Farms - New Zealand - Waikato Region

Date: [1890s-1980s]

By: McWhannell, Rhoda Leslie, 1897-1996

Reference: ATL-Group-00730

Description: Comprises 91 notebooks, newspaper clippings, and correspondence compiled by Rhoda McWhannell. Includes 23 diaries recording Rhoda McWhannell's daily appointments and her observations on the weather, dated 1964-1986. Also includes 62 journals containing more detailed comments on McWhannell's activities and current news from 1938-1986, interspersed with cartoons, clippings, quotations, stamps, photographs, and other items. Also includes four journals recording trips to Italy, the United Kingdom, and South Africa; two books of quotations and extracts; a folder of newspaper clippings, cartoons, a greeting card and a photograph; and a parcel of thirteen letters to Mr and Mrs Butler from McWhannell and others. Also includes 31 photograph albums, loose photographs, transparencies and negatives taken by Rhoda and Frederick McWhannell and others from circa 1890s to 1980s. Includes photographs relating to the McWhannell's homestead 'Rozel' and their eucalyptus nursery; forestry and farming at Ōhaupō; the McWhannell and McCurdie families; the World Wars; and more. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 3 box(es) of transparencies. 31 album(s). 72 colour original negative(s). 91 volume(s) comprising 68 journals and 23 diaries. 1309 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: The requirement for the Chief Librarian to give permission to access to this collection was removed on 1 June 2022. The original reference number assigned to the collection, 87-052, was changed to ATL-Group-00730 in June 2022. The photographic component, formerly PA-Group-00780, was incorporated into ATL-Group-00730 in August 2022 during further re-processing of the collection.

Date: Aug 2001-May 2002 - 21 Aug 2001 - 01 May 2002

By: Harpe, Terry, active 2002; Ag Heritage (Museum); New Zealand National Fieldays Society

Reference: OHColl-0639

Description: The project is a pilot for the Agricultural Heritage Museum, Hamilton, designed to explore three topics - early rural New Zealand life, Peat land development in the Waikato, and the beginnings of top dressing. Interviews are with Carol Stanford, Ian Henderson, David Wallace, Ossie James, and Lex Riddell. Interviewer(s) - Terry Harpe Quantity: 6 C60 cassette(s). 5 printed abstract(s). 5 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Search dates: 1900 - 1990

Date: 2008

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-9389-30

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Robyn Vicki Lawrence on behalf of her brother Murray Tapper; History of the Tappers of Okauia compiled by Vicki Lawrence, 2009; Early history of Okauia, compiled by Mrs H Baxindine Snr, Mrs Annie Marsh, George Harrison, jack jones, Arthur Garland, Mar 1982 Original owner was Caleb Robinson Tapper who leased the land in 1908. It was acquired by Jack Victor Tapper in 1919. In 2008 it was owned by his grandson Murray Wayne Tapper and wife Gillian. In June 2008 the Tapper farm was sold to Murray & Nikki Hawkings ending over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. In April 2008 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 box(es) Hollinger (2 items). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs (some photocopies)

Date: 1901 - 1921

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: Valuation New Zealand; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Auckland District Office; New Zealand. Printing and Stationery Department; Mackay, John, 1851-1937

Reference: MapColl-832.17gbbd/1904-/Acc.35525

Description: A cadastral map of rural lands open for selection on lease in perpetuity, of the area from the Te Awaroa River to the Wai-inumia Stream, including the Kawhia-Alexandra Road. This base map has numbered sections, some have been coloured, and include acreages, owners' names and dates handwritten in each section. A small map, named Kawhia North S.D., mounted at the top left of the main map, is of sections 5 and 7 which are adjacent to the Awaroa River and one and a half miles to the Hauturu P.O. Includes one owners' name, acreage and a mounted cutting about section 5 and handwritten information including the poster number and date. A second cutting about section 3 is mounted on the bottom left of the main map and includes the relevant poster number and date. The map on the reverse has some sections outlined in red with a prominent note stating 'Superseded. See map on face'. The base maps are of sections in the Kawhia County. Auckland land district No. 753. A schedule of the second class land is referred to in a key. The map includes directions to the nearby settlement of Kawhia, and the vegetation and terrain are named. A schedule of second class land is referred to in a key and include the section number, acreage and rent. Instructions to applicants and a caution follow the with the printed name of James Mackenzie, Commissioner of Crown Lands. A statement on the left side of the map begins 'second class surveyed land, 3610 acres'. Includes the application date of 7th. September 1904 at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland. The inset map is a locality plan of the area from Helensville to Hawke's Bay. Handwritten names listed are: Y.B. Berntsen, H.C. Noonan, A.G. Williams, a. Dickson, H.W. Cuff, F.L. Morine, Charlotte Titchmarsh, C.C. Bagnall, K. Morine, A.L. Turrell, F.W. Walker, W.H. Armstrong, D.A. McLaren, D. Cullen, I. Neilson, W.J. Grier, D & D.H. Cavers of Hauturu, C.A. Mowat, W. Brownlie, E.E. Berryman, Elizabeth Irwin, S.T. Doe, Werner Althoff, V.H. Thatcher, J.R. Noonan, Paki Ahipu, W.W. Kerr, F. Cavers, W.D. Cavers, Alice Isabel Pearson. Inset: Kawhia County locality plan. Scale [1:2 534 400] Base map: Plan of sections in Kawhia County. Series, Auckland Land District No. 753. [Wellington, N.Z.], John Mackay, Govt. Printer, [1904] Title written in blue pencil on right hand side and subtitle adapted by cataloguer from that of the base map. Other Titles - Kawhia North survey district rural Quantity: 3 map(s) The map on the verso is a copy of the larger map on the recto with variations detailed below. Includes a small map mounted on the recto.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scales vary, 70.8 x 52.4 cm or smaller, on sheet 85 x 76.7 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation New Zealand, February 1991

Date: [ca 1970-ca 1979]

From: Giles, T Rex, 1929-2006 :Photographs of deer farming and hunting, opossum hunting, taxidermy, and mining.

Reference: PAColl-8752-2

Description: Photographs of deer carcasses being processed for export at Consolidated Traders Ltd's works at Rongatea and Rotorua. Also featured are carcasses of wild pigs awaiting processing and frozen goat carcasses bagged and ready for export. Several photographs show bales of deer pelts packed and covered with hessian. Deer photographed on Rex Giles' farm, Forest Park, at Maroa north of Taupo. Most of these photographs were in albums of plastic sleaves and were probably used as promotional material for the company. The prints were removed from the albums as the type of plastic bonds with the emusion of the print. Quantity: 54 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1807 - 1867

By: McDonnell, J A, active 1807; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-832.15gbbd/1807/Acc.4503

Description: Copy of a hand-drawn map of two adjointing sections of farm land adjacent to the Harataunga Harbour, now known as Kennedy Bay, and bordered by the Whareroa and Ohinau Streams, Puketutu and Kaotara Hills and Rangitahi. One section has the names of Nathan Kennedy & Brothers, while the second has McGregor & Atkinson's names, together with acreages. The McGregor & Atkinson property includes the location of a sawmill and wharf, buildings are indicated and one is named 'Mr. Atkinson's'. A handwritten note on the original, written within this section states 'Grant to J. Cruikshank, Nov. 26th., 1867. 12.15a Sol 155'. Within the section of Nathan Kennedy & brothers, the note states 'Grant to Mr. J. Kennedy, Nov 26th, 1867. 12.15a Sol 155'. Includes references to Native land and Mr. D. Lowe's land. On the opposite side of the harbour, a settlement is marked and the site of a Maori church. A handwritten note on the top left states: 'The copy of a map deposited in this office. ... [difficult to decipher] and ... [difficult to decipher] by us. N... Heal. Native Land Office, March 19th. 1807. Surveyed by J.A. McDonnell. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 44.5 x 42 cm.

Date: 1913 - 1924

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: Valuation New Zealand; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Auckland District Office; New Zealand. Printing and Stationery Department; Mackay, John, 1851-1937

Reference: MapColl-832.14gbbd/1913-/Acc.35536

Description: Base maps of rural lands open for sale or occupation with right of purchase, or for renewable lease, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, in the Wharepapa Survey District, West Taupo County and in the Waipoua Survey District in the Hokianga County. The boundaries of farm blocks in the Wharepapa Survey District, Sections 1, 6,7, 11-24, are prominently outlined, the majority include owners' names and applicable dates handwritten in each section. A scenic reserve, domain and recreation reserve, hospital reserve, cemetery and creamery sites, and the Puniu, Waipari and Mangaharakeke Streams are marked. The roadman's paddock, the school site and temporary reserve have Gazetteer numbers. Brief descriptions of the terrain and vegetation are included. The base map of the Waipoua Survey District has two cuttings about land in the Wharepapa Survey District mounted over the top of it. The first cutting has '1393, 25-7-21, cash or D.P.' written adjacent to it while the second cutting has '1406, 23 & 25-1-2l, for general application' The main base map is of farm sections in the Wharepapa survey district, 15 miles from Kawa Railway station in the West Taupo County, Auckland Land District No. 1195. The second base map is of farm sections in the Waipoua Survey District, 8 miles from Kaihu, in the Hokianga County. A schedule of these districts include the valuations, acreages and rent. Instructions to applicants and a caution follow with the printed name of H.M. Skeet, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Includes an abstract of conditions of purchase. A statement on the left side of the map begins with '2,706 acres'. Includes the application date of 23 September 1913 at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland. The inset map is a locality plan of the area from the Hokianga River to the Poor Knights Island south to Kawhia Harbour. Kaihu and Wharepapa are indicated by red arrows. Handwritten names listed in the Wharepapa Survey District are: G. Benson, J. Furness, A. Eggleton & J. Brugh, J. Duncan, E. Austin, G.C. Wotton, H.E. & B.J. & H.G. Criggs, T.A. McNaught, Ellen Barnes, E.Corkhill, O.E. Austin, Mrs. A. Gooder, J.T. Leamau, H.E. Kinzett, Mary Kerr, J.T. Wilks, A.N. Austin, R. Plummer, Elizabeth Hinds, C. Bayly, F.B. Jolly, B. Gasson, A.E. Gasson, B. Underwood, A.G. Thomson, F.E. Dodd, J. O'Reilly, W. Thompson, T.D. Ashby, D.J. Ashby, E.M. Richardson, R.M. McCulloch, G.A. Thomson, J. Mogford, C.V. Thomas, Miss D. E. Beard. Handwritten names listed in the Waipoua Survey District are: R. Leahy, O. Reilly. Inset: Wharepapa and Waipoua locality plan. Scale [1:7 920] Base map: Sections in Wharepapa Survey District. Series, Auckland Land District No. 1195. [Wellington, N.Z.], John Mackay, Govt. Printer, [1913] Title written in blue pencil along bottom edge and subtitle adapted by cataloguer from that of the base map. Quantity: 4 map(s) The maps on the verso are copies of maps on the recto.. Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scale[1:31 680], 43.1 x 33.7 cm. and smaller, on a sheet measuring 63.3 x 73.6 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation New Zealand, February 1991 Donated by Valuation New Zealand, 26.02.1991.

Date: 1930

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-2-172

Description: Newly-shorn sheep in a pen outside the shearing shed at Mangatoi Station photographed in 1930 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - One of Sunday's. Their trials are over for another year - newly-shorn sheep in the pen outside the shearing shed. Note door through which new arrivals are pushed.; Verso - bottom centre - 1930 shearing at Mangatoi Station Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 10.2 x 7.9 cm

Date: [Circa 1960s?]

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-o-567

Description: Coloured photographs of the house, farm, trees, and garden at `Rozel', the home of Frederick and Rhoda McWhannell Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with white plastic cover, photographs inserted in plastic pockets; 10.5 x 15.0 cm

Date: [Between 1941 and 1946]

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-o-563

Description: Family photographs, chiefly taken by Rhoda McWhannell, many taken at `Rozel', the farm she and her husband Frederick McWhannell owned near Ohaupo. A large number of images show Audrey Hopkins (later Geddes) at Rozel, with animals including ducks, hens and dogs, swimming in the water tank, and with Brian Geddes (later her husband). Four images show a military tank "T27626", with "Galatos" on the turret, at an unidentified location. A group portrait of officers at Waiouru in 1941, and several photographs of Frederick McWhannell, Frank Bethwaite and Neva Morrison wearing military uniform in the early 1940s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with navy blue cover, entitled `Photographs'; 20 x 23 cm

Date: 1911

From: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933 : Papers

By: Mackay, John, 1851-1937; New Zealand. Printing and Stationery Department; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Auckland District Office

Reference: MapColl-832.18gbbd/1911/Acc.5768

Description: A base map of rural lands and small grazing runs for lease in the Tauhara Survey District, on the shores of Lake Taupo, has been used by H. Hill to show his own land and other sections leased by him. Several farm blocks include pencilled monetary values while others are shaded and include positions of buildings. H. Hill's own section has handwritten notes 'Afforested & finish', 69 acres, Sold' and adjacent to this section a note states ' Letter to I. Hislop Oct 23/22 re leasing reserve/thermal sp.'. A handwritten pencilled note states 'George Wall, Waitahanui, Tender for fencing' with several pencilled arithmetical sums. The Taupo - Napier Road continues as hand-drawn lines in ink across farm sections. Several sections are marked as withdrawn. A hand-drawn compass indicates the aspect. A letter mounted on the bottom right of the map is a reply from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, K.M. Graham, to H. Hill about lease of extra land. The base map itself is of sections of lands in the Tauhara Survey District, Auckland Land District No. 1095. Includes references to Native Owners and Crown Land, a thermal springs reserve. An extensive statement on the left side of the map begins with the heading Rural Lands and small-grazing runs for lease, and include the date of 24th. October 1911 at the District Lands Office, Auckland. A schedule of the sections includes the valuations, acreages and rent. Instructions to applicants and a caution follow with the printed name of Eric C. Gold Smith, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Includes an abstract of the conditions of lease. Names listed are: G. Wehringo, Sarah E. Clark, Emma Clark, Annie Clark, H. Hill. The inset locality plan has been cut out and removed from the top right corner. Base map: Lands in Tauhara Survey District. [Wellington, N.Z.], John Mackay, Govt. Printer, [1911] Title taken from reverse of map. '1911 Taupo', 'Taupo leased section', 'Taupo lease sections also own' are written on the reverse. See also MS-Papers-0146 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper, backed with brown paper, coloured, 61.3 x 91.5 cm.

Date: 1906 - 1921

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Auckland District Office; New Zealand. Printing and Stationery Department; Mackay, John, 1851-1937; Murray, William David Browne, 1843-1932; Valuation New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-832.17gbbd/1906/Acc.35361

Description: A poster-plan map number 839 made up of two maps, one a cadastral map of Whareorino survey district available for lease, the other a locality plan of the locality in the Waikato, from North Cape to Taupo. The cadastral map depicts Whareorino S.D. VII as Crown Land, and highlights in red the narrow strip of 230 acres along the cliffs as the land available for lease. Also depicts 1231 acres of Crown Land assigned to WH Cummings and GP Moore, 596 acres of Crown Land assigned to J T Hatton, Lot 1 of 2 assigned to W F Spence, with 666 acres of Lot 1 and 2 of X assigned to WF Kelly and HJ Kelly. Map also includes sevceral paragraphs of text outlining terms and conditions of the lease and condition of the land. Base map: Flax-cutting area.... Series, Auckland Land District No. 839. [Wellington, N.Z.], John Mackay, Govt. Printer, [1906]. Compiled at Head Office (WDB Murray), Department of Lands and Survey, 525.9/06 750. Stamped on map 'Sale map' top right corner. Stamped on map 'Approved Commissioner of Crown Lands 17/10/06 AH (signature indecipherable). Written on map in blue pencil 'Flax cutting areas (SR 839' bottom middle of map. On reverse of map the same map has been glued onto the linen. (Has annotation 'Superceeded - see map on face'. Glued over the map are three pages of typewritten terms and conditions of the lease, by District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 18 October, 1906, stamped '14'. On locality plan, the number '4' has been crossed out and replaced with '13'. '14' has also been crossed out. Other Titles - flax cutting Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scale [1:31 680] and [1: 25 344 000], 55 x 43 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation Department, 1991.

Date: 1916 - 1928

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Auckland District Office; New Zealand. Printing and Stationery Department; Mackay, John, 1851-1937; Valuation New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-832.17gbbd/1917/Acc.35522

Description: A poster-plan map of Auckland Land District no. 1317 depicting 2102 acres of land for sale or lease to discharged soldiers. Made up of two maps, one a cadastral map of the Mangoira Block, indicating numbered sections and including acreages, owner's names and dates handwritten in each section. The other is a locality plan of the area from Kaipara Harbour south to New Plymouth which has an arrow pointing to Awakino. The map includes several paragraphs of text stating conditions of sale, information about the 'second class land', and instructions to applicants. The cadastral map depicts the Awakino North Survey District, with handwritten names listed as CM Raven, MC Pratt, LR Jones, T Cummings, GP Sage, CJ Randell, (earlier owners include Claud Neville de Gray Stevens, S Whitehead). Bordering these properties are the owners WD Black, JR Terrille, SM Black, Thomson, Jones, Cummings, Condon, Beuck, and well as two Native Reserves, and Native owners (Maori land blocks) of Mahoenui no. 4b and Manga - Awakino no. 4. Six scenic reserves are also shown. Many of the properties border the Mokau River. Base map: Mangoira Block.... Series, Auckland Land District No. 1317. [Wellington, N.Z.], John Mackay, Govt. Printer, [1916]. Department of Lands and Survey, 9/423. Signed: 'D. Glenn, 25.1.26' top left corner. Written on map in blue pencil 'Mangoira Block' (SP 1317) bottom middle of map. Glued to map is blue card, with the number '13' painted on it. Glued to cadastral map is text regarding section I, block II, including fiscal information and features of the property. Signed '1467' 24.2.28 and 28.2.28, '2nd class'. On reverse of map the same base map has been glued onto the card, without annotations. Blue card has been glued over this map in bottom left corner. Also includes an abstract of fiscal conditions, by the Land Board (which have been covered by blue card on the other map). Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scale [1:15 840], 55 x 43 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation Department, 1991

Date: 1958-1970

From: Giles, T Rex, 1929-2006 :Photographs of deer farming and hunting, opossum hunting, taxidermy, and mining.

By: Johns, John Henry Gerard, 1924-1999

Reference: PAColl-8752-1

Description: Most of the photographs relate to Rex Giles' "Forest Park Deer Farm," the first to be issued a licence to farm deer in New Zealand. The first group of photographs record the first deer farm slaughter of domestic animals at Forest Park on the 13th of March 1970. Other photographs are probably associated with this event and include photographs of deer on the farm. The third group of photographs are views of Rex Giles' farm and its deer stock taken in September 1968 by John Johns for the New Zealand Forest Service. The fourth group of photographs, also by John Johns for the Forest Service, show wild deer grazing in Caples Valley, western Otago, October 1958. Two photographs show Manchurian Sika and Pere David's deer at Woburn Park, England. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1936-1962, 1964-1980

By: Bowen, Harold George, 1904-1994

Reference: MSX-3981

Description: Volume of farm accounts kept by H G Bowen covering the period 1936-1962, relating to his dairy farm at Manawaru (Waikato Region). Accounts record purchases, prices paid for stock and milk cartage, cream cheques, farm expenses, prices gained for bobby calves, pigs etc and contains a running record of stock held and stock sold. Also contains very brief income record from 1964-1980. Source of title - supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor is daughter of H G Bowen Donor/Lender/Vendor - Joy Marks, Manurewa, 1994

Date: 2007

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-9137-15

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Richard Hicks; history of the farm and Hicks family; photographs of family and farm Original owner was John Thomas Hicks who took up land at Maungatautari (288 Luck at Last Road) in 1899. It passed to one of his sons, Joseph Hart Hicks and then to Joseph's son, Richard. In 2007 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, photographs (some photocopies) Transfers: Digital versions of some or all of these papers are available at MSDL-0410.

Date: 1913 - 1934

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Auckland District Office; New Zealand. Printing and Stationery Department; Mackay, John, 1851-1937; Glenn, D, active 1917-1925; Valuation New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-832.17gbbd/1918/Acc.35534

Description: A poster-plan map of Auckland Land District no. 1339, depicting lands open for selection on renewable lease to discharged soldiers. Made up of two maps, one a cadastral map of the Tuhua Survey District, indicating numbered sections and including acreages, owner's names and dates handwritten in each section. The other is a locality plan of the area from Russell south to New Plymouth. The map includes several paragraphs of text stating conditions of sale, information about the 'second class land', and instructions to applicants. The cadastral map depicts the Tuhua Survey District, with handwritten names JH McLennan, H Beale, GH McElroy, WJ Kelland, DA Corlett, Hans Neilson, JH Duller, AJ Dornauf, I Dance, EW Dunn, CR Kelland, A Venn, HD Hannah, TE Meredith, RG Faulkner, T Minshall, LM Coldstream, G Saunders, F Carlton, C Bellshaw, F Norton, D'arcy Alban Garlett. Names crossed out include HA Moyes, F Fry, D Carmody. Bordering these properties is the Ohura South 'G' Native Land block, Rangaroa Village, reserve land (some subsequently sold), a scenic reserve and a recreation reserve. Base map: Tuhua Survey Block.... Series, Auckland Land District No. 1339. [Wellington, N.Z.], Marcus F Marks, Govt. Printer, 1918. Department of Lands and Survey, 600l;8;18;437. Signed: 'L.B. 26.11.25 Revised' top left corner. Glued to map is linen, with corrections over lots 6, 3, 4, 20. Glued to cadastral map is text regarding Tuhua Survey District, including fiscal information and acreage. Signed 'R Chapell, 25.4.34'. On reverse of map the same map has been glued onto the card. (Areas for sale or lease are highlighted around boundaries in red.) Has annotation 'Taumarunui Rural.' Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scale [1:15 840], 67 x 56 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation Department, 1991.

Date: [Between 1970 and 1976]

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-o-568

Description: Coloured photographs taken at `Rozel', the farm and home of Frederick and Rhoda McWhannell near Ohaupo. They include the farm and farm buildings; trees including eucalypts in full flower; cabbage tree in flower with a close-up of the flower; manuka flowers; lemon tree with lemons and flowers; flax flowers; hebe flowers; akeake seed capsules and carmichaelia flowers (New Zealand broom). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured plastic cover imitating plaited raffia; photographs inserted in plastic pockets; 20 x 15 cm

Date: 1905 - 1924

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: Valuation New Zealand; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Auckland District Office; New Zealand. Printing and Stationery Department; Mackay, John, 1851-1937

Reference: MapColl-832.17gbbd/1905-/Acc.35533

Description: A cadastral map of rural lands open for selection on lease in perpetuity, of the area adjacent to the east branch of the Mangaohae River, including the Waiangura and Mangotaki Rivers, including the Manga-o-taki Road. This base map has numbered sections, some have been coloured, and include acreages, owners' names and dates handwritten in each section. Sites include: Cattle - camping, creamery, cemetery, school site and a section reserved for the township. What remains of the map on the reverse has some sections outlined in red with a prominent note stating 'Superseded. See map on face'. The base map is a plan of sections in the Maugamangero survey district in the Awakino and Waitomo counties. Auckland land district No. 787. A schedule of first class surveyed land (heavy bush) is referred to in a key. The vegetation is named as are rivers, streams and roads. A schedule of the land is referred to in a key and includes the section number, acreage and rent. Instructions to applicants and a caution follow the with the printed name of James Mackenzie, Commissioner of Crown Lands. A statement on the left side of the map begins 'first class surveyed land (heavy-bush) 4316 acres, 1 rood'. Includes the application date of 16th. August 1905 at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland. A map, inset on the bottom left, is a locality plan of the area from the Kaipara Harbour to Hawke's Bay Handwritten names listed are: P. Keenan, W.S. King, J.B. Lowman, H.H. Thomas, P. Brady. E. Brier, Catherine Sale, E. Sale, C.H. Sale, D. Murdock, H. Lowrie, E.H. Neill, A. Bennett, J. O'Halloran, P. Maclay, F. Kinnear, F.L. Jackson, V.L. Jackson, E. Felton, Ethel Dennis, G. Johnston, P. Gallagher, Kathleeen Buckley, T.L. Cook, R.F. Peters, J. Barratt, T.W. McMullan, J.W. Gardner, A.S. Field, N.L. Larsen, G.A. Dew, N.L. Thomas, W. Cook, Eliz. Voyce, W.A. Scott, C.F. Frederiksen, D.F. Fredericksen, D.E. Frederikson, W. Jones, H.H.E. Jones, N. Armstrong, W.E. Daly, A. Daly, S.H. Cranston, A.F. Walker, J.D. Dodds, James D. Dodds, E. Harwood, W. Voyce, Mrs. A.K. Armstrong (deceased), J. Armstrong, R.E. Armstrong, J. Carmichael, R. Carmichael, J.P. Lindsay, P.W. Clarkson, C.H. Cox, J. Evans, D. Anderson, mary Gyde, W.T. Alder, E.B. Hanson, J. Lindsay. Inset: Awakino and Waitomo Counties locality plan. Scale [1:2 534 400] Quantity: 2 map(s) The map on the verso is mostly missing and is a copy of the larger map on the recto with variations detailed below.. Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scales vary, 84.6 x 42.1 cm, on sheet 92.4 x 63.1 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuations New Zealand, February 1991

Date: 1924

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2376-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down from a tree-clad hill above the Hot Springs Domain over a wide flat valley with the township of Te Aroha in the foreground below. Line of shops visible along a main street. Row of pine trees in the immediate foreground. River visible in the middle distance on the right. Farmland behind the town, hills in the background. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Panorama of Te Aroha and District, 1924. No. 112; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] [Te Aroha [indistinct]] & District Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 106.9 cm