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Manuscript

Autobiography

Date: 1966-1980

From: Andrews, Reginald Percy, 1899-1987 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6153-2

Description: Describes early life in Napier, employment, involvement with Labour Party, local politics in Wanganui where he was mayor, 1962-1974 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Army list : Militia and volunteers, Wanganui Militia District

Date: 30 Jun 1864

Reference: MS-Papers-2789

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms

Manuscript

H T Whatahoro Jury - Waiata note book

Date: 1903

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B030

Description: Mostly songs, some whakapapa. Other - 1 loose leaf page inserted at the beginning of book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Black paper covers, 22 cm., vol numbered 18

Manuscript

H T Whatahoro Jury - Notebook

Date: 1883

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B032

Description: Contains whakapapa from Wanganui and Wairarapa, whakatauki, waiata and narratives of conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu Enclosures - 1 portrait at beginning of book as well as 3 loose leaf pages with the letterhead `Fairbairn's New Occidental Hotel, Wellington' which contains whakapapa `na Paora Poihipi' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (23 cm; marbled boards)

Other

Shirt sew-on patch of New Zealand Axemen's Association emblem and Mobil sponsor

Date: 1996

From: New Zealand Axemen's Association emblem patches

Reference: Objects-0889-2

Description: Maker(s) not identified. Emblem bearing a competing woodchopper in profile, wih the words 'Mobil New Zealand Axemen's Association Inc. Wanganui, 1996' Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Machine embroidery on cotton backed with linen reinforcement Transfers: Separated from MS-Group-2008.. Processing information: Description edited as part of Objects survey, 29 February 2024. Previous reference: Curios-043-004. Previous title: Maker unknown :[Shirt sew-on patch showing the emblem of the Mobil New Zealand Axemen's Association Inc team]. Wanganui, 1996.

Manuscript

H T Whatahoro Jury - Notes about land management and ownership in Wanganui

Date: 1876-1905

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B047

Description: Contains proceedings of the Maori Land Court and the Tribal Committee of Wanganui with regard to land in the Wanganui district, including whakapapa, block boundaries, lists of hapu members; also contains Ngati Tuwharetoa whakapapa, and the proceedings of committees formed to manage land blocks in the Wanganui area including urupa Physical Description: Black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 30 Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Manuscript

Travels in New Zealand / transcribed by J A Bell

Date: 1886, 1993

From: McNab, John, b 1855 : Diary and travel account

Reference: MS-Papers-6235-3

Description: Title continues:`...off for a holiday, or, Glimpses of Maoriland'. McNab recounts his journey with technical details about the transport he took, various points of interest such as lengths of tunnels, Windy Wellington, and he includes poems; he names and describes each geyser at the Pink and White Terraces, particularly notes churches visited and people he met. Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original volume at MS-Papers-6190 and microfilm at Micro-MS-0930 In Feb 1886 McNab left his home in Timaru for a tour of the North Island travelling by train, steamer, and coach from Christchurch, Wellington to Napier, Tauranga, the Pink and White Terraces, Auckland, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Masterton, back to Wellington, Lyttelton, and home to Timaru Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Manuscript

Letters in Maori

Date: 1861-1887

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MS-Papers-1925-57/2

Description: Letters to Bishop Hadfield from Arona Te Hana, Henare Te Herekau and Hoani Makaho. Also lists of communicants in various localities - Parakino, Koroniti, Ranana, Tawhitinui, n d Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Webster collection papers

Date: 1820-1906

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-28

Description: Contains copies of letters from various Maori and missionaries from all over the North Island with holographic notes appended in the hand writing of Piripi Walker of Ngati Raukawa, some with translations. Includes photocopies and commentary on the 1855 Northland document "Kote pukapuka ote Tarakona". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photocopies with mss annotations

Manuscript

Loose material removed from register of banns of marriage published in the churches of ...

Date: 1845-1873, n d

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MS-Papers-1925-57/1

Description: Also Maori marriages, 1856, 1871 and 1873 (mss photocopies). Location of original mss not indicated. 1873 marriages confirmed by Henere Te Herekau Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss (some photocopies)

Manuscript

Wanganui Branch - Letters to Head Office, Wellington

Date: Jul 1923-Oct 1926

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MSY-0818

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Manuscript

Ratana research notebook

Date: [1923-1930]

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

Reference: MSX-5358

Description: Notes in Māori; clippings regarding Ratana and index in English. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Separated loose papers at MS-Papers-6717-117.. Processing information: Material separated for reasons of preservation and storage.

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Robinson, M K :Early New Zealand photographs

Date: [ca 1902]

Reference: PAColl-0051

Description: Views of the town of Moawhango in Rangitikei Co, and the station of the Batley family. Also of Wanganui, Wellington, and Sir Walter Bullers house on the Terrace. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s) sepia.

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Clift album 2

Date: [Circa 1900s to 1910s]

From: Clift, Charles William :Photographs relating to Clift family

Reference: PA1-o-103

Description: Clift family photographs, including views of Wellington, the Clift family home at 143 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn; four unidentified Wellington College Boy Scouts; views of the Wellington Botanic Gardens; and a number of views of the Wanganui Region. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album in brown card cover tied with cord, and embossed with pattern of flowers in a vase, 19 x 18.5 cm

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[Programmes and ephemera relating to New Zealand bowling, outdoor bowls and bowlers. 19...

Date: 1960 - 1969

Reference: Eph-A-BOWLS-1960s

Description: Includes: 1961: Wanganui Bowling Club. 75th anniversdary tournament, 6-11 March 1961. Programme 1965: New Zealand Bowling Association. Fiftieth annual championship tournament. Auckland [4-18 January] 1965. Programme New Zealand Bowling Association 1965 Tournament, Auckland. Guide to greens [with maps] Gate Pa Bowling Club. Programme 1965-66 (folded pink card) 1969: Gate Pa Bowling Club. Open tournament, 19-21 April 1969. Programme (Folded pink card) Quantity: 1 folder(s) 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying around 220 x 150 mm.

Manuscript

Papers relating to the sale of arms to Maoris

Date: 1863, 1865

From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0075-032

Description: Includes correspondence by William Brisdon to the native minister protesting the removal of ammunition from Whanganui to the outlying outposts by open canoe, and other correspondence. Also includes a "Permit Book" dated 1863, for central Whanganui district for the purchase of Ironmongery (spades and other equipment) to 'friendly natives', gives lists of names, tribe & settlement. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece level inventory available.

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Angus Construction album 85: Building, Wanganui

Date: ca 1972

From: Angus Corporation: Photographs of building construction

Reference: PA1-q-483

Description: Photographs of the construction of an unidentified building in Whanganui, within sight of Wanganui Collegiate and a Woolworths supermarket, circa 1972, taken by Robuck Studios, Whanganui

Other

Youth Rates Coalition - Papers

Date: 1983

From: Service Workers Union of Aotearoa : Records

Reference: 96-235-09/2

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

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Peter Webb Galleries :Photographs of New Zealand scenes

Date: 189-

Reference: PAColl-2084

Description: Maori woman with pipe; Maori family outside their house; Maori canoe. Buildings, streets, parks, gardens, river and coastal scenes - locations include Wanganui, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Napier, Rimutaka Hill Road and Masterton Quantity: 64 b&w original photographic print(s).

Manuscript

[Papers regarding the organ at the Wanganui Museum]

Date: 1965

From: Castle family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6885-3

Description: Letters and other papers relating to the organ at the Wanganui Museum, which in 1829 was sent as a gift from the Rev E G Marsh to his nephews, Rev Henry Williams and the Rev William Williams, at the Maori Mission of Paihia. It was the first organ to arrive in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, typescript Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs.

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