Places

Date: 1881-1901

From: Mackay, Alexander, 1833-1909 : Maori land papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2089-1

Description: Contains detailed whakapapa tables of the Ngati Toa tribe, with cross links into Te Ati Awa, relating to the purchase of the top of the South Island by the Crown; a copy of the Royal Commission relating to Ngati Toa (published in the AJHR 1881); correspondence dated 1901 regarding McKay's retirement; notes and a schedule of Maori rents in Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1985-1989

Reference: Eph-C-MAORI-1985/1989

Description: Includes: 1985: Aotearoa: Tihei Mauri Ora. [Poster promoting Maori nationalism. 1985] Nga Ingoa o Aotearoa; an oral dictionary of Maori place names. Two cassettes and a booklet, produced by Replay Radio in Wellington. Part I: Te Upoko o te Ika. [1985]. Flyer Nga Tamariki o te Kohu (Ngai Tuhoe, Ruatoki guardians of the sacred mountain Taiarahia). Conservation of Land and a People's Identity. Public meeting. Crossways, Saturday August 2 1986. Supported by the Native Forest Actions Council Theatre of the Eighth Day presents Te Tutakitanga i Te Puna: Encounter at Te Puna. National Tour. 23 February - 7 March 1985. 1986: Te Maori. Te hokinga mai; the return home. Evening Post, 14 August 1986 (8 page newspaper supplement) New Zealand Film Archive. Films by James McDonald. [Exhibition of films featuring Maori]. Embassy Theatre Sunday 17 August 1986. It was associated with the Te Maori exhibition. Rotorua Art Gallery. Pakeha - Maori; a conjuncture; documentary photographs taken in the Rotorua Region 1978-1986 by Mark Adams. Maori - Pakeha, he waerenga ururoa. He koha ohaki whakaahua i tangohia i Rotorua whanui 1978-1986 na Makere Arama. Organised by the Rotorua Art Gallery with assistance from the QE II Arts Council. Toured throughout New Zealand by the N.Z. Art Gallery Directors Council. [1986?] 1987: Aotearoa: Tihei Mauri Ora. Live -Wellington Teachers' College, Tues 7th April, 7.30 - 11.00 pm Te Reo Maori: The Maori Language Act 1987. [Notice to the community advising them that they can have their court trials conducted in Maori if they wish]. 1987. (2 copies) Te Reo Maori: Te Ture mo te Reo Maori 1987. This is the same notice but written in Maori. 1987. (2 copies) Victoria University of Wellington. Nga Kauwhau o te Ngahuru (Autumn lecture series). [19 March - 9 April; with speakers Derek Tini Fox, Taaringaroa Nicholas, Toarangatira Pomare, Dr Mason Durie]. Te Herenga Waka Marae [1981 or 1987?] 1988: National Art Gallery presents a Nga Puna Waihanga exhibition, Taki Toru. Three installations by Maori artists, Selwyn Muru, Paratene Matchitt, Ralph Hotere. Shed 11, 16 July - 28 August 1988 (2 copies) New Zealand Post. Maori Place Names. Poster listing some New Zealand towns and cities and their English names paralleled with the former Maori names or Maori transliterations. NZ Post PM 1031 [1988] Nga Toi o te Iwi; the arts of the people. An exhibition and demonstrations of traditional and contemporary Maori art practice. And Nga Hua o te Iwi; the fruits of the people, presented by the Northern Regional Arts Council. National Library Gallery, National Library of New Zealand. 5 - 26 March 1988. Take notice. On January 25th 1988, the Mongrel Mob attacked a family group at the Wairoa Carnival [flyer about the establishment of a Black Power Chapter in Wairoa] Issued by Nga Mana Mangu, Manau Kaha o Aotearoa Iwi katoa [1988] (2 copies) Ka Tuhuruhu o Nehera; the drawings of ancient times [1988](2 copies) 1989: He Putea korero [kit]; a collection of picture cards and verses of New Zealand native animals illustrating the Maori alphabet. Whanganui [N.Z.], Te Puna Publications, 1989. (Partial only - includes picture card sheets for Kiwi, Ruru, Ngaro, Aine, Huia, Tuatara, Mango, Weta, Namu and Naeroa, Eo, Papaka, Uere, Wheke; inside patterned red and cream light card envelope) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Black and white and colour prints on posters, sizes varying below 500 mm.

Date: 1939

By: Automobile Association (Wellington, N.Z.) Inc.

Reference: MapColl-832.4395gmbd/[1939]/Acc.25,535

Description: Map of Otaki, with revisions made in white correcting fluid. The area is from the sea to the racecourse including the Otaki River and the golf links, Otaki Beach, Rangiuru and Otaki Town settlements. Shows the sites of the King George V Memorial Health Camp, several areas of Church Mission Grant land, the Catholic Church Mission Station, Maori Church, pa, memorial to Te Rauparaha, schools, the hospital and sanitorium reserves and a mill. Includes dates when the Catholic Mission Station was opened and dates when the church, presbytery and school were built. Streets and streams are named and the old course of the Otaki River is marked as is the borough boundary and built up areas. A reference key shows numbered sites of interest. Printed on botttom left corner: L. and S. license 440/35/39 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, scale [ca.1:5 544], 56.8 x 69.7 cm.

Date: 1848-1986

By: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986

Reference: MS-Group-1901

Description: Comprises three boxes relating to NZ Historic Places Trust; library survey (1959) with correspondence; papers re NZLA; papers re National Library; files re Bagnall's position as librarian, National Library Centre (box 5) and including correspondence, visit to Australia, National Bibliography file, manuscript in Taranaki Museum, Judy Hornabrook; Carnegie Corporation, library group papers; and a box of papers re the NZLA (box 6). Includes manuscripts of, and research material on, William Colenso; correspondence and notes on his history of the Wairarapa and files on the National Library. Further personal papers including correspondence, reports, research notes, literary drafts and printed material related to his local historical work, professional life as a librarian, bibliographer and author. Includes extensive newspaper cuttings collated for Bagnall's research into local histories of the Eastern Bays of Wellington and the Wairarapa. Source of title - Supplied by Library Librarian, bibliographer, author and local historian. Bagnall was Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library from 1966 to 1973. One of his most significant achievements was his 35 year involvement compiling and editing the New Zealand national bibliography. Quantity: 25 box(es). 4 folder(s). 9.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, ephemera, photographs and printed matter Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into the Manuscripts Section, transfers made from there. - To Book Collections - 5 boxes of book catalogues and published material - To Ephemera Collection - 2 boxes of booklets and printed material - To Photographic Archive - 38 Black & white photographs, 10 colour photographs, and negatives (PA-Group-00656).

Date: 1884

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: E-278-q-099

Description: Postcard with a photo-mechanical reproduction of a photograph, taken by William Williams in 1884. It shows Okiwi Brown seated at the door of his thatch-roofed hut at Rona Bay. His Maori wife Nan can be seen on the other side of the door. The two men standing near Brown are F W Devereux and T H Wyatt. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 64 x 110 mm on card

Date: 1878-1981

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: 81-295

Description: Records include ledgers, staff records, cash books, letter books (1900-1910), various documents (letters, insurance policies, reminiscences, deeds, and mortgages), Board of Directors' records (1962-1975), records of subsidiary and related companies, legal correspondence, killing records, newspaper clippings (1907-1969), share registers and share records (including indexes), and records of the Fellmongery Department (including staff, stock and cash) Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - See also 78-047, 87-080, 91-256 Petone meat processing plant Quantity: 7 folder(s). 118 volume(s). 47 box(es). 15 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Plans - To Ephemera Collection - 1 box - To Photographic Archive - 3 boxes - To Serials Collection - MIRINZ bulletin (refrigeration) No 2, 1974; Thomson news No 4 May 1972 - To Book Collections - Associated North Island freezing companies of NZ. General report, 1912; Petone Borough Council dairy regulation by-law, 1911; Petone Borough Council heavy traffic by-law, 1905; Petone Borough Council waterworks by-law, 1904; Petone Borough Council drainage & sanitary by-law, 1911.

Date: 1948

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-002

Description: "Illustrating geological formations, Vol 2". Black & white photographs showing the geology and geomorphology of the Rotorua area, taken while George Leslie Adkin was attending a New Zealand Geological Survey Staff Conference, May 9-22, 1948. Includes images of a thermal spring at Ohaki (near Rotorua), the Hinemaiai Stream; Lakes Taupo and Rotoaira, aerial views of the Tongariro volcanic complex showing Mt Tongariro, Mt Ruapehu and Mt Ngauruhoe with the Waco plane used for the flights; the Tikitere thermal area; Lake Rotoiti; the ignimbrite gorge of the Waikato River at the Maraetai dam site; Whakarewarewa; Maggie Papakura's house at Tuhoromatakaka, Whakarewarewa. He later visited Napier and Hastings (Sept 3-7, and 15-20, 1948), and has images showing Napier City; the shingle beach at the breakwater, Napier; Ahuriri Bluff, and the Manawatu Gorge. On Sept 9th 1948 he took photographs of the Wellington Peninsula from Parkvale Road to Mt Kaukau, and from Mt Kaukau showing the Wellington City hill system and its topographical features.

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: 1973-1981

From: Parafed Wellington Inc : Papers, photographs and objects

Reference: Series-6902

Description: Series made up of; - A metal bottle opener, resembling a patu and decorated with Māori-style patterns. - Two drinks coasters - A nylon banner, with fringing - Two identical blazer pocket emblems; and - A piece of fabric, possibly a place mat, with Māori decorative motif. Quantity: 7 curio(s). Physical Description: Various media, including metal, plastic, fabrics (nylon, wool, cotton) and cardboard Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts; other material transferred to Ephemera, Photo Archive and Published collections. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00802, December. Previous reference: Curios-044-009/015. Previous title: Various artists :[Bottle opener, coasters, banner, blazer pocket emblems, placemat, from Parafed Wellington Inc. 1973-1981].

Date: 1889 - 1906

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B023

Description: Contains notes about the occupation of land near Greytown by the Ngati Muretu hapu, and a draft letter complaining about land sold by someone that does not own it; contains cosmological information, including whakapapa of various deities and a detailed account of the life of Maui Tikitiki; also contains notes about practices and traditions associated with childbirth and the instruction of children in martial and practical arts; there are also notes about practices within whare wananga and the conditions placed on students There is a narrative about Ngatoroirangi of the Te Arawa canoe, and a warning about incorrect whakapapa and the use of repetitive names to inflate a whakapapa; there is also a discussion of the relevance of traditional knowledge in contemporary society There is a narrative dictated by Te Wera Hauraki and Tarahau in 1837 about Ngati Awa, recited by Te Matorohanga to Te Whatahoro at a later date; the narrative describes the arrival of Ngati Awa at Whakatane and their conflicts with the resident tangata whenua, which includes a detailed physical description of these people; there is a narrative about the migration of Toi and Whatonga to New Zealand and their subsequent settlement There is a narrative of 19th century conflicts involving Waikato and Taranaki tribes and subsequent events, whakapapa (including some taken from the Journal of the Polynesian Society), karakia associated with various practices and activities (including notes about the performance of karakia by tohunga), and waiata (including notes from Sir George Grey's `Nga Moteatea' There is a narrative about the birth of Tuteremoana of the Ngai Tara tribe, with related waiata; a list of place-names and pa sites in the Wellington area and some notes about conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu; there are also notes about the proceedings of a whakapapa hui held at Papawai in 1906, including an address by H P Tunuiarangi Other - 5 loose pages are inserted in the beginning. One page is titled `Te Ngakiatotara', another 2 pages are titled `Kereitaone' and the other is a list of names from Ngati Awa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (32 cm; maroon boards)

Date: 1895

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B016

Description: Contains notes about places associated with Kupe in Wellington and Wairarapa, whakapapa, financial records by Tuta Nihoniho and miscellaneous notes about land management There is a lengthy account of the destruction of the Te Arawa canoe by Raumati, and subsequent events, and a related narrative about Raumati's son, Ngarue and his activites and family There are haka and waiata, a list of pa in Taranaki and related iwi, notes about the origins and settlements of various iwi, notes about greenstone, and a narrative about conflicts between Te Ati Awa and Waikato, and the subsequent migration of Te Ati Awa along with Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Toa to the Wellington area There are notes about the arrival of Pakeha in New Zealand before Captain Cook, and a note in Elsdon Best's hand that states that much of the information in the manuscript was extracted from the Journal of the Polynesian Society and other published sources Also contains the names of several muskets belonging to the Ngati Toa which were named in a waiata composed by the wife of Te Pukoro, a Ngati Tama/ Ati Awa chief killed in the Wairarapa in the late 1820s. This lament was composed and sung at Waikanae to rouse the Ngati Toa to seek revenge for the deaths of the Ngati Tama and Ati Awa in the Wairarapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ maroon, black boards, 24 cm., vol. numbered 9

Date: 1818-1968

By: Wilson, Geoffry Burns, 1904-1977

Reference: MS-Papers-1003

Description: Papers include correspondence concerning history and exploration of the Tararua Ranges, correspondence of tramping clubs in the areas, files on huts and wildlife in the Tararuas and printed material (mainly newspaper cuttings) There are also notes on the history of Wilson's (NZ), Portland Cement Ltd and family history. Further papers relating to the Federated Mountain Clubs, Tararua Tramping Club and John Pascoe; sample files are Nomenclature - Tararua District; Meetings - AGMs of other clubs; Pascoe - Tararua tramping; FMC newsletters; Huts and tracks - Waerenga; Easter 1933 - Hill & Co search; Accidents; Search parties (various names, including Philip Temple); and other topics Source of title - Supplied title Wilson was long-standing member of Tararua Tramping Club. Quantity: 58 folder(s). 0.58 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies) Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 4 December 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: 1835-1969

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1925

Description: Extensive central records for major boards and committees, educational trusts, and cathedral fund (1899-1930). Also Bishop Hadfield's correspondence file for 1845-1903. Parish records for the whole diocese include registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Maori census registers for Kapiti, Wellington and Nelson; Maori mission registers for Otaki 1852-1875 and Putuki 1856-1867; records of St Margaret's Church, Taihape Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also 89-008, 87-181 and 94-235; MS-Group-0062 (St James' Church, Lower Hutt). Further Otaki Parish records are held by the Horowhenua Historical Society) Quantity: 210 volume(s). 213 folder(s). 10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - 29 numbered prints - Artist's impression of new St Paul's Cathedral (T V Ellis, 1945) - To Photographic Archive - Loose photographs mainly pertaining to St Margaret's Church, Taihape and district.

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-9/2/24-30A-Acc.

Description: Most are colour coded but lack reference key, all are undated. Areas include: North Auckland (incomplete) 9/2/24; Manukau, Thames, Waikato 9/2/25; Coromandel 9/2/26; Pokaka to Hihitahi 9/2/27; Napier 9/2/28; Taranaki (9/2/30) and Wellington (9/2/30). 9/2/30 which is identified on back as Waihi-Whakatane-Rotorua has G R printed on lower left corner beside some artistic ink drawings of Maori heads. Quantity: 8 manuscript map(s) (in folder). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and colour tracings on greaseproof paper. Scale indeterminable. 41 x 19.5 cm. and smaller. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1927-1929

From: Duncan, June (Mrs), fl 1997 :Photographs from the estates of Joseph and Frank Duncan

By: Duncan, June, active 1997

Reference: PA1-q-613

Description: Cuttings relate closely with albums PA1-q-611 and PA1-q-612. They contain information about Joseph and Frank Duncan's work with the Wellington City Council and later as road paving contractors. There is also a lot of comment on and debate about the new bituminous roads being laid down in the 1920s as well as descriptions of jobs and contracts undertaken by Wellington and some other local authorities in the Wellington Region and elsewhere in New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1929 - 1949

By: Seaton, Sladden & Pavitt (Firm); Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4798gbbd/1948/Acc.25695

Description: Cadastral and survey map of Pinehaven bounded by Jocelyn Crescent, Wyndham and Pinehaven roads to Whiteman's Valley Road. Includes Winchester Avenue. Five diagrams show enlargements of some sections where there is a mass of detail. Some topographic detail is described and an area of new road is shown. The adjacent Belmont and Rimutaka Survey Disticts are marked. Other Titles - Plan of town of Pinehaven being subdivision Part Lot 1, Deposited Plan 9111, being Part Sections 193 and 195A Hutt Registration District, Block IV Belmont Survey District and subdivision of Part Section 250 Hutt Registration District, Block V Rimutaka Survey District Note under title states: Comprised in C.T. 285/185 & 397/11 Notes at base of map refer to a declaration and a certification by H. Sladden, licensed surveyor. March 1929 Note at bottom right of map: Approved, Guildford Timber Company Ltd. and Goodwin & Chichester Company Ltd. by Duncan & Hanna Note at bottom right of map: Drawn by J. Clapperton. Compared with original M. Lawson 30.1.48 Notes at top left of map refer to minimum frontage required by the Land Act and lots having no legal access and can only be sold to the adjoining owner only Note at centre left of map: Names of roads added after interview with County Engineer. Sgd. C.G.F. 3.10.47 Note at bottom left of map: Approved E. M. Waters, Chief Surveyor, 20/6/29 Government Department stamps of the Land Transfer Office at top left of map include the date of 8/3/29 with signature of Duncan & Hanna. Correct C.J.F. Government depatrment stamps of the land Tansfer Office draughtsman at top left of map includes the name of L. G. Peacock and the initials G.J.E. Stamp at top right of map states: Deposited this third day of December 1930. Signed J.J.L. Burke, District Land Registrar 9185 is stamped on each side of the map Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, scale [1:1 584], 42 x 42.5 cm. on sheet 45.8 x 61.2 cm

Date: [1920]

From: Lee, Robert, 1837-1922 : Memoirs of an early educator

Reference: MS-Papers-5618-2

Description: Includes: Chapter 7 - Inspection of schools around Wellington, 1874-1877; Chapter 8 - Inspector of Schools, Wairarapa, 1874-1877; Chapter 9 - Inspector of Schools, Manawatu and Rangitikei, 1874-1877; Chapter 10 - Inspector of Schools, Wanganui and beyond, 1874-1877; Chapter 11 - Inspector of Schools, Marlborough, 1874-1877 and Inspector of Schools and Secretary (Wellington), 1878-1886 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs

Date: Aug 1942

By: Grayland, Eugene Charles, 1916-1976

Reference: MS-0870

Description: Unpublished work on major New Zealand earthquake. Contains detailed research on the event and its aftermath, phenomena observed, geomorphological changes and damage sustained in Wellington and the Wairarapa. Full table of contents showing damage, and geological diagrams are included in the text Variations in title - Spine title: The NZ earthquake of August 1942 Source of title - Title transcribed Accompanying material - Six leaves loose in phase box probably intended for this volume Eugene Grayland of Auckland was an author, newspaper journalist and editor, book collector and publisher under his own imprint, the Colenso Press Quantity: 1 volume(s) (160 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter (22 cm; ¼ red cloth, orange boards, in grey phase box)

Date: 1955 - 1965

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department. Housing Division.

Reference: MapColl-832.47964gbbd/[ca 1960]/Acc.11811

Description: Cadastral map of the Porirua East subdivision, Block 12, from Hampshire Street southwards to Carnavon Place. Streets are named and sections numbered; shows recreation reserves. Written on map: HDW 31911 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 73.8 x 74 cm.

Date: 1873-1902

Reference: Micro-MS-0895

Description: Comprises diaries of William, John and Alexander Golder Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s).