Otaraia Pā

Date: 1847 - 1965 - 1966

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: C-028-009-c

Description: Otaraia Pa, Ruamahanga River, Wairarapa. Shows the pa on top of a hill to the right, a group of people on the bank of the Ruamahanga in the foreground, and a small craft with a lateen sail on the river Reproduction of an original watercolour in the Library's collection, WC-045 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph

Date: 1847 - 1965 - 1966

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: C-028-009-e

Description: Otaraia Pa, Ruamahanga River, Wairarapa. Shows the pa on top of a hill to the right, a group of people on the bank of the Ruamahanga in the foreground, and a small craft with a lateen sail on the river Reproduction of an original watercolour in the Library's collection, WC-045 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph

Date: 1847 - 1965 - 1966

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: C-028-009-f

Description: Otaraia Pa, Ruamahanga River, Wairarapa. Shows the pa on top of a hill to the right, a group of people on the bank of the Ruamahanga in the foreground, and a small craft with a lateen sail on the river Reproduction of an original watercolour in the Library's collection, WC-045 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph

Date: 1857 - 1859

By: Igglesden, Charles Moore, 1832-1920; Knowles, Francis William, 1835-1887

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/1857/Acc.25764

Description: Surveyor's map of the area along the Huangarua River from the Otaraia Pā in South Wairarapa. Includes Maori placenames and pa sites, and various geographical features and trig points. Includes written descriptions of the terrain and vegetation. The road to the beach is marked. Handwritten on bottom right of map: W.29 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Reduced by C. M. Igglesden & F. Knowles July 1859 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale [1:63 360], 73 x 39 cm. Provenance: Photocopy from a map originally held at Lands and Survey Dept. Head Office Collection (W29), now housed at National Archives, Wellington

Date: 1847 - 1965 - 1966

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: C-028-009-a

Description: Otaraia Pa, Ruamahanga River, Wairarapa. Shows the pa on top of a hill to the right, a group of people on the bank of the Ruamahanga in the foreground, and a small craft with a lateen sail on the river Reproduction of an original watercolour in the Library's collection, WC-045 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph

Date: 1855

By: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/1855(1966)/Acc.19568

Description: Topographic map of the area from Lake Wairarapa to Matarawa to the Pairoa Range and the Aorangi Mountains. A note on the map states that it is a tracing from a ca. 1855 sketch map held at the Turnbull Library, by A.G. Bagnall, ca. 1966, showing land blocks and runholders names, Maori land, and various Maori names for natural features. McNaughten's property, of 2000 acres, is situated between the Mangauru and Waihora Rivers, adjacent to the proposed road to the beach. The road from Wellington is marked and the line of a proposed road to the beach. Oteraia [i.e Otaraia] Pa, Burlings Hotel and Nix's Hotel are marked. Names include Borlese, Morrison, Butler, Tucker, Brierly, Smith & Revens, Gillies, W.H. Smith, McNaughten, Bidwill. Scale of original [ca.1:126 720] A.G. Bagnall was the Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library, and also wrote a comprehensive history of the Wairarapa entitled `Wairarapa - an historical excursion' (1976), but this map does not appear in the book Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 59.2 x 41.8 cm.

Date: 1847 - 1965 - 1966

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: C-028-009

Description: Otaraia Pa, Ruamahanga River, Wairarapa. Shows the pa on top of a hill to the right, a group of people on the bank of the Ruamahanga in the foreground, and a small craft with a lateen sail on the river Reproduction of an original watercolour in the Library's collection, WC-045 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph

Date: 1847 - 1965 - 1966

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: C-028-009-d

Description: Otaraia Pa, Ruamahanga River, Wairarapa. Shows the pa on top of a hill to the right, a group of people on the bank of the Ruamahanga in the foreground, and a small craft with a lateen sail on the river Reproduction of an original watercolour in the Library's collection, WC-045 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph

Date: Aug 1966

From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers

Reference: 89-249-1/11

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1847 - 1965 - 1966

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: C-028-009-b

Description: Otaraia Pa, Ruamahanga River, Wairarapa. Shows the pa on top of a hill to the right, a group of people on the bank of the Ruamahanga in the foreground, and a small craft with a lateen sail on the river Reproduction of an original watercolour in the Library's collection, WC-045 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph

Date: 1850 - 1859

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Norden, Alison, active 1997

Reference: A-035-036

Description: Shows a view, from privately-owned (fenced) land, towards a stretch of water, probably the Ruamahanga River (which bounded Mein Smith's own property slightly further upstream at the entrance of Dry River into the Ruamahanga). At the right in the middle distance, a small figure pulls a canoe up towards a site covered with tall poles with bulbous (carved?) tops, probably a canoe landing reserve, marked with poles to show who is entitled to land there. This site is separated from the fenced land, by a natural boundary in the form of a tributary stream, whose clay banks are visible. On the distant shore of the water at the left, a stand of trees stretches into the background. The foreground is cleared with two flax plants in the left foreground. On the extreme right, a figure walks along a path towards the markers. Tipene Chrisp suggests that the poles are not standard Hauhau poles. ATL holds a watercolour sketch by Charles Decimus Barraud, made from almost the same spot in 1863 (at B-005-009). It appears not to have been done from William Mein Smith's own property which was further upstream. The title "Otaraia" may indicate simply the Otaraia area rather than the pa itself. For a map of the area, showing the location of Mein Smith's pieces of property on the Ruamahanga, see Map Collection 832.45gbbd/1861?/Acc.564 "Plan of the Wairarapa from the sea". Other Titles - [Ruamahanga River, Wairarapa, with canoe landing markers] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 166 x 240 mm. (with one corner missing) Provenance: The gallery was selling on behalf of Ms Alison Norden, the great-great-great-granddaughter of the artist. The work had been handed down through family members. In 1993 the work was on sale at Ferner Gallery Auckland, on behalf of Mrs Alison Norden, and had been restored by the Ferner Gallery.

Date: 1847

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-045

Description: Shows a group of people on a river bank, with a large pa (Otaraia) on the hill to the right. The palisades and houses of the pa, built by Ngatuere Tawhirimatea, are clearly seen. A small boat with sail is on the Ruamahanga River Reproduced by the Library as a Turnbull Library Print, 1965, as Otaraia Pa, Ruamahanga River, Wairarapa. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Exhibitied in 'Drawn From Nature: Europeans Record New Zealand, 1770-1860' exhibition at the National Library Gallery, 31 March to 28 May 1989. Other Titles - Otaraia Pa, Wairarapa Identified on acquisition from a closely similar watercolour in the Hocken Library, inscribed in Fox's hand 'Oteriah Pah, Ruamahanga River, Wiararapa Valley, 1857' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 255 x 360 mm