Places

Date: 1860 - 1889

From: Gully, John, 1819-1888 :Pocket sketches [from several sketchbooks. 1860-1880s].

Reference: A-430-016

Description: See child records for details. Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on sheet, 127 x 207 mm.

Date: [ca 1898]-1953

From: Waldie family : Photographs

By: Neville Studio (Levin, N.Z.); ACME Studio; Starlite Studios; Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964

Reference: PAColl-8736-1

Description: Levin Jubilee procession and school jubilee February 1940. Levin School reunion ca 1950. A group of housemaids dating from the 1890s. South Island landscapes and mountains 1953. Places and events such as a view of Caroline Bay Timaru, people on the deck of the Earnslaw on Lake Wakatipu, a tent in the bush, and the deck of the Tamahine in Picton, all 1953. A portrait of a man and a woman taken by S P Andrew during the Second World War. Quantity: 48 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1851-1853

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: qMS-1308

Description: Native claims and native affairs in general; includes census figures, information on land in the South Island, reserves etc. Language - (Most in English) Source of title - From cover Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (32 cm; ½ brown roan, brown marbled boards in ¼ blue morocco, blue buckram slip-case)

Date: 1810 - 1838

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/3/22-Acc.36535

Description: Key reference shows: Te Niho (Ngati Tama & Ati Awa) 1828; Te Rauparaha (Ngati Toa) 1828-1829; Te Puoho (Ngati Tama) 1836-1837; Ngai Tahu (Ngati Tuaturiri) and Poutini Ngai Tahu under Tuhuru, 1810 an Ngai Tahu, 1835-1838. Pencilled note intended for insertion in key Reference but unreadable apart from date 1830 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card backed greaseproof paper. Scale indeterminable. 97 x 69 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1840 - 1844

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-5/9/9-Acc.37938

Description: Includes reference giving coloured symbols identifying Church Missionary Society, Wesleyan Missionary Society, Roman Catholic Mission, Presbyterian Missions and North German Missionary Society stations. Also station outposts and religious frontier posts for Church Missionary Society, Wesleyan Missionary Society and Roman Catholic. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream card. Scale indeterminable. 106.5 x 71 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1866

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-CHA-7/4/4-Acc.38870

Description: Identifies in colour goldfields in the West Coast Region 1886 Base map - Department of Lands and Survey 1937 Quantity: 1 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Ink and colour on cream paper. Scale [ca. 1:1 000 000] 74 x 90 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: Before 1854

From: Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898: Maori manuscripts

Reference: MSY-2108

Description: Contains various waiata and moteatea etc. Many of these relate to the Ngati Toa, Te Ati Awa and Ngati Raukawa, with many others relating to Te Arawa and Waikato. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (photocopy) Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1844

By: Shortland, Edward, 1812?-1893

Reference: qMS-1800

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (30 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (33 cm; ¼ dark green morocco)

Date: 1826 - 1839

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-5/10/9-Acc.37949

Description: Pre 1840 European Settlement giving dates Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream linen. Scale indeterminable. 59 x 42 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1848 - 1850

By: Great Britain. Admiralty; Hamilton, William John Warburton, 1825-1883

Reference: MapColl-834atc/[1849-50]/Acc.1379

Description: Map of South Island, south of Kaikoura and including Stewart Island, and not drawn to scale. Shows harbours, rivers, lakes, Maori tracks, boundaries of the New Zealand Company's land purchase of the Canterbury Region; includes descriptive notes on areas of land such as 'very extensive grass plains'. Note on map before copying: 'Kaiapoi is the southern boundary of the Nelson Block'. Includes many Maori placenames. Written below map: Copy of charts in custody of Admiralty, 1- Canterbury-Otago explorations (1848), 2- Nelson explorations (1846) Title from catalogue card Written on catalogue card: Shows New Zealand Company's purchase of land. See also annotated copy, redrawn by Department of Survey and Land Information, 1989, entitled Map of part of the Middle Island by Charles H Kettle, ca. 1848, shelved at MapColl-834atu/[1849-50]1989/Acc.21689 Inscriptions: top left - Stamped New Zealand Company, 31 Oct 1848 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, glued to paper, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 53.4 x 31.5 cm Provenance: Photocopy from chart held in custody of the Admiralty

Date: 1895

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-023

Description: Contains notes on various Māori-related subjects. There is a full contents list at the front. Includes transcript of notes by G H Davies on Māori-Pākehā children. Also comprises notes on death ceremonies - cremation; Kāi Tahu death ceremonies, as well as karakia, waiata and whakataukī including tapu lifting practices. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Processing information: Description updated 19 September 2023 following information provided by a staff member.

Date: 1842 - 1907 - 1868

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-5/11/33-Acc.38166

Description: Map possibly intended to identify areas explored by Cotterill, Brunner, Mitchell and Dashwood, Weld, Lee & Jollie, Mackay and Travers (1842-1868) but only reference key completed. Base map of NZ - South Island, Nelson and Marlborough with parts of Canterbury. Lands and Survey [1907]. Quantity: 1 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Ink and colour drawings on cream paper. Scale [ca. 1: 506 880] 67.5 x 94 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1886

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-CHA-6/3/4-Acc

Description: Identifies cities, boroughs, town districts (their importance being shown by the size of the lettering), railways, hot springs and boundaries of land district in the South Island. Department of Lands and Survey; Base map South Island New Zealand Quantity: 1 map(s) with annotations. Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper. Scale indeterminable. 114 x 140 cm Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1844

By: Shortland, Edward, 1812?-1893

Reference: qMS-1801

Description: Relationship complexity - Typescript of qMS-1800 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (18 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (35 cm; grey cloth)

Date: 1875-1887

By: Hales, George B, active 1875-1887

Reference: qMS-0905

Description: Comprises letters from Tonga and Samoa (1875); from New Zealand describing the South Island and Westland (1885 and 1886); from Western Australia and South Australia (1886 and 1887); describes voyage from Wellington to Derby, Western Australia in SS `Triumph' and trip thence to the Kimberley diggings with New Zealand horses and drays, with extract of diary (17 Aug 1886-1 Jan 1887) Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (199 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and mss (photocopies) (35 cm; brown hinged lid box)

Date: 1800

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/3/19-Acc.36532

Description: Identifies tribal districts in the South Island: Ngai Tahu; Ngati Mamoe; Ngati Tama & Ngati Rarua; Ngati Koata; Ati Awa; Ngati Toa; Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper. Scale indeterminable. 79.7 x 46.7 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1800 - 1845

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-5/9/8-Acc.37937

Description: Identifies Missions in the South Island to 1845 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on grey linen. Scale [1:1 013 760] 82 x 68.5 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1860 - 1869

From: Statutory Branch. Head Office. Department of Lands and Survey :[Aperture cards of] maps and plans

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Chapman, George Thomson, 1824-1881

Reference: MapColl-L&S-G8

Description: Published map of the South Island showing placenames and topographic features. Drawn by J. Wareham, Otahuhu Quantity: 1 map(s) on 4 aperture cards. Physical Description: 35mm microfilm inserted into card, scale [1: 950 400], copy at same size as original Provenance: Donated by Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, November 1982

Date: 1841 - 1842

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Barron, Alexander, 1839-1919

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/1/11-Acc.36442

Description: Lists the Harbours on both coastlines of the South Island with comments on their quality. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper in cardboard frame. 72 x 45.7 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1848

By: Kemp, Henry Tacy, 1818-1901

Reference: MS-Papers-2846

Description: Copy of `Wanganui deed' in Maori and English with signatories' names included and correspondence. Also includes copy of Ngai Tahu deed of sale. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Processing information: Previously Misc MS K12