Paroa Bay

Date: 1824 - 1834 - 1836 - 1863

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Lesueur, Madame, active 1830s; LeJeune, Jules Louis, active 1804-1851; Biggs, John, active 1989

Reference: A-211-076

Description: Shows 'Touai' (Tuai) at left in European dress with bayonet, and 'Chongui' (Hongi Hika) in Maori dress with a long staff or club at right. Danvin has copied this image from de Sainson's original work entitled "Shonguy.Touai" in Dumont d'Urville's "Voyage pittoresque autour du monde..." Paris, 1834. vol.2, opp. p.371 (qRare 910.8 DUM Voya). Sainson has in turn copied his image from Jules Louis Lejeune's "Naturels de la Nouvelle Zelande" - originals done 1824, and copied for publication 1826 - see ATL copies at C-082-096/097. From a French edition of Domeny di Rienzi's "Oceanie" not held by the Library; ATL's copies have title of work in either 2 or 3 languages beneath the image, whereas this work has title in French only. The book was reissued several times between its original publication in 1836-37 and 1872. ATL has 1863 edition at 919 DOM. Duperrey's ship, the "Coquille" visited New Zealand in April 1824. Tuai slept on board several times. Hongi was offered the chance to sleep on board, but refused. (See: "New Zealand seen by the French" (1991) page 18.) Other Titles - The chiefs Hongi Hika and Tuai, one in national costume, the other in European clothing [translation]. Extended Title - From: Domeny de Rienzi, G. L. "Oceanie" (1836-63). Vol. 3. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 181; Recto - above image - NOUVELLE-ZEELAND.; Recto - bottom left - Danvin del.; Recto - bottom right - Mme. Lesueur Sc.; Recto - beneath image - Les chefs Chongui et Touai, l'un en costume National, l'autre en costume Europeen.; Recto - bottom left - Oceanie Lemaitre dir. Lejeune was the artist on board Duperrey's ship, the "Coquille" Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 140 x 90 mm, on sheet 207 x 123 mm.

Date: 1827 - 1835

From: Various artists :[Four handcoloured engravings, some from Dumont d'Urvilles' Voyage pittoreque autour du monde (Paris, 1834)]

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Beyer, active 1830s

Reference: A-340-036

Description: Shows an abandoned pa, with whare and food platforms still standing. The background shows hills surrounded a harbour. Other Titles - Ruined pa at Paroa Extended Title - Published in: Dumont d'Urville, J S C Voyage pittoresque. Paris, 1835. vol. 2, page 363. Originally painted by Sainson when the Astrolabe moored at Paroa Bay, Bay of Islands, on 12 March 1827. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 135 x 180 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Judy Siers, Wellington, in 2005.

Date: 1826 - 1836 - 1829

From: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, b 1800 :[Twelve engravings from Dumont d'Urville's "Voyage pittoresque autour du monde" (Paris, 1836)]

By: Beyer, active 1830s

Reference: A-433-024

Description: Top image shows a Maori village with drying platforms, huts and palisades. The lower image shows a pa on the top of an arched rock in the sea off the coast. There is a rowboat and further away a waka, in the foreground. The Astrolabe, with artist Sainson on board, was at Paroa Bay, Bay of Islands on 12 March 1827 Other Titles - Ruined pa at Paroa; Pa or fortified village on a rock Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on page 274 x 182 mm.

Date: 1833 - 1828

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Deroy, Isidore Laurent, 1797-1886

Reference: B-052-008

Description: An artist, probably a self-portrait, seated to the left sketching an abandoned Maori pa, on the eastern headland of Paroa Bay, Bay of Islands. The pa has several fences, storage platforms on tree trunks and a number of houses, some with collapsed roofs. From: Dumont D'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, 1826-1829. Paris: 1833. Atlas 1. Pl.52 Other Titles - Interior view of Kahouwera Pa (Bay of Islands, New Zealand) The original watercolour for this view is held in the Biblioteque Nationale, Paris. Its title is Pa Kahou Wara. The Library holds a photographic copy (neg 146769 1/2) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 190 x 285 mm

Date: 1833 - 1827

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Hostein, Edouard Jean Marie, 1804-1889; Adam, Jean Victor, 1801-1867

Reference: B-052-020

Description: Shows 3 Maori on slope overlooking Paroa bay, huts to the left in middle ground. There is a large tree-fern in the left foreground and hills across the bay in the background. The 3 Maori are all men and all have the topknot hairstyle. A small boat with a sail, probably from Dumont D'Urville's ship the Astrolabe, is pulled up at the shore and several people are visible around it and on board. Korokoro was the chief of the Paroa Bay Maori and died in 1823. This view shows his former "country house", presumably outside the walls of his pa Kahuwera, located at Paroa Bay, Bay of Islands Other Titles - Former country house of Korokoro, near Kahuwera, New Zealand [Paroa, Bay of Islands, 1827] Extended Title - From: Dumont d'Urville, J. S. C. Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe ... Atlas. A simplified version of this appears in Domeny de Rienzi, M. G. "Oceanie" (Paris, 1863) Volume 3 pl 189 (New Zealand and Pacific book collection, 919/P/DOM) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 233 x 373 mm (image) on sheet 341 x 518 mm

Date: 1824 - 1826

From: Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :[Watercolours, proof engravings and aquatints by Antoine Chazal and others after drawings by Jules LeJeune and others for Duperrey's Voyage autour du monde ... Paris, 1822-1825]

Reference: C-082-098

Description: View from the water of a Maori canoe with fifteen Maori on board. Two men are rowing and two other people are holding oars; one a man in European clothes (Tuai) standing near the prow of the waka on the left, the other a woman with a child strapped to her back, standing at the stern on the right. In the background across the water is the steep site of Kahuwera Pa, on the southern shore of the Bay of Islands. Kahuwera Pa was viewed by Duperrey and his crew on 9 April 1824 Based on a watercolour drawing by Jules LeJeune, artist with Duperrey during his 1824 visit to the Bay of Islands. The original drawing has the same number of people aboard, but differently arranged. The details of the canoe are quite different. There are many more buildings shown at Kahouwera Pa in the original than in the copy. The original drawing is in the Bibliotheque du Service Historique de la Marine, Vincennes, Paris. The Library has a photograph, neg 75610 1/2. The title of the original is Habitants de la N.lle Zelande, avec une vue de leur place fortifiee ou Hippah - 10 avril 1824. Chazal's copy was prepared for the aquatint illustration with the title Pirogue des habitants de la Nouvelle Zealande, plate 45, to Duperrey's Voyage autour du monde ... (Paris, 1826). The Library has a copy of the aquatint, uncoloured, at C-082-099. Tuai is identifiable from other named Lejeune drawings of him during this visit. Other Titles - New Zealand. Inhabitants and canoe. Habitants de la Nlle Zealande, avec une vue de leur place fortifiee ou Hippah. 10 Avril 1824. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - A. Chazal.; Recto - Title printed in ink both above and below the image. No. 45 in pencil upper right. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 127 x 195 mm (image) on sheet 247 x 370 mm

Date: 1839-1841, 1868

Reference: MS-Papers-0726

Description: Comprises two letters, 30 Jul 1868, from R Cobb of Cobb & Sawtell, Christchurch, introducing the de Bourbell firm to Brown & Co asking the firm to advertise for sale J C Watts-Russell's share in the Tongan island, Eua, which is described. Also two indentures for Paroa Bay, New Zealand, between C Penny, R Penny, chiefs, J Shoemaker, and V Desentis (Nov 1839) andbetween Desentis and F Hodgkinson (Jan 1841). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (18 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: 19 October 1955

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-39694-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 7 Jan 1985

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-78110-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 21 Feb 1987

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-79354-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 21 Feb 1987

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-79353-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 21 Feb 1987

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-79356-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 21 Feb 1987

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-79357-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 21 Feb 1987

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-79355-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 21 Feb 1987

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-79352-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 19 October 1955

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-39695-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 19 October 1955

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-39693-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate