Places

Date: 1860 - 1869

By: Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926; Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Hogg, Neville William (Dr), 1927-2007; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: G-230-1

Description: Shows a red-cloaked figure with a spear making a speech to a seated circle of armed and cloaked men, before a large-trunked tree in bush. At right a shallow cliff drops to a beach with 6 canoes drawn up, and seven figures standing beside them. In the right distance are three sailboats, and on the horizon, part of an island or headland. Previously attributed at different times to Charles Blomfield (according to Graham Chote of International Art Centre, Parnell), and to Nicholas Chevalier. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated. Quantity: 1 oil(s) on canvas stretched on board.. Physical Description: Oil on canvas on board, 180 x 305 mm. Provenance: Bought with another small oil by the same hand (G-230-2), by Dr Neville Hogg, Dargaville, at International Art Centre, Auckland, 1976. Sold at Peter Webb's auction, Auckland 12 August 1993, lot 226 to John Crowder.

Date: 1815 - 1819

By: Lewin, John William, 1770-1819

Reference: A-237-042

Description: Shows full-face head and shoulders portrait of a Maori chief with moko, short curly hair, a turkey feather over his right ear, ear ornaments and a feather cloak. The chief's name was Te Uri Kanae Attribution based on the fact that an engraving was made of this work in 1824, and Lewin is acknowledged as artist ("Lewin del."). A copy of the engraving is held at A-092-002 According to Ellis' "Early prints of New Zealand" (Christchurch, 1978), A Hoodee O Gunna [Turi a Kuna] was a signatory to the first sale of land in New Zealand, to the Church Missionary Society in February 1815. Dating has been made on the basis of this. The subject is a chief of Rangihoua and nephew of Te Pahi. Lewin is said to have made his sketch of this subject in Sydney; there is no evidence for Lewin having visited New Zealand. Other Titles - Te Uri o Kanae Turi a Kuna Rangihoua Inscriptions: None. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 166 x 133 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by John Dixon Antiques, Park Street, Wellington and exhibited by them, 6 & 7 July 1964 at Wakefield House, 90 The Terrace, Antique Fair and Exhibition with the caption 'A young Maori chieftain from Rangihoua in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand' - watercolour by ... J. W. Lewin

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: 1838 - 1827 - 1828

From: Earle, Augustus 1793-1838 :Sketches illustrative of the Native Inhabitants and Islands of New Zealand from original drawings by Augustus Earle Esq, Draughtsman of H. M. S. "Beagle". London, Lithographed and Published under the auspices of the New Zealand Association by Robert Martin & Co, 1838

Reference: PUBL-0015-09

Description: A Maori chief standing in a beached canoe, addressing a crowd of warriors, mostly seated, with a few standing. Two other long canoes are on the beach, one with a sail is in the water, and others are pulled up close to a pa or kainga in the left background. A dog sniffs the ground in the foreground. Most men are armed with guns, although one on the far right holds a taiaha. A gourd and flax kit are centrally placed amongst one group of men. Earle's text reads: "A party of warriors had collected at the Bay of Islands for the purpose of making a hostile visit to a tribe on the banks of the Thames. They were detained by contrary winds; and for several days were constantly engaged in listening to speeches from their chiefs, who addressed them from a canoe hauled on shore ... one [canoe], which I measured, was 70 feet long, and carried one hundred fighting men." Contents page gives title as: "War speech, previous to a naval expedition". Other Titles - War speech, previous to a naval expedition Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 238 x 377 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: 1838

By: Read, W, active 1901-1902; Polack, Joel Samuel, 1807-1882

Reference: A-259-006

Description: Shows a Maori village with huts, food stores and food being prepared. Polack was based in the Bay of Islands and this view is likely to be in that area Extended Title - From: Polack, J. S. New Zealand; being a narrative of travels and adventures... London, Richard Bentley, 1838. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Interior of a Native village in New Zealand.; Recto - beneath image - London. Published by Richard Bentley, 1838.; Recto - bottom left - J. S. Polack, del.; Recto - bottom right - W. Read, sc. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint 90 x 150 mm on sheet 140 x 220 mm

Date: 1833

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Adam, Jean Victor, 1801-1867; Tirpenne, Jean Louis, 1801-

Reference: B-052-018

Description: Shows a rocky inlet, Maori, a pohutukawa tree and the Astrolabe on the distant horizon. Published in: Dumont d'Urville, J.S.C. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Atlas [historique]. Pl.62. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 193 x 317 mm, on sheet 350 x 440 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; 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: 1833-1839

By: Busby, James, 1802-1871

Reference: qMS-0344

Description: Outward letter book containing 153 numbered and dated copies of despatches to the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales. List of despatches at front of volume. On pages at the rear of the volume are found census for Bay of Islands, Hokianga and other European settlements circa 1836-1839, together with hand-drawn charts of Tauranga, Maketu, Manukau and Kaipara harbours. Pages between 489 and 518 contain the census information for: Hokianga 1838 (names of the Europeans Resident on the ‘Hokianga’); the census list of "Church mission" for [Tipiuna?], Keri keri, Waimate,Pahia; principal chiefs in the Hokianga and Kaipara (name of the principal chiefs, ‘Hokianga’); First District (North Cape to Whangaroa), February 1836; Second District (Whangaroa), February 1836; Third District (Bay of Islands), February 1836; Fourth District (Hokianga), February 1836; Fifth District (all places south of the Bay of Islands and Hokianga, including Middle Island), February 1836. Pages 482 and 484 contain the chart of Maketu and Tauranga, and the W White's chart of Manukau. Pages 525 and 526 are Tirarau’s Chart of Kaipara and Wairoa; and pages 529 and 530 contain a chart of Kaipara. Source of title - Spine title Relationship complexity - Typescript available at qMS-0345 James Busby was British Resident in the Bay of Islands Quantity: 1 volume(s) (428 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (37 cm; ½ brown morocco, brown boards in grey phase box) Provenance: Presentation label at front also indicates that item was "No. 594 National Historical Collection" Includes: chart of Tauranga and Maketu harbours; chart of Manukau Harbour by William White; chart of entrance to Kaipara Harbour by William White; Maori chart of Kaipara Harbour and Wairoa River by Tirarau, a Ngapuhi (or possibly Ngati Whatoa) chief; a possible copy of another chart of Kaipara Harbour, together with 3 pages of descriptions of harbours. Processing information: Addiitonal description of the census and charts within the volume was added to the record in October 2022 when the volume was digitised.

Date: 1930 - 1820 - 1939

From: Goodwin, Arnold Frederick 1890-1978 :[Historical incidents in New Zealand in 1820. Edinburgh? ca 1930]

By: Goodwin, Arnold Frederick, 1890-1978; Varlow, R G (Mrs), active 1969

Reference: A-236-005

Description: A Maori man working the land with a digging stick (ko) in the foreground, a gourd covered in flax ropes at his side, while two European men in the background by a cabbage tree point out to two Maori men the plough they have brought to New Zealand. Church Missionary Society Missionaries were the first to introduce the plough. Picture supplied by courtesy John Walker & Sons, Ltd., Distillers, Kilmarnock. This copy matted and glued to strawboard backing; formerly displayed in a frame Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 211 x 157 mm

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: 1820

By: Fairfowl, George, -1836

Reference: MapColl-832.11aj/1820/Acc.22947

Description: Shows Districts of Shunghee; Whytanghi; Paroa; Korh Korah and Long Island; Shoel Bay; Otteeow Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Photographic print, 18 x 27 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - P Baskervilles log of the Dromedary voyage to New Zealand = MSY-2983.

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: 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: 1814 - 1913

From: Marsden, J. B. :Life and work of Samuel Marsden. Christchurch, Whitcombe & Tombs, 1913

Reference: PUBL-0158-76

Description: A historical reconstruction of Marsden holding his hand out to a group of Maori, with four other men behind him, one still seated in a rowboat in the water. The picture is loosely based on an engraving after Samuel Williams 'Landing of the Rev. S. Marsden ...' published in Annals of the diocese of New Zealand (1847) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 86 x 136 mm