 cm. Provenance: Donated by Bill Carter, September, 2001

Date: 1888 - 1890

By: Borieson, C W, active 1889; Ashcroft, Albert Edward, 1862-1942; Humphries, Thomas, 1841-1928; Halse, Frederick James, 1863-1936; Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922; General Survey Lithographic Office; Roe, J E, active 1910-1912

Reference: MapColl-832.43gbbd/1888/Acc.35292

Description: A cadastral map of rural and suburban sections open for sale and selection of the area from Lake Horowhenua to Koputuroa Road, and bounded by the Kawiu and Makomako Roads. This cadastral map has numbered sections, some coloured, and include acreages and owners' names handwritten in some sections. The Wellington - Manawatu Railway is marked as are a school and a waterworks reserve. Streets and the Koputuroa Stream are named. The base maps are of sections in the Blocks I, II & VI, Waiopehu Survey District. Sections marked with red are large settlements open for sale or selection and are referred to in a key. Schedule of the suburban sections and rural lands in this district include the section number, acreage, value and rent. Terms and conditions of sale or selection of the Levin village settlement include the statement 'Drawn by F.J. Hales'. Includes a written description of rural land and the application date of 18 March 1889 at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington and includes J.W.A. Marchant's name. The inset map is a locality plan of Levin. Handwritten names listed are: Seager, Hewit, J. McGowan, G.H. Gower, Ingram, Borieson, Brown, Blair, R Prouse, Dalrymple, Toxward, Lancaster, Stuckey. Title part stamped and part handwritten on verso Signature centre top: C.W. Borieson, Contractor, Wellington Inset: Levin locality plan. Scale [1:506 880] Base map: Plan of rural and suburban sections Horowhenua Block, situated in Blocks I, II & VI, Waiopehu Survey District / Surveyed by A.E. Ashcroft & T.L. Humphries, assistant surveyors. Wellington, N.Z., General Survey Office, 1889. Handwritten note on bottom right: Next unit to be paid 1 Jany 1890. Note it will be needful to write Govt. to inquire the amount as the leases make it ... See units number of acres required for felling to comply with ... of residence [handwriting difficult to decipher] Quantity: 2 map(s) on one sheet, including a locality plan. Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on paper, linen backed, coloured, scales vary, 42 x 56.6 cm. Provenance: Donated by Mr. J. Roe, 30.03.1977

Date: 1900

By: Foley, Mary, active 1900; Carter, William Ernest, 1932-

Reference: MapColl-830ap/[1900]/Acc.36424

Description: Based on a traced map, this child's map of New Zealand depicts colour-coded provinces, a railway system and numbered topographical features, all of which are unnamed. Outline of New Zealand has been drawn onto a grid pattern. Map headed 'Mary Foley 'St. [Standard] 4''. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Colour photocopy, scale indeterminable, 26.7 x 21.5 cm. Provenance: Donated by Bill Carter, September 2001.

Date: 1950

By: Truebridge & Callender (Firm); Vickerman and Lancaster (Firm); New Zealand. Parliamentary Library; Wainui-o-mata Development Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.47993gmbh/1950/Acc.30730

Description: Map for the subdivision of Hair Street (off Moores Valley Road), 60 residential lots and a reserve, in Wainuiomata (scale 1:1 584). Includes details of a meandering creek and diversions, and an unnamed side street (Gaylor Street?). Longitudinal section of Hair Street, scale horizontal 1:1 584, vertical 1:120. Includes pipes, pipe ends and sumps. Details of the six inch pipe at 13 chains (scale 1:96) with a plan, longitudinal section and end elevation. Plan of a typical road junction, scale 1:360. Detail of sumps (scale 1:16), including plan, longitudinal section, cross-section and kerbing detail. Cross-section of the roadway, scale 1:48. "Vickerman & Lancaster" "Plan no 1318, sheet no 1" "File no 21/1/32. L Book no 5. DP 1190"" Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print on paper, scales vary, 55.9 x 76.2 cm.

Date: 1910 - 1919

Reference: MapColl-834.2gbbg/[191-?]/Acc.38216

Description: Cadastral map of land sections along the Pelorus River in the Wakamarina and Heringa survey districts. A reference key provides the location of conveniences, fireplaces, noticeboards, and a proposed foot track. Roads, bridges, and the state forest are also shown. Annotations relate to land protected under the Scenery Preservation Act 1908 and the location of a school and the Pelorus Domain Recreation Reserve. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:7920], 39 x 45 cm.

Date: 1900 - 1910

Reference: MapColl-834.2gbbg/[1908?]/Acc.38190

Description: Cadastral map of land sections along the Pelorus River in the Wakamarina and Heringa survey districts. Inland waterways and the location of the state forest are also shown. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:7920], 46.5 x 47 cm.

Date: 1869

By: Field, Henry Claylands, 1825-1912

Reference: MapColl-832.41bj/1869/Acc.1185

Description: Copy of a topographic map of the area in the Murimotu District from the Kaiiwi River and the Ohura River across to Lake Taupo, the Kaimanawa Ranges and the Rangitikei River. Cut road lines, proposed lines and native tracks are referred to in a reference key. Some tracks are routes proposed by Mr. Hogg and Mr. Booth, also an old war track described by natives is marked. Plantations, mountain peaks, rivers and streams are named. Relief features are described. Major Marshall's and Birch's Station are marked. Handwritten note on bottom right of map: The lake and mountains are from Hochstetter's map corrected by the Auckland Trig Survey: the Wanganui River from Brewer's survey, and the Upper Turakina and Rangitikei from Swainson's map corrected by Monro's survey. Map published in: Copy of the report by the late Mr. H.C. Field on the discovery of Field's track, Wanganui, 1869. Shelf reference qMS-0726, Field Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale [1:506 880], 60.5 x 38.7 cm.

Date: 1979

By: Rangiatea (Church : Ōtaki, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Papers-2016

Description: 325 inscriptions many in Maori, with location map, notes and index. Language - Many inscriptions in Maori Source of title - Supplied title Rangiatea is the oldest Maori church in New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s) 24 leaves. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Includes map

Date: 1877 - 1889

By: Beere, Edward Holroyd, 1843-1906; Lyon & Blair Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ki/1877-89/Acc.10637

Description: Cadastral map of Evans Bay to Kilbirnie, also to Constable and Owen streets, Newtown, Wellington. The area includes the coastline with Patent Slip and proposed jetties near Belvedere Road to Rodrigo Road, Kilbirnie. Numbered sections include acreages and some sites of houses. Roads are named and a stream with a bridge is marked. A note states 'right to water' at Busaco Road. A track to Lyell [sic] Bay is noted, as is a road to the Pilot Station. The town belt is marked. The lithographer is named as Lyon & Blair. Additions to the map are prominently marked sections at Evans Bay with various dates and names of Short, Williams, Ferguson, Harcourt, B. Smith, Rhodes, Rae, McCarthy, Boon, Earl, Knowles, Barber, Tait, White, Edw. Barton. The name of Lyon is marked in sections at Kilbirnie. Coloured sections are listed in key and refer to sections transferred by Mr. Pearce to various purchasers, which include Lot numbers, names and dates. Names include Sarah Ann Rhodes, W. Kemp, Ann Compton, McCarthy, Easby, McLennan, P. Farr, Moody & Smith, Adams, Jens Peter Jorgeson, Jane Compton, Geo. Zannin, M. Alexander, William Hayman, Ellen Stafford, Whitcombe, Church Trustees, T. Ladd, H. Green, Ferguson, Mary Elizabeth Salmon, Wm. Salmon, E. O. Gibbs, Keasbury, Margaret Price, E. H. Hurst, W. J. L. Travers, Marion Orr, Andrew Orr, C. L. Zohrab, John Earl, J Lockhead, A. J. Bredahl, Baker, J. B. Harcourt, W. K. Williams, Lyon, J. Bradbury, H. Alexander, McAllister, Travers, W. M. Muir, H. J. Whircher, Brandon & Sons, McDermott, Mary Love, J. Dransfield, Ella Rollison, E. W. Lowe, Pedgen, Crease, J. Wagg, J. Knowles, Cath Rae, J. Mills, J. Higginbottom, Murray, John Vine, Richardson, Short. Scale of original: [1:3 168] Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and coloured pencil on duplicate plan, coloured, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 71 x 50.1 cm.

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

Reference: MapColl-CHA-9/2/24-30A-Acc.

Description: Most are colour coded but lack reference key, all are undated. Areas include: North Auckland (incomplete) 9/2/24; Manukau, Thames, Waikato 9/2/25; Coromandel 9/2/26; Pokaka to Hihitahi 9/2/27; Napier 9/2/28; Taranaki (9/2/30) and Wellington (9/2/30). 9/2/30 which is identified on back as Waihi-Whakatane-Rotorua has G R printed on lower left corner beside some artistic ink drawings of Maori heads. Quantity: 8 manuscript map(s) (in folder). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and colour tracings on greaseproof paper. Scale indeterminable. 41 x 19.5 cm. and smaller. Finding Aids: Inventory available.