Places

Date: 1868 - 1871

Reference: MapColl-832hkm/1868-71/Acc.5976

Description: Map showing the East Cape, Bay of Plenty, Tauranga, Northern Hawkes Bay and just south of Taupo. Shows Te Kooti's approximate route, and direction (arrows on line) and his engagements with the Hauhau people. Stops at certain pa are dated, some added text (before photocopy) e.g. "Final escape to King Country", "Visit to Takangamutu". Key stops included Opape, Tologa Bay, Turanga, Whakatane, Rotorua, Te Pourere, Puketapu. The linking areas for all these points was the Urewera country. Te Kooti was a Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder, pursued by colonial forces, eventually took refuge in the King Country where Te Kooti remained until pardoned in 1883. Language - Place names Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale [1:700,000], 26 x 34 cm

Date: [1916-1934]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-75

Description: Assorted research papers, drafts and clippings about New Zealand history. Includes articles about Te Teko Pa, and George 'Rowley' Hill and drafts of 'The inspector: A police force vignette' and 'At the rising of the moon' and postcard of the Maori carved pulpit at the Maori Mission Church [possibly Ohinemutu?] and a photograph with caption which says 'At the wood-carving school, Horohoro. The carving instructor and the boy who made this decorative "pare" for the top of the doorway.' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1868-1870]

By: Whitmore, George Stoddart (Sir), 1829-1903

Reference: MS-2392

Description: Letters written by Whitmore from the field while campaigning in Taranaki, Poverty Bay and the Bay of Plenty; mainly concern military operations, but also includes observations on the countryside and Maori. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (163 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27cm, illustrated, ¼ blue morocco, blue cloth) Includes sketch maps

Date: [ca 1890s-1919]

From: Clark, Morton, fl 1900s :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9525-2

Description: Postcards collected by Morton Clark and family. Includes a number of postcards addressed to Miss Kathleen Clark (from Fred ?, Harry ?, Uncle Will and Jack Perston) to Mrs Morton Clark (from Fred, possibly a son, and Jack Perston); and Miss Campbell, Nurse at Wellington Hospital (from Sissie Battersby); and stereoscopes of the 1901 royal visit to Rotorua. Quantity: 48 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopes.

Date: 1864

From: Illustrated London News :[Scrapbook of clippings relating to New Zealand 1860s]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-372-f-033

Description: Page from the Illustrated London news with sketches of 10 weapons - 1. Small tomahawk (patiti), used for hand-to-hand fighting; 2. Cartouche-box (hamanu) to carry eighteen rounds; 3. Greenstone club or mere, otherwise called poenamu, which is the baton of a chief; 4. Whale bone mere, called papaoa, carried by a band round the neck; 5. Spear (tao) either of hard wood sharpened or with an iron point or a bayonet fixed at the end; 6. Long tomahawk (kakanroa) for thrusting or cutting in a hand-to-hand fight; also used to walk with; 7. Guns (Pu) which are mostly percussion muskets and many were also found which had been taken from our men; 8. A chief's spear (taiaha) ornamented with the breast feathers of the brown parrots; 9. Bayonet (peniti); 10. Club (wahaika) made of hard wood or whalebone and used either to thrust with the small point or to strike with the axelike head. Drawings attributed to Lieutenant Robley of the 68th Light Infantry. Includes article entitled `The war in New Zealand' Other Titles - Arms taken from the Maoris at Te Ranga, New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 380 x 250 mm

Date: 1864 - 1871

Reference: MapColl-832.19hkm/[1864-1871]/Acc.3908

Description: Shows engagement locations, confiscation boundaries, etc. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: 46 x 68 cm. Scale 1:380 160

Date: 1827-1867

By: Baker, Charles (Rev), 1803-1875

Reference: qMS-0109

Description: Describes in detail his career as a missionary in the Bay of Islands, Gisborne, the East Coast, and in Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty; covers his missionary work, personal life, Maori and settler life and events such as the war in the Bay of Plenty region Accompanying material - Copy of letter dated 28 Jul 1959 from librarian at Auckland Institute and Museum describing circumstances of the copying Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34cm, blue linen) Processing information: Copies of the five originals have been bound into one volume

Date: 1865 - 1866

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Jackson, Mason, 1819-1903; Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-106-f-018-1

Description: Interior view of the pa, with a group of Maori men around a fire in the foreground, two holding spears and two with guns, and other small groups standing and seated in the background near dwellings. A flagpole or signal pole in the background. M Jackson, engraver. Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, V. 48, 1866, p. 189 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 175 x 240 mm

Date: 1864 - 1872

Reference: MapColl-os832.16hkm/1864-1872/Acc.3907

Description: Military map of the area from Tauranga Harbour to the East Cape and south to Whangawehi Stream, across to Lake Rotoaira. Lakes, rivers, streams, bays, islands and harbours are drawn, some of which are named. Includes hachures. A mission house is marked near Gisborne. Blockhouses, redoubts, engagements, Maori pas, kaingas and confiscation boundaries as gazetted are referred to in a key. A second key is given for marked routes and campaigns of Te Arawa and Ngatiporou. Campaigns against Te Kooti include names of commanding officers, places and dates of battles. Names include Colonel Whitmore, Mair and Preece, Hamlin and Witty, Lambert, Deighton and Herrick. Te Kooti's routes are marked. Other Titles - Military operations in the North and East Coast of the North Island, 1860-1872 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, scale [1:253 440], 78.1 x 116.2 cm.

Date: 1865 - 1866

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: E-106-f-016-2

Description: A large group of Maori men performing a haka, shown at a moment of leaping in the air. They are carrying a mixture of muskets and spears, and dressed in mixed European and Maori clothing. They are observed by a group of European and Maori men and women, with the artist's self portrait sketching near the centre in the foreground. In the background are low hills of Tauranga with several European buildings and a few military tents. Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, V. 48, 1866, p.417 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 165 x 240 mm

Date: 1863 - 1869

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-4/3/6-Acc.37795

Description: Identifies Waikato War (1863-1864); Taranaki Wars (1860) (1863-1869); Bay of Islands; Hawkes Bay and Wellington-Porirua, Lower Hutt, Waurau. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on cream paper. Scale [ca 1:500 000] 54 x 68.5 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1860 - 1869

By: St. John, John Henry Herbert, 1836?-1876; New Zealand. Army

Reference: MapColl-832.16a/[186-?]/Acc.562

Description: Photocopy of a topographic map, including military notes, of the area from Matata to Tarere, including the Oputao River. The Ruatahuna District is referred to. Rivers, settlements and some tracks are named. Notes about these tracks include information about the condition of them and time taken by foot soldiers and on horseback. Includes some battle sites, also the time taken to reach one destination and the farthest point reached by St. John. Extensive notes about place names, distances and the scale are partially obscured by strips of paper during the copying process. A second scale was written on the strip of paper on the map prior to copying, and a dashed line on the map states 'reduced scale'. Includes Pano Kingi's name in a note. Title and cartographer's name handwritten twice in pencil at top left of map, believed added at later dates. This information used as title of the map. '68/1882 1/96.8' is handwritten on top right corner. The name 'Oputao (R)' pencilled in at a later date. 'Neg' handwritten in pencil on top left of map. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 40.5 x 52.8 cm.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-118

Description: The right side of a two-page spread, with the title of the left side being 'The day we made a reconnaissance and got the fowls.' The right side shows a view of the plain of the Wairoa River, near Tauranga, with several houses in groups dotted around. Hills in the background. Inscriptions: Album page - on opposite page - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 100 x 160 mm.

Date: 1864 - 1872

Reference: MapColl-832.16hkm/[1864-1871]/Acc.3908

Description: Hand drawn military map of the area from Tauranga to the Waiapu River, south to Poverty Bay, across to Lake Taupo. Lakes, mountains, rivers, islands, bays, points and harbours are drawn, some of which are named, as are some settlements. Includes tracks, some of which are described as 'Te Kooti's trail' and 'Mair's pursuit of Te Kooti'. Battle sites are prominently marked, named and dated. A note written adjacent to several battle positions state that these cannot accurately be determined. Title handwritten in pencil along the top of the map. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on dressed linen, scale [1:380 160], 35.7 x 61.4 cm. Provenance: Includes many pencilled spelling corrections. The scale is written in pencil in the bottom right corner and in ink centrally, under the map.

Date: [1913-1923]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-151

Description: Research papers mainly relating to Gilbert Mair. Includes a letter from Mair to Cowan written in 1913 in which he says 'I am brimming over with particulars and am the only European left who can talk about those times...' referring to the fighting around the 'Hot Lakes'. The letter is torn off in the corner with slight loss of content. Also includes an envelope titled 'Captain Mair. My scouting expedition to Poripori. 1867' which contained an incomplete handwritten letter and account by Gilbert Mair. Also includes a handwritten draft and typewritten article 'The bowie knife as a bush war tool'. Arrangement: 44 from original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1901-1918]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MSX-9069

Description: Notebook containing research notes and clippings entitled 'Potatau's waiata' [with other MS annotations on front cover]. Mainly relating various areas in the North Island particularly Rotorua, Urewera, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and East Coast regions. Includes waiata relating to waka, tangi, aroha, and some Maori vocabulary relating to rain [from Tuhoe], and names of stars etc 'Te Paki o Matariki'. Language - Contains some Maori content, particularly waiata and place names. Arrangement: 53 in original listing Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [1919-1920]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MSX-9076

Description: Notebook relating to the New Zealand Wars focussing on the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty region. Also includes notes about Taranaki and drawings of Mount Taranaki. The first main entry in the notebook says 'Rotorua: Te Kapenga fight 1870' and inside front cover includes Cowan's itinerary from November 18, 1918 to January 6, 1919, the various places he visited and sometimes who he interviewed there. Language - Contains some Maori content, particularly place names. Arrangement: 53 in original listing Quantity: 1 volume(s). Sketches drawn in pencil including several of Mount Taranaki from various angles, drawn from different towns.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-105/106

Description: Shows several labelled ships in the harbour. The Sandfly (at right) is a paddlesteamer. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil 100 x 320 mm.

Date: 1864

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: A-033-007

Description: View of the trenches at Gate Pa, Tauranga, looking east, the front of the pa to the left, the rear to the right, after its capture by British forces in April 1864. European soldiers standing guard, two carrying a stretcher in the background, a rifle and parts of the broken palisade lying in the foreground, and wounded and dead Maori men visible in the trenches, including Reweti, in a trench to the right, facing the viewer. A tunnel on the left is marked as a covered way, and a tall pole in the background, on a slant is the flagpole. A low land formation in the background to the left is noted as Maungatapu cliffs with cemetery. Tauranga Harbour can be seen in the background Very similar to A-033-009. Robley made many copies of this view Another such view in Cowan's New Zealand Wars has Robley's additional explanatory text around the outside (neg 10985 1/2). The section along the left, to the left of the trench and inside the palisade is a covered passage leading to rifle pits. The figure lying in the left trench is described as 'dead Maori on blanket'. The figure in the right-hand trench is described as 'bearded wounded Maori' and 'Sticks knocked from the palisade' and 'sticks of palisade scathed by shot', '68th sentry on the higher part of the Pa', as well as 'fallen flagstaff in rear' are noted. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [title]; Recto - bottom left - Front; Recto - bottom right - Rear; Verso - Disposition of fortifications and other features explained in notes on back of sketch, including the following: Looking east. The flagstaff. Maungatapu cliffs [with] cemetery. A covered way. Reweti wounded and another. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pen and wash drawing 180 x 255 mm

Date: 1864

Reference: MapColl-832.16hkm/[ca.1864]/Acc.1869

Description: Hand drawn military map of the area from the Waimapu River, including the Tauranga-Rotorua Road to Okauia, Irihanga, Wairoa River and Tauranga Harbour. Includes roads and tracks, one of which is marked as 'my scouting track - there and back close on forty miles'. Gate Pa is marked, settlements, rivers and some roads are named. Scenes of action are marked as crossed swords and some battle sites are named - Gate Pa, Te Ranga, Oropi, Waehi, Whakamarama. Directional arrows point to Rotorua and Okauia. Includes some hachures, sites of clearings and a location of a house. Title partly taken from the pencilled heading, believed to have been added at a later date, and the catalogue card. Pencilled title of map is written along the top edge and on reverse: [Sketch map of country around Gate Pa ... ca. 1864] believed to have been added at a later date. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil, coloured pencil on paper, linen backed, coloured, 19.7 x 21 cm.