Places

Date: 1943-1973

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-2/04

Description: Mobile Recording Unit, Taranaki (1946); note inside folder states that it contains only pages 4-35 of the catalogue. Also includes manuscripts of radio talks re Te Kooti, the Wairau Affray (1843); and Maori historical articles by Fowler. Also includes some broadcast notes relating to what seems to be a broadcast covering Samoa's independence from New Zealand in 1962. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1825 - 1847

By: Greenwood, John Danforth, 1803-1890

Reference: E-150-q

Description: Views of French and Swiss architecture; sketches of Wairau Valley, Guards Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, Motueka River. Includes diary for Swiss trip 1825 and for Wairau journey, 1847, with Alfred Fell and Mr Edwards (see MS Papers 98-2 and -7, letter to Mrs Field). John Danforth Greenwood was a doctor and an early settler in Motueka from the 1840s Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 24 pencil mostly 132 x 215 mm in 86 p sketchbook 1/2 green morocco, green boards (in box ¼ green calf) Transfers: Transferred from Greenwood papers (Ms Papers 98)..

Date: 1860

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-117

Description: View of a lake with Ben Nevis in the distance to the left and Wairau Pass and Range to the right (all named by artist). Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on sheet, 160 x 266 mm

Date: 1844

By: Domett, Alfred (Hon), 1811-1887

Reference: qMS-0617

Description: An unpublished poem satirising Governor FitzRoy and his attitude towards the Maori after the Wairau tragedy. This particular copy was made by W B D Mantell, and contains alterations of his own, the original wording being given in footnotes. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (8 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (31 cm; ½ black calf, blue linen)

Date: 1843

Reference: 1/2-036280-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1847

From: [Greenwood, John Danforth] 1803-1890 :[Sketchbook] 1822 [1825], 1847.

By: Greenwood, John Danforth, 1803-1890

Reference: E-150-q-040/041

Description: Double-page spread view of the length of the Wairau Valley, with part of N. George Morse's station in the foreground, including the house set among trees on the far left. The drawing is a faint one The Marlborough Express of 3 October 1961 lists Morse as a first settler of the Wairau Valley Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: pencil, 128 x 420 mm Transfers: Transferred from Greenwood papers (Ms Papers 98)..

Date: 1901-1913

From: Patete family : Diaries and other papers relating to Haimona Patete

Reference: MS-Papers-5689-01

Description: Diary of activities; accounts, details of lands owned by Patete and land rentals; whakapapa of Patete family and associates; Hoiere (Marae) Committee minutes Also contains local births and deaths records Includes fragments of Ngati Toa whakapapa from Tupahau to Te Maunu - Kimihia - Te Kanae - Te Uira and Wineera Te Kanae. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: October or November 1849

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1822-1898

Reference: A-292-091

Description: A view from Tuamarina Hill, looking south towards the Wither Hills and White Bluffs, with the Wairau Plain below. Spring Creek winds towards the sea in the foreground, and a large stand of bush is marked in with solid pencil in the middle distance On the verso is T. B. Collinson's pencil drawing [Tropical port with banana plantations] (A-292-092). This drawing relates to a privately-owned watercolour 'Part of Wairau, July 1845'. The watercolour shows the far hills at a greater distance and includes a section of 'Massacre hill' with two European men in the foreground. The details of the Wairau Plain are very similar in both works. The date on the watercolour is earlier than the date on this view but Bell possibly made a copy for T. B. Collinson, in whose sketchbook this drawing appears. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date and attribution in ink in the hand of T. B. Collinson. Bottom centre title in pencil, probably in the hand of Francis Dillon Bell Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 164 x 236 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1902-1916

From: Patete family : Diaries and other papers relating to Haimona Patete

Reference: MS-Papers-5689-02

Description: Minutes from the meetings of the Hoiere (Marae) committee, under the auspices of the Arapawa Maori Council; accounts; whakapapa Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1841-1854, 1935-1936 - [1Ca 1950s]

By: Webb, George Hannam, 1929-2007

Reference: MS-Group-1490

Description: Papers relating to Samuel Stephens, a surveyor for the New Zealand Company in Nelson. Includes journals and diaries kept by him, letters to his family back in England which describe his life in New Zealand, research material collected about Stephens' life including copies of his death notice, survey maps and pages from the `Nelson Examiner', transcripts of diaries and journals, and photographs of his grave. The journals have details of his voyage to New Zealand from England on the `Whitby' in 1841, of his daily life as a settler in Nelson, on the weather, agriculture and horticulture. He includes sketches of plants and listings of the plants and weather conditions. Quantity: 9 volume(s). 8 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts and Archives March 2006; material transferred to the Published Collection, Ephemera Collection and the Cartographic Collection..

Date: 1976-1978

From: Park, Geoffrey Nicholls, 1946-2009 :Photographs

By: Walls, Geoffrey Young, 1951-

Reference: PA12-7851

Description: Mainland Marlborough. Views of the upper Wairau Valley, and the Wairau Lagoons at the mouth of the Wairau River. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm in plastic mounts

Date: 1841-1844, 1844-1852, 1852-1854, 1935-1936

By: Stephens, Samuel, 1803-1855

Reference: MS-2053-2055

Description: Journals kept by Stephens which include a biographical sketch by his nephew, J Edmund Clark (ppi-ii of v1, 1935), a note to an extract of 1842 (v3, 1936), and a letter to him from Robert Pattie (1935) re the excerpts (pp846-850, v3), letters from Stephens and Sarah Stephens to his mother and sisters, Anne and Ellen and extracts from his journals. Stephens describes his daily life as a surveyor and settler, events in New Zealand, people he met and other aspects of his working and private life. Each volume has a list of contents and v3 has an index. The pages are numbered chronologically through the three volumes. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (850 leaves, 35 leaves)

Date: 1915-1931

From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers

Reference: qMS-0208

Description: Polynesian/Maori Voyages, the story of Takitimu Waka, Maori Customary Concepts and Tribal Narratives. Includes information on the messianic cults that flourished in the 19C; the battle of Waiorua (Whakapaetai) at Kapiti; Te Rangihaeata's stockade at Paremata; the death of Von Tempsky at Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu, and expropriated taonga in the British Museum, including Te Rauparaha's mere-pounamu `Papatahi' and Te Hiko-o-te-Rangi's mere-pounamu `Tuhiwai'. Comprises information on Nga Puhi `Atamira', and generic Maori tohunga practices.

Date: 1844-1903

By: Tinline, John, 1821-1907

Reference: Micro-MS-0790

Description: Reflect duties as native interpreter, surveyor and sheriff in Nelson Province. Land purchase disputes with Maori, reports on wreck of "Phoenix" 1846, road linking Nelson and the Wairau, anchorage at Golden Bay, correspondence concerning Whakapuaka Block. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (62 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: 1844-1846 (1952)

By: Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1822-1898

Reference: MS-0160

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ii, 27 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; red linen case)

Date: 1892-1893, 1918-1945

By: Barron, Charles James, -1945

Reference: MS-Group-0217

Description: Note books kept as a veterinary student at Lincoln College, 1892-1893 and diaries kept while farming at Tinopai, Wairau Valley, 1918-1945 Accompanying material - Accompanied by miscellaneous school reports and invoices relating to W L Barron Barron studied veterinary science at Lincoln College and served in the South African War and World War One. As a returned serviceman he settled on a farm in the Wairau Valley in 1918 where he farmed until his death. Quantity: 30 volume(s). 1 box(es). 1 folder(s). 0.85 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr S Afeaki, Wellington, 1993

Date: 1822-1871

By: Clarke, George, 1798-1875

Reference: qMS-0463-0469

Description: Letters and journals covering the years Clarke served as a CMS missionary at Kerikeri, 1824-1830, Waimate, 1830-1840, amd Apr 1846-1849; the dispute with Grey and Selwyn about his land claims and those of Henry Williams; correspondence while Protector of Aborigines 1840-1846. Vol 7 is the correspondence of George Clarke Junior, (mainly with his father) while Protector of Aborigines at Port Nicholson 1840-1846; includes comment on the Wairau `Massacre', and his relations with Col William Wakefield; some correspondence concerning Heke's war in the north Quantity: 7 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopies) (38 cm; blue buckram) Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1903

From: Patete family : Diaries and other papers relating to Haimona Patete

Reference: MS-Papers-5689-03

Description: Fragmentary; contains waiata, diary notes, accounts, pressed leaf Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1937-1940

Reference: PAColl-2027

Description: Tramping and camping activities, and scenic views of North and South Island locations Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-116016 Quantity: 86 b&w original photographic print(s) loose album pages.

Date: 1919

Reference: Eph-A-POLITICS-1919

Description: Includes: "The truth about Samoa; real working-conditions explained; vital need of labour to save the plantations; facts stated by soldier and ex-resident". (PR-01-0097) Mr H Hill; candidate for the Napier seat. [Pamphlet with portrait photograph]. Herald Print, Napier, 1919. Andrew Walker, the Labour candidate, Dunedin North electorate. [Pamphlet with portrait photograph]. Robertson, McReath & Co. Printers [1919]. Acquired 1962. [Use copy at Eph-A-NZ-LABOUR-1919] J J Corry, the Progressive candidate. The people's man! the soldiers' man! [Pamphlet with portrait photograph. 1919?] (PR-03-0215) Bernard J Cooke, Labour candidate. To the electors of Wairau ... [Pamphlet with portrait photograph]. Wakelin's Printing Works, 9 Charles Street, Blenheim [1919?] (PR-03-0215) Quantity: 5 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on folded programme. Physical Description: Offset lithographs on cards and pamphlets, sizes varying Provenance: Two items purchased from Stirling & Co in 2003.