Reclamation of land - New Zealand - Hawke's Bay Region

Date: 1934 - 1938

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department; Delany, John, active 1992

Reference: MapColl-832.3eam/[1937?]/Acc.27165

Description: A base planning map of Ahuriri Lagoon reclamation and proposed drainage and subdivisions has been used to show the proposed water supply and subdivision for the area of Napier from Napier Park, Greenmeadows to Te Ruru-o-Kuri Island and Bay View. An artesian well and substation are marked, as are pipes, house connections, scour valves, valves and proposed subdivision boundaries which are included in a reference key. Subdivisions are numbered. Includes Crown Land, Native Land and subdivisions marked Public Trustee, also sites of radio stations and the Westshore Emergency Landing Ground. Names of subdivision owners are: G.R. Mongomery, J.I. Cato, T.N. Tasker, M. Oak, H.M. Murton, M. Waterhouse, E. Cato, Mrs. T.N. Baker, Stanley Bennett, O.J.W. Lake, M. Strauchan or May Stroughan, Evan Davies, J. Morrison, G.A. Eddy, C.C. De V. Holt, B.R. Menzies, S.H. White, R.D. & L.D. Hall, A. Edwards, J. Marshall, L.C. Lopdell, J. Vigor Brown, A.H. Pollen, J.A.L. Hay & E. Nesbit, H. Neagle, Messrs. Lockyer. Names of the Public Works Department employees written on base map: D.J.B. Halley, H. Mayhead, A.R. McKenzie, W.S & D.J.B.H. Handwritten title on reverse states: Ahuriri lagoon reclamation Base map: Ahuriri Lagoon reclamation: plan of proposed drainage and subdivision, P.W. Napier 348. [Napier, N.Z.]: P.W. Napier, [1937?] Written on bottom right of base map: Drawing no. 2, Sheet No. 1 Written on bottom left of base map: Drawing No. 1, Sheet No. 1, W.O. Plan 7/7 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, part coloured, scale [1:7 920], 74.4 x 154.4 cm.

Date: [ca 1932]

Reference: MapColl-832.395eam/[ca.1932]/Acc.57723

Description: A copy of an unpublished map from ca.1932, author unknown, showing the Ahuriri Lagoon Reclamation Scheme Plan of the Ahuriri Lagoon near Napier. A network of drains and banks is shown, together with statistical information on areas drained, in acres. The map provides written descriptions relating to the topography and acreage of Catchment Blocks 1-15, which drain into the Ahuriri Lagoon's Contour Channel. For example, a description relating to Catchment Block no. 7 reads: "Catchment no. 7. Steep hills. 770 acres to Contour Channel". The map also includes a bird's eye view of a small island, named "Roro-o-Kuri Island'; a line drawing of the "Old Tutaekuri River Bed"; the main highway north; and part of the East Coast railway and Westshore Bridge. The map has been annotated on reverse by library staff member: "Duplicate. Storage. 27 May 1959". Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - Duplicate Storage 27 May 1959 A larger version of this map is available at MapColl-832.395eam/[ca.1932]/Acc.2756 Quantity: 1 map(s) single-sided. Physical Description: Diazo print on paper, linen backed; 25 x 40 cm.

Date: 1937

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department; Delany, John, active 1992

Reference: MapColl-832.3eam/1937/Acc.27163

Description: A base planning map of Ahuriri Lagoon reclamation and proposed drainage and subdivision has been used to show the proposed and completed drains, formed and trimmed roads and metalled roads, a stopbank, drains, areas ploughed by rotary hoe and fencing for the area of Napier from Napier Park, Greenmeadows to Te Ruru-o-Kuri Island and Bay View. The map is substantially marked with lines of lateral drains, positions of soil samples taken and soil survey data referred to in reference keys. Includes Crown Land, Native Land and subdivisions marked Public Trustee, also the site of the Westshore Emergency Landing Ground, cattle stops and Park Island Road Bridge with dates of commencement and completion of its building.. Names of subdivision owners are: G.R. Mongomery, J.I. Cato, T.N. Tasker, M. Oak, H.M. Murton, M. Waterhouse, E. Cato, Mrs. T.N. Baker, Stanley Bennett, O.J.W. Lake, M. Strauchan or May Stroughan, Evan Davies, J. Morrison, G.A. Eddy, C.C. De V. Holt, B.R. Menzies, E.E. Lemon, S.H. White, R.D. & L.D. Hall, A. Edwards, J. Marshall, L.C. Lopdell, J. Vigor Brown, A.H. Pollen, J.A.L. Hay & E. Nesbit, H. Neagle, Messrs. Lockyer. Names of the Public Works Department employees written on base map: D.J.B. Halley, H. Mayhead, A.R. McKenzie, W.S & D.J.B.H. Handwritten on reverse of map: Ahuriri Lagoon Base map: Ahuriri Lagoon reclamation: plan of proposed drainage and subdivision, P.W. Napier 348. [Napier, N.Z.]: P.W. Napier, [1937?] Written on bottom right of base map: Drawing no. 1, Sheet No. 1, revised to March 1937 Written on bottom left of base map: Drawing No. 1, Sheet No. 1, W.O. Plan 7/7 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, part coloured, scale [1:7 920], 74.3 x 154.5 cm.

Date: 1937 - 1938

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department; Delany, John, active 1992

Reference: MapColl-832.3eam/[1937?]/Acc.27164

Description: The left half of a base planning map of Ahuriri Lagoon reclamation and proposed drainage and subdivision has been used to show the proposed water supply system for the southern area of Napier from Napier Park to Poraite to the vicinity of Westshore Bridge. The subdivision boundaries have been prominently outlined. An artesian well and substation are marked, as are troughs, future house connections, pipes, future extensions, valves, scour valves and proposed subdivision boundaries which are included in a reference key. Subdivisions are numbered. Valves are numbered. Various heights above sea level are recorded including a reservoir. The future extension to the northern area is indicated. Names of the Public Works Department employees written on base map: D.J.B. Halley, H. Mayhead, A.R. McKenzie, W.S & D.J.B.H. Base map: Ahuriri Lagoon reclamation: plan of proposed drainage and subdivision, P.W. Napier 348. [Napier, N.Z.]: P.W. Napier, [1937?] Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, part coloured, scale [1:7 920], 77 x 75 cm.

Date: ca 1868-1880s

Reference: PAColl-4398

Description: Duplicate prints of originals in the Cornford album or taken by him (presumably the originals are still held by the Museum). Views of: Marine Parade looking towards Bluff Hill with the court house on the left; Clive Square looking towards Napier Hill with the Theatre Royal on the far side; looking along Emerson Street with Neal & Close, drapers on the left and Palmers stables on the right; Browning Street looking towards Napier Hill with Hannah's shoe shop on the left (taken by W H Neal); ships moored at Port Ahuriri at Murray Roberts & Co, wool merchants; and two views looking north west from Bluff Hill towards The Spit one showing the Bluff Boarding House and the other T H Gifford. Also one original print of the beach possibly near Bluff Hill. Quantity: 10 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1932 - 1937

Reference: MapColl-832.395eam/[ca.1932]/Acc.2756

Description: Ahuriri Lagoon reclamation scheme planning map, drawing no. 1, depicting the lagoon reserve, (including Te Ruru-o-Kuri Island), catchment areas outside the lagoon reserve, drainage areas (both gravity and pumping), contour channels and stopbanks, as referred to in reference keys. Shows the old riverbed of the Tutaekuri River, part of the East Coast Railway, the Westshore Bridge, landing ground, and main highway north. Some pencil annotations on map. See second copy Acc.2955. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, 49 x 80 cm.

Date: 1860

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: B-004-009

Description: View from the Bluff at Napier, looking north down into part of the Port area, the spit with its buildings and the water in between (later raised by the 1930 Napier Earthquake and reclaimed) to the hills beyond. There are piles of cut timber piled up on the flat land in the foreground, with a low stone wall around the timber Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, watercolour & Chinese white, 237 x 361 mm