Places

Date: Jul 1993-Apr 1996 - 10 Jul 1993 - 12 Apr 1996

By: Hemi, Murray, active 1996

Reference: OHColl-0584

Description: The project was recorded to provide some of the history behind the Kahungunu settlement of the Pou-a-Kani (Pouakani) area and the development of the Mangakino township. The project aimed to collect the experiences of those from Ngati Moe who were relocated by the government from the Wairarapa to the Pouakani block in the Waikato as compensation for the loss of the Wairarapa lakes. Access Contact - See oral history librarian Awards/funding - Project received an Award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Murray Hemi Quantity: 12 C90 cassette(s). 3 printed abstract(s). 3 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 1866-1878

By: Bennett family

Reference: MS-Papers-1274

Description: The collection comprises information regarding the donor's grandparents; family letters from Joseph Bennett, Otahouao Station, describing farming conditions in the Wairarapa (1866-1868); lieutenant's commission in the Wairarapa Volunteer Cavalry. Also papers of James Daniel Baird, 1840-1908; testimonials re service as Provincial Engineer, Wellington (1864-1876), and letter of appointment as Chief Engineer to the Corporation of Wellington (1877) (photocopies). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: [ca 20 Nov 1992]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Pigney, Ray, active 1988

Reference: EP/1992/4788-F

Description: Cattle (and farmer?) in the Wairarapa, including a Wagyu bull calf. Photographs taken circa 20 Nov Ray Pigney. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

Reference: MapColl-832.47eg/[18-?](1972)/Acc.37822

Description: Map showing cultivation area on the southest side of Okupe Lagoon, Kapiti Island. Shows scrub and fence lines, banks, and grooves, scrub and exotic grasses. Shows site of the remains of a half a canoe. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 36.8 x 54.5 cm. Transfers: From the Harper-Taylor papers..

Date: 1900-1929

By: Campbell, Thomas, 1854-1940

Reference: MSY-5340

Description: Ledger from Tom Campbell's farm at Karori recording milk sales, rent and other transactions (1900-1929) Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Presented to the Karori Historical Society by Miss Kathleen Campbell, Tom Campbell's daughter, in 1984

Date: 1900-1950

By: Preston, H, active 1976

Reference: PAColl-0032

Description: Agricultural subjects including maize and mangle crops Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 6 Oct 1873

By: Oates, Samuel, 1814-1892

Reference: MS-Papers-10783

Description: Letter written by Samuel Oates from Peach Grove, Greytown to his brother and sister in England. Peach Grove was the name of the family farm of Samuel and Jane Oates who emigrated to New Zealand from Derbyshire in 1852 and 1856 respectiviely. The letter is only partial correspondence and is not signed. Oates details life on the farm and the success of his corn crop and the difficulties exterminating rabbits. Also mentions local personalities including the recent death of Samuel Moles and the farming success of John Reynolds. This section of the letter ends with comments on Dr Featherston and his role as New Zealand agent general. Source of title - Supplied by Library Samuel and Jane Oates lived at Peach Grove on the Taratahi Plain, Wairarapa. They owned 300 acres and were prominent members of the local community. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1855-1864, 1934-1935, 1951-1958

Reference: MS-Papers-1780

Description: Farm records of Whangaimoana Station, owned by Russell family including letter book of S A Hanlon, owner of Moanatahi Station, Palliser Bay; personal papers of W P Karaitiana, farmer at Pirinoa (1933-1958), including Te Aute College school report card for Hugh Karaitiana (1951-1952) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: Oct-Dec 1913

From: Field, Arthur Nelson, 1882-1963 : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-8654-2

Description: Articles re 1913 Waterfront Strike; Wanganui, past, present and future; The land and the state - Government and farmer (30 years of changing policy) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1841-1847

By: Greenwood, Joseph Hugh, 1819-1849

Reference: qMS-0885

Description: Diary of a voyage to NZ in the `Lady Nugent', farming at Lowry Bay (1841-1843), and at Purau, Banks Peninsula (1843-1847). Account of a journey from Wanganui and Taranaki (1843), and some account of other parts of Wellington province. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - This copy is a microfilm printout of original diary at MS-0878. Typed transcript available at MS-Papers-4882. Microfilm available at MS-Copy-Micro-0345 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 160 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (37 cm, ¼ maroon calf, maroon buckram)

Date: 1909-1925

From: Cook, Hinehauone Coralie, 1904-1993 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-376

Description: Family photographs of the Cameron family at Te Ore Ore and elsewhere (a comprehensive guide to the photographs has been prepared by the family, and is available with the item Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Finding Aids: A photocopy of the information sheets in the front of this album can be found in the PAColl sequance at PAColl-1886. Photocopy of the album showing which images have been copied at same location.

Date: 1844-1864

By: Parnell, Samuel Duncan, 1810-1890

Reference: MS-1761

Description: Parnell purchased 100 acres of land at Karori from the New Zealand Company in 1840. Diary and notebook giving dated entries for fruits and vegetables, stock etc. Source of title - Supplied title Carpenter, farmer, labour reformer Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 150 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (16 cm; ¼ red roan, marbled boards, in green linen tie case) Rear paste-down has several small ink sketches (Neg.138701)

Date: 1912-1920

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Diaries

Reference: Micro-MS-0600-02

Description: Chronological account of Adkin's farming activities in Horowhenua. Includes information on the Prince of Wales visit to Manawatu 1920, as well as detailed descriptions of Adkin's geological and archaeological explorations throughout the Wellington Province. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1811-1939

By: Crawford family

Reference: ATL-Group-0759

Description: The bulk of the collection comprises diaries, notebooks, correspondence and papers of James Coutts Crawford, 1817-1889 and correspondence with his sons H D, A D, C J, and J D Crawford who held a diplomatic post in China, and daughter Janet Willis. James Coutts Crawford's papers cover his naval career, sojourn in Australia, farming and development of land purchased at Miramar (Wellington) and service as Provincial Geologist. The papers reflect his interest in natural history, agriculture and mining. Early material was used in `Recollections of Travel in Australia and New Zealand' published in 1880. The papers of his sons deal with the development of the Miramar Estate and sheep farming. Arrangement: This collection is arranged so that the papers of James Coutts Crawford and each member of his family are self-contained as far as possible. The outward correspondence to members of the immediate family is collected under the writer while inward correspondence is confined to letters from extended family members and other writers. There is some overlapping of papers especially where the Miramar estate is concerned. Quantity: 406 folder(s). 3 volume(s). 4 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescript, printed matter, maps, photographs Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: See inventory for details Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph albums (25 Sep 1984) PA-Group-00149.

Date: 1918-1924

By: Phillips, Coleman, 1846-1925

Reference: qMS-1644

Description: Mainly typescript, with many ms corrections and additions, of letters and articles on a wide variety of topics submitted to newspapers Source of title - Transcribed Phillips founded the Auckland and Fiji Banking Company 1874 and was prominent in local affairs in the Wairarapa Quantity: 1 volume(s) (81 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescript (34 cm; blue linen)

Date: 1851-1862

From: McDonnell, Alexander Francis, 1866-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0151-01

Description: Letters from Maori to various colonial officials (mainly Sir George Grey and John White) about various issues, including land issues on the West Coast of the North Island, from Wellington to Wanganui (rent disputes, intertribal disputes, outstanding payments etc); there are also letters about the New Zealand wars, with rumours about Kingitanga activities, a request for compensation because land had been taken by Kingitanga followers, and a request for a war pension for an injury sustained while fighting Hone Heke There are also letters about the erection of a Maori House at Wellington, about arranging meetings, and letters with requests for agricultural implements. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (57 leaves). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1888-[ca 1930]

From: Cornwall, James Caleb, 1879-1964: Photographs

By: Berry and Company; Bunting, Frederick William, -1913; Canadian Studio; Gregory, George, 1843-1913; Illingworth Toska Studios

Reference: PA1-q-886

Description: Photographs taken between 1888 and circa 1929, chiefly by James Caleb Cornwall of his family, life, and work. Identified photographers of studio portraits include George Gregory (Auckland), Berry and Company (Wellington), Illingworth Toska Studio (Wanganui), Canadian Studio (Auckland), and Bunting Studio (Palmerston North). Many photographs in the album are captioned underneath the image or on the rear of the print. - Contains images relating to Cornwall's work as a creamery manager and farmer. Photographs feature creamery buildings and machinery, the transportation of milk products by horse and cart, and creamery workers. A number of buildings have the text 'NZ Farmers Dairy Union' painted on them. Farming images feature ploughing, clearance of land, and livestock portraits of cattle and horse prepared for showing. cows, and horses. Various dogs, a pig, and chickens are also seen. - Album features images of areas where Cornwall lived and worked. Locations covered are mainly in the Manawatu-Whanganui Region and include Linton, Shannon, Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Longburn, Konini, Oringi, Upper Hutt, and Woodville. Specific locations are the farm of R D Knight at Mangaramarama (near Pahiatua), including scenes from Knight's annual horse sale, the Gaseford [Gaisford?] family property at Oringi, the Longburn Freezing Works, Pahiatua train station. Also included are photographs of houses (one hand coloured), cottages, farm buildings, and a bush camp. - James Cornwall appears in many images and his his friends, family, and associates (including employers) are included. Archie Curry, Florence Swan, Jack Capel, Rob Roy, Leo Harding, R D Knight, Ethel Bailey, Phoebe Bailey, Lucy Bailey, Phoebe Swan, Sydney 'Sid' James Short, Fred Bliss, and Jimmy Muir are identified. Prime Minister Richard Seddon is also seen in one image. Album also contains a group portrait of suppliers to the Upper Hutt creamery and another of the Woodville Fire Brigade. Unidentified people include an ex-girlfriend of Cornwall's (a teacher), men at a bush camp, men driving milk carts, and an unidentified family group. - Futher images include the transportation of wood by horse and cart, flooding at Konini, and some images relating to trains (bridges, locomotives, and carriages). Arrangement: Plastic sleeves removed from original orange plastic clear file photograph album (31.5 x 25 cm) due to conservation concern with tight binding warping prints. Original order of album maintained. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints on yellow backing paper in plastic clearfile sleeves

Date: 20 June 2000 - 20 Jun 2000

From: Otaki oral history project

By: Moffatt, Joan Catherine, 1924-; Thorpe, Agnes Anne, 1939-

Reference: OHInt-0673-04

Description: Joan Moffatt, nee Walker, was born in Wellington in 1924. Her parents moved to a soldier's farm in Te Horo in 1923, where she lived until marriage in 1948. Mentions walking three miles to Te Horo Primary School, segregated playgrounds, games, tennis, and boys tending headmaster's garden. Talks about being left handed. Recalls children's chores, ironing, mother's household tasks, living without electricity, and family pets. Talks about Graeme Walker and his poultry farm which was a major employer, his siblings, and farming being in the blood. Mentions family vegetable gardens, birthday parties, Christmas, attending Wellington Centennial Fair, Te Horo dances. Recalls the Trembarths, Grants, Thorntons and Spiers, the blacksmith and shoemaker, Sunday school, her grandfather. Refers to mother having children at St Helen's Maternity Hospital, Wellington. Talks about meeting husband, Ray Moffatt, a dairy farmer, and farming in the Otaki Gorge. Mentions four brothers in Home Guard, her father's response to brother enlisting for World War II, serving in Italy and developing a love of opera. Mentions self and mother knitting socks and baking for Merchant Navy, making Hussifs (needle cases), the Patriotic Society's farewell dances for soldiers, hosting English Merchant Navy sailors, and young women writing to servicemen. Mentions her brother serving in Italy and developing a love of opera. Mentions her father belonging to the Wellington Mounted Rifles, being badly wounded at Gallipoli and in France, being sent back to Britain, and evacuation orders. Interviewer(s) - Anne Thorpe Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-11060 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 49 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3871. Photo of Joan in garden; the Walker family; Ray & Joan's wedding photo 1948 Search dates: 1930 - 1950

Date: 24 Feb 2002

From: Otaki oral history project

By: Richmond, Joanna Mary, 1946-; Richmond, Thomas John Findlay, 1936-

Reference: OHInt-0673-02

Description: Thomas Richmond, known as Jock, was born in Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, in 1936. Mentions his father, a farm manager in Hawkes Bay for Harry Rathbone and the Eaton family. Talks about moving to Otaki aged four years. Refers to being taught by a governess, horse riding to school, teaching conditions at Te Horo School, steam trains, boarding at Wanganui Collegiate, compulsory military training on leaving school, and sports. Talks about working as a wool classer on Happy Valley Station, a McKenzie family farm in Canterbury, at age 18 years. Mentions using horses and poisoning possums. Talks about delivering milk in drums by truck to Otaki Railway Milk Treatment Station, to be processed into cheese, butter or bottled milk at the Rahui Milk Treatment Factory. Mentions events at the factory, some employees, work being replaced by tankers, and moving to Canada. Recalls driving kerosene powered caterpillar tractor at age 10. Mentions learning to drive and getting his heavy traffic licence. Recalls extensive flooding in Pahiko, and flood control contractors, Downer & Co. Describes share milking work, naming several milkers, including Marmaduke Atkinson, Bunny Hawea, and Joe Broughton. Mentions the drain cleaners, harvesters and seasonal workers from Katihiku, and Rangi Hawea and Ta Davis who ran the Hay Press. Mentions the first mobile press owned by his uncle, John Aldworth in 1947, describes his contracting work and accidental death. Recalls why his father didn't go to World War II. Mentions 1930s floods on the Tukituki River, Hawkes Bay. Recalls 1960's overseas trip, returning home to farm, playing representative rugby, and possum hunting and trapping. Interviewer(s) - Jan Richmond Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-11059 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3867. Search dates: 1940 - 1965

Date: [ca 28 Jun 1972]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1972/3131-F

Description: $30,000 116lb Limousin calf, and Friesian foster mother, at the Wright Stephenson quarantine station at Ngauranga, Wellington, circa 28 June 1972. Photograph taken by an Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Evening Post caption, 28 June 1972, attached to back of print in illustrations file The calf was the second of her breed born in New Zealand, and later left Wellington for the International Genetics Station at Te Kowhai, near Hamilton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm