Māhia
046 - East Coast Trust
Date: 1940
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0241
Description: File - 46 Contains letters, accounts and printed matter regarding the East Coast Trust Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter
122 - East Coast Trust petition
Date: 1947
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0321
Description: File 122 - Contains a petition and notes to the trust contains a petition to the speaker and members of the House of Representatives of Parliament, from beneficial owners of land blocks Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
White, Jonathan R, 1938- :Mahia Lake [?] 1969 [Publisher unknown]
Date: 1970 - 1980
By: White, Jonathan R, 1938-
Reference: C-079-041
Description: A shallow lake with hills to the left and houses along the bank to the left. The title of the painting, in brushpoint, lower left, is not fully legible. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 455 x 610 mm
New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Names not on...
Date: 1935
From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas
Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/7/9-10-Acc.37230-1
Description: Identifies names not on Survey map of Mahia collected by W J Phillipps Dominion Museum Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on blue paper. Scale indeterminable. 64 x 41.7 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Paul, Janet Elaine, 1919-2004 :[Black sketchbook. 1976].
Date: 1976
From: Paul, Janet Elaine, 1919-2004 :[Thirty-one sketchbooks 1959-1997].
Reference: E-673
Description: Includes landscape sketches of Wangaehu near Wanganui, view from Beillis' house, Waikato, Dunedin airport after the Brasch festival, Wairarapa views (from weekend with Mary Beaven and Mary McNicol), plane tree at Barry's Bay, Mahia, Tolaga Bay, Pierced rock at Tolaga Bay, Solander's Island, Cape Runaway, Waihau Beach, church and churchyard at Raukokori, Whanarua Beach, shearing. Includes sketches of people, some named: Pat and Diana, dinner with Mary McNicol, Bob Burnett at dinner, Peter Beaven, Kath Shawcross, Peter O'Connor, Nan Taylor, Mary Paul, Mary Beaven, Alister Taylor, Imogen Harris, Joanna [Paul] feeding Imogen, Maggie [Harris] reading, Joanna playing the piano at Barry's Bay September 1976, Jeffrey and Joanna in the kitchen at Barry's Bay, Kevin [O'Connor] and Charlotte [Paul] having dinner with Mary McNicol, Murray Edmond with Kevin and Charlotte, Kevin and Charlotte. Diary notes, recording reminiscences of Fred Page and portraits of him [Several portrait sketches of Evelyn and Fred Page have been removed from the book before deposit with the library, leaving the edge of the page only]. More sketches: Bob Burnett, Murray Edmond, Douglas Lilburn, Jean [Jeanne] Renshaw (Katherine Mansfield's sister, 9 December 1976), heron in the garden at Barry's Bay, early morning of 14.12.76 - Imogen's funeral; Sheerah Francis, Margot Phillips (Hamilton 16.1.77), John Roberts. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black hardback book, 215 x 142 mm. Provenance: Estate of Janet Elaine Paul, 2005.
Photographs chiefly relating to Mahia Peninsula
Date: [ca 1970-ca 1980]
From: Wedde, Ian Curtis, 1946- : Photographs
Reference: PAColl-10420-2
Description: Two sets of photographs chiefly showing beachscapes at Mahia Peninsula. Taken by unidentified photographer(s) circa 1970 to 1980. One set of black and white and colour images show views of Mokotahi Hill taken from Mahia Beach, waves on the beach, rock formations, rock pools, and wide views of Mahia Peninsula. Includes close up views of nikau palm fronds taken from inside looking out a window frame. One set of colour photographs show beach scenes at Mahia Peninsula. Includes views of a dog on the beach, and fishing boats tied up to a pier on a stream or estuary. Source of description - Photographs were housed in an envelope marked 'Mahia Mokotahi Greening' upon delivery to the Library. A photocopy of the original housing is kept with the prints. Arrangement: Photographs relating to Mahia and Te Kaha were originally delivered in a box with drafts of Wedde's novels 'Symmes Hole' and 'Survival Arts', and papers relating to whaler James Heberley. John Greening, known as Happy Jack, was one of the early whalers based at Mahia Quantity: 11 colour original photographic print(s). 36 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints, dye coupler prints
Interview with Huia Hapi-Smith
Date: August 1995
From: Kahungunu Kaumatua of the late 1900s
By: Hapi-Smith, Huia, active 1995-
Reference: OHInt-0591/13
Description: He korero mo te Mahia Talks about te Mahia Quantity: 15 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.
Interview with Bob Rarere and Cambridge Pani
Date: August 1995
From: Kahungunu Kaumatua of the late 1900s
By: Rarere, Bob, active 1995; Pani, Cambridge Tipene, 1919-1995
Reference: OHInt-0591/15
Description: E korero ana mo nga hitori e pa ana ki a Rakaipaaka me te Mahia Talks about the histories of Rakaipaaka and te Mahia Quantity: 13 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.
Document bank section 107
Date: 1994
From: Scott, Gary, active 1989-2022: WAI 201 report document bank
By: Cooper, George Sisson, 1825-1898; Locke, Samuel, 1836-1890
Reference: MS-Papers-12814-10
Description: Comprises copy of section 107 of the document bank from 'Crown Purchases of Māori land in early provincial Hawke’s Bay | "he wai pakihi, he pā tahui" - Te Hāpuku | WAI 201 | Report on behalf of the claimants to the Waitangi Tribunal' by Angela Ballara and Gary Scott, published in January 1994. Includes copies of 'Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives' (AJHR) from 1862, 1867-73, 1876-77, 1881, 1888, 1907, 1918, 1920-22, 1928-29, 1939-40, 1948, and 1951, in reference to the following locations: - Napier district - Hawke's Bay - Forty Mile Bush - Seventy Mile Bush Block - Wairoa - Turanga - Taupō - Wairarapa - Turanganui - Tapairu Block, Waipukurau - Porangahau block - Mōhaka-Waikare Blocks - Tūtira block - Whataroa native reserve - Tarawera and Tatarakina blocks - Pakowhai block - Mangaopuraka block - Māhia - Nūhaka Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Document bank sections 10-26
Date: 1994
From: Scott, Gary, active 1989-2022: WAI 201 report document bank
Reference: MS-Papers-12814-02
Description: Comprises copies of sections 10 through 26 of the document bank from 'Crown Purchases of Māori land in early provincial Hawke’s Bay | "he wai pakihi, he pā tahui" - Te Hāpuku | WAI 201 | Report on behalf of the claimants to the Waitangi Tribunal' by Angela Ballara and Gary Scott, published in January 1994. Section 10: Awa-o-Tōtara Block, MA 1/1931/325 Section 11: Heru-a-Tureia Block, MA-MLP 1/1911/131 Section 12: Kaiwaka Block, MA-MLP 1/1910/9 Section 13: Kopuawhara Block, AAMK 869/182e Section 14: Kopuawhara Block, AAMK 869/193f Section 15: Kopuawhara Block, MA 1/1923/135 Section 16: Kopuawhara Block, MA 1/1925/24 Section 17: Te Kuta Block, MA 1/1917/328 Section 18: Te Kuta Block, MA-MLP 1/1913/159 Section 19: Māhia Block, LE 1/1936/16, petition 82/1936 Section 20: Māhia Block, LE 1/1942/8 Section 21: Māhia Block, LE 1/1944/17, petitions 12/1944 & 50/1944 Section 22: Māhia Block, LE 1/1945/12, petition 76/1945 Section 23: Māhia Block, MA 94/2 Section 24: Māhia Block, MA 94/3 Section 25: Māhia Block, MA 1/5/13/81 Section 26: Māhia Block, MA 1/21/3/549 Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Jones, Kevin, fl 2002 : The Archaeology of the Eastern North Island
Date: 2002
By: Jones, Kevin L, active 2002
Reference: MS-Papers-7358
Description: A monograph by Jones on the archaeology of the eastern North Island comprising an abstract, sections on people and place, the pre-European period, historic period, locality reviews, conclusions, references and lists of tables and figures (150 pages plus several unnumbered ones). In addition, there is correspondence between Jones and the Ombudsmen's Office relating to the Department of Conservation's decision not to publish the monograph. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts
Whaanga family : Nga Uri o Niri raua ko Keita Wairau Whaanga Reunion
Date: 1998
By: Whaanga family
Reference: MSX-5206
Description: History of the Whaanga family which includes the Wairau and other families following a reunion in 1998. Includes whakapapa, reminiscences, obituaries, photographs and related papers. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms O Whaanga, Woburn, Lower Hutt, Jun 1999
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :[Sketchbook. 1936, 1944].
Date: 1936 - 1944
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-742
Description: Includes pencil sketches of eclipse of sun December 14th 1936; Mt Tarawera Lake Okaro; heron (design for woodcut); [nikau at] Morere Oct 1944; Morere NZ (design for woodcut); Morere Sept 1944; Wainui[?] Beach Gisborne Sept 1944; Young Nick's Head [from Gisborne]; Coast just south of Gisborne from train 9?sept/44; Mahia from Kopuawhara Stn., nikau and mountains (design for woodcut); [kowhai seedpods] (woodcut design), Maori motifs. Other Titles - "Rathbone" sketch book series 31 ... Winsor & Newton Ltd Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Hardbound grey volume, of 30 leaves, each 128 x 185 mm.
The Archaeology of the Eastern North Island
Date: 2002
From: Jones, Kevin, fl 2002 : The Archaeology of the Eastern North Island
Reference: MS-Papers-7358-1
Description: A monograph by Jones on the archaeology of the eastern North Island comprising an abstract, sections on people and place, the pre-European period, historic period, locality reviews, conclusions, references and lists of tables and figures (150 pages plus several unnumbered ones) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (case folder).
White, Jonathan R, 1938- :Mahia Lake [?] 1969 [Publisher unknown]
Date: 1970 - 1980
By: White, Jonathan R, 1938-
Reference: C-079-041-a
Description: A shallow lake with hills to the left and houses along the bank to the left. The title of the painting, in brushpoint, lower left, is not fully legible. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 455 x 610 mm
Stowell, Henry Matthew 1859-1944 : Ancient Maori history, recollections of a rambler by...
Date: 1940
By: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944
Reference: fMS-Papers-7250
Description: A descriptive account of the travels of Kahuhunuhunu, son of Tamatea and Te Kura across both the North and the South islands of New Zealand, by Stowell (published Wairoa Star) Source of title - Transcribed Other - Formerly at qMS-1914 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (one leaf folded in two). Physical Description: Printed matter with holograph note
Coop family : Papers
Date: 1870-1990
By: Coop, Ian Edward, 1914-2008
Reference: MS-Papers-6068
Description: Reminiscences of Edward Coop, whose family owned the Springvale sawmill at Cooptown, Little River, and farmed in North Canterbury, Port Levy, Banks Peninsula, and in Hawkes Bay. Also, the reminiscences of his son, Ian Coop, who recalls his childhood on a farm at Burnside, near Christchurch, and his work with the DSIR, and as professor of animal science at Lincoln University. Includes copies of photographs and genealogical tables. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with ms annotatations Copies of photographs, and some sketch plans
Interview with Lily McKay
Date: 31 Oct 1992
From: Hiruharama Oral History Project
By: McKay, Riria Lily, 1914-
Reference: OHInt-0099-01
Description: Lily McKay talks about her parents, birth place, school days, travelling long distances to school, her brothers and sisters, death of her brother Whetu and her parents ancestry. Describes community life and events, school activities, class work and class mates, teachers and comments that she spoke Maori at school. Details her move to Tokomaru to work, marriage to Paumea McKay and shift to Mahia, her children and various people in Hiruharama. Mrs Rohi Thompson of Muriwai who has been listening to the interview is also introduced. Venue - Maraetaha : 1992 Interviewer(s) - Monty Soutar Venue - Maraetaha, Bartletts Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005799 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1212. Search dates: 1992
Native plants and bush scenes across New Zealand
Date: November-December 2017
From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs
Reference: PADL-001926
Description: Photographs taken by Dylan Owen during November to December 2017 of native plants and bush scenes across New Zealand. Shows karaka, kaponga, mānuka, rangiora, tāwharawhara and locations comprise: Mahia, Mokau Peninsula, Levin (Kimberley Reserve), Sutherland (Puriri Reserve), Tauwhare, Tongaporutu, Wairarapa (Allsops Bay, Ruakokoputuna River, Wairongomai River), Wairoa, Wairongomai and Wellington (Kaitoke Regional Park). Title Supplied by Library. Arrangement: Images were delivered to the Library in a folder titled: “July - December 2017\Bush January - July 2017”. Quantity: 16 digital photograph(s).
Memorials in Dannevirke, Mahia and Nuhaka
Date: February 2017
From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs
Reference: PADL-001905
Description: Photographs taken by Dylan Owen in February 2017 of memorials in Dannevirke, Mahia and Nūhaka. Shows the Settlers Cemetery in Dannevirke; Ihaka Whaanga NZ Wars memorial in Nūhaka and another contemporary memorial in Māhia; Lost At Sea memorial in Mahia and Māori baptismal site at Coronation Reserve, Whangawehi. Title Supplied by Library. Arrangement: Images were delivered to the Library in a folder titled: “January - July 2017\Memorials January - July 2017”. Quantity: 8 digital photograph(s).