Places

Date: 1841

By: Duppa, George, 1817-1888; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: C-029-005

Description: A panoramic view of New Plymouth viewed from the sea, with Gannet and Albatross Islands on the right, the Wai Tera (Waitara) 'originally fixed on for the New Plymouth Settlement", the 'present site of New Plymouth' (before any houses were built) - all on the left side of the panorama. On the right are Mount Egmont, 'Barrett's [Accommodation] Houses and Hotel', 'Native Pah' and the Sugar Loaf Islands 'The islands on which Barrett defeated 5000 natives' In 'Information relating to New Plymouth (London, Smith Elder, 1841). p. 9-10, under 'Climate and soil' 'Mr G. Duppa states:- 'Amongst other sketches, I have sent you a panoramic view of the Sugar Loaves, Mount Egmont, and the Taranaki district generally, which I made when I went down there in the Brougham, with the Plymouth Company's surveyors. It will give you a better idea of the country than any verbal description I could give, beyond a few observations. The land for about three miles inland is slightly undulating, but not so steep but that a plough would go over the whole of it ... It is for the most part covered with fern and brushwood (which fire levels with the ground) for several miles inland, when you first meet with groves of timber, present a most park-like aspect ...' Quantity: 2 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithographs, hand-coloured, 190 x 1450 mm (total length of full panorama)

Date: n d

From: Cairns, Keith Raymond 1925-1987 : Research papers relating to the Wairarapa, particularly archaeology and Maori history

Reference: 88-070-14/20

Description: Contains miscellaneous notes about Wairarapa Maori, including scattered information about pa sites, occupation areas, place names and archaeological sites; the information is based on archaeological and traditional information Also contains information about Te Ati Awa and Ngati Toa living in the Wellington area in the 1840s, and biographical notes about Paora Potangaroa and the development of Te Ore Ore marae Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Apr 1887

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-128

Description: Contains an account of the various heke of Ngati Toa and Te Ati Awa to the Kapiti district between 1820 and 1833, with reference to inter-tribal wars and disputes during this period. Rangipito use's the term "Uruuru-purumu" to describe the 19th century musket used by Maori. Other - Hardcopy inventory says "Compare mss version in S P Smith papers 21 (d)" Quantity: 1 folder(s) (40 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript and 2 pages of mss

Date: 1846

By: Clayton, Matthew Thomas, 1831-1922

Reference: A-389-008

Description: Shows a three-quarter view of the barque "London" and a broadside view of the HM paddle steamer "Driver" in Wellington harbour, with Richard "Dicky" Barrett's pub on the shore, and another building to its left. Thorndon hills are outlined in the background Collection as a whole taken into manuscripts See also similar images at A-238-024 and A-138-062, and A-078-015 (also attributed to Matthew Clayton) Compared with other examples (that on A-173-027 for example), it is reasonable to suggest that the handwriting is James Cowan's Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on back of lined note paper, 104 x 251 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2097.

Date: 1953

From: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :[Hand-drawn greeting cards, and book illustrations. 1952-1961].

Reference: A-365-011-A

Description: Photograph of the drawing which shows Richard Barrett and Dr Dieffenback seated outside a wooden hut on the side of a cliff. There is a smaller shelter on the cliff above them with two Maori saeted inside. A group of Maori (men, woman with child on her back and small boy) are walking up carrying fish and birds. Lower down the slope a man and his dog are seated looking out to sea. Sea birds are flying overhead and two men in a waka are seen paddling away. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Black and white photoprint 100 x 123 mm

Date: 1841

By: Duppa, George, 1817-1888; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: A-220-005

Description: A panoramic view from the sea, looking towards the site of New Plymouth just prior to settlement. There are Maori canoes in the foreground and in the distance on shore a Maori pa and Richard Barrett's accommodation barracks and hotel. The Sugar Loaves are to the right Islands off shore are named. In 'Information relating to the settlement of New Plymouth (London, Smith Elder, 1841), p. 9-10, under Climate and soil 'Mr G. Duppa states:- 'Amongst other sketches, I have sent you a panoramic view of the Sugar Loaves, Mount Egmont, and the Taranaki district generally, which I made when I went down there in the Brougham, with the Plymouth Company's surveyors. It will give you a better idea of the country than any verbal description that I could give, beyond a few observations. The land for about three miles inland is slightly undulating, but not so steep but that a plough would go over the whole of it ... It is for the most part covered with fern and brushwood (which fire levels with the ground) for several miles inland, when you first meet with groves of timber, presenting a most park-like aspect ...' Other Titles - Taranaki Another copy (right side only) is at B-080-011; both sections, hand-coloured, are also at C-029-005 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 182 x 1450 mm

Date: 1879 - 1832 - 1880

From: Hodgkins family including William Mathew Hodgkins :[Sketchbook and scrapbook, 1880s]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-038-q-2-002

Description: A small mortar or cannon on a wheeled carriage, standing on a wooden platform, possibly seen by the artist on a visit to New Plymouth in 1879. There is a rough indication of trees beyond the cannon The text may be a transcription of text in Maori and English below the cannon depicted. There appear to be words written on a plaque beneath the mouth of the cannon. The cannon, known as Dicky Barrett, was first located in Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, from 1875. Other Titles - Moturoa Inscriptions: Album page - bottom left - text in pencil in the hand of W M Hodgkins Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on grey sketchbook page, 230 x 142 mm

Date: ca 1920s

Reference: 1/2-002888-G

Description: Postcard of the cannon "Dicky Barrett" with the notice beneath it reading "My name is Dicky Barrett and it was by my help that the warlike Waikatos were defeated when they attacked the Ngatiawa Pa at Ngamotu in the year 1833." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1841

By: Duppa, George, 1817-1888; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; New Zealand Company; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: B-080-011

Description: The right-hand section of a two-part panorama looking from the sea towards the site of New Plymouth shortly before settlement by the New Zealand Company. Shows a Maori canoe in the foreground and in the distance a Maori pa and Richard Barrett's accommodation barracks and hotel Right portion only. Copies of the full panorama are held at A-220-005 (black and white, in one section, rolled) and at C-029-005 (hand-coloured, in two sections) Other Titles - Taranaki Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 182 x 725 mm

Date: May 1939-Oct 1940

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material

Reference: MS-Papers-0230-006

Description: Correspondence and notes about whaling and sealing, and whaling stations throughout the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Considerable correspondence relating to Port Cooper (Lyttelton) and Peraki whaling activities. Some notes about Kapiti and surrounding districts. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1953

From: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :[Hand-drawn greeting cards, and book illustrations. 1952-1961].

Reference: A-365-011

Description: Shows Richard Barrett and Dr Dieffenback seated outside a wooden hut on the side of a cliff. There is a smaller shelter on the cliff above them with two Maori saeted inside. A group of Maori (men, woman with child on her back and small boy) are walking up carrying fish and birds. Lower down the slope a man and his dog are seated looking out to sea. Sea birds are flying overhead and two men in a waka are seen paddling away. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monochrome wash 210 x 264 mm

Date: 1904 - 1919

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by Joye Taylor. ca 1905-1915].

By: Fergusson Ltd; Whalley and Company

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-3-070-3

Description: Shows a coloured photograph of a Cannon alongside a sign that reads: "My name is Dicky Barrett and it was with my help that the warlike Waikatos were defeated when they attacked the Ngatiawa Pa at Ngamutu in the year 1832". Other Titles - Dicky Barrett Other Titles - Ngati Awa Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 88 x 138 mm.

Date: Jan 1809-Jun 1843

By: Heberley, James, 1809-1899; Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962

Reference: MS-0971

Description: The early section of the diary recounts Heberley's experiences as a captain's apprentice and cabin boy on vessels sailing out of London to many destinations including Hamburg, Sydney and the West Indies. Much of the later narrative describes whaling and the life of a whaler in Cook Strait and the Marlborough Sounds. Also describes life with local Maori which includes comments on Maori tribal wars, his experiences with Te Rauparaha, the taking of slaves and conflict with Europeans. In 1831 Heberley took as his wife a Maori woman at Port Underwood (later married by Samuel Ironside in 1840). Heberley purchased land in Port Nicholson before the arrival of the New Zealand Company. He piloted the Tory into Port Nicholson, and round the coast to Wanganui and Taranaki. While she was at Kaipara he climbed Mount Egmont with Dieffenbach (Dec 1839). Diary ends in June 1843 as Heberley gives up his role as a pilot operating in Worser Bay and moves into Port Nicholson to start fishing and returns to whaling. Diary probably transcribed by an unknown hand, with further annotations added, giving proper Māori spellings for words used in the original manuscript. Heberley was a whaler who became a pilot in Wellington. He was also known as `Worser' and Worser Bay is named after him. His brother's name, 'John Hebley', appears at the top of the first page. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (77 pages). Physical Description: MS (20cm; blue binding case)

Date: 1891-1892

From: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920 :Negatives of Taranaki

Reference: 1/1-006618-G

Description: Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, photographed by William Andrews Collis circa 1891-1892. Shows Barrett's cannon in the foreground. A pavilion sits on the banks of a lake on the right. On the left is a band rotunda. Date ascribed based that information that the Band Rotunda was built in 1891. The small extension at the left edge of the lake was filled in, in 1892. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: Record updated 7 July 2023 with new date information.

Date: 1839

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

Reference: C-025-006

Description: Shows settlement, ships, Maori canoes, and a whale (?) derrick. Also shows part of Barrett's whaling settlement at Te Awaiti, ("Barrett's Bay"), anchorage of the "Honduras" and first anchorage of the "Tory", Oakurri Bay. Looks across Cook Strait and shows the North Island in the distance, as seen through the entrance of Tory Channel, looking towards Cape Terawhiti, Wellington Heads, and Cape Palliser (all identified). Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch on paper, 177 x 533 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull, purchased London, 1915, from Francis Edwards, as part of the New Zealand Company collection.

Date: 1841

From: Duppa, George, 1817-1888 :Part of the New Plymouth settlement in the district of Taranake. New Zealand. Mount Egmont 30 miles distant. Published October 1841 for the New Zealand Company by Smith Elder & Co., London. Lithography T. Allom from a drawing taken on board the ship Brougham by George Duppa Esq.

By: Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; Duppa, George, 1817-1888

Reference: C-029-005-2

Description: The right-hand side of a panoramic view of New Plymouth viewed from the sea, with Mount Egmont, 'Barrett's [Accommodation] Houses and Hotel', 'Native Pah' and the Sugar Loaf Islands 'The islands on which Barrett defeated 3000 natives' Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 190 x 753 mm

Date: Oct 1950

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material

Reference: MS-Papers-0230-017

Description: Very full notes, apparently by Frances Fyfe (both ms and ts). Criticism of these by R M Ross, dated Oct 1950. Comprehensive notes on whaling in the South Island, information on whalers and their operations, with references to sources. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1800-1840]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material

Reference: MS-Papers-0230-016

Description: Notes on sealing and whaling stations (definition of), seasonal farming (definition of), and list of sources for South Otago whaling stations; brief notes on Captain Cole. Notes on Tory Channel, Queen Charlotte Sound, Bluff, Banks Peninsula, Jackson's Bay, Cloudy Bay, Kakapo Bay, Anaho (Cannibal Bay), Ocean Bay, Tom Kains (Kings) Bay, Cutters Bay, Wairoa, Oterawa, Raumataki, Hikuraki, Whangaroa Harbour, Waikouaiti, Otakou, Centre Island, Wakaputa, Codfish Bay, Chalkey Bay, Molyneaux Bay. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: n d

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material

Reference: MS-Papers-0230-019

Description: Includes comprehensive list of sources and summary of European settlement before 1840; map included Notes about whaling and whalers in the greater Marlborough region. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [19--]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-08/2

Description: Periodical articles mainly from the NZ Railways magazine. Historical, biographical, mainly by James Cowan, and natural history. Quantity: 1 folder(s).