Places

Date: 1905

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-7465

Description: A train on the railway tracks next to the main street in Ngaruawahia at the corner with Jesmond Street; horses and carts waiting at Hamilton Railway Station with a train at the platform; people on the platform at Frankton Junction Railway Station with an advertisement for Standard Tea on the railway building and a train waiting; and a train at the platform at Mercer Railway Station. Photographer was Muir & Moodie. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1890s

Reference: 1/2-004202-F

Description: An elevatedl view of the town and the river including a substantial two-storey house on the left next to the river. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1845-1972

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

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-15

Description: Registers for Parish of Takapuna, 1954-1966; St Peter's Church, Takapuna, 1966-1972; St John's College Chapel, Tamaki West, 1845-1968; Te Kohanga and Mercer (Tuakau), 1886-1921; Thames, Hauraki, Waiheke,1886-1921; Waikato District, 1837-1904; Lower Waikato, 1908-1928 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: See inventory for fuller details.

Date: Between 1900 and 1936

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 13

Reference: PAColl-6407-60

Description: Koheroa Heights - scene of the first hostilities in Waikato June 17 1863 with an arrow indicating Mercer taken around 1902. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print Provenance: Circumstances of deposit unknown

Date: 1851-1951

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

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-19

Description: Registers for Mercer and Remuera, 1872-1882 (contd from reel 18); Russell, 1851; Mangonui, 1861-1870; Hokianga, 1850-1951; Waimate, Waimamaku, 1882 (1 page only); Baptisms, marriages and burials, Waimamaku, Hokianga, 1880-1886; Hokianga, Waipaera, 1875-1911; Hokianga Takiwa [district] and Waipapera, 1874-1910; St Mary the Virgin, Hokianga, 1883-1920; Hokianga, 1865-1871 (almost unreadable). Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive.

Date: 1863

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-106-f-043-2

Description: View of the river showing a heavily wooded area in the middle distance. Other Titles - The river Waikato from the hills near Mangatawhiri Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, 7 Nov 1863, p 69 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Engraver's initials Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 155 x 240 mm

Date: 1921

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: A-138-009

Description: On the left, a map of the Waikato River between the Mangatawhiri and Maramarua Rivers close to Koheroa, with hills, swamps, redoubts, rifle pits and the present location of the town of Mercer shown. On the right are two soldiers with rifles at the ready, alongside a cabbage tree Reproduced in Cowan, J. The New Zealand wars (1923), Vol. 1, p. 247 For related maps from the Cowan collection see MapColl--q832hkcmj/1845-1871/Acc.5122-8;46793-813 Inscriptions: Signed: A H Messenger 1921 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 102 x 179 mm

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

Reference: PAColl-7364

Description: Photographs of road building or maintenance, such as straightening curves, on the following highways: Great South Road at Huntly; laying concrete on the Paparua County section of the Christchurch-Dunedin highway; bitumen surfacing on the Kamo town section of the Whangarei-Kawakawa highway; bituminous concrete paving on the Halswell County section of the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; bituminous concrete laying on the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; Great South Road Mercer-Ohinewai section near Long Swamp with workmen's camps in the distance; penetration work on the Waitara-Pukearuhe section of the Auckland-Wellington via Taranaki highway; Goat valley section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopua-Raglan highway looking towards Thames; improved alignment on the Kawhia County section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; the Leslie's Gully section of the Hamilton-Rotorua highway looking towards Tamahere; Auckland-Wellington highway near Wanganui; improved curve on the New Plymouth-Kaimata highway; Great South Road at Long Swamp; Great South Road at Taupiri Gorge; the Rangiriri Hills deviation of the Great South Road; Hamilton-Rotorua highway near Tamahere showing bitumen on tar sealing; Whatawhata-Raglan highway from near Whatawhata; Rotorua-Whakatane highway; widening work on the Coromandel main highway; Auckland-Wellington highway near Lepperton; bitumen surface on Saddle Hill on the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; bitumen concrete at Halswell on the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopu-Raglan highway; Rangiriri deviation. Also included are three unidentified bridges, one built by J T Julian & Son; the bridge at Motueka; a Rotorua County Council speed limit sign on the Ngongotaha bridge; Waitakaruru bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; McCormick's bridge on the Thames Coast highway; replacement of King's Creek bridge on the Gisborne-Napier highway; the Karangahake bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; and railway carts being loaded at Mosgile quarry for the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway. Arrangement: Artifical collection although some of the prints are from the same source (eg 12-004447 and 004448). Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: One print at PAColl-6181-56..

Date: [1895-1899]

By: Edwards, Charles Thomas, active 1890s

Reference: PA1-f-020

Description: Photograph album containing photographs of South Island scenes, taken ca 1897 by C T Edwards. Album includes views of Melbourne and Sydney; a large number in the Lyttelton and Christchurch areas; as well as photographs in the Waikato region. There are a number of photographs of postcards created by Edwards, using various scenes, most of which are included in this album. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey album with black spine and corners, entitled Photographs. C.T. Edwards, 32 x 45 cm

Date: 2006-2007

From: La Plante, Steven, fl 2001-2015: Photographs of war memorials

Reference: PAColl-10421-03

Description: Photographic prints showing war memorials, chiefly for WWI and WWII, in various localities in the North Island. Quantity: 43 b&w original photographic print(s) (Resin coated silver gelatin prints).

Date: 1863-1866, 2000

By: Stuart, Henry John Richard Villiers, 1837-1914

Reference: MS-Group-0834

Description: Comprises journal kept by Stuart from 1863-1866 while he was travelling on the continent through Paris, Nice and Geneva, then his embarkation on the `Sea King' at Gravesend (Nov 1863) and coaling at St Vincent. He describes the entertainments on board, the weather, storms, death of a child born on board, arrival at Auckland (27 Jan 1864), meeting the 4th Company which had come from India, his journey to Otahuka and his first impressions. He writes of escorting carts and other military duties, painting views, problems of paying the men, Maori prisoners, in camp at Koheroa, of the engineers making a road, cutting firewood, seeing Tauranga, Te Puke, Wheranghi, fighting, arrival at Wairoa, orders received from Major Shuttleworth, visiting Te Papa, social activities in Auckland, Christmas (1864) and ends at Te Papa on 10 Jan 1865. Also includes abstract logs of the `Sea King' to New Zealand (13 Nov 1863-26 Jan 1864), `Wellesley', Melbourne to England (31 Mar-15 Jul 1866), `Prince Alfred', New Zealand to Sydney (2-7 Mar 1866), `Bengal', Calcutta to Southampton (23 Mar-1 May 1865); journal of voyage, `Wellesley' to Plymouth (16 Jun-15 Jul 1866); list of letters written (1863-1864); and chronological index to main part of the diary. Typed transcript of journal added to collection Electronic transcript is included in this collection. Source of title - Transcribed Other - Typed transcript completed in-house, May 2000 Quantity: 2 folder(s). 2 microfilm reel(s). 512 kilobyte(s) textual material. 0.07 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy and microfilm) and typescript

Date: 1985

Reference: PAColl-0607

Description: Photograph of the remains of the paddle steamer Manuwai a few feet in from the bank of the Waikato River opposite Mercer and two kilometres downstream at Lamonts Landing. The photgraph is taken looking from bow to stern. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 216mm x 166mm

Date: [ca 1930s]

By: Bell, Pamela, active 2004

Reference: PAColl-8169

Description: Collection comprises: Photograph of a man and a woman standing in front of a car that is parked in a field, possibly in the Auckland region, taken ca 1930s by an unknown photographer. Photograph of cars on a road that is being widened, Mercer, taken ca 1930s by an unknown photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Pamela Bell, Whangaparaoa, 2004

Date: 1974 (1989?)

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-101

Description: The story of William Hutchinson and his wife Mary Mounsey who came to Auckland in 1879 on the British Empire. The first five years were spent at Mercer then they purchased a standing bush farm at Kapuni where for 20 years they brought up their six children. They had a taste of city life before going to Thames to a ballot farm, and then to the Mamakus. In 1925 some returned to Kapuni to salvage their 134 acre property. Includes a handwritten family tree (tipped in) of forbears of Mary Dorothy Annie Hutchinson (b 1898) who married C J Brooke in 1925 Other Titles - Title in publish guide is Mrs Dorothea Kenney - Family album.... Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (annotated) Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes many photographs

Date: 1863-1864

From: John Martin, Solicitors of Edinburgh : New Zealand letters

Reference: MS-Papers-6509-05

Description: Letters from Koheroa Camp, where Lieutenant Howat was stationed, enquiring about remittances and a power of attorney (lacking). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 10 Aug 1872

By: Bowen, George Ferguson (Sir), 1821-1899

Reference: fMS-052

Description: Contract made between the Governor of New Zealand on behalf of HM the Queen and Brogden, Brogden and Brogden of Westminster; includes specification and articles of agreement Autographs of Bowen, Fox and Seward Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (17 pages). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms (40 cm, blue pamphlet case)

Date: 1851-1959

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

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-18

Description: Registers of Hokianga (extract) and copy of baptisms in Mangonui, 1861-1870; Parochial District of `The Isles', 1911-1950; Parochial District of the Islands, 1957-1959; Russell, 1851; baptisms carried out by Rev B Y Ashwell (mainly Mercer and Remuera), 1872-1882 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive.

Date: 1880-1901

Reference: PAColl-8960

Description: Photographs of Auckland and Coromandel, taken between 1880 and 1901 by an unknown photographer. Includes views of Parsons & Fowler families (1890), St Heliers Bay (1890), Imperial Troops in the Auckland Domain, an arch erected for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in 1901, Onehunga Hotel in Princess Street, the Auckland Domain, Views of Northcote, Birkenhead, and Birkenhead Wharf (1880), tradesmen's processions in Domain, and the Mercer Regatta. This group of negatives have crenelated notches along their sides. This indicates that they were manufactured for a Frena Camera. This camera was the first type of film-pack camera. (see "Deja View 37," August 2003, edited and published by Bill Main, Wellington, New Zealand). Information that came with these negatives is filed at PAColl-8960, and is in the Photograph Archive collections sequence. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 57 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Gordon, William Francis Robert, 1846-1936

Reference: PAColl-6751

Description: The Waikato River at Mercer, showing the turret from SS Pioneer, which served during the Waikato War of 1863 (left foreground), and the old Point Russell Hotel (extreme right). Photograph taken ca 1900 by William Francis Robert Gordon. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print Provenance: Purchased from Brewster's Rare Books, October 2001.

Date: 1914-1960

By: Cory-Wright & Salmon Ltd

Reference: 77-048

Description: Comprises records of the firm and includes correspondence, notes, reports, blueprints, files, publications, plans and other papers relating to the company's activities in building NZ's hydroelectric stations Also includes the personal papers of S Cory-Wright, the founder of the firm Source of title - Supplied title Wellington engineering firm Quantity: 20 box(es). 9 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 6.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Transfers: To Photographic Archive - NZ Electrical Traders' Federation Advisory Committee, Jul 1945, in PAColl-D-1061; NZ Electrical Traders' Federation Annual Conference, Wellington, 1938 - To Ephemera Collection - Brochures and catalogues. List in back file. [PR-04-0536] - To Book Collections - Various publications. PR-04-0672 & PR-04-0673 - To Serials Collection - Various serials. See above..