Places

Date: 1841

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; New Zealand Company; Great Britain. Admiralty; Brown, (Mr), active 1841

Reference: MapColl-834.1atc/1841/Acc.1373

Description: Topographic map of Motueka River, from its mouth at Tasman Bay, and showing the intended site of Nelson, inland from Kaiteriteri Harbour, as explored by Brown and Heaphy for the New Zealand Company. Shows area explored by Mr F G Moore, valley of the Rewai-eka, topographical features with comments, areas of timber and fern, and pa sites near the mouth of the Motueka River. Text on map is very hard to decipher. The number 2 is written on the map. Other Titles - Plan of the course of an expedition up the valley of the Motueka River, Tasman's Gulf. Written on map: Portfolio D, New Zealand, 15. Signed by Charles Heaphy Stamped New Zealand Company, Mar 29, 1842 Inscriptions: bottom right - Signed by Charles Heaphy; top left - Stamped New Zealand Company, Mar 29, 1842 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 38.6 x 28.2 cm

Date: 1844 - 1845

By: Tiffen, Henry Stokes, 1816-1896; Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; New Zealand Company

Reference: MapColl-832at/1844-1845/Acc.855

Description: Chart of most of North Island (excluding North of North Island) highlighting detail of Wellington, Wairarapa, Wanganui District, Manukau and the Hauraki Gulf. East Cape and inland East Coast show very little or no detail. Insets of Port Nicholson, Kawhia, Tauranga, Waitemata, Manukau and Whangaroa harbours. Extended Title - Compiled by Tiffen from the Government and New Zealand Company's surveys and reconnaisances, from sketches by Messrs. Symonds, D. Bett, R. Harrison, - Richards, J. Thomas, - Murant, and from Native information, 1844-5. I am Chas. Brees, principal surveyor, New Zealand Company. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale 1:800,000, 84 x 64 cm.

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: 1843

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; New Zealand Company

Reference: MapColl-832.4793gbbd/1843/Acc.37837

Description: Cadastral map of part of the Roll Plan 544 held by the District's Office, Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington. Shows the Hutt District and part of the Harbour District and the Lowry Bay District. Each district is divided into numbered 100-acre blocks, listing owner's names, including: Molesworth, Watt, Child, Capt. Daniell, Hanson, Hunter, Wicksteed, Capt. Smith, Catchpool, Dr Evans, Kettle, St. Hill, Alzdorf, Riddiford, Stokes, Bidwell, Duppa, G Robins, J Forbes, W Tod, E Dunlop, D Grant, A Tennant, Hart, Partridge, Wieford, Parke, Bevans, Col. Wakefield, Jackson, T Wallace, Bevan. Shows over 20 Native (Maori) reserves. The map was surveyed by S.C. Brees, who was the principal surveyor for the New Zealand Company. The map shows the original 100 acre blocks as they were surveyed and sold. See also similar copies of same section of map, shelved at Acc.7921-2, donated by Lance Hall. See also MapColl-832.47gbbd/1843/Acc.11503-8 which is the entire map on several sheets. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 60.2 x 44.5 cm. Processing information: Map call number corrected to the right Boggs & Lewis area code for Hutt Valley [Igor, 01/11/2022].

Date: 1844

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Fitzgerald, Thomas Henry, 1824-1888; New Zealand Company

Reference: MapColl-832.47gbbd/1844/Acc.15653

Description: Cadastral map showing the boundaries of the Port Nicholson Purchase, or the 'first purchase of the New Zealand Company, as laid down by Mr Thomas Fitzgerald, assistant surveyor attached to the Land Claims Commissioner and by the officers of the New Zealand Company's surveying staff'. Land involved includes over one hundred 100-acre land blocks in the Wellington Region, namely in Upper and Lower Hutt, Lowry Bay, the Miramar Peninsular, coastal land on the eastern coast of the harbour, Orongo rongo, Petone, Pakuratahi, the Wainuiomata Valley, Tawa, and some blocks of land westwards of Tawa, Johnsonville, and Karori. The map names the following districts: Terawhiti, Kinapora, Makara, Kaiwara, Ohiro, Horokiwi Road, Karori, Town, Ohariu, Harbour, Evan's Bay, Lowry Bay, Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt. Valley of Wainuiomata, Pakuratahi, Petone, and each district is divided into numbered blocks. Several sites have Maori or English names. 'Pa Rangi rau' is indicated near Barings Head. Some topographical detail is shown. Miramar is named 'Watt's Peninsular' and includes a large lake called 'Burnham Water'. The map does not include the central business district of Wellington. Before copying, map was signed 'No 12, Case 374, Plan of the Port Nicholson District referred to in my final report [signed] Will[ia]m Spain, Commissioner'. The original map colour coding referred to government, Native (Maori) and public (town) belt reserves, not visible on this black and white copy. See also MapColl-832.47gbbd/1843/Acc.11503-8 which shows the names of purchasers of many of the 100-acre blocks. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 78.8 x 57 cm.

Date: 1842

By: New Zealand Company; Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: MapColl-832.43gbbd/1842/Acc.7598

Description: Cadastral map of country sections bordering the Orewenua and Manawatu Districts between the Manawatu River and Lake Orewenua, highlighting in yellow 36 Maori reserves on numbered sections (15, 33-4, 38-9, 54-5, 60-3, 75-8, 82-6, 106-117, 176-181). Also depicts 12 'potato grounds', primarily concentrated along the Manawatu River in the Manawatu District highlighted green, from Tahumataroa southwards to Purikawau (sections 3-4, 6-7, 12, 17-18, 20, 24-7, 32-3, 35-7). One is also depicted in the Orewenua District over sections 54-5 and 77. Map has been copied and the coloured highlighted areas added, as on the original map. Several pa sites are indicated on the original map along the Manawatu River (such as Pa Taitara, Pa Taha). Names on sections include Wotenui's Place, Ara-Tangata, Porikawau, Kuti Kuti Rau, Te Paiaka, Te Kari Kari, Koputorua, Te Rotorua, Tokomaru, Tahumataroa. Note on map shows that Te Kari Kari is the headquarters for the surveying staff. Several handwritten notes on original map are illegible on this copy. Map marked '37' and signed 'Sam Chas Brees, principal surveyor'. Includes some comments on river and road access. Surveyed for the New Zealand Company. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy with coloured pencil, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 62.4 x 72.5 cm.

Date: 1843

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; New Zealand Company; War Memorial Library (Lower Hutt, N.Z.); Hall, Lance, 1899-1985

Reference: MapColl-832.47gbbd/1843/Acc.7922

Description: Cadastral map of part of the Roll Plan 544 held by the District's Office, Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington. Shows the Hutt District and part of the Harbour District and the Lowry Bay District. Each district is divided into numbered 100-acre blocks, listing owner's names, including: Molesworth, Watt, Child, Capt. Daniell, Hanson, Hunter, Wickstead, Capt. Smith, Catchpool, Dr Evans, Kettle, St. Hill, Alzdorf, Riddiford, Stokes, Bidwell, Duppa, G Robins, J Forbes, W Tod, E Dunlop, D Grant, A Tennant, Hart, Partridge, Wieford, Parke, ?Revans, Col. Wakefield, Jackson, Wallace. The map was surveyed by S.C. Brees, who was the principal surveyor for the New Zealand Company. The map shows the original 100 acre blocks as they were surveyed and sold. See also second copy of map (positive photographic copy, shelved at Acc.7921). Written on this map (before copying): '50. 544. 2nd Jan, 1843'. Written on map verso: 'Hutt Valley 2nd Jan. 1843. S.C. Brees RP 544.' Written on recto: 'R[oll] P[lan] 544, By Sam Chas Brees, Principal surveyor NZ Company, 2nd Jany 1843.' 'Please return Lance Hall.' See also MapColl-832.47gbbd/1843/Acc.11503-8 which is the entire map on several sheets. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 59 x 44.5 cm.

Date: 1846 - 1847

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Fox, William, 1812-1893; Brunner, Thomas, 1821?-1874; New Zealand Company; Great Britain. Admiralty

Reference: MapColl-834.1at/1846/Acc.1374

Description: Topographical map of the southwest of the Nelson district, showing rivers, bush and mountains. Rivers include Mangles, Barkley, Motuaka, Buller, Motu Piho. Lakes include Rotoiti and Rotorua. The edge of the Aglionby District is marked. Written on map: 2. N. Zealand no. 11/13 Stamped on map: New Zealand Company, 19 Feb 1847 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 55 x 46 cm

Date: 1848

By: New Zealand Company; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Great Britain. Admiralty

Reference: MapColl-834.1at/1848/Acc.25967-8

Description: Topographical, exploratory map of the western part of the North Island from Taranaki southwards to Wellington, Cook Stait, and the northern part of the South Island, to Hokitika and Banks Peninsula. Shows the Taranaki, Wellington, Tasman, Nelson and Marlborough regions, with placenames, contours, coloured shading and some nautical information. Includes detailed notes about the exploration at the bottom of the map, however this text is not legible. Includes 14 aerial insets on the map, including the harbour of Otago, Port Nicholson, Nelson Haven, Waitohi Bay, D'Urville Harbour, ?West Harbour, Victoria Haven (some illegible), and 14 cross-section insets of coastline areas. See also second copy of map, MapColl-834.1at/1848/Acc.116 (photographic copy, 34.8 x 42.7 cm), of the middle third of the map only, from Wellington to the Tasman and Marlborough Districts only, with accompanying typed notes entitled 'Key to 1848 exploration of the Nelson District'. Other Titles - Chart of Cook Strait and the recent exploratory routes at the northern end of the Middle Island, New Zealand Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 sheets. Physical Description: Photographic copy, coloured, scale indeterminable, 31 x 21.5 cm on sheets 17 x 25.2 cm

Date: 1842

By: Davison, William, active 1840s-1850s; New Zealand Company

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbbd/1842/Acc.10539

Description: Cadastral map with some topographical information, of the European settlement of Nelson, in 1842, showing numbered sections from Marahau to Marybank, which are most dense around the Motueka and Waima rivers. Also shows coastline and areas of bush. A reference key outlines section areas, with details, and names of surveyors: suburban north surveyed by Mr Duffy; Motueka by Mr. Stephens; suburban south by Musgrave, Budge and Davison; Brook Street and Matai by Budge, Davison & Watts; Waimea West by Barnicoat & Thompson; Waimea East by Barnicoat & Thompson; Waimea West and Waimea South by Cotterill (Cotterell); and Moutere by Barnicoat & Thompson. Total area surveyed is 4431 residential sections and 41 rural sections. Written on map: 2467 Settlement plan made for the New Zealand Company Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 73.4 x 83 cm. Provenance: From the Bett collection

Date: 1839 - 1840

By: New Zealand Company; Cobham, Samuel, 1799-1881; Dixson Library (University of New England)

Reference: MapColl-832.4796a/1839/Acc.15647

Description: Plan of the proposed city of Wellington that was to be located near the mouth of the Hutt River and Petone, Lower Hutt City. The plan covers 1361 acres, exclusive of streets and terraces, with 261 acres for government purposes, squares, public buildings, hospitals, schools, markets, wharves, and 1100 acres for settlers for building purposes. The town is laid out in a grid pattern, with the Hutt River running through the centre, and a terrace around the periphery. Several blocks on the plan are allocated for specific purposes, such as government offices, prison, public baths, museum, barracks, president's palace, college of surgeons. Four cemeteries are proposed on the corners of the plan, each of eight acres. Note on map says the town is to be surrounded by 1100 farms of 100 acres each. Note on map before copying states each blank square is 8 acres. Stamped Dixson Library, public library of NSW. Note on map before copying: Designed by Samuel Cobham, Newgate Street, where plans may be had. Note on map before copying: W Lake, lith, 50, Old Bailey, London. Written on map: Ca 84/1. See also second, linen backed, copy Acc.1269. The original of this photographic copy, is held in National Archives, LS 2094. (Negative no. 692, JMJ. '11'). See also larger, coloured, mounted copy - MapColl-832.4796a/1839/Acc.15648. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy of lithograph, scale indeterminable, 30.2 x 39.5 cm.

Date: 1844 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: B-031-036

Description: Map of Porirua Harbour, Paramata, Plimmerton and Pukerua districts with Mana Island. Location of several pa sites indicated: Wairaka Pa near Pukerua Bay; Taupo Pa (built 1844) at Plimmerton, Warakoua Pa on Porirua Harbour's North shore, and a pa at Titahi Bay. Also shows location of Jackson's Hotel, Thom's hotel and whaling station, Maori gardens beyond Taupo pa and Maori path to Pukerua Bay. Subdivisions of land are indicated around Porirua Harbour. Attributed to Charles Heaphy until 1993, because sketches referred to in title were thought to be Heaphy's. Reattribution to Brees because 1. Brees was Principal surveyor for the N.Z.Company and the map shows land subdivisions. 2. Handwriting very similar to Brees' on MS map held by the Admiralty (photo held by Cartographic Collection (823 at / 1844-5 / acc 855) 3. Indications of points of view of sketches can mostly be linked with known originals by Brees. The following list gives the numbers on this map followed by titles and plate numbers of the matching illustration from Brees' Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847). No.21 [i.e. no. 1 or 2?] = Porirua Harbour no. 35, described as looking towards the north from near Jackson's towards Thom's. No.3. Thom's whaling station, Porerua, no.14. No.4. Porerua Harbour no. 29; also Porirua Harbour, ATL's watercolour (B-031-006), looking south towards Thom's and Paramata Pa. No.5. Paramata Pa, Porerua, no.52. No.6 Porerua Bay, no.12. Taken from the native path towards Pukerua, showing the "native potatoe gardens". No.7 Island of Mana. No.8. No parallel image traced. No.9 Pokaroa and the Island of Kapiti, no.37. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Title. Other place names and geographical features elsewhere. "Portfolio D. Marked &c by Mrs Allom" inscribed above title by the New Zealand Company Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink & Watercolour 319 x 409 mm on laid paper, watermarked 1840 Provenance: New Zealand Company; purchased by A.H.Turnbull in 1915.

Date: 1839 - 1840

By: New Zealand Company; Cobham, Samuel, 1799-1881

Reference: MapColl-832.4796a/1839/Acc.15648

Description: Plan of the proposed city of Wellington that was to be located near the mouth of the Hutt River and Petone, Lower Hutt City. The area covers 1361 acres, exclusive of streets and terraces, with 261 acres for government purposes, squares, public buildings, hospitals, schools, markets, wharves, and 1100 acres for settlers for building purposes. The town is laid out in a grid pattern, with the Hutt River running through the centre, and a terrace around the periphery. Several blocks on the plan are allocated for specific purposes, such as government offices, prison, public baths, museum, barracks, president's palace, college of surgeons. Four cemeteries are proposed on the corners of the plan, each of eight acres. Note on mount reads: This proposal was for the establishment of Wellington on the banks of the Hutt River. See also associated lettered at AT 3/1/6, regarding Cobham and the map. This edition is a photocopy from a specially drawn copy, held formally in Government House, Wellington. Catalogue card states a copy is held in strongroom, Parliamentary library. Note on map says the town is to be surrounded by 1100 farms of 100 acres each. Note on map before copying states each blank square is 8 acres. Note on map before copying: Designed by Samuel Cobham, Newgate Street, where plans may be had. Note on map before copying: W Lake, lith, 50, Old Bailey, London. See also second and third photographic copies of lithograph of this map, filed at MapColl-832.4796a/1839/Acc.15647 and Acc.1269. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, coloured, mounted, 39.3 x 50 cm.