Wairoa was constituted a borough in 1909. In the original government plan, the town was to be named Clyde, but the named was changed back to Wairoa to avoid confusion with Clyde in Central Otago
Wairoa
Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898 :Te Reinga, 1867. [Postcard depicting] watercolour by ...
Date: 1970 - 1867 - 1975
From: [Various artists] :[Postcards depicting works of art]. National Art Gallery. Wellington, N.Z. [1970s]
By: Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898
Reference: E-278-q-038-A
Description: Postcard depicting Richmond's watercolour of a waterfall at Wairoa, Hawke's Bay. Painted in 1867. Gift of E A Atkinson in 1935 on behalf of artist's daughter D K Richmond Other Titles - Te Reinga, falls of the Wairoa, Hawke's Bay Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photo-lithograph, 150 x 105 mm
Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898 :Te Reinga, 1867. [Postcard depicting] watercolour by ...
Date: 1970 - 1867 - 1975
By: Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898
Reference: E-278-q-044
Description: Postcard depicting Richmond's watercolour of a waterfall at Wairoa, Hawke's Bay. Painted in 1867. Gift of E A Atkinson in 1935 on behalf of artist's daughter D K Richmond Other Titles - Te Reinga, falls of the Wairoa, Hawke's Bay Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 150 x 105 mm
Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898 :Te Reinga, 1867. [Postcard depicting] watercolour by ...
Date: 1970 - 1867 - 1975
From: [Various artists] :[Postcards depicting works of art]. National Art Gallery. Wellington, N.Z. [1970s]
By: Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898
Reference: E-278-q-038
Description: Postcard depicting Richmond's watercolour of a waterfall at Wairoa, Hawke's Bay. Painted in 1867. Gift of E A Atkinson in 1935 on behalf of artist's daughter D K Richmond Other Titles - Te Reinga, falls of the Wairoa, Hawke's Bay Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 150 x 105 mm
Tuhoe Meeting House
Date: 1934
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0018B
Description: Correspondence regarding the building of the Tuhoe Meeting House in Ruatoki including detailed lists of materials. contains letter from the Builder and contractor, R.J. Wills in regard to the Waitangi Treaty House and the Takitimu house in Wairoa. Language - English translations Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Carroll Memorial Meeting House (a)
Date: 1934-1936
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0216
Description: Contains correspondence and other papers mainly concerning the proposed Carroll Memorial Meeting House at Wairoa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Carroll Memorial Meeting House and other wharenui (b)
Date: 1934-1936
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0217
Description: Contains correspondence and other papers relating to the proposed Carroll Memorial Meeting House, the Takitimu Carved House, and a Tuhoe wharenui Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Correspondence (a)
Date: 1940-1949
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7575-033
Description: Contains letters and papers to Ngata relating to politics, Maori education and employment, development schemes and the Cook Islands Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Cameron, J L :137 postcards of various scenes in New Zealand, Channel Islands and Austr...
Date: ca1905, ca1906, ca1907, ca1918, ca 1920s
By: Cameron, J L, active 1986
Reference: PAColl-0938
Description: Quantity: 137 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).
P, C fl 1886 :Wairoa township from Te Komiti ; Te Tarata, or White Terrace, Lake Rotoma...
Date: 1886
By: P, C, active 1886; Wilson & Horton (Firm); Gilmore, D Hunter, active 1950s-1980s
Reference: B-033-020
Description: A series of views of Te Wairoa with Lake Tarawera in the background; the White Terraces; the Pink Terraces Supplement to: New Zealand Herald, 21 June 1886. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Two tone lithograph 450 x 290 mm Provenance: Donation: D. Hunter Gilmore, Rangiora, 12 March 1980
Spratt, Henry Thomas, b 1827 :[Sketchbook. 1860s?]
Date: 1860 - 1870
By: Spratt, Henry Thomas, 1827-1908; Smith, Barry, active 1990s
Reference: E-572
Description: Includes sketches of scenes in Taranaki, Auckland, Tauranga, Rotorua, and Wairoa. Artist attributed by inscription inside front cover. Artist assumed to be Dr Henry Thomas Spratt, rather than his son Henry Howell Spratt. See Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 1, Wellington, page 884. Boxed with two sketchbooks by Jock McEwen. There is no connection with this sketchbook and the Jock McEwen sketchbooks Inscriptions: Album page - [Inside front cover]: Dr Spratt / Greytown W. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Sketchbook of 10 leaves, interleaved with tissue, size 184 x 246 mm. Provenance: Donated by Barry Smith in 1999. Donor is descendant of William Mein Smith.
Winchcomb, W A G, fl 1864-1885 : Chronology of military service
Date: [ca 1885]
By: Winchcomb, Walter Allan Grant, 1831?-1912
Reference: MS-Papers-10018
Description: Comprises a record of Winchcomb's military service from the time he joined the volunteers in 1864, his activities during the Maori Wars, 1864-1868, first in Taranaki and later at Wairoa. He was a lieutenant of the Wairoa Rifles from formation to disbanding. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr N G Cundy, Palmerston North, Jun 1977 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph album - West Coast, compiled by George Roberts, surveyor.
Photograph of the carved pou named Umukarina
Date: 1880s
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: PA1-o-2072-08
Description: Taken by an unknown photographer in the 1880s. Shows a pou tokomanawa, central post figure, seated with crossed legs. Carved by Wero Tārio of Ngāti Tarāwhai. An annotation beneath the photograph reads "Wairoa", which refers to Te Wairoa near Laka Tarawera. The pou once held the notice board outside Rotomahana Hotel, Te Wairoa village, which was buried by the Tarwera eruption in 1886. Eric Craig was the last recorded owner, was listed for sale in 1898 in item at library reference ArtEph-1898-C-01. Source: Roger Neich, Auckland Museum. "Help needed to find the Aukati Post". 'Rotorua Daily Post', 9 Jun, 2017. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/help-needed-to-find-the-aukati-post/TTVL72MVAP22RFKGYMMVY52E4U/ accessed 26 October 2023. Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - 307; Mount recto - beneath image - Wairoa; Umukarina Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print Processing information: Description updated September 2023. Previous reference PAColl-6056-04-07. Previous title: Photograph of a central post figure.
Whakapapa
Date: 1904
From: Te Whaiti family : Collection
Reference: MSX-5157
Description: Whakapapa book written by Te Iriwhiro, from the Urewera district, for Te Whatahoro Jury; the whakapapa seems to relate to Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Ruapani, Te Aitanga a Mahaki and Tuhoe
A T Ngata Centennial Atlas papers - Notes for Hawke's Bay, Gisborne district, and Wairoa
Date: 1940
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-146
Description: Contains notes compiled by Ngata from published sources and manuscripts about Maori placenames in the East Coast district, and derivations of the names
Pango Te Whareauahi - Te Hekenga o Kahuhunu
Date: [18--]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-196
Description: Volume by Pango Te Whareauahi on the story of the migration of Kahuhunu (ie Kahungunu, ancestor of Ngati Kahungunu) from Tauranga to the East Coast, Kahungunu's courtship of Rongomaiwahine, notes about Tupurupuru's death and the subsequent migration of Rakaihikuroa; also includes other traditional history and genealogical notes relating to Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Raukawa. See JPS v14 p 67-95. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Diagrams of artefacts
Date: [19--]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MSI-Papers-0261-10/18A
Description: Maps and tracings of land features and various archaeological finds, including numerous Maori artefacts (usually made from either bone or wood, but includes some human remains), from around NZ but mostly from the Horowhenua district. Examples are a whale club (patu paraoa) found at Horowhenua, and a whale bone comb (heru paraoa) found at Waikanae.
Photographs of trips to the South Island and the East Coast of the North Island, of New...
Date: ca1984-1989
From: Poppleton, Philip George :Photographs of South Island, East Coast, North Island, and Campbell Island
By: Poppleton, Philip George, 1922-2002
Reference: PA1-q-635
Description: Photographs contained in this album include of Orape [?] Cemetery and Waiaua Marae Urupā. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
New Zealand Armed Constabulary Wairoa Division : Diary of duty of constabulary
Date: 1871-1875
By: New Zealand Armed Constabulary Force. Wairoa Division
Reference: Micro-MS-0100
Description: Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s) positive.
`Braeside' 1928
Date: 1928
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: Crarer, Peter, active 1923-1928
Reference: Pan-0691-F
Description: Panoramic view of "Braeside", Wairoa, taken by Robert Percy Moore in 1928 Note spelling of surname of client. Writing illegible. After search of Wise's Post Office Directory (1923) found large family of Crarers, all around Wairoa, including P. Crarer of Ruataniwha Road, Wairoa Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - P. Crarer Title "Braeside" 1928 Wairoa HB 1 Oils 3 B&W Bright red roof white house dark brown shed [word over-ruled] door on garage Various colours flowers Dark green under eve [sic: eave]. Red roof buildings in background.; Marginal notes on tape - [at other end] P. Crarer; Photographer's title on negative - "Braeside" 1928 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.9 x 101.6 cm
Scenes in New Zealand Album
Date: ca 1909
From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns
Reference: PA1-o-834
Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).