Places

Date: 1843

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: PUBL-0011-12

Description: Shows and names Taupo Bay (i.e. Plimmerton) and the entrance from the sea with Porirua Harbour in the background. Thom's whaling station in the distance, the Maori pa at Plimmerton (Taupo Pa) constructed by Te Rauparaha's followers after the Wairau Affray, a European man on horseback and a Maori burial ground, in the foreground Accompanying text reads: This is about seventeen miles from Wellington by the Bridle-road. The encampment at the foot of the hill is the beginning of that made by Rauperha's [i. e. Te Rauparaha's] followers after the Wairau massacre. Parramatta [i. e. Paremata] is at the low point farther inside the harbour. Almost identical to Brees' engraving "Porerua Bay" engraved by Melville in "Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand" (London, 1847) Plate 5 no. 12. In the later version, the horseman in the foreground has been replaced by a European traveller on foot with a dog and a Maori man coming to meet him. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 237 x 370 mm

Date: 1842 - 1845

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: PUBL-0020-05-3

Description: Shows Maori and Pakeha seated and standing close to barrels in the foreground, a dog, then people engaged in various activities close to buildings at the water's edge. Washing hanging on a clothes-line to the right, with the harbour and hills beyond. The accompanying text mentions the long-established nature of the whaling station of Joseph Toms (also known as Geordie Bolts) and the fact that Toms also ran an inn and a ferry service across the harbour from this point. The view shows the house and sheds of Toms and his family. Thoms whaling station was situated next to the Ngati Te Ra pa (fortified settlement) at Whitianga, or Paremata as it is now known. The whaling station was established by Joseph Thoms, whaler-trader, and later sold. James Cootes (whaler) also lived there. Cootes' eldest children Tame and Hemi (Tiapo) were born at this station or the pa next to it. The pa was occupied by Ngati Te Ra, a hapu of Ngati Toa. The two principal chiefs of this pa were Te Rakaherea and Te Kanawa. Te Rakaherea later relocated to Poroutawhao (Levin) with Te Rangihaeata were they both lived out their days. Other Titles - Porirua Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand coloured 86 x 145 mm