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Manuscript

175 - Wairoa blocks

Date: 1929

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0380

Description: File 175 - Contains letters regarding these land development schemes and blocks Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

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Blair, Mary: Photographs taken in the Gisborne area

Date: ca 1920s

By: Blair, Mary Ramsay Ellen, 1875-1963

Reference: PAColl-6513

Description: Photographs of the Gisborne region (taken by Mary Blair ?) including: the old windmill at Waihi Beach, Gisborne; a field of cattle at Whakarau; post office at Wharerata; river scene with bridge at Wairoa; monument to James Carroll next to Makaraka Cemetery. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-009978; 1/2-008016 (both copy negatives); 1/2-018769 to 018772. Possibly also includes 1/2-015678. Quantity: 6 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

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Baird, Hamilton Fellowes, b 1898 : The Hawke's Bay earthquake of 3rd February 1931

Date: 1931, 1997

By: Baird, Hamilton Fellowes, 1898-1970

Reference: MS-Papers-6096

Description: Comprises typescript copy of original typescript of report by Baird on his visit to areas affected by the Hawke's Bay Earthquake. He gives the reasons for his visit, describes the people he met and the damage to each place he visited and includes observations on earthquakes in general and in particular. His travels (accompanied by Dr C E Adams, Dominion Astronomer and Seismologist) took him by car from Wellington, over the Rimutakas, through Waipukurau to Napier. From there he visited Hastings, flew over the land from Cape Kidnappers to Wairoa, and again travelled by car to places outside Napier and Hastings. Original carbon typescript was indistinct in places so there are omissions in this version. Source of title - Transcribed title Baird was assistant at the Christchurch Magnetic Observatory in 1931 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (14 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with corrections (Photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences per David J Dowrick, Oct 1997

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Newspapers - Miscellaneous Maori topics

Date: 1929-1937

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-61

Description: Includes Maori history, the effects of colonisation, Maori trans-Pacific migration, Maori and Pakeha internal and external travel, geographical histories, New Zealand flora and fauna, religion, astrology, health, disease, language, place names, poems and volcanology Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph and printed matter (some with holograph annotations)

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Aitcheson, Muriel Mavis, fl 1968-1974 : We in our small corner; a brief history of the ...

Date: 1968

By: Aitcheson, Muriel Mavis, 1919-2007

Reference: MS-Papers-1353

Description: Provides an account of Captain William Lewis' whaling activities at Kapiti, Waikopu and Cape Kidnappers; Douglas Mary McKain's account of life on board the `Olympus' in 1841 and her early days in Wellington. Also includes reminiscences of early settlers and settlement in Napier and Wairoa by Mrs Robina Roe (1929). Also copies of family letters (including letter from Thomas and Susannah Barben describing the voyage of the `London' in 1840), extracts from diaries, genealogical material etc. Includes brief biographical notes about Erena Wharekiri, Ngati Porou wife of William Lewis, and their daughter Harata `Charlotte' Torr. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (52 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

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Group photograph of gentlemen

Date: [ca 1910s-1920s]

From: Milne, John, fl 2009 :Photographs of career and activities of Harold Douglas Milne and Thomas Joseph Shute

By: Burridge, Charles, active 1897-1948

Reference: PAColl-9431-03

Description: Group photograph of seven young men all wearing bowler hats, suits and flowers pinned to their lapels. Photograph taken by C. Burridge, Wairoa. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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View along Main Street in Wairoa.

Date: Circa 1920s

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1035-1/2-G

Description: View along Main Street in Wairoa showing the Bank of New Zealand building centre right, and a clock tower in the centre. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1920s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

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Wairoa Freezing Works

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-048879-G

Description: Exterior view of the Wairoa freezing works, photographed circa 1920s by Sydney Charles Smith. Shows a collection of buildings and a brick chimney. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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