Oeo

Date: 1882

From: Illustrated London News :[Scrapbook of clippings relating to New Zealand 1860s]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-372-f-032

Description: Page from the Illustrated London news with 14 sketches - 1. Camp of the Armed Constabulary, Rohatu; 2. Road through Waimate Plains (confiscated land); 3. Mount Egmont from Oeo, Waimate Plains; 4. Memorial to Miss Dobie, murdered by a Maori; 5. Colonial Rifle Volunteers; 6. St Andrew's Church, Cambridge, Waikato; 7. Telegraph Station, Pungarehu Camp; 8,9,10. Maori head-dresses of huia feathers; 11. Armed Constabulary; 12. Taranaki Mounted Rifles at revolver practice; 13. Maoris, old style and new style; 14. Maoris going to Te Whiti's meeting at Parihaka. Artist/engraver unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 380 x 250 mm

Date: 1996 - 1998

From: O'Brien, Gregory, 1961- :[Original illustrations for publications. 1980-1996].

Reference: A-371-111/121

Description: Includes some poems that were incorporated into "Taranaki paintings" shown at Bowen Gallery 1997-1999. Titles are: "Sea wall". 1998 (This was published in "Winter I was", VUP, 1999). "Sea wall". 1996. "Sea egg". 1998 "Two misereres". 1998 "Miserere mitimiti". 1996. "Matamata". 1996. "Taranaki". 1996. Oeo / Taranaki". 1996. "Taranaki". 1996. Workbook I. "Breakwater", "Mount Egmont mon enfant", "Primitivista", and "Rockstream". 1996. "Our Lady". 1996. Quantity: 11 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Inkjet inscriptions, inkjet printouts or laser printouts of typed MS, 297 x 310 mm. Provenance: Donated by Gregory O'Brien, Wellington, in 2005.

Date: 14 September 1999 - 14 Sep 1999

From: Race Relations Conciliators Oral History Project

By: Tauroa, Hiwi, 1927-2018

Reference: OHInt-0751-07

Description: New Zealand Race Relations Conciliator from 1980 to 1986. Born in Okaiawa, Taranaki, in 1927. Talks about his family background - gives reasons for being called Hiwi rather than his given name Edward. Mentions that his father spoke Maori - talks about the Latin-speaking Kaumatua at Kawhia and his father's important friends. Recalls attending primary school in Waima, Okaiawa and Kawhia - mentions the teachers, other students and travelling to school. Talks about learning Latin at Wesley College and his reasons for continuing his studies at Hawera Technical College - mentions working on a Jersey stud farm at Oeo during the school holidays. Discusses why he did choral work when he became a teacher - mentions singing at Runanga O Whaingaroa in Kaeo. Mentions Pakeha attitudes towards the establishment of Runanga and the reasons for his involvement in Whangaroa College. Recalls how he met his wife Pat. Discusses attending Auckland Teachers Training College and the reasons he agreed to teach at Wellington College. Tallks about accepting a position at Okato District High School in Taranaki. Mentions the students. Mentions principal Lloyd Tregoweth at Okaihau District High School. Recalls how he coached All Black Grant Fox's father. Also mentions the school's rugby team winning the Moascar Cup. Talks about accepting the position of principal at Tuakau College - mentions some of the parents' reaction to his appointment, his involvement with the Education Department, and the Maori students at Tuakau College. Discusses his later appointment as principal of Whangaroa College. Mentions how he was approached to become Race Relations Conciliator - mentions Sir James Henare, Piripi Mokena, Harry Dansey and Jim McLay. Talks about Human Rights Commissioner Pat Downey's reaction to the appointment. Talks about the staff of the Office of the Race Relations Conciliator - mentions Pita Sharples. Describes the changing nature of cases brought to the Office during his time as Conciliator. Discusses gangs and how the Office remedied the lack of outreach programmes - recalls playing rugby at Mt Eden prison and Office's contact with gangs. Defines race relations - describes race relation networks and how they were set up. Discusses the lack of understanding about race relations. Talks about New Zealand's record of race relations - discusses the Treaty of Waitangi negotiations and a possible land dispute in Kaeo. Discusses the future of race relations in New Zealand and the importance of the media in reporting race relations. Talks about local schools and the importance of having local input into local issues - recalls the reason for establishing youth forums. Discusses the importance of the education initiatives undertaken by the Office. Discusses his appointment to the Committee of Youth and Law in Our Municipal Society in 1981 - mentions Tau Henare. Talks about the establishment of the Ethical Affairs councils. Discusses biculturalism and multiculturalism. Mentions a trip to China with the China Friendship Society and the establishment of the China New Zealand Maori (CHINZMA) - mentions Rewi Alley. Discusses the concept of whanaungatanga and family - gives comparisons between Tikanga Maori and Pakeha customs. Talks about the 1981 Springbok Tour to New Zealand - recalls a visit to South Africa around the same time. Talks about Pacific Island rugby players and the All Blacks. Discusses the use of the haka by the All Blacks. Discusses overseas trips while Race Relations Conciliator - recalls trip to the United Nations in Geneva and a trip to Wales and Ireland. Mentions Draft Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and relations with American Indian groups at the United Nations. Recalls the building of the Whare Tipuna room in the New Zealand Embassy in Beijing in 1986 - elaborates on how the room was given the name 'He Pakeaka' (Pakiaka). Mentions the Totara wood panels that were carved by different iwi and the role of the carver Paki Harrison. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - Copy of 'He Pakiaka' by Patricia Tauroa, a booklet on the Whare Tipuna room at the New Zealand Embassy, Beijing, China; copies of published articles from magazines and newspapers Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012719, OHC-012720, OHC-012721, OHC-012722 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5447 Abstract Available - transcript(s) available. Photocopied articles include copies of photographs of Hiwi Tauroa Search dates: 1927 - 1999 Processing information: Record updated 28 October 2022 to clarify posiiton of Lloyd Tregoweth at Okaihau District High School.

Date: 1890

From: Andrews, Edward Weston d 1915 :Sketchbook. Ruapehu, 1890.

Reference: E-061-001

Description: Flax and cabbage trees in the foreground with Mount Egmont rising from bush in the background Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, glued into album, sheet size 113 x 177 mm.

Date: 1 Sep 1876

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0700C-04

Description: Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 1885 - 1895

By: Good, Thomas, 1823-1907

Reference: A-329-003

Description: Shows Mount Ruapehu in the left distance. Two horses graze in the right foreground, near a cabbage tree, and two figures stand together a little further off, towards a homestead and outbuildings in the middle distance. There is a group of cattle in the left middle distance. The other works in the group include one dated 1892 and one dated 1893, and it is assumed that all date from the late 1880s and early 1890s. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - T.G. [and title]; Verso - centre - Ruapehu / about 50 miles from Oeo Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, on sheet 137 x 224 mm. Provenance: Previously sold at Christie's South Kensington, 25 May 1989, lot no. 176. Backing (now discarded) indicates that the work was previously framed at some time by Gowrie Galleries, 316 Oxford Street, Woollahra 2025, NSW.

Date: 1885 - 1895

By: Good, Thomas, 1823-1907

Reference: A-329-004

Description: Shows two children wading in a stream which flows between flat bush-covered land. There is a tree fern on the left. The other works in the group include one dated 1892 and one dated 1893, and it is assumed that all date from the late 1880s and early 1890s. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, on sheet 136 x 222 mm. Provenance: Previously sold at Christie's South Kensington, 25 May 1989, lot no. 176. Backing (now discarded) indicates that the work was previously framed at some time by Gowrie Galleries, 316 Oxford Street, Woollahra 2025, NSW.

Date: 1885 - 1895

By: Good, Thomas, 1823-1907

Reference: A-329-006

Description: Shows Mount Ruapehu in the central distance. Two women stand together in the right foreground on an area of lawn in a landscaped garden. The garden comprises swathes of lawn surrounded by shrubs and trees, with a seat in the centre and possibly a small bower at the end of the lawned area at the left. The other works in the group include one dated 1892 and one dated 1893, and it is assumed that all date from the late 1880s and early 1890s. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - T.G. [and title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, on sheet 136 x 224 mm. Provenance: Previously sold at Christie's South Kensington, 25 May 1989, lot no. 176. Backing (now discarded) indicates that the work was previously framed at some time by Gowrie Galleries, 316 Oxford Street, Woollahra 2025, NSW.

Date: 1892

By: Good, Thomas, 1823-1907

Reference: A-329-007

Description: Shows a bend in a stream flowing amongst bush, including tree ferns, epiphytes, and ferns. A family of ducks swims in the left background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - [Title, date] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, on sheet 224 x 136 mm. Provenance: Previously sold at Christie's South Kensington, 25 May 1989, lot no. 176. Backing (now discarded) indicates that the work was previously framed at some time by Gowrie Galleries, 316 Oxford Street, Woollahra 2025, NSW.

Date: 1893

By: Good, Thomas, 1823-1907

Reference: A-329-005

Description: Shows a cleared area in a hollow, with a large fallen tree trunk in the left foreground. A man is seated in the centre foreground on a smaller trunk, near his saddled horse. A fence stretches across the foreground, and beyound the white wooden gate, a man drives two cows away through the cleared area, beyond which there is bush-covered rolling plain leading to Mt Taranaki in the distance. On the left two small huts stand among bare trees. There is a tree fern near the huts. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - (On the slope of a small mound): T.G. / 1893 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, on sheet 136 x 224 mm. Provenance: Previously sold at Christie's South Kensington, 25 May 1989, lot no. 176. Backing (now discarded) indicates that the work was previously framed at some time by Gowrie Galleries, 316 Oxford Street, Woollahra 2025, NSW.

Date: 1885 - 1895

By: Good, Thomas, 1823-1907

Reference: A-329-002

Description: Shows Mount Taranaki in the central distance, beyond a bush-covered plain. In the left foreground a man and woman ride horses, and there are some cows grazing in the field a little off to the right. There is a cabbage tree and bracken in the right foreground. The other works in the group include one dated 1892 and one dated 1893, and it is assumed that all date from the late 1880s and early 1890s, despite the half-cropped date on this work appearing to begin with 6 (i.e. indicating 1860s date). Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - T.G. [and title]; Verso - centre - Mount Egmont or Taranaki / 8,500 feet high - 15 miles from coastline Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, on sheet 136 x 225 mm. Provenance: Previously sold at Christie's South Kensington, 25 May 1989, lot no. 176. Backing (now discarded) indicates that the work was previously framed at some time by Gowrie Galleries, 316 Oxford Street, Woollahra 2025, NSW.

Date: 31 Dec 1880

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0701-15

Description: Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 1929 - 1956

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Coleman, Frederick, -1975; Dick, Russell Gladstone, 1898-1966; R E Owen (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-2/13/155/ACC.54841

Description: Cadastral map of Oeo Survey District - Taranaki (TN) 31. New Zealand Map Series 13 - New Zealand Cadastral Map - Survey District Series 1:63,360 (1 mile to 1 inch). Published by Department of Lands and Survey, New Zealand, under authority of R G Dick, Surveyor-General, 3rd edition, 1 January 1956. Drawn by Fred Coleman, 1929. Printed by R E Owen, Government Printer, Wellington. Printed map with hand-coloured shading of selected sections in red. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map (composite facsimile copy) on linen-backed paper, scale 40 chains to 1 inch, 62 x 54 cm

Date: 1929 - 1930

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Walshe, Harry Edward, 1883-1948; Coleman, Frederick, -1975; Wicks, Arthur John, 1871?-1942; Armit, William David, 1888-; Skinner, William Alexander George, 1865-1939

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-2/13/154/ACC.54840

Description: Cadastral map of Oeo Survey District - Taranaki (TN 31). Published by Department of Lands and Survey, New Zealand, under H E Walshe, Surveyor-General, 1930. Surveyed by W D Armit, Chief Surveyor Taranaki. Drawn by Fred Coleman, 1929. Imprint: A J Wicks, Chief Draughtsman, Head Office, Lands and Survey Department, Wellington. Printed by W A G Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington. Printed map with coastal water overprinted in blue. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on linen-backed paper, scale 80 chains to 1 inch, 42.5 x 42.5 cm

Date: 9 Jan 1866

From: Atkinson, Arthur Samuel, 1833-1902 : Maori letters from Taranaki

Reference: fMS-Papers-2327-16-13

Description: Letter to Te Ngohi Hanataua at Oeo from Hone at Warea Arrangement: Formerly letter 211 in paper inventory Quantity: 1 piece.

Date: 1811, 1882-1884

By: Good family

Reference: MS-Papers-3924

Description: Consists: - a letter written by Thomas Good to his cousin, dated 18 Oct 1882, from Oeo, Taranaki; - two diaries kept by Samuel Clarke Good for part of his voyage to New Zealand, 12 Nov-17 Mar 1884; - an account for Mr Goode [sic] for a subscription to the Worcester Herald, 5 Jan 1811. Accompanying material - Photocopy of a photograph of Aston Court supplied by Chris Dell (who purchased Aston Court in 1995). A holograph of Samuel Clarke Good's trip to New Zealand may be found at library reference MS-Papers-4427. Thomas Good spent his childhood at the Good family home at Aston Court, Worcestershire. He came to New Zealand in 1845 and finally settled at Oeo, Taranaki. In 1882 a cousin in England apparently wrote to Thomas regarding the possibility of emigrating with his family to New Zealand. Thomas suggested his cousin send out one of his sons on an exploratory tour of the country. Samuel Clarke Good made the trip during 1883-1884. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Processing information: Record updated 16 October 2024 with information on Thomas Good from a family member.

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-038

Description: The essay details the lives of Thomas Good and his wife Emily Gates. Describes their early days, marriage at Omata, farming there and at Tataraimaka, and building of Omata Stockade. They were forced off the farm into New Plymouth. Describes Thomas' service with the Native Contingent and Bushrangers, service and farming at Urenui and building of Redoubt, the move to Oeo and involvement with local Maori, and finally retirement to Hawera. Also details the lives of their sons and daughters including the artistic ability of their deaf daughter Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.