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New Zealand journals / Dudley Alexander
Date: Dec 1900-Mar 1904
From: Ranfurly family: Collection
Reference: MSY-4600
Description: A journal kept by Ranfurly's chief aide-de-camp, Dudley Alexander. Most of the journal comprises his illustrated letters to his sister Alice. This give detailed descriptions of places, various events and travels, people met and observed, historical anecdotes and more as Alexander accompanies the Governor, the Governor's family, politicians and others around New Zealand. The accounts are profusely illustrated with artworks, photographs, newspaper clippings and other mementoes of Alexander's travels. The events and adventures described are: A cruise on the Government steamer `Hinemoa' to New Zealand's sub-antarctic islands, 27 December 1900 to 21 January 1900. Included are sketches by Alexander, plant specimens, newspaper clippings and a photograph of the `Hinemoa'. A March 1901 tour on the Governor's train through the central North Island to Lake Taupo. A April 1901 tour by horse and train from Auckland to Wellington via Tauranga, Kati Kati, Paeroa, Te Kuiti, Mokau, New Plymouth, Opunake and Hawera, with accompanying map and photographs. A December 1901-January 1902 second visit to the sub-antarctic islands on the "SS Tutanekai". On this visit Ranfurly was accompanied by his wife and by the artist C N Worsley. Accompanying the account are sketch maps by Alexander, watercolours by Lady Ranfurly and Worsley, a sketch of an seabird by Dr Wilson of the Antarctic `Discovery' expedition, and a photograph of Alexander and Lady Ranfurly shooting seabirds. An account of a excursion on the Tasman Glacier, 12-16 February with Lady Ranfurly, with a watercolour sketch of Alexander by Lady Ranfurly, sketch maps and photographs. A March 1902 excursion to Mount Cook through central Otago, where Alexander describes the gold fields at length, Alexandra and Dunedin, illustrated with sketches, photographs, a map, and a small gold nugget. A railway journey on the lines south of Auckland, through Waingaro and Cambridge and on to Rotorua and surrounding districts, through the King Country and back to Auckland, accompanied by photographs and newspaper clippings. A drive through inland Victoria, Australia, in November 1902. A fishing expedition to the Opihi River near Timaru. A April-March 1903 expedition on the Tasman Glacier with photographs. Clippings relating to the Antarctic `Discovery' expedition of 1901-1903, with a sketch map by Alexander and a 23 March letter from Edward Evans of the expedition. A May 1903 railway journey to Rotorua from Auckland, with sketches and photographs of Tarawera and thermal areas, and on to Te Aroha and then to Te Kuiti, Waimarino and surrounding areas. Their are extensive photographs of and sketches of the party, the thermal areas and of a Maori whare inspected at Te Kuiti. A February excursion on the `Hinemoa' to Collingwood, Karamea, Westport, Greymouth, and back to Nelson. A journey through the Urewera ranges to Ruatoki to talk with Tuhoe leaders, with extensive photographs of the expedition. This expedition is also covered in a photograph album. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter
Maori place-names of New Zealand (vol 3)
Date: [1930-1940]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
Reference: MS-Papers-6061-04
Description: Contents comprise lower Wairarapa and Palliser Bay; Manawatu Gorge; Lake Taupo and plan of Tokaanu (1890); lakes Hawea and Wanaka; Kaipara-Coromandel area; Auckland city; Rotorua town; old pa and kainga of Ruapehu-Taupo area; Wanganui city; and plan of Putiki pa, Wanganui Arrangement: Notebook no 3 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).
Note book
Date: nd
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0039-10P
Description: Includes Rotorua, Taupo etc - History; Life of Rev Seymour Mills Spencer, missionary (from ms lent by his son F H Spencer, Rotorua, 1926); Hauhaus & Archdeacon Williams at Gisborne & Napier (stories) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Processing information: Digitisation details - Loose pages digitised at the end of the structure map after the back cover
Letter from the Prince of Wales
Date: 27 Apr-2 May 1920
From: Dudley Ward, Freda, 1894-1983 : Letters from Prince of Wales
Reference: MS-Papers-8780-1-3
Description: Letter (marked as number 10) begun on 27 April 1920 and continued at various times to 2 May in which the Prince of Wales describes his train journey to Rotorua, his attendance at Maori meetings there and his return to Auckland after a railway strike disrupted his tour. Quantity: 1 letter (6 double-sided leaves + 1 envelope).
Diary, photographs and cuttings
Date: 1918-1919
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-31
Description: Contains diary entries by Keys about his travels through the North Island on business as a Native Land Agent; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside and towns through which Keys travels, and discussions about the people he meets; there are also discussions about Maori practices and customs that Keys experiences, and his impressions of them There are also notes about the end of World War One and the influenza epidemic, Maori gardening practices, native flora and fauna, and the liquor trade There are also a number of maps of the volcanic plateau, and a number of photographs of people, scenery and Te Arawa marae Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Letter from Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikaheke to McLean
Date: 17 Apr 1861
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0685C-07
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 1 leaf).
Rolleston, Elizabeth Mary, 1845-1940 : Diary
Date: Feb-Mar 1883
Reference: MS-1826
Description: Record of a journey with her husband, daughter and the Hon J Bryce, through the King Country, Bay of Islands and Rotorua. Transcribed by her daughter, Rosamond Teschemaker, who as a seventeen year old also accompanied the party. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (134 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms (17cm, faded mauve morocco)
Diary - Sketchbook two
Date: Apr-Jun 1920
From: Foljambe, Dora Margaret, d 1936 : New Zealand diaries
Reference: MSDL-0566
Description: Electronic files comprise the second sketch book of a two-volume diary kept by Dora Foljambe of her tour of New Zealand. The diary continues with the Foljambe family's travels around New Zealand. Setting out from Wellington they head north to Rotorua and Tarawera. The diary briefly details local Maori and their preparation for the Prince of Wales's visit in late April 1920 in Rotorua. There are sketches of local Maori, flora, fauna and landscapes. On 1st May the Foljambe family depart for England aboard the SS Corinthic. Further sketches of shipboard life and seascapes as the vessel passes through the Panama Canal, past Cuba and up the East Coast of America to Chesapeake Bay and Newport, Rhode Island. The last entry is for the beginning of June. Other - Page 30 of the diary was blank, so the donor did not supply the Library with an image of this page. Other - The size of the original sketchbook is 9 x 5 1/2 inches Quantity: 43 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Archivists notes - Note that some of the watercolours in this sketchbook are spread across two pages. The following images are double page spreads: Images v2014-v2015, v2016-2017, v2024-v2025, v2032-v2033, v2036-v2037, v2038-v2039 and v2040-2041.
Letter from Wiremu Maihi to Aihepene
Date: 26 Mar 1861
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0685B-14
Description: Written from Maraeirohia Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).
Notebook
Date: 1919
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0039-10N
Description: Contains notes about the Bay of Plenty theatre and the Te Kooti campaign in the New Zealand Wars; contains notes about Maori place names and settlements in the Rotorua area; narratives of events in Te Arawa history; diary of travel through the Rotorua district; notes about the meeting house 'Wairaka' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Contains sketches and maps Processing information: Digitisation details - Loose pages digitised at the end of the structure map after the back cover
Note book - Notes for History of Maori Wars
Date: nd
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0039-10J
Description: Contains notes about fighting and redoubts in the Taranaki theatre and the Bay of Plenty theatre of the New Zealand Wars; contains waiata; geographical descriptions of Taranaki Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Processing information: Record updated 2 August 2023 to remove link to name record Wallace, William Ellerslie, 1814-1882. Information from a researcher shows mention of "Wm Wallace" is likely to be Wallace, William, active 1865.
Diary
Date: Jan-Oct 1920
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-32
Description: Contains diary entries by Keys re his travels through the Bay of Plenty and Horowhenua districts on business as a Native Land Agent; there are detailed descriptions of the countryside and towns which Keys travelled through, and discussions about the people he met; there are also discussions about Maori practices and customs that he encountered and his impressions of them. There are also notes about native flora and fauna and the liquor trade, and a number of photographs of people (mainly from Te Arawa and Ngati Raukawa), scenery and marae, taken by Keys according to the text (each is dated). Also contains copies of various manuscripts (in Maori) submitted to Keys by Maori informants, and information about the history of Rangiatea at Otaki Also includes stories, written in Maori, from the Ngati Raukawa tribe; "The story of Uenuku-kopako and Kapu- Manawawhiti"; "The death of Tukemata"; and a copy of a letter from Riapo Puhipi (Leopold Busby) about an exchange of gifts between Te Rauparaha and Poroa, a chief of Ahipara. Includes photographs of the old Otaki school house; Kahurangi Taipua; Raukawa meeting house (all on p.73), and Tungia Te Ao (pp.74 & 100). Contains description of the Whakatane river in 1907 (p33 & 34) and the names of the rocks in the river. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Note book - Chants, songs, etc
Date: 1908
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0039-10F
Description: Contains waiata and karakia; notes about Maori place names and settlements around Rotorua, notes about Maori society around Rotorua, and some historical notes Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letter from Wiremu Mahi Te Rangikaheke to McLean
Date: 4 Apr 1861
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0685C-01
Description: Written from Auckland Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).
Map of Rotorua district, drawn from memory
Date: [18--]
From: Chapman, Thomas 1792-1876 : Letters and journals from Thomas Chapman to Church Missionary Society
Reference: qMS-0425-001C
Description: Red and black ink sketch (map) on blue-tinged paper, depicts the Rotorua district listing forty-three place names Quantity: 1 piece. Physical Description: Ink sketch 185mm x 115mm
It's all in the mix - Cement, gold and railways
Date: April 2010
From: Ball, Anne Stewart, 1949- : Research Papers
Reference: MSDL-2049
Description: Electronic document is an unpublished article by Ball on the history of cement, concrete and stone masonry in New Zealand. Ball focuses on heritage buildings and uses buildings built during the Ohinemuri Goldfield rush and the Waihi Pumphouse as examples. The article also discusses stone works in Auckland, the production of Portland Cement in Warkworth and Whangarei, the rail line in Rotorua, and provides a brief history of concrete. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).
Kingitanga papers
Date: 1860-1929
From: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0196-387/7
Description: Contains papers about the Kingitanga and the Tariao cult, explaining the origin, theology and activities of the cult, and the place of King Tawhiao in the belief system; also contains correspondence to and from the Kingitanga in the 1880s with regard to Maori political representation, Maori sovereignty, land issues, pardons for Te Kooti Arikirangi and others and the relationship between the Kingitanga and the Government. Also contains minutes from the proceedings of a court case before one of Tawhiao's courts, brought by Tiahuia Reone against Mamae Te Hapi regarding a stolen horse; translation (into Maori) of press reports in the New Zealand Herald and the Weekly News about the 'coming in ' of Tawhiao, and the negotiations that surrounded this; there is also a timeline showing when iwi affiliated to the Kingitanga. There is a copy of a letter from Tawhiao to the Privy Council, petitioning for an investigation into Maori land rights, Maori sovreignty and Maori political representation; the letter is accompanied by a lengthy preamble that sets out the basis for the grievances. There are copies of telegrams sent to and from Te Puea and Maui Pomare with regard to Maori conscription in World War I; there is also a typed copy of a report by Pei Te Hurinui Jones about the opening of Mahinaarangi Meeting House, and an annual report (with accounts) from an East Coast farming co-operative, signed by Apirana Ngata Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence relating to Rotorua rail campaign
Date: 26 Jun 2001
From: Locke, Keith, 1944- :Collection
Reference: MSDL-1634
Description: Includes correspondence to Tranz Rail regarding the Rotorua Tourism rail campaign. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to library within a folder called "Parl word etc docs LOCKE (PSFS01GREEN$)/CER Inquiry/Correspondence - other/Rail campaign" Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).