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Date: [1898-ca 1968]

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004 : Photographs relating to Maori

Reference: PAColl-9977-11

Description: Most of the photographs are views taken at a Maori funeral. There are two men seated outside a raupo whare. View of a church in a bare winter landscape in England. Composite photograph (probably a copy print) entitled "The Season's Greetings from the Land of the Maori" 1898, by G T Edwards, Mercer. View across the waters of a bay through branches of a pohutukawa tree. Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1949

By: Manawatu Catchment Board and Regional Water Board; Wilkinson, P R, active 1946-1949; Sinclair, E M, active 1948-1967

Reference: MapColl-832.43a/1949?/Acc.9731

Description: The coastal sand dune area from Hokio to Puki-Puki Lagoon and Taikorea Road bordered by State Highway One, includes shaded areas of the sand dune blocks, some with acreages. Vegetation growing on the dunes is described. The remainder of the land from the dunes to the state highway comprises mainly cadastral blocks. Some sections are numbered, others include owners' names. The Rangitikei Catchment Board and the Manawatu Catchment Board Districts, divided by a boundary line, are shown. Includes sites of reserves, a cemetery and a windmill. Settlements, roads, a right of way, rivers, streams and lakes are named. Some sections are marked Native Owners, Crown Land - planted over by the Forestry Dept., H.M. The King. Names include: R.A. Wilson & Wilson Trust, A. Ross Rough & Co. now Barber Bros., Conlan, Thompson, J.H. Robinson, K.W. Dalrymple, Norton, Papangaio, Te Rerengaohau, Grace Bros. Estate, Jackson & Dymock - Wellington. Plan number 1/67 on map has been crossed out and 213 inserted before copying. Original signed by P.G. Evans, Chief Engineer, 20/7/48 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 99 x 38.5 cm.

Date: 1840 - 1880

Reference: MapColl-832.11gbbd/[184-?]/Acc.6188

Description: Sketch map showing an area of land and coastline in the Whangarei District, Northland Region, which includes the Whananaki Inlet, Motutare Point, north to Motutohe Island, Otamure Bay, Tauwhara Bay and the edge of Moureeses Bay, inland south to include the whole of the Whananaki Inlet including where the Taupari and Te Wairahi Streams enter the Whananaki Inlet and the area around Whakapaumahara Marae. Maori names and words suggesting occupation, cultivation and coastal land use written on the map are as follows. They are transcribed as written on the map. Kai iwi, Horopaua, Waikere, Te Awa rahi, Kaikatearoa, Koaonui, Te Waha ote Parata, Te Wai horoi kai, Nga riri te huia, Tangi te riro riro, Cultivations, Kokoihangaaroa, Okura, Te Warau, Purupuru, Te Ruku, Motu Kauri [an island in the inlet located parallel to Purupuru], Rahuiroa, Te Ahikarama, Wakarewa, Te Mira, [K?]araka, Tuharahohia, Motutara [Island], Kaurimu [islands], Tupapa Kuwa Pa, Paharakeke, Awa awarua, Te kotinga ote kuku o Paerakei, Motutohe [Island], Otamore, Tahora, [O?]korora Pa (the location of the pa indicates it is between Tauwhara and Moureeses Bays), and Tumarewa Pa. Near to the location of Tumarewa Pa is a note (three letters unreadable) which says,'land claimed by [---?]Ngare 52 acres'. A second note shows an oval drawn in the water area of the inlet which says, 'Anchorage for small yachts not drawing more than "6f" water'. Topographical features indicating bush or vegetation and sand spits are also shown on the map. Darker blue lines are shown within the coloured blue of the inlet, possibly indicating navigable water channels. Fine red and black lines shown may indicate land boundaries. Map reference :NZMS 260, Sheet Q06. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on paper backed with paper, coloured, 64.5 x 75.7 cm.

Date: 1918

By: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964

Reference: PA1-o-251-12

Description: A view of Island Bay taken by George Leslie Adkin 1918. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Island Bay in 1918. Tapu-te-ranga islet was once the site of a small refuge pa of Ngati-Ira, and the famous chieftainess, Tamairangi, wife of Whanake, was resident there. The small hill on the islet (a residual of the marine abrasion that cut the shore-platform) is identified as the Patawa rock of tradition. 7.3.18 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Circa 1880s to 1900s]

From: McArthurs Auction :Photographs of early drawings and paintings of Taranaki, and photographs of Hawke's Bay, Greymouth and others

Reference: PA1-o-405

Description: Photographs of the New Plymouth district, including coastal scenes, Mount Egmont, the New Plymouth wharves. Views of Parihaka include group portraits of Maori, and several of Pakeha people amongst the Maori. One shows a large party of Europeans (men and women) about which a slip is inserted into an envelope at the beginning of the album. The note lists a number of them, and states "This party of Europeans at Parihaka may have been when Major Parris was invited to visit Te Whiti one New Year - & to bring a party of friends" (signed R Allan). Names include F. Cornwall, H. Stoeker, [?] Ward, Miss Cornwall, Mrs D.K. Morrison, W.C. Weston, Mrs Sladden, Miss McKellar, Mrs Robertson, Mrs L.D. Webster, and Miss A. Hursthouse. The slip also notes "11 of the Europeans appear to have white feathers in their hats". An envelope inserted in the album identifies two young women with bicycles as Flo Avery (later Mrs Sydney Cottier), and Adele Avery (later Mrs Lou Webster), two of John Avery's daughters, who had the first bicycles in New Plymouth Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with pinkish beige cover, entitled `Photographs'; 16.5 x 22.5 cm

Date: 1845

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1822-1898

Reference: C-173-001

Description: Shows the coastal road and hills of the Nelson foreshore, with what is now Abel Tasman National Park seen in the distance. Two Maori carry a rod between them with a line of fish hanging from it. Various houses can be seen at the road's edge, and boats of different types are in the water. One dinghy in the foreground is kept under a roofed shelter. Oxen pulling a cart can also be seen travelling the road Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C Heaphy 1845 [in faint brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 215 x 310 mm Provenance: Previously purchased from a Parisian dealer, who acquired the work at a French provincial auction and possibly originally part of the collection of Francis Dillon Bell. Transfers: The Library owns several other works from the same provenance, by Francis Dillon Bell and Charles Heaphy, purchased 2006 and 2014, reference numbers C-025-025, C-012-007, and C-173-002.

Date: 2007 - 2010

Reference: Eph-C-REAL-ESTATE-2008-01

Description: Poster questioning the ownership of New Zealand land by Americans shows a birds-eye view of the coastline around Whangamata and Whirinoa. The text mentions the sale of Whangamata Farm by Mick Kelly to Louis M Bacon, Stanley F Druckenmiller, and a Mr Dittmar, for the purpose of making coastal rural subdivisions. The farm was directed by Michael Dee whose integrity was questioned, and David K Pritchard known for marine and property developments around New Zealand. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Digital print on poster, 320 x 452 mm. Provenance: Donated by Phantom Billstickers in 2010.