Ruawai

Date: 6 Apr 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27114-F

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

Date: 1939

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-037-030/032

Description: Three floor plans. The name of the builder written on one plan is B J Smith of Dargaville. The only builder listed on electoral rolls for Dargaville at that time is B G (Bertram Gisborne) Smith. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawings on sheets, sizes varying around 400 x 330 mm.

From: Oral History Collection of Peter Mathews

By: Williams, Len, active 1970s?

Reference: OHInt-0105-46

Description: Len Williams talks about being the blacksmith of Ruawai. Interviewer(s) - Peter Mathews Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000402B; OHC-000403A Tape numbers - OHC-000370C; OHC-000371B Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1.07 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 2006-2007

From: La Plante, Steven, fl 2001-2015: Photographs of war memorials

Reference: PAColl-10421-05

Description: Photographic prints showing war memorials, chiefly for WWI and WWII, in various localities in the North Island. Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s) (Resin coated silver gelatin prints).

Date: 17 Jan 1997

From: Te Roroa Maori life stories project

By: Leaf, Harding Paul (Rev), 1926-2000

Reference: OHInt-0568/01

Description: Harding Leaf, born 1926 in Waikara, South Hokianga. Talks about his parents Taui Riwhi (Leaf) and Kauaeriria Moetara, also refers to grandfather Rawiri Hapakuku Moetara the son of Hapakuku Moetara. Refers to Whirinaki as being the Leaf whanau birthplace. Talks about midshipman John Leaf's descendents and discusses his father's death and burial in 1934. Talks about his name. Recalls experiences at Katui School and Waimamaku Native School. Talks about pupils and teachers and being forbidden to speak Maori. Describes travelling from Katui to Waimamaku along the beach. Recalls his grandmother Tohuora Moetara fostering children and talks about great uncle Iehu Moetara, a noted rangatira. Describes household and farming duties required of him as a child. Recalls trying to enlist when 14 or 15, then enlisting in 1944, serving in J Force and being discharged in 1948. Talks about going to Japan on the ship 'Denera' and returning on the 'Westralia'. Describes his experiences after the Japanese surrender and mentions seeing Emperor Hirohito. Comments on New Zealanders' relationships with Australian, American and British soldiers. Describes visiting his mother at Kapehu kainga after the war and also visiting his grandmother at Waimamaku. Recalls Dargaville after World War II, seasonal work and sharemilking. Talks about Daisy Rewa and his uncle Ruki Leaf arranging a 'firing the shot' or whakaputapu meeting for them and their marriage in 1949. Mentions Daisy Rewa's relationship to King Tawhiao. Lists children's names and birthplaces. Talks about work at Topunui Saw Mill then returning to Ruawai to work on father-in-law's farm. Mentions Te Kowhai marae and Arapakiaka urupa. Refers to kaumatua in the Ruawai area, retaining te reo Maori and his bi-cultural approach to language. Talks about his vocation in the Anglican Church, becoming a minister and mentions influence of uncle Ned Leaf, Bishop Simpkins, Rev Herepo Harawira and Bishop Ben Te Haara. Interviewer(s) - Garry Hooker Accompanying material - Ngapuhi, Te Hikutu ki Whirinaki whakapapa, Ngati Ruanui, Tai Tokerau whakapapa, Ngapuhi, Ngati Korokoro hapu ki Pakanae whakapapa of Rev Harding Leaf are included with the abstract Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008437 - OHC-008438 Quantity: 1 C120 cassette(s). 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2619.

Date: 1873 - 1925

Reference: MapColl-832.11gbbd/1873- (1971)/Acc.35845

Description: Map of Kaipara Harbour from Ruawai, Tokatoka and east to the Otematea County boundary and State Highway 1, Hakaru, south to Topuni and Port Albert. Shows original purchases of Edward and Thomas Coates, subsequent purchases and sales and owners, Maori settlements and pa pites, a 3,300 acre pine forest, state highways, railways, historical battle sites, churches, missions, and pioneer historical information. Rivers, creeks and forests are also identified. Traced over New Zealand Cadastral maps one inch to one mile. NZMS Ruawai Sheet N27 survey office records and Maungaturoto Sheet N28. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Felt tip pen on paper, part coloured, scale indeterminable, 43 x 80.5 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Sutch, William Ball, 1907-1975. Papers (Exact reference unknown).

Date: 1875 - 1972

Reference: MapColl-832.11gbbd/1867-1973 (1975)/Acc.35848

Description: Four maps of the Coates brothers' land between the Kaipara Harbour and the Arapaoa River, from Ruawai and east to Pahi, over different timeframes. First map; 'Original holdings - c. 1875'. Shows the Coates brothers' land blocks; the Unuwhao (2500 acres), the Hukatere block (10,410 acres leased from Maori owners) and the Ruawai; also shows Ruatuna House, Thomas Coates' House 'Te Kawau', the horse trek from Tinopai at Komiti Bay to Paparoa. Land ownership notes on map quote sources. Second map; 'The Three Estates - landholding at greatest extent c.1921'. Shows the three Coates estates Ruawai, The Swamp and Unuwhao, as well as small area owned by the Education Department. Land ownership notes on the map quote sources. As per Cadastral Maungaturoto Sheet 7128. Third map; 'Private sales, crown sales for soldier settlement by 1948'. Map shows land transferance and sales to returned soldiers via the Crown. Reference notes beside map. Fourth map: 'The Remnant - 1972'. Shows remaining Ruatuna property, Coates Memorial CHurch, State Highway No. 12, Post Office Matakohe, what was the horse track to Tinopai in 1875 as tar sealed road. D.R. Coates had sold farm. Areas and survey plans taken from New Zealand Cadastral maps one inch to one mile. NZMS Ruawai Sheet NZ7 survey office records 1.10.1963 and Maungaturoto Sheet NZ8 survey office records 1.2.1964. Signed A.P.B.W. Aug 1975 Quantity: 4 manuscript map(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Felt tip pen on paper, part coloured, scale indeterminable, 56 x 76 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Sutch, William Ball, 1907-1975. Papers (Exact reference unknown).

Date: 1974

From: Robinson, Bernard Jim, 1932-2001 :Photographs of New Zealand hotels, townscapes and railway scenes

Reference: PAColl-7847-3

Description: Photographs of North Island hotels and townscapes, taken in 1974 by Bernard Jim Robinson. Most of the photographs were taken in Auckland, Northland and Waikato. Arrangement: Negatives at 35mm-47951 to 47953, 48012 to 48021, and 48023 to 48026 Quantity: 65 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 6 Apr 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27110-F

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

Date: 6 Apr 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27109-F

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

Date: 6 Apr 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27113-F

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

Date: 6 Apr 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27112-F

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

Date: 6 Apr 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27111-F

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

Date: 6 Apr 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27108-F

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

Date: 8 Mar 1956

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-40624-F

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

Date: Feb 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-05110-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative 1/2 plate 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 5 Feb 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-05111-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative 1/2 plate 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 15 Apr 1958

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-45658

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 15 Apr 1958

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-45657

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 15 Apr 1958

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-45659

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative