Old Porirua Road

Date: 1849

By: Russell, Andrew Hamilton, 1811-1900

Reference: qMS-1734

Description: Copies of two reports written by Russell. The first (5 pages) details the building of the Porirua Military Road (1846-1847) and the Horokiwi Road (1847-1849) by detachments of the 58th and 99th Regiments and mentions the contruction of stockades following the attack on Boulcott's Farm. The second report (12 pages), dated Pauatahanui, 31 Dec 1849, is extracted from Papers relative to New Zealand, volume 5, 1850. This is his official report on the building of the roads, sent to the Lieutenant-Governor. Source of title - Transcribed Russell came to New Zealand as the Captain of a detachment of the 58th Regiment, having seen service in New South Wales and became Superintendent of Roads in 1846. He left the army about 1859 and subsequently farmed at Mangakuri, Hawke's Bay.. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (18 pages). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1848 - 1849

From: [Turnbull, Henry Hume] d 1858 :[New Zealand and Pacific sketchbook, 1848 to 1856]

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-025

Description: A road cut out of a steep hill, with heavy bush cover, including mature trees. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993.

Date: 1848 - 1849

From: [Turnbull, Henry Hume] d 1858 :[New Zealand and Pacific sketchbook, 1848 to 1856]

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-008

Description: A road cut out of a steep hill, with heavy bush cover, including mature trees. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993.

Date: 1848 - 1849

From: [Turnbull, Henry Hume] d 1858 :[New Zealand and Pacific sketchbook, 1848 to 1856]

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-014

Description: A road winding between bush-clad hills above a gully, probably Karori Road, Porirua Road or the Kaiwharawhara / Ngaio area. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & sepia wash on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993.

Date: 1853

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1849-1850s. [Additional Manuscript 19954. File prints].

By: McCleverty, William Anson, 1806-1897

Reference: E-144-042

Description: A winding road alongside a stream and native forest. A man stands beside a small cart on the left, a Maori man is on a bridge over the stream, and a tent sits in a clearing to the right. Tree ferns, nikau and rata are identifiable in the forest Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of watercolour

Date: Apr-55

From: Wellington Regional Planning Authority: Maps from records

Reference: MapColl-WRPA-PORIRUA.Acc.56200

Description: Cadastral map showing an area along the Wellington Paekakariki Centennial State Highway and Old Porirua Road. Includes a legend. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazotype on paper, 69.5 x 70 cm.

Date: 1967

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. July 1967-January 1968.

Reference: E-472-f-014

Description: Glimpse of the harbour and Somes Island from high point on Old Porirua Road Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink 270 x 375 mm

Date: [1870s-1880s]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926; Bragge, James, 1833-1908

Reference: PA1-q-261

Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken circa 1870s to 1880s, many by unidentified photographers, with several being taken by James Bragge. One that is clearly by Bragge shows his named carriage "J. Bragge. Photographer. Lambton Quay, Wellington" in a photograph taken on the road on the Featherston side of the Rimutaka Hill (on page 18). The first fourteen pages show views of the Pink and White Terraces, each from varying angles. These are followed by views of Ohinemutu. Many of the photographs are unidentified, including one of a meeting house with a group of Maori men, women and children in front. Painted on the maihi are the words "Mauimua Mauiroto Maui", painted fish and Maui in a boat fishing. On page 26 is a photograph of a painting, possibly by Charles Blomfield, showing Lake Rotomahana with the Pink Terraces on the right and the top of the White Terraces in the foreground, beside which there are two men. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, gold border; 38.0 x 28.5 cm

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

Reference: MapColl-WRC-R1/19J-Acc.

Description: Plan of two cottages - William Notts cottage, Old Porirua Road and Military cottage, Grant Road See folder R1/16a-c-R7/26 for tracing of same map. Quantity: 1 map(s) [with annotations]. Physical Description: Ink on white paper. Scale indeterminable. 32 x 21 cm.

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ng/[n.d.]/Acc.8600

Description: Cadastral, surveyed map of Fairie Glen Estate subdivision on George Road (Kaiwharawhara Road), Wellington. Shows numbered sections 1-28, with acreage. Marks nearby DP 2053, Reserve 3, Old Porirua Road, and some neighbouring outlined sections. Written on reverse: 60 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Blueprint on paper, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 39 x 59.5 cm

Date: 1937-1940

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material

Reference: MS-Papers-0230-003

Description: Indexes to newspaper material including historical, provinces and districts, NZ general; historical, subjects in serial form; `special' centennial subjects, exhibition; and memorial and celebration (individual towns) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1848 - 1849

From: [Turnbull, Henry Hume] d 1858 :[New Zealand and Pacific sketchbook, 1848 to 1856]

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-011

Description: A small house and fence on the left bank, the stream, and Old Porirua Road running along the flat land on the right bank, looking into the hills of the Ngaio Gorge. There are two people faintly sketched on the left bank, so the area shown may be the ford. A horse and cart are moving along Porirua Road. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993

Date: 1840 - 1849

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-008

Description: A small wooden cottage, a fence alongside, at the foot of a hill, the road alongside the front face. A pile of firewood is in the foreground. Another building is visible in the distance beyond another fence. Copy of pencil drawing (185 x 115 mm), probably a copy by Mary Marshall of original by W. Swainson. Printout from Micro Art 17, Swainson, W. The drawings & sketches of Mary Marshall.... Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Microfilm printout, 238 x 167 mm

Date: 1849

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: B-103-006

Description: Bush clad hillside, probably around Ngaio Gorge, showing the effects of the 1848 earthquake in Wellington, with deep valleys Geologist Gaye Downes suggests that this scene is likely to be drawn from Old Porirua Road, about 2/3 of the way up from Ngaio Gorge, looking upwards Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 175 x 250 mm

Date: ca 1895

From: Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of Khandallah

Reference: 1/2-003775-F

Description: View of Khandallah including Simla Crescent and Clark Street. Old Porirua Road is in the foreground. The railway line is just visible. Khandallah school is on the top right. Taken circa 1895. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [1850s?]

By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885

Reference: B-009-005

Description: Attributed to William Howard Homes on stylistic grounds. Shows Mathieson and Schultze's flourmill to the right with a red-cloaked man leading a horse along Old Porirua Road on the left. Wellington Harbour can be seen in the distance, the building on the near-side of the harbour is possibly the Rainbow Hotel. Matiu / Somes Island and Wellington City are also shown. Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - The Harbour from Keiwara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on card Processing information: Description updates 5 April 2023 following information provided by a researcher.

Date: 1881

By: Park, Robert George, active 1881; Levin & Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ng/1881/Acc.6349

Description: Cadastral, part surveyed map showing the subdivision of the Trelissick Estate, Ngaio, Wellington, highlighting Sections 4, 5 and 9 and identifying Sections 6, 7, 8 and 10, and a Native (Maori) Reserve. Shows Old Porirua Road, part of the Wellington to Wairarapa Railway, and part of the Kaiwharawhara Stream. Parts of Section 5 have been subdivided, and names of owners of those properties are: Crofton, Bartlett, Chew and Aplin. Shows proposed roads. Trelissick Estate was developed by Captain Edward Daniell, in 1843, who named the property after his family home in Cornwall, England. Daniell died in 1866, the property was subdivided in the 1880's by Major & Mrs Deane. Gorge Road was upgraded in 1898. (Onslow Historian, v3 (3) 1973, p.4-13) Other Titles - Plan showing subdivisions in the estate of Trelissick Written on reverse: Major Deane Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, part coloured, and watercolour on paper, linen backed, 65 x 55 cm.

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-016-1-2-2

Description: Porirua Rd, between 1852 & 1856, the road passing through a cutting and winding through steep bush-clad banks, with a traveller in the foreground and a horse and cart in the distance. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, on sheet 126 x 76 mm.

Date: 1850

By: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889; McClintock, Madeleine, active 1985

Reference: B-159-024

Description: Shows a Maori man and woman with a child on the woman's back, walking beside their packhorse on a road at the left. The packhorse is laden with red saddlebags. The road continues into the foreground and curves away again to the right, disappearing into a bushcovered hilly area. The couple are passing a central rata tree in flower, and there are bushcovered hills in the distance. In the foreground in front of the rata is a pool or section of a river. Location suggested to be the Hutt Valley, but may be one of the gorges off the western side of the harbour, possibly near the old Porirua Road. Letter of authentication dated 24 August 1983 on backing board. Sometimes known as "Maori travellers ..." Other Titles - Maori travellers with packs and horse, pack horse, Hutt Valley [former title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 375 x 262 mm. Provenance: Formerly owned by the artist's great granddaughter, Mrs Madeleine McClintock. Auctioned at McArthur & Company Auckland in October 1983 (lot 28)

Date: 1840 - 1849

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Crawford, Henry Nevay (Brigadier), 1907-1993

Reference: A-229-008

Description: Kaiwharawhara stream and bridge in foreground; across the stream is a raupo hut and John Lodge's two-storeyed public house (also known as the Rainbow Hotel or Kaiwharawhara Hotel). The raupo whare is either one built for road-makers, or the immigration barracks built by Te Kaeaea (Taringa Kuri) to house Scottish colonists put ashore at Kaiwharawhara in December 1840. The area is shown before the 1855 earthquake, which raised the flat land in this part, and made the stream more shallow. The road up the hill on the near side of the stream is the Porirua Bridle Path, 6 feet wide. On the far side of the stream is the original Porirua coach road. (Information from Kapi-Mana news, Vol 23 no. 14, 10 March 1981, p. 22, by William Secker). Original deposited by on indefinite loan by Brigadier H N Crawford, August 1968. (See TL 2/56). Bequeathed to the Library in 1993 See also Onslow Historian, Vol 6 no 3, 1976, p. 9. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 177 x 261 mm