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Travels in New Zealand / transcribed by J A Bell
Date: 1886, 1993
From: McNab, John, b 1855 : Diary and travel account
Reference: MS-Papers-6235-3
Description: Title continues:`...off for a holiday, or, Glimpses of Maoriland'. McNab recounts his journey with technical details about the transport he took, various points of interest such as lengths of tunnels, Windy Wellington, and he includes poems; he names and describes each geyser at the Pink and White Terraces, particularly notes churches visited and people he met. Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original volume at MS-Papers-6190 and microfilm at Micro-MS-0930 In Feb 1886 McNab left his home in Timaru for a tour of the North Island travelling by train, steamer, and coach from Christchurch, Wellington to Napier, Tauranga, the Pink and White Terraces, Auckland, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Masterton, back to Wellington, Lyttelton, and home to Timaru Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript
Evans, I :Photographs of Rotorua and Nelson
Date: [ca 1920s]
By: Evans, I, active 1920s
Reference: PA1-o-1519
Description: Photographs taken on holiday in New Zealand by woman identified as I Evans. Comprises photographs of men, women and children from Tuhourangi and Arawa iwi, many in traditional costume; Model Village at Whakarewarewa; Ohinemutu Pa; Lake Rotorua; Guide Ruth, Ana Hato; Guide Rangi; Wairakei geysers; Rotomahana; buried forest; Arapuni; Hongi's Track; Lake Taupo; Wellington Harbour from Ngaio; tobacco growing at Riwaka; apple packing shed at Redwood's Valley, Nelson; Devils Boots, Collingwood; Government Buildings, Wellington; Wainui House, Nelson; houseboat, Whanganui River; self-portraity of photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 151 x 202 mm Provenance: Purchase, 2009
Off for a holiday or glimpses of Maoriland
Date: 24 Feb-31 Mar 1886
From: McNab, John, b 1855 : Diary and travel account
Reference: MS-Papers-6190
Description: The journal contains an account of McNab's journey with observations on the places he visited. Includes mention of McNab completing the census aboard the SS `Taiaroa' on the night of 28 Mar 1886. Variations in title - Spine title `Travels in New Zealand' Relationship complexity - Also transcript styled as "Travels in New Zealand" (MS-Papers-6235-3) and microfilm (Micro-MS-0930) In Feb 1886 McNab left his home in Timaru for a tour of the North Island. He travelled by train to Christchurch, by steamer to Wellington and from there by another steamer to Napier. From here he travelled to Taupo via Tauranga by coach and toured the adjacent thermal areas and visited the Pink and White Terraces. Back in Tauranga McNab proceeded by steamer to Auckland from where he took another steamer to New Plymouth. From there he travelled by train to Wanganui and then on to Palmerston North from where he proceeded by coach to Masterton. Arriving in Wellington by train McNab sailed by steamer to Lyttelton and returned home to Timaru by train. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopies) Copiously illustated with Burton Brother photographs of towns and places of scenic interest described in the text
Russell, Andrew Hamilton (Lieutenant-Colonel) 1812-1900 : Journal of an expedition from...
Date: 1850-1851
By: Russell, Andrew Hamilton, 1811-1900
Reference: MS-1836
Description: The journal describes the country through which the party travelled, includes detailed description of Maori life in the regions traversed, and of the natural features, particularly in the thermal regions Quantity: 1 volume(s) (58 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (23cm, blue covers)