Ākitio

Date: 1863

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :Wairarapa sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-173-038/039

Description: A view looking north along the coastline, with the sea to the right. Part of the fencing of a cattle or sheep run is on the flat land at Akitio in the left foreground Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 360 mm

Date: 1983-1984

From: Clyde Quay School Parents' Collective : records

Reference: MS-Papers-8940-6

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1892-1959]

By: Knight, Charles Prendergast (Dr), 1871-1965

Reference: 90-362

Description: Comprise diaries kept by Knight as a law student and secretary to Sir James Prendergast (1892, 1893 and 1895), and farm account books for Longcroft, Te Horo and Glencora stations 1910-1954, Fontenaye 1910-1921, Branscombe 1921, Richmond Downs Station 1911-1919. Also stock notes 1953-1959, a letter to the Commissioner of Unemployment, 1934. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 box(es) (7 volumes, 1 folder). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescript Processing information: Not yet listed

Date: 1997

From: Hinds, Geoffrey William John, 1950- : Music scores and papers

By: Baxter, James Keir, 1926-1972; Hinds, Geoffrey William John, 1950-

Reference: MS-Papers-8938-5

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 17 November 2003

From: Drovers Project

By: Martin, Noel Harold, 1936-

Reference: OHInt-0759-07

Description: Oral history interview with Noel Martin, born December 27th 1936, in Eltham. Recalls his early life in Mangatoke - discusses moving to the family farm in 1944. Details daily life on the farm. Talks about the farm stock - describes the milking sheds and equipment. Details the hay cutting process - describes what a horse-drawn mower looked like. Talks about the beginning of World War II - mentions father being in the Homeguard. Recalls attending Mangatoki School, Pukingahu School, and Ohura District High School. Talks about leaving school at the age of sixteen to go shepherding. Discusses the 'wool boom' of 1951. Mentions working at Duncan's Station, Otairi. Talks about fire-branding cattle. Mentions working at Akitio Station. Discusses moving to Ohakune to help out on brother's block of land. Talks about buying own farm in Woodville. Talks about how he began droving - mentions Linc Campbell. Mentions droving through Gisborne, Motuhoura, Rangiwahia, and the lower Manawatu. Describes a regular drove. Discusses the different roles of the working dogs - details different whistle commands. Explains the terms tonguing and stone buising. Talks about droving with Linc Campbell. Mentions Gisborne drover Frank Lambert. Mentions other drovers Jack Henry, Sonny Baker, and Robert Brison. Details the types of work he picked up between droves. Discusses sole droving. Talks about the decline of droving - mentions public pressure. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Interviewer(s) - Ruth Low Accompanying material - 1 colour photograph, 15 x 10 cm [date unknown]; biographical information relating to Noel Martin. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014339, OHC-014340 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1.33 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft Word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5015, OHDL-000425. 1 colour photograph, 15 x 10 cm, [date unknown] of Noel Martin and his dogs. Search dates: 17/11/2003

Date: 1903 - 1915 - 1906 - 1917

By: Thorp, Nigel, active 1978-2018

Reference: Eph-B-ANIMAL-Thorp

Description: Includes: Dunedin Fanciers' Club. Annual dog show 1903. First prize to Mr W J Robinson for "Brown Boy", class 46, Cocker Dogs Open, any other colour. Budget Print, Dunedin Dunedin Fanciers' Club. Annual show 1904. First prize to S Prout for Special black cocker puppy bitch "Papanui Corelli" Dunedin Fanciers' Club. Championship show 1905. Third prize to Mr S Prout for Black cocker puppy challenge class bitches "Papanui Corelli" Dunedin Fanciers' Club. Annual show, Dunedin 12-14 July 1906. Second prize to Mr S Prout of Mornington for Black cocker novice bitches "Papanui Corelli" Pahiatua-Akitio A and P Association. Sixth annual show, 12 February 1915. Second prize certificate to Geo Brown for: One heifer calved since 1 July 1912 Pahiatua-Akitio A and P Association. Eighth annual show, 9 February 1917. First prize certificate to G H Brown for: Two dairy heifers calved since 1 July 1915 Pahiatua-Akitio A and P Association. Eighth annual show, 9 February 1917. Third prize certificate to G Brown for One heifer (Jersey) calved since 1 July 1915 Quantity: 6 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithographs on light card, sizes varying from 114 x 152 mm, to 215 x 278 mm.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Armstrong, Francis, 1869-1957

Reference: Pan-1619-F

Description: Panoramic view down over the Akitio River winding through the centre. Boatsheds and a jetty in right foreground, and a road and bridge over the river in left foreground. River mouth far left. Large two-storeyed farmhouse partly hidden by trees near the edge of the river centre right. Formal lawns with gazebo, paths around and through the lawns, flowers and shrubs to the right of the house. Cultivated field on a flat area with the road running past and a small cottage on the far side of the road centre right. Another large two-storeyed house and outbuildings are seen on a bend of the river near the bridgeon the left. It also is partially hidden by trees, with a shelter belt behind. Hills in the background, some with areas of scrub, but mostly cleared. Line of trees along the river's edge beyond the house on the right. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1620, Pan-1622, Pan-1624 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - F. Armstrong. Akitio; Marginal notes on negative - 3 3 3 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 98.9 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Armstrong, Francis, 1869-1957

Reference: Pan-1629-F

Description: Panoramic view down over the valley, Akitio River far left. Road across the image leading to a single-storeyed farmhouse in the centre middle distance with stands of trees behind. Shearers' quarters and other outbuildings to the right of the house. Large woolshed partially hidden behind a stand of macrocarpa trees centre left. Large two-storeyed house far left by the river. Flocks of sheep in paddock on the flat valley, and some on hills behind the buildings. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1620, Pan-1622, Pan-1624 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - F. Armstrong. Akitio via Dannevirke. 3 in oils; Marginal notes on negative - 2 2 2 2 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 108.5 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Armstrong, Francis, 1869-1957

Reference: Pan-1622-F

Description: Panoramic view taken from a steep hill looking down at the back of a large two-storeyed homestead near the side of the Akitio River. River mouth in the left background. Bridge across the river centre left. Cultivated field on flat land far left, steep hills in the background on both sides of the river. Large lawn with trees on a flat area to the left of the house, and a gazebo at the end of the lawn, glasshouse house near the river. Other buildings are partially visible among trees. Trees around the house and in stands across the river in the centre of the image. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1619, Pan-1620, Pan-1624 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - F. Armstrong. Akitio via Dannevirke. 3 in oils Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 105.7 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Armstrong, Francis, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-1624-F

Description: Panoramic view from a hill looking down over a farming valley. Large flock of sheep grazing in a paddock in the centre of the image at the foot of the hill. Patchy grass. Group of houses partially visible among trees in the middle distance centre left. Road running up through the centre past the houses on the left. Tall stands of trees on the right of the road. Sheep pens to the left of the houses. Rolling hills on the right, jagged hills in left background. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1619, Pan-1620, Pan-1622 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - F. Armstrong Jnr. Akitio. 3 oils. Red roof on house Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 108.3 cm

Date: 31 Mar 1944, 25 May 1944

From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index

Reference: NZAM-C/438-F

Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd in 1944 showing Akitio Station farmland with named paddocks. Sheet 2 of 2 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - N.154 F.34 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size), approximate scale 13 chains to 1 inch

Date: 8 May 1943, 31 Mar 1944

From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index

Reference: NZAM-C/437-F

Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd in 1943 and 1944 showing Akitio farmland with named paddocks, probably Wairarapa area. Sheet 1 of 2. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - N.154 F.30 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size), approximate scale 13 chains to 1 inch

Date: 1994, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11689

Description: Transparencies of woolsheds in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton, Jocelyn Thornton or William Fulton. Each slide mount is annotated with the location; some are annotated with the name of the farm or station. Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title supplied by Library. Many slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case labelled 'Woolsheds'. Arrangement was generally alphabetical by location or farm/station name. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11694

Description: Transparencies of woolsheds in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the location; some are annotated with the name of the farm or station. Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title supplied by Library. Slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case labelled 'Woolsheds'. Arrangement was generally alphabetical by location or farm/station name. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11730

Description: Transparencies of woolsheds in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the location, and sometimes the date of construction, of the woolshed. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Title supplied by Library. Slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a metal case labelled 'Woolsheds slides', with 12 compartments, each able to hold approximately 8 slides. No arrangement order has been identified. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11728

Description: Transparencies of woolsheds in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the location, and sometimes the date of construction, of the woolshed. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Title supplied by Library. Slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a metal case labelled 'Woolsheds slides', with 12 compartments, each able to hold approximately 8 slides. No arrangement order has been identified. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1 November

From: Parr, Christopher, 1931-: Collection of early New Zealand material

By: Patene, Wiremu, active 1840s-1860s

Reference: MS-Papers-12432-1-131

Description: He reta na Wiremu Patene no Akitio kia Neho ki Waitangi. Letter from Wiremu Patene at Akitio to William Colenso at Waitangi. Title supplied by Library. Physical Description: Manuscript letter, pencil on wove paper, 18 x 14.5 cm.

Date: 1955-1971

By: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002

Reference: PA-Group-00375

Description: Wellington, openings of Parliament, politicians, Governors General, show personalities, Antarctic teams, police, army, visiting diplomats and heads of state, ship visits, memorials, RNZAF, fighter planes and fighter plane training, rugby and rugby players and selectors, film censorship, conferences, agricultural air shows, artists, royalty, manufacturing industries, models and fashion parades, New Zealand Players, etc Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 35mm-18037 to 18703, 120-0881 to 0959, 1/4-071736 to 072044, 1/2-177020 to 177461. Quantity: 1483 b&w original negative(s) 78 120 strips comprising 158 images, 666 35mm strips comprising 1,976 images, 308 1/4 plate negs, 441 1/2 plate negs. Total images 2,883. Finding Aids: Library generated negative registers provide a good access point to this collection. The negatives are listed within subject groupings.. Processing information: Originally arranged and described in 1995. Reference number changed from PAColl-4814 to PA-Group-00375 in 2009.

Date: 1908

By: Seaton & Sladden (Firm); Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/1908/Acc.4400

Description: Shows lands for sale; also shows Maori reserves and Maori placenames for geographical features Also includes inset: Plan of locality. Scale {1:2 534 400} Extended Title - Wellington: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1908 Inscriptions: Recto - left of image - Murray, Roberts & Co. in conjunction with Abraham & Williams Ltd. will offer the above estate by public auction at the Town Hall, Wellington, on Wednesday, 15 January, 1908 ...; Recto - top centre - 36,600 acres; sub-divided in 22 blocks of from 580 to 4,720 acres; Recto - bottom centre - Note: Areas and boundaries are subject to amendment to a limited extent on completion of survey Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, coloured. 73 x 90 cm. Scale 1:31 680

Date: 1914

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-832.45bje/1914/Acc.5805

Description: Shows Akitio, Castlepoint and Masterton counties, giving land blocks, Maori reserves and some Maori placenames for geographical features and trig points Extended Title - Wellington: Lands & Survey Dept., 1914 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on lithograph, scale 1:63 360, 102 x 71 cm.