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Date: 1860 - 1869

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-164

Description: Sketch map of the coast from an unidentified river south of Orowaiti (River) extending as far north as Kongahu Point Island. Other features marked on the map (south to north) are: Wareatia (River); Waimangaroa (River); Ngakuwaho (Ngakawau River) with mussel beds; Mokinui (Mokihinui River); mussel beds; Kongahu Point Island. On the mainland near to the island a `good camp' and `caves' are marked. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 90 x 230 mm

Date: 1860 - 1869

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-178

Description: Sketch map showing rivers, mountains, passes, and Lake Brunner. Scale: ten miles to an inch. On Verso: Notes in ink; list of names in pencil Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, 310 x 380 mm

Date: 1860 - 1887

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-153

Description: Sketch map of Lake Paringa. Features identified by artist include: Black River Beach, Parika Beach, dock for shipping, Parika Bluff South, Parika River, old camp, creek containing gold, Blue River, Blue River Lake, Paringa Lake, etc. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 260 x 580 mm

Date: 1885-1886

By: Paske, Edward Lake, 1857-1886

Reference: qMS-1633

Description: Comprises diary or report of a surveying expedition 27 Oct-21 Dec (nd) which left Nelson for the Marlborough Sounds via the Boulder Bank, Croiselles, Anakiwa, the Rai and Whangamoa in which Paske (presumably the writer) mentions meeting settlers and local Maori, food collected and eaten (including fuschia berries), records the death of Simon (a Maori) and the Maori reaction to it and other details. Letters from Lucy Jervois, possibly Paske's aunt, to her sister and brother re Paske's death (12 Jun 1886), and to her sister-in-law Amelia re same (19 Jun 1886); letter from Mr Jervois probably to Paske (snr). Includes court record re Paske being intestate. Also contains `Report on the surveys of New Zealand 1885-1886', by James McKerrow, referring to the death of Paske on a surveying expedition. Maps of the Clarence-Waiau-Spenser region where Paske died: (1) track on day of snow storm marked red; (2) Map of Canterbury and Westland with inset of survey area; (3) one copied from an original (very fine condition), `Portion of the Rainbow Survey District', copy C P Carrington, Feb 1887 Photographs of the region, portrait of Paske and photographs of the church and cemetery where he was bured and his tombstone Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (38 pages). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter (34 cm; marbled end papers, ½ brown calf, brown linen)

Date: 1879

By: Ellison & Son (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.3gbbd/1879/Acc.43328

Description: Copy of a manuscript survey map which shows cadastral boundaries on the Maraekakaho Estate. Gives section numbers and names, topographic features, acreages, survey measurements, place names and names of owners of neighbouring blocks. Copy made by New Zealand Aerial Mapping Ltd, Hastings for Alan Scarfe. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Colour transparency, Scale (of orginal) [1: 23 760], 66 x 89cm (of original)

Date: 1885

From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1963 :[Sketchbook] 1885-1891

Reference: E-393-004

Description: Sketch map showing road from Papakuri to Kawakawa with note by artist dated 19 Dec '85 describing it `This track is said to be the main road from Kawakawa to Russell, is unformed and in many places difficult even for a horse, except along the valley of the Karetu R[iver].....' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 137 x 200 mm (page size)

Date: 1885

From: Smith, Maurice Crompton 1864-1963 :[Sketchbook] 1885-1891

Reference: E-393-001

Description: Sketch map showing route from Otonga to Mokotuna stream with diary notes by artist Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 137 x 200 mm (page size)

Date: 1891 - 1981

By: Wellington (N.Z.). City Council

Reference: MapColl-Collection-WCC

Description: Roading plans organised by suburb; motorway construction plans; Wellington city central road upgrade plans, plans of Lambton transport terminal, 1968; plans of motorway extensions; Centenary Exhibition plans; underground railway plans; layout of Government centre buildings and proposed buildings; fish landing depot, Island Bay, 1928; Cenotaph landscape, 1972; Katherine Mansfield memorial, 1968; Evans Bay power station, 1953-1972; Mt Cook Reserve layout of grounds, 1936; Wellington electric tram system, 1928-1934; Government House grounds, n.d.; Civic Centre area town hall environs, 1948, 1966, 1970; Foothill motorway plans and profiles, 1960s; Bolton St cemetery piazza, 1969; E.G. Hall's summary of motorway design proposals; master transportation schemes by de Leuw & Cather, 1960s; traffic accident maps; speed surveys, Wellington City parking maps; locations of street accidents, 1936-1958; pedestrian census, 1940, 1949; traffic volumes, 1950, 1960. Quantity: 2500 manuscript map(s) and plans. Physical Description: 2500 manuscript plans many on linen, ink, some coloured, sizes vary, scales vary Finding Aids: Wellington City Council Collection [original plans] - list of folders and brief description of contents - reference: MapColl-q832.47gmbd/1891-1981/Acc.32543. Wellington City Council Collection - list of aperture cards held by Alexander Turnbull Library - reference: MapColl--q832.47gmbd/1891-1981/Acc.32542..

Date: 1860 - 1869

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-165

Description: Sketch map of the coast to the south of Kaurangi (Kahurangi) Point indicating best route at low water, location of rocks, sandy beach and `view' from an inland track near the Point. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 90 x 230 mm

Date: 1847-1851

By: National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)

Reference: PAColl-0840

Description: Photograph of a map of Bay of Islands possibly done by F J Evans of HMS Acheron between 1847 and 1851. The National Maritime Museum holds the original negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Details of deposit unknown. Found amongst PAColl-3678.

Date: 1839

By: Chaffers, Edward Main, 1806-1845; Bett, Francis Arnot Blackader, 1873-1957

Reference: MapColl-830gbba/1839/Acc.131

Description: Depicts the lower half of North Island from approximately Hamilton to Gisborne, referred to as Province of North Durham, also the top half of South Island from approximately Greymouth across to Kaikoura, referred to as Province of South Durham. The map is annotated 'The dotted line denotes the boundaries of the provinces' and this line is marked diagonally between Pt. Tebouka kore in the Wellington Region and a point north of Tui Bay in the Taranaki Region. Some bays are named as are points including Kidnappers Pt., and capes including Foulwind, Farewell, Palliser and Egmont. Also named are Queen Charlotte Sound, Cook's Strait, Hawke Bay and the islands D'Urville, Kapiti, Mana and Sugarloaf. Mount Egmont, Ruapehu and Tonga Volcano are marked. Original photograph of this map is larger than this copy. Information found in original card index record. Explanation on reverse as follows: Photograph of Chaffer's map of New Zealand Company's purchases, 1839. Received from Dr. Bett about March 27, 1945. Original attached to some land claims in the Lands Office in Nelson. Signature of E.M. Chaffers, 1839 is written at bottom right corner on original. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photograph, black and white, 15 x 22.4 cm.

Date: 1860

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-093

Description: Topographical map of the area surrounding Lake Rotoiti and Lake Rotoroa, formerly Lake Arthur and Lake Howick (as on map). Geographical features marked are: R. Motupiko; Ben Nevis; Wards Pass; Devils Grip; L. Arthur; L Howick; Mt Baring; Mangles Valley; Wairau Gorge; Tarn Dale; L. Tennyson; Leader Dale; R. Clarence; Plinlimmon (6350) Jollies Pass. In four numbered sections - 11 & 12 (top), 15 & 16 (bottom half). Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on sheet, 340 x 252 mm

Date: 1842

From: Pearse, John 1808-1882 :[Album. 1851-1856]

By: Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873; New Zealand Company; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: E-455-f-015/016-1

Description: A printed map of New Zealand after John Arrowsmith published for the New Zealand Company 1842. It shows the North and South Islands and Stewart Island as New Ulster, New Munster and New Leinster. It includes manuscript annotations marking the positions of Auckland, New Plymouth, Napier, Wanganui, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury Settlement, Otago and Port of Otago. The New Zealand Company crest is at upper right, a world map at lower right. Page is between pages 15 and 16, but was not numbered in the original numbering of the album. It has been assigned the number -015/016 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured 410 x 344 mm

Date: 1860 - 1869

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-162

Description: Sketch map of the coast to the south and north of the mouth of the Whakapohai River. Haihai is marked on the map to the south. To the north the only named feature is Taura o te Weka. Haast has indicated the location of mussels, seals, paua and sandy beaches; as well as a track from `the ford' at Haihai extending north along the coast to the mouth of the river, then along the south bank of the river, crossing upstream at a point marked `good whare', then an inland route crossing to the coast and continuing to Taura o te Weka. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 90 x 230 mm

Date: ca 1880-1910

From: McArthurs Auction :Photographs of early drawings and paintings of Taranaki, and photographs of Hawke's Bay, Greymouth and others

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PAColl-4472

Description: A house with a small verandah and two women and two men outside (in Mauriceville according to the negative register); a pre-1931 map of the Hawke's Bay Region from Porongahau to Wairoa; Mauriceville school picnic ca 1909; and a large crowd outside Gilmer's Hotel in Greymouth listening to an address being given by a man on the balcony early 1880s (taken by James Ring). Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Individual negative yet to be described.

Date: 1843

From: [Johnson, John], 1794-1848 :[The Hobson album]. Entrance to the Harbour Manukao from Puponga Head [1841?]

By: Johnson, John (Dr), 1794-1848

Reference: A-275-004-1

Description: A map showing the entrance to Manukau Harbour On the verso of E-275-004, John Johnson's Entrance to the Harbour Manukao from Puponga Head. Johnson may have drawn this map Other Titles - Manukau Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 196 x 282 mm

Date: 1844-1883

By: New Zealand. General Assembly Library

Reference: PAColl-4500

Description: Photographs of maps of Otago Region: the layout of the settlement of Dunedin and Taieri 1846-1847; sketch map of the north west district of Otago showing the route between the west coast and Lake Wakatipu; sketch of the district comprising trhe lands to be annexed to the settlement of New Edinburgh 1844; West Coast Route from a sketch by Mr Holmes 1865 showing the Haast River; map of the northern portion of the Otago Province 1858; interior district of Otago Province 1862-1863; suburban section in the settlement of Otago 1849 (Dunedin); four copies of a map of Grey District showing sections; and a topographical map of the Huiarau Range. Also included are tracings of maps from the Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representatives 1870-1876. Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Found amongst PAColl-3678..

Date: [ca 1930s-1940s]

Reference: 1/4-028821

Description: Copy negative of a map drawn up on March 11th 1845. It depicts the position of ships (HMS Hazard, Flying Fish, Russel, Victoria and Dolphin), prominent buildings (such as the Romanist Chapel), the flag staff and gun emplacements in and around Korarareka (now Russell). It is not known who drew the map or who the photographer was. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1860 - 1869

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-163

Description: Sketch map of the coast in the vicinity of Little Wanganui River and Karamea. At the far southend of the map is an area marked `Otahu hills'; to the north of which is a river `Turipohu [?]'. Further north is the [Little] Wanganui River, and Karamea and Oparara, both surrounded by mud flats. At the north end of the map is an area marked `mussels'. Inland tracks are indicated at Otahu hills and around the mud flats to the south of Karamea, at the end of which is a whare. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 90 x 230 mm

Date: 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-043

Description: A woman driving a trap with two horses, drawn over a sketch map showing the Kotukutuku Stream and (possibly) the Taukete Stream, with blocks of land subdivided and assigned to a number of owners with the names George, Beard, Ellis, Selwyn and Todd. The numbers assigned to each block are either prices or the acreage. They range from 340 to 3000. The name Taukete was not traceable in maps and gazetteers. There are several Kotukutuku Streams, mostly in remote areas of the Urewera Ranges. The most likely site appears to be a stream of this name on flatter land in Central Hawkes Bay, south of Kereru. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..