Lake Rotokākahi / Green Lake

Date: 1920 - 1870 - 1922

By: Cole, Herbert Robert, 1890-1962; Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: A-138-013-1

Description: Map of the area from north of lake Rotorua, to south of Lake Roto-Kakahi and to Lake Okaru, with Captain Gilbert Mair's route in pursuit of Te Kooti marked On the reverse of a copy by Herbert Cole of a watercolour by G. H. Page, reproduced in James Cowan's The New Zealand wars. Stamped 'Maori Wars battle scenes' and intended for inclusion in Cowan For related maps from the Cowan collection see MapColl--q832hkcmf/1845-1871/Acc.5122-8;46793-813 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 265 x 210 mm

Date: 1853

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-029-9

Description: Shows a view of a lake with hills in the background, and a low dwelling in the right foreground. Other Titles - Motutawa Rotokakahi Other Titles - Motutaua pa an / on island in Lake Kakahi Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pen and ink, 40 x 65 mm.

Date: 1957 - 1958

From: [Turner, Dennis Knight], 1924-2011 :[Illustrations for Legends of Rotorua and the hot lakes. 1958?]

Reference: A-060-092

Description: Shows three canoes making their way across Lake Rotokakahi to the island of Motutawa Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Ink, 146 x 200 cm on sheet 190 x 280 cm

Date: ca 1903

By: Seldon, Ralph Mark, active 1904-1908; Spalding, Heather, active 2002

Reference: PAColl-7647

Description: Photograph of Lake Rotokakahi, taken ca 1903 by Seldon of Rotorua. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Protected Seldon, Rotorua, 11.1.1903; Mount recto - beneath image - The Green Lake, Rotokakahi Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Handcoloured silver gelatin print 14.1 x 19.9 cm on mount 24.7 x 31.1 cm Provenance: Donated by Heather Spalding, October 2002.

Date: [1880s]

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PA1-q-212

Description: Photographs taken during the 1880s, chiefly by George Valentine, and Charles Spencer, both of whom visited Mount Tarawera before and after the eruption of June 1886. Inserted in a pocket at the front of the album are images cut from the paper "Newsview", June 1949, showing historic photographs of the eruption, and another double-page from the Weekly News (June 6, 1951) on the "65th Anniversary of the Mount Tarawera catastrophe". The latter article notes that mud, estimated at 75 ft in depth, covered a vast area. The album includes images taken before the eruption, and shows the same areas irreparable damaged. Many show the Pink and White Terraces, the village of Te Wairoa, and the massive rift in the mountain; also a group led by Sir James Hector to study the aftermath and changes wrought by the eruption. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, impressed design in dark brown; 31 x 27 cm

Date: ca 1910

From: Robinson, Mr :Photograph albums containing mainly carte de visite portraits and views of New Zealand

Reference: PA1-f-063

Description: Large format photomechanical tourist views of New Zealand taken by an unidentified photographer, possibly published by Wrigglesworth & Binns in "W & B Series". Places shown are listed above. One photograph shows a young maori woman wearing a feather cloak and a hei tiki, and carrying a mere. Other Titles - Robinson III Album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 430 x 295mm rebound with blue "Library" marbled covers

Date: 1884 - 1886

By: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922; Harper, Laura, 1833-1887; Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975

Reference: E-377

Description: Contains sketches from a visit to Rotorua 1884 to 1886. Also includes sketches of Lake Tarawera, Ohinemutu, Green Lake, Blue Lake, Wairoa, Picton, Auckland, Mount Egmont. Also contains some sketches possibly by Laura Harper. Mount Tarawera erupted in 1886. Inscriptions: Pages are numbered at top left, and title is given below image. See shelf list for details of works attributed to Laura Harper.(Nos. 10,19,20,27,36,37,39-43,45,50.) Laura (Taylor) Harper was a sister of Mary Catherine (Taylor) Medley, and died in 1887. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 29 pencil, and 20 pencil & watercolour works, in sketchbook 135 x 220 mm.

Date: 1917-1930

From: Kensington, Jacqueline :Photographs, certificates and theatre programmes relating to the Reeve and Oxley families

By: Kensington, Jacqueline, active 1995; Kensington, Iris Merle, 1905-1982

Reference: PA1-o-730

Description: A lot of Merle Reeve's relatives and friends, views of cities and towns, especially Palmerston North and Wellington, sports teams associated with Wellington Teachers College, Wellington Boys College, and All Saints Anglican Church, Palmerston North, in the late 1920s. Scenic views taken on holidays. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1906 - 1912

By: Howorth, Charles Henry, 1856-1945

Reference: G-687

Description: View from a high point looking down towards the green lake in the foreground and the blue lake beyond. The two are divided by a hill. A track winds around the base of the bush-clad hills to the right. An almost identical oil by Howorth from the same standpoint offered at International Art Centre auction, 25 March 2004. Like the Library's view it is signed but not dated. Estimate $25,000 to $35,000 Howorth's Thermal Region paintings were likely to have been completed between 1906, when he left Invercargill, and 1912, with around 1908 the most likely date Title from plaque on mount Inscriptions: Signed: C. H. Howorth Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil 495 x 895 mm

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

By: Walker, George Allen, -1915; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945

Reference: PAColl-0524

Description: Collection comprises: Postcards of scenic attractions in the Rotorua and Waitomo area and others of Auckland and Christchurch including one of a young boy, F Shadbolt, on a pony and trap and a soldier in uniform named Howard Photographs of of an elderly woman called Mrs Stevenson and Miss O'Grady Photographs of soldiers at camp during World War I Photographs of children in hot pools, possibly at Whakarewarewa, and of the Blue and Green Lakes at Rotorua, taken by Blencowe Photograph of F O'Grady in a car belonging to Mr Pountney of Carr, Pountney & Co Photograph of a house in Waihi built 1900-1902 with a mother and two children standing outside Photograph of taxis outside a hotel in Onehunga, taken ca 1911 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 30 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand. Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Donated by Charles O'Grady, Wellington, 1964

Date: 1906-1940

By: Curry, Michael Anthony, active 2001

Reference: PAColl-6762

Description: Collection comprises: Postcard showing R J Seddon on last visit to Auckland, 6 March 1906, published by W Beattie & Co. Photograph of Lake Wakatipu. Photograph of scene near Haywards, Hutt Valley. Photograph of the Green & Blue Lakes, by Iles of Rotorua Photograph of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Rongotai, Wellington, ca 1940. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1885]

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA7-54-21

Description: View of Lake Rotokakahi, Rotorua, taken from a distance. Photograph taken by George Dobson Valentine in January 1885 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Lake Rotokakahi. 39. GV Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 19 x 29 cm on mount

Date: 1890, [ca 1900]-1904

From: Hinge, Leslie, 1868-1942 : Photographs, negatives and photo albums

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916

Reference: PA1-o-1912

Description: An album containing prints relating to the Rotorua District and Maori tourism in particular. The images were taken by Leslie Hinge, ca 1900-1903, except for one image taken by Josiah Martin in 1890. Many of the images have short captions written by Hinge giving subjects and locations. Images show various subjects, including: - The whare whakairo (carved meeting house) Tokanganui-a-noho with a sign 'Ko Rawaho' for the ancestor Rawharo at Te Kuiti. - Games of bowls being played on the green at the Government Gardens, Rotorua, showing the band rotunda in the background. - Whare at Te Ngae pa, with Maori families sitting and standing outside, including a woman weaving baskets. - Mud pools and steam vents at Tikitere (Hell's Gate) and Whakarewarewa. Also the Wairoa geyser hole at Whakarewarewa being "soaped", with tourists looking on, and subsequently spouting. - The bush-lined Kaituna River and the Okere Falls, including a flume for a hydroelectric plant servicing Rotorua. - A small motor launch pulled up on the shore of Lake Rotoiti, with tourists aboard and Maori captain. - Scenes at Whakarewarewa village, including children penny diving from bridge and bathing in hot pools, kettles and kete (baskets) for cooking, and views of houses. Also images of the whare whakairo Rauru, one with Sophia Hinerangi and a man who may be Mita Taupopoki outside; and another with the caption "Sold to Berlin - 1904". Also portraits of Sophia and Bella Papakura. - Scenes at Ohinemutu, including interior and exterior shots of the whare whakairo Tamatekapua, bust of Queen Victoria with St Faith's Church beyond, children bathing, and a woman named Merepaea Paea washing clothes. - A waka taua (war canoe) being paddled on Lake Rotorua and shots of canoes being manoeuvred over obstacles in races. - Broad views of Waimangu valley with steam rising from vents, Lake Rotomahana with Mt Tarawera beyond, and the inlet on Lake Tarawera below Te Wairoa. Mud from the 1886 Tarawera eruption is still visible. - Hangi (earth oven) being prepared. - Men performing a haka near Whakarewarewa (this image taken by Josiah Martin). Three of the photographs are composites of two images, arranged one above the other. Other - Two prints formerly loose in this album are now at PAColl-10392 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover, 20.5 x 26.5 cm

Date: [ca 1953-1960]

From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand

By: A H & A W Reed (Firm); Kiwi Colour Slides; Cross, Derek, 1929-1984

Reference: PA12-10638

Description: Set of scenic slides titled 'Rotorua air views' published by A H & A W Reed, circa 1950s, and collected by Muriel Edwards. Photographed by Derek Cross. Images are of the following: Lake Rotoiti and Moose Lodge, volcanic chasm on Mount Tarawera, Lake Rotomahana and Steaming Cliffs, Rainbow Montain and Lake Okaro, Waiotapu Thermal Area, Waimangu Thermal Valley, Blue and Green Lakes, Ohinemutu and Lake Rotorua, and Gardens and bath houses in [Rotorua?]. Slides accompanied by published leaflet 'Kiwi Commentary' describing each image. Quantity: 10 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

Date: Circa 1925

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

Reference: Pan-1580-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Green and Blue Lakes (Lake Tikitapu and Lake Rotokakahi), near Rotorua. View shows bush-clad hills behind the two lakes. Road far left. Photograph taken circa 1925 by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Green & Blue Lakes. No. 76 (Rotorua, New Zealand); Marginal notes on tape - Green & Blue Lakes Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 119.1 cm

Date: 1925

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

Reference: Pan-1224-F

Description: Panoramic view of lakes and sites from Mount Tarawera. Places listed above are marked on the image, from left: Lake Rerewhaikaitu [i.e. Rerewhakaaitu], Lake Rotomahana, Waimungu, Rotorua (with arrow), Lake Tarawera, Green Lake [i.e. Lake Rotokakahi], Wairoa [i.e. Te Wairoa], Lake Okaraka [i.e. Okareka], Lake Okaitane [i.e. Okataina]. There are two people in the foreground high above the lakes looking down. Dated 1925. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Lakes from Mount Tarawera; Marginal notes on negative - Panorama from the top of Mt Tarawera. N.Z. 1925; Photographer's title on negative - Panorama of Lakes from Mt. Tarawera, N.Z. No. 283 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 21.4 x 100.8 cm

Date: 1886

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922; Keam, Ronald Frank, 1932-2019

Reference: MapColl-r832.18cba/1886/Acc.57114

Description: Topographical manuscript sketch map by Stephenson Percy Smith showing the topography and contours in the area around Mount Tarawera following the eruption in 1886. Untitled map shows a scale bar, hachures, and spot heights in feet, with bodies of water outlined in blue. Labels on the map include: - Waikorua Earthquake Flat - Pareheru - Maungaongaonga - Ngarewa - Green Lake - Blue Lake - Waiotapu - Old Crater - Maunga Kakaramea - Te Kumete - Black Terrace Crater [shown as lake] - The Pinnacles - Te Hapeotoroa - Echo Lake Crater - Black Crater - Kaingaroa Plains - Conical Hill [annotated in pencil] Also "Plain with gentle slope to the west" and two waterways marked as "Water course". TItle supplied by LIbrary. Quantity: 1 map(s) rolled for storage. Physical Description: Ink, pencil, and blue watercolour on starched linen, 109 x 130.5 cm. Provenance: From the estate of Ron Keam.

Date: 1866 - 1970

By: Kinder, John, 1819-1903

Reference: Eph-C-GRAPHIC-ARTS-1970-01

Description: Shows a reproduction of Kinder's painting "Lake Rotokakahi and Motutaua Island, 1866". Other Titles - Lake Rotokakahi and Motutaua Island, 1866 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photolithographic reproduction 113 x 255 mm on sheet 455 x 290 mm

Date: 1884 - 1886

From: Medley, Mary Catherine 1835- :Mary C. Medley's sketch book ; visit to Rotorua before Tarawera eruption [No.] 12. 1884-1886.

Reference: E-377-028

Description: A view of Lake Rotokakahi (Green Lake) Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Green Lake; Recto - bottom right - Rotokakahi Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 210 mm.

Date: [Circa 1870s and 1880s]

From: Nairn, Douglas, fl 1973 :Photographs of New Zealand and Fiji

By: (W N) Tuttle & Company; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Hart, Campbell & Company; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland)

Reference: PA1-o-359

Description: Photographs of New Zealand, taken by various photographers. Some are unidentified, but many are taken by the Burton Brothers, J V (James Valentine), Tuttle & Co, for Simpson & Co., and Hart, Campbell & Co. In the North Island, a large number of photographs show the area around Mount Tarawera before and after the volcanic eruption in 1886. There are a number showing the huge deposits of mud and ash which covered the area, with views of the landscape and of ruined buildings, followed by scenes of the Pink and White Terraces, before the eruption. On page 8, there is a view of Ranana (London), on the Wanganui River with the caption, "Maori village similar to those overwhelmed by the eruption". Other scenes in the North Island were taken in Auckland City, Ohinemutu, Rotokakahi, and Whakarewarewa, Ti Eke [i.e. Tieke] on the Wanganui River, and one of Wellington City taken from Mount Victoria. South Island views include many around the main lakes, including Wakatipu, Wanaka, Manapouri, Queenstown and Hawea; Milford Sound and Mitre Peak; the Otira Gorge; Kawarau Gorge and Bridge; Oamaru; Port Chalmers; and Dunedin. Views of gold mining areas in Otago include excavation sluiced out by hydrants at St Bathans, and the miners' towns of Naseby with the river choked with tailings, and Nokomai. Portraits of Maori including Ana Rupene. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with marron leather binding covered with waxed brown-paper cover, entitled `New Zealand photographs, [E?] Nairn'; 25.5 x 32.5 cm