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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
Maori notebook (vol 60)
Date: [1962]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
Reference: MS-Papers-6061-61
Description: Comprises report on the Karere Ford patu onewa found near the Manawatu River, near Longburn. Also includes sketches of two toki (adzes). Arrangement: Notebook no 60 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).
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
Inward letters in Maori
Date: Jan-Feb 1870
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0694A
Description: Contains letters from Maori with regard to the pursuit of Te Kooti, and efforts to establish peace between Government forces and Te Kooti; there are also some letters that deal with land issues and other administrative details. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available on microfilm. See MS-Copy-Micro-0535-102.
Hastings churches and farn sheds near Bulls
Date: 1965-1969
From: Einhorn family :Photographs
Reference: PA12-8001
Description: De Brett's hot baths, Taupo, 1969. Landscaped foreshore, Lake Taupo. Neo gothic wooden church, Hastings, 1965. Roman Catholic Church, Hastings, 1965. Manawatu farmland, 1969. Farm sheds near Bulls, 1969. School Buildings, Tauranga. Photographed by Helmut Einhorn. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.
North Island photographs
Date: 1969-1973
From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- :Architectural and town planning photographs
Reference: PA12-8769
Description: Include - Geyser at Rotorua. Pohutukawa in flower. Thermal bore, Wairakei. Waterfall, Bay of Islands. Views of Mounts Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu. Dairy cattle on the Matamata plains. Manawatu Gorge. Lake Waikaremoana. Rural site, Flaxmere, Hastings. Views of a house at Taupo. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies.
Taupo, grandstands, and a staff room
Date: [ca 1950-1963]
From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- :Architectural and town planning photographs
Reference: PAColl-9938-16
Description: Includes - Photographs showing construction of, and views of completed penthouse staff room, ANZ Bank, Wellington. ANZ Bank, Karwerau, under construction and completed. Views of a Hamilton street probably relating to a project for the ANZ Bank. Views of Taupo, ca 1950. New sports grandstand at Fraser Park, Taita. The Millard Stand at Athletic Park, Wellington, ca 1963. Quantity: 61 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: All of these prints were originally in an album. They were removed because the plastic enclosures had become degraded and sticky, and were bonding with the prints. The photographs have been kept in the sequence that they were in, when the album was received by the Library.
Financial, official and miscellaneous papers
Date: [ca 1871-1894]
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1008
Description: List of deeds, receipts and other documents forwarded to Kinross & Co, relating to Ngatarawa and other blocks, which includes memoranda by W K McLean relative to Ngatarawa Blocks 4 and 5; draft of proposed reply to natives; receipt, Apirana Te Ururorangi (1894); and part of letter to Sir Donald from unidentified correspondent of Tapuaiharuru re changes to station, local Maori want Land Court to sit at Ohinemutu, development of roads etc so hot springs can become more accessible to tourists, the sale of land said to have gold, near Tuhua and related matters (1875) Language - Receipt and draft of proposed reply Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Sotheby's in 1969
[Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933] :Map of Kaingaroa tableland [ms map]. [H.H.].
Date: 1927
From: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933 : Papers
Reference: MapColl-832.18a/[1927?]/Acc.6640
Description: Hand drawn topographical map, by Henry Hill, of the lower area of the Kaingaroa tableland including Lake Taupo. Main roads with distances between settlements, old native tracks and rivers are named. Routes taken by travellers - Diffenbach [i.e. Dieffenbach], Colenso and Governor Grey (Sir George) are marked. Stations, homesteads and an hotel are named. No reference key is provided. Notes include historical information about events. See records for other material collected by Henry Hill. Stamps on the reverse state 'University of New Zealand, matriculation examination 192. Drawing. Candidate No.'. Handwritten notes on the reverse state: Map of Kaingaroa. Working map of Kaingaroa - Taupo. HH. See also MS-Papers-0146 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and coloured pencil on card, linen backed, coloured, 33.3 x 42.5 cm.
Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933 :Map of Kaingaroa tableland [ms map]. H. Hill, 1926-1927
Date: 1926 - 1927
From: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933 : Papers
Reference: MapColl-832.18gdw/1926-27/Acc.5836
Description: Hand drawn topographical map, by Henry Hill, of the lower area of the Kaingaroa tableland including Lake Taupo. Main roads with distances between settlements, old native tracks and rivers are named. Areas relating to artesian water prospects are marked as is a sulphur deposit near Taupo. Routes taken by the travellers - 1841 Diffenbach [i.e. Dieffenbach], 1841-2 Colenso and 1859-50 Governor Grey (Sir George) are marked. Stations, homesteads and an hotel are named. Includes a references key. Notes include historical, legendary and geological information. See records for other material collected by Henry Hill. Names include: Cox, Hitere, Hillier, Ihaia te Waru, Yarle. A note in the bottom right corner states: This map of the Taupo-Kaingaroa tableland illustrates Mr H. Hill's research inquiries as to prospects of artesian water on Kaingaroa in 1917, 1925, 1926 and 1927 respectively. To accompany research paper on Kaingaroa. A. Legendary. B. Historical. C. Geological. Stamps on the reverse state 'University of New Zealand, matriculation examination, 192. Drawing. Candidate No.'. See also MS-Papers-0146 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, 33.3 x 40.3 cm.
[Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933] :[Map of Kaingaroa tableland] [ms map]. [H.H.].
Date: 1927
From: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933 : Papers
Reference: MapColl-832.18atc/1927?/Acc.5831
Description: Hand drawn topographical map, by Henry Hill, of the lower area of the Kaingaroa tableland including Lake Taupo. Main roads, old native tracks and rivers are named. Areas relating to water prospects are marked. Routes taken by the first travellers - 1841-42 Diffenbach [i.e. Dieffenbach], 1841-42 Colenso, 1849-50 Governor Grey [Sir George] are marked. Includes a reference key. Notes include historical events. See records for other material collected by Henry Hill. Handwritten on reverse 'Taupo - Kaingaroa. HH. Copy of my map'. See also MS-Papers-0146 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, linen backed, coloured, 31.2 x 45.4 cm.