Artist and soldier. Sergeant Maling, Corp of Guides, was awarded the New Zealand Cross for gallantry at Tauranga-ika in Feb 1868. Later rose to the rank of Major. His medal is in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. He was also employed in the Department of Lands and Survey and for a time had an official position in Japan. Died in England in Feb 1917 aged 74. (An Encyclopaedia of NZ Vol 2, p663). See also `The Pioneer land surveyors of NZ / C A Lawn, p 180 (qMS-1138). 'Nineteenth century N Z artists: a guide and handbook' / Una Platts (1968) lists him as the son of Thomas Audos Maling, who was killed at Wairau in June 1843, and records that Christopher was born a few months after his father's death. He was brought to Auckland by Bishop Selwyn and brought up by Capt David Rough and his wife.
Maling, Christopher, 1843-1917
Maling, Christopher 1843-1917 :Waitohi 1857?
Date: 1850 - 1857
By: Maling, Christopher, 1843-1917
Reference: A-018-015-2
Description: Shows Picton Inscriptions: Verso - Zion chapel, Tarawera...; Signed: C. Maling Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 50 x 200 mm on sheet 126 x 200 mm
Maling, Christopher, 1843-1917 :Port Hardy. Waitohi. ca 1857
Date: 1857
By: Maling, Christopher, 1843-1917
Reference: A-108-015-1
Description: Two views from the sea, the upper one of Port Hardy with a small island between two headlands; the lower view looking towards the settlement of Picton with a few houses near the shore On the verso of the artist's Zion Chapel at Tarawera (A-108-015). Some of the ink of Zion Chapel has bled through to the Port Hardy side of the page Waitohi was the original name for Picton Other Titles - Picton Inscriptions: Recto - titles in ink under relevant images; also the signature, C. Maling written three times Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 230 x 200 mm on sheet 126 x 200 mm
Maling, Christopher 1843-1917 :Zion chapel, Tarawera, New Zealand. Nth Island. 1857?
Date: 1857
By: Maling, Christopher, 1843-1917
Reference: A-108-015
Description: View across a promontory, with the steeple of a church and low houses. In the background is are the volcanic cones of Mount Tarawera. A cultivated garden lies to the left of the church. In the foreground are groups of Maori, and there are two waka on the lake. Probably orginally from a drawing or lithograph by William Bambridge - there is a copy of this lithograph in the British Library. On the left is an inscription 'from a sketch by S. F. W', possibly S. F. Ward. The church shown was on Kariri (Galilee) Point at Lake Tarawera. It was established by Rev Seymour Mills Spencer in 1843. Spencer moved to nearby Te Wairoa in 1852. Inscriptions: Signed: C. Maling Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 126 x 200 mm
Research notes on New Zealand surveyors
Date: [ca 1840-1900]
From: Easdale, Nola, fl 1984-1998 : Papers
Reference: 90-143-2
Description: Includes surnames J to S Quantity: 1 box(es).