Turangarere

Date: 1889

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Works

Reference: MapColl-832.41gme/[1889]/Acc.36714-5

Description: Two sheets of the map of the central route railway, North Island main trunk railway, Turangarere section, each covering up to one mile distance along the Hautapu River. Milage is running from Turangarere towards Taihape. Both sheets show tracks, sheet 2 shows Roapoama's house opposite 70 chains and the track from Moawhango and Marton, while sheet 3 shows a U-turn bend in the track and good sites for platelayer's cottages. The lower diagram in each map is a cross section of the same distance, measuring heights, formation levels, distances and gradients. Maps signed by R W Holmes, 26/11/[18]89. 'Copy of PWD 16466'. Quantity: 2 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 46 x 61.4 cm. Provenance: Donated by the Ministry of Works, January 1975.

Date: 1862 - 1880

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]

Reference: E-926-024/025

Description: Double-page spread image shows at far left Herekiekie's waata (storehouse), and other buildings nearby. Two horses are in the centre foreground, and a few scattered figures. At the right is the waterfall at Turangerere on the Hautapu River, with the word "Tertiaries" written beside them. A fenced square enclosure is visible on the bank further up stream. Crawford writes: "At 2.20 pm, we reached the pretty village of Turangerere, the principal residence of the late chief Herekiekie, situated on the right bank of the Hautapu. Here there is a celebrated waata or storehouse, very large and highly ornamented with carvings. There is also a fine waterfall about twenty feet high, and here I got marine tertiary fossils" Other Titles - River Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [24-25 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Wash drawing, 145 x 470 mm

Date: 1975, 1993-1996, 1998

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11618

Description: Transparencies of railway bridges in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (bridge or viaduct name, and/or river/stream name, and/or road name) and location (town, city, or area). Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, metal case, alphabetically for the first 5 rows. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Wilson, John C :Photograph collection

By: Cottier, Charles Percy, -1950

Reference: PAColl-4741

Description: Photographs of: two girls next to a tekoteko aro at a meeting house; a parade by sailors, some pulling a gun carriage, along a Christchurch street with the premises of W Strange & Co in the background; sailors in a parade ground marching past some dignitaries; a view of what is probably Wanganui with Hatrick drapers visible in the distance (captioned as Hamilton); three Maori women sitting on the ground at an outdoor event; a group of young poi dancers wearing taniko head bands with two older women wearing cloaks and holding patu in the Wairarapa; Turangarere waterfall; a group of eleven Maori boys dressed as soldiers with sticks as guns; a Maori family with five children and the family dog; two photographs of wire mesh contraptions possibly for trapping; Kaniere bridge and township; Elizabeth Street, Melbourne looking north with the general post office on the right; a basket used for fishing; a view of a bridge over the lake in Pukekura Park taken by C P Cottier; and a Maori family outside their house with a feather cloak over three of the girls. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1883 - 1885

By: Rochfort, John, 1832-1893; New Zealand. Public Works Department

Reference: MapColl-832.41gme/ca.1884/Acc.3906

Description: A survey map showing part of the Turangarere to Waimarino section of the main trunk line trial survey. Depicts the planned path of the railway line from 26 miles (past Ohakune) to 27 miles along the line. Includes an accompanying explanatory note. Sheet also shows a cross section of the same distance, depicting banks, cutting, formation levels, gradients, and distance. Signed as traced by FNB, 8.1.[18]85. Part of title 'North Island main trunk trial survey 1883-84' added as pencil annotation. Map stamped 'Record set return to H.O. plan records'. and 'Copy PWD'. Map annotation 'PWD 12'077', 'Originals with Ministry of Works', signed 'John Rochfort'. Map verso stamped 'Return to H.O. plan records'. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale [1:2 376], 59.3 x 75.5 cm.

Date: 16-17 Feb 1960

From: Moohan, Michael, 1899-1967: Photographs relating to Member of Parliament Michael Moohan

Reference: PA1-o-1797

Description: Photograph album detailing the journey of The Minister's Special Daylight Express train from Wellington to Auckland on the 16 Feb 1960 and the return journey the next day. Features Minister Michael Moohan and other invited guests riding on the train, those working on the train, and members of the press as well as the train interior and passing vistas (scenery, school children, bowling club members and railway infrastructure). Stops at railway stations en route and different locomotives are also documented. The photographer, and compiler of albums, is unidentified. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: [ca 1908]

From: Christie, John Hellard, 1897-1985: Photographs

Reference: 1/2-107015-F

Description: Turangarere, circa 1908. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Wilson, John C :Photograph collection

Reference: 1/2-107056-F

Description: Waterfall at Turangarere, circa 1910. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).