Earlier known as the Crown Lands Dept and General Survey Office. On 1 April 1987 the New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey was dissolved, and its functions taken over by various other departments, including New Zealand Deptartment of Survey and Land Information.
New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Wellington District Office :Island of Kapi...
Date: 1916
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Wellington District Office; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Archives New Zealand
Reference: MapColl-832.47cba/1916/Acc.37816
Description: Topographic map of Kapiti Island with some described features and named vegetation. Includes the site of an anchorage adjacent to Motungarara Island and Kapiti Island. Ink blotches obliterate parts of the map Kapiti Island includes numerous Maori placenames and named streams. Pa sites and former Maori settlements are marked, as are whaling stations and a cavern, formerly a burial ground. Sites of mutton birds are marked as are water supplies, walking tracks, the site of an old homestead and old cultivations. Tokumapuna Island, 1.2.21 [acres] includes the site of the main whaling station and named rocks which are covered at high water are named. Motungarara Island, 3.2.0 [acres] includes the site of a former whaling station Tahoramaurea Island, 3.3.21 [acres] includes the site of Mayhew's store 442 is written in each of three corners of the map Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale [1:70 000], 70.1 x 75.5 cm.
136 (b) - New Zealand Geographic Board
Date: 1943-1948
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0336
Description: File 136 (b) - Contains letters and printed matter regarding place names this folder includes the 3rd verse of The song of Ngawaero, Te Patere a Ngawaero. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts
136 (a) - New Zealand Geographic Board
Date: 1948
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0335
Description: File 136 (a) - Contains materials regarding place names Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter
[New Zealand State Forest Service]: Rewa Forest: Wellington Conservation Region [map wi...
Date: 1922 - 1930
From: [New Zealand State Forest Service]: Selection of maps with manuscript additions
By: New Zealand. State Forest Service; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Neill, William Thomson, 1864-1943
Reference: MapColl-832.45gcrc/1924-30/Acc.53901
Description: Base Lands & Survey cadastral map with manuscript additions showing Rewa Survey District VI State Forest No. 47, Waihora Stream and Mt Meredith "Forest Atlas Wn.091" "163/3L" "Certified correct under Section 25 of the Forests Act 1921-1922" [signed William Thomson Neill] "Surveyor General 17.6.24" Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, linen-backed, hand-coloured with manuscript annotations in pen and ink, scale [1:12,500], 75 x 76 cm
Research notes (a)
Date: 1936-1950
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0070
Description: Contains many letters pertaining to research enquiries on matters such as whakatauaki, moteatea, place names and also book and article enquiries Includes a letter written by Ngata to the New Zealand Listener, on the topic of "Maori moving to the cities". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Wellington Regional Council :LGC [Local Government Commission] proposed additions to Ci...
Date: 1972
From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection
By: New Zealand. Local Government Commission; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-WRC-R10/22D-Acc.
Description: NZ Cadastral Map Wellington Area; 177 1st editon January 1969 (New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey) Quantity: 1 map(s) [with annotations]. Physical Description: Coloured ink on cream paper. Scale [ca 1: 63 360] 58 x 54.5 cm.
New Zealand Lands and Survey Department :[Raids, Bay of Plenty] [map with ms annotations].
From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-CHA-2/3/27-Acc.36540
Description: Published map used by New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch in their Historical Atlas Collection. Includes ms annotations with raids in the Bay of Plenty. Base map - New Zealand Four mile sheet. Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colour map. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Wellington Regional Council :Coverage of 1;10, 000 record maps. Kapiti Island. Wellingt...
Date: 1991
From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-WRC-R26-10,000/5.1-Acc.
Description: Published by Department of Lands and Survey Quantity: 1 map(s) [with annotations]. Physical Description: Ink on white paper. Scale [ca 1: 10, 000] 83 x 65 cm. Provenance: Purchased 17 December 1992
New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :[New Zealand...
Date: 1939
From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-CHA-6/1/1-34-Acc.38277-38309
Description: Identifies land settlements Base maps of New Zealand - New Zealand Lands and Survey Department 1939. Quantity: 34 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Ink and colour on cream paper, Scales indeterminable. 70 x 70 cm or smaller.
Wellington Regional Council :Electoral record in the vicinity of the Northern Boundary ...
Date: 1987
From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-WRC-E7/2B-Acc.
Description: Electoral information shown is correct at 28 July 1987. Post 1987 Standard Meshblock numbers shown. Electoral base map NZMS 261 sheet T25 Eketahuna; New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey Quantity: 1 map(s) [with annotations]. Physical Description: Ink on cream paper. Scale [ca 1: 50, 000] 100 x 70.5 cm.
[Creator unknown] :Index chart to the great trigonometrical survey of India [copy of ma...
Date: 1870
From: Statutory Branch. Head Office. Department of Lands and Survey :[Aperture cards of] maps and plans
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-L&S-G62
Description: Copy of published lithographed map that shows Colonal Lambton's network of triangulation in southern India; the meridional and longitudinal chains of principal triangles; base lines measured with Colby Apparatus; astronomical, pendulum and tidal stations. Secondary triangulation to fix peaks of Himalayan and the Soolimani Ranges completed to 1st May 1870. Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 aperture cards. Physical Description: 35mm microfilm inserted into card, scale 1:6 082 560, copy at same size as original Provenance: Donated by Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, November 1982
Wellington Regional Council :Paraparaumu. Personal accessibility study - Private school...
Date: 1981
From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-WRC-R17/6Z-Acc.
Description: Identifies with coloured stickers private schools, primary and secondary, in Paraparaumu Base map: NZMS 271 Paraparaumu. Edition 1 (Department of Lands and Survey) Quantity: 1 map(s) [with annotations]. Physical Description: Ink on cream paper. Scale [ca 1: 20 000] 78 x 72.5 cm.
[Creator unknown] :Industrial area, Hutt Valley settlement [map with ms annotations]. R...
Date: 1939
Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/1939/Acc.12470
Description: Drawn on a cadastral base map, updated 21 August 1939, of the Lower Hutt industrial area, bounded by the Waiwhetu River and the Hutt River, the annotations show sections sold (in red) and sections open for selection (in green). The sections, numbered with acreages, are bounded by Bell, Gracefield, Park and Seaview Roads, and the railway line runs through the area. Areas sold include the names Wellington Concrete, Schweppes Ltd., ESW Paul, Millans West Australian Hardwoods, W Cable & Co., Winstones Roofing Tile Works, Acetone Illuminating & Welding Coy., Wellington Concrete Pipe Coy., Ford Motor Co., Hume Pipe Coy., Vacuum Oil Coy., Texas Oil Coy., British Australian Lead Manufacturers., Suburban Properties, CH Morley, WA Cairns. Railway workshops, drainage easements, sewers, septic tanks, pumping stations, a quarry and watermains are marked. Areas open for selection include some Crown Land, the remainder are unnamed. The Hutt Park, the Waiwhetu Pa and its cemetery are shown. A pencil annotation states the scale is about 4 chains to an inch. Unpublished base map: Industrial area Hutt Valley settlement, revised May 1939. This annotated revised edition: 21/8/1939. Written on recto: Hutt Valley, Industrial area Lower Hutt, 24. Written on map: 14. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 43.7 x 45.2 cm.
Loudon, W, fl 1909 :Plan of part Sec 7 Kaiwarra Registration District, Blk III, Pt Nich...
Date: 1909
By: Loudon, William Francis Whittaker, 1879-1919; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ng/1909/Acc.11042
Description: Drawn on a survey template, the map shows subdivision of sections in Beauchamp, Motuera, Tui, Makererua and Heke streets, in the Borough of Onslow, Ngaio, Wellington, surveyed for Dr Chapple. Shows surveyed roads and surveyed, numbered sections with acreage. Includes handwritten note regarding Onslow Borough Council, and note from Dr Chapple's attorney. References: B/287, DP 2166 Other Titles - Plan of part Section 7 Kaiwharawhara Registration District, Block 3, Port Nicholson Survey District Signed by Chapple's attorney, surveyor, town clerk, chief surveyor representative, land transfer draughtsman, district land registrar, and mayor. A highlighted area is not included in the plan. Part of DP 9345 is shown. Stamped Wellington District Land Registrar (twice). Two and a half stamps are on map. Inscriptions: top right - Stamped Wellington District Land Registrar (twice) Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 44.7 x 50 cm
New Zealand Lands and Survey Department :NZMS 83. New Zealand 1; 1,000 000. North Islan...
Date: 1957
From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-CHA-1/5/9-Acc.36010
Description: Published map used by New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch in their Historical Atlas Collection. Contains no ms annotations. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Coloured map. Scale indeterminable. 102 x 71 cm Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Wellington Regional Council :Coverage of 1;10, 000 record maps. Akatarawa and Titi Dist...
Date: 1993
From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-WRC-R26-10000/7.3-Acc.
Description: Base map; Published by Department of Lands and Survey Quantity: 1 map(s) [with annotations]. Physical Description: Ink on white paper. Scale [ca 1: 10, 000] 83 x 59.5 cm. Provenance: Purchased 10 June 1993
Department of Lands and Survey :Views of Chateau Tongariro and district
Date: Early 1950s
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: PAColl-6552
Description: 13 images (and 5 duplicate file prints) of Chateau Tongariro and the nearby roads. Includes the junction of state highways 47 and 48 with a chrysler parked at the side of the road, and one of the Tongariro National Park sign. Photographer unknown. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-015096 to 015108 Quantity: 13 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives
[New Zealand. Dept. of Lands and Survey] :[Plan of roads requiring maintenance and cons...
Date: 1899
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; New Zealand. General Assembly Library
Reference: MapColl-832.11gmbd/1899/Acc.32,219
Description: Based on a published cadastral map with parishes of the Bay of Islands, hand-drawings show constructed roads which require maintenance or widening to avoid undue delays in delivery of goods when sea conditions are rough. Routes are marked as A to C - Okaihau to Waimate; A to D - Okaihau to Kerkeri; A to E - Okaihau to Haruru Falls; A to F - Okaihau to Kawakawa. Okaihau, Russell and Kawakawa are underlined in red and Ohaeawai, Waimate, Black Bridge and Opua are handwritten in red ink. An accompanying letter requests that this work be considered, includes estimates, and gives information about the colour coding of the roads. No reference key is given. Title supplied by cataloguer. Map and accompanying letter from the Dept. of Lands and Survey to the Waste Lands Committee, House of Representatives, both have 'Special Collections' inscribed in pencil. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, coloured, [scale indeterminable], 45.6 x 76.8 cm. Provenance: Map has the General Assembly Library stamp on bottom right edge.
Wellington Regional Council :Wellington Region - Rural Planning Data Map. July 1963. [m...
Date: 1963
From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-WRC-R2/8A-Acc.
Description: Quantity: 1 map(s) [with annotations]. Physical Description: Coloured ink on cream paper. Scale [ca 1: 63 350] 99 x 85 cm.
[Creator unknown] :Map of the Coromandel Peninsula from Cape Colville to Hikutaia River...
Date: 1858
From: Statutory Branch. Head Office. Department of Lands and Survey :[Aperture cards of] maps and plans
By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-L&S-A9a
Description: Manuscript map of the Coromandel Peninsula which gives Maori block names, some names of land owners, Maori land and bush edge Quantity: 1 map(s) on 10 aperture cards. Physical Description: 35mm microfilm inserted into card, scale [ca.1: 63 360], copy at same size as original Provenance: Donated by Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, November 1982