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Date: 9 Jun 1851

From: Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898: Maori manuscripts

Reference: MSY-2094

Description: Written at Wainui, north of Paekakariki, near Wellington at the dicatation of elder chiefs of that area. This volume captures a variety of waiata, haka, whakatauaki, karakia and moteatea from the Tainui tribes with particular emphasis on the Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa tribes. Quantity: 1 volume(s) 90 pages.. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1840-1855, 1934

By: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Diocese of Wellington

Reference: fMS-Papers-1432

Description: Contemporary copy of register of marriages (1840-1845), burials (1840-1845), and baptisms (1840-1844), of original register in St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington. Lists of Maori confirmations at Pipitea, Wainui and Waikanae in 1855 and 1856; list of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths in Kapiti parish (1845-1846), compiled by Rev O Hadfield for census of the Ngatiawa tribe; Wanganui church return for 1844. Includes a canticle by Robert Parker. Note, the names appended are indicative only. Researchers should refer to the contents as there are too many names to list. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: [1900-1940]

By: Baker, Matenga, 1902-1988

Reference: MS-Group-1009

Description: The collection comprises seven volumes of waiata and whakapapa (1) Matenga Baker, waiata, whakapapa, personal records; (2) Haana Wineera (nee Cootes) for Matenga Baker, whakapapa of the Ngati Toa and related tribes; (3) Ropata Te Ao Maori notebook, Ngati Raukawa collection monies for land court and Rangiatea church, whakapapa; (4) Hema Ropata Te Ao Maori notebook, waiata, history; and (5) Maori notebook, Ngati Raukawa whakapapa; (6) Tiria Te Wiata - whakapapa and waiata notebook; (7) whakapapa book of Tiria Te Waiata Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 6 volume(s). 0.12 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: These books were entrusted to Matenga Baker by the original creators during his lifetime. Baker was closely related to Haana Wineera, Hema Te Ao and Tiria Te Wiata. After Baker's death in 1988 his children continued to care for the volumes. Processing information: Use Conditions updated 5 September 2022.

Date: 1908-1909

By: White, William Bertram, 1821-1910

Reference: MS-Papers-4542

Description: The reminiscences mainly concentrate on the period 1842 to 1878 and were dictated to members of his family during the latter part of 1908 and beginning of 1909. They give details of White's mothers family and his father's career as a midshipman. They then go on to describe White's career in New Zealand first as a surveyor in the Horokiwi and Wellington areas, a farmer at Mohunoa (Kapiti) and Wainuiomata, in the volunteer forces which fought against Te Rangiatea, his visits to Auckland and then his later career in Mongonui [Mangonui] holding various government posts including work for the Land Commissioner. The reminiscences give White's impressions of relations between Maori and settler especially in the greater Wellington/Kapiti and Maunganui districts and recount many incidents involving such people as Te Rauparaha, Governor Grey, Fitzroy, McLean, Hadfield and many others. Source of title - title page Quantity: 1 folder(s) (49 leaves). 0 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1978

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: Gabites, Alington & Edmondson (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-WRC-8-3/23/6A-Acc.

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s) with annotations. Physical Description: Ink on white paper. Scale ca 1: 5000, 103 x 77 cm.

Date: 1835-1893

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-077

Description: Includes a preface and translation in S P Smith's hand with a note: `A large part of this has been embodied in "Hist. and Trad. of Taranaki Coast"'. There is also a covering note signed by W H S (W H Skinner) on the provenance of the ms with a genealogy of Teira Whatakore attached. Also includes letter from T M Hocken to Smith, Dunedin 1 Jun 1893, forwarding books and precis of copies or extracts of Colonial Office material, Sep 1835, on the `Alligator' and J Guard affair. The manuscript gives a biographical account of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea, with whakapapa, with much information about his role in conflicts between Taranaki and other iwi, and between Taranaki and the Government in the first Taranaki campaign (1860) in the New Zealand wars; the document also discusses the shipwreck `Harriet' and the treatment received by the survivors; there are also translations of the material. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Oct 1956

From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-449

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1979

From: New Zealand National Party : Further records

Reference: 89-075-138/12

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1913

By: Porteous, John Stewart, 1881?-1964; Raumati Estate Company; Davis, Geoffrey Harold, -1946

Reference: MapColl-832.47962gbbd/1913/Acc.7812

Description: Surveyed cadastral map of coastal sections in Raumati, between the old coach road and the main coach road from Wellington to Foxton, including Matai Road. The sections are bounded by the Wellington Manawatu Railway and the sea. Sections are numbered with acreage. Several small residential sections have been subdivided along the foreshore, while the remainder of sections are over 28 acres each. Includes survey trig measurements. Map includes a validity statement by the surveyor, and includes his name in pencil, but is unsigned. Includes several pencil annotations. According to annotations, some of the land is owned by Bowman and Phillips by 1914. Includes inset of part of the Wharemauku Stream, between Raumati and Matatua roads. Other Titles - Plan of subdivision of Sections 5, 6, 7 and Part Sections 21, 22, 3, 4, 26, 17, 57, and 59. Blocks I, II Paekakariki Survey District [ms map]. Wainui Registration District. Surveyed for the Raumati Estate Company by Davis and Porteous, October 1913. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on card, linen backed, scale [ca 1:7 920], 70 x 71.5 cm.

Date: 1978

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: Gabites, Alington & Edmondson (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-WRC-8-3/23/6E-Acc.

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s) with annotations. Physical Description: Ink on white paper. Scale ca 1: 5000, 103 x 77 cm.

Date: 1981 - 1984

By: Markham, Philip, 1941-

Reference: Eph-E-NZ-LABOUR-1981-03

Description: Election poster shows a stylised landscape of the Kapiti Coast, with Kapiti Island in the distance. The colouring is dominantly green, with pale blue and yellow. The Labour Party logo with a capital L in a red circle, is at lower right. No 240 of a print run of 450. Dated on the grounds of similarity to an election poster in blue tones. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 830 x 595 mm.

Date: 1860s

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: Micro-Art-004

Description: 1. Sketchbook of a journey up the Rangitikei River 1862 (51 drawings); 2.Sketchbook of a journey to Havelock and the Pelorus Sound and Central Otago, 1864 (75 drawings); 3. A journey up the Manawatu River, 1862 (94 drawings); 4.Journey up the Wanganui River, 1861 & 1862 and other journeys (71 drawings - ); 5. A journey from Upper Hutt to Waikanae, Jan 1863. 6. A journey to the Waikato, Feb. 1864; 7 & 8. A journey to the Wairarapa, 1863. Physical Description: Negative microfilm (486 frames)

Date: 1833-1846

By: Hadfield, Octavius, 1814-1904

Reference: MS-0922

Description: Letters written in England, Australia, the Bay of Islands, Kapiti and Otaki Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typed transcript (26 cm; red linen)

Date: 1835-1846

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

Reference: MSZ-0081

Description: Folder of loose material removed from volume stored with it in phase box Contains a census of the Anglican Maori female population of the Kapiti and Horowhenua areas, with occasional notes about various individuals Arrangement: Boxed together with MSZ-0080, MSZ-0082, MSZ-0083, MSZ-0084, MSZ-0085, and MSZ-0085A-C (folders) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1964-1968

From: Hutt County Council : Records

Reference: 84-223-006/0/4C

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1846 - 1847

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-054

Description: The right side of a two-part panorama with A-292-052. This section of the image shows the Paekakariki Hill Road winding down to Paekakariki and the Kapiti Coast. The left section (A-292-052) shows a soldier reclining on Paekakariki Hill, beside the road, looking north up the Kapiti Coast with Mt Taranaki appearing above the horizon on the left. The soldier is smoking a pipe and has a bundle on his back. A-292-055, [Map of Waikanae Pa, 1847?] is on the verso of A-292-054 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper 239 x 153 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1949-1953

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-34/09

Description: Correspondence, mostly from Selwyn Simcox, to Adkin about the history, Maori and European, and geology of Kapiti and Horowhenua districts. Includes information about Simcox's desire to write a brief history of Rangiatea Maori church, the Wellington-Manawatu Railway line, and the Hadfield family (with some geneaology). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 18 May 1987

From: New Zealand National Party : Further records

Reference: 89-075-137/31

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [Circa 1937]

Reference: PA1-f-054

Description: Publicity photographs taken for New Zealand Railways between 1937 and 1938 by unidentified photographers. Photographs in the North Island include tours between Stratford and Ongarue; Ngaruawahia celebrations in 1938 (including views of King Koroki's house which was built in 1938); Rotorua and six lakes trip; and opening ceremonies for the Hutt Railway. In the South Island views include Caroline Bay with events at the soundshell; in Timaru, views of a two-storied clubhouse and men playing bowls, a person practising croquet, and several games of tennis on a series of tennis courts; areas in Queen Charlotte Sound, Portage, Pelorus and Kenepuru Sounds and Blenheim Aerodrome; Tasman and Franz Josef Glaciers; Milford Sound; Punakaiki; and Cromwell. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, dark green spine, entitled `Tours 5'; 40 x 60 cm

Date: 1981

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

Reference: MapColl-WRC-R7/27A-Acc.

Description: Shows urban subdivisions NZMS maps 92/31A & 92/31B Quantity: 2 map(s) [with annotations] on one sheet. Physical Description: Ink on white paper. Scale [ca 1: 50 000 & 1: 25 000] 47 x 89 cm.