Places

Date: 1869

By: Field, Henry Claylands, 1825-1912

Reference: MapColl-832.41bj/1869/Acc.1185

Description: Copy of a topographic map of the area in the Murimotu District from the Kaiiwi River and the Ohura River across to Lake Taupo, the Kaimanawa Ranges and the Rangitikei River. Cut road lines, proposed lines and native tracks are referred to in a reference key. Some tracks are routes proposed by Mr. Hogg and Mr. Booth, also an old war track described by natives is marked. Plantations, mountain peaks, rivers and streams are named. Relief features are described. Major Marshall's and Birch's Station are marked. Handwritten note on bottom right of map: The lake and mountains are from Hochstetter's map corrected by the Auckland Trig Survey: the Wanganui River from Brewer's survey, and the Upper Turakina and Rangitikei from Swainson's map corrected by Monro's survey. Map published in: Copy of the report by the late Mr. H.C. Field on the discovery of Field's track, Wanganui, 1869. Shelf reference qMS-0726, Field Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale [1:506 880], 60.5 x 38.7 cm.

Date: 1886, 1993

From: McNab, John, b 1855 : Diary and travel account

Reference: MS-Papers-6235-3

Description: Title continues:`...off for a holiday, or, Glimpses of Maoriland'. McNab recounts his journey with technical details about the transport he took, various points of interest such as lengths of tunnels, Windy Wellington, and he includes poems; he names and describes each geyser at the Pink and White Terraces, particularly notes churches visited and people he met. Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original volume at MS-Papers-6190 and microfilm at Micro-MS-0930 In Feb 1886 McNab left his home in Timaru for a tour of the North Island travelling by train, steamer, and coach from Christchurch, Wellington to Napier, Tauranga, the Pink and White Terraces, Auckland, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Masterton, back to Wellington, Lyttelton, and home to Timaru Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-020

Description: The story of the Brooke family from Pyrford, Surrey and their immigration to New Zealand in 1910. The two sons, Jack and Cecil, began their farming life in the Kaikoura district as farm cadets. For seven years they farmed at Kaikoura from where the boys went to war and served with the New Zealand Mounted Rifles and later in the 1st New Zealand Machine Gun Squadron. After Cecil Brooke's leave he bought a small dairy farm at Ruakura in 1920 and 5 years later married Dorothy Hutchinson. They farmed at Ruakura for 34 years, and purchased a further 200 acres of peat swamp to break in. Includes family tree showing Cecil Brooke's line of descent back 4 generations and copies of photographs, mainly of life of the farm Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: [ca 1920s]

By: Evans, I, active 1920s

Reference: PA1-o-1519

Description: Photographs taken on holiday in New Zealand by woman identified as I Evans. Comprises photographs of men, women and children from Tuhourangi and Arawa iwi, many in traditional costume; Model Village at Whakarewarewa; Ohinemutu Pa; Lake Rotorua; Guide Ruth, Ana Hato; Guide Rangi; Wairakei geysers; Rotomahana; buried forest; Arapuni; Hongi's Track; Lake Taupo; Wellington Harbour from Ngaio; tobacco growing at Riwaka; apple packing shed at Redwood's Valley, Nelson; Devils Boots, Collingwood; Government Buildings, Wellington; Wainui House, Nelson; houseboat, Whanganui River; self-portraity of photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 151 x 202 mm Provenance: Purchase, 2009

Date: 1872-1874, n d

From: Phillips, Coleman, 1846-1925 : Papers

Reference: 73-150-02

Description: Draft of application for Phillips's admission as advocate, Supreme Court, Fiji; shipboard advertisement for missing piece of tatting on board the `Sea Gull'; bank orders and accounts; notes by Phillips on a voyage from wharf K, Auckland, to the Thames goldfields; on the slave trade, Liberia, trade, on Darwin on coral reefs, Tahiti, on Godefroy, method of skinning and curing sea-birds, Jame Gillies on New Caledonia, notes on settlement at Apia, re purchase of Nukulau, pros and cons of purchasing Smith's shipping business at Levuka, list of steamers for sale from Pothonier, ca 1874; paper, Pour traduction d'Anglais en Francais, 13 Mar 1872 from `de Cinq-Mars' chapitre six Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Preliminary listing in Back file.

Date: [1835], 1847-1894

By: Speedy family

Reference: MS-Papers-2184

Description: Papers include holograph extracts from Speedy's diary of 1863 giving details of skirmishes in Waiuku area; letters to Speedy in his official capacity; letters to Sarah from her husband and relatives 1863-1890; letters from Sarah to her children 1890-1894; marriage certificate for Sarah and James 1835; miscellaneous letters to members of the Speedy family; mss list of birth dates for family members; envelope addressed to J H Jerram in Auckland (one of Speedy's daughters became a Mrs Jerram); and two photographs, one of the family home at Fairlea, Waiuku, and the other possibly of Major Speedy, ca 1860s James Speedy served as an officer in the British Army in India. He married Sarah Squire in Calcutta in 1835. By the 1850s the family had moved to NZ and settled in the Waiuku area. Major Speedy was Resident Magistrate and Native Agent for the Mauku, Waiuku and Pukekohe districts during the wars of the 1860s. In July 1863 he established and took command of the Waiuku Volunteer Force Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts (stencilled copies) and photographs

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-070

Description: William and Sarah Lee arrived at Mercury Bay with their family in 1868 and settled at Purangi. The essay describes the family's forty years in various occuaptions - In the bush, on the rivers, on the gumfileds, at the goldfields and on the land. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available. Includes photographs

Date: 1975

By: Mitcalfe, Barry, 1930-1986

Reference: MS-Papers-9925

Description: Report on opinion survey of 250 Turangi hosueholds comprising introduction, description of the survey and how it was conducted and evaluation of the survey Source of title - Supplied Survey conducted by Mitcalfe who was lecturer in Social Studies, Wellington Teachers College Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by D J Kelly, Wellington Teachers' College, Jun 1975

Date: 1869-1872

By: Gubbins, Arthur Winthrop, 1844-1902

Reference: MS-Papers-3807

Description: The journal covers the period Sept 1869 to March 1872. It describes the breaking in and development of the Gubbins brothers' farm and comments on pioneering life in the Waikato. Part 2, p 17, 18 and part of p 28 are missing. It appears to have been transcribed in 1974 by E McDonald who also provides an introduction to the journal entitled `Mr Gubbins comes to Auckland in 1869 and buys a farm in the Waikato',which gives biographical details about Arthur Gubbins. Publication - Published in Auckland-Waikato Historical journal, nos 24, 25, 27 (Apr, Oct 1974, Oct 1975) Source of title - supplied title Gubbins and his brother Evans emigrated from Ireland to New Zealand and took up land at Ohaupo, south of Hamilton, in 1869. He later returned to Ireland and married Katherine O'Grady. They returned to New Zealand in 1879 and bought land near Morrinsville at Kiwitahi. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (39 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript (some carbon copies)

Date: 11 May-16 Jun 1847

By: Gisborne, William, 1825-1898

Reference: qMS-0844

Description: Gisborne and Petre went by sea to Coromandel and then by land, first up to Thames and travelling up the river, passing through pa, including Opita, then to Matamata, Tauranga, Rotorua, Lake Tarawera and Lake Rotomahana. They returned to Auckland by way of the Waikato River, passing through Maungatautari and Waipa. The journal includes interesting descriptions of Maori life and Gisborne meet the Revs Brown, Spencer, Chapman and Ashville [sic] and various prominent Maori. Variations in title - Binder's title: Gisborne journal The journal is loose in a cover with a typescript and index in an envelope at the back Quantity: 1 volume(s) (38 pages, 30 leaves)). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript (32 cm, blue linen)

Date: 1864, 1889

By: Easdale, Nola, active 1984-1998

Reference: MSI-Papers-6238

Description: Comprises copies of four plans (1) Orakau Pa, showing disposition of troops under Brigadier-General Carey, 1 Apr 1864; (2) Plan of ground surrounding Orakau Pa, under Brigadier-General Carey, 2 Apr 1864; (3) The Waitomo Caves, lower series, T Humphries, Chief Surveyor, Auckland, Jun 1889; and (4) The Waitomo Caves, locality plan and index to sheets a and 2 (late 1889) Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also previous accession, 90-143, for full records re `Kairuri' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) Holograph maps

Date: [1950-1977]

By: Isdale, Alistair Murray, 1911-2001

Reference: 74-087

Description: Comprises comprehensive drafts of histories of the Thames region, mostly taken from newspapers, and presented chronologically. Box 1 has Isdale's `History of Thames Borough' (pp 1-6209); box 2, `In extenso notes for history the `The River Thames'' (pp 1-8094); and box 3, further typescripts (pp 3152-7547, and pp 7548-8094). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 box(es). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Carbon typescripts with holograph annotations Processing information: Not yet listed

Date: 1870

By: Swainson, George Frederick, 1829-1870

Reference: MapColl-832.41bj/1870/Acc.1191

Description: Relief map of the area from Wanganui to Ruapehu to Lake Taupo, the Kaimanawa ranges to the Rangitikei River. The route of the exploring company is marked from Major A. Marshall's to Lake Taupo including marked sites of their camps with dates. Mr. Birch's sheep track is marked. A note states that A to B is from sketch signed G.F.S. Note on catalogue card states: To accompany: Misc Mss. H8, Report on the practicability of constructing a road from Wanganui to Taupo, 1869. Misc MS H8 is written in pencil on top right of map. Note on bottom left states: Copy f7 Accompanied by a copy of a page from AJHR, 1870, A.-5, p.5. This page includes a report by George F. Swainson with proposals for a road. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colour wash on dressed linen. coloured, scale [1:253 440], 91 x 79.3 cm.

Date: [1924-1987]

From: Hutchinson family : Papers relating to J C Hutchinson and H A Hutchinson

Reference: AI-89-400

Description: Articles by `A Burnelyite' (J C Hutchinson) from the `Burnley express and Clitheroe division advertiser', on Tongariro National Park and a series `New Zealand's wonders, 900 miles by steamer, rail and motor, orchards, forests, gorges, mountains and glaciers', mostly through Nelsona nd the West Coast (1924-1928); letters from J C Hutchinson and J H Astin disagreeing on perceptions of New Zealand, article on J C Hutchinson's rescue from a boating mishap in Australia; and photograph with caption on the Hutchinsons in front of a Tinakori Road shop ca 1910 (Karaori news, 3 Mar 1987) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1901-1902

By: Ashley family

Reference: MS-Papers-6333

Description: Comprises parts of a handwritten newspaper, the `Kaiaua and Miranda news', the Ashley family's magazine designed to be a text in the absence of school books. Part of issues for Jun 1901 (no 1) and Sep 1901 (no 2); pages 1-6 of Sat 23 Nov 1901; part of Apr 1902 (no 4); and several pages of Sep 1902 which also had a title change, `Miranda and Kaiaua news'. Officially put out by the Miranda Improvement Association. Family and local events are described, some illustrations, joke advertisements and similar items. Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - Miranda and Kaiaua news This family newspaper was written by the donor's wife's grandmother, Mrs Ashley, primarily for her daughter (donor's wife) as a text in the absence of school books Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss with decorations Some decoration on covers and drawings in text

Date: 24 Feb-31 Mar 1886

From: McNab, John, b 1855 : Diary and travel account

Reference: MS-Papers-6190

Description: The journal contains an account of McNab's journey with observations on the places he visited. Includes mention of McNab completing the census aboard the SS `Taiaroa' on the night of 28 Mar 1886. Variations in title - Spine title `Travels in New Zealand' Relationship complexity - Also transcript styled as "Travels in New Zealand" (MS-Papers-6235-3) and microfilm (Micro-MS-0930) In Feb 1886 McNab left his home in Timaru for a tour of the North Island. He travelled by train to Christchurch, by steamer to Wellington and from there by another steamer to Napier. From here he travelled to Taupo via Tauranga by coach and toured the adjacent thermal areas and visited the Pink and White Terraces. Back in Tauranga McNab proceeded by steamer to Auckland from where he took another steamer to New Plymouth. From there he travelled by train to Wanganui and then on to Palmerston North from where he proceeded by coach to Masterton. Arriving in Wellington by train McNab sailed by steamer to Lyttelton and returned home to Timaru by train. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopies) Copiously illustated with Burton Brother photographs of towns and places of scenic interest described in the text

Date: 1968

By: Hunter, R H I, 1928-; New Zealand. Ministry of Works

Reference: MapColl-f832.18gbb/1968/Acc.29319-22

Description: Contents: Report by R H I Hunter (25 leaves, ill., 33.8 cm) Eastern Taupo land use capability survey extended legend (chart, 70.7 x 43.7 cm) Map: Land use capability survey, Eastern Taupo, inventory (diazo on paper, scale 1:31 680, 92 x 169.5 cm). Includes keys for slope group, rock type, soil type, erosion and vegetation. Map: Land use capability survey, Eastern Taupo, capability (diazo and coloured pencil on paper, scale 1:31 680, 92 x 169.5 cm). Includes keys to 8 arable and 16 nonarable land use types. Each map includes two locality maps (New Zealand; Lake Taupo and land to the east). Survey by R H I Hunter, J Climie, G O Eyles, A N Gilchrist. Drawn by G A Stroud, Ministry of Works, Palmerston North, July 1968. Other Titles - Land use capability survey, Eastern Taupo, inventory Other Titles - Land use capability survey, Eastern Taupo, capability Other Titles - Eastern Taupo land use capability survey extended legend Quantity: 2 map(s). Physical Description: Portfolio (booklet, 2 maps, chart), 34 x 28.7 cm.

Date: 13 July 1896

By: Jones family

Reference: MS-Papers-4320

Description: Letter describes in detail the town and harbour at Whangapoua, the schoolroom and his living quarters, the availability of food supplies, his cooking habits etc. Thomas R Jones taught for one year in 1896-1897 at the small school at Whangapoua on the Coromandel Peninsula. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2pp on 1 leaf). Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Found in book bequeathed to donor by Mrs MJ Conway (nee MacLarin, ca 1985) Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs C Goggin, Wellington, 1990

Date: 1957

By: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976; Nelson, David, 1890?-1973; Cheal, Laurence Hecta, 1904-1991; Carpenter, Ken, active 1995

Reference: MapColl-832.18gbbd/1957/Acc.39796-7

Description: Surveyed, cadastral map of blocks XI, XIV and XV, Marotiri Survey District, north and northwest of Kawakawa and Waihora Bay, Taupo, with the prefix 3B8B, 3B4 and 3B6. Sections show acreage, numbered Maori land blocks, (for example ML 11234) and Survey Office numbers. Several streams are named and contour hachures are shown. Stamped on map before copying: 'Approved as from ....... Survey agrees with [Maori Land] Court Order......... Chief Surveyor...' and date received. Three insets are shown (one of 3B8B3, ML6939 and 3B3 CL, ML11234, 43604) Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 sheets. Physical Description: Negative photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 61 x 45 and 61.5 x 43.8 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0358.

Date: 1866-1880, 1974

By: Maunder, Nicholas Thomas, 1848-1929

Reference: MS-Papers-1318

Description: Typescript of diary kept by Maunder (1866-1880), edited by G S Maunder, describing travels in Auckland and Waikato areas, settlement at Mauku and family. Also copy of land order (1866) and family tree. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres.