Omaio

Date: 1971-1972

From: Sutherland, James Hector: Photographs of the Country Library Service in operation

Reference: PA1-o-843

Description: The journey begins at Palmerston North and includes Hawke's Bay, Gisborne and the Bay of Plenty. The van follows State Highway two with frequent deviations from it into various back block localities. Another section of the journey is from Wairoa to Taupo via Lake Waikaremoana and the Kaingaroa Forest. Children as library users and at some of the schools where the van stops are featured. There are a number of photos of the power houses at Kaitawa, Tuai, and Piripaua Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1900-1996]

By: Coughlan, Richard William, 1914-2010

Reference: MS-Group-1109

Description: Comprises papers relating to Coughlan's research into his parents' lives as teachers at the Maori school of Omaio, Bay of Plenty, and the Methodist church at the settlement of Waima, Hokianaga, and includes correspondence, clippings, copies of photographs and related material Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr R W Coughlan, Auckland, 1972, Jul 2002 Transfers: To Oral History Collection - Tape with history of Waima, Mahuri's farewell, and building of Waima church - To Photographic Archive - Four photographs.

Date: 17 Apr 1963

From: Coughlan, Richard William, fl 1972-2002 : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-1064

Description: Copy of `Opotiki news' (17 Apr 1963) with reports on the 92nd anniversary celebration sof Omaio School Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 piece).

Date: 1960 - 1965

From: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973 :Old homes & sheds, farms made by pioneers in Norsewood. [1950s-1964].

Reference: E-029-q-143

Description: Shows the the bay, foreshore and the coastline to the south. Shrubs are growing in the immediate foreground near the water's edge; seabirds are flying overhead. There is a man in a canoe near the shore. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour 245 x 315 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist available.. Provenance: Donated by Mrs J. Brenkley in 1964.

Date: 10 Dec 1970

From: Interviews by Graham Butterworth

By: Coughlan, (Mr), active 1970

Reference: OHInt-0317-11

Description: Notes on covers: Electioneering, power of Chiefs, school teacher, Land Department at Rotorua, Rev Vercoe & Api, Tokerau, Important people at Omaio, Whales at Omaio, School at Omaio,(Ringatu?). Other - Interviewee may be Mauri Coughlan Interviewer(s) - Graham Butterworth Quantity: 7 5" reel(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration.

Date: 1900s-1994

By: Coughlan, Richard William, 1914-2010

Reference: PAColl-7446

Description: 1 b&w copy photograph of a Maori hui at Maraenui Pa, near Opotiki, to unveil a memorial to Koopu Erueti, circa 1945. 1 b&w copy photograph of (a school pageant?) depicting a queen's coronation; 1 colour photographs of St Patrick's Anglican Church, Omaio, circa 1994; 1 colour photograph, (circa 1990s?) depicting a korowai (Maori tag cloak) presented to Richard Coughlan's parents. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 colour original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1109 (Papers of Richard William Coughlan, fl 1972-2002).

Date: 1907

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-12

Description: Contains a copy of an account by Hemi Matenga about the rescue of seamen from the shipwreck Delaware in Cable Bay, Whakapuaka (Marlborough region) with a related news clipping from the New Zealand Times, an original account by Te Whatahoro about the recording of cosmological and other information from Te Matorohanga and other tohunga, and about the production of books based on the material, which is reproduced by the New Zealand Times (translation by Keys), and where Te Whatahoro names Keys as his agent for sales of the books There is also an account by Te Whatahoro about the incestuous relationship between the Ngati Kahungunu ancestor Rakaihikuroa and his granddaughter There are letters to Keys from Maori about personal affairs, Maori vocabulary and whakatauki (in answer to questions by Keys), notes about the Kuaka (Godwit) and its place in Maori tradition, ethnographic notes (again in answer to questions by Keys), and notes about a potato blight and a measles epidemic at Omaio There are also copies of letters from Maori to James Carroll; one of the letters contains a report on a major Kingitanga gathering at Waahi in 1907, and the other letters are from Nireaha Tamaki seeking government assistance with food to supply a four month whakapapa hui at Dannevirke, and noting that Tamaki's potato crops were blighted Quantity: 1 folder(s) 16 pieces. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1908

From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0407-13

Description: Contains correspondence to Keys concerning Maori land administration, and answers to various ethnographic and genealogical questions asked by Keys to Maori informants; also contains whakapapa, and a copy of a letter from Tawhiao to Gilbert Mair in 1881 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 04 Dec 1986 - 04 Feb 1986

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: Walker, Toma Kite Moana, 1916-1992

Reference: OHInt-0070/24

Description: Toma Walker recalls family background, childhood home in Omaio, effect of tuberculosis on family, a drowning tragedy in 1900 at Motu River, learning English in school, childhood memories, Maori land ownership, secondary education at St Joseph's Maori Girls' College, Napier 1925-1932, the Napier Earthquake in 1931, the Houpoto Station Post Office, Maraenui Post Office, work as an assistant at Houpoto Post Office in 1937, post office duties at Te Kaha during World War II, telegrams, news of casualties, hours of work, access of people to telephones, mail, community work, working full time with children, Post Office as career, compares whanau today with the past, electricity, telephone exchange cutover in 1969 to automatic. Accompanying material - Copies of newspaper articles 'Cut-over to automatic telephones at Te Kaha' and 'Residents regret loss of human touch with automatic exchange' both in Opotiki news, 27 May 1969. Venue - Te Kaha Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Venue - Mrs Walker's home, Te Kaha Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001259 - OHC-001260; OHC-001245 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.27 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 166. Search dates: 1916 - 1986

Date: [ca 1944]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001167-F

Description: Omaio, Bay of Plenty. Looks over land towards Omaio Bay. Photograph taken circa 1944 by John Pascoe. Other - Pascoe's caption for this image in Photographic Archive Pascoe file at 6/1/30 reads: "Omaio, a Maori settlement in the Bay of Plenty." Other - Note on back of file print reads "5/7/44 Possibly later maybe mid 1950s " Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - [unreadable] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: January 1951

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Walker, W (Mr), active 1940s-1950s

Reference: 1/2-027412-F

Description: Cream van of the Te Kaha Dairy Co-op, Omaio district, January 1951. Shows an unidentified man moving cream from a wooden platform to the back of a truck. Photograph taken by W Walker for the National Publicity Studios. Other - Note on back of file print reads: "Te Kaha Dairy Co-op, East Coast, Auckland - The cream van, working in the Omaio District." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: Jan 1951

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Walker, W (Mr), active 1940s-1950s

Reference: 1/2-032749-F

Description: Omaio township from the main road, photographed for the National Publicity Studios by W Walker. Shows houses, corrugated iron buildings, and a Shell petrol station. Caption - from back of National Publicity Studios file print reads: "Omaio township, as seen from the Main Road. Omaio has a Maori school, Church, Post Office and Garage and there are some beautiful homes amongst the hills." Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top right - A14804 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: 17 March 1926

By: Pāhewa, Hakaraia (Rev), 1869?-1948

Reference: 1/2-056381-F

Description: Consecration of St Patrick's Anglican Church, Omaio (sometimes known as the Omaio Soldiers' Memorial Church), on 17 March 1926. The clergy present included the Rev. J.A. Draper and Canon Hakaraia Pahewa, Bishop William Walmsley Sedgwick, and Reverend Herbert William Williams Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 9 Oct 1870

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0694E-06

Description: Contemporary translation only regarding alcohol Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 4 leaves).

Date: 1890-1919

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-001

Description: Contains correspondence that deals principally with land issues, electoral support for various candidates and electorate work by sitting MPs Also contains a letter from William McDonnell to the Prime Minister in 1914 about why he should be awarded a New Zealand Cross Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.