Manaia

Date: [ca 1880-1910]

From: Scenery Preservation Board :Scenic photographs of New Zealand

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; De Tourret, Ernest, active 1909-1912; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Scenery Preservation Board

Reference: PAColl-0444-1

Description: Photographs of the following: a set of seven photographs by Collis and annotated by F P Corkill, land agent, re landholding around the Waiwhakaiho River; scenic views such as waterfalls, lakes, and the Pink and White Terraces; bridges with annotations re height etc; sixteen numbered photographs mounted two to a card of scenic views in the Taranaki Region, Rotorua and the far north (including ones of Taumaha Gorge, Taranaki and Lake Ora - location unidentified); a set of seven photographs of the Waipu Caves including Lot's wife, the anvil and the sugar loaf in Morrison's Cave; a clipping of St Paul's Cupola and a photograph of Kauri Gully, Northcote with annotations on resolutions passed re the establishment of reservations; a panorama in two photographs of Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin with annotations re a potential reserve; and two of a tramping party of three men and five boys resting at a waterfall. Includes a recent hand-written list of the photographs. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted prints

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-074-3

Description: A view of Whangarei Heads in 1882, showing Mount Manaia Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Manaia Mt. Whangarei Heads. 12/10/82 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 32 x 179 mm

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-051

Description: Shows rolling hilly farm country with Mt Manaia in the background. There is part of a small cottage with water barrels on the extreme right, by a winding dirt road, and a horse and possibly cattle graze in the left foreground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 187 mm.

Date: Between 1910s and 1930s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PA1-f-002

Description: Includes a page showing the four main university colleges in New Zealand, circa 1930s; pages of botanical drawings; pages showing the Lever Brothers' soap manufacturing building, aspects of packaging Sunlight Soap and Lux soap powder at the factory, all photographed by F.G. Barker of Courtenay Place, Wellington. Also includes photographs and newspaper cuttings of transport used by country children going to school, including horseback and riding on cows. Images of various schools; bombers and fighters at Wigram Aerodrome during the visit to NZ of the Duke of York in 1927, including Bristol fighters, Avro 504 fighters, DH4 and DH9 bombers; map showing NZ as it would be situated if placed in corresponding latitude of Northern Hemisphere, NZ Government Railways; mean annual rainfall map of NZ (signed DG Bates, Director of Meteorological Office, 7.6.1911); farm buildings on Somes Island; cattle mustering at White Rock (Wairarapa); views of trains on the railway line between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki before the Centennial Highway was constructed; view of the Jubilee floating dock arriving in Wellington in 1931, towed by two Dutch ocean-going tugboats.

Date: ca 1950s

Reference: PAColl-4495

Description: Photograph of the plaque on Mount Manaia which commemorates the first European settlers in the region ca 1853. It is a map of the area with the names of the settlers for each district. The names given are John Munro, Robert Howie, John Butler, Robert McDonald, Kenny Rob McDonald, John Grant McLeod, John McLeod (tailor), Kenneth McDonald, William McLeod (mason), George McLeod, Donald Stuart, Harcourt Aubrey, Munro (Little), John D McLeod (Arychat), Donald McGregor, Kenneth McGregor, Kenneth Stuart, Duncan Stuart, Alex McKenzie, Roderick Fraser, John McDonald, Donald Urquhart, Kenneth Urquhart, Murdoch McRae, Charles Robinson, John Robinson. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Found amongst PAColl-3678..

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook. Mainly Northland scenes] 1864

Reference: E-125-033/034

Description: View across Whangarei Harbour towards Mount Manaia and Bream Head Other Titles - Whangarei Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on paper 135 x 180 mm in album

Date: 1870-1890

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

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hart, Campbell & Company; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-q-213

Description: Album of photographs of New Zealand and Pacific scenes, compiled ca 1870s-1880s. Includes views of Nelson. Bridge over the Waiau River near Hanmer. Hutt Valley (showing junction of Belmont Road), Manaia (showing Dr Hector, and oysters in foreground). James Hector's house `Ratanui,'near Petone, his family, and views from the house. Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu (showing flooding, acclimatisation ponds, and the road between Queenstown and Martin's Bay). Greymouth. Castle Hill. White Island. Mount Ruapehu. Otira Gorge. Arthur River. Milford Sound (with steamship Rotorua). Christchurch. Auckland (including a series of interior views of Kilbryde, the home of Sir John Logan Campbell). Cable car over Taramakau River. Hawks Crag. Brunnerton. Arnold river. Arthur's Pass. Buller River. Denniston (showing coal mines and incline). Mount Cook. Wellington (including views of the Botanic Garden). Lake Mapourika. Sutherland Falls. Tahiti. Wanganui. The Wainuiomata Reservoir. Napier. Photographers represented include W T L Travers (scenes on Waiau river), Hart, Campbell & Co (Queenstown and Wakatipu), James Ring (Greymouth, Castle Hill, and Buller), H T Lock (Hawks Crag and Denniston), Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Connolly & Co (Wellington Botanic Garden) and Burton Brothers (Sutherland Falls). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded maroon cover, entitled "New Zealand ferns"; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

By: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927

Reference: A-141-002

Description: Possibly Mount Manaia, Whangarei Heads Unfinished sketches, 1 watercolour, 1 pencil, in same hand as A141/3 to 9. On verso: Lake Rotorua (A141/3) Supplied title Quantity: 2 drawing(s) (1 sheet). Physical Description: 1 watercolour and 1 pencil on sheet 227 x 295 mm

Date: 1880

From: Walsh, Philip 1843-1914 :[Waitara sketchbook]

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-357-055/056

Description: Shows a ship sailing by Whangarei Heads with Hen and Chickens Island in the background Inscriptions: Recto - title and date Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double image). Physical Description: Pencil 55 x 180 mm

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-074-4

Description: A view of Mount Manaia, Whangarei Heads, in October 1882 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Manaia Mt. Whangarei. 12/10/82 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 38 x 179 mm

Date: 1850 - 1990 - 1859

From: Various artists :Encounter with Eden ; cards / Wellington, National Library of New Zealand, 1990

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: E-279-q-124

Description: Reproduction of a watercolour by Charles Heaphy, produced for `Encounter with Eden', an exhibition of paintings and drawings from the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia. One of a set of six greeting cards produced by the National Library of New Zealand featuring works of art from the exhibition. Very similar to a watercolour in the Alexander Turnbull Library called `Bream Head, Whangarei'. However Bream Head is some distance to the right and this is Manaia. The schooner may be imaginery, as Heaphy was fond of adding touches of human interest. Several Maori waka can be seen near the shore. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 85 x 133 mm on folded card

Date: 1888

From: Hoare, E A, fl 1887-1888 :Drawings, watercolour sketches, photographs and notes of E A Hoare, Artiste, on board 'S S Tongariro'. December 1887 to March 1888

Reference: E-955-f-016

Description: A hazy, dusk view of the Whangarei Heads, showing the disctinctively-shaped Mount Manaia. Possibly taken from One Tree Point Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 200x 315 mm, on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm

Date: ca 1920

By: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; The Art Studios

Reference: PAColl-7339

Description: Postcards of Mair Park showing a signpost for the Ladies Dressing Shed taken by Radcliffe; Old Manaia, Whangarei Heads by Radcliffe; and the rose garden in Grotto Gradens by the Art Studios. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-026

Description: Shows a view looking along the coast of a bay towards a precipitous rocky hill, Mount Manaia at Whangarei Heads. Pohutukawa trees are blooming along the shore at the right, and there is a small hut or bach in the middle distance. Other Titles - Mount Manaia Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 222 x 255 mm.

Date: 1979

From: Eagle, Audrey Lily, 1926- :[Collection of original paintings made for "Eagle's trees and shrubs of New Zealand" books. 1955-2005]

Reference: A-437-228

Description: Shows leaves, flowers and seeds of the pomaderris paniculosa. Artist's list: Flowers Nov. 1979 from a cult. plant orig. from Mt Manaia, Northland, capsules Jan. 1979 also cult. Appears on page 453 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - November January; flowers; Anthony Peter Druce Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 261 x 211 mm.

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook. Mainly Northland scenes] 1864

Reference: E-125-027/028

Description: Looking out to sea, with Bream Head, Mount Manaia and the Hen and Chickens Islands Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on paper 135 x 180 mm in album

Date: ca 1900

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 16

Reference: PAColl-7344-52

Description: A stone wharf with the harbour beyond at Whangarei Heads. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook. Mainly Northland scenes] 1864

Reference: E-125-025/026

Description: View of the rock formations on the summit of Mount Manaia Other Titles - Whangarei Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on paper 135 x 180 mm in album

Date: [1945-1949]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-157

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance between 1945 and 1949. Series of photographs of Northland towns and places: Whangarei Heads from Parua Bay; Whangarei Heads showing Mt Manaia, Lion Rock & Bream Head with McLeod Bay (on left); Urquharts Bay with Taurikura Bay (on left); baches at Taurikura Bay; Waiwera township & bridge with estuary in foreground); main street of Wellsford; rock formations near Mangonui; Victoria Street, Dargaville (Tonkins on left); main street of Kaikohe (Kings Building on right); main street of Ohaeawai (cash store and drapery on left); Paihia from off-shore; Awanui; Pakanae Valley; Cooper's Beach - Photographer A W Powell. Also: Rotorua Post Office & Municipal Buildings, July 1945; Christmas traffic at corner of Manchester and High Streets, Christchurch, 1949; Queenstown; trout fishing at Dreadnought Pool, upper Waikato River; Matamata showing Bank of Australia and shops, Jan 1946; Kaikoura coast near Parnassus, 1946; Hagley Park in autumn; main street of Tauranga, Dec 1946; Kennedy Park, Hastings; Oriental Bay with people enjoying the beach, Summer 1946/47 Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1886 - 1888

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Whangarei and Waiwera sketchbook. 1886-1888].

Reference: E-598-040

Description: Shows a yacht sailing near Mt Manaia, Whangarei Head. Other Titles - Mount Manaia Extended Title - from his Whangarei and Waiwera sketchbook, 1886-1888, page 40. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page 145 x 223 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2002.