Places

Date: 1895

Reference: MapColl-832.41gbbd/[ca.1895]/Acc.388

Description: Topographic map of the Oruamatua Kaimanua Block bordered by the Moawhango and Rangitikei Rivers. Other blocks adjoining are Rangipowaiau, Kaimanua No.3, Ohaoko, Awarua Block No.2, Mangaohane No.1. Includes entirely Maori names of settlements and people. A few notes are in English, e.g. sheepyards. Three notes refer to the places where Tipae was believed to have been killed according to Te Hau, Hiraka and Ihakara, Hepara. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale [1:31 680], 50.8 x 40.4 cm. on sheet 51 x 60.2 cm.

Date: 1869

By: Field, Henry Claylands, 1825-1912

Reference: MapColl-832.41bj/1869/Acc.1185

Description: Copy of a topographic map of the area in the Murimotu District from the Kaiiwi River and the Ohura River across to Lake Taupo, the Kaimanawa Ranges and the Rangitikei River. Cut road lines, proposed lines and native tracks are referred to in a reference key. Some tracks are routes proposed by Mr. Hogg and Mr. Booth, also an old war track described by natives is marked. Plantations, mountain peaks, rivers and streams are named. Relief features are described. Major Marshall's and Birch's Station are marked. Handwritten note on bottom right of map: The lake and mountains are from Hochstetter's map corrected by the Auckland Trig Survey: the Wanganui River from Brewer's survey, and the Upper Turakina and Rangitikei from Swainson's map corrected by Monro's survey. Map published in: Copy of the report by the late Mr. H.C. Field on the discovery of Field's track, Wanganui, 1869. Shelf reference qMS-0726, Field Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale [1:506 880], 60.5 x 38.7 cm.

Date: 1904, 1999

By: McDonald, Alexander, 1829-1905

Reference: MS-Papers-6628

Description: Transcription of MacDonald's reminiscences of life and times in New Zealand from his arrival at Wellington in 1840 on the `Blenheim' until 1904 when he recorded `My story'. He focuses particularly on relations with Maori, Maori-European land dealings, the politics and politicians of the times and related matters. Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - Another typescript copy at MS-1167 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (one volume, spiral bound). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1876

By: Wyles & Buck (Firm); Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919

Reference: MapColl-832.43gbbd/1876/Acc.6344

Description: Map with some survey markings of Ohau, Manawatu Kukutauaki no 4F, Waikawa, Waikawa River and Huritini. Shows an unnamed Crown grant near Takapu o kai Ngarara. Southernmost points on map are Waitohu government trig and Pukehou. Shows the site of Te Rauparaha's Pa adjoining the Waikawa River, and a pa on the Ohau River. Stamped 'Buck collection' on verso. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, part coloured, scale [1:15 840], 108.6 x 75.4 cm.

Date: 1861-1867, 1876

By: Taylor, Basil Kirke (Rev), 1831-1876

Reference: Micro-MS-0841

Description: Journeys around the Wanganui district ministering to Maori; records of baptisms, marriages and burials; military engagement at Moturoa 15 May 1864; meeting near Taumarunui between Wanganui, Waikato and Taupo Maori Feb 1876; observations on Maori customs, flora and fauna and nature of country traversed; Maori vocabulary; sketches Source of title - Supplied title Rev Basil Taylor was the son of Rev Richard Taylor Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 170 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: 1882-1958

Reference: MS-Papers-2243

Description: Papers include letters to Denmark, a history of the Scandinavian church in New Zealand 1865 - ca 1900 by Mads with a translation and history from 1928 by Ansgar, sermons and diaries of Ansgar Christensen, 1928-1957. Also includes Clem Koch's history of the Lutheran Church in New Zealand Source of title - Supplied Mads Christensen was sent to New Zealand by the Inner Mission Board of Denmark in 1886. He was ordained and inducted to the Mauriceville Parish in 1886; from 1893 he served in Palmerston North. From 1928 to 1958 his son, Ansgar, served in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Palmerston North. In 1928 his son Ansgar took up his father's responsibilities for the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Palmerston North which he served for the next thirty years Quantity: 56 folder(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1870 - 1984 - 1880

By: Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Kodak New Zealand Ltd; Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-; Brake, Brian, 1927-1988

Reference: C-106-013-a/018-a

Description: Contains 6 images: Wanganui family and possessions, 1870s; Unidentified man, Wanganui, 1870s; Mrs Morgan and child, Wanganui, 1870s; Staff and premises of the Wanganui Evening Herald, 1868; Mr and Mrs Thomas Roots and their twelve children in front of their home at Springvale, 1870s; Mother and child, Wanganui, 1870s. Title from illustrated container, also bearing descriptive notes. Container has not been assigned its own location number and is therefore not recorded separately. However, the individual photolithographs have separate entries. Other Titles - Imagers of a new land. Other Titles - Portraits by W. J. Harding. Inscriptions: (On verso of container/ envelope): Portraits by W.J. Harding,/ chosen by Brian Brake and John Sullivan / and published with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited.; Recto - beneath image - (On each photograph): Reproduced from the original negative by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited. / [Title]. Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 6 photolithographs, 259 x 213 mm, and 213 x 259 mm, on sheets 415 x 350 mm, in container 510 x 390 mm. Provenance: Deposited under Legal Deposit regulations, 1986.

Date: 1945

By: Wilkinson, P R, active 1946-1949

Reference: MapColl-832.43gcdc/1945/Acc.9496

Description: Cadastral map detail of Block 5, Pohangina Survey District, showing sub blocks 6, 8, 10, 12 and 13 and part of sub blocks 4, 5, 7 and 9, that have been prepared for the Manawatu Catchment Board as part of their proposed soil conservation research station plan, based at Te Awa. Map shows relief contours. Surveyed by L.D. and traced and drawn by P R Wilkinson. Manawatu Catchment Board plan no. 98 (original map changed from 15/3), sheet no. 1. Other Titles - 5 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, linen backed, scale [1:3 960], 55 x 76.4 cm.

Date: 1997

From: Battersby, Dorothy, fl 1940-1997 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5953

Description: Comprises biographical pieces on Joseph Pierce Punch, Gladys May Goldfinch and Rose Eliza Punch, the latter written by Sara Green with photographic portraits of each subject Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

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: 1895

Reference: MapColl-832.41cba/[ca.1895]/Acc.2864-5;9064-5

Description: Topographic map of the area from Mataroa, Hokio, Kaitapa, Kahikawaka, Cedar Ranges to Makokomiko Creek, bordered by the Rangitikei River. Motukawa No.2 and Awarua No.2 are prominently written and refer to the districts. Some of the terrain is described. Settlements, rivers, creeks, streams are named. Waterholes, horse tracks, the best line for a road, woolsheds, sheepyards, a racecourse and the site of an iron house are marked. Includes Kirimara Old Pa. Names include: Mitchell. Paurini's, Keri Kow's, Tawhi Paranihi's, Te Aruhe's, Birch's Stn., Chase's, Waikari's, Sutherland's. Title assigned by cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s) on 4 sheets. Physical Description: 2 positive and 2 negative photostatic copies, linen backed, scale [1:31 680], 79.3 x 108 cm., sheets 45.7 x 63.5 cm. and smaller

Date: 1945

By: Manawatu Catchment Board and Regional Water Board; Wilkinson, P R, active 1946-1949

Reference: MapColl-832.43cdc/1945/Acc.9267

Description: Manawatu Catchment Board proposed flood control scheme for the lower Manawatu River, 1945. The plan outlines stage one of a five year plan of flood protection for the river from Whirokino to Ashurst. Shows flood protection river cuts, stopbanks, outfall drains, raised banks ponding areas, an alternative cut, as well as a 200 ft wide channel through Moutoa. Also shows a diagram above the map entitled 'Longitudinal profile along cut' that depicts the 1902 flood level, stopbank heights, low level bank heights, ground levels along the cut and the mean contruction level on the bottom of the cut. Plan number on map has been changed from 1/6 to 87, before copying. Drawn by P.R.W. [P.R. Wilkinson, registered surveyor] & D.J.B.H. 29.6.45. 'Comptns D.J.B.H 29.6.45'. Original signed by Malley, Engineer, 2 7 [19]45. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, linen backed, scale [1:31 680], 56.6 x 75.2 cm.

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: 1848

By: Whitehead, Arthur, active 1840s

Reference: MapColl-832.45cba/[ca.1848]/Acc.4900

Description: Topographic map of the southern half of the North Island, with especial emphasis on the Wairarapa valley, showing natural features and stands of timber; the Maori names for some of these features are given, together with names and locations of some pa . Includes the surveyors' route which began on 1st. June, ca. 1848, from a site along the Manawatu River to the Ruamahanga River, Lake Wairarapa, ending at the Hutt River on 20 June. Notes describe some topographic features. See also "A treatise on practical surveying" by Arthur Whitehead, 1848 (Exeter: A. Whitehead, ca.1848). Held NZ&P Collection, P 526.9 WHI 1848. Other Titles - Photocopy from "A treatise on practical surveying", by Arthur Whitehead, C.E. & surv., 1848 Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - Notes. The red line shews [sic] the track of the exploring party with the termination of each days march defined by the end view of a tent and the day of the month. The points at which observations for Latitude and Longitude were made are also shown Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative photostat., linen backed, scale not given, 67.9 x 49.9 cm.

Date: 3 January 1882

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department; Archives New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-832.4gme/1881/Acc.4842

Description: A hand-drawn copy of a topographic map of P.W.D. survey plan 8554 for the proposed route of the railway line from Paekakariki to Wareroa clearing in the Horowhenua on the Foxton line. In two areas an alternative railway line is drawn and all railway lines, not recommended and recommended, are referred to in a reference key. A cross sectional plan of the same area is included. Other Titles - Wellington and Foxton railway; Paekakariki - Horowhenua sketch plan trial line Handwritten note on left of map states: The starting point of this mileage is 7 miles, 3.05 chains from Wellington Main Station Stamp on verso states: National Archives, Group W, PW 8554, 1881 Note on bottom right states: Copy of P.W.D. 8554. This is a hand drawn manuscript map Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:28 512], 55.22 x 191.5 cm

Date: 5 Mar 1894, ca 1970s

By: Wilson, William Muir, 1868-1930

Reference: MS-Papers-9961

Description: Comprises telegram to W M Wilson, Wellington, offering him a job with Woolf and Dempsey, Eketahuna (1894); notes by Miss M Wilson re origins of her family; and accompanying letter from donor re collection sent to library Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1959

By: Manawatu Catchment Board and Regional Water Board; Mitchell, J G, active 1947-1959

Reference: MapColl-832.43gcdk/1959/Acc.9506

Description: A base map of the Motoua flax estate near Paiako, in a loop of the Manawatu River, has been used to show a plan of a proposed pumping station and a cross sectional view of a system of retention banks required to maintain 2 feet depth of water. Plan 1/80/5 has been crossed out and 974 inserted before copying Base map: Motoua flax estate irrigation scheme. [Palmerston North, Manawatu Catchment Board], 1959 Title supplied by cataloguer from information on the map Scale of plan [1:15 840]. The pumping station plan is also marked as not to scale Quantity: 3 map(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Diazo print, linen backed, scales indeterminable, 54.1 x 74.7 cm.

Date: 1910

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department; New Zealand. General Assembly Library

Reference: MapColl-832.41gmbd/1910/Acc.22906

Description: Cadastral map of part of the township of Mangaweka, east of the railway, showing the path of the Mangaweka Stream through the township, and the Mangaweka Stream Bridge at Kahu Road (marked with an 'x'). Sections are numbered and some streets are highlighted. Stamped 'Public Works Department, Wanganui'. Initialled 'J.R.C., 20.10.[19]10.' Pencil annotation 'Mangaweka' in bottom right corner. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, part coloured, scale [1:3 168], 37.8 x 40.5 cm. Provenance: Public Works Department, Wanganui.

Date: 1904

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to dance parties, social dances, discoes]

By: Church of England (Mangaweka); Mangaweka settler (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-DANCE-Social-1904-01

Description: A pink dance ticket, of various typefaces, with patterned border. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on pink card, 62 x 93 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2004.

Date: 1951 - 1954

By: Manawatu Catchment Board and Regional Water Board; Evans, P G, active 1948; Sinclair, E M, active 1948-1967; Pirie, L W, active 1954

Reference: MapColl-832.43gbbd/1951/Acc.9705-9014

Description: The index map, Sheet N, of the scheme for the Lower Manawatu area begins at the mouth of the Manawatu River, reaching as far as Ashhurst and the Kiwitea Stream. The scheme for the Oroua River is also included from the junction near Rangiotu to the vicinity of Kiwitea Stream. Notes about stopbanks, boundaries, railways and classes of valuation are referred to in a key. An extensive valuation table, entitled Rate Yield of Zone Districts includes information about twelve disticts, their areas and capital value of classes. The eight sheets, numbered 1a to 8a, are enlargements of Sheet N showing rural properties adjacent to the rivers, which are divided into classes according to their valuation and referred to in a key. Each property is numbered and includes the owner's name and acreage. Notes on each sheet state that the maps were compiled from Valuation Rolls 3/12 to 3/24 and 1399, 1402, 1425, 1428, 1432, 1441-2, 1476, 1478. Includes named streets, State Highways 1, 12, 30 and 97 as well as the Main Trunk Railway Line and deviation near Longburn. Three amended maps on Sheet 9a are of parts of Sheets 1a. 2a. 5a. Manawatu Catchment Board Plan no. 1/80 has been crossed out on all maps and 514 inserted before copying Originals signed by P.G. Evans, Chief Engineer, 7/12/51, 16/12/52, 12/12/54. Sheet 9a is dated 12/12/54. It was drawn and traced by L.W. Pirie and checked by P.G. Evans. Scale on Sheet N is [1:63 360] and on Sheets 1a to 9a [1:15 840]. Quantity: 5 map(s) on ten sheets. The first map is the index map which details the layout of eight sheets comprising the second map. The remaining three amended maps are on the tenth sheet. Physical Description: Diazo print, linen backed, scales vary, 55.1 x 95.3 cm. and smaller, and 135 x 342 cm., sheets 76 x 93.5 cm.