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Records of Unsworths’ Subdivision, Ōmokoroa
Date1955-1990
Reference NumberAms 259Collection SummaryPapers relating to subdivision of Unsworth land in Ōmokoroa, 1955-1990.DescriptionCollection comprises:
Folder - Financial, Roading:
Folder - Subdivision plans:
Folder – Ephemera
Allan Unsworth and Nelle Unsworth (Ellen Myrtle Unsworth).LevelCollectionLanguageEnglish
Reference NumberAms 259Collection SummaryPapers relating to subdivision of Unsworth land in Ōmokoroa, 1955-1990.DescriptionCollection comprises:- photocopies of family photographs
- copy of article about Kaharoa by Allan Unsworth
- three photocopied pages from "Papers relative to affairs at Tauranga" containing references to Major McDonnell, AJHR Vol. A No. 20 pp. 51, 53 and 55
- explanation of the origin of Ōmokoroa Point street names
- 'Omokoroa Omelette' article by Nelle Unsworth
- Katikati Advertiser article and photograph on Nell Unsworth and Kowai Grove name, 9 November 1999, p. 4
Folder - Financial, Roading:
- surveyors plan of proposed subdivision of PT Allots. 49,49A, 50,50A, 186 & 186A, Te Puna Parish, 1967, road name "Coppelia Avenue"
- statement of accounts
- contracts for subdivision of land
- financial statements
Folder - Subdivision plans:
- proposed subdivision of Pt Lot 2 D.P. 12835 & Lot 15 DPS 9196 Being Allots 49, 49A, 186 & and 186A Te Puna Parish, Blk IV Tauranga SD, handwritten note on the back "1st Coppellia Ave subdivision, 1966
- Subdivision plan for "S.P. 3217 town of Ōmokoroa Extn. No. 6 Subdivision of Pt. Allots 49, 49A, 50 & 50A, Te Puna Parish, 1955. Handwritten note on back: 1st subdivision
- S.P 3217 Town of Ōmokoroa Extn. No. 6 Subdivision of Pt Allots 186 & 51 Te Puna Parish , dated 1955 (handwritten note on back "1st subdivision")
- Subdivision plan for "Town of Ōmokoroa Extn. No.8 Subdivision of Part Allotments 49,49A, 50 & 50A Te Puna Parish, dated 1956 (handwritten note "2nd subdivision')
- Town of Ōmokoroa Extn. No. 8 Proposed Subdivision of Part Lot 2 DP 12835 being Part Allots 49, 49A, 50, 50A, 186, 186A Te Puna Parish (handwritten note on map "Self", handwritten note on back "Plan 2nd Subdivision")
- Promotional sketch of proposed subdivision including Allan Unsworth's contact details. Top of map reads "Unsworth's Subdivision, Ōmokoroa, Tauranga", plan (coloured) technical title "Town of Ōmokoroa Extn No. 8 Proposed Subdivision of Part Lot 2 D.P. 12835 Being Part Allots 49, 49A, 50, 50A, 186, 186A Te Puna Parish"
- Town of Ōmokoroa Extn. No. 10 Subdivision of Part Allotment 49 Te Puna Parish, dated 1960 (handwritten note on back "3rd subdivision. Official")
- Subdivision of Pt Allots 49 & 49A Te Puna Parish, dated 1962 (handwritten note "4th subdivision")
- Subdivision of Part Allotments 49, 49A, 186 & 186A Te Puna Parish (Pt Lot 2 D.P. 12835), dated 1967 (handwritten note "5th subdivision. Official) ; Subdivision of Part Allots 49A, 186 & 186A Te Puna Parish (Pt. Lot 2 D.P. 12835), dated 1971 (Coppelia Avenue)
- Subdivision plans prepared by "Goulding & Benham: Land and Engineering Surveyors, Tauranga" later "Goulding Benham Shrimpton & Lipinski" and "M. G. Hubbard: Land and Engineering Surveyor, Tauranga"
- Roads named in Subdivision 1: Roads unnamed
- Roads named in Subdivision 2: Roads unnamed
- Roads named in Subdivision 3: Hamurana Road, Kaharoa Avenue
- Roads named in Subdivision 4: Kaharoa Avenue, Hamurana Road, McDonnell Road
- Roads named in Subdivision 5: Coppelia Avenue, Ōmokoroa Beach Road
Folder – Ephemera
- business cards for Allan Unsworth, with a photograph of Allan with Reg Ellis
- cutting from Bay of Plenty Times advertisement for sections being sold by Allan Unsworth in Ōmokoroa
- Tauranga County statistical information, 1969/1970
- promotional posters for Allan Unsworth's subdivisions at Hamurana, Lake Rotorua and Ōmokoroa
- phototocopy of cover of "Memories of Ōmokoroa: a history celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Ōmokoroa Country Women's Institute", "Historical" handwritten above title, note from Jinty Rorke: "Refer to publication for origins of street names in Unsworth subdivision"
Allan Unsworth and Nelle Unsworth (Ellen Myrtle Unsworth).LevelCollectionLanguageEnglish
Asset Location
RoomClimate controlled room
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Kaitiakitanga StatementWe ask that, in addition to normal copyright and privacy considerations, users of our heritage resources uphold the mana and dignity of the people, communities and places depicted within.Access ConditionsNo access restrictions anticipated for this collection. To be reviewed upon next access request. AcknowledgementTe Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Ams 259
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Source of ContributionLibrary collection
Records of Unsworths’ Subdivision, Ōmokoroa (1955-1990). Pae Korokī, accessed 01/09/2026, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/56709
