Places

Date: 1835 - 1836

By: Williams, Samuel, 1788-1853

Reference: PUBL-0031-1836-81

Description: View across a plain, with a flat-topped hill in the background and the Church of England mission station buildings in the middle ground. Two whare, a pataka, and a group of Maori with a dog are in the foreground After a drawing by Samuel Williams 'South-west view of the Waimate' engraved to illustrate William Yate's 'An account of New Zealand' (London, Seeley & Burnside, 1835), opp. p. 192 Other Titles - Williams, Samuel, 1788-1853. South-west view of the Waimate, 1835 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 100 x 150 mm

Date: 1829 - 1830

Reference: PUBL-0031-30

Description: A view from the waterfront, with a Maori family seated on rocks in the foreground, looking across at the houses of the mission station in Kerikeri. James Kemp's two-storied house is on the right. All the properties are fenced and have gardens. The highest house flies the Union Jack. There is a small jetty on the left with a dinghy tied up at it. Wood engraving from a drawing by an unknown artist Other Titles - Kerikeri Extended Title - From: Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 110 x 160 mm

Date: 1843

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: A-208-002

Description: Shows the Rev. B. Y. Ashwell's first Mission Station, at Pepepe or Taupiri, located beside the Waikato River. There are high, bush-clad hills behind the house which has a fenced garden. A canoe is close to the station on the river. There is a cabbage tree in the right foreground. In the upper left portion of the view is A-208-003 "Architecture New Zealandic" a sepia sketch of the front and interior of a Maori wharenui or meeting house. Probably sketched on Ashworth's trip up the Waikato and Waipa rivers in December 1843. Sketched on Ashworth's trip up the Waikato and Waipa Rivers in December 1843. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 235 x 153 mm

Date: 1839 - 1841

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-160-1

Description: The mission house at Te Puna, Bay of Islands, below Rangihoua Pa, set back against hills, its garden in front of it, and outbuildings alongside. It is shown as two single-storied buildings with hipped rooves and smaller buildings between. The beach and waterfront curve around in front of the buildings and a bush-clad hill is to the left John King was the missionary at this station from 1832 A very similar view to that reproduced as a wood engraving in the Church Missionary Register for 1838. The two may have been done independently or possibly Taylor made a copy of the wood engraving. He visited Te Puna in Sept 1839 and in January 1841 according to his Journal. There is also an oil painting from a similar angle, possibly copied from the wood engraving, in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Libary of Australia (Ref. no. T317, NK132) Other Titles - Te Puna Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in ink; also recto, on image, lower left, Tepuna, Bay of Islands Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, pen & ink, 125 x 205 mm

Date: 1839

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-071-3

Description: The mission house at Te Puna below Rangihoua Pa, Bay of Islands. It is set back against hills, its garden in front of it, and outbuildings alongside to the right. It is shown as a single-storied building with a hipped roof containing two dormer windows, a lean-to the left John King was the missionary at this station from 1832. Taylor's journal records visits to the station in September 1839 and in January 1841. Other Titles - Te Puna Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in ink; also recto, on image, lower left, the same title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil & ink, 70 x 125 mm