Land settlement

Date: 1915-1918

From: Judge, Harold, 1880-1959 : Papers relating to service in Palestine

Reference: MS-Papers-4312-5

Description: Contains soldier's paybook 1915-1917 (photocopy), Newspaper cuttings re Palestine Campaign 1916-1918 (photocopies), 'Land for discharged soldiers', by D H Guthrie, Minister of Lands, 1918 re The Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 (photocopy of pamphlet) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1939

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

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-CHA-6/1/1-34-Acc.38277-38309

Description: Identifies land settlements Base maps of New Zealand - New Zealand Lands and Survey Department 1939. Quantity: 34 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Ink and colour on cream paper, Scales indeterminable. 70 x 70 cm or smaller.

Date: 15 April 1886

By: Vogel, Julius (Rt Hon Sir), 1835-1899

Reference: MS-1696

Description: Contains suggestions for a Bill for the resumption of land made by John Murray Esq at the request of Sir Julius Vogel preceded by a covering letter dated Auckland April 15 1886 Also notes on the resumption of land for settlement being the views of an anonymous writer Quantity: 1 volume(s) (18 pages). Physical Description: Mss (26 cm; ¼ blue buckram, grey boards)

Date: 1800 - 1840

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

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/1/3-Acc.36433

Description: Identifies: Trade; unspecified settlement, Pakeha Maori; Timber trade, boat building, ship building; farming; flax trade and whaling station. Attached: Miscellaneous notes regarding Pas from letters etc on Research file and Report `Pas etc 180-1840 by S Burnett 20/10/39. North Island NZ. Outline map for `Historical series' compilations. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper. 42.3 x 32.5 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1949-1957

By: Brown, John Bruce, 1907-1989; Madle, Elizabeth, active 1998

Reference: PAColl-5880

Description: Land clearance and development projects during the 1950s. Photographs show examples of techniques and machinery used for bringing in land such as rolling and crushing scrub and using cattle to crush and clear lupins. Much of the land developed for agriculture during this period was pumice land. There is a slide sequence designed to show methods for establishing pasture on this particular soil type, and a number of other slides showing the finished product -- productive farms in the Rotorua area. Landblocks named in this collection are, Newstead Block, "Rushden" Waipukurau, Lynwood F. S., and Okahukura Block. Arrangement: Transparencies at PA12-1577 to 1581 Quantity: 127 b&w original photographic print(s). 105 transparencies. Provenance: Mrs Madle is daughter of Bruce Brown (1906-1990?) a former Deputy Director of Lands & Survey.

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Holland family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6630-1

Description: Title continues:`...written for the information of my dear Wife and family'. The typescript memoir is incomplete, ending with page 17. March writes of his early life and family, schooling at Greenwich, joining the merchant navy, maiden voyage of `John Taylor' to Bombay and return trip to London, voyage to and from Melbourne in the same ship, brief description of voyage on same ship to Lyttelton in 1853 (after which he remained in Christchurch), his entry into the local Immigration Department office, marriage, appointment to Crown Lands Department and ending with the death of John Ballance. Also includes letters from E J Wakefield to March (1878) and from John Ballance to March (1888). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1911

By: Breckon, Arthur Ninnis, 1887-1965; Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)

Reference: C-065-010

Description: A posed scene in which a man and his horse approach a river, across which is the man's land, covered in bush, including toitoi, ferns and mature trees. Extended Title - From Auckland Weekly News. Special Christmas Number, 1911. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured, 435 x 585 mm

Date: 1861-1931 (1931)

By: Morrow, Arthur, 1842-1937

Reference: MS-Papers-1517

Description: Recollections, compiled at Lord Bledisloe's suggestion, of system of provincial government, land policy, Maori wars and soldier settlements Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

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

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/1/8-Acc.36439

Description: Identifies names of land owners and dates in the South Island. Attached: Miscellaneous notes regarding Pas from letters etc on Research file and Report `Pas etc 180-1840 by S Burnett 20/10/39. Note under title reads: route colours and route symbols differ from those shown on maps and in legend in letter press. See letterpress for souces of information. South Island NZ. Outline map for Historical Series. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper. Scale 1:1 000 000. 42.3 x 32.5 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [1925-1929]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-086

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; includes history of the post office at Ohau up to 1925; notes on railway management; circulars re the Labour Party for Reform Party candidates circulated by the New Zealand Welfare League; letters from the Minister of Railways re proposals to extend services in the North Island and on change to train timetable; employment request; notes by Field on political meeting of Waite at Lawrence from `Otago daily times'; mental hospital staff rates of pay; speech, A D McLeod on land settlement; heavily annotated clippings on the state of the nation from the Prime Minister's address; various notes etc relating to the election; notes on various political meetings including those of Dyson and Sievewright and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1840 - 1871

By: National Archives (Great Britain); Great Britain. Colonial Office

Reference: MapColl-Collection-Colonial_Office

Description: Copies of some of the maps originally held within the records of the British Colonial Office relating to New Zealand and includes both published and unpublished maps. The maps generally relate to exploration and settlement and include some created for the New Zealand Company. Quantity: 14 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Finding Aids: Collection contains a copy of a published map which is catalogued on the National Library Catalogue: 'Map of the province of Otago: compiled from official surveys and explorations' Additions to 1871. Otago Survey Lithographic Press, 1871. Reference - MapColl 834.5a/1871/Acc.46990-3.

Date: 1894

By: Johnston, Royden Hugh, 1915-2005

Reference: PAColl-4852

Description: Arrangement: Negatives in sequence at G 177576 1/2 - G 177580 1/2 Quantity: 5 b&w original negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1886

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

By: Duncan, J S, active 1886

Reference: MapColl-CHA-9/1/2-2A-Acc.

Description: European population identified by symbols See original maps in roll for 1886 & 1911. Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on cream paper. Scales indeterminable. 53 x 34 cm. and smaller Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 2004

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-738-070/096

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 27 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 1820

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MapColl-832ecj/1820/Acc.27449

Description: Shows geographical regions of the settlement of the descendants of the Maori canoes, as at 1820. The canoes shown include Tokomaru, Aotea, Takitimu, Matatua, Horouta, Tainui, Te Arawa, Horouta, Mamari and Kurahoupo. Also includes major iwi (tribes) and their relationship to the canoes. Author and purpose of map unknown, used for educational purposes. Probably traced (using felt tip pen), in ?1970-. The name W. Karaitiana is written on the back facing of the map. Accompanying brown wrap marked `W Karaitiana'. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, coloured, on grease proof paper, scale indeterminable, 65 x 42 cm. Transfers: From Fran Te Whaiti Papers; MS-Group-0805. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753, September 2022.

Date: [ca 1900-ca 1912]

By: Boyce, Raymond Stanley (Dr), 1928-2019

Reference: PA1-o-731

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1860

From: Statutory Branch. Head Office. Department of Lands and Survey :[Aperture cards of] maps and plans

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-L&S-A25

Description: Map shows land sections on the outskirts of central Auckland; some in South Auckland down to the Manukau Harbour; some to the east in what is now Mission Bay, St Heliers and the rest at what is now Howick, Pakuranga, East Tamaki, Otara through Whitford to Beachlands. The original map is coloured to show: sold land, unsold land, government and Maori reserves, land acquired by the New Zealand Company and land selected by the Company but reserved by the Governor. Some place names marked. Quantity: 1 map(s) on 4 aperture cards. Physical Description: 35mm microfilm inserted into card, scale [1: 63 360], copy at same size as original Provenance: Donated by Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, November 1982

Date: 1928

Reference: MapColl-832.11gbbd/[1928?]/Acc.2800

Description: Cadastral map of Onewhero Bay, Bay of Islands, showing old land claims (number 431 - 596 acres; 27 - 1276 acres (part of the Wairoa estate), bordering the Waitangi Estate), freehold land, leasehold land (884 acres including Te Kume and Te Taro), the Wairoa Estate, and section (many of which are 50 acres). Written on top right hand corner of map in pencil; 'This sketch was sent by M J Murray to me 17.2.28', signature indeciferable. Also written are some surnames, for example Johnson beside lot 2, Kruller beside lot 1. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and coloured pencil on paper, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 20 x 26 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - McLean papers.

Date: 1848

From: Statutory Branch. Head Office. Department of Lands and Survey :[Aperture cards of] maps and plans

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Fitzgerald, Thomas Henry, 1824-1888

Reference: MapColl-L&S-WT3

Description: Cadastral map of Wellington city with numbered sections, street names and notable features. Shows land reserved for Maori including Te Aro Pa; Maori cultivations in the Town Belt; government reserves including the Town Belt which also shows an area marked out for the Botanic Gardens and land within the belt marked with boundaries and acreages. Some reclaimed land is shown in the Thorndon area and some European claimants are given. Library also holds a photocopy of the map in one piece at original size at MapColl 832.4799a/[1848?]/Acc.37420 The map uses a colour coding system to relate some of the information: this can be seen on the original at Archives New Zealand Quantity: 1 map(s) on 4 aperture cards. Physical Description: 35mm microfilm inserted into card, scale [1: 7 920], copy at same size as original Provenance: Donated by Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, November 1982

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

Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/1/4-Acc.36434

Description: Identifies names of land owners and dates in the North Island. Attached: Miscellaneous notes regarding Pas from letters etc on Research file and Report `Pas etc 180-1840 by S Burnett 20/10/39. Note under title reads: route colours and route symbols differ from those shown on maps and in legend in letter press. See letterpress for souces of information. North Island NZ. Outline map for Historical Series. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper. Scale 1:1 000 000. 42.3 x 32.5 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.