Pātea River

Date: 1865

By: Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898; Stack, James West (Rev), 1835-1919

Reference: A-210-002

Description: Shows the mouth of a stream with sea beyond. Horses and soldiers in the foreground. Very similar to version at B-045-034 with title in the artist's hand 'Alexander's farm, looking seawards from base of hill on which we were camped, 23 January 1865'. Alexander's farm was on the Mowhanau Stream, South Taranaki, not the Patea River. Appears not to show the mouth of the Patea River, despite the title on the front. Title is not in the hand of the artist. The river shown is a shallow fordable stream and the cliffs on both sides do not match those around the much deeper Patea River in the 1860s. May show the Waitotara, but much more likely to be the Mowhanau Stream, as in the related work at B-045-034 Other Titles - Alexander's farm looking seawards from base of hill on which we were camped, 23 January 1865, Mowhanau Stream [alternative title] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Mouth of Patea [in ink, not in the hand of the artist]. On verso, in pencil, in the hand of a former staff member, possibly copied from a mount: [A E Williams] [sic] [Waitotara] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 137 x 227 mm Provenance: Collection of James West Stack. Transfers: Transferred from Stack papers, Manuscripts and Archives, 1970s or early 1980s.

Date: 1923

From: Panoramic photographs of New Zealand taken by R P Moore

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-191

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1840 - 1843

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Day & Haghe (Firm)

Reference: B-187-010

Description: Waimate Pa on a high bluff above the water's edge, with palisades, houses and pataka, seen from the south bank of the Patea River. Mount Taranaki (Egmont) rises in the background to the right. Ferns, tree-ferns and a cabbage tree also to the right in the foreground Another copy at PUBL-0007-131; note it is attributed to Charles Heaphy Other Titles - Taranaki Extended Title - In "Travels in New Zealand", by Ernest Dieffenbach. London, John Murray, 1843. Volume 1, opposite page 131. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 126 x 194 mm (sight)

Date: 1868

Reference: Eph-B-VARIETY-1868-02

Description: Galley proof of verse of 60 lines. It mentions the wars in Taranaki, and mentions the Patea River, the deaths of Captain Ross, Buck, Von Tempsky, and Hastings, and farmers in need of assistance due to the actions of the war. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 349 x 133 mm.

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-046/047

Description: Shows close view of troops on the bank of the river preparing to cross: some loading dinghy at left, a group sitting smoking pipes centre left, a cannon and packhorses waiting to go. Further off are wagons, more soldiers, two sailing ships and several dinghies crossing the river towards the left bank in left distance. At right background rises the high ground of the right bank, and in central distance the camp on the cliff top. Verso contains pencilled diary notes for 14, 15, 16 March 1865: packed up tents and marched to Manutahi Pa but no sign of life there and they took peaceful possession, looting wharies and getting a few pigeon spears, mats and plenty of potatoes - went out and shot a pig and stabbed another - next day shot another pig with revolver. On 16 March, got up early and went to stock yards where a "most troublesome little black cow" was chosen - she ran and "butted everything including a poor gun horse who got in the way - however she was soon lashed up to a gun, and yielded good milk for breakfast". Inscriptions: Recto - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, 138 x 464 mm.

Date: 1937

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-55943-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-035

Description: Shows paddlesteamer at mouth of river, with cliffs and open sea in the background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 138 x 232 mm.

Date: 1905

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: 1/1-010237-G

Description: Includes views of costume, housing, dairying, railways, timber milling and farming, and general history and development of Taranaki district Source of descriptive information - File print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: Feb 1882

Reference: 1/2-081058-F

Description: The S S Patea steaming out of the Patea River, and the Wakatu being repaired on the breakwater. Photograph taken February 1882 by an unidentified photographer. Other - Note on back of file print reads: "S S Patea 79 tons Outward bound" Source of descriptive information - Ian Church, Little ships of Patea (Palmerston North [N.Z.] : Dunmore Press, 1977), plates between 14-15. Church's source is listed as being Otago daily Times and Witness Christmas Annual 1899, Hocken Library. The `Patea' was built in 1878 and wrecked at Patea on 11 April 1882. (Information from Watts Index) Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1839

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: A-146-004

Description: Shows a canoe with sails on the water, and a pa (likely to be Haera Hau Pa) perched on a cliff promontory overlooking the river. There are canoes drawn up on the narrow beach under the cliff and low scrub and a path rising up the cliff face. The view is from the right bank looking southeast across the river mouth and inland, with the pa on the cliff above the left bank Heaphy visited Patea Pa (and Waimate Pa), Taranaki, in 1839 on a journey with Robert Park. A sketchbook recording the trip is in Auckland Museum Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Chas Heaphy / Portfolio D; Recto - top centre - (In red ink): No 18 Watercolour similar to this sketch is at the Hocken, Library Reference Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 Williams, E.A. (Edward Arthur), ca. 1824-1898 Patea, 1839, 95/89. https://hakena.otago.ac.nz/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/COLLECTIONS/WEB_COLL_DET_REP/SISN 444?sessionsearch accessed 28 November 2022. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 228 x 305 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company collection. Purchased by Alexander Turnbull, London, 1915. Processing information: Pa site identified as Haera Hau Pa, following researcher information in November 2022. Hocken Library has watercolour of this sketch identified as Haera Hau Pa. See also "Ealry Māori", 'Patea Historical Society', https://www.pateahistoricalsociety.org.nz/early-maori.html, accessed 28 November 2022 - for a description of the Pa.

Date: 4 Dec 1975

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-72830-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 12 Dec 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-11304a-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: Apr 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27338-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 9 Oct 1964

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-62915-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 4 Dec 1975

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-72827-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: ca 1910

Reference: 1/2-055304-F

Description: Patea and Patea River, circa 1910. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 14 Oct 1966

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-66409-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 1930

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-62669-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [after 9 August 1904]

Reference: 1/2-062426-F

Description: Patea River inlet. Wreck of the S.S. Aotea is visible alongside the cliff face. Photograph taken by unidentified photographer sometime after the SS Aotea grounded on 9 Auguest 1904. Note on back of file print reads "c/n [copy negative] from print donated by Mrs Dunn. Source: Auckland Libraries. "The wreck of the SS Aotea: the vessel ashore at Patea, Taranaki". 'Auckland Weekly News'. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19130116-10-06. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/205402 accessed 3 July 2023. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative Processing information: Date updated from 'Unknown' 3 July 2023 following information from a researcher.

Date: 9 Oct 1964

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-62916-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate