Places

Date: [ca 1868-1870]

By: Whitmore, George Stoddart (Sir), 1829-1903

Reference: MS-2392

Description: Letters written by Whitmore from the field while campaigning in Taranaki, Poverty Bay and the Bay of Plenty; mainly concern military operations, but also includes observations on the countryside and Maori. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (163 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27cm, illustrated, ¼ blue morocco, blue cloth) Includes sketch maps

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: [1940-1950]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-23

Description: Contents comprise notes on adze types from Makorokio Stream, Ohau, and Poroporo Ridge; ancient rock paintings; map of Weka Pass; on Maerewhenua, a name with six variants; on the rediscovery of the kohakatakahea; data from P J Burstall; of a visit to Maketu; adzes from Westland, Moutapu Bay and Amuri Bluff (with maps); and other notes Arrangement: Notebook no 22 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1915

Reference: MS-Papers-2935

Description: Written on the back of a blueprint of map of Tauranga and inland area with parishes indicated Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms Provenance: Writer unknown

Date: 16 Nov 1895-5 Apr 1896

By: Davy, P, active 1895-1896

Reference: MS-Group-0708

Description: Comprises holograph diary kept by P Davy on the `Ruahine' and during his tour of New Zealand. After disembarking at Wellington where he visited relatives he toured to other parts of New Zealand. He describes a gathering of Maori following the settlement of fishing rights on Lake Wairarapa, a visit to a freezing works at Belfast, gold mining on the West Coast and Rotorua where he visited a pa, saw geysers and bathed in the hot pools. His journal ends on the return journey to England when staying at Sydney. Also includes transcript of part of the diary (16 Nov 1895-3 Jan 1896). Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Full transcript of diary at MS-Papers-4391 Davy and his Aunt Harriet boarded the `Ruahine' at Plymouth 16 Nov 1895 and disembarked 12 Jan 1896 at Wellington where they stayed with relatives. After travelling around New Zealand they left Auckland for Sydney, 18 Mar. The writer of the diary is presumed to be P Davy, a passenger on the `Ruahine'; he visited members of the Davy family while in Wellington. He was probably one of the Devonshire Davys, a nephew of George Boutflower Davy, an official of the Land Registration Court of NZ, and the son of Edward Davy (1806-1885), an experimental chemist who emigrated to Australia. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of the `Gaul' with unidentifed tender vessel.

Date: [1950-1952]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-25

Description: Comprises notes on Maori place-names and sites of past and present kainga, Bay of Plenty (with map); of Tauranga Harbour, Mt Maunganui, Whakatane and Maketu and Waihi estuaries (with maps); section of whalebone object; letter, Bryce Wood to Adkin (1953); moa-bone with cuts, Roxburgh; Solomon Islands adzes; adzes from Auckland and Poroutawhao; data from Moawhango by R A L Batley (with map) Arrangement: Notebook no 24 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [ca 1930-1940], 1980

By: Chapman, Catherine, active 1980

Reference: MS-Papers-10881

Description: Interviews on life at Kaingaroa, work and bringing up families in the bush Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Spectrum (Radio documentary) Material collected and recorded by Catherine Chapman of NZ Forest Service in 1980; used in Spectrum radio documentary 1981 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with ms annotations (photocopies)

Date: 26 Nov 1940-17 Oct 1943

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2851

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

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: September 1873

By: Bishop, John William G, active 1873

Reference: MS-Papers-4069

Description: An account of a trip around New Zealand during September 1873. It begins in Auckland, takes in Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and Lake Tarawera where Bishop spent much of his time. He also visited Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin very briefly. Many of his observations are about local Maori. The account is, at times, written in a diary format. At the front of the volume is a coloured map of the North Island and top of the South Island. Source of title - cover title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol, 86 pages). Physical Description: Holograph; coloured map; 21 cm; paper bound Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Mrs K W Lamb, Christchurch, 1986

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: 1880-1881

By: Galbraith, John W Cameron, 1860-

Reference: qMS-0819

Description: Letters to his family in Glasgow, describing living conditions, climate, development of the district, cost of living and the establishment of the Pioneer Store at Te Puke Source of title - Supplied Galbraith settled in the Tauranga/Te Puke district Quantity: 1 volume(s) (15 letters). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (34 cm, blue pamphlet case)

Date: 1886, 1893, 1910

By: Batley, Robert Thompson, 1849-1917

Reference: qMS-0141

Description: Comprises informal geological notes by Batley about the Volcanic Plateau and two letters from him to Stephenson Percy Smith (25 and 26 Feb 1893) re the notes and his expedition (the letter of 26 Feb encloses a copy of the notes). Inserted at the back is a photocopy of a letter from N P Batley to R T Batley relating a crossing of the Ruahine Range via Mokai, ending up at Hampden (Tikokino). [With sketch map.] Small eruption of Ruapehu seen. Source of title - supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (14 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (33 cm, ¼ maroon cloth, grey boards)

Date: 1884-1885 (1934)

From: Anderson family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-10737-3

Description: An account of a visit to New Zealand in 1884-1885 written by Georgina Gertrude Anderson. Anderson describes the experiences of herself and her mother, sailing on the `Doric', arriving in Wellington, going to Wanganui by land, the wedding of Anderson's sister at Wanganui and then travelling to the South Island via Palmerston North, Masterton and Wellington, sailing to Christchurch, back to Wanganui, the Pink and White Terraces, Cambridge, Rotorua, the Blue and Green Lakes, Taupo, Tarawera, and their voyage back to England on the `Rimukaka'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1990]

By: Allen, Peggy, active 1990

Reference: MS-Papers-10543

Description: History of the area and reminiscences of those who lived in the farming settlements in the Roturua area in the 1920s Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (bound photocopy) Includes many photographs and maps

Date: 1892-1910

By: Du Pontet, Eleanor Dorothy, 1892-

Reference: Micro-MS-0493

Description: Autobiography, chiefly to 1910; in Petone to 1895, Feilding to 1898, South Taranaki to 1902, then Opotiki Other Titles - The long years of youth Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 183 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

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: April-May [ca 1874]

From: Caradus, Joan : Halse family papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5092-1

Description: Contains original of Henry Halse diary, April-May [either 1870, 1871 or 1874] describing Halse's journey from Ohinemutu, across Lake Tarawera and Lake Rotomahana to see the Pink and White Terraces and Lake Rotokanapa (?) and then back to Ohinemutu, Taupo, Napier and back to Wellington. Entries mainly note physical aspects of the scenery, comment on the places Halse stayed, baths taken and other such points but also notes meeting Sir James Ferguson and James Mackay Jr at Ohinemutu and attending a hui there on April 29 which discussed halting of land sales. He also mentions that the Bishiop of Waiapu and Ardeacon Williams were on the same boat on the voyage from Napier to Wellington. (Typed transcript of this diary is at MS-Papers-5056) The typed transcript has the date 1874? written on it. However someone has annotated the original with 1870/1871?. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 9-14 Aug 1908

By: Maxfield, Louis, active 1907-1909

Reference: MS-Papers-1319

Description: Letters by Maxfield to his mother while serving with the US Navy on its round the world cruise (1907-1909), describing the visit he made to Rotorua in August 1908 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies)

Date: 1878 - 1982 - 1989 - 1882

By: Forester, Maurice Alwyn Pitt, 1919-

Reference: A-110-032-b

Description: Shows the passenger vessel, Lady Jocelyn, which brought the Kati Kati settlers, 1878-1882, in full sail with Mayor Island in the right distance. Print of original oil by Maurice Forester. Name of ship misspelt, and corrected by hand. Other Titles - Jocelyn Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - MAURICE FORESTER / 1982; Recto - beneath image - LADY JOCYLYN - Original by Maurice Forester; Recto - beneath image - (In biro): [Y crossed out and E substituted, to make JOCELYN]. / OFF MAYOR ISLAND; Recto - beneath image - (In biro): BROUGHT KATI KATI SETTLERS (1878-1882); Recto - beneath image - (In biro): I have several of these misprints if you want more. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 250 x 337 mm.