Places

Date: 1958

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gmbd/1958/Acc.6205

Description: Plan of Avalon and part of Taita, Lower Hutt, showing road layout between Stellin, High, Burcham streets and Taita Drive (now Harcourt Werry Drive), part of the Hutt River and the reserves between them. Government housing units on Frederick Street and Garden, Harcourt Werry, Mabey and Holyoake roads are highlighted. The Taita Rugby Gymnasium, recreation reserve and Fraser Park are indicated. Written on top of map: Taita Drive, 5/cx, SP/Wm Fri. 5 col for Friday pm Dom Written on map: J.E.E., 15.10.[19]58 Written on reverse of map: Published 17/10/[19]58. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on tracing paper, 23.6 x 46.9 cm

Date: 1885

By: Wyles & Buck (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/1885/Acc.6391

Description: Survey map of land belonging to Maori near the Pito-one (Petone) railway station, Lower Hutt City, 1885. Shows land blocks belonging to Komene Paipa, Ngapaki, Hapurona Hamama, Oriwia Atiraukawa, adjoining the Petone station. Note on reverse of map states that the land was taken by the railway. Also shows several pencil annotations including the site of a brewery, a Maori cemetery (urupa), buildings, the Station, and several survey calculations. Other Titles - [Pito-one Station, Taari Waitara & Others, division & land taken by railway]. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper, 68.7 x 101.8 cm.

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: 1951 - 1952

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/[1952]/Acc.25640

Description: Drawn on a base cadastral map showing lots between Rata Street and Waddington Drive, Naenae, the annotations denote areas marked as government housing land, land taken from private owners including Hall, Miss Anderson, and HB Robb, and an area of land retained by Robb. Shows Reilly's land. Base map: Hutt Valley Development Scheme Block E, Waddington, Lower Hutt City, 1951, HDW 31552. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Coloured pencil on diazo photoprint, 73.8 x 105 cm.

Date: 1943

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/[1943?]/Acc.10603

Description: Drawn on a cadastral base map of the Lower Hutt industrial area, bounded by the Waiwhetu River, the Hutt River and the roads Bell, Park, Seaview and Gracefield, the annotations show sections sold (in red) and sections open for selection (in green). The sections are numbered with acreages, and the railway line runs through the area. Areas sold include the names Schweppes Ltd., ESW Paul, Wm Cable & Co., Wellington Concrete Pipe Coy., Ford Motor Co., Hume Pipe Coy., Vacuum Oil Coy., Texas Oil Coy., CH Morley, WA Cairns. Railway workshops, drainage easements, sewers, septic tanks, pumping stations, a quarry and watermains are marked. Areas open for selection are unnamed. The Hutt Park, the Waiwhetu Pa and its cemetery are shown. Unpublished base map: Industrial area Hutt Valley settlement [s.d]. Glued to the top centre-left of the map is a typed note addressed to Mr Davis, Lands Office, dated 24/5/1943. It states: 'All this land now occupied by American or Air Force. May be released at the end of the war or may not... tenders have to be called... Railway Department pay full commission to agents' Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink on diazo photoprint, linen backed, 66 x 64.4 cm.

Date: 1855 - 1865

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[ca.1860]/Acc.36640

Description: Cadastral map with topographical information of the Masterton, Carterton and South Wairarapa districts from the eastern coast at Castlepoint westwards to the Tararua and Rimutaka Ranges and southwards to Palliser Bay. Coloured areas of the map refer to the reference key; namely Native reserves, Native lands, land under negotiation and Crown land. Over 50 streams have Maori names. Settlements such as Featherston, Greytown, Carterton are indicated. Several settler names are associated with land ownership, including Riddiford, Baxton's, Cameron's, Moores, Guthries, Telfords, Luxfords, Vallance's, Russell, Donalds, Gillies, Bidwill. The names Manaia and Herangi are also indicated. Most coastal land is Crown land while Maori land is concentrated around the Maungaraki and the Pukehinau Ranges. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on tracing paper, 52.6 x 41 cm.

Date: 1843 - 1853

From: Mantell family :Maps

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: MapColl-834caq/[ca.1848]/Acc.23675

Description: Geological map of the middle and southern part of the South Island, showing Mantell's route from Akaroa to Kaiapoi, south along the coast to Dunedin and return by sea. Names (mostly in Maori) rivers, coastal areas and lakes. Stuarts (Stewart) Island is shown. Shows Maori tracks from interior lakes to the coast, with travel times in days. Marks 'wahi pounamu', route of the author's track, and the boundary of the land block purchased by Commissioner Henry Tacy Kemp, JP. Also marks rock type as per reference key, including slate and quartz conglomerate, limestone, diluvial, tertiary and green gritty marl. Written on back of map: Map for Dr Mantell on New Zealand ... [difficult to decipher]. See also similar map, shelved at MapColl-834caq/[ca.1848]/Acc.23676 See also similar map by Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell entitled [Map of South Island & Stewart Island N.Z. 1848], held in Drawings and Prints, reference number C-103-049 Drawn while Mantell was Commissioner for the Extinguishment of Native Titles. Mantell and Wills were establishing and surveying Native (Maori) reserves (See 'Historic charts and maps of New Zealand' by Maling, p. 270) Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, 20 x 20.1 cm