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Barlow, Peter William, 1874-1955 : Proposed link-up of Gisborne and Bay of Plenty railw...
Date: [?1951]
By: Barlow, Peter William George, 1874-1955
Reference: qMS-0135
Description: Barlow reminisces about the proposed link-up of Gisborne with the Bay of Plenty, by rail, describing the country, the engineering background and the difficulties of proceeeding with it. He also describes a curious fish happening at the mouth of the Motu River, where kahawai gather towards the end of the year and migrate about the end of February. Source of title - Transcribed Probably given as a radio talk Quantity: 1 volume(s) (4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (38 cm, grey pam case)
North Island coach tour
Date: [1958]
From: Finnis, Henry John, fl 1885-1971 : Personal travel diary scrapbooks
Reference: MSY-5714
Description: Volume compiled by Finnis of the family's North Island coach tour including diary entries, brochures, maps etc from 13 to 26 Mar 1958. The itinerary was Wellington to Wairakei, Rotorua, Matamata, Auckland, Whangarei, Russell, Kaitaia, Dargaville, Waitomo Caves, Hawera and back to Wellington. Includes list of passengers, with name of driver, and autographs of the passengers and driver. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Hamiora Pio - Notebook 6
Date: [ca 1885-1901]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-116
Description: Contains cosmological notes and whakapapa, notes about the settlement of the Bay of Plenty area from Hawaiki and about the interaction between the `tangata whenua' and the Hawaiki migrants, notes about the introduction of the kumara to New Zealand, notes about various prominent mountains in the North Island, and information about various Maori customary practices Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Hamiora Pio - Notebooks 4-5
Date: [ca 1885-1901]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-115
Description: There are notes in these volumes about whakapapa (both cosmological and human), accounts of migration frrom Hawaiki to New Zealand, whakatauki, karakia and waiata, notes about various customary practices, information about the relationship between the `tangata whenua' and the Hawaiki migrants and the introduction of the kumara to New Zealand; there is also information about various prominent mountains in the North Island, and narratives about Maui and about Te Tahi-o-te-rangi Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 volumes).