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New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material
- Date
- 1938-1952
- By
- New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0230
- Description
Correspondence, research notes, etc for proposed historical atlas. Deals with European settlement, exploration, population, industry, communication, economy from earliest times, all aspects of Maori society, Pacific and Antarctic regions
Quantity: 248 folder(s). 2.48 Linear Metres.
Finding Aids: Inventory available, includes inventory of maps
Index to subjects is available in the front of the inventory, linking them to folders.
Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - Maps belonging to this collection.
- Use/Reproduction
- Major use with a view to publish requires the permission of the Director, Historical Publications. Limited amount of copying is permitted (See TL 1/16/1 24 Jan 1967 Letter addressed to the Secretary of Internal Affairs)
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 248 folder(s), 2.48 Linear Metres, Manuscripts
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South Island source notes on early settlement, whaling and sealing
Date: n d
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material
Reference: MS-Papers-0230-023
Description: Material includes section on Pakeha Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Hokianga
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material
Reference: MS-Papers-0230-245
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Whaling, sealing and early settlement - Part 3
Date: 1943-1944
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material
Reference: MS-Papers-0230-008
Description: Correspondence and letters concerning the history and activities of whalers in New Zealand during the early and mid 18th century. Mostly concerns activities in Northland, Kawhia and Tauranga. Also includes extracts of verbatim evidence from various Maori from these districts. Also includes whakapapa for the Kennedy family from Ngati Porou, and biographical information for the Kennedy, Mair, Clendon, Tapsell & other families. Includes census of Europeans residing in Northern District, 1846 (from Clendon mss in Auckland Public Library) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Whaling, sealing and early settlement - Part 5
Date: 1939-1945
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material
Reference: MS-Papers-0230-010
Description: Information re Peter Grant, Bluff whaling station, Weller Brothers station at Timaru, Molyneaux Station, Wybrow Station, abstarct from Joseph Price diary; Hokianga history; summary of information on early settlement map; brief notes on Mercury Island, Kennedy Bay, Great Barrier Island, Oahura, etc; list of sources for Hokianga; further notes on specific places in Auckland and north Auckland area; list of sources for area Waikato to Ngamotu; revised summary of Moku and Ngamotu including sources; list for sources for area Whanganui to Port Nicolson; notes on Pipitea-Port Nicolson; list of sources for area Ahuriri to Wharekahia; on - Wairoa, Nuhaka, Te Mahia, Waikokopu, Opou, Whangawehi, Wherowhero, Poverty Bay, Turanganui, Papawhariki, Makaraka, Tologa Bay, Tokomaru Bay, Waipiro, Tuparoa, Whareponga, Te Aramoa, Omewa, Rangitukia, East Cape, Te Araroa, Wharekahika; sources for Optiki to Tairua; notes on Ohiwa, Opotiki, Uretata, Whakatane, Whale Island; Matata, Maketu, Mokoia Island, Urewera, Tauranga, Matamata; notes and sources on Mercury Bay. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Indexes to newspaper material
Date: 1937-1940
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material
Reference: MS-Papers-0230-003
Description: Indexes to newspaper material including historical, provinces and districts, NZ general; historical, subjects in serial form; `special' centennial subjects, exhibition; and memorial and celebration (individual towns) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Whaling, sealing and early settlement - Part 4
Date: May 1944-20 Mar 1945
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material
Reference: MS-Papers-0230-009-A
Description: Bibliography of the Bay of Islands; summary of the early history of Bay of Islands by R M Burnard; detailed information on specific areas in Bay of Islands (ie Otawaki, Orupukapuka, Motukiekie, Robertson's Island, Manawaroa Bay, Paroa Bay, Oneroa, Tapeka, Waihihi, Kororraeka, Matawhi Bay, Pomare Bay, Uriti, Oronga Bay, Omata, Okiato, Orari, Otuihu, Koutiti, Kawakawa, Waitangi, Waimate, Onewhero, Moturoa, Kerikeri inlet, Mangonui inlet, Pokura, Wairoa, Tepuna, Matapuratahi; census of Whangaroa Harbour; bibliography of and short history of Whangaroa and area; census of Doubtless bay and area; bibliography and short history of far North; bibliography of Waitemata, Manukau to Whangamumu - history of latter area including ts letters from Octavius Browne ca 1841 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: MS-Papers-0230-009 was split into two folders MS-Papers-0230-009-A and MS-Papers-0230-009-B in June 2016 following conservation treatment.
Whaling, sealing and early settlement - Part 2
Date: May 1939-Oct 1940
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material
Reference: MS-Papers-0230-006
Description: Correspondence and notes about whaling and sealing, and whaling stations throughout the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Considerable correspondence relating to Port Cooper (Lyttelton) and Peraki whaling activities. Some notes about Kapiti and surrounding districts. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Whaling, sealing and early settlement - Part 3 (a)
Date: 1940-1942
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material
Reference: MS-Papers-0230-007
Description: Various papers, much of which are copied from the Old Land Claims series - National Archives. The evidence relates to whaling and sealing operations throughout New Zealand giving details of whalers, their stations, and the Maori communities they interacted with. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Maori society
Date: Oct 1938-May 1952
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material
Reference: MS-Papers-0230-041
Description: Newspaper clipping re history of Matamata; miscellaneous notes on tribal boundaries, ca 1840; miscellaneous notes on Te Amoi-Whenua expedition, etc; notes on pas, etc 1800-1840; newspaper reprints of letters to Christchurch Star-Sun and to the Press, Jan 1938 re Ngatitahu-Mamoe claim; notes on Maori wars and migrations; criticisms by Rutherford of draft map showing operations in Maori wars (also by John Houston); notes from Rushden Vol 1; map tracing of North Island showing tribal boundaries, 1840; notes on tribal boundaries, 1840; map tracing of South Island Maori tribes; bibliography for South Island map; sources and bibliography for Te Rauparaha's South Island raids; list of pas in New Zealand; notes on tribal wars, etc (notes from Elsdon Best's `Tuhoe'; notes from Lambert's `Old Wairoa'; notes on place names and early history of Otago and Southland by W H S Roberts; list of miscellaneous references; memo r Maori society; notes from Mackay `Native affairs, South Island Vol 1'; correspondence - Pearce, Vennell, Duff, Burnett, Sutherland, McCormick, Taylor, Cowan, Rutherford, Houston. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
South Island source notes on early settlement, whaling and sealing - Timaru, Waikouaiti...
Date: n d
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Centennial Publications Branch : Historical Atlas material
Reference: MS-Papers-0230-021
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).