Places

Date: 27 February 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-52217-F

Description: Aerial photograph of the town of Russell in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Photographed by Leo White 27 February 1960. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 14 x 12.6 cm

Date: 1988

From: Scott, Thomas 1947- :[18 newsclippings of cartoons published in the Evening Post from January to February 1988.]

Reference: H-733-061

Description: A Maori father, his small son on his shoulders, standing in a native forest and looking out towards a sailing ship in a harbour. The man is telling his son that Pakeha will take over the land Original held at C-181-018. Quantity: 1 newsclippings. Physical Description: Newsclipping

Date: 1927

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-25247-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1982

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; New Zealand. National Publicity Studios; Hasselberg, Peter Douglas, 1925-

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1982-02

Description: Shows a photograph by National Publicity Studios, of three tourists at the helm of a yacht, with the coastline in the far distance. The girl (central figure) wears a red and white striped t-shirt. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 595 x 840 mm.

Date: 1840 - 1846

From: Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sebastien Cesar, 1790-1842 :Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie ... 1838 - 1842. Atlas pittoresque. Paris, A. Gide, 1846.

By: Le Breton, Louis Auguste Marie, 1818-1866; A Gide, active 1846; Blanchard, Henri Pierre Leon Pharamond, 1805-1873

Reference: PUBL-0028-184

Description: Several Maori dwellings, and a storage platform inside a pa, probably at Russell. The nearest house has a carved lintel and elaborate carvings can be seen inside the door. Part of a large war canoe can be seen to the right Other Titles - Houses of the natives, Bay of Islands Another copy at B-187-008 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, black and white, 202 x 303 mm

Date: 1819, 1824

By: Marsden, Samuel (Rev), 1765-1838

Reference: qMS-1330

Description: Diary entries outlining Marsden's daily activities and opinions. Contains considerable ethnographic data about the lifestyles and activities of the Northern Maori people that Marsden interacted with. Source of title - Transcribed Diary was kept during Marsden's second visit to the Bay of Islands in 1819. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (157 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, 32 cm (Bound of Zaehnsdorf in brown morocco) Processing information: Archivists notes - Pasted in the front were two letters from Marsden to James Kemp and Hongi Hika (Shunghee), dated 1824. These letters are now housed with papers in folder Outward correspondence - New Zealand Mission, MS-Papers-0453-02. Digitisation details - Volume has been digitised to include front pages which are blank and these are indicated in the digital structure map. Pages are numbered but numbering includes broken sequences and original pages may have been misnumbered or removed. Small leaves have also been inserted into the journal in places.

Date: 1840 - 1846

From: Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sebastien Cesar, 1790-1842 :Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie ... 1838 - 1842. Atlas pittoresque. Paris, A. Gide, 1846.

By: Le Breton, Louis Auguste Marie, 1818-1866; A Gide, active 1846; Sabatier, Leon Jean-Baptiste, -1887

Reference: PUBL-0028-183

Description: A view from above Russell looking down into the bay, with 16 ships at anchor and two others in the distance. The houses of Russell can be seen below to the left and in the foreground pedestrians and horsemen pass by on a road. Other Titles - Mooring place at Kororareka (Russell), Bay of Islands, 1840 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, black and white, 235 x 397 mm

Date: 1845

By: Ligar, Charles Whybrow, 1811-1881

Reference: MapColl-832.11gmbh/1845/Acc.413

Description: Military map including Hokianga Harbour, north to Wangaroa Bay and northeast to the Bay of Islands during the New Zealand war of 1843-1847. Shows route taken by first military expedition, from the Bay of Islands to Tarrawahena Patuhoni's Pa along native route, and to May and June battle sites. Shows changing positions of Heke Pokai's pa sites where battles took place with the military forces [under Colonel William Hulme]. Shows mission stations, various pa sites, a cart road, forest land, rivers, the volcanic range and Mr William's farm. Inset shows Heke's pa at 1st July 1845, and the strategic position of two colonial military batteries 500 yards from the pa, one which includes native 'allies' and Walker's party. Map has word 'copy' in brackets beside the title. Other Titles - showing Inscriptions: Signed: C D W Ligar, Surv. Genl. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, part coloured, linen backed, 56 x 48 cm.

Date: 1927

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-25238-G

Description: Photograph taken by Leo White Hei whakatūpato: Ki ētahi pea, he mōrikarika ngā whakaahua i roto i tēnei whakaahua. Pātai atu ki ngā kaimahi mō ngā mōhiohio anō. Warning: Some people may find the content in this photograph disturbing. Ask staff for details. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1860

Reference: A-423-014

Description: Shows two tents in the left foreground on a high point of land, with a campfire between them; they are overlooking another headland also with a campfire, and bay area. In the right middle distance is an island or headland, and on the horizon are two other land masses. The soldiers near the tents appear to wear blue military jackets and red hats. There is a British flag and red ensign flying on flying on two flagpoles in the left foreground. Location may not be New Zealand. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 136 x 195 mm.

Date: 1850 - 1860

From: [Fox, William] 1812-1893 :[Russell from Paihia. ca 1850]

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-005

Description: View mostly of the Paihia area at the waterfront facing east, with cows grazing beneath a large tree to the right, a beach with several people and a canoe and a sailing ship on the water beyond. The fifth section of a 5-part panorama Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 250 x 305 mm

Date: [ca 1870]

From: Mundy album 3

Reference: PA1-f-041-25

Description: James Busby's house, Waitangi, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand. Inscriptions: Album page - verso - 137 Victoria. Bay of Islands - Residence of Mr James Busby - where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1842. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 2000

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DX-023-144

Description: The scene shows large rolls of paper floating in the sea. In amongst them is a small boat sending out a mayday distress call. Extended Title - Mayday mayday! White-out conditions. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 1843 - 1844

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Mitford, John Guise, 1822-1854

Reference: E-216-f-031

Description: Looking down from a hill covered in scrub, with the beachline beyond the town visible to the right and Okiato peninsula opposite across the bay, with many other hills in the distance. The settlement of Okiato can be made out in the distance with Captain Hobson's house on the hilltop, and James Reddy Clendon's trading post (a two-storied building) at the beach Two places in the Bay of Islands were named Russell in the 1840s. This view is of Okiato, the original capital, not of Kororareka Other Titles - Waikare. Okiato Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monochrome watercolour, 217 x 313 mm

Date: 1860s

From: Hingston, William George Cornelius, 1802-1894 :Photographs

By: Webster, Hartley, -1906

Reference: PA2-1876

Description: Archdeacon Henry Williams and, possibly, his grand-daughter. Taken by Hartley Webster in the 1860s. Inscriptions: Verso - In pencil and worn away in places: H Williams 4 day...... Same image is also at 1/2-52459 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Originally held in PRS (Pictorial Reference Service) public file at 2558 1/4

Date: 1865

Reference: MapColl-832.11gbbd/1865/Acc.426

Description: Cadastral map from Kohatu Point (below Hokianga Harbour) north to Ahipara Bay and east to Lake Ohea, Mangonui and south to the Bay of Islands. Shows named land blocks denoting ownership, with colour coding distinguishing properties owned by settler and Maori. Over 20 [Native] reserves are named and numbered, such as Whangatauatia Reserve, 62.1.0 [acres], No.7 (some are un-named); some blocks of land are named in Maori, some of which denote acreage such as Rawene 1957 acres. Most Maori land includes acreage, while settler land does not. Many Pakeha blocks have surnames included. Church Missionary Society landed is depicted as C.M.S. A large Church Mission block is also depicted. Annotations on map include 'disputed' land in 'Shepherd' block (named 'Mokau') and in 'Horeke' block (in fountain pen). Pencil annotation '?Ngawhitu' next to H. Williams' land. Map also depicts rivers, lakes, bays, islands and mountains. Other Titles - showing Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on linen, part coloured, card backed, 54 x 84 cm.

Date: 1831 - 1835

From: LaPlace, Cyrille Pierre Theodore, 1793-1875 :Voyage autour du monde ... La Favourite ... Album historique. Paris, 1835.

By: Himely, Sigismond, 1801-1872; Paris, Edmond Francois, 1806-1893

Reference: PUBL-0133-067

Description: The French ship La Favourite crossing rough seas, to enter the Bay of Islands in stormy conditions in October 1831 during the visit of its captain, LaPlace and his crew. The title of the print, and its appearance, suggest that there is a bar, or difficult sea passage at the entrance to the Bay of Islands, near Kororareka (modern Russell). This is not the case. Other Titles - The Favourite passing Kororareka Pass Extended Title - From LaPlace, C. P. T. Voyage autour du monde ... La Favourite. Album historique. (Paris, 1835). Plate 67 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint, 285 x 375 mm

Date: 1844

From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: E-042-036/037

Description: A two-part panoramic view of the the coastline within the Bay of Islands. Tippahi Island, Rangihoua, Mr King's house and the associated chapel are identified. Sketched on the way to Sydney from Auckland January 1844 Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Sepia wash 50 x 415 mm (in 2 parts)

Date: 1830 - 1840

By: Fairburn, Edwin, 1827-1911; Auckland Public Library

Reference: MapColl-832.11a/1833/Acc.39923

Description: Map, with cadastral and topographical information, showing the Church Missionary Society Mission Station at Paihia, circa 1835. Shows the site of an old whare paru mud hut on H William's property, W William's stone house, the chapel, WT Fairburn's house and carpenter's and smith's shops. Shows C Baker's home, and the first printing office beside a stone hut occupied by David (Rawiri) Taiwhanga about 1833 with his children Hill and Martin. Text on map mentions that Sunday school teacher Mr Joseph Matthews, and Hira and Matenga (Hill and Marsden). Shows bathing places in the Horotutu Creek, and further text mentions the site of New Zealand's the first game of cricket, Fairburn's trek across the sandbar to Motu Maire and shows outlying islands. Names Waitangi and Horotutu Beach. It is not conclusive whether or not Edwin Fairburn made this copy of the original map, or the orignal map itself. Other Titles - Sketch map of Church Missionary Society Mission Station Pahia - as in early times Written on map recto: 'Copy of map of Paihia by Edwin Fairburn, circa 1833'. 'Fairburn's map of Paihia'. Edwin Fairburn was the son of the CMS missionary, William Fairburn Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, paper and linen backed,35.9 x 26.6 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - unknown source.

Date: 1819 - 1845

Reference: MapColl-832.11eke/1819-1845/Acc.6044

Description: Map from Hokianga Harbour to Kaitaia on the East Coast and from Waikare to Whangaroa on the East Coast, North Auckland. Denotes Roman Catholic (5), Church Missionary Society (10) and Wesleyan Missionary Society (4) mission stations. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 30 x 54 cm.