Hunter, George (Sir), 1859-1930

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Hunter, George (Sir), 1859-1930

Reference: Pan-0663-F

Description: Panoramic view of farmland at Porangahau showing tussock grasses, with coastline view in distance. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-0664-F and Pan-0668-F Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Sir Geo Hunter Porangahau 3 in oils Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 105.3 cm

Date: 1880 - 1920

From: Hunter Family :Brass military buttons, camera, film, door key, bronze Kitchener medallion, Chinese carvings from nut kernels, miscellaneous coins. Nineteenth and early 20th century.

By: Hunter, George (Sir), 1859-1930

Reference: Curios-006-007-b

Description: Newsclipping with small paragraph about the naming of Wellington. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Newsclipping, 67 x 59 mm.

Date: 1857-1957

By: Hunter family

Reference: MS-Papers-0049

Description: The papers include an almost complete sequence of 450 letters dealing minutely with David Hunter's management of Porangahau Station (1859-1877); business correspondence of the firm of Bethune and Hunter; George Ernest Hunter's letters which formed the basis of his travel book `Round and about'; genealogies, obituaries and much miscellaneous data, some original, on the streets and social and business institutions of Wellington Other Titles - Round and about Relationship complexity - See also Robert Henry Hunter. Notebooks recording comments and criticisms of G E Hunter's `Round and about', ca 1939 [MS-1056-1059, Acc 97,810-3]; Robert Henry Hunter. Account book, 1912-1950 [qMS-1027, Acc 97,809]; and Dorothy Hunter. Notes on holdings of stocks and shares [qMS-1026, Acc 97,808] Quantity: 176 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 2 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Partial piece-level inventory available. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Medals, camera, tin of pumonas and a writing-pad transferred to Curios.

Date: 1879

From: Hunter family: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers

By: Hunter, George (Sir), 1859-1930

Reference: MS-Papers-0389

Description: Written from Porangahau, describing in some detail the state of the farm he is managing Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Origin unknown, and no detail as to provenance. Attached to MS-Group-2126.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Hunter, George (Sir), 1859-1930

Reference: Pan-0664-F

Description: Panoramic view of an expansive garden in front of house. Monkey Puzzle tree in centre of lawn which has a path around it. Water tank on tall wooden stand near house. Coastline visible in distance. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-0663-F and Pan-0668-F Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Sir Geo Hunter Porangahau 3 oils. Tile roof. White house, dark green facings. Red geraniums. Print up seascape. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 98.5 cm

Date: 1879

From: Hunter family: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers

By: Hunter, George (Sir), 1859-1930

Reference: MS-Papers-11511

Description: Written from Porangahau, describing in some detail the state of the farm he is managing Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Origin unknown, and no detail as to provenance. Processing information: Attached to MS-Group-2126.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Hunter, George (Sir), 1859-1930

Reference: Pan-0668-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Porangahau Station homestead, a two-storeyed wooden house, tile roof, sash windows. Formal garden bordered by paths and pine trees. Lawn in front of house has monkey puzzle tree in centre. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-0663-F and Pan-0664-F Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Sir Geo Hunter Porangahau 3 in oils. Red tile roof, white house. Dark green facings. Bright red geraniums; different colours of flowers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 106.9 cm

Date: [ca 1860s]-1968

From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection

Reference: PAColl-5636-1

Description: Collection comprises several photographs relating to the Bibby family, taken circa 1860s to 1968 by various photographers. Includes photographs of the following: Members of the Bibby and Tod families, including some formal and studio portraits, taken circa 1860s to 1920s; Scenes at Waipawa, between 1865 and 1968, including images of the Bibby Store, Rose Street, Armistice celebrations and parades, and the Waipawa war memorial; Lunesdale Farm, taken between 1906 and 1920, including views of the farm and staff, children playing on Buchanans Lake, hay-making and timber-hauling; Ongaonga, taken between 1919 and 1932, including views of Ongaonga and the Presbyterian Church; Ruahine Ranges, taken 1920, including Shuteye Shack and Armstrong Saddle; Bibby family holiday at Kairakau Beach circa 1920s, including views of the beach and cliffs, images of the Bibby family baches, and members of the Bibby family; The wedding of Edward Stuart Bibby and Mabel Katherine Bibby (née Hutchinson) in 1926, and their subsequent honeymoon, and images relating to the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition of 1925-1926. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 86 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [6 Jun 1870-28 Nov 1872, 16 Jan 1876-31 Dec 1877, 1 Jan 1878-16 Jul 1880]

By: Hunter family

Reference: MS-Group-2126

Description: Collection comprises 250 letters, mainly from George Hunter (1859-1930) to his father (Director of Bethune and Hunter in Wellington) relating to the running of Porangahau Station 1878-1880. Includes letters from Annie, the widow of William Henry Hunter, to her brother in law George Hunter (1821-1880) relating to her family's lives on the Station. Both writers mention the building and use of a chapel on the Station. Also includes business papers of George Hunter (1821-1880). Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - Most letters came in original envelope, with stamp torn off, probably by the vendor, Mowbray Collectibles. Other - Continues information on Porangahau Station contained in MS-Papers-0049 and listed in an inventory for these papers. George Hunter (1821-1880) bought Porangahau station in Hawkes Bay around 1854. Hunter's two sons David Souter and William Henry took over the management and running of the station until 1877 when George Hunter (1859-1930) took over. He was joined by his brother Paul in 1879. Quantity: 24 folder(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Mowbray's Stamp Auction, Wellington, Nov 2012 (A2012-174)

Date: 1870 - 1930

From: Hunter Family :Brass military buttons, camera, film, door key, bronze Kitchener medallion, Chinese carvings from nut kernels, miscellaneous coins. Nineteenth and early 20th century.

Reference: Curios-006-001-007-a

Description: Black painted brooch showing a castle surrounded by foliage. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Nutshell or wood, 30 x 38 mm, with clasp pin

Date: 1905-1931

From: Seddon family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1619-182

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Reference: Curios-006-001/007

Description: 1. 5 brass military buttons of various sizes, with 65 embossed on the fronts. 2. No. 2 folding pocket Kodak camera, model C, 1894-1902, 180 x 120 x 40 mm. 3. 1 roll of verichrome film with 6 exposures, 1940. 4. Key belonging to Richard H. Hunter of Willis Street, Wellington. 5. Medallion bearing the head of Lord Kitchener. 6. 12 buttons carved from seeds or nuts. 7. A small Chilean peso, a 1/4 shilling from Jersey, a German coin. Quantity: 9 curio(s). Physical Description: Brass, plastic, film, bronze, base metal, sizes vary

Date: 1882-1884

From: Martin, Thomas Frederic, 1852-1929 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0118-01

Description: Papers relating to claim by George Hunter for compensation for loss of use of wharf and foreshore consequent upon Corporation reclaiming land from see, and claim by Jacob Joseph for similar loss Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1865

By: Koch, Augustus Carl Ferdinand, 1834-1901

Reference: MapColl-r832.3gbbd/1865/Acc.24570

Description: This is a detailed hand-drawn cadastral map of a part of Hawke's Bay, south east of Waipukurau and shows an area from the Pourerere River to Porangahau along the coast and about 20 kilometres inland. The map not only gives the sheep station run boundaries, acreages and names of owners but the names of many suburban section owners. Maori land reserves, crown reserves, crown land and many topographical features are shown such as rivers, streams, swamp, bush areas, roads, towns and localities. Details are as follows. Gives the suburban sections of Porangahau with section numbers and acreages. Many sections have owners' names, those included are: E. McShane, J.D. Canning, T. Lamb, A. Luff, J.D. Ormond, T.B. Triphook, E. Wright, W. Hunter, T.G. Lambert, A.O. Lambert, H.O. Ledger, W. Colenso, H.P. Stuart, T. Gill, W. Roberts, Joseph Russell, J. Hughes, Stuart Kinsross, A.H. Russell, A. Wyatt and H.M. Gill. The town of Porangahau is shown but with little detail. The rural sections of Blackhead have section numbers and acreages but no owners' names. The village of Wallingford is also shown. The runs of the following people are shown with boundaries, acreages of agricultural land, non agricultural land, freehold and certified crown land: George Hunter, Nairn Brothers, J.D. Ormond, Tanner & Price and K. Gollan. Homestead locations are shown in most cases. Other owners names on various land blocks are: E. Paraima, P.vR. Dolbell and G. Fannin. Placenames include: Porangahau (spelt Porongahau on map) River, Mangawhero Stream, Taurekaitai (spelt Tauraekaetai) Stream, Huatokitoki (Stream), Mangateweka (spelt Manga o te weke) Stream, Taurekaitai Swamp, Waiwhero Stream, Omakare Stream, Pourerere Stream and locality, Ouepoto, Kohatupapa and Mahainga Stream. 'Survey Office, Napier Hawke's Bay' attached to A Koch's signature Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - A Koch Draughtsman Survey Office, Napier Hawke's Bay May 1865 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, linen backed, coloured, 131 x 257.5 cm.