Map moments in history

Before Pae Korokī and Papers Past, the New Zealand Room librarians would note topics of interest in an alphabetised card catalogue and/or store photocopies for reference in a vertical file. This is their selection of relating to Tauranga Moana maps.

See also the Pae Korokī - Map Collections

1860s

Great Britain. War Office. Topographical Depot. (1864). Tauranga. National Library of New Zealand 9918578635402836

Plate 18 from Journals of the Deputy Quartermaster General, 1864. Scale 1:32,000.

 

Mackay, James. (1867, May 4). Rough sketch plan of Tauranga District. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Map 3644

The land around Tauranga Harbour and Katikati, with a description of the land and the prices paid to Ngāi Te Rangi,  Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Tamaterā, Te Tawera and Ngāti Pāoa; block retained for military settlement; Rangiwhaea Island.