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Burt album

Date: [1873?]

From: Burt, William Beverland, 1912-1992: Photographs, chiefly relating to the Chatham Islands

By: Barker, Samuel Delabere, 1848-1901

Reference: PA1-q-041

Description: Photographs of various areas in the Chatham Islands and the people who lived there in the 1870s. Group photographs include those of the Hunt family, the Gregory family, the Langdale family, the Beamish family, and groups of unnamed Moriori. At least some of the photographs were taken by Samuel Barker who visited the Chatham Islands in 1873. Information from comparison with images in published items. Arrangement: Images are numbered sequentially throughout album At one time this album apparently belonged to the Shand family (also of the Chatham Islands) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey covered album, 32 x 27.5 cm Provenance: Donated by W B Burt, Christchurch, 1972

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Noel Robert Archibald Cox - Notes about the Chatham Islands

Date: n d

From: Burt, William Beverland, 1912-1992 : Chatham Islands collection

Reference: MS-Papers-0434-41

Description: Describes Maoris taking possession of Chathams, arrival of Mr Hunt in 1840, arrival of whalers and Germans, cannabilism, land settlement, Pitt Island, island steamer trade, disaster of `Te Aroha' in 1931 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript and photographs Photographs of J G Engst, house at Whangamarino, Alex Shand and F A D Cox (partners in Whangamarino Station), despatch of wool for shipment to New Zealand

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Cliffs, Petre Bay, Chatham Island

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-07

Description: Red Bluff and cliffs north of Red Bluff, Chatham Island. (Information from George Hough and Bill Carter). Seymour's house was built in 1867 by Sellwood. Mangape house was built by the missionaries, Engst and Baucke in about 1859. (Information from George Hough and Bill Carter). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

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Loading wool into a boat, Chatham Island

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-38

Description: Loading wool into a boat from a bullock drawn cart in the surf, Chatham Island. On the right, nearer the shore there is a man on a horse. Beyond, a ship waits to take on the wool. A note with this image suggests that the location might be Taupeka on the north coast of Chatham Island. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

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Shipping wool at Te Raki, Chatham Island

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-27

Description: Shipping wool at Te Raki on the north-west coast of Chatham Island. Mrs Thomas Hay is in the foreground beside the horse in centre of view. (Information from George Hough and Bill Carter). Te Raki was owned by the Hay family. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

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R J Seddon - Scrapbook

Date: 1895-1897, 1903

From: Hay, Mary Stuart Carlton, 1874-1946 : Seddon family scrapbooks and letters

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932

Reference: MSY-2028

Description: Includes mss poem to R J Seddon by Thomas Bracken on occasion of Seddon's 50th birthday, 1895; other poems (typescript and printed); article re poetry of Barcroft Henry Boake; article on Governors of NZ by Dr Hocken (Otago Witness, Dec 1896); silver wedding of Richard J Seddon; marriage of Jane Seddon to Rev W S Bean; mss poem by E H Clements entitled `Welcome', Jan 1869; photographs published in Canterbury Times, 4 Jul 1895 of R J Seddon, his wife and nine children; articles, invitation cards & menus relating to Seddon's visit to England in 1897; bill of fare on `Alameda' (Oceanic Steamship Co); article re British Navy; marriage of Phoebe Seddon to Frank Dyer, Jan 1897; Lord Charles Beresford; Chatham Islands (OW, Dec 1896); early Wellington; cartoons by Ashley Hunter entitled `Inspector's parade' and `Recent events' (from NZ Graphic, ca 1892); full description of Seddon's "At Home" - guest list and description of gowns worn; death of Mrs James Suisted; mining claim at St Bathans; Women's Liberal League; Women's Social and League; and various NZ, English and Australian newspaper cuttings relating to R J Seddon and his wife and other notables. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

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Views of the Chatham Islands

Date: 1984

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6571B

Description: Pair of skuas, Whalers Bay, Rangatira (South East) Island, Chatham Islands (6 October 1984). Flax clump in flower, Skua Gully, Rangatira (South East) Island, Chatham Islands (7 October 1984). View of the ocean from southern cliff top, Chatham Island (3 November 1984). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard mounts.

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Dossier (Volume 4)

Date: 1979-1982

From: Dossier on Te Kooti Rikirangi Te Turuki

Reference: MS-Papers-9587-04

Description: The content in this volume are prayers written by Te Kooti in a pocket notebook, which was found left behind when he and his followers escaped from government forces at Mataretu in 1869. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (78 Pages). Physical Description: Typescript and photocopies

Manuscript

Dendroglyphs on Chatham Islands; Opposition to sale of Wharekauri Station

Date: 1991

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection

Reference: 97-042-07/14

Description: Report to New Zealand Historical Places Trust on `Dendroglyphs on Chatham Islands'; submission to Waitangi Tribunal by Moriori claimants to prevent the sale of Wharekauri Station on Chatham Islands Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

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Photograph of a house and family, Chatham Island

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-33

Description: Unidentified house and family, Chatham Island. George Hough and Bill Carter suggest that this is probably the Moreroa homestead of A J Blackiston, Chatham Island. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

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[Ephemera relating to hotels, motels, hostels and other accommodation in places beginni...

Date: 1950 - 2020

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-C

Description: Includes ephemera for hotels in the following locations: Canterbury (includes Lake Pukaki) Chatham Island Coromandel - including Shearwater Lodge Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying up to 250 mm.

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The Nairn River, Waitangi, Chatham Island

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-04

Description: The Nairn River, Waitangi, Cahtham Island. The buildings in the view are from the left: Pomare Hall, Hood's House (later Nairn House), Ngati Mutunga house (in the foreground), Seymour's house in bend of the river with Mangape house, Piripari house (right hand side of river). Photographed by Karl Gerstenkorn between 1890 and 1895. Seymour's house was built in 1867 by Sellwood. Mangape house was built by the missionaries, Engst and Baucke in about 1859. (Information from George Hough and Bill Carter). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

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Fairbrother family : Papers relating to the Chatham Islands

Date: 1939-1998

By: Fairbrother family

Reference: MS-Group-1333

Description: Comprises `The Chatham Island' by pupils of Kairakau School, Chatham Island for the Centennial Competition (1939); two notoebooks, one on the Hauhau, the other with notes on New Zealand history; correspondence relating to Chatham Island history; and correspondence relating to `The Chatham Island' centennial volume Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 3 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript

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SS Kahu in Waitangi Bay, Chatham Island

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-41

Description: SS Kahu in Waitangi Bay, Chatham Island. On the left is Tiki Tiki Hill. (Information from George Hough and Bill Carter). According to George Hough and Bill Carter this a Karl Gerstenkorn photograph taken in 1891. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

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Dossier Volume 6

Date: 1979-1982

From: Dossier on Te Kooti Rikirangi Te Turuki

Reference: MS-Papers-9587-06

Description: This volume contains lessons, hymns, psalms and prayers of Te Kooti. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (124 pages). Physical Description: Typescript and photocopies

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Mangaho Falls, Chatham Island

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-46

Description: The Mangaho Falls on the Owenga Road, Chatham Island. (Information from George Hough and Bill Carter). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

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Group of Moriori or Maori, Chatham Island

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-47

Description: A group of Moriori or Maori men and women standing and seated beside two nikau palms. A stand of native forest can be seen behind them in the distance. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

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Correspondence

Date: 1989

From: Bassett, Michael Edward Rainton, 1938- : Further papers

Reference: 91-217-1/7

Description: Covers Chatham Islands, Commonwealth Games and Citizenship Amendment Bill Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey: J M Barker (Hapupu) Historic Reserve, Chat...

Date: 1983

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to parks and scenic reserves on the Chatham Islands. 1900s]

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: Eph-A-PARK-Chatham-1983-01

Description: A brochure describing the J M Barker (Hapupu) Historic Reserve, the Moriori, the population of Rekohu and Pitt Islands. The Reserve was donated to the Crown in 1979. The pamphlet includes a map and three photographs of dendroglyphs. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on brochure 210 x 295 mm, folded to 210 x 99 mm.

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Te Whakaru and Hanson Bay, Chatham Island

Date: [ca1880-ca1895]

From: Romeril, George, 1844-1922 :Photographs relating to Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1333-25

Description: View of Te Whakaru and Hanson Bay, Chatham Island. In the middle distance right, is Alexander Shand's house and a patch of native forest. In the foreground is clear pasture and some sheep grazing near a group of trees. (Information from George Hough and Bill Carter). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page, 30.5 x 24 cm

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