Places

Date: 1863 (18--), (19--)

By: Plummer, Albert, 1840-1926

Reference: MS-Papers-10861

Description: Reminiscences of a volunteer who served with the Waikato regiments, 1863, and in 1864 with the Hawke's Bay Co. He describes action, treatment of prisoners including a period on Chatham Islands where he held a victualling contract when Te Kooti and his followers seized the `Rifleman', 4 Jul 1868, and escaped to Poverty Bay Relationship complexity - Duplicate copy of original at MS-Papers-2288 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (14 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1840-1870

By: Williams, Jane, 1801-1896

Reference: MS-Papers-1527

Description: Record kept at irregular intervals of mission work, domestic affairs and social activities of the wife of William Williams, Bishop of Waiapu, at Turanga, Poverty Bay, 1840-1865, Paihia 1866, and in Napier 1870. Includes visit to England in 1851. Quantity: 8 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 3 Dec 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: 1803-1865

By: Williams, William Leonard, 1829-1916

Reference: MS-2452

Description: History of the East Coast people and district as seen from a missionary's view point. Many topics including hauhauism; land confiscation, Te Kooti; the murder of Rev C S Volkner; the work of the missionaries etc. Source of title - Transcribed from spine Quantity: 1 volume(s) (95 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with holograph corrections (26cm, blue buckram)

Date: 1865 - 1894, 1920

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-006a

Description: Contains a Ngati Porou account of the campaign against the Hauhau on the East Coast, and the campaign against Te Kooti around Gisborne and the Urewera district; also contains notes about Maori customs surrounding the transfer of land, various waiata and information about the arrival of Christianity on the East Coast; also contains a biographical note and whakapapa about Te Kani-a-Takirau; there is also a letter dated 11 December 1920 from S P Smith to James Cowan with details of the provenance of the manuscript Relationship complexity - MS-Papers-1187-006b contains a complete translation of this text by Jane McRae Quantity: 1 volume(s) (150 pages).

Date: 1868-1888

By: Gibson, John, 1841-

Reference: MS-Papers-3575

Description: The letters in this collection are written by John Gibson to his brother Charles Edmund Gibson. One, dated 5th Nov 1868, describes precautions and preparations in operation because of the war. The other, dated 18th December 1868, gives an account of the fight with Hauhau that occurred on the 15th December. It also includes a sketch map of the village of Taumaha where part of the fighting took place. Also included is a stock list for Gibson's store dated 1 Oct 1888. Source of title - supplied title Accompanying material - Accompanied by a letter from the donor giving some provenance details and explaining some of the content of the material. John Gibson lived in Patea where he established and ran a general store. He was part of the Wanganui Volunteer Cavalry which under Captain Finnimore fought with the Hauhau at Manutahi and Taumaha on the 15th Dec 1868. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (9 leaves). Physical Description: Holographs Provenance: Obtained by Mr J Buttress from the daughter of John Gibson and passed on to the donor Donor/Lender/Vendor - Dr A G Buist, Patea, July 1964.

Date: 1864-1874

By: Harrison, Thomas, 1822-1893

Reference: fMS-083-084

Description: The diary records family affairs, buying and leasing of land, building the house, establishing the farm, day by day work, growing and harvesting of crops, stock raising, prices received for farm products and payment made for supplies. Brief noting of historical events such as the killing of settlers by Maori, attendance at militia parades. A son prospected for gold in the Kaitaki range. Inserted on loose sheet is a list of `Forts, blockhouses... occupied by the troops and militia 1863 and 1864'. Also included are a copy of the marriage certificate of William Harrison and Harriet Wells (1837) and photocopies of the end-papers of family books giving genealogical information; newspaper cutting concerning Mr P J McComish and Thomas Valentine's diary; obituary for Mrs R A Northwood (daughter of Thomas Harrison). The writer and his family left New Plymouth in 1865 to farm at Poutoko, Omata. Quantity: 2 volume(s) (ca 150 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (& printout) (33 cm; blue linen box)

Date: 10 Nov 1868

By: Steddy, John Garner, -1870

Reference: MS-Papers-3508

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photograph)

Date: 1867-1933

By: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933

Reference: ATL-Group-00435

Description: Notebooks, correspondence, and papers relating to the history, geology and geography of the Napier-Taupo-Kaingaroa region, notes on Maori canoes, art and history, the moa, education, hydro-electricity, the Shakespearean controversy, his political beliefs, and other subjects. There are also land deeds and papers of W Howard Hill and William Colenso. Notebooks, correspondence, and papers on the history, geology, and geography of the Napier-Taupo-Kaingaroa region, notes on moa, Captain St George's diary, Shakespearean controversy, and other topics. Papers include notes and papers on geology, history of the Kaingaroa-Taupo area, Te Kooti campaign, and early history of New Zealand; correspondence from W Colenso to Mrs E Hill. Also journal for 1897 which deals largely with school inspecting in Hawke's Bay. Henry Thomas Hill was the Inspector for Schools for Hawke's Bay and the East Coast. He joined the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute in 1884 and became President in 1891 and managed the Colenso Bequest for the Institute. Quantity: 159 folder(s). 1.16 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Inventory available - see backfile.. Transfers: MS-Papers-0153 (Series C) Inventory notes the transfer of 9 photographs to the Photo Section, 18 September 1960.. Processing information: ATL-Group-00435 formed in 2019, merged previously separated collections - MS-Papers-0004 (Series A), MS-Papers-0146 (Series B), MS-Papers-0153 (Series C) and MS-Papers-0172 (Series D) - of the same provenance. NOTE: Series numbering by staff, 18 June 1987.

Date: 20 Jun-25 Dec 1867

By: Parkinson, Alfred, -1926

Reference: MS-Papers-0583

Description: Diary extracts of a military settler in Opotiki district, breaking in farmland and engaged in cattle farming, manufacture of cordials. Records Hauhau activitu and the murder of Benett White near Ohiwa. Includes biographical details of the Parkinson family Quantity: 1 folder(s) (8 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: [ca 1941]

From: Blair, Mary Ramsay Ellen, 1875-1963 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0014-09/2

Description: Manuscript by Blair, `The East Coast fort; Fort Turanga, the district of the massacre, 1868' describing her grandmother's experiences during a Hauhau incident at Kaiti in 1868; also covering letter to Mr Taylor re some of her writing in progress (1941) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1961, n d

From: Iorns, Bennett, 1883-1977 : Wairarapa research papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2510-1/15

Description: Contains photographs of Ngatuere Tawhirimatea Tawhao and a Hauhau pa at Mikimiki (Wairarapa); also contains text by Iorns about an aborted Hauhau raid into Wairarapa and the pa they built at Mikimiki Also contains a memorial card for Joseph Rawhira Tioirangi Paku Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of the contents of this folder.

Date: [ca 1843-1865]

From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers

Reference: 88-103-4/08

Description: Contains copies and typescripts of semi-official correspondence dealing with the activities of Wairarapa Maori involved with the Hauhau movement in the 1860s; also contains biographical notes about Bidwill and Weld

Date: 1869

By: Hawthorne, James, active 1869-1877

Reference: MS-Papers-5805

Description: Photocopy of a pamphlet written by Hawthorne with pencil annotations possibly by Sir George Grey Quantity: 1 folder(s) (21 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material (photocopy)

Date: Nov 1863-Aug 1865 - 1958

By: Carbery, Andrew Thomas H, 1836-1870

Reference: MS-Papers-2310

Description: Collection comprises the private journal of Andrew Thomas H Carbery, dated 1863 to 1865; two commissions appointing Carbey as assistant surgeon to the British army and to the 14th Regiment of Foot in 1858, and a leave of absence dated 1865 which gives Carbery leave of absence from the army starting from 29 June1866 to his retirement from service. The journal outlines Carbery's activities during this period 1863 to 1865 and comments on the conduct of the war and the Hauhau movement. It also contains miscellaneous anecdotes, verse and sketches. Also includes a type transcript of the journal created by Andrea Shand in 1958. Source of information on Carbery's regiment was taken from MS-Papers-2310-2. Source of title - Title page Accompanying material - Transcript of the journal (folder 2) Carbery was Assistant Surgeon with the 2nd battalion of the 14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot. He was based in New Zealand between 1859 and 1866. He saw active service in the Waikato, Auckland and Raglan areas with a detachment (flying column) of the 12th, 14th, 65th and 70th Regiments. Quantity: 2 folder(s) (4 pieces). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typed transcript, and printed forms completed in ms Provenance: Typed transcript made in 1958 when journal was in the possession of Mrs Andrea Shand of Christchurch. Ink and pencil sketches at rear of volume. Processing information: The text in the Biography or history field previously read "Carbery was Assistant Surgeon with the 18th Royal Irish Regiment". This was unable to be verified, and the description updated with verifiable information on 1 December 2022.

Date: 1868-1873

By: Hunter, Moore, -1897

Reference: MS-1051

Description: Day to day accounts of the life of a pioneer farmer who arrived in Auckland 1860 on the Young America and lived in Waitotara and Hawera; records shearing, ploughing, prices of land and cattle; also describes incidents during the New Zealand wars Accompanying material - Includes copy of newspaper obituary of Moore Hunter Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (140 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (15 cm, ¼ blue calf, blue buckram)

Date: 1864-1869

By: St. George, John Chapman, 1844-1869

Reference: MS-1842-1845

Description: Diaries cover St George's career in the Hawkes Bay Squadron of the Colonial Defence Force, and life on a sheep station near Taupo; annotated by Henry Hill Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 4 volume(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, Mss (Various sizes, various bindings, in morocco slip cases) Provenance: Previously in the collection of Henry Thomas Hill (1849-1933).

Date: 1835-1901

By: McDonnell, Thomas, 1832?-1899

Reference: MS-Papers-0035

Description: Official and personal correspondence dealing with New Zealand Wars. Reports from McDonnell to Ormond along with Ormond's replies; battle plan of Te Porere; memoir of Opepe affray by Thos Hallet. Quantity: 48 folder(s). 0.65 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1846-1891

By: Weld, Frederick Aloysius (Hon Sir), 1823-1891

Reference: qMS-2129

Description: Letters to his family concerning settlement of Wairarapa, and his role in institution of ministerial responsiblity; letters 1863-1868 from F Whitaker, E W Stafford, J C Richmond, W Gisborne and other prominent political men; further letters re `self-reliant policy' and conduct of Maori wars particularly at Wanganui and Taranaki Quantity: 1 volume(s) (58 items). Physical Description: Holographs (37 cm; in ½ blue morocco, blue linen box) Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available. Processing information: Previously misc ms 1258

Date: [1860-1940]

By: Gooch family

Reference: MS-Papers-5911

Description: Gooch describes the daily events of war and recreation, 4-22 Oct (?1865), including Kiore Kino, Hungahungatorea, Koingo and Te Teko. He writes of the various principals involved including Thomas McDonnell, Lieutenant McPherson and Captain Newland, the movements of troops to various pa, and also describes the Maori and kupapa involved in the fighting, including Hinoua and Kereopa. Also includes birth certificate for Richard Gooch (1867) and family history of the O'Donnel (O'Donnell) family which includes the Gooch family. Source of title - Supplied The diary is in the form of a letter written by Dr Gooch who was on active service during the East Coast-Bay of Plenty campaigns, Oct 1865, following the death of Volkner, Mar 1865 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph; mss and typescript (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr Dick Gooch, Scottsdale, Arizona, Apr 1997

Date: 1865-1872

By: Grace, Thomas Samuel, 1815-1879

Reference: MS-Papers-1021

Description: Letters and statements by Rev T S Grace and others who were present when Rev C S Volkner was killed at Opotiki, 2 March 1865. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)