Places

Date: 1909-1926

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: Valuation New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-832.14gbbd/1909-/Acc.35529

Description: A manuscript plan of Rural lands for immediate sale in the Punui Survey District - Korakonui Improved farm settlement, West Taupo County, annotated with the names of purchasers upon payment. Drawn by Lands and Survey Auckland for the Auckland Crown Lands Commissioner. Records improved farm settlements at Korakonui, has the survey district name of Mangaorango written adjacent to the farm blocks, which have been divided into four blocks by a hand drawn green line, numbered III, IV, XV, XVI. Section numbers, some lot numbers, acreages - some revised, dates of ownership and names of current and previous owners are handwritten within each block. The boundaries of each section are prominently marked, while some sections are coloured in green and brown. No reference key is provided. Two areas shaded in pink are named Tokanui Mental Asylum and Reformatory Farm. Formed roads, proposed roads and waggon tracks are drawn. The Mangaorongo settlement is bordered by the Mangatuku Stream, Korakonui block and Rangitoto A Nos. 3B, 52, 54, 1, 58B, all numbers followed by N.L. Two areas of Crown Land are marked. A school site, creamer, whare and old cultivations are marked and an area of self-sown grass. The inset map is a locality plan of Puniu and Mangaorongo which is divided into grid-like sections numbered I to XVI. The Mangaorongo sections are coloured pink. The main trunk railway, Kawa and Te Puhi railway stations, Puniu River, Mangatutu Stream, the settlements of Te Awamutu and Kihikihi, Tokanui Mental Asylum, the Reformatory Farm, Korakonui, Rangitoto 'A', Ouruwheru and Kakepuku areas are named.. Names listed are: W.R. Lawson, I.J. Kerr, Dougald McDonald, Dr. & Mrs. I.E. Christie, W.J. Shaw, Thos. Holden Jnr., H.W. Peake, F.H. Terry, G. Wheatley, T. Quinn, T. Slater, W.E. Orr, C. McDonald, J. Girven, J.R. Kay, H. Coad, T.H. Lawry, G. Beckerleg, A.H. Moyle, W. Hellier, T. Kay, D. McCarthy, H.O. Kay, Eliz. Jamieson, W. Skirvington, E.M. Froggatt, F. Walker, F.&A. Walker, J.A. Jamieson, C.F. Wilson, R. Burgess, E.H. Kerr, J.T. Middlebrook, W.S. Hobbing, R. Best, Margt. Findlay, N.L. Findlay, A.P. Thompson, N.V. Middlebrook, J. Fraser, P. Dowd. D.G. 4-1-26 handwritten on bottom right corner. The name, Rold. Burgess is pencilled in adjacent to Block 9 and Rangitoto 'A' No. 52. N.L. Numbers 5011, 14 has been scribbled over, 10 has been struck through and replaced with 15. See 6 Blk. IV. withdrawn from I.F.S.-Gaz. 14.9.11, p. 2765. Inset: Puniu and Mangaorongo locality plan. Scale [1:126 720] Base map: Korakonui improved farm settlement, West Taupo County. [s.l.], [s.n.], 1926. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, 71.3 x 63.6 cm.

Date: 1912-1924

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: Mackay, John, 1851-1937; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Auckland District Office; New Zealand. Printing and Stationery Department; Valuation New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-832.14gbbd/1912-/Acc.35519

Description: A sale plan of Rural lands for sale by ballot in the Wharepapa and Ranginui Survey districts annotated with the names of successful purchasers, 1912. Drawn by Lands and Survey Auckland for the Auckland Crown Lands Commissioner. Base maps of rural lands open for sale or selection in terms of the Land Act, 1908, in the Wharepapa and Ranginui Survey Districts. The boundaries of farm blocks in these districts are prominently outlined, some coloured and the majority include acreages, owners' names and applicable dates handwritten in each section. Native and forest reserves, creamery and school sites, a township, possibly known as Waipari, and tracks are marked. The Mangarata, Wairakei, Punui and Te Hue Streams and the Aotearoa, Wairakei, Wharepunanga and Mangawheo Roads are named, as is the Taupo Track. Directions are given to several settlements including Wharepuhanga, Otorohanga, Tautori and Taumarunui. Some sections include Gazetteer numbers. Includes trig points and relief is shown. Three cuttings relating to the Wharepapa Survey District, Otorohanga County and one cutting related to discharged soldiers in Wharepapa Survey District, West Taupo County are all mounted adjacent to the map. Each cutting has handwritten information including the poster number, dates and 3rd. class which refers to the quality of the land. The base map is of farm sections in the Wharepapa and Ranginui survey districts, Auckland Land District No. 1114. A schedule of these districts include the valuations, acreages and rent. Instructions to applicants and a caution follow with the printed name of H.M. Skeet, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Includes an abstract of conditions of purchase. A statement on the left side of the map begins with '22,153 acres'. Includes the application date of 25 March 1912 at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland. Includes references to 'native owners'. The map on the reverse has a reference key about preferences to landless applicants, for the variously coloured sections. The inset map is a locality plan of the area from the Bream Tail to Napier. Handwritten names listed are: W.N. Grant, E.I. Walker, E.B. Walker, E.W. Sircombe, J. Corrigan, J. Lockhart, R.C. Fitzgerald & H.J. Ringham, C. Dey, R. Pairmail (or Pairmain), R.W. Park, E. Natske, F.H. Wilson, A.C. Riddell, M.Riddell, J. Riddell, A. Walter, A.E. Edwards, W. Beard, Emma C.J. Beard, H.L. Tomlin, R.O. Tomlin, J.C. Volkes, J. Mc Gurk, W. Thomson, W. Nicholls, B. May, J.T. King, F.J. Kerr, L.J. Cole, A.S. Graham, W. Pickup, H. Pickup, O.R. Clarke, L.H. Connolly, F. Gooder, A.A. Dobson, R.W. Park, Sunnendor, W. Sanderson Snr., L.J. Dobson, K.P. McDonald, E.M. Richardson, H.G. St. Clair, G. Rule, T. Hounslow, H.G. Goddard, R.E. Goddard, A. Carter, J. Peacocke, S. Davis, C.S. Tomlin, F.C. Ashley, H. Beer, T.J. Taylor, D. Weston, L.E. Weston, J.B. Lloyd, S. Mankelow, H. Anderson, A.T. Browne, T. Hargreaves, C.A. Henderson, G.H. Mankelvey, W.J.E. Ashby, R.J. Dickson, H. Sincock, G.W.E. Bragden, L.A. Needham, N.R. Kennedy, F. Carter, D.G. Millin, F.J. Heyhol, C.W. Mullan, R. Richardson, J. Burren, C.W. Goddard, G.E.J. Goddard, E.K. Uren, J.M. Silcock, M.S. Gould, A.T. Thomas, P. Beard, A.G. Whitehead, A.N. McLellan, M.R. Kerr, W.B.W. McAdam, G. Culverhouse, A.E. Styles, J.T. Young, A.V. Eustege, Mrs. E. Archer, A.Steele, Emil Monzheimer, W.G. Teschke, D.G.S.V. Petersen, H. Beard, W.F. Drake, H.F. Beard, F.W.C. Bagnall, A.R. & W.G. Hancock, N.W. Albretson, P. Rock, K. Thornton, Ellen Tolley. Inset: Wharepapa and Ranginui locality plan. Scale [1:2 534 400] Base map: Lands in Wharepapa and Ranginui Survey District. Series, Auckland Land District No. 1114. [Wellington, N.Z.], John Mackay, Govt. Printer, [1912] Title outlined in blue pencil and subtitle adapted by cataloguer from that of the base map. Quantity: 2 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, 69.1 x 43.3 cm. on a sheet measuring 74 x 80.4 cm. Finding Aids: Also catalogued on National Library Catalogue.