Places

Date: 2 June 1929

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

Reference: PA1-q-002-106

Description: Lake Horowhenua, showing the former island pa of Waikiekie and Roha-a-te-kawau joined to the shore after artificial lowering of the lake level. Photograph taken 2 June 1929 by G L Adkin. Right part of 2-part panorama with PA1-q-002-105. Album piece is from has been digitised and surrogates are available at Library reference PA1-q-002. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - "The old order changeth" - Lake Horowhenua shewing the former island-pa of Waikiekie and Roha-a-te-kawau joined to the shore as a result of the recent artificial lowering of the level of the lake. 2.6.29 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 103 x 154 mm mounted on album page

Date: 1875

By: Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913; Fox, William, 1812-1893; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: C-052-007

Description: Shows eel traps and two whares in the foreground at the lake's edge at a river mouth. Three Maori are standing and seated in front of the buildings and there is a small canoe in the water and a European yacht in the distance. Bush and tall trees surround the water's edge and the Tararuas can be seen in the background. Hoyte made more than one copy of this view. An almost identical one sold in New Zealand in 1995, possibly the watercolour held by Auckland Art Gallery. An article in the Daily Southern Cross of 18 January 1866 refers to a number of Hoyte's watercolours including 'a picture of Horowhenua Lake, in Wellington, from a pencil drawing by Mr W. Fox'. Hoyte is not known to have visited Horowhenua and all of his known views of Horowhenua Lake may derive from William Fox's pencil drawing. The William Fox watercolour seems likely to be one held by the Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, Horowhenua Lake, c1850s, watercolour on paper, gift of Mr Cranleigh Barton, 1977. Other Titles - William Fox Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J. C. Hoyte [in Chinese white] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & Chinese white, 272 x 415 mm

Date: 1865

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-031C

Description: Maori correspondence mostly from the Whanganui district relating tribal activities, affairs and matters relating to land. Includes lists of names for Maori living at Parewanui; report from a meeting between Governor Grey, Major Kemp (Te Ranghiwinui), and various hapu from Whanganui; a letter about Epiha Patapu, native policeman from Whanganui who gave an oath of allegience to the Queen. Also includes letter from Wikitoa Taringakuri (aka Te Kaeaea) offering to sell large amounts of land in Wellington because of his extreme age and inability to collect the rents of his properties. Arrangement: Previously from 1/1 Official Correspondence series Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece level inventory available.

Date: 11 September 1929

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

Reference: PA1-q-002-126

Description: View of Pipiriki Pa, built 1871-1872 on the western shore of Lake Horowhenua by Keepa Te Rangihiwinui as part of a campaign by Muaupoko against Ngati Raukawa. Photograph taken 11 September 1929 by G L Adkin. Album piece is from has been digitised and surrogates are available at Library reference PA1-q-002. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - beneath image - Pipiriki Pa - thje stronghold erected on the western shore of Lake Horowhenua by Kepa Rangihiwinui (Major Kemp) in 1871 or '72, in an attempt by the Mua-upoko to throw off the Ngati Raukawa yoke. The former stockades, whare sites, rua, fighting tower &c, are now represented by hummocks and hollows of sand. (For description of Pipiriki pa see "Te Hekenga", p.137). 11.9.29 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 81 x 149 mm mounted on album page

Date: [1930-1940]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-03

Description: Contents comprise Waikanae area (J D Climie's surveys of 1880 and 1884); Otaki River mouth (Carkeek's survey of 1887); New Zealand (showing Te Rauparaha's and Te Puoho's routes and raids); plan of Manukorihi pa, Waitara; Kaiapohia pa, locality and plan; Manawatu River and Gorge etc (NZ Company's survey of 1842); Lower Wairarapa and Port Nicholson (NZ Company's surveys of 1842); Tararua Range, including Rimutaka Range and southwestern hill system; Hutt Valley; southwestern hill system of Wellington; Oroua and Awahou blocks (J T Stewart's survey, 1860); Horowhenua Lake and vicinity (NZ Co's survey, 1842); list of English place names transliterated into Maori Arrangement: Notebook no 2 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [194-]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-01/7-01

Description: The patu was discovered by R Gettins washed up on the shore of Lake Horowhenua in 1931 and led to the discovery of further artifacts on the bed of the lake. This photograph featured as Plate 5 in Adkin's book "Horowhenua", published in 1948; text on pages 91-92 discusses its discovery and significance. The patu was photographed by Adkin. George Leslie Adkin was a Wellington farmer, geologist, archaeologist, ethnologist and photographer. Quantity: 1 photograph. Physical Description: Black and white print

Date: April 1963

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

Reference: PA1-f-009-33

Description: Two maps on one sheet. The first shows the Horowhenua dune-belt, with the routes of expeditions undertaken on 8 May 1932 and 14 August 1932, and Muaupoko territoral boundaries marked. The second shows the northen end of Lake Horowhenua, with the sites of pa, canoe-landings and other centres of activity marked. Drawn in April 1932 by G L Adkin. Quantity: 1 mss map in indian and coloured inks. Physical Description: 333 x 206 mm

Date: 7 March 1975

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-72449-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Depicts Waiopehu College in foreground, and looks over Levin township towards Lake Horowhenua. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate Processing information: Record updated on 13 March 2023 to correct location as Horowhenua College.

Date: 16 Jun 1958

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-8602-54

Description: Shore of Lake Horowhenua, 16 June, 1958, with the Levin Sailing Club's judges' and officials' stand and boat ramp. Photographer unidentified. Publication note - Published in the New Zealand Free Lance, 27 June 1958, page 17 Source of descriptive information - Notes on back of print, including clipping from New Zealand Free Lance Inscriptions: Verso - Judges & official stand of Levin Sailing club on the shores of Lake Horowhenua D/C x 2 3/4 Monday 16/6/58 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.1 x 21.6 cm

Date: February 1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-5936-33

Description: Boys towing their boats home to Levin with bicycles, after a day on Lake Horowhenua. From left to right: K Cooper, John Elderton and Hugh Perry. Taken in February 1959 by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - Transporting their boats home after a day on Lake Horowhenua. The Horowhenua Boating Club is well established here. L to R, K Cooper, John Elderton & Hugh Perry of Levin. 2/1959. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. The illustrations by C. D. Barraud. Edited by W. T. L. Travers. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1877

By: Thomas, Robert Kent, 1816-1884

Reference: PUBL-0016-02-4

Description: Kikopiri Pa at the side of Lake Horowhenua, with several whare, fishing poles in the lake, two canoes and the hills beyond. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 90 x 220 mm

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: PA1-q-002-013

Description: Lake Horowhenua from Pukearuhe canoe landing, showing Namu-iti island pa (left of centre, background), Rae-o-te-karaka pa (right of centre, background), Karapu island pa (right background) and Paringatai (extreme right, background). Photograph taken ca 1910 by G L Adkin. Album piece is from has been digitised and surrogates are available at Library reference PA1-q-002. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 13. Lake Horo-whenua from Puke-aruhe canoe-landing; Album page - above image - Namu-iti island-pa.; Album page - above image - Rae-o-te-karaka pa.; Album page - above image - Karapu island-pa.; Album page - above image - Paringatai. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 99 x 151 mm mounted on album page

Date: Between 1885 and 1888

From: Levin, William Hort, 1845-1893 :Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd :Views on the Wellington & Manawatu Railway

Reference: PA1-f-239-45

Description: View of Lake Horowhenua, taken between 1885 and 1888 by Wrigglesworth & Binns of Wellington. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 225. Horowhenua lake, Manawatu. W&B Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Collodion print 15.1 x 20.5 cm, mounted on album page 23.4 x 30.1 cm

Date: 1856 - 1857

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-004-031

Description: The lake surrounded by low growth, with the Tararua Range in the background. In the foreground is Hokio Stream, which drains from the lake out to Hokio Beach on the North Island's West coast. Appears to be the preliminary drawing for a larger watercolour in a private collection, showing the same scene, but with a group of men on horseback crossing the left foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 335 x 575 mm

Date: Between 1885 and 1888

From: Levin, William Hort, 1845-1893 :Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd :Views on the Wellington & Manawatu Railway

Reference: PA1-f-239-44

Description: View of Lake Horowhenua, taken between 1885 and 1888 by Wrigglesworth & Binns of Wellington. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 224. Horowhenua lake, Manawatu. W&B Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Collodion print 15 x 20.5 cm, mounted on album page 23.4 x 30.1 cm

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025955-G

Description: Maori group around the Lake Horowhenua shoreline. Shows two waka on the lake, along with others on the shore. Photograph taken by William Williams circa 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Kia ora koe i tenei kirihimete ("A Merry Christmas"); Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Horowhenua Lake, NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 8 June 1926

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

Reference: PA1-q-002-072

Description: Taueki family fishing for eels on Lake Horowhenua aboard the Hamaria canoe, the last war canoe on the lake. Photograph taken 6 June 1926 by G L Adkin. Album piece is from has been digitised and surrogates are available at Library reference PA1-q-002. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 72 & 73. The Hamaria canoe - the last of the old war-canoes on lake Horowhenua, now used by the Taueki family for eel-spearing. Length cof canoe about 60 ft. 8.6.26 Arrangement: Image in PA1-q-002 on page 15 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.5 x 15.3 cm, mounted on album page

Date: 20 June 1926

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

Reference: PA1-q-002-071

Description: Lake Horowhenua from its north-eastern end, showing Kapu clearing (extreme left, background), Ngurunguru canoe-landing (left background), Kouturoa (left of centre, background), te Rae-o-te-karaka pa (right, background) and Paringatai (extreme right, background). The knoll in the foreground marks the former position of the Kawiu canoe-landing. The flat foreshore beyond the fence was exposed by the lowering of the lake level. Photograph taken 20 June 1926 by G L Adkin. Album piece is from has been digitised and surrogates are available at Library reference PA1-q-002. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Lake Horowhenua from its north-eastern end. The knoll in foreground marks the former position of the Kawiu canoe-landing. (The flat foreshore beyond the fence is due to the recent lowering of the lake-level.) 20.6.26; Album page - above image - Kapu clearing; Album page - above image - Ngurunguru canoe-landing; Album page - above image - Kouturoa; Album page - above image - Te Rae-o-te-karaka pa; Album page - above image - Paringatai Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 2 toned silver gelatin prints forming panorama 99 x 300 mm, mounted on album page

Date: 1899

From: Babbage, Herbert Ivan, 1875-1916 :[Album of watercolours]

By: Babbage, Herbert Ivan, 1875-1916

Reference: E-285-q-015

Description: View across Lake Horowhenua looking east, showing raupo growing in the water and hills in the distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 230 x 295 mm

Date: 11 September 1929

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

Reference: PA1-q-002-125

Description: View of Lake Horowhenua and surrounding country, showing Tauataruru (the small knoll in the centre, on the lakeside), the site of one of the carved posts marking the southern boundary of the original block of land ceded to the Muaupoko tribe by Te Whatanui. Photograph taken 11 September 1929 by G L Adkin. Album piece is from has been digitised and surrogates are available at Library reference PA1-q-002. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Tauataruru (the small knoll in centre on lakeside) - the site of one of the great carved posts marking the southern boundary of the original block of land ceded to the Mua-upoko tribe by Te Whatanui ("Te Hekenga", p 18). 11.9.29 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 105 x 153 mm mounted on album page