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Audio

Dr Golan Maaka

Date: 1993-1994

By: Haami, Bradford Joseph Te Apatuoterangi Maaka, 1966-

Reference: OHColl-0453

Description: These recordings were made as source material for the written biography `Dr Golan Maaka : Maori doctor' (1995). Dr Maaka practised medicine in the Whakatāne district for 35 years and combined Pākehā and traditional Māori medical practices. He also did medical rounds in the Ureweras. Interviews are with Tangi Maaka, Maanu Paul, Willie Aarons, Bill Davis, Helen Draper, Ted and Pauline Butt, Jumbo Chadwick, Dr Staverley, Roger Maaka, Ching Tutua, Florence Maaka, Puti O'Brien, Derek Asher, Bob Burgess, Jock Young and Graeme Howard, Leslie Stewart, Inia and June Maaka, Rowena Paku, Koa Murdoch and Manurere Dimitrof. Interviewer(s) - Brad Haami Quantity: 13 C60 cassette(s). 10 C90 cassette(s). 20 interview(s). 28 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

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Album of photographs of Maori

Date: 1860s-1949

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: PA1-o-1038

Description: Contains photographs of a Maori group at Wanganui, Te Rangitahau of Waitahanui, inscription at Wairaka meeting house (Whakatane), Pohaturoa Rock (Whakatane), Tainui anchor stone at Mokau, Matahourua anchor stone at Dominion Museum, Tokomaru anchor stone at New Plymouth Museum, hui at Rangitukua (March 1945), Ngarimu hui at Ruatoria (1943), hui at Hiruharama (1945), Tahi hohepa at Otukou (1947), reception to Field-Marshall Montgomery at Ohinemutu (1947), Sir Apirana Ngata speaking at erection of Porourangi meeting house (Waiomatatini), scenes in Parihaka, and Sir Peter Buck at Te Araroa (March 1949). The photographers represented are W J Harding, A P Godber, Burton Brothers, Owen Johnston, and the New Zealand Railways Publicity Department. A number of images were provided by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 cm

Manuscript

William Colenso - Notes for a journey

Date: 1844-1845

From: Petersen, George Conrad, 1900-1978 : Papers relating to a biography of William Colenso

Reference: 80-038-01

Description: Includes mss map of eastern Bay of Plenty coast and hinterland Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss

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Angus album 2

Date: 1928

From: Angus, Robert K, fl 1964 :New Zealand photograph albums

Reference: PA1-q-010

Description: Album containing 1928 souvenir booklet celebrating New Zealand's first Commerce Train, which travelled through Auckland Province between 26th October 1928 and 4th November 1928. Souvenir number of the Commerce Train News, published by New Zealand Railways. Bound in with the book are photographs taken by an unidentified passenger on the trip. There are photographs in the booklet, which include several portraits of men on the trip, photographs of farmland, dairy factories, cement works, Arapuni Hydroelectric works showing the dam and the spillway, kauri forests, trains and cars, and group photographs of the personnel. Full lists of personnel are included in the book. Other - Photographs possibly taken by Robert Angus, manager of Cook & Son, Shortland St., Auckland, who was a member of the tour. Father of the donor Robert K Angus? Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 320 x 260 mm dark blue suede cover, spine embossed with decoration

Manuscript

Browne, William Franklin, 1844?-1911: Diary

Date: Mar 1881-May 1885

By: Browne, William Franklin, 1844?-1911

Reference: MS-0332

Description: Describes his experiences teaching mainly Maori at Pakowhai and Whakatane; includes description of the floods at Pakowhai, 1882 Source of title - Transcribed The Library also holds William Franklin Browne's journal 1885-1888 (MSX-9529, MS-0333), biographical material about the Browne family (MSY-6836), the papers of William Franklin Browne's son, Theodore Percy Browne (MS-Papers-1394), and photographs of William Franklin Browne and his children (PAColl-4112). Quantity: 1 volume(s) (90 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (18 cm; ¼ red cloth, marbled boards, red cloth slip case)

Manuscript

Files relating to Maori land claims in the Bay of Plenty

Date: 1992

From: Simpson, Mīria, 1922-2002: Collection

Reference: 2002-379-091

Description: Minutes of the Compensation Court held at Te Awa o Te Atua, Waitahanui claim, 10 Dec 1867; and papers relating to commemoration of the signing of the Treaty at Whakatane in 1992 with themes of unity of Mataatua and the Raupatu claims Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of Lake Waikaremoana from National Publicity Studios at Archives New zealand.

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Bay of Plenty Earthquake (1987) Oral History Project

Date: Feb 1990

By: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs

Reference: OHColl-0106

Description: Interviews with ten survivors who describe the experience, impact and effects on their lives of the 1987 Bay of Plenty earthquake. The project was commissioned by the Department of Internal Affairs. Interviewees are Wini Hahipene, Esme Kissock, Joe Le'ota, Jo Marr, Ivan Parke, Ron Russell, Bert and Sonja Sisley, Mate Sisley, Yvonne Smith and Manu Tukiri. Quantity: 31 C60 cassette(s). 10 printed abstract(s). 10 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-550 to 559. Search dates: 1990

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Slides of New Zealand

Date: [ca 1965-1975]

From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand

Reference: PA12-10628

Description: Slides taken by Muriel Edwards of New Zealand scenes, circa 1960s-1970s. Includes images of the Rakaia River and Highbank power station, Robert Falcon Scott memorial boulder (Queenstown Gardens), Skippers Canyon, Fitzroy Gardens (near Rotorua) and Muriwai's Cave carved entrance. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

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Kiwi Colour commercial slides of the Bay of Plenty Region

Date: [ca 1960s-1970s]

From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand

By: A H & A W Reed (Firm); Kiwi Colour Slides; New Zealand. National Publicity Studios; Ward, Cyril George Ramsay, 1913-1995

Reference: PA12-10635

Description: Set of scenic slides titled 'Bay of Plenty' published by A H & A W Reed, circa 1960s-1980s, and collected by Muriel Edwards. Photographed by National Publicity Studios and Cyril George Ramsay Ward. Images are of the following: Whakatane township and beach, Mataatua Canoe Memorial, Ohope Beach, Mount Manganui, Ocean Beach, Tauranga, Rob Roy Hotel in Waihi, and bowls being played in Te Aroha. Slides accompanied by published leaflet 'Kiwi Commentary' describing each image. Quantity: 10 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

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Commercial slides of New Zealand

Date: [ca 1953-1970]

From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand

By: Kiwi Colour Slides; Wawman, D, active 1950s-1960s

Reference: PA12-10642

Description: Commercial slides collected by Muriel Edwards, ca 1950s-1960s. Publishers include Tomoslide (Waitomo Hotel)s, Alpine Slides by Kelvin Photo Service (Queenstown), Hanimount, and Kiwi Colour Slides. D Wawman is named as a photographer. Include images of limestone formations in the Waitomo Caves, the Macetown Tractor Trail Ride, Whakatane, Pohutu Terrace, Lake Taupo and Lake Te Anau. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

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Adkin album 04

Date: Between 1949 and 1952

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-004

Description: "Illustrating geological observations, Vol 4". Black & white photographs of geological aspects of NZ. Includes details of structure & stratigraphy in the Otaki formation at Forest Lakes Road near Manakau, Horowhenua; geomorphological and geological notes on the Paremata area, Porirua Harbour, shoreline features on the eastern side of Wellington Harbour; features of Turakina, Waitotara and Castlecliff; NZ Geological Survey Staff Conference, Invercargill (April 25-May 6, 1950) with trips to Mataura Valley, Otamita River Valley, Bluff, Waiau River; visit to the Otaihanga tertiary outlier; features of the Wellington fault and escarpments (several images taken at different periods between 1949 and 1952); features of the Brocken Range and Kaiwhata Valley, East Wairarapa; geological notes on the Bay of Plenty area (December 7-14, 1950), including the causeway over the Waimapu Estuary at Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Whakatane, Pohutaroa Rock; The Royal Society of NZ Science Congress, Christchurch (May 14-24, 1951), including an image of those attending the congress, with names (p 27); geological excursion to the Manawatu Gorge (November 24-25 1951); features of Rimutaka railway tunnels (Feb 1952); features of the south-east Wairarapa including Dry River and Ruakokopatuna Valleys, Eastern Palliser Bay and the Putangirua Pinnacles; NZ Geological Survey Staff Conference, Wellington (30 April-7 May 1952), with group photo of those attending, with names (p 41).

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Willoughby, H J :Postcards of New Zealand scenes

Date: [ca 1910-1925]

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-0603

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes mostly in Waikato and Northland, including the new Awanui Wireless Station at Kaitaia; a steam locomotive on the railway bridge next to Victoria Battery; the interior of Union Battery; view of Whakatane with Regan's Commercial Hotel on the left and a billiards hall at the end of the street; a view over Port Chalmers; Mount Ruapehu covered in snow; a steam ship docking at the wharf at Tauranga; a steam ship pulling away from the wharves at Whangarei; view over Dargaville from Mount Wesley; view down Victoria Street, Dargaville looking towards the railway station; view over Kaitaia from the hotel; sheep mustered next to the Kaeo River; the road and rail bridges over the Waikato River in Hamilton; the Hauraki Pumping Plant in Thames; the extension works at Waihi Grand Junction Battery; the steam ship Clansman at the wharf at Mangonui; the Mokau Coal Mines on the Mokau River with boats moored at the jetty; the school and church at Mangonui; the Topeheihei Falls near Morrinsville; a crowd of people outside the mountain house with Mount Taranaki in the background; Marine Parade, Napier looking north; view over Petone towards Somes Island showing the carriage works and the mill next to the jetty; Glaxo factory at Matamata; a viaduct near Te Kuiti; a train on the Rimutaka Incline; and three views from the Northern Steam Ship Company's annual summer cruise of Port Fitzroy, Whangaroa, and Doubtless Bay. Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Manuscript

The Archaeology of the Eastern North Island

Date: 2002

From: Jones, Kevin, fl 2002 : The Archaeology of the Eastern North Island

Reference: MS-Papers-7358-1

Description: A monograph by Jones on the archaeology of the eastern North Island comprising an abstract, sections on people and place, the pre-European period, historic period, locality reviews, conclusions, references and lists of tables and figures (150 pages plus several unnumbered ones) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (case folder).

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Photographs of substandard housing and state housing developments in the North Island

Date: 1937-1938

From: Orchiston, Bruce Elwyn, 1914-2005 :Photographs of New Zealand slums

Reference: PAColl-6013-2

Description: Photographs of state housing projects at Whakatane, Rotorua, Tauranga, Taihape, Te Kuiti, New Plymouth, Hawera, Patea, Wanganui, Napier and hastings; and substandard housing in Napier and Ohakune, taken 1937-1938 by the Department of Housing Construction. Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Travel in New Zealand

Date: December 1958

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8795

Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand between 1958 and 1959. This sheet of slides shows coastal ranges, and sheep being driven along a road near Gisborne; Tokomaru Bay; a railcar at Gisborne Railway Station; Matawai township; scenes in Whakatane and the Whakatane River; farming scenes at Holmridge farm at Waihue, near Dargaville, owned by Vernon and Ruth Woods, and a photograph of the Woods family. The family include Vernon and Ruth, and Clive and Barbara Woods, and "young Vern". Mr Williams spent Christmas 1958 with the Woods family. Slides on this sheet are numbered 579-603 with gaps for those removed for lectures on New Zealand. Arrangement: Mr Williams transferred slides (nos. 579, 582, 592, 594-595, 597, 599) showing a view of Gisborne; sheep droving near Gisborne; scenes at Holmridge farm including a group of a truck in a hayfield, and members of the Wood family. They were were from this sequence as part of a representative collection on New Zealand for various lectures which he gave when he returned to England. The lecture series are filed in later sequences. Quantity: 18 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

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Album of photographs relating to Poverty Bay

Date: 1947-1948

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949

Reference: PA1-o-1037

Description: Contains photographs of meeting houses at Whakatane, Wairoa, Poroporo, Ruatoki, Ohinemutu, Whakarewarewa, Otukou, and Te Araroa. Also shown are a school at Paroa, carved posts at Rotorua, and Albert Percy Godber with a carving made by himself. Many of the photographs were taken in 1947, and bear the photographer's initials "J.B.P.". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 cm

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New Zealand scenery - Bay of Plenty Region

Date: 1938-1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-166

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, 1930s-1950s Includes: Main street of Whakatane; Whakatane paper mills; aerial view of Whakatane, 1938; St Peter Chanel Church, Whakatane, 1959; aerial view of Rotorua; Lake Rotoma; Tauranga harbour; McLaren's Gorge near Tauranga; aerial view of Tauranga racecourse; Mount Maunganui for seaward side and harbour side; Ohope Beach; Waihi Beach; Whanarua Bay; Lottin Point; Te Whaiti Forest. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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[Ephemera relating to hotels, motels, hostels and other accommodation in places beginni...

Date: 1910 - 1999

Reference: Eph-A-HOTEL-B-1900s

Description: Includes ephemera for hotels in the following locations: Bay of Islands Bay of Plenty (including Whakatane) Blenheim Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying up to 250 mm.

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Holiday Memories; Ruapehu, Whitianga, Whakatane, and Northland

Date: 1910-1951

From: Mead, Arthur David, 1888-1977 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1167

Description: Photographs of Mount Ruapehu and the Mangaehuehu Glacier taken in 1910 and 1948. Ruapehu and the Bay of Plenty taken in 1938 and 1939, and views of Northland taken in 1951. Part of the 1951 group includes a number of photographs of people on beaches. There is also one photograph of the opening of Murray's Bay Baptist Church Inscriptions: Album page - top left - Holiday Memories. Ruapehu and Whitianga, 1938. Whakatane, 1939. Bay of Islands and Far North, 1951 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :Whakatane 1929

Date: 1929

By: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975

Reference: A-227-105-1

Description: Looking east along the beach, at the river mouth, with several houses visible Inscriptions: Verso - Dated & titled in the artist's hand Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolours 195 x 280 mm Provenance: Donation : Estate of the artist

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