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Automobile Association (Wellington) Inc. :Borough of Otaki [map with ms annotations] / ...
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.
Otaki Meeting House
Date: 1934
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0229
Description: Contains correspondence about the meeting house Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts
Wharenui (d)
Date: 1935-1940
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0129
Description: Contains letters, accounts and newspaper material on wharenui Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Miscellaneous papers
Date: 1908-1949
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0488
Description: Contains personal and professional correspondence regarding visits, marae, historical research; newspaper clippings and a report, `Wanganui Maori Conference as a Parliamentary paper'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Tokomaru Bay and Otaki meeting houses
Date: 1933
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0018C
Description: Correspondence regarding the construction of the Tokomaru Bay and Otaki meeting houses Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts
Whanaungatanga : Ngati Wehiwehi me Nga Rauru oral history project
Date: 5 Feb 1996-6 Oct 1996 - 05 Feb 1996 - 06 Oct 1996
By: Walsh, Michael Wehi Mailetonga, active 1989
Reference: OHColl-0610
Description: Examines the links between Nga Rauru of Patea and Ngati Wehiwehi of Otaki which are the result of family connections. The project includes interviews David Marino, Grace Moffatt, Raynor Gibb, Wallace (Wally) O'Conner, Margaret Walsh and Rona Broughton. The interviewees also discuss Te Reo Maori, family and adoption and give a picture of Maori life from about 1915 to the 1950s. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Awards/funding - Project received an Award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Michael Walsh Quantity: 11 C60 cassette(s). 6 printed abstract(s). 6 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Michael Walsh, Wellington, 1996
[Ephemera of octavo size relating to Maori. 1940s].
Date: 1940 - 1949
Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1940s
Description: Includes: 1940s?: Sheet of pins. New Zealand has a "charm" of its own [describing tiki] Memorial service for members of the Maori Battalion and thanksgiving for the first Maori Victoria Cross 1940: An Arawa souvenir. Wahiao Meeting House Whakarewarewa. Official opening by the grace of His Excellency the Right Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Viscount Galway, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, 16 November 1940. Pamphlet with salutations to Hoani te Heuheu, and genealogical tree from Tamatekapua down to Wahiao. Otakou Maori Centennial 1840-1940. Foundation stone laying ceremony. 24 February 1940 [Order of ceremony] 1941: "Maori carving", by W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum. Publication flyer 1943. Election campaign booklet in Maori for Right Hon Peter Fraser New Zealand Centennial 1840-1940. Tihee! Mauri Ora! Official opening ceremonies of the third and fourth Te Arawa Centennial Memorials, Tawakeheimoa (Whare Wananga at Te Awahou) and Tamatekapua (national whare runanga at Ohinemutu), by His Excellency the Governor-General ... Sir Cyril Newall. 24 March 1943 [Order of ceremonies; includes 2 sheets containing translations of some passages] 1946: Maori national welcome to the 28th Battalion of the 2nd NZEF. Imperial Government Shed at Aotea Quay, 22 January 1946 [Invitation card to Hon HGR Mason] 1948: Rangiatea restoration 1848-1948. Diocesan Maori Mission. Pamphlet. 1949?: New Zealand National Party. Te Maori a ona ra e tuku iho nei: The Maori and the future. He who stands at the prow of the canoe shall be renowned (critical of the Labour Party's policy for Maori) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying below 250 mm. Processing information: Ngarimu Investiture souvenir programme; [and] Supplement to souvenir programme. Ruatoria, 6 October 1943: Combined into Te Whaiti family collection ATL-Group-00753, October 2022.
Otaki oral history project
Date: 1999-2000 - 29 Oct 1999 - 20 May 2002
By: Selby, Rachael Ann, 1949-; Richmond, Joanna Mary, 1946-; Thorpe, Agnes Anne, 1939-
Reference: OHColl-0673
Description: Maori and Pakeha were interviewed for this project, which looks at the history of Otaki and the lives of ten of its community. Language - mainly English but possibly some Maori within interviews by Rachael Selby Interviewer(s) - Anne Thorpe Interviewer(s) - Rachael Selby Interviewer(s) - Jan Richmond Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-011052 - 011064 Quantity: 8 C60 cassette(s). 5 C90 cassette(s). 10 printed abstract(s) and accompanying photos and material. 10 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Several photocopies of photos accompany documentation Search dates: 1930 - 2000
Objects collected by Parafed Wellington
Date: 1973-1981
From: Parafed Wellington Inc : Papers, photographs and objects
Reference: Series-6902
Description: Series made up of; - A metal bottle opener, resembling a patu and decorated with Māori-style patterns. - Two drinks coasters - A nylon banner, with fringing - Two identical blazer pocket emblems; and - A piece of fabric, possibly a place mat, with Māori decorative motif. Quantity: 7 curio(s). Physical Description: Various media, including metal, plastic, fabrics (nylon, wool, cotton) and cardboard Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts; other material transferred to Ephemera, Photo Archive and Published collections. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00802, December. Previous reference: Curios-044-009/015. Previous title: Various artists :[Bottle opener, coasters, banner, blazer pocket emblems, placemat, from Parafed Wellington Inc. 1973-1981].
Trinity Farm :[Rose catalogues].
Date: 1996 - 2004
By: Chapman, Lloyd, active 1990-2000s
Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Trinity
Description: Mail order catalogues listing roses for sale. The rose nursery is run by Ann and Lloyd Chapman at Otaki. Years held are: 4 (1996), 6 (1998), 12 (2004) Serials and monographs to be passed on to NZ&P and Serials. Quantity: 3 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, each around 215 x 103 mm. Provenance: One catalogue donated by Lloyd Chapman in 2005; one donated by Donal Duthie 2005.
H T Whatahoro Jury - Waiata note book
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
Brown, Byron Paul, 1866-1947 :Photographs
Date: [ca 1860s-1930s]
By: Brown, Byron Paul, 1866-1947; Billens Studio; Butterfield, Frederic Augustus, active 1938; Herrmann, Richard, -1892; Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918; Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965; Hay, Mary-Annette, 1925-2024
Reference: PAColl-9373
Description: Photographs of Byron Brown and family taken ca 1860s-1930s by a variety of photographers. Includes photographs of; his wife, Susie Brown nee Bright; his daughter Pauline Burgess nee Bright; his parents Arthur and Jane Brown; his wife's parents Mary Ann and Frederic Bright; his daughter Pauline Burgess nee Brown; and Bright and Brown properties and businesses in Otaki. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). 29 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photographic prints and photocopies Provenance: Donor is grand-daughter of Byron Brown. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1739 : Brown, Byron Paul: Papers. See also Oral History Collection..
Webster collection papers
Date: 1820-1906
From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes
Reference: MS-Papers-6373-28
Description: Contains copies of letters from various Maori and missionaries from all over the North Island with holographic notes appended in the hand writing of Piripi Walker of Ngati Raukawa, some with translations. Includes photocopies and commentary on the 1855 Northland document "Kote pukapuka ote Tarakona". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photocopies with mss annotations
Rangiatea Church (Otaki) : [Cemetery inscriptions] / transcribed by Mr and Mrs Springer...
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
Historical documents (1-10)
Date: 1881-1901
From: Gear Meat Company Ltd : Further records
Reference: 81-295-38
Description: Correspondence, cadastral maps, share certificates, legal documents, etc., Includes Memorandum of transfer - Tariwha Te Wheoki and Maaka Pukehi as trustee of Hare Wirikake Te Whare as sucessors to Hare Wirikake deceased re land at Otaki (Ngakaroro No 2F Section 60) to James Gear, butcher and Isabella Ling, widow, 1885 Quantity: 1 box(es) hollinger (10 folders).
Correspondence (a)
Date: 1940-1949
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7575-033
Description: Contains letters and papers to Ngata relating to politics, Maori education and employment, development schemes and the Cook Islands Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Scholarship applicants - Reports
Date: 1958
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: fMS-Papers-6571-02
Description: Contains reports about the schoolwork and characters of scholarship applicants Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letter book
Date: Dec 1906-May 1907
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-23
Description: Letters from Keys to family and friends providing detailed information about his travels through the lower North Island on Maori Land Court business; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside and townships which Keys travels through, and discussions of people that he meets; there are also discussions of Maori practices and customs that he experiences and his impressions of them; there is also information about Keys' work in the Maori Land Court Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Otaki Marching Committee: [Ephemera relating to marching competitions, marching teams a...
Date: 1950 - 1959
From: [Ephemera relating to marching competitions, marching teams and marching girls. 1900-2000s]
Reference: Eph-A-MARCHING-Otaki
Description: Includes: 1950: Annual championship competition. Otaki Domain, 1 April 1950. [Programme] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and offset prints on programmes pamphlets, sizes varying
The wedding party of Joe and Rewa Ropata, 1908
Date: [Between 1900 and 1920]
From: Otaki Women's Suffrage Coalition :Images of Otaki Women
Reference: 1/2-177002-F
Description: The wedding party of Joe and Rewa Ropata, in front of the Mission House, Te Rauparaha street, Otaki (1908). Back row from left: Rev. Temuera Tokoaitua; Mrs Te Hana; Puku Rikihana; Rev. and Mrs C Smith. Centre: Joe Ropata (seated centre left); Rewa Ropata (standing). Front row seated: Mrs Ngareta Simeon; Mrs Wallace; Whata Hakaraia; Mrs Tuihana Tokoaitua. Children from left: Dan Simeon; Bill Simeon; Henrietta Morrison. Arrangement: Photocopy of this image housed at PAColl-4813 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negative