New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872 - Campaigns - Gisborne Region
Bousfield, Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe, fl 1856-1870 :Sections of Ngatapa Pa, Poverty Bay...
Date: 1869
By: Bousfield, Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe, 1830-1882
Reference: Plans-80-1219
Description: Three cross-sections of this hilltop pa, relating to the plan held at Plans-80-1218. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 302 x 505 mm
General plan, showing terraces & gun pits, Pukeruru Pa, Waiapu Valley
Date: [ca 1865?]
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: MapColl-832.19hkcmf/[ca. 1865]/Acc.27681, 27683
Description: Military map showing Pukeruru Pā, the old pā site, gun pits added to original pā, main approach, a spring ('probable water supply'), terraces and positions relating to cross sections A-B and C-D, showing the longitudinal approach over terraces to summit. Includes a small locality map of the pa site in relation to Waiapu River, Tikitiki township, Poroporo River and Rangitukia. Cross section scales are 50 feet to an inch. Steep face is 30-40 degrees slopes. Second copy, Acc.27681 is ink and watercolour on card. Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [1: 3 960], 35 x 40 cm. Processing information: Separated in 1999, combined with ATL-Group-00693 in August 2023.
Articles on the East Coast Campaign
Date: [ca 1950-1960]
From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7888-088
Description: Typescript articles by Elsdon Craig and others on aspects of the war in the Bay of Plenty and Gisborne regions. Not dated, but probably written in the 1950s. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Reconstructed view of hill fort, Pukeruru Pa, Waiapu Valley
Date: [ca 1865?]
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: MapColl-832.19hkcmf/[ca.1865?]/Acc.27680, 27682
Description: Military map showing the reconstructed view of the hill fort, Pukeruru Pā; fortified fencing, 17 whare and various buildings, meeting house, the lookout within the pā, a pātaka (raised storehouse), within several layers of pallisade. Indicates steep slope behind pa and light bush. Maker not identified. Second copy, Acc.27680 is ink and watercolour on card. Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [1: 792], 35 x 40 cm. Processing information: Separated in 1999, combined with ATL-Group-00693 in August 2023.
Reminiscences of Poverty Bay in 1868
Date: [ca 1941]
From: Blair, Mary Ramsay Ellen, 1875-1963 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0014-09/2
Description: Manuscript by Blair, `The East Coast fort; Fort Turanga, the district of the massacre, 1868' describing her grandmother's experiences during a Hauhau incident at Kaiti in 1868; also covering letter to Mr Taylor re some of her writing in progress (1941) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Armstrong, T J (Miss), fl 1978 :Photograph of Memorial monument in memory of the Povert...
Date: [ca 1870s]
Reference: PA3-0349
Description: Photograph of a drawing of a monument erected in the Makaraka Cemetery, Gisborne, to commemorate the settlers who were killed by Te Kooti and his followers on 19 March 1868, taken ca 1870s by an unknown photographer. Names are: Major R Biggs and family; Sgt Ladbury; Jane Farrell; Lieut Walsh and family; John McCullock and family; Mary McDonald; John Cadle; Richard Rathbone; Capt J Wilson and family; John Mann and family; Robert and Jane Newham; John Moray; Maria and A E Goldsmith; G N Dodd; and Richard Peppard. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
[Creator unknown]: [Forts from Poverty Bay to Ngatapa] [ms map]. [1869?]
Date: 1869
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-A50
Description: Map shows bush line and a line of forts from Poverty Bay to Ngatapa. Quantity: 1 map(s) on 1 aperture card. Physical Description: 35mm microfilm inserted into card, scale [ca.1: 126 720], copy at same size as original Provenance: Donated by Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, November 1982
Memorial to the Poverty Bay Massacre
Date: ca 1868
Reference: 1/2-003125-F
Description: Photograph of a drawing of the memorial to the settlers killed by Te Kooti in the Poverty Bay Massacre. Beneath the illustration is the list of names of those killed with their ages. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
Literary draft
Date: 1908?
From: Ward, John Patrick, 1847?-1914 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11616-3
Description: Draft chapter titled "Von-Tempskey's Forest Rangers and No 6 A.C." by J P Ward relating to the battle at Ngatapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript
Duke of Buckingham : Letter from Sir George Bowen
Date: 8 Dec 1868
By: Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, 3rd Duke of, 1823-1889
Reference: MS-Papers-10824
Description: Private letter from Sir George Bowen, Government House, Wellington to accompany an official despatch. Discusses Maori activities on East Coast Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) 1 letter. Physical Description: Holograph, mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Brian Groshinski, 2011
Gore, Ross Digby, 1904-1981 :Te Kooti takes utu. [ca 1957].
Date: 1866 - 1956 - 1868 - 1957
From: Gore, Ross Digby, 1904-1981 :It happened in New Zealand. [208 original drawings. Late 1940s and early 1950s].
Reference: B-140-013
Description: Six-panelled account of Te Kooti's resistance to European incursions onto his land, his capture, transportation to the Chatham Islands, his revenge killing of the families of Major Biggs and Captain Wilson and Paratene at Poverty Bay in 1868, and his ultimate pardon in 1883 These illustrations were reproduced in New Zealand newspapers during the late 1940s and early 1950s. The newspapers included The Evening Post, Auckland Star, Christchurch Star Sun, Taranaki Herald, Southern Cross, Students' Digest, Greymouth Evening Star, Evening Star (Sports) Dunedin, and the Southland Daily News. In 1953, 48 of them were collected and published as a booklet called 'It happened in New Zealand' by Ross Gore. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 330 x 565 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Jenny Gibbs, of Auckland, in 1995.
Richmond, James Crowe 1822-1898 :Ngatapa from the east. [1869]
Date: 1869
By: Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898
Reference: A-048-011-a
Description: Shows a hilltop pa held by Te Kooti and assaulted by Government forces, 1868-1869. Same as A-048-011, A-048-011-b Extended Title - Published in: Cowan, J. The New Zealand wars. Wellington, 1923. v. 2 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 7 x 13.5 inches
Bousfield, Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe, fl 1856-1870 :Plan of Ngatapa Pa, Poverty Bay tak...
Date: 1869
By: Bousfield, Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe, 1830-1882
Reference: Plans-80-1218-a
Description: Map of the Pa, showing the defensive positions of Major Fraser, Hotene with Ngatiporo, Major Roberts, Wickliffe, Ropata with Ngatiporo, the mortar battery, and Colonel Whitmore. Also shown are the earthworks including rifle-pits within the pa, a chapel and deforested land covered with stumps and branches Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 442 x 282 mm
Bousfield, Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe, fl 1856-1870 :Plan of Ngatapa Pa, Poverty Bay tak...
Date: 1869
By: Bousfield, Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe, 1830-1882
Reference: Plans-80-1218
Description: Map of the Pa, showing the defensive positions of Major Fraser, Hotene with Ngatiporo, Major Roberts, Wickliffe, Ropata with Ngatiporo, the mortar battery, and Colonel Whitmore. Also shown are the earthworks including rifle-pits within the pa, a chapel and deforested land covered with stumps and branches Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 442 x 282 mm
Richmond, James Crowe 1822-1898 :Ngatapa from the east. [1869]
Date: 1869
By: Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898
Reference: A-048-011-b
Description: Shows a hilltop pa held by Te Kooti and assaulted by Government forces, 1868-1869. Same as A-048-011, A-048-011-a Extended Title - Published in: Cowan, J. The New Zealand wars. Wellington, 1923. v. 2 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 7 x 13.5 inches
[Creator unknown] :[Map of military operations in Bay of Plenty - East Coast districts,...
Date: 1864 - 1872
Reference: MapColl-832.16hkm/[1864-1871]/Acc.3908
Description: Hand drawn military map of the area from Tauranga to the Waiapu River, south to Poverty Bay, across to Lake Taupo. Lakes, mountains, rivers, islands, bays, points and harbours are drawn, some of which are named, as are some settlements. Includes tracks, some of which are described as 'Te Kooti's trail' and 'Mair's pursuit of Te Kooti'. Battle sites are prominently marked, named and dated. A note written adjacent to several battle positions state that these cannot accurately be determined. Title handwritten in pencil along the top of the map. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on dressed linen, scale [1:380 160], 35.7 x 61.4 cm. Provenance: Includes many pencilled spelling corrections. The scale is written in pencil in the bottom right corner and in ink centrally, under the map.
Bloomer, Peter H E, fl 2004 : Extracts, summaries and indexes relating to Hawke's Bay h...
Date: [2004]
By: Bloomer, Peter H E, active 2004
Reference: MS-Group-1548
Description: Material extracted, abstracted and collated by Bloomer relating to the New Zealand Wars in Mohaka and the Hawke's Bay region, mostly from the `Hawke's Bay herald' from 1858 to 1888; includes topics such as the Chatham Islands escape, deaths, Gudgeon, Hawthorne, Ngatapa and Whitmore; rural grants and Clyde grants; and index to some of the `Hawke's Bay herald' Source of title - Title supplied by Library Compiled by Bloomer in response to TVNZ's programme on the New Zealand wars in the Hawke's Bay and Mohaka regions Quantity: 3 megabyte(s) textual material.
Bousfield, Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe, fl 1856-1870 :Plan of Ngatapa Pa, Poverty Bay tak...
Date: 1869
By: Bousfield, Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe, 1830-1882
Reference: Plans-80-1218-b
Description: Map of the Pa, showing the defensive positions of Major Fraser, Hotene with Ngatiporo, Major Roberts, Wickliffe, Ropata with Ngatiporo, the mortar battery, and Colonel Whitmore. Also shown are the earthworks including rifle-pits within the pa, a chapel and deforested land covered with stumps and branches Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 442 x 282 mm
[Creator unknown]: Plan of Ngatapa Pah Poverty Bay taken by Col Whitmore with the Colon...
Date: 1869
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-A50a
Description: Map shows Ngatapa Pa, trenches and disposition of various forces. Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 aperture cards. Physical Description: 35mm microfilm inserted into card, scale [ca.1: 720], copy at same size as original Provenance: Donated by Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, November 1982
A Massacre of some magnitude; Season of the Jew / script by Russ Hay
Date: [1980s?]
From: Shadbolt, Maurice Francis Richard, 1932-2004 : Papers and recordings
Reference: MS-Papers-8044-319
Description: Script of adaptation of `Season of the Jew' by Russ Hay Quantity: 1 folder(s).