Places

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: 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: 1941-1942

From: New Zealand Red Cross Society : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-0258-03E

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1857-1860

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-081

Description: See MS-Papers-1187-079 for details. This volume contains draft copies of notices, articles and advertisements subsequently published in Te Karere Maori. The copies address the following; the construction of an Anglican Church at Rangitukia, the Governor's visit to the Bay of Islands, the declaration of martial law in Taranaki, notes on agriculture and market prices, notes on animal husbandry, a statement about intertribal hostilities between Ngati Awa and Te Arawa in the Bay of Plenty, and boat racing at Auckland Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: [1958]

From: Finnis, Henry John, fl 1885-1971 : Personal travel diary scrapbooks

Reference: MSY-5714

Description: Volume compiled by Finnis of the family's North Island coach tour including diary entries, brochures, maps etc from 13 to 26 Mar 1958. The itinerary was Wellington to Wairakei, Rotorua, Matamata, Auckland, Whangarei, Russell, Kaitaia, Dargaville, Waitomo Caves, Hawera and back to Wellington. Includes list of passengers, with name of driver, and autographs of the passengers and driver. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: Nov 1987-Dec 1994

From: Lutheran Church of New Zealand: Records

Reference: 96-234-7

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1867, 1870, 1887, 1888

From: Jeffcoat family : Papers

Reference: MSX-8914

Description: Volume contains financial and personal details for the Jeffcoat family. Diary provides accounts of voyages from Auckland to Napier, sawmilling activities around the Napier region, Maori relations, business transactions, weather, and correspondence with family and business partners (Those named include - Cashmore, Marshall, Sanders, Chambers, Karaitiana, Prentice, Tuley, Holt). Also includes poems written by E J (Elon Jeffcoat) and copied letters (these entries mostly date after 1867), sketches of vessels, and a memorandum of cost of improvements at Cabbage Bay (1870). Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1860-1895

From: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962 : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-0196-341B

Description: Contains copies of speeches by King Tawhiao and others, on the occasion of the laying down of arms in 1881, together with a narrative account of this and related events. Also a listing of Kingitanga supporters in the Hauraki and Bay of Plenty, where hapu have signed over their land to the mana of King Tawhiao; the list is of the hapu affiliated to the Kingitanga, the names of members of the hapu and the rohe of the hapu. Contains copies of letters from King Tawhiao to various politicians warning them not to heed the land claims of various people with regard to the Poutama block near Mokau, because he controlled the land . The item also contains a `doomsday book' of Kingitanga supporters in the Hauraki and Bay of Plenty, where hapu have signed over their land to the mana of King Tawhiao; the book contains a list of hapu that affiliated to the Kingitanga, the names of members of the hapu and the rohe of the hapu. Also contains addresses by various local body authorities in Waikato to King Tawhiao, to mark the occasion of his visit to them; there is a printed item about `Ko te korero o te haerenga mai o Kiingi Tawhiao ki Akarana', information about land sales at Horahora and Maungatautari (with lists of vendors), and notes about the relationship of the Kingitanga and the Kotahitanga in the 1890s. Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Mss Grey phase box