Te Kopi

Date: 1845 - 1972 - 1855

From: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869 :Five early views of the Hutt and Wairarapa. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1972.

By: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-028-038

Description: Looking west along cliffs in South Wairarapa A reproduction of a watercolour in the Library's collection Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 180 x 261 mm on sheet 330 x 505

Date: 17 October 1847

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

Reference: MS-Papers-12432-1-006

Description: Letter from Hamuera Pakaiahi to William Colenso addressed "Ki te Kopi Kia te Koreneho Minita", dated "Okotopa 17 1847" writing from Hurunuiorangi in the Wairarapa. He says he cannot go to Te Kopi, as he is too busy with "mahi oranga". Also mentions the surveying of land in the Remutaka area, and that Te Aukarere was going to hunt birds. Tamati is also mentioned, saying he will take food to the Pākehā. For further details on Hamuera Pakaiahi, the author of this letter, see EATS (Entity Authority Tool Set) database: http://wtap.vuw.ac.nz/eats/entity/80085/ Title supplied by Library. Physical Description: Manuscript letter, ink on watermarked laid paper, ruled in pencil, 20 x 16 cm.

Date: 1845

From: Native school attendance books

Reference: qMS-1413a

Description: Provides names of pupils and days of attendance. The pupils' ages are not recorded. Signed on title page `Rihara Taki, Te Hai Wakaako o te Kopi' Annotated by Elsdon Best: `Probably Te Kopi at Palliser Bay. These are names of Wairarapa natives' Arrangement: qms-1408-1413 are boxed together Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss

Reference: B-009-014

Description: View from a beach looking along a line of high layered clay cliffs. A few flax bushes are in the foreground, above the high tide mark. A man stands on the beach nearby Work is squared up in pencil for later enlargement Other Titles - Whatarangi Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 232 x 316 mm

Date: 1972

From: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869 :Five early views of the Hutt and Wairarapa. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1972.

Reference: C-028-038-a

Description: Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 180 x 261 mm on sheet 330 x 505

Date: 1844-1845, n d

Reference: qMS-1408-1413a

Description: Attendance rolls generally kept by native school teachers, though there is evidence of William Colenso's hand in some of them. Earliest register (1844) is for the school at Waimate, Northland; the remaining books relate to schools in the Wairarapa district. It is noteworthy that both Mohi Torohanga and Paratene Te Okawhare are listed as pupils at the schools; they are the source of the text scribed by Te Whatahoro and subsequently used by S P Smith in writing about Maori cosmology and origins (See JPS 103 no 2); other notable pupils include Te Horo and Paora Te Potangaroa who both established prophetic movements (see Elsmore, B 1989 Mana from Heaven) There is a note on one of the books in Elsdon Best's hand. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 7 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (29 cm; brown paper wraps, in maroon linen tie case)

Date: 1905

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

By: Mason & Richmond (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.45bje/[ca.1905]/Acc.27450

Description: Topographic map with surveying details of the area from the Mangatoetoe River, Palliser Bay to the Taonui River and the Aorangi Mountains to Kaiwhiri and Mataopero. Settlements, rivers and peaks are named. Two areas are marked and include the statements "Boundary as claimed by Government". Some handwritten annotations in pencil and coloured pencil include section numbers and acreages, names of landowners - Heemi te Miha, Iraia, Tutu, Piriha Nihor [handwriting difficult to decipher], Kanes. Other Titles - Te Kopi and Waitatuma Blocks Stamped Mason & Richmond, Authorised Licensed Surveyors, Wellington Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and colourwash on dressed linen, coloured, 97.3 x 64.5 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS Group 0805. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753, September 2022.

Date: 1844

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

Reference: B-031-025

Description: Buildings shown are the whaling station at Te Kopi, Palliser Bay. See similar view, with title, reproduced in McArthur's auction catalogue for sale 4 August 1987, lot 52. Shows a high rock, being climbed by three Pakeha men, on the right, a cluster of several low buildings near the shore and a path through low scrub in the foreground. A Maori woman [?] is walking away from the viewer and further along the path is a European man and another person. Date of 1844 is suggested because Brees' watercolour entitled Cape Palliser is dated 1844, and this view is likely to have been taken on the same exploratory trip. There are faint map outlines in pencil on the verso. Other Titles - Whaling station, Te Kopi, Palliser Bay, 1844? Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in brushpoint Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 223 x 378 mm

Date: 1850 - 1860

Reference: A-034-004

Description: Cliffs between Te Kopi and Watarangi seen from the beach, showing erosion. A single figure stands on the beach at the end of a low bank of vegetation, mostly low scrub and flaxes. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 177 x 255 mm

Date: April - December 2008

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000252

Description: Photographs of the exterior of buildings in Wellington, Upper Hutt, Wairarapa and Kapiti Coast, taken from April to December 2008. Includes Martinborough Town Hall. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within folders called "New Zealand Buildings April to July 2008" and "New Zealand Buildings July to December 2008" Quantity: 70 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1843 - 1844

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :[Two works. 1. Palliser Bay, Wairarapa, &c (with dwelling and figures) [ca 1843]. 2. (On verso) Porirua / Paremata whaling station [1842-1844]]

Reference: C-126-020

Description: Watercolour shows the south Wairarapa coast, possibly near Te Kopi looking west from near Cape Palliser, with dwellings and probably a whaling station (Wades Whaling Station? as mentioned in the Wellington Spectator of 1844 - quoted in Mita Carter's "Early Palliser Bay" (1982)) in the centre. Several men stand on the steep hillside at the right. The foreground terrain is covered with low scrub. Entitled "Whaling station, Palliser Bay, Wairarapa" in McArthur's August 1987 auction catalogue. Dated from other views of the same area. Other Titles - Whaling station, Palliser Bay, Wairarapa Similar to watercolour at B-031-025. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 227 x 380 mm, with pencil sketch of same size on verso. Provenance: Sold by McArthur & Company, auction, in 1987, to NZ Insurance, for their boardroom. Prior to that, purchased at an English country auction, 1986 or 1987, by dealer John Barkis (pers. comm. Brian Groshinski of McArthurs Auction, 14. 8. 98)