Shipwrecks - New Zealand - Manawatū-Whanganui Region

Date: 10 Feb 1938

By: Campbell, Lachlan Bain, 1882-1959

Reference: MS-Papers-1163

Description: In answer to a letter asking about information about the town of Foxton. The writer was secretary of the Marine Department and the letter deals mostly with various aspects of the harbour and harbour board Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (copy)

Date: 1932

By: Bartleet, Ellen Wintrup, 1896-

Reference: A-238-003

Description: Looking south along the beach, probably at Waitarere, not Otaki, with the wreck of the Hydrabad near the water's edge. Other Titles - Waitarere Beach, Hydrabad The title is worded as 'The mast of the wrecked ship. [New line] Otaki Wellington West Coast. [New line] After many years...[etc]. The view was initially believed by the Library to show a wreck of a ship called Otaki near Wellington; however of the four ships called Otaki, none was wrecked anywhere near Wellington and it seems more likely that the artist has mistakenly described Waitarere Beach, north of Otaki, as Otaki. The wreck of the Hydrabad is on Waiterere Beach Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 260 x 370 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs R.B. Bartleet, Auckland 1972

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-009/011

Description: Three engravings from watercolours by S. C. Brees, Principal Surveyor to the New Zealand Company in Wellington, 1842-1845. They show a shipwreck at the mouth of the Whangaehu River, south of Wanganui, with Mount Taranaki in the distance; a pig-hunt with dogs on the Wairarapa plain; Pencarrow Head looking west across the entrance to Wellington Harbour, with three men and a dog climbing the hill to the right Other Titles - Whangaehu, Wangaehu Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on sheet 365 x 261

Date: 22 Jul 1939

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/4-048894-G

Description: The ship Port Bowen aground, Wanganui, 22 July 1929. Shows the tugs Terawhiti (right), and Kahanui. Unidentified lighters are taking off the cargo. Evening Post (newspaper) photograph. Photographer unidentified. For a similar photograph, see the Evening Post (newspaper), 22/7/1939, page 17, also 22/7/1959, page 7. (Information from back of file print) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [between 1958-1976]

From: Wilkinson, James Douglas :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/4-011867-F

Description: Wreck of the Hydrabad, Waiterere Beach, photographed by James Douglas Wilkinson, between circa 1958-1976. Dated with the flourishing dates of the photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1935

Reference: 1/2-146607-a

Description: Wreck of the Hydrabad, Waitarere Beach, 1935. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: Early 1900s to 1931

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-q-002

Description: Maori place names and old historical sites of Horowhenua (Vol. 1, images 1-146). Album includes maps, diagrams & sketches, and black & white photographs. Views include Paremata Redoubt, Lake Horowhenua, carved pātaka at Papaitonga Pā. Views of Komokorau, the burial place of Mua-Upoko chiefs including Chief Mahuera Paki Tanguru-o-te-rangi; Lake Wai-tawa and Te Moutere (formerly a fortified island pā). Place names & historic features of Kapiti Island, including relics of whaling days at Wharekohu Bay showing ruins of stone house, stone walls and a stone-embanked stream channel, burial caves, Waiorua Valley showing the approximate site of Te Rauparaha's principal pā, and Motungārara Island where there was a subsidiary pā of Te Rauparaha. Ōtaki, Rangiātea Church (1925); carved whare at Puke-Karaka; Ōtaki Jubilee Pole; and old meeting house Uawhaki at Waikawa. The site of the old Māori flour-mill on the Waitarere Stream at Poroutawhao, which was built in 1853 or 1854 under the direction of a French priest. Several images of performers competing in the haka and poi competitions at Shannon, 2 January 1928. Images of Pākehā pioneers of Horowhenua (Hector McDonald and his wife Agnes (nee Carmont)), and a photograph of Rora Hakaraia, daughter of Mua-Upoko chief Tanguru, and sister of Te Rangihiwinui (also known as Taitoko, and later as Te Keepa or Major Kemp). The photograph of Rora Hakaraia was taken from a painting in the possession of Rod A. McDonald of Levin. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1908

By: Gibb, John, 1831-1909; Gibb, William Menzies, 1859-1931

Reference: G-171

Description: Shows a New Zealand built ship, the Ururoa, newly grounded on a beach, amid breaking surf. Three figures on horseback, and other figures seated on boulders at the right, watch from the shore, and there is a tidal pool or river in the foreground. The vendor attributed the work to John Gibb. Another possible artist is William Menzies Gibb. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 297 x 450 mm (sight) Provenance: Purchased in 2003.

Date: [ca 1912]

From: Williams, Edith Emily, 1887-1981: Photographs

Reference: 1/1-024448-G

Description: Remains of a ship wreck, possibly on the Wanganui Coast. Photograph taken by Edith Emily Williams circa 1912. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1905

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023249-G

Description: Girls sitting in the wreck of the Hydrabad, photographed by George Leslie Adkin in 1905. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1908

From: Wanganui Public Museum:Negatives and prints of Wanganui and district

Reference: 1/2-012325-G

Description: Photograph of the ship Charles Edward, wrecked at Castlecliff, Wanganui. Shows the ship listing to starboard on the beach at Castlecliff. There are people seated on a wooden pier near the port side of the ship. Taken by an unidentified photographer in 1908. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 22 Jul 1939

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/4-048929-G

Description: The ship Port Bowen aground, Wanganui, 22 July 1929. Shows the tugs Terawhiti (far right), and Kahanui (foreground). Unidentified lighters are taking off the cargo. The two other boats are unidentified. Evening Post (newspaper) photograph. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 28 Feb 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-12239-F

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

Date: [between 1958-1976]

From: Wilkinson, James Douglas :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/4-011872-F

Description: Wreck of the Hydrabad, Waiterere Beach, photographed by James Douglas Wilkinson, between circa 1958-1976. Dated with the flourishing dates of the photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [between 1958-1976]

From: Wilkinson, James Douglas :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/4-011870-F

Description: Wreck of the Hydrabad, Waiterere Beach, photographed by James Douglas Wilkinson, between circa 1958-1976. Dated with the flourishing dates of the photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).