Places

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: 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: 1833-1846

By: Hadfield, Octavius, 1814-1904

Reference: MS-0922

Description: Letters written in England, Australia, the Bay of Islands, Kapiti and Otaki Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typed transcript (26 cm; red linen)

Date: 1835-1846

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSZ-0081

Description: Folder of loose material removed from volume stored with it in phase box Contains a census of the Anglican Maori female population of the Kapiti and Horowhenua areas, with occasional notes about various individuals Arrangement: Boxed together with MSZ-0080, MSZ-0082, MSZ-0083, MSZ-0084, MSZ-0085, and MSZ-0085A-C (folders) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1840 - 1849

By: Hadfield, Octavius, 1814-1904

Reference: A-241-015

Description: Otaki Maori church with a small house to its right, the cemetery on the hill behind, fences and bush Photocopy of a pencil drawing in Auckland Museum, reference number PD 52 (19). The Library also has a photograph of this drawing, a better-quality copy under artist and title in the photographic files of the Drawings & Prints Section. Other Titles - [Church Missionary Society church and house, probably at Waikanae or Otaki - former title] Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy of drawing 210 x 330 mm

Date: 1849-1851

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster collection and papers / of Kenneth Athol Webster

Reference: MS-Papers-1009-2/72

Description: Contains correspondence about religious topics, including a request for texts, queries about the availability of ministers and a trip by Tamihana Te Rauparaha on church business signed by leading chiefs of both Ngati Raukawa & Ngati Toa at Otaki; also includes letters about Maori society and Maori language Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1844

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-016-1

Description: View from near the mouth of the Otaki River, looking inland towards the hills. A Maori man wrapped in a cloak stands on the bank to the left. On the verso is a set of small drawings including untitled trees in landscapes; a house with gables ('A gabley house') and two drawings of young Maori women, one titled 'N. Z. awful [?] girl with her eyes out.' This woman is shown with moko on her chin, a scarf over her head and the outlining of her eyes gone over in pencil several times The reverse is photographed as negative 1/2-069628 and file print dfp-012880 under title N. Z. girl ... Other Titles - From the Akewood [Oak wood?, Akeake wood?] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 127 x 215 mm

Date: 1847-1867

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-05

Description: Photocopies and transcripts of correpondence to Colenso concerning social and religious matters including marenatanga, hoko kakahu, tono pukapuka (kawenata hou), matakite-kupu whakaari. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1846

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902; Te Whiwhi, Hēnare Mātene, -1881

Reference: A-292-043

Description: Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper 147 x 244 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1844-1866

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-290

Description: Contains correspondence about Maori - European relationships, Maori land tenure and the New Zealand Wars. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (16 letters).

Date: 1849-1850

From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0031-05

Description: Contains letters from Maori to Colenso with information about community conflicts, shipwrecks, conflicts with Catholics, reports of adultery and runaways, illnesses and deaths, information about the erection and abandonment of chapels, confessions, discussions about land tenure and rentals, and requests for advice and material including religious texts, medicines and clothes Language - Letters in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [Aug 1939-Sep 1943)

By: Bothamley, Robert Westley, 1888-1967

Reference: MS-Papers-7011

Description: File of papers relating to Bothamley's service on the Porirua College Trust Board and the Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Board; includes memorandums, circular notices, reports, and correspondence relating to various leases and land transactions including the Herewini estate, Whitireia, A Emmett, urban farm list for Otaki, H Adsett,C G Aston, Ernest Hobbs, Monrad's farm, Otaki College and farm (with sketch maps), Te Aute College and M F Gaby. Also Maori education bills and war loans and summary of events relating to Whitireia. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr D Robinson, Paremata, Porirua City, Feb 2001

Date: 1840-1950

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Heron, George Charles, 1923-1972; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Palmer, Albert Noel, 1920-1972; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: PA1-o-1036

Description: Contains photographs and photographic copies of paintings illustrating Te Rangihaeata's house on Mana Island, Waitahanui Pa at Lake Taupo, meeting houses at Waihi (Taupo), Wairoa, Te Wairoa (Rotorua), Otaki, Ohinemutu, Morrinsville, Waiomatatini, Pokai, Whakarewarewa, Tokaanu, Koroniti and Thames. Also shown are a gateway at Te Teko and the gateway to a church at Nuhaka. The artists and photographers represented are G F Angas, A P Godber, A N Palmer, William Hall Raine, George Heron, Owen Johnston, E Edwards, and the New Zealand Railways Publicity Department. A number of images were provided by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 cm

Date: 1844

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-021-8

Description: Rough sketches, some annotated. There are several profiles of men's faces. A tall tree with a man standing below is annotated 'Old manuka, Kaiwarra Hill' (i. e. Kaiwharawhara, Wellington). An outline of a fish is annotated 'Kae [or Rae?] Taratoa's Fish at Ohau' A drawing of a rock is annotated 'Road to Wairarapa'. The word 'Otaki' also appears. On the reverse of C-103-021-1 'Auckland 24 May [1844?] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 165 mm

Date: 1847-1858

By: Williams, Samuel, 1822-1907

Reference: qMS-2247

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (19 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; grey cloth) Transfers: Transferred from main collection, 1978.

Date: 1845-1846

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSZ-0080

Description: Contains a census of the Anglican Māori male population of the Kapiti and Horowhenua areas, with occasional notes about various individuals. Also includes some Tainui whakapapa at the back. Ngāti Te Upokoiri is written as a hapū of Ngāti Raukawa. This is possibly an error and should be recorded as Ngāti Te Upokoiti. Title taken from item. Arrangement: Boxed together with MSZ-0081, MSZ-0082, MSZ-0083, MSZ-0084, MSZ-0085, and folders MSZ-0085A, MSZ-0085B and MSZ-0085C Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [1901?]

By: Bevan, Thomas, 1836-1913

Reference: qMS-0221

Description: Bevan describes incidents in his life in the Otaki and Manawatu districts from 1840 to the 1860s. He was the son of a rope maker and followed his father's trade and farmed. He refers in particular to relationships between Maori and settlers and includes descriptions of Maori pa, legends, customs and the scenery, and a walk he made as a child in 1845 from Wellington to Waikawa, Otaki. Mss written in the hands of Bevan's daughters to whom dictated it, and signed by him Quantity: 1 folder(s) (71 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (33 cm, green tie case)

Date: 1841-1928

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-01

Description: Contains photographic file prints from the Turnbull Pictures collection and photocopies of Maori images with some supporting correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1846

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-033/034

Description: Portraits of Matenga and his wife. Drawings by Matenga of implements Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: [1843-1938]

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-036

Description: Published by Whitcombe & Tombs, 1930. Presentation copy to James Cowan by H. E. Partridge with a dedication message to Cowan from Partridge tipped in to front of book, and loose papers which were laid into the book. These include photographs, clippings, correspondence, research notes, maps, and drafts. The photographs consist of eleven prints which include portraits of Hera Puna, Te Rauparaha, and Tamati Waka Nene. They also include one image of Mt Ngauruhoe erupting (with a group of people watching it [circa 1930s-1940s]), an image of the 'ceiling of Maori Church' in Otaki [Rangiatea] showing kōwhaiwhai, and another image featuring tukutuku and a poupou of Maui fishing up the North Island 'Te Ika a Maui'. The papers include correspondence from H. E. Partridge, dated 1930 and 1931, and S. Stuart [artist Sam Stuart] dated 1913. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed material, holographs