Puarenga Stream

Date: 1882

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

Reference: E-328-f-092-1

Description: A scene in the Puarenga Gorge near Ohinemutu, showing the Moerangi Mountains in the distance Other Titles - Puarenga Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - In the Pueringa Gorge near Ohinemutu - Ohinemutu-Taupo Road. Moerangi Mts in the distance. 30/9/82. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 224 x 159 mm

Date: 1957 - 1958

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

Reference: A-060-053

Description: Shows three boys in a canoe on the Puarenga Stream looking at the Papakura geyser as they paddle past Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Ink, 200 x 270 cm on sheet 259 x 329 cm

Date: [1880s-1910s?]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Ferrez, Marc, 1843-1923; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA1-q-260

Description: Collection of photographs taken by various photographers including the Burton Brothers, George Valentine, Josiah Martin and Marc Ferrez. On page [67] there is a hand-traced map of the world with a route marked on it from London, to Plymouth, Canary Islands, Cape Town, Tasmania, Wellington, Lyttelton, Cape Horn, Rio de Janeiro, Canary Islands and back to Plymouth and London. The distance travelled out was 12,948 miles, and distance home was 11,915 miles. The photographs cover most of these places, with more detailed travel through Tasmania, and especially New Zealand. Scenes in New Zealand were mostly taken by the Burton Brothers and Josiah Martin. They include views of the main cities, and a large number in the thermal area around Lake Rotorua and Mount Tarawera, showing the area around the Pink and White Terraces before and after the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. Photographs by Josiah Martin include portraits of Maori, and one entitled "The old order changeth" with Maori artifacts, shrunken heads, and a portrait of Tawhiao. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover, black leather coners and spine; 27.5 x 37.5 cm

Date: 8 Aug 1987

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-79716-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: [ca 1907]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-003030-G

Description: Whakarewarewa, circa 1907. Looks over the Maori village. Includes Puarenga Stream on the left. Photographer possibly William Henry Thomas Partington. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer, in relation to a no neg print at 16. Rotorua Co. Whakarewarewa. 1906, and 1/1-022886 dated ca 1912. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1971

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-0342

Description: All scenes were taken at Whakarewarewa. They show children jumping from the Whakarewarewa Bridge into the Puarenga Stream; and a sign over the gateway by the bridge which reads "Kia Mau Mahara" (frames 1 to 3). Images 4 to 10 show two young women, one crouching, with a gravestone on a rise above them. A man is seen relaxing in a hot pool in frames 11 and 12. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: [1857-1883]

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Papakura, Mākereti, 1873-1930; Kiingi Pootatau, Kiingi o te Tika, ca1780-1860

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-128

Description: Notebook containing "Waiata Maori" collected by James Cowan. Contains only two waiata, and the remaining pages of the notebook are blank. The first waiata is by Potatau Te Wherowhero "at the time the Kingitanga Maori was set up 1857-8". This waiata is written about in: Stokes, Evelyn. 'Wiremu Tamihana'. Wellington: Huia Publishers. 2002. Pages 153-156. Cowan has written "For notes, translation see Rotorua & Kawhia notebook". Also contains "He haka pao" by Makareti and Ataraiti. This waiata is described in Makareti's book: Makareti 'The Old-time Maori'. Auckland: New Women's Press. 1986. Pages 168-169. According to Makareti's book, it relates to a love affair between Repora and Taranaki and mentions the Puarenga stream, near Whakarewarewa. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: One partially filled notebook Three photographic prints included in this volume (two tipped in, and one laid in (loose).