Taranaki Region

Date: 1880-1882

From: New Zealand Parliamentary Library : Various papers found in library

Reference: MS-Papers-10617-1

Description: Includes diary entries and correspondence. One letter relates to a double ministerial crisis involing Te Whiti at Parihaka. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1830-1944]

By: King family

Reference: MS-Group-0503

Description: Comprises correspondence between Thomas King and Mary Chilman (later King), and between King and various family members and friends; King's business correspondence, especially relating to coastal shipping; papers relating to King's election to the House of Representatives (1853-1855, 1860) and to the Taranaki Provincial Council (1856, 1857-1861); a few relating to his career as manager of the Bank of New Zealand in New Plymouth (1861-1876); and a considerable amount relating to his position as chairman of the New Plymouth Harbour Board (1876-ca1889). Other papers include correspondence from Mary King to her husband, clippings and correspondence relating to Truby and Newton King, sons of Thomas and Mary King, various papers relating to Taranaki incidents including petitions, list of electors (1852) and other papers. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - A previous collection of King family papers was received 1970-1971 from Mrs Mary White, Australia, the adopted daughter of Truby King and further letters from Thomas to Mary King are at MS-Papers-1004-01 Quantity: 70 folder(s). 9 volume(s). 1.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs Anna Saunders on behalf of the Wilfred King family, Wellington, Sep 1996 Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - Five items; (1) Plan of New Plymouth produced by the Survey Office, 10 April 1860; (2) hand-drawn map of Mangorei, Waiwhakaiho and Te Henui river area with sections and native lands shown (nd); (3) Plan of the settlement of New Plymouth with ownership of some sections added and annotated; (4) Map of London showing Westminster and the borough of Southwark (n); and `Daily Mail' special map of the far east, London geographical Society (nd) - To Photographic Archive - Mounted photo of Devon St, New Plymouth; one of a group of soldiers; and a portrait of a man, possible Thomas King.

Date: [ca 1874-1944] (1953)]

By: Major, John Edwin, 1859-1954

Reference: qMS-1232

Description: Accounts of life in Wellington, Manawatu, Gisborne and Taranaki, and many political recollections and comments. There is a chapter on old-time racing, including the days before the book-maker was banned. There are also references to visiting celebrities, among them Mark Twain, Frank Bullen and Paderewski, and memories of many theatrical shows. Included is a summary of the career of the late Henry Hayward, a pioneer in cinema entertainment in NZ. Source of title - Transcribed He was a store-keeper, law clerk and land agent; member of Parliament for Hawera for six years; mayor of Hawera for thirteen years and member of other local bodies in Taranaki. He was a noted runner; played Rugby football for these provinces; and as owner and spectator was keenly interested in horse-riding. He was one of the founders of a number of clubs and societies, including the Philatelic Society and the Polynesian Society. He was also a friend of the Maori and a student of his culture Quantity: 1 volume(s) (273 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; blue linen)

Date: 1883-1924

By: Houston, John, 1891-1962

Reference: MS-Papers-5673

Description: Includes whakapapa from Taranaki and Waikato and also on Ruaputahanga; also contains waiata, karakia and tauparapara from Taranaki; also includes diary entries, court expenses and the names of people involved in voting for Runanga members; these accounts are handwritten by Tinirau Ariki and Marereira Wiremu; also contains an account of a meeting between Tuatahi and Titokowaru; also contains a story entitled 'Te Kainga o Uenuku Ko Ratamaru' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol, ca 90 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (32 cm; ¼ red cloth, marbled boards)

Date: 1816-1881

From: Hill family : Papers

Reference: MSX-8321

Description: A study of Taranaki 1816-1881 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 31 May 1993

By: Earl, Susan, active 1998; Isherwood, Henry, 1909-2003

Reference: OHColl-0678/1

Description: Discusses early roading construction and the roading construction company Isherwood Bellam (Bellum) and Company. Talks about the arrival of his father, a stonemason, in Auckland in 1909, work he did in the Auckland area and the advent of the firm. Describes joining the firm in 1931, going to Invercargill, returning to Auckland and shifting to Wellington in 1937. Discusses emoleum (emulsified bitumen), and its use on roads. Mentions the firm's work in Taranaki and the role of Russell Matthews, who built Tupare. Describes forming his own firm Bell-Wood (Bel-wood) Bitumen which operated in Wellington until the 1990s. Interviewer(s) - Sue Earl Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 1861-1862, nd

From: Wilson family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5512-05

Description: Includes letters relating to the Taranaki war from Gore Browne, Donald McLean, Arthur W Birch, and letters from Wilson to the Rev Professor Browne of Cambridge and Sir James Alexander; also, a letter from `An Old School Fellow' re Wilson's `meddling' in the Taranaki war Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1903

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B030

Description: Mostly songs, some whakapapa. Other - 1 loose leaf page inserted at the beginning of book Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Black paper covers, 22 cm., vol numbered 18

Date: 1882, 1896, 1898

Reference: MS-Papers-2630

Description: Letters and notes written by W H J Seffern, W Johnson, Wetere Te Rerenga, W H Skinner and S Pelham relating to the Taranaki Wars of the 1860's; the transportation of the prisoner, Hori Teira and Hine-o-Tinga of the Nga Mahanga hapu. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript

Date: 1867-1890

Reference: qMS-1317

Description: Contains whakapapa relating to the Wanganui and Taranaki area; also contains information regarding land titles and the Native Land Court Author unknown Quantity: 1 volume(s) (18 pages). Physical Description: Ms (31 cm; stiff marbled wraps; brown linen tie case)

Date: [1970s]

By: Middleton, Walter Maitland, 1903-1978

Reference: MS-Papers-7875

Description: Semi-autobiographical manuscript written by Walter Middleton describing his life mostly in the King Country and Taranaki region including Waitara, Te Kuiti, Taumarunui, Awakino etc in the 1930s; he writes of his life as a travelling salesman and describes the people he met during his work and leisure pursuits. He includes his relationship with one woman, who died of meningitis. He also enjoyed hunting and describes various hunting expeditions and the guns he used. Source of title - Supplied Stock and station agent, salesman. Married twice. Father (from his first marriage) of writers Ted (O E) Middleton and Ian Middleton. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with holograph corrections

Date: [ca 1868-1870]

By: Whitmore, George Stoddart (Sir), 1829-1903

Reference: MS-2392

Description: Letters written by Whitmore from the field while campaigning in Taranaki, Poverty Bay and the Bay of Plenty; mainly concern military operations, but also includes observations on the countryside and Maori. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (163 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27cm, illustrated, ¼ blue morocco, blue cloth) Includes sketch maps

Date: 1889 - 1906

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B023

Description: Contains notes about the occupation of land near Greytown by the Ngati Muretu hapu, and a draft letter complaining about land sold by someone that does not own it; contains cosmological information, including whakapapa of various deities and a detailed account of the life of Maui Tikitiki; also contains notes about practices and traditions associated with childbirth and the instruction of children in martial and practical arts; there are also notes about practices within whare wananga and the conditions placed on students There is a narrative about Ngatoroirangi of the Te Arawa canoe, and a warning about incorrect whakapapa and the use of repetitive names to inflate a whakapapa; there is also a discussion of the relevance of traditional knowledge in contemporary society There is a narrative dictated by Te Wera Hauraki and Tarahau in 1837 about Ngati Awa, recited by Te Matorohanga to Te Whatahoro at a later date; the narrative describes the arrival of Ngati Awa at Whakatane and their conflicts with the resident tangata whenua, which includes a detailed physical description of these people; there is a narrative about the migration of Toi and Whatonga to New Zealand and their subsequent settlement There is a narrative of 19th century conflicts involving Waikato and Taranaki tribes and subsequent events, whakapapa (including some taken from the Journal of the Polynesian Society), karakia associated with various practices and activities (including notes about the performance of karakia by tohunga), and waiata (including notes from Sir George Grey's `Nga Moteatea' There is a narrative about the birth of Tuteremoana of the Ngai Tara tribe, with related waiata; a list of place-names and pa sites in the Wellington area and some notes about conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu; there are also notes about the proceedings of a whakapapa hui held at Papawai in 1906, including an address by H P Tunuiarangi Other - 5 loose pages are inserted in the beginning. One page is titled `Te Ngakiatotara', another 2 pages are titled `Kereitaone' and the other is a list of names from Ngati Awa Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (32 cm; maroon boards)

Date: 1859-1860 (1962)

By: Marshall, John Williams, 1814-1891

Reference: MSX-8803

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (20 items). Physical Description: Typescript (30 cm; green linen)

Date: 1835-1969

By: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Diocese of Wellington

Reference: MS-Papers-1925

Description: Extensive central records for major boards and committees, educational trusts, and cathedral fund (1899-1930). Also Bishop Hadfield's correspondence file for 1845-1903. Parish records for the whole diocese include registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Maori census registers for Kapiti, Wellington and Nelson; Maori mission registers for Otaki 1852-1875 and Putuki 1856-1867; records of St Margaret's Church, Taihape Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also 89-008, 87-181 and 94-235; MS-Group-0062 (St James' Church, Lower Hutt). Further Otaki Parish records are held by the Horowhenua Historical Society) Quantity: 210 volume(s). 213 folder(s). 10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - 29 numbered prints - Artist's impression of new St Paul's Cathedral (T V Ellis, 1945) - To Photographic Archive - Loose photographs mainly pertaining to St Margaret's Church, Taihape and district.

Date: 1905-1936

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: fMS-Papers-11946-010

Description: Research material mainly relating to Kimble Bent, including correspondence, drafts, notes, clippings, publications and photographs. Includes a letter from Charles Finnerty of Stratford, dated 2 November 1936, in which he mentions that his father knew Kimble Bent; also an extract of a letter from Reverend T G Hammond dated 10 October 1905, relating to Titokowaru; drafts and clippings relating to 'the canoe-builders' story. The publications comprise 'New Plymouth: The holiday centre of New Zealand' and 'West Coast War South Taranaki, 1866-69' by 'Lt Col T McDonnell'. Also includes a clipping with photographic images of Mokoia Island, including Patera Te Ngungukai and tapu stones and objects. Photographs comprise images of F E Maning, Dr Hochstetter (with signature), Wi Tako Ngatata (1880, and ca 1870s), John Webster, Ngamako (taken by Pulman), an unknown Māori man, and a carte de visite with the imprint "W. H. Reed, Photographic Artiste, Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand", in an envelope annotated: "Rare photograph of the Revd. Mr. Volkners Widow [Emma] Wepiha Apanui and family sitting in front of house near the willow". The willow tree near the church of the German-born missionary Carl Sylvius Völkner at Opotiki was significant as this is where he was hanged on 2 March 1865. Also includes a juvenile illustrated story, relating to the shipwreck of a ship called the "Fort" (drawn in pencil on paper), probably created by John or Roy Cowan. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) Total. 10 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Manuscripts, photographs, and drawing in pencil on paper.

Date: [1920s]

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-0001-2-1-098

Description: Photo of a horse-drawn carriage loaded up with hay photographed in the early 1920s by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Haymaking and harvesting in early 1920s. Farm scene. A pretty little glimpse of the harvesting on a Taranaki farm. "Off to the stack". Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 10.3 x 7.3 cm

Date: 1969

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-133-842

Description: 'Fred has high hopes that we'll benefit from the oil discovery - he's hoping an oil slick will come in and ruin the beach and we can sue somebody.' The scene is the interior of a beach house, where a man kneels on a window seat and uses binoculars to look out to sea. His wife and a friend are seated on another window seat, with a Taranaki beach scene of beach activities and houses behind them, Taranaki/Mt Egmont in the background. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, Chinese white, letratone, crayon and pencil, 318 x 387 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1835-1893

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-077

Description: Includes a preface and translation in S P Smith's hand with a note: `A large part of this has been embodied in "Hist. and Trad. of Taranaki Coast"'. There is also a covering note signed by W H S (W H Skinner) on the provenance of the ms with a genealogy of Teira Whatakore attached. Also includes letter from T M Hocken to Smith, Dunedin 1 Jun 1893, forwarding books and precis of copies or extracts of Colonial Office material, Sep 1835, on the `Alligator' and J Guard affair. The manuscript gives a biographical account of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea, with whakapapa, with much information about his role in conflicts between Taranaki and other iwi, and between Taranaki and the Government in the first Taranaki campaign (1860) in the New Zealand wars; the document also discusses the shipwreck `Harriet' and the treatment received by the survivors; there are also translations of the material. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1905-1963]

From: Houston, John, 1891-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0236-095

Description: Consists of letters, receipts, invitations, tax forms, N.Z. Education Dept. Certificate of Proficiency, bank bookand other business papers concerned with her confectionary shop. Also includes certificates from Hawera Flower Show Finding Aids: Inventory available.