Places

Date: February 1921

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

Reference: PA1-q-002-059

Description: Shows the approximate location of the Ngati Toa fortified pa "Tawhiri-a-Taka" in the Waiorua Valley, Kapiti Island. Adkin mistakenly identified the pa (on the site of the dwelling and shed) as the approximate site of Te Rauparaha's principal pa. However, Te Rauparaha never occupied any part of the northern end of Kapiti Island. The Waiorua (northern block) of Kapiti was properly occupied by the chiefs Te Pehi Kupe, Te Rangihiroa, Te Hiko, Tungia, Pokaitara, Te Tahua Rene and others. Taken by George Leslie Adkin in February 1921. Album piece is from has been digitised and surrogates are available at Library reference PA1-q-002. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 59. Waiorua valley shewing approximate site of Te Rauparaha's principal pa during his occupation of the island. Farther up the valley is the site of a much more ancient pa. Another of the old whaling stations was located a little to the south of Waiorua Stm. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1920]

From: Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of Papawai Pa

Reference: 1/2-003160-F

Description: Photograph of original Tamahau Mahupuku monument at Papawai pa Papawai pa was the seat of the Maori Parliament at the turn of the 20th century, and Tamahau Mahupuku was the premier of the Parliament Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1839

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

Reference: PUBL-0011-02-2

Description: Te Puni standing, with full facial moko, clad in a dogskin cloak and holding a taiaha in his right hand. Behind him is Wellington Harbour with two Maori by the shore to the left, and Petone Pa, a canoe and a flagpole with the New Zealand Company flag on the right. The western Hutt hills are in the background. Accompanying text reads: These two chiefs sold the site of the present Wellington Settlement to Colonel Wakefield, the Principal Agent of the New Zealand Company, in September 1839... Epuni is the uncle of Warepori. Under the same unfavourable circumstances as his nephew, he has nobly deserved the name of "a true gentleman." He still lives at the village of Pitone, loved and respected by the English inhabitants of all ranks. These portraits were drawn at the time of the purchase in 1839... the village of Pitone and the flag-staff at the foot of which Colonel Wakefield took formal possession, appear in the back-ground. Other Titles - Te Puni Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 247 x 172 mm on sheet 350 x 544 mm

Date: 1850 - 1859

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Norden, Alison, active 1997

Reference: A-035-036

Description: Shows a view, from privately-owned (fenced) land, towards a stretch of water, probably the Ruamahanga River (which bounded Mein Smith's own property slightly further upstream at the entrance of Dry River into the Ruamahanga). At the right in the middle distance, a small figure pulls a canoe up towards a site covered with tall poles with bulbous (carved?) tops, probably a canoe landing reserve, marked with poles to show who is entitled to land there. This site is separated from the fenced land, by a natural boundary in the form of a tributary stream, whose clay banks are visible. On the distant shore of the water at the left, a stand of trees stretches into the background. The foreground is cleared with two flax plants in the left foreground. On the extreme right, a figure walks along a path towards the markers. Tipene Chrisp suggests that the poles are not standard Hauhau poles. ATL holds a watercolour sketch by Charles Decimus Barraud, made from almost the same spot in 1863 (at B-005-009). It appears not to have been done from William Mein Smith's own property which was further upstream. The title "Otaraia" may indicate simply the Otaraia area rather than the pa itself. For a map of the area, showing the location of Mein Smith's pieces of property on the Ruamahanga, see Map Collection 832.45gbbd/1861?/Acc.564 "Plan of the Wairarapa from the sea". Other Titles - [Ruamahanga River, Wairarapa, with canoe landing markers] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 166 x 240 mm. (with one corner missing) Provenance: The gallery was selling on behalf of Ms Alison Norden, the great-great-great-granddaughter of the artist. The work had been handed down through family members. In 1993 the work was on sale at Ferner Gallery Auckland, on behalf of Mrs Alison Norden, and had been restored by the Ferner Gallery.

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

Reference: B-031-018

Description: Shows pa in Palliser Bay, with Cape Palliser in distance. In the foreground, a European rowboat is being launched from the beach with two other canoes with sails already in the water. Maori canoes are drawn up on the shore. Other Titles - Sailors launching a boat near a pa, Palliser Bay Cf similar view sold McArthur's auction, 4 August 1987, Lot 51, with Brees' title: Palliser Bay and Cape [ca 1843]. This work is housed at C-126-019. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 224 x 380 mm

Date: 1844 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: B-031-036

Description: Map of Porirua Harbour, Paramata, Plimmerton and Pukerua districts with Mana Island. Location of several pa sites indicated: Wairaka Pa near Pukerua Bay; Taupo Pa (built 1844) at Plimmerton, Warakoua Pa on Porirua Harbour's North shore, and a pa at Titahi Bay. Also shows location of Jackson's Hotel, Thom's hotel and whaling station, Maori gardens beyond Taupo pa and Maori path to Pukerua Bay. Subdivisions of land are indicated around Porirua Harbour. Attributed to Charles Heaphy until 1993, because sketches referred to in title were thought to be Heaphy's. Reattribution to Brees because 1. Brees was Principal surveyor for the N.Z.Company and the map shows land subdivisions. 2. Handwriting very similar to Brees' on MS map held by the Admiralty (photo held by Cartographic Collection (823 at / 1844-5 / acc 855) 3. Indications of points of view of sketches can mostly be linked with known originals by Brees. The following list gives the numbers on this map followed by titles and plate numbers of the matching illustration from Brees' Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847). No.21 [i.e. no. 1 or 2?] = Porirua Harbour no. 35, described as looking towards the north from near Jackson's towards Thom's. No.3. Thom's whaling station, Porerua, no.14. No.4. Porerua Harbour no. 29; also Porirua Harbour, ATL's watercolour (B-031-006), looking south towards Thom's and Paramata Pa. No.5. Paramata Pa, Porerua, no.52. No.6 Porerua Bay, no.12. Taken from the native path towards Pukerua, showing the "native potatoe gardens". No.7 Island of Mana. No.8. No parallel image traced. No.9 Pokaroa and the Island of Kapiti, no.37. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Title. Other place names and geographical features elsewhere. "Portfolio D. Marked &c by Mrs Allom" inscribed above title by the New Zealand Company Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink & Watercolour 319 x 409 mm on laid paper, watermarked 1840 Provenance: New Zealand Company; purchased by A.H.Turnbull in 1915.

Date: 1852

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Ralph, Thomas Shearman (Dr), 1813-1891; Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875

Reference: E-455-f-030-1

Description: Shows a view of Wellington Harbour with sailing ships in port, as seen from the east side of the harbour, looking towards Lambton Quay. Clay Point is marked with a cross. Beneath the work, there is a key, listing lettered features: 'P. Te Aro Pah; 1.Thormium [phormium] tenax vulgarly called flax; W. Wellington Terrace; N. Noah's Ark or Plimmer's Wharf; T. K. Tinakori Road and on to Karori; B. Town Belt; L. English Church, C. Catholic Chapel; a. Baron Alzdorf's new hotel; g. Government House; W. Wades Town [Wadestown]; T. F. Thorndon Flat; p. Pipitea Point & native pah, H. Commencement of Hutt Road. H. Mr Hart's offices (on sail of vessel); X. Clay Point Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Lambton Quay - Wellington N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 193 x 293 mm.

Date: 6 June 1938

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

Reference: PA1-f-005-439

Description: View of the site of the former Pa-o-Toata, a toungue of land above the Waikanae River within the Tararua Range. Kapiti Coast District, Wellington Region, New Zealand. Photograph taken by George Leslie Adkin in June 1938. Pa was built by the Muaupoko tribe after they were attacked by the Ngati Toa under the chief Rangihaeta. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 18.6 x 6 cm, mounted on album page. Print irregular and comprised of two images.

Date: 1938 - 1948

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/[ca 1943]/Acc.10602

Description: Map of the Hutt Valley settlement industrial area, highlighted in red two areas where various industrial firms are sited on Department of Lands and Survey land. The first area is Bouverie St in Ava, Petone, and includes the firms WD & HO Wills NZ, Metters NZ and General Motors NZ. The second area is Gracefield and a small part of Seaview, and includes the firms Texas Coy., Vacuum Oil Co., Hume Pipe Co., Ford Motor Coy. of NZ, Wm Cable and Co., Schweppes, ESW Paul, Millars West Australia Bardwoods, Wellington Concrete Pipe Coy., WA Cairns and CH Morley. The remainder of the map shows named streets, settlements, railways, reserves, cadastral information, the racecourse, wharves and both Gear Island and Seaview before major land reclamation work. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on diazo photoprint, linen backed, 64.9 x 74.8 cm.

Date: 1841

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-025-009

Description: View from Clay Point hill above the junction of modern Willis St and Lambton Quay. The beach in the foreground is lower Willis Street, while upper Willis Street passes up the rise on the far right. The beach in the background is modern Mercer and Wakefield Streets. Cows, goats, two Maori canoes, a couple on horseback and Bethune & Hunter's Stores are in the foreground, with a jetty and sailing ships in the harbour. Further jetties and public and private buildings are in the background on Te Aro Flat. The most prominent building along the waterfront, with a Grecian-style frontage, is the Exchange Building. Mounts Cook, Albert and Victoria are indicated in the skyline above their relevant peaks. For a key to the identity of individual buildings, see negative 15576 1/2. T. M. Hocken's 'Key plan of Heaphy's View of a part of the town of Wellington ... 1885'. The original for this key is in the Hocken Library Pictures Collection. This watercolour was the original for the lithograph of the same title, published in London in 1842. There were also later prints from the same stone produced during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. See reference number C-026-002 for copies of the lithograph. Reproduced by the Library in 1963 as one of the Queen's Prints, along with its companion view 'Thorndon Flat and part of the city of Wellington, 1841' and Heaphy's 'View of Nelson Haven', also dating from 1841. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in pencil. This is not in Heaphy's hand. It has been taken from the title of the matching lithograph Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 442 x 620 mm on sheet 518 x 698 mm Provenance: Purchased in London in 1915 by Alexander Turnbull Library along with 114 other New Zealand Company drawings

Date: 1845 - 1865

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Waghorn, Florence Mary, 1908-1989

Reference: A-035-029

Description: Shows a Maori pa beside the mouth of the Pahaoa river on the south-east Wairarapa coast, looking inland; palisades and houses are clearly visible. Driftwood is piled up on the beach in the foreground and there are rock formations in the sand on the opposite bank with hills in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 180 x 260 mm Provenance: Previously in the collection of Russell Mein Smith, Wairarapa.

Date: 1843 - 1844

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :[Two works. 1. Palliser Bay, Wairarapa, &c (with dwelling and figures) [ca 1843]. 2. (On verso) Porirua / Paremata whaling station [1842-1844]]

Reference: C-126-021

Description: Pencil sketch is a preliminary sketch for Plate 12 in "Illustrations to adventure in New Zealand" (1845), "Porirua Harbour and Paramatta whaling station, 1843", showing two food drying platforms in the right foreground, the curve of Porirua Harbour, and the entrance to Paremata Harbour in the right distance. Dated from other views of the same area. Other Titles - Porirua Harbour and Paramatta whaling station Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 227 x 380 mm, on verso of watercolour. Provenance: Sold by McArthur & Company, auction, in 1987, to NZ Insurance, for their boardroom. Prior to that, purchased at an English country auction, 1986 or 1987, by dealer John Barkis (pers. comm. Brian Groshinski of McArthur's Auction, 14. 8. 98)

Date: 1853

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 :Maps from papers

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[ca. 1853]/Acc.2737

Description: Topographic map of the area from the Whareama River to Ohiaruhe, the Puketoi Range, Wahatuara and the Waimate Stream to the coast. Shows the Castle Point Block sold by Wairarapa Maori to the Crown in 1853, giving the boundaries of the block, reserves and pa sites; the size of the block sold and of the reserves are also recorded. Many Maori placenames and natural features have been identified, especially around the boundaries of the block; this may be related to the Maori system of identifying land boundaries by naming geographical features at boundary points The Castle Point Block was sold by Wairarapa Maori (principally Te Hika o Papauma) to McLean, assisted by Te Hapuku of Hawke's Bay, in 1853; it marked the beginning of wholesale land sales in the area. Other Titles - Castlepoint Block Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on dressed linen, backed with card, coloured, 43 x 59.8 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - From the McLean papers.

Date: 1852

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Chapman, Frederick Revans (Sir), 1849-1936

Reference: C-007-007

Description: The preliminary watercolour for Barraud's more finished version ("Wellington from Brooklyn" C-007-011) showing Te Aro flat with Waitangi Creek meandering through it on the right, a low hill in the foreground (the lower slopes between Mount Cook and Brooklyn) with Te Aro Pa visible on the shore to the right and houses, businesses and churches, more densely settled closer to Clay Point, the cliff face by the sea on the left, with Plimmer's Ark visible at its foot at the water's edge. The larger building near the waterfront may be the Maori Chapel. The road passing diagonally across Te Aro flat slightly right of centre is most likely to be Cuba Street. Thorndon is visible in the distance on the left. The large church on the left is St Peter's in Willis Street. Reproduced in Louis E. Ward's 'Early Wellington' (Wellington, 1928), opp. p. 302 ('in the possession of Sir F. R. Chapman'), labelled 'Te Aro 1850' (it is actually dated 1852), with the caption 'From Mount Cook. St Peter's Church, Boulcott St, and Clay Point are on the left of the Maori Chapel, Te Aro Pa, Swamp and Waitangi Creek are to the right' Other Titles - Wellington from Mount Cook Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & pencil on grey paper, 355 x 601 mm Provenance: Formerly the property of Sir Frederick Revans Chapman.

Date: 1842

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

By: Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: PUBL-0011-16-3

Description: Right-hand third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows Maori group sitting near flagpole at left, smoking long pipes, other Maori figures and three thatched buildings on the foreshore. On centre foreshore is Messrs Ridgways and Co's wharf and stores. At right is Willis Street with the Southern Cross Hotel and further back the Ship Hotel. On the other side of the bay are the Customhouse Office, Post Office, Waitt's Wharf and stores, John Wade's store, the Exchange, and Rhodes's Wharf and store. Willis and Co's store is in the left background near Te Aro Pa. In the distance are Mount Albert and Mount Cook. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Te Aro Flat; Recto - Items named in scope and contents note are written indicatively above and below image.; Recto - bottom right - Day & Haghe, Lithrs to the Queen Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 453 mm.

Date: 1860

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-005-015

Description: Shows the interior of a whare, with a white-bearded Maori man sitting on the ground beside a fire, a small dog asleep on the ground beside him. A taiaha leans on the wall at the left, and on the far wall hangs a kete and a musket. The man wears a dogskin cloak and an earring. Through the open doorway can be seen a canoe drawn up on the shore of Wellington Harbour, and a group of three figures (two kneeling, apparently blowing on a fire below a cauldron) close to a gap in the fence of wooden spiked poles. A hill, probably the Western Hills near Petone, is visible in the background The title of this work on acquisition, assigned by the seller, was Maori in whare at Pipitea Pa. However the man depicted bears a strong resemblance to Honiana Te Puni (compare Barraud's lithograph 'Te Puni' published 1877 as plate II in New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive) and the oil paintings held by the Wellington City Council and National Library of Australia. The dogskin cloak being worn, with a lighter patch on the left front opening, is also very like the cloak shown in Barraud's other portraits of Te Puni. If the subject is Te Puni, the whare in which he is seated is more likely to be at Petone Pa than at Pipitea Pa. The sea and hills behind are also positioned as if from a view from of Petone Pa, not those near Pipitea Pa. Other Titles - [Maori in whare at Pipitea Pa. Original title] Epuni Petone Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C. D. Barraud N.Z. 1860 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 235 x 343 mm (mounted)

Date: 1846

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 :Collection of photographs

Reference: PAColl-3033-1-39

Description: Photograph of an ink drawing depicting a ground plan of Rangihaeata's pa at the head of Pauatahanui inlet, with references and a sketch of the outer palisades, drawn by an unidentified artist. Other - A similar image appears in James Cowan's "New Zealand wars", volume 1, page 121. Source of descriptive information - Notes on item. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 14.7 x 15.7 cm

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: PUBL-0020-02-3

Description: Hand-coloured engraving from a watercolour [Ngauranga Gorge and Stream, ca 1845], Ref. no. B-031-008, by S. C. Brees. It shows the stream viewed from the Wellington Harbour side, looking back into the Ngaio hills, with a Maori man carrying a European woman on his shoulders across the stream. On the right side is Ngauranga Pa, with the canoe memorial to Wharepouri amongst small houses. The waka-taua (canoe) is named "Te Wheke-a-Muturangi" and belonged to Te Wharepouri. It was captured at the battle of Waiorua 1824, or Whakapaetai as it also called, and was erected by the Te Ati Awa chief Rawiri Te Motutere, grandfather of Mere Ngamai, the wife of Wi Tako. Two Maori with a dog are in the foreground. Historical information from Matiu Baker - Ngati Toa project. Other Titles - Ngauranga Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 80 x 145 mm

Date: [ca 1920]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-048470-G

Description: Photograph of the marae at Papawai pa, showing the famous freestanding carved figures, and the original Tamahau Mahupuku monument. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith circa 1920. Papawai was the seat of the Maori Parliament at the turn ofthe 20th century; by the time that this photograph was taken, it was starting to fall into disrepair Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Carved images Maori Pah Papawai Greytown N.Z S.C. Smith Photo Prot GW3 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1846 - 1847

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-055

Description: Map of a winding river close to the sea, with a pa site to its right, a church and "Jenkins" (possibly William Jenkins') house marked on the plan. Sandhills on the right are shown with contour lines and marked as "Bare sand". On verso of A-292-054 North Coast Cook Strait The identification of this pa as Waikanae is based on the presence of the house named "Jenkins". William Jenkins and his wife Pairoke lived at Waikanae, close to the pa. Their cottage survived until 1986, when it was destroyed as beyond repair Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper 239 x 153 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].