Places

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-063

Description: Three drawings of soldiers near Te Awamutu. Two are pencil, ink and watercolour, with one soldier standing, one on horseback. The upper view has a military camp in the background and shows the men in profile; the central view shows the men on guard, seen from behind, watching over a valley. The lowest view, in pencil, is a landscape with soldiers passing along a path away from the artist. Inscriptions: Album page - on opposite page - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 100 x 160 mm.

Date: [1955-1956]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-34

Description: Comprises notes on and possible implications of, a Dolichocephalic human skull, Kaingaroa, including carvings (with maps); notes on Maori lore and sites made on a tour to Hamilton, Tirau, Raglan, Thames and the New Plymouth-Rahotu area, western Taranaki (Dec 1955-Jan 1956) (with map); compilation of old pa and kainga and of remaining occupied kainga, Waitara-Rahotu area, Taranaki (with map); Awakino-Mokau-Mohakatino area, with map showing old pa, kainga, middens etc; former pa of the coastal district, Onaero-Mimi area, north Taranaki; plan of Te Tiki-o-te-Ihingarangi positions; notes on Lake Taupo (with map); plan of part of central Waikato showing Maori sites and data of Maori war; letter, Wally N re Coromandel workshop find Arrangement: Notebook no 33 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1863

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

Reference: E-106-f-032-1

Description: Looking down from above onto a road carved out through dense bush, with cavalry and infantry marching along it. Large trunks from the cleared bush in the foreground The Library holds another version of this view at A-134-011, from a source other than the Illustrated London news Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, V. 43, November 7th 1863, p. 476 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 160 x 240 mm

Date: 1863 - 1870

Reference: MapColl-832.14hkm/1863-72/Acc.24350

Description: Military map showing operations from the Auckland Fort Britomart Albert barracks, south along the military route to Cambridge, Aratitaha and Tokanui, Waikato District. Depicts military blockhouses, redoubts and forts (five in the Waikato region and over eleven in South Auckland), stockages, routes used on garrison duty only, engagements, Maori pa and kainga and the confiscation boundary as gazetted 17/12/1864 including the aukati (frontier) line. Also shows mission stations Waipa and Taupiri and geographical features, most with Maori placenames. Identifies battle sites at several places including Hairini (22.2.64), Rangiaohia (21.2.64) Kihikihi and Orakau (2.4.64), Waiari (11.2.64) and in South Auckland including Hills Clearing (8.9.63), Koheroa (17.7.63), Meremere (1.11.63). Several Maori pa and kainga are named, including Tokanui, Te Kopua, Otawhao, Otautahanga. In the Waikato regions a similar number of both redoubts and pa sites are identified. If distinguishing between the route followed by the troops and the confiscation boundary, refer to original map. Reference key at bottom of map identifies features of the map. Other Titles - showing Other Titles - District Other Titles - and Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, scale [1:253 440], 81 x 62 cm.

Date: n d

From: Jones, Pei Te Hurinui, 1898-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5220-054

Description: Contains a draft copy of the book which has biographies, regional, iwi and hapu histories of people and places mostly in the Tainui - Waikato region; also contains many genre Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript

Date: 2014

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-NZ-2014-01

Description: Programme or order of service for a commemoration of 150 years since the Battle of Orakau / O-Rakau (1864). Includes greetings from Governor-General Sir Gerry [Jerry] Mateparae, patron Tumu te Heuheu-Tukino VIII, and Te Muraahi Kaawhia IV (president of the Battle of O-Rakau Heritage Society Inc), portrait of some of the protagonists in the New Zealand Wars in the Waikato. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, 275 x 210 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mark Bagnall, Wellington, in 2014.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-117

Description: The left side of a two-page spread, with the title of the right side being 'Little village in the Wairoa near Tauranga, 10 May.' The left side shows two officers on horseback accompanied by three foot soldiers armed with rifles. One of the officers is gesturing towards the valley with the small Maori kainga, close to the Wairao River. Inscriptions: Album page - on opposite page - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 100 x 160 mm.

Date: [1901-1918]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MSX-9069

Description: Notebook containing research notes and clippings entitled 'Potatau's waiata' [with other MS annotations on front cover]. Mainly relating various areas in the North Island particularly Rotorua, Urewera, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and East Coast regions. Includes waiata relating to waka, tangi, aroha, and some Maori vocabulary relating to rain [from Tuhoe], and names of stars etc 'Te Paki o Matariki'. Language - Contains some Maori content, particularly waiata and place names. Arrangement: 53 in original listing Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-060

Description: Shows St Paul's Anglican Church (right) and the Catholic church (left) at Rangiaohia. Blewitt's Redoubt is in the centre, with military tents behind protective fencing. The view is flanked by trees on both sides, and the artist has drawn another tree horizontally across the top of the page. St Paul's Church, built about 1853, is still standing in modern Te Awamutu. It was used as a refuge by the local people during the fighting nearby in 1864 Other Titles - Rangiaohia Rangiaowhia Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Rangiawhia Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 100 x 160 mm.

Date: 1863

From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia

Reference: 1/2-096087-G

Description: Viewof Drury, showing the volunteer camp in the background, taken in 1863 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Beere 19 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-088

Description: Shows a horse swimming across a stream, a laden canoe being paddled across, another horse on the bank on the left and cabbage trees and other vegetation on both banks. Inscriptions: Album page - on opposite page - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 100 x 160 mm.

Date: 1864 - 1865

From: Fraser, I T[allon?] B :[Scrapbook. 1864-1910].

Reference: E-571-q-006

Description: View across the Waikato River of the Bluff Stockade at the top of a cleared hill, with low tree stumps. Bush on either side of the hill and a hut and another building at the water's edge. Extended Title - From his scrapbook, 1864-1910. Page [4]. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]. Also title and signature along the base of the image Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of scrapbook.. Physical Description: Pencil 176 x 255 mm, on page 290 x 235 mm.

Date: 1863 - 1921

Reference: PUBL-0054-1-270

Description: Shows armed Maoris surrounding barricaded church Inscriptions: Signed: A H Messenger Drawings & Prints, ATL, has original ink drawing at A-138-043. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on page of volume.

Date: 1864 - 1865

From: Fraser, I T[allon?] B :[Scrapbook. 1864-1910].

Reference: E-571-q-003

Description: Shows a view of a redoubt, possibly Queen's Redoubt, Pokeno, on top of a low hill beside the Waikato River. A guard stands duty on a wall at the right. The fort consists of a fenced ring of tents. Extended Title - From his scrapbook, 1864-1925. Page 3. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of scrapbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and pastel 216 x 288 mm, on page 290 x 235 mm.