Places

Date: 1939

By: Automobile Association (Wellington, N.Z.) Inc.

Reference: MapColl-832.4395gmbd/[1939]/Acc.25,535

Description: Map of Otaki, with revisions made in white correcting fluid. The area is from the sea to the racecourse including the Otaki River and the golf links, Otaki Beach, Rangiuru and Otaki Town settlements. Shows the sites of the King George V Memorial Health Camp, several areas of Church Mission Grant land, the Catholic Church Mission Station, Maori Church, pa, memorial to Te Rauparaha, schools, the hospital and sanitorium reserves and a mill. Includes dates when the Catholic Mission Station was opened and dates when the church, presbytery and school were built. Streets and streams are named and the old course of the Otaki River is marked as is the borough boundary and built up areas. A reference key shows numbered sites of interest. Printed on botttom left corner: L. and S. license 440/35/39 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, scale [ca.1:5 544], 56.8 x 69.7 cm.

Date: 1888

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Whangarei and Waiwera sketchbook. 1886-1888].

Reference: E-598-045

Description: Shows a general view of the plain on which the township is built. The foreground shows the road leading down to the town. Extended Title - from his Whangarei and Waiwera sketchbook, 1886-1888, page 45. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sketchbook page 145 x 223 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2002.

Date: 1964

By: Taylor, Carroll, McLaren & Maycroft (Firm); Taylor, J T G, active 1964

Reference: MapColl-832.4792gbbd/[1964?]/Acc.11685

Description: Cadastral map of numbered sections with measurements in perches, all individually outlined, adjacent to Lowry Bay, between Kaikoura Path and Gill Road. A cul-de-sac, a right of way and the Lower Hutt to Eastbourne main road are marked. Various deposited plans are referred to. Drainage and water main easements are marked. Signature of J. T. G. Taylor, registered surveyor, M.S.I.N.Z., written on original before copying Printed on bottom left corner: 115/257 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Colourwash on diazo print, coloured, scale [ca.1:525], 52.1 x 53.2 cm.

Date: April 1923

From: Loftus, Helen :Photographs of climbing Mt Tapuaenuku and a trip to Kaikoura

By: Gunn, George Alexander, 1895-1968

Reference: PA1-o-1218

Description: Record of a trip made by George Alexander Gunn and friends along the Kaikoura coast to Kaikoura and south to about Oaro. Photographed by George Alexander Gunn in April 1923 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1970 - 1979

Reference: MapColl-832.1493fbo/[197-?]/Acc.29600

Description: Drawn on a copy of a cadastral map, the annotations depict proposed boundary changes to Hamilton City, areas two and three. Shows existing city boundaries and the proposed additions from Waipa County, an addition of 135 hectares in area two and 212 hectares in area three. Top middle of map: 'B'. Other Titles - two Other Titles - three Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 42 x 55 cm.

Date: 1949

Reference: MapColl-832.15gbbd/1949/Acc.35756

Description: Map shows Wynyardton North, the Pukepoto block, Pt allot 33 Kapanga parish, Pt OLC 32 (Pt. Keven's grant), numbered sections within each street block, D.P. and C.T. numbers, deed's plan H25, and the main road through the area which has text 'Public Road Certificate by Chief Surveyor No. 1596'. 'Approved for the purposes of Sec. 24 'Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act, 1949' is not signed by Chief Surveyor. Note reads 'Lands coloured green hereon are Pts OLC 32 comprised in CT 894/181 and CT 569/49 and subject to a right of Way created by Con. 24 (D1.26). Note coloured shading not visible on this copy. 'File. 14/110' Other Titles - section Other Titles - survey district Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [1: 1 584], 81 x 79 cm.

Date: ca1922-ca1926

From: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993 :Photographs of Joseph Gordon Coates

By: Coates, Marjorie Grace, 1892-1973

Reference: PA1-o-851

Description: Gordon Coates and his wife on tour. Most of these photographs relate to Coates' as MP and Minister of Public Works. Most of the events record the trials and tribulations of journeying to remote parts of New Zealand to open bridges, post offices, power plants etc. The album also records some of the social and recreational events associated with the tours. According to Gordon Coates' daughter, Mrs Sheila Pryde, this album belonged to Gordon Coates' wife Marjorie, who collected, and may have taken some of the snaps when she accompanied her husband travelling in various parts of New Zealand. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1904

By: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944; Wylde, Henry James, 1850?-1933; Grover, Raymond Frank, 1931-2019

Reference: MapColl-832.4397gbbd/1904/Acc.36351

Description: Cadastral map of part of George Street and Bryce Street, Shannon, showing the surveyed section of George Street that is to be closed under the Public Works Act, highlighted green. Shows immediately surrounding blocks with numbered sections, those visible are all owned by James Wallace (465-469 and 439, 440, 444, 446, 448 and 450). Map signed by HJ Wylde, Authorised surveyor, 2 Dec 1904. Ink annotation on map declaring Horowhenua Council Council chairman authority for road closure (unsigned). Other Titles - Mount Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). 6 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [1:1 584], 47 x 51.2 cm. Provenance: Donated by Raymond Grover.

Date: 1949

Reference: MapColl-832.47981gbb/1949/Acc.37620

Description: Map of the borough of Tawa, including Redwood and Linden, showing residential, commercial, light and heavy industrial areas, public and recreational areas, all of which are referred to in a key. The three railway stations of Takapu Road, Tawa and Linden, are marked but are un-named. Roads are un-named except for the Main Road through Tawa and the new motorway, part of which appears to be under construction. Directional signs are given to Wellington and Porirua. Shopping centres are marked. Title supplied by cataloguer. Date written on top left of map Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and correcting fluid on parchment, scale not given, 34.5 x 19.7 cm.

Date: 1950

By: Seaton, Sladden & Pavitt (Firm); Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4798gbbd/1950/Acc.9936

Description: Cadastral map of the area between the Mawaikakuna Stream, Barton Crescent and the Main Hutt Road. Includes Sutherland Avenue and Camp Road which adjoin the Main Hutt Road. A proposed new road is shown between the twenty four numbered sections which include acreages and boundary measurements. Includes deposited plan numbers for nearby sections. The name of Tripp is handwritten in pencil on the map. Note above title refers to approximate areas and measurements which are subject to correction on completion of survey Note on verso: Barton Estate, Heretaunga Other Titles - Plan of town of Gower, Extension Number, being proposed subdivision of Part Section 88, Hutt Registration District, Block 1, Rimutaka Survey District Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on paper, coloured, scale [1:1 584], 48.1 x 48.3 cm. on sheet 50.6 x 50.6 cm.

Date: 1929-1931

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes

Reference: PA1-q-768

Description: Damage to buildings, roads, rivers and landscapes resulting from the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1970 - 1979

Reference: MapColl-832.1493fbo/[197-?]/Acc.29601

Description: Drawn on a copy of a cadastral map, the annotations depict proposed boundary changes to Hamilton City, areas four, five and six. Shows existing city boundaries and the proposed additions from Waipa County, an addition of 17 hectares in area four, 22 hectares in area five and 32 hectares in area six. Above title is written: 'B'. Other Titles - four Other Titles - five Other Titles - six Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 55 x 42 cm.

Date: 1949

Reference: MapColl-832.15gbbd/1949/Acc.35755

Description: Map shows Kingstone suburb, blocks including Ngorongoro and Te Kono, part of Kapanga Parish, depicting numbered sections within named street blocks, D.P. and C.T. numbers and public roads. The text 'Approved for the purposes of Sec. 24 'Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act, 1949'' is not signed by Chief Surveyor. Note reads 'Lands coloured green and burnt sienna hereon are public roads..' Note coloured shading not visible on this copy. 'File. 14/110' Other Titles - section Other Titles - survey district Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [1: 1 584], 81 x 79 cm.

Date: 1890 - 1940

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Kh/[n.d.]/Acc.37527

Description: Topographic map of the route of the Burma Road. Kim Street is named. Level areas, slopes, tall trees, a grassed area, 2' bench, asphalt footpath and kerb are shown. Includes a directional sign to Johnsonville. The second map is a cross sectional plan of the Burma Road with distances and heights in feet. Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s) includes one cross sectional map. Physical Description: Ink and pencil on card, scale [1:240], 37.5 x 32.4 cm.

Date: 1936

By: Martin & Dyett (Firm); Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4792gbbd/[1936?]/Acc.10181

Description: Cadastral and topographical map of the area adjacent to Lowry Bay. Includes numbered sections with acreages, some including sites of buildings, a homestead, tennis court, circular garden, line of sewer drain. Boundaries are marked, especially building line distances from roads. Includes tracks and drives, roads are named, and the Wellington to Eastbourne Road is decribed as a bitumen road. The Francis Bell Reserve with the approximate area of 120 acres, also one section to be retained by trustees, are marked. The section of C. W. D Bell includes a note stating that it is not for sale. Vegetation and some topographic features are described. Note on bottom right states: All distances and areas are subject to amendment by final survey now in progress Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale [1:1 200], 50.5 x 50 cm.

Date: 1970 - 1979

Reference: MapColl-832.1493fbo/[197-?]/Acc.29599

Description: Drawn on a copy of a cadastral map, the annotations depict proposed boundary changes to Hamilton City, area one. Shows existing city boundary along the Waikato River and the proposed addition, an area of 322 hectares. Top middle of map: 'B' Other Titles - one Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 42 x 55 cm.

Date: 1890 - 1899

By: Levin & Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4393bje/[189-?]/Acc.8152

Description: Plan of some suburban sections in part of Feilding, highlighting unsold sections on Kimbolton Road (numbers 119-129, each between 5-10 acres) and one nearby section of over 51 acres. Includes annotations of the new road off Kimbolton Road leading to the new bridge over the Kiwitea Stream, and the site of the old bridge. The new road cuts through the unsold sections 121-4. Map drawn on 'The Colonists Land and Loan Corporation, Limited' letterhead paper. Drawn partly on rice or tissue paper with letter-head `The Colonists' Land and Loan Corporation, Limited... Feilding 189-'. This is joined to a smaller piece of plain paper on which has a small part of the map drawing on it. Purple signature bottom right corner. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on rice or tissue paper, linen backed, gauze covered front, scale indeterminable, 25.4 x 20.3 cm. Provenance: Donated by Levin & Co 1969

Date: 1941-1958

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980; Weigel, William George, 1890-1980; Smith, Robin Vaughan Francis, 1927-

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-177

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1941-1958 Main street of Arrowtown, church and cottage; homestead on road between Kingston & Queenstown with Remarkables behind; road construction on the Kingston-Lake Wakatipu Road; road into Arrowtown; Crown Range road (showing Jaguar XK150 Fixed Head Coupe); rural scene in Maungawera Valley between Lake Wanaka & Hawera, 1941; Kingston Railway Station and train; opendeck bus in Routeburn Valley; Cecil Peak from shores of Lake Wakatipu. Scottish bard at one end of Signal Hill memorial, Dunedin Lake Hayes; Mount Aspiring from North-East; Clutha River; Skippers Bridge; Thames Street, Oamaru looking south; aerial view of Dunedin looking south from railway station; sunken iris garden at Dunedin Botanical Gardens, 1958; mist over over Dunedin as seen from Southern Motorway. Photographers include: W H Raine, W G Weigel, J D S Roberts & R V Francis Smith Quantity: 29 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1930 - 1939

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ki/[193-?]/Acc.11701

Description: A base cadastral map of the area between Coutts and Yule streets and the City Reserve, includes some numbered sections with acreages and boundary measurements. A right of way is marked, as are three proposed streets. This area is adjacent to D.P. 3490. Annotations to this map are revised boundary measurements. Other Titles - Plan of proposed subdivision of Parts lots 1 and 2, Deposited Plan 4183, being Parts Sections 7 and 8, Evans Bay District VII and XI, Port Nicholson Survey District Scale of original: Scale [1:792] Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on blueprint, scale indeterminable, 50.2 x 42.5 cm.

Date: 1951

By: Cuttriss, Edward Aldred, 1911-1993; Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4798gbbd/[1951]/Acc.9930

Description: The main map is a copy of cadastral base map of part of Pinehaven which has been used to show drainage easements, proposed road called Birch Grove, a recreation reserve and section boundaries between Pinehaven Road and an adjcaent stream. Numbered sections include acreages and boundary measurements. Building lines around Birch Grove are shown. A sum of acreages of residential lots, recreational and school reserves, the new road, easements are totalled. The second map is a copy of a cadastral base map of Part of sections 193 and 195A of Deposited Plan 5336, which has been used to show residential lots, a reserve and school sites, between Forest, Pinehaven and Whiteman's Valley roads. Includes some acreages. Names include William Deller, Cecily Mary Wise Pickerill, Alexander P. Smith, Colin Leslie Coleman, Pinehaven Progressive Association. Other Titles - Town of Pinehaven, Extension 5, proposed subdivision of Part Lot 5, Deposited Plan 5336, being Part Sections 193 and 195A Hutt Registration District, Block IV Belmont Survey District ; Part Land in Certificate of Title 397-10, William Deller, Wellington Upper Hutt Handwritten note at base of map states; This is a copy of scheme plan No. D.1266 as approved by the Minister of Lands Notes at right edge of base map refer to approvals and recommendations for approval by the owner, chief surveyor, Surveyor-General, Minister of Lands. All are unsigned Note at bottom right of map refers to the statement of certification in accordance with the provisions of the Land Subdivision of Counties Act 1946. This is unsigned Scales on original map [1:1792 and 1:2 376] Quantity: 2 map(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on Diazo print, coloured, linen backed, scales indeterminable, 48.1 x 48.7 cm. on sheet 49.1 x 51.1 cm