Places

Date: 1900

By: Kenning, Winifred, 1897-1977

Reference: MS-Papers-1857

Description: Reminiscences about life and people in the Hokianga area, 1820 till the present (1973) Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (68 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-007

Description: The essay focuses primarily on Ralph Fletcher Watkins, a remittance man from Bolton, Lancashire, his marriage to Ani Hardiman and their life in the Hokianga where Ralph was a school teacher. Information has been gathered from the journal Watkins kept 1867-1881. Information is also given about their children, in particular Maggie, the writer's grandmother, who as a young mother died of tuberculosis. Anecdotes about Maggie's children growing up in Ellerslie post World War I are related Quantity: 1 folder(s) 44 pages.

Date: 1856,1860

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11750-24

Description: Contains three parchment land deeds relating to the Williams family [CMS] of Bay of Islands. ET/LT:005 is a land purchase document of Henry Williams purchasing land in Hokianga on 23 July 1856. Includes pencil annotations on the outside of the document including `Taratara' which may refer to Taratara Peak (also known as St Paul's). Also includes the Governor's offical seal. ET/LT: 006 is dated 24 April 1860 and includes Henry Williams Jun. Esq. to John William Williams Esq. Includes a hand drawn coloured map on the inner page. The following places are named on the map: Okorari Creek, Taratara and Pukeawa. It is also dated and stamped on the outside by the `Registrar Auckland' Wed 9 May 1860. ET/LT: 007 includes Henry Williams Jun Esq. to Venerable Octavius Hadfield and wife. It is dated 24 April 1860. It contains a hand drawn coloured map, showing the following places: Okorari Creek, Taratara and Pukeawa. A note for ET/LT:005 says that it may have come from the John Webster collection, but it relates to the Williams family [CMS] of Bay of Islands. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Parchment

Date: [1866,1904]

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11750-25

Description: Four parchment documents relating to land conveyancy. ET/LT: 008 is a conveyance document relating to land in Hokianga, dated 20 January, 1904. Henry Williams to John Press. It relates to land `originally granted to Henry Williams by Crown Grant dated 23/7/56'. ET/LT: 009 is a conveyance document for land at Waimate in 1866. Octavius Hadfield to Samuel Williams. ET/LT: 010 is a document appointing a new trustee. It is dated 4 January, 1904. It is adding John Marshall as a joint trustee for land in Hokianga. ET/LT: 011 is a conveyance document relating to land in Hokianga. Dated 17 June 1904. Involving Samuel Williams and others, and Octavius Hadfield. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-154

Description: Includes various notes relating to Maori, Pacific and Asian history, including some whakapapa notes for the Hokianga area iwi and for Kupe. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed list of folder contents available in inventory.

Date: 1839 - 1841 - 1846 - 1848

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Page, George Hyde, 1823-1908; Kinder, John, 1819-1903; Fox, William, 1812-1893; Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938; Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-003-029-a/040-a

Description: Set of looseleaf offprints originally published as a set of 12 prints in "New Zealand calendar 1974". Contents: Goldmining at the Thames [i.e. Goldmining at Thames] / J.B.C. Hoyte. - Nelson Haven, 1841 / Charles Heaphy. - The Pink Terraces, 1874 [i.e. The White Terraces, 1888 (detail)] / C.D. Barraud. - St Mark's Church, Remuera [i.e. S. Mark's, Remuera & Mt Eden, 1859] / Rev. John Kinder. - The Barracks, Napier / C.D. Barraud. - Auckland, 1848 [i.e. Auckland, New Zealand, 1848] / Lt. Gen. G.H. Page. - The Aglionby or Matukituki Valley [i.e. In the Aglionby or Matukituki Valley, looking into the Otapawa, 20th Feb. [1846]] / Sir William Fox. - In Otira Gorge, 1864 [i.e. Otira Gorge, 1864?] / Sir William Fox. - Dunedin, Otago, 1861 [i.e. Part of the town and harbour of Dunedin, Otago, N.Z. [1861?]] / W.S. Hatton. - Kahu Kahu, Hokianga River [i.e. View of the Kahu-Kahu Hokianga River [December] 1839] / Charles Heaphy. - Taranaki, New Zealand, 1860 [i.e. Mount Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand, 1860] / Lt. Gen. C.E. Gold. - Bream Head, Whangarei / Charles Heaphy. Title from cover of calendar. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title and artist]; Recto - bottom left - Alexander Turnbull Library, / Wellington, N.Z.; Recto - bottom right - A.R. Shearer, Government Printer, / Wellington, N.Z., 1973. Quantity: 24 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 24 photolithographs, (2 sets of 12), variously sized from 157 x 238 mm, to 240 x 304 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright in the 1970s.

Date: 1832-1869

By: Whiteley, John, 1806-1869

Reference: qMS-2212-2213

Description: The journal records Whiteley's journey to NZ; his work as a Wesleyan missionary at Hokianga, Pakanae and Kawhia; a quarrel with Rev W White; an attempt at mediation in an intertribal war; his attitude to the Maori uprising; the Waitara problem, and the Taranaki war; his discussions with G Grey, D McLean and R Parris on Maori-Pakeha relations. Journal lacks entries for 1837, Jul 1843-1860 Quantity: 2 volume(s) (217 pages). Physical Description: Typescripts (34 cm; ½ Royal blue calf; 2nd copy, ¼ green leather)

Date: 1931-1934

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0195

Description: File containing material relating to the Hokianga area schemes Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1975-1976

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-7811-184

Description: Notes and correspondence made by James McNeish on on Dr George Smith and his medical practice in the Hokianga, as preparattion for the radio programme `Smith's cure'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1859

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-002

Description: Contents include corrspondence, mostly from the Native Land Purchase Dept Auckland, relating to Maori land claims and purchases from Auckland to Northland.

Date: 1835-1959

From: Church of England in New Zealand Auckland Diocese : Church registers

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-06

Description: Registers of Kaikohe, 1886-1959 (mainly Maori; incl South Hokianga); Kaipara, Mahurangi, 1872-1932 (incl Maori); Te Pahi, Kaipara, 1893-1896; Kaitaia, 1835-1856. Marriages and deaths from last register continued on reel 7 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: See inventory for fuller description of contents.

Date: 1822

By: Herd, James (Captain), active 1821-1830

Reference: MapColl-832.11aj/1827-Acc.1466

Description: Note in T. M Hocken's handwriting `not a facsinmile of Captain Herd's chart of Jokeehangar, 1827' Descriptive note attached (Exact copy of an old lithograph chart of part of Hokianga River - the chart was presented by Captain Herd to a Mr Alex Chapman of Hokianga... seems to be a copy on a smaller scale of the pub. map, but not all soundings given. Quantity: 1 map(s) photocopy. Physical Description: 30 x 43 cm.

Date: 1827-1852

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1009-2/32

Description: Consists of: - Letter from Capt John Wright to Mr W Terrington, Schooner Active (6 Jan 1830) Letter from Capt John Writht to Mr Terrington, Table Bay (31 Mar 1830) Letter from Capt John Wright to Mr W Terrington, Schooner Active (11 Sep 1830) Alex McLeay to R Hill (16 Jul 1830) Rev R Hill to Alexander McLeay, Sydney (12 Jul 1830) J Mitchell, Surgeon on the schooner Herald; list of provisions (24 Nov 1827) Public Instrument of Protest regarding the wreck of the Herald at Hokianga on 21 June 1828. Signed by James Norton (9 Jul 1828) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-532

Description: Views of New Zealand taken by E Wheeler & Son, circa 1870s to 1880s Most of the views are identified, either on the photograph itself, or in hand-written captions below; places shown are listed above. One image has caption "Flax cutting" on the photograph which shows a man standing be a group of cabbage trees, with a house? or possibly a mill with a water wheel in the background behind the trees, while the hand-written caption reads "Valley scene, Hokianga". Other Titles - New Zealand views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover (damaged), entitled "New Zealand Views" in gold lettering; 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1910 - 1985 - 1920

From: Northwood Brothers fl.1910-1930s :The Northwood Brothers. [Wellington] Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust with the assistance of the Listener, 1985. (Imagers of a new land, series 4).

By: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Listener (Periodical); Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Northwood, Richard Alfred, 1881-1955; Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-

Reference: C-106-023-a

Description: Shows a bullock team of about 12 animals standing attached to wagon which is at left foreground, with three men on, and one beside it. Another man is further away at right with goad / switch. A copy of an original negative in the Library's collection, reference number PA1-q-180-039 Container has not been assigned location number and is therefore not separately catalogued. Other images have been separately catalogued. Other Titles - Photographs by the Northwood Brothers. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Reproduced from the original glass plates by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of the Listener. / [Title] / Northwood Brothers photograph Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 258 x 334 mm, on sheet 350 x 440 mm.

Date: 1984

By: Clarkson, Susan, active 1984

Reference: Eph-C-TOURISM-Northland-1984-01

Description: Shows a map of the Hokianga County with a path of circles leading over it. The object of the game is to use dice and counters to travel through Hokianga County, informing players of points of interest and history; the last and therefore the most informed player to complete the journey wins. The accompanying bag with die and counters is at Eph-001. Creators were Susan Clarkson, Bruce Morley and Jenny Brown. The counters were polished gemstones made by Agnes Leaf of Rawene, and the die is a cube of rimu cut by Paul Burgess of Kohukohu. The game won a tourism design award in 1984, for a meritorious design of a souvenir. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on laminated sheet, 495 x 330 mm.

Date: [ca 1876]

By: Monro, Henry Alfred Horne, 1824-1908

Reference: MSX-7962

Description: Monro's copy of Davis' biography, with extensive annotations in Monro's hand. The annotations provide additional detail to the text and, in some cases, correct it. Includes 9 pages of notes, relating to two anecdotes illustrating tensions between Maori and Pakeha in the Hokianga and Bay of Islands in the late 1830s and early 1840s, the first regarding Mangamuka Tohukakahi of the Ihutai tribe, and the second re the trial and execution of a Maori for the murder of a European settler. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1844-1962

By: Maning, Frederick Edward, 1811?-1883

Reference: MS-Papers-0866

Description: 12 letters from F E Maning to his brother Henry, and 1 to his father, 18 Feb 1844-19 Dec 1866. Include some information on NZ and life at Hokianga but mainly concern family affairs and finances. 9 letters exchanged between C J O'Keeffe and F D Maning, 1 letter from A G Holland to O'Keeffe, written in 1943, and 1 letter to F D Maning from K Nicholson, 1962, all about F E Maning Quantity: 1 folder(s) (24 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: 1834 (1961)

By: Markham, Edward, 1801-1865

Reference: qMS-1326

Description: Markham spent some months in Kohukohu and surrounding district. He describes Maori customs, the Christian missions, sawmilling, and the scenery. He refers also to the rescue of Mrs Guard in Taranaki Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript (red linen)

Date: 1940-1942

From: New Zealand Maori Land Court: Tokerau District minute books

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-06-198

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).