Places

Date: 1969

By: A.P.B.W. (Cartographer), active 1969; NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd; Corrigan, D W (Mr), active 1960s-1970s

Reference: MapColl-832.11bj/1969/Acc.35278

Description: Aerial photograph, produced by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd., Ref. No. A/S 2218, Flown 27.3.69, of L.W. Tonkin's farm in the Matakohe area, NE of Kaipara Harbour, used as a base map to which the farm and paddock boundaries have been outlined in red and detailed in a key. Hand-written notes in the margin give details of neighbouring houses with name references. Features include a trig point with height in feet, cabbage trees (location of), height in feet (of a hill), silo, to Matakohe, Ruatuna. A.P.B.W. believed to be the cartographer. Hand-written notes included in the margins are as follows: "Mainly hill country (sold 1947 to Crown for rehab) leading to 'The Swamp' on Ruawai Flats." "Matakohe Beet Farms, Ltd. (1971) fromerly the property of D.R. Coates (779 acres)" "J.G.C.'s house 'The Dump'" "Uncle Harry's Hill" "Speechly's house on Speechly's Road" "Eyton" Inscriptions: mat verso - A.P.B.W.; Mount recto - U46 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Black and white photograph, coloured, 20.8 x 33.4 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Sutch, William Ball, 1907-1975. Papers (Exact reference unknown).

Date: 1860-1900

By: Masterton Historical Society

Reference: PAColl-7329

Description: Photographs of Masterton including: Bannister's farm on the north bank of the Waipoua River at Akura with Charles Bannister standing on the bank; the militia of 1866, presenting arms, led by Captain Walter Perry (all names given in the caption); the Coles' house on Bridge Street (now Queen Street) and a studio portrait of what may be the Coles family; views of Queen Street; a crowd in the street for the opening of the new Post Office with the Public Institute behind it; a sale of sheep at the saleyards; a procession by friendly societies past the Prince of Wales stables; James Wrigley and his family outside his bootmaking business; James Wrigley and his wife and son John; a cart travelling over the Te Ore Ore bridge; the Anglican church; the first Post Office next to Iorn's Bannister store ca 1856; panoramic views of the town; the Waipoua River near the site of the old Kaikokirikiri Pa; Masterton school picnic at Woodroofe's farm; a painting of Worksop Farm owned by the Dixons by Charles Barraud; a band and procession on Queen Street passing Westlake's saddlery and Winzenberg's photography shop; Masterton's first band outside the Royal Hotel with E Braggins, the licencee and conductor (other names given on the reverse of the print); a ballast train coming from the ballast pit near the railway train with men standing on the carts; the Wrigley family in a field of cattle at their farm; a baby show; an 1854 land receipt for a section purchased by Iorns; a group of eighteen blacksmiths holding their implements; Liberal Party celebrations at Solway Show Grounds after the 1905 election with Seddon, Ward and others (named on the reverse of the print); William Hodgson Donald; Sergeant Price of the Masterton police; Donald Solway Donald; Mr and Mrs Charles Dixon; W W McCardle; and a tinsmith, one of the early residents. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 30 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Processing information: Negatives were allocated at 1/2-003434 to 1/2-003471 and 003673 to 003674 (duplicate at 1/2-004343) although only sixteen of these were made. Replacement negatives for two images at 1/2-132742 and 151351. 1/1-000763 to 1/1-000778 may also relate to this collection.

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-051

Description: Shows rolling hilly farm country with Mt Manaia in the background. There is part of a small cottage with water barrels on the extreme right, by a winding dirt road, and a horse and possibly cattle graze in the left foreground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 187 mm.

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-045

Description: View looking towards the hills with a farm fence and cleared land in the foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: 1968

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington and Patoka sketchbook.] February-June 1968

Reference: E-463-f-012

Description: Shows dammed area on a stream in rural Hawke's Bay Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 320 x 385 mm

Date: 1950 - 1925 - 1954

From: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973 :Old homes & sheds, farms made by pioneers in Norsewood. [1950s-1964].

By: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973

Reference: E-029-q-037

Description: Shows a large wooden farm building with a lean-to at one end. A number of fence posts [?], a barrel, a cooking pot and a watering can are lying in the paddock in the foreground. Trees are behind the farm building. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour and gum arabic, 245 x 315 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist available.. Provenance: Donated by Mrs J. Brenkley in 1964.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Holden, A J, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-0697-F

Description: Panoramic view from hillside across valley to small farmhouse on hill opposite. Prominent single gum tree in foreground. River winds through near centre of image between two hills. Small bridge. Paddocks in foreground, and hill at extreme edge is covered in bush. Further hills in distance. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - "A.G. Holden c/o Freezing Works Wairoa HB 3 B&W Homestead"; Marginal notes on tape - [at other end from MNN] "A.J. Holden Homestead" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.9 x 108.8 cm

Date: 1943

By: Hocking, Violet June, 1916-2010

Reference: MapColl-832.3gbbd/[1943?]/Acc.39274

Description: Survey map of the fence line along No.5 paddock of Taumahapu Station including the part which adjoins the road from Kereru to Tikokino. What appears to be a track runs alongside most of the fence. Accompanied by an envelope on which is written in pencil 'Distance new fence in No 5'. The envelope is addressed to 'A.G. Mowat, Esq., Taumahapu, Tikokino' and was franked at Napier on 8th December 1943. Shelved with map Pencilled note on map: The distance will be a bit longer than I have shown Includes an arithmetical sum of various distances of the fence. The handwritten note alongside reads: Total distance, post at road to post at fence corner Title supplied by Curator Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper, coloured, scale not given, 13.8 x 27.5 cm. Provenance: Donated by June Hocking, August 2002 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Mowat Family Papers (A2002-023).

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-0653-F

Description: Panoramic view from steep hillside onto plains below. Sheep grazing on near hill and closest paddock below. Large farmhouse and out-buildings secluded in forested area near centre-image. Wide shallow river runs through valley. Hills opposite. Road runs from edge to centre then disappears into forest. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-0647-F and Pan-0655-F Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - H. Gascoyne. Maraekakaho Hastings No 2 3 Oils. Red roof on homestead in distance. Willows near river light green. Other bldgs plain.; Marginal notes on tape - Gascoyne No 2 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 119.4 cm

Date: 1939 - 1985

By: Angus, Rita, 1908-1970; Art Vision Ltd.; Heidelberg Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: B-123-014

Description: Shows green field in foreground, and dry hills behind. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Rita Cook '39 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured, 305 x 370 mm, on sheet 350 x 448 mm.

Date: 1967

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. July 1967-January 1968.

Reference: E-472-f-005

Description: View of the harbour and Somes Island as seen from hills in vicinity of Broadmeadows. In the foreground is a building and stockyards? Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink 270 x 375 mm

Date: 1900 - 1974

By: Elder, Norman Lascelles, 1896-1974

Reference: MapColl-832.4399gbbd/[19--?]/Acc.37574

Description: A base map, Plan of Section 23 Ngarara, Kaitawa S.D. Block III, near Waikanae, has been used to name fields belonging to the Elder family farm. Boundaries of the fields are marked on the base map with acreages and a few include the name H. Elder. The site of the Elder family home is marked. The property has the Waikanae River, Wellington and Manawatu Railway, and the Hutt-Waikanae Road as boundaries. A sum total of acreages was handwritten on the base map, Other names of landowners included are C.C.H., W.H. Field, Beachams. Title handwritten on reverse of map Waimahoe is the name of N.L. Elder's farm and the annotations believed to have been made by a family member Base map: Plan of Section 23 Ngarara, Kaitawa S.D. Block III Quantity: 1 map(s). 6 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Pencil on photostatic copy, scale indeterminable, 45.6 x 62 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS Papers 0699.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Todd, John David, 1877?-1956

Reference: Pan-0706-F

Description: Panoramic view of Mount Herbert farm, with the homestead surrounded by trees, in the centre of the image. Farm outbuildings are to the right of the house. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-0704-F Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - J.D. Todd Waipukurau Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 120.1 cm

Date: 1905-1911

From: Guthrie-Smith, William Herbert, 1862-1940 :Photographs of Tutira and district, Hawke's Bay

By: Guthrie-Smith, Henry Wallis, 1868-1932; Guthrie-Smith, Archibald Guthrie, 1874-1949

Reference: PA1-o-1642

Description: Includes a large section relating to Mangapapa Station, Mangatu, that seems to be particularly associated with Archibald and D Guthrie-Smith. Many of the photographs are taken by Archibald and Harry Guthrie Smith. Includes - Views of Mangapapa homestead in recently burnt over hill country. Horses and dray crossing ford at Campbell's Crossing on the Mangamaia Road. Whatatutu School. Whatatutu Hotel. Stockyards, Mangapapa Station, 1908. Horses crossing the Mangatu River. Sheep at Mangapapa Station, 1908. Mangatu Bridge. Horses packing posts for boundary fences, 1908. Forest cut through ready for burning, 1907. Bush camps. Horses packing sacks of grass seed for burnt over hill country, 1908. Flood at Mangapapa Station that washed away stock yards. Ox team pulling a mill engine out of the mud, 1910. Sawpit in timber mill opposite homestead, 1910. Archibald and D Guthrie Smith with their horses and sheep dogs, 1907. Horse "Roany" with Old Tom, 1907. Horses and men outside "Primrose & Leslie Bros. Saddlers" Whatatutu. Settlers whare, Mangatu. Maori group, Whatatutu. Farmhouse of Messrs Manders and Dods, 1907. Crop of turnips. Mrs Martin's house up the Mangatu River. W Barron's homestead, Mangahaumia, 1905. Hegarty's woolshed up the Mangahaumia River. Bush fellers at their camp. Men with horses fencing hill country. Bailed wool ready for loading, Aotearoa Station, Mangatu. "Bricky" driving cart drawn by four horses through river with the mail. Puha Railway Station. Maori children. William Herbert Guthrie-Smith's daughter, Barbara, August 1903, 1906, and 1910. Guthrie-Smith, his wife, daughter, and brothers Archibald and Harry, 1911. Children's birthday party, 1906. House and garden at Tutira Station. Views of Lake Tutira. Staff, work animals, and head shepherd's house, Tutira Station. Native pigeon and pukeko's nest, Tutira. Large Christmas group, Turira Station, 1906. Shearers and shed hands, Tutira Station, 1905. Freshly harvested and processed flax, Tutira Station. Mrs F Moore, manager, Mangapapa Station. Bert Russell with horse "Bluey." Sheep yards, Aotearoa Station, Mangatu. Bert Russell and station cook Tom Marchant with horses. First grass on burnt off land, and cattle yards, Mangapapa Station. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchase, 2010

Date: 1982-1984

By: Jobs Research Trust

Reference: PAColl-5918

Description: Slides record New Zealand co-operative enterprises flourishing in the early 1980s. Many are co-operative farms, gardens, craft factories, and shops. Other slides relate to or have been created by CELT (Co-operative Enterprise and Loan Trust). There is also a sequence on the Salvation Army Work Scheme in Taranaki. There are three information slide sequences, one called "Good Work-an introduction to New Zealand Worker Cooperatives" created by CELT, and "Renewable energy for today and tomorrow" from the Centre for Alternative Technology. The third is entitled "The New Echonomic Adgenda" and dates from 1984. Arrangement: Slides at PA12-1600 to 1685 Quantity: 1720 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 1964]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MapColl-832.45eg/[ca.1964]/Acc.27673

Description: Drawn on a base map of Owahanga Station, the annotations depict pā sites, (including terraced pā), middens (deposits of shells or animal bones indicating human settlement) and pits along the Mataikona River. Several comments are written on the map such as the bulldozing of sites, pit size, locality of farm buildings. Drawn by P.J.P. Base map: 'Owahanga Station' (ms map?, 1964). Surveyed by R G Lockie. This map names paddocks, buildings, and describes land use. Gives topographical information. Includes enlargement of the layout of the station's farm buildings such as wool shed, cook house, and shearing quarters. Map consists of two sheets glued together. Note: Owahanga Station is officially in the Tararua District but in the Wellington, not the Manawatu-Wanganui Region. Quantity: 1 map(s). 3 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 55.2 x 51 cm. Processing information: Separated in 1999, combined with ATL-Group-00693 in August 2023.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Riddell, Andrew, active 1923-1928

Reference: Pan-0662-F

Description: Panoramic view of farm near Waipukurau, with close-up view of an Arts and Crafts style roughcast bungalow with tiled roof. Backdrop of various large trees. Lawn and driveway. Front end of contemporary car at far edge. Flat paddock fringed by assorted trees. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Andrew Riddell Waipukurau 3 oils. Cut cars out. Various colour flowers. Red tile roof. Rough-casting white house. Hedge on left of house & summer house. Red & pink roses. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 107.7 cm

Date: ca 1930

From: Various photographers :Prints from panorama negatives

By: Herbert, E, active 1920s

Reference: PA6-332

Description: Relationship complexity - Original negative at Pan-2025 Arrangement: Original negative housed at P25 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-0843-F

Description: Panoramic view of a pastoral scene in the Masterton area taken by Robert Percy Moore Refer also Pan-0839-F Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Pastoral Scene Masterton New Zealand No. 912; Marginal notes on negative - [Written in pencil] Pastoral Scene Masterton Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 112.2 cm

Date: 1921

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: A-174-013

Description: View near New Plymouth, with farmland with cows, and some remnants of bush, Mount Egmont in the background Two more place names added at different times to foot of picture. Both are illegeible. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 255 x 360 mm